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Picture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection (page 6)

Snapshots of Britain and the world in the 1930s, 40s, & 50s. Published between 1938 and 1957, this is a collection of archive prints which filled the pages of the weekly magazine which included light-hearted and humorous stories and major social issues, both domestic and international.

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Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Western Film Set

Western Film Set
1951: A screen set with a town water pump and horse watering trough built for a western film at Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Newcastle Workers

Newcastle Workers
May 1954: Workers pushing their bikes up the hill from the Tyne towards Newcastle town centre. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7143 - Newcastle: Revival Of A City - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Art Collector

Art Collector
26th June 1948: A 90 year old collector, Joseph Granger, with some of his paintings which he has been collecting for fifteen years

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Black Watch Sniper

Black Watch Sniper
20th August 1955: A lone soldier of the Black Watch Depot, Queens Barracks, Perth, during target practice. The Black Watch, Am Freiceadan Dubh in Gaelic

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Ship Building Strike

Ship Building Strike
1st April 1957: A vessel under construction at the Burrow-in-Furness shipyard where work has stopped during a strike. Original Publication

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Dereliction

Dereliction
8th January 1955: The derelict buildings and discarded machinery of a worked-out coal mine near Wigan, Lancashire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7467 - Problem Of A Dying Coalfield - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Steel Furnace

Steel Furnace
16th August 1952: Liquid metal spraying out of the furnace at Thomas and Baldwins steel works in Ebbw Vale, Wales. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6005 - Steel Town - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Doll Mould

Doll Mould
15th December 1951: Parts of a doll in an injection mould at Cascelloids factory at Leicester. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5617 - Toys Are Big Business - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Making Waves

Making Waves
July 1956: Holidaymakers take advantage of the fine weather at Shanklin Beach on the Isle of Wight. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8944 - Summer Holidays - unpub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: The White Continent

The White Continent
circa 1950: A scene from the Crown Film Unit production The White Continent, about life in the Antarctic with The Norsel ice-breaker trapped fast by pack ice

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: The White Continent

The White Continent
circa 1950: A scene from the Crown Film Unit production The White Continent, about life in the Antarctic. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5893 - Who Hates The Crown Film Unit - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Button Back Hat

Button Back Hat
1956: A flower pot hat which buttons at the back at a fashion show at Burlington House, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8799 - Hat Fashions - unpub. (Photo by David E)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: View Of Venice

View Of Venice
9th February 1946: A silhouette of a gondola on the canal in Venice. Original Publication: Picture Post - 3067 - Venice Is Still Serene - pub. 1946 (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Goal Scoring Machine

Goal Scoring Machine
1st December 1951: Arthur Milton of Arsenal aims a shot at a novel goal-scoring machine during a training session. Milton also plays cricket for Gloucestershire

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Autosilo

Autosilo
4th June 1955: An Autosilo - a multi-storey ramp garage, invented in Switzerland - at Karlsruhe. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7789 - A Plan To End The Traffic Jam - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Which Way ?

Which Way ?
1949: Two of the competitors in the Monte Carlo Road Race check their maps en route for Monte Carlo. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4708 - Monte Carlo Road Race - unpub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Mystery Play

Mystery Play
circa 1953: The backview of an audience watching a mystery play performed out of doors. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5758 - Mystery Plays On A Cart - unpub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Safe Deposit

Safe Deposit
8th October 1938: A man leaving a safe deposit bank, before the grille descends and the shutters are brought across. Original Publication: Picture Post - 16 - Safe Deposit - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Parliament Fog

Parliament Fog
21st January 1939: The Houses of Parliament, London, engulfed in fog. Original Publication: Picture Post - 68 - Foggy Morning - pub. 1939 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Asbestos Mines

Asbestos Mines
19th October 1946: Asbestos mines at Amiandos in the Troodos mountains in Cyprus. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4202 - Cyprus A Challenge To British Rule - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Telephone

Telephone
22nd May 1955: An early, crank-handled telephone on display at Hull Telephone Exchange. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7762 - Hulls Own Hello - pub.1955

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Fighting The Pounds

Fighting The Pounds
26th November 1955: Principal Boy actress Lynette Ray working out under the supervision of Mickey Wood at his Tough Guy Agency in Marylebone, London

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: TS Eliot

TS Eliot
2nd June 1951: American-English poet and playwright TS Eliot (1888 - 1965). Original Publication: Picture Post - 5314 - Are Poets Really Necessary

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: 40s Glamour

40s Glamour
14th March 1947: A clothing dummy on display at the Ideal Home Exhibition. London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4339 - Ideal Woman For Ideal Homes - pub.1947

