British former figure skater Yvonne Sugden seen here on the Suvretta ice rink practising for the 1956 Winter Olympics, St. Moritz, Switzerland, circa...
Bulgarian Footballers from left: Dimitar Milanov , Georgi Dimitrov , Panayot Panayotov , Ivan Kolev and Krum Yanev training ahead of their Olympics...
Manchester City Football Club goalkeeper Bert Trautmann has his nose examined by a medic after being injured during the 1956 FA Cup Final against...
French actress Brigitte Bardot poses at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London, the day before being presented to the Queen at the Royal...
Suez Crisis 1956 - Royal Engineers take cover as they blow up a mine from a beach near Port Said which they are clearing. 23rd November 1956.
Suez Crisis 1956 - Demonstrators hostile to the governments Egypt policy protest in the streets of Central London. 5th November 1956.
Winter Olympic Games held at Cortina d' Ampezzo in Northern Italy. Woman posing holding the Olympic Flame. January 1956.
Last photos from Budapest. Commander on patrol, November 2 commanders, The Netherlands, 20th century press agency photo, news to remember,...
American singer and actor Elvis Presley signing autographs for fans at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair & Dairy Show, where Elvis was performing, in...
American actor Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, battling the great white whale in the film 'Moby Dick', adapted from Herman Melville's classic novel,...
Greek actress Aleca Katseli holds the Olympic torch out to Greek athlete Takis Constantinidis first torchbearer during the ceremony of the lighting...
Actor Charlton Heston as Moses faces Yul Brynner as Pharaoh Rameses II in a scene from the biblical epic 'The Ten Commandments', 1956.
Joan Beckett, Miss California, campaigns for the Young Republicans in San Francisco, California, 22nd August 1956. A sign on the car reads 'A Clean...
Joan Beckett, Miss California, campaigns for the Young Republicans during the Republican Convention in San Francisco, California, 22nd August 1956. A...
Storm damage near the south coast on the main road from London a mile past Pullborough, Sussex. A tree blew across the road and stopped the Sunday...
Gale damage. A couple cling desperately to their overturned beach hut at Littlehampton to stop it being blown away. Littlehampton, West Sussex, 29th...
French actress Brigitte Bardot at the Cannes Film Festival, 12th May 1956. Original Publication : Picture Post - 8378 - Discovery At Cannes - pub....
Demonstrators driving a 1950s-era tank they had commandeered drive through other massed demonstrators on their way to charging a police cordon during...
From left to right, Henry Fonda as Pierre Bezukhov, Audrey Hepburn as Natasha Rostov, and Mel Ferrer as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky in the film of...
British actor Edmund Purdom with actress Linda Christian , the ex-wife of screen idol Tyrone Power, at London Airport, UK, 9th August 1956. The...
The Osaka Stadium, a baseball stadium in Osaka, Japan, 1956. It was demolished in 1998 to make way for the Namba Parks shopping complex.
Poster for Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 adventure film 'The Ten Commandments' starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson,...
Prince Rainier of Monaco and his wife-to-be Princess Grace greet well-wishers in the palace courtyard in Monte Carlo prior to their wedding, 18th...
Metres Final. Melbourne: Athletes round the final bend during the final of the 800 metres today. Winner was Tom Courtney of the United States , with...
Alfred Wertheimer/MUUS Collection via Getty Images) American rock and roll singer and actor Elvis Presley playing a piano as he waits to begin...
Melbourne, Texas- OLYMPIC GOLD AND SILVER FOR U.S. Bobby Morrow, of Abilene, Texas, stands on the winner's spot after he was presented with the gold...
Melbourne Host City for 1956. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne, Australia will be the host city for the 1956 Olympic games. It is the first city in...
Czech Amazon Wins Women's Olympic Discus Throw. Melbourne, Australia: Czechoslovakia's Olga Fikotova is receiving her Olympic Gold Medal form Avery...
Melbourne: XVITH Olympiad. - U. S. Live Girl at Practice. American platform and springboard dive girl, Patricia McCormick of Lakewood, California,...
American actress Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III of Monaco praying during their wedding ceremony at Monaco Cathedral.
Newly arrived West Indian immigrants in the Customs Hall after their arrival at Southampton in England. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8405 -...
Miss Jill Griffin, 1956 Carnival Queen of Herne Bay, working in her father's newsagents, tobacconists and confectioners shop.
Young girl leaning on her luggage at Victoria Station, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8405 - Thirty Thousand Colour problems - pub. 1956
Manchester City footballer Joe Hayes practices his control of the ball while wearing his FA Cup Final shirt at Maine Road on April 23, 1956 in...
Manchester City line up for a group photo wearing their FA Cup Final shirts in front of the press at Maine Road on April 23, 1956 in Manchester,...
Comet 3 G-ANLO in the service of BOAC in flight. The Comet was powered by four Rolls-Royce Avon jet engines, two in each wing.
The USA Olympic team marching past the royal box during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Melbourne, November 22nd 1956.
Painting depicting the Westland Whirlwind helicopters in the air as No 42 and 40 Commando Royal Marines storm the beaches, during the Suez Crisis, at...
Alfred Wertheimer/MUUS Collection via Getty Images) With the help of an unidentified bandmember, American musician Elvis Presley adjusts his guitar...
British Army soldiers wearing waterproof capes board a commercial liner en route to Egypt and the Mediterranean during the Suez Crisis, RAF...
Manchester City Football Club goalkeeper Bert Trautmann runs to strike a football during a goal kick in a League Division 1 match against Birmingham...
Manchester City Football Club goalkeeper Bert Trautmann jumps to punch a football during training at Maine Road stadium, Manchester, April 25th 1956....
Manchester City Football Club score a goal during the 1956 FA Cup Final against Birmingham City, Wembley Stadium, London, May 5th 1956. Manchester...
Chelsea and Leeds United players in action during a match at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, December 29th 1956. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann , of Manchester City FC, with his award after being voted Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers'...
Hockey Amsterdam v Olympics. Goalkeeper Mulder (Amsterdam and right Van Grinbergen , September 30 field hockey, goalkeepers.
Suez Crisis 1956 - Junior Seaman John Higgins of Oldham gives a thumbs up as The Aircraft Carrier HMS Ocean adds Port Said to the roll of Battle...
Suez Crisis 1956 - Men of the 16th Independent Parachute Regiment crowd the decks of their aircraft carrier to wave goodbye as they set sail. 5th...
Suez Crisis 1956 - Men of the Duke of Wellington Regiment at Blackbushe Airport where they will embark on Brittania aircraft for the Mediterranean....
Suez Crisis 1956 - Demonstrations and riots as United Nations forces enter Port Said. General Stockwell walking as paratroopers keep the crowds back....
Suez Crisis 1956 - A UNO troop train arrives in Port Said and is given a warm welcome by British soldiers. 28th November 1956.
Suez Crisis 1956 - Troops boarding the troopship Empire Fowey at Southhampton bound for the Middle East. 1st November 1956.
Suez Crisis 1956 - Royal Engineers in Port Said in Egypt build a Bailey Bridge over the Suez Canal 1956These British troops were posted in Egypt to...