BOAC Boeing 707 on Fire
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1968-4-22
Flames leaping from the wing of a BOAC Boeing 707 airliner which recently made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport. One-hundred-and-twenty one of the 126 people aboard managed to escape from the blazing aircraft.
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
88 Britons Die in British Holiday Plane Crash
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- Unidad documental simple
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Perpignan, France: The tail section of the crashed British DC-4 airliner some 200 metres from the point of impact following last night's crush into a mountain near here. All 88 persons aboard the aircraft were killed. All were British. The passeng...
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Gerhard Hannusch and Friitz Leder
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1963-10-30
Lengede, West Germany: In the darkness of a flooded iron Mine 2--Ft below the surface two of the three miners trapped since last Thursday in the Mathilde Mine wait for the drill which will bore through to save them. Seen here are Gerhard Hannusch ...
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Prime Minister Siaka Stevens Meets the Muslims of Sierra Leone
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1961-6-30
Watched by Prime Minsiter Siaka (centre) and other dignitaries Stevens from a balcony of the Law Court Building in Freetown, colourfully-dressed women march through the street during recent celebrations marking the birthday of the Prophet Mohamed....
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Road Block in Freetown
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1967-4-4
This road block consisting of a damaged vehicle, empty oil drums, and huge stones, was erected by civilians in a Freetown street on March 21st, as Army Chief, brig, David Lansana, declared martial law after pacing the newly designated Premier Siak...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Crown Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden Lines up at the Canteen
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1966-10-8
Crown Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden (left) who is a cadet at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy in Stockholm, lines up for his Danish-style "Herring au Gratin" in the canteen during training in the city of Karlskrona, a naval port on the Swedish East ...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Prince Ahmet El Hussein and Prince Mohammed Bin Ismail
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1967-2-7
Prince Ahmet El Hussein (right) and Prince Mohammed Bin Ismail (left), two of the dashing young princes leading the revolt against United Arab Republic forces in Yemen, pictured near Ketaf, Northern Yemen recently.
The Egyptians maintain a 60,000 ...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Yemen - Aden
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1967-3-15
Daily Mirror
Wives of the Cosmonauts
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1969-1-28
Their men are safe! This exclusive UPI photo shows the relief on the face of Tamara Volynov (centre) following the news of the safe return of her husband Boris Volynov on the Russian spaceship Soyuz-5 after his tryst in space. Recently the Soviet ...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Gagarin Steps from Plane After Space-Flight
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1961-4-13
Moscow: Major Yuri Gagarin, the world's first spaceman, steps from a plane, smiling broadly, after his successful flight through the stratosphere. This official picture was released by the Soviet Union tonight. He is dressed in a conventional flyi...
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