American actor Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, battling the great white whale in the film 'Moby Dick', adapted from Herman Melville's classic novel,...
Swedish equestrian rider Hans Wilkne carries the Olympic torch into the Stockholm Olympic Stadium, which is hosting the equestrian events of the 1956...
The body of a member of the Hungarian secret police lies in a Budapest street as western journalists witness the anti-communist uprising in Hungary....
Players of the Soviet Union and United States teams, finalists in the basketball event at the 1956 Summer Olympics, at the Royal Exhibition Building...
Photographers on the bank beside the running track as the Hungarian team make their entrance, following the flagbearer, at the closing ceremony for...
French actress Brigitte Bardot poses at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London, the day before being presented to the Queen at the Royal...
Equestrian Harry Llewