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James Garner, American film and television actor, 20th century. Artist: Warner BrothersJames Garner, American film and television actor, 20th century. Garner appeared in numerous Hollywood films, but is best remembered for his television roles
Gene Kelly, American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer, and choreographer, 20th century. One of the biggest stars of Hollywood musical films of the 1940s and 1950s
Gary Cooper, American film actor, 20th century. Cooper won two Best Actor Academy Awards for his performances in Sergeant York (1941) and High Noon (1952)
Anne Baxter, American actress, 20th century. Artist: 20th Century FoxAnne Baxter, American actress, 20th century. Anne Baxters movie career spanned 40 years, beginning in 1940. In 1946 she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Razors Edge
Claire Bloom, English film, stage and television actress, c1947-1955(?)Claire Bloom, English film and stage and television actress, c1947-1955(?). Claire Bloom made her London stage debut in 1947 when just 16 years old
Linda Darnell, American film actress, 20th century. Linda Darnell was a film star of the 1940s. Her best known performance came in A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
James Arness, American actor, 20th century. Arness is best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon in the popular and long-running television series Gunsmoke
Jane Wyman, American actress, 20th century. Artist: Paramount PicturesJane 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 StudiosTony 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-MayerRoger 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
TS Eliot, American-born British poet dramatist and critic, c1950s. Artist: Man RayTS Eliot, American-born British poet dramatist and critic, c1950s. Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, is best known for his poem The Waste Land (1922)
Sean Connery (b1930), Scottish actor, 1960sSean 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: VivienneMel 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 ClilverdRedcliffe 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 SorokinPortrait 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