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Horses Nosebag

Horses Nosebag
1940: Horses feeding at Carter Patersons stables. Original Publication: Picture Post - 332 - Carter Patersons Stables - unpub. (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: TS Eliot

TS Eliot
2nd June 1951: American-English poet and playwright, TS Eliot (1888 - 1965). He wrote amongst many other things, The Waste Land and the plays, The Cocktail Party and Murder in the Cathedral

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Searching Car

Searching Car
2nd September 1950: A customs officer searching the boot of a car at Calais. Original Publication: Picture Post - Through The French Customs - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Bernard Shaw At 90

Bernard Shaw At 90
July 1946: Irish dramatist and writer George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) sitting in a garden at the time of his 90th birthday. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4140 - Ninety This Month - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Fighter Pilot

Fighter Pilot
28th June 1952: A US Airforce pilot stationed in Britain standing in a doorway with a sign above him reading Through These Portals Pass The Best Damn Fighter Pilots In The World

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Prayer Flag

Prayer Flag
24th February 1951: A Tibetan prayer flag which, according to Lamaist religion, releases a prayer with every flutter of the wind. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5210 - Tibet Dissolves - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Steel Mill

Steel Mill
1st May 1955: Men working at the furnaces of a Sheffield steel mill. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8067 - Importance Of Yorkshire - unpub. (Photo by Joseph McKeown/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Irish Castle

Irish Castle
8th April 1950: A woman walks through the grounds of an Irish castle. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5004 - Irelands Castles: Grandeur In Decline - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Metal Dump

Metal Dump
1953: A waste metal dump. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6317 - Waste Probe - unpub. (Photo by Raymond Kleboe/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Swimming Sheep

Swimming Sheep
11th August 1951: Sheep-dipping during the shearing season in Hafod-y-Llan, Wales. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5377 - Shearing Time In Snowdonia - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Horses Eye View

Horses Eye View
December 1951: A pair of legs in seamed tights, a view of the principal boy as seen by the pantomime horse. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5642 - Brothers Under The Skin - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Giant Dethroned

Giant Dethroned
13th January 1951: On a January day on a bomb site near Oxford Street in London, a plaster model of Santa Claus languishes forgotten, along with the seasons festivities

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: No Lift

No Lift
February 1955: Two skiers make their way up a marked trail on the ski slopes at Klosters in Switzerland. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7524 - Trials Of A Photographer - pub. 1955 (Photo by H)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Waterloo Lovers

Waterloo Lovers
24th September 1955: A young couple at Waterloo Station, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8002 - Leave Youth Alone - pub. 1955 (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Lancashire Valley

Lancashire Valley
4th June 1955: A cow standing in a valley in Lancashire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7794 - What Hope In The Hills - pub. 1955 (Photo by Maurice Ambler/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Snowdonia Sheep

Snowdonia Sheep
11th August 1951: Sheep in Hafod-y-Llan, Snowdonia, Wales. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5377 - Shearing Time In Snowdonia - pub. 1951 (Photo by Grace Robertson/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Dangerous Waters

Dangerous Waters
1st May 1948: The mastheads of previous victims can been seen over the flooding tide that hides the treacherous Goodwin Sands on the Kentish coast

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Goodwin Sands

Goodwin Sands
1st May 1948: As the tide begins to flood, the water rises through the sands, rendering it treacherous with all the firmness of molten wax

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Austin Engines

Austin Engines
3rd April 1948: Engines suspended from a monorail at the Austin Motor Companys Birmingham production plant which exports many cars to America

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Well Trained Gun Dogs

Well Trained Gun Dogs
17th January 1948: Well trained gun dogs are able to sit perfectly still despite the temptation to chase a rabbit. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4480 - Training Gun Dogs - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Ram And Lamb

Ram And Lamb
20th December 1947: A lamb and ram in the church in the French village of Les Baux-en-Provence before the ceremony to commemorate the journey of the shepherds to Bethlehem

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Ballet Dancer

Ballet Dancer
24th December 1938: A dancer with Antony Tudors London Ballet looking into a wardrobe at Toynbee Hall in east London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 55 - Ballet In The East End - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Rillington Place

Rillington Place
18th April 1953: Although there is little to see, crowds of the curious gather outside 10 Rillington Place, the home of mulitiple murderer John Christie and scene of his infamous crimes

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Bird Dog

Bird Dog
17th January 1948: A gun dog bringing a pheasant out of a lake. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4480 - Training Gun Dogs - pub. 1948 (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)



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