Londoners Greet American Astronaut
Colonel Frank Borman, commander of America's Apollo 8 flight around the moon, is greeted enthusiastically by Londoners as he arrives in Downing Street, to call on Mr. Harold Wilson, Britain's Prime Minister.
Col. Borman was later invited to Buckin...
Central Office of Information, London
"Johnny Haynes is Home!"
"Cheers! Johnny is Home"
It's smiles all round as Johnny Haynes, a 26-year-old England and Fulham captain, arrives back in London last night (28.6.62). But it was a journey to remember for Johnny, six days after he was injured in a car crash. From...
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London Gave Yuri Gagarin a Great Reception
London gave Yuri Gagarin the world's first man to space a great reception today (11-7-1961). There were cheers and applause at London Airport. And more cheers as the twenty-seven-year-old Soviet spaceman drove to the Russian Embassy in London befo...
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Seruwawila Temple
The famous and sacred Seruwawila dagoba in the Eastern province.
The photographer: A. Fred de S. Jinasena, Thelwatta
A. Fred de S. Jinasena