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"Crash-girl's mother did not love her" Anthea Lycett, the 3-year-old "give-away baby" who survived the Benghazi air crash being carried by Mr. Lycett from the anbulance into a London hospital. Anthea was burned and had her elbow fractured in the ...
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
Actual pictures flown directly from Abyssinia. These photos of the bombing of the American Hospital at Dessye were brought by courier to Addis Ababa whence they were flown direct to Paris by Mr. Roland Falk, a London pilot. Mr. Falk flew part of ...
Planet News Ltd.
The Ethiopian Emperor's Bodyguard
These warlike looking men are the bodyguard to the Emperor of Abyssinia. They are all men specially picked for their bravery and their fighting skill. They protect the Emperor against the slightest hurt and are sworn to protect him with their live...
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
"Spider's Web" Saves British Seahawk Fighter
This dramatic picture — taken during an actual emergency landing on an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean — shows how a nylon elastic barrier, aptly name the "Spider's Web", saved a British Seahawk jet fighter that was unable to lower its arres...
Central Office of Information, London
The Viscount Airliner Crashed at Surrey
The Viscount Airliner carrying Mr. Menderes, the Turkish Premier and party to London for the Cyprus talks, (last week) after it had crashed at Newdigate, Surrey. Mr. Menderes, who was one of the 10 survivors, escaped with minor injuries. The plane...
Sport & General Press Agency Ltd.
Ambassador of Iceland Thanks Sri Lanka
Mr. Petur Thoreteinsson, (left) roving Ambassador of Iceland conveyed to the President Mr. J. R. Jayewardene (centre) the Iceland Government's thanks and appreciation of the manner in which Sri Lanka helped all those involved in the tragic Iceland...
The Times of Ceylon Press
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.
Rescue boats and a floating crane working around a Pacific airways Convair 880 which crashed recently in Hong Kong harbour, after taking off with 127 people aboard. All but one of them survived.
United Press Photos