Fifties Collection (#30)

Jane Wyman, American actress, 20th century. Artist: Paramount Pictures
Jane Wyman, American actress, 20th century. Jane Wyman made numerous films in the 1940s and 1950s, notably Johnny Belinda (1948), for which she won an Oscar, and Magnificent Obsession (1954)

Tony Curtis, American film actor, 20th century. Artist: Universal Studios
Tony Curtis, American film actor, 20th century. Curtis made his screen debut in 1948 in Criss Cross. His career reached its peak in the late 1950s when he starred in films such as The Defiant Ones

Ronald Reagan, American actor, film star and politician, 20th century. After his acting career, Reagan went on to serve as Governor of California and, from 1981-1989

Roger Moore, British actor, 20th century. Artist: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Roger Moore, British actor, 20th century. Roger Moore is best known for his portrayals of Simon Templar in the 1960s TV series The Saint, and James Bond, who he played in 7 films between 1973 and 1985

Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th President of the United States of America, c1940s

Montgomery Clift (1920-1966), American actor, c1940s

William Powell (1892-1984), American actor, c1930s

Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999), English actor, c1950s

Anthony Perkins (1932-1992), American actor, c1960s

Fangio, French Grand Prix, Rheims, France, 1954. Juan Manuel Fangio (1911-1995), Argentinian racing driver

East Parade and Sands, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, 1950

Queen Elizabeth II (b1926), 1953. From the front cover of John Bull magazine (30 May 1953). Cropping restrictions are in place

Queen Elizabeth II (b1926), 1953. From the front cover of Woman magazine (30 may 1953). Cropping restrictions are in place

A fete in Algeria, 1957

Sean Connery (b1930), Scottish actor, 1960s
Sean Connery, Scottish actor, 1960s. Connery is perhaps best known for being the first actor to portray James Bond in the cinema

John Huston (1906-1987), American film director and actor, 1957. Huston is seen here with his wife Ricki Soma, daughter Angelica and son Tony (possibly during the filming of Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison)

Mel Ferrer (b1917), Cuban-American film actor, producer and director, 1950s. Artist: Vivienne
Mel Ferrer (b1917), Cuban-American film actor, producer and director, 1950s

Motor fuel ration book, c1950s

Motor fuel ration book, 1957

Algeria, 1957. The Algerian War, also known as Algerian War of Independence, took place between 1954 and 1962 and led to Algerian independence from France

Redcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, c1950-1970. Artist: Graham Clilverd
Redcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, c1950-1970. Named after the physician John Radcliffe, the Radcliffe Infirmary was Oxfords first hospital, opening in 1770. It closed in January 2007

Blessed Pope John XXIII, c1950s. Born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, John (1881-1963) was elected 261st pope of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City in 1958

Portrait of the Politician Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, 1951. Artist: Ivan Semyonovich Sorokin
Portrait of the Politician Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, 1951. Khrushchev (1894-1971) joined the Communist Party in 1918, rising through the party ranks to become a member of the Politburo in 1939

Vladimir Nabokov, Russian author, 20th century. Nabokov (1899-1977) was a novelist and short story writer. He left Russia after the victory of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War

Sputnik 1, Russian satellite, 1957. Launched on 4 October 1957, Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earths orbit

Laika, Russian cosmonaut dog, 1957. Laika was the first animal to orbit the Earth, travelling on board the Sputnik 2 spacraft launched on 3 November 1957

American National Exhibition, Moscow, USSR, 1959. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) samples a cup of Pepsi-Cola watched by US Vice-President Ricard Nixon (1913-1994)

In a woodworking factory, Russia, 1950s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow. Russian photographer

A Young Pioneers unit in Yalta, Crimea, USSR, 1950s. The Young Pioneers was a youth organisation established by the Communist Party in Russia in 1922

Funeral of Joseph Stalin, Moscow, USSR, March 1953. Present (from left to right) are Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov (1890-1986)

The signing ceremony of the Belgrade Declaration, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 2 July 1955. The signing of the Declaration by Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980)

Arrival of the Soviet delegation in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 26 May 1955. Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980) (saluting) stands alongside Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971)

UNESCO general conference meets in Paris, November 1952. Left to right: KG Saiyidan of the Ministry of Education of India; Walter HC Laves

Carrier-borne planes to be transferred to the French with the carrier Langley, 1951.The United States Navy Independence-class aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27)

French aviation personnel being trained at the naval air station, Quonset, Rhode Island, USA, 1951. Training for the transfer of the United States Navy Independence-class aircraft carrier USS Langley

Radar operator, Marshall Plan, 1947-1951. The Marshall Plan was a massive programme of US aid for the reconstruction of Europe after the Second World War

A French sentry outside the operations room of the aircraft carrier La Fayette, 1951. The ship, formerly the USS Langley, was transferred to France under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program in 1951

A laboratory worker holds a separating funnel of oil, Dunkirk refinery, France, 1950s

US and Pakistan delegates at the United Nations, Paris, 1950s. Left to right: Channing Tobias, United States alternate delegate to the UN; Ralph Bunche

Milk production, Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1952. With help from UNICEF

Shigeru Yoshida arrives at the San Francisco Peace Treaty, USA, April 1952. Yoshida was Prime Minister of Japan at the time

Wooden toys being finished in Vienna, Austria, bound for America, 1952. Part of the programme of US economic aid to Austria after World War II

A artist from Linz painting the Limberg Dam, Austria, c1947-1951. The dam, part of a large hydroelectricity project, was built with the assistance of the Marshall plan

Radium treatment to cure a nasal infection, France, c1947-1951
Radium treatment to cure a nasal infection, France, 20th century. Part of the Marshall Plan mercy mission. The Marshall Plan was a massive programme of US aid for the reconstruction of Europe after

Monks at dinner in the refectory, Asile St Leon, France, c1947-1951. French Benedictine monks that combine running a hybrid corn experiment farm (part of the Marshall Plan), and an old peoples home

Eleven yeat old boy in an iron lung, Beaujon Hospital, Paris, c1947-1951
Eleven year old boy in an iron lung, Beaujon Hospital, Paris, c1947-1951. Part of the Marshall Plan mercy mission. The Marshall Plan was a massive programme of US aid for the reconstruction of Europe

Umberto Bratti, a Donzere-Mondragon canal and power worker, 1952. The Donzere-Mondragon dam on the River Rhone in France was built in 1952. It provides hydroelectric power

Helicopter landing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon, Vietnam, 1953

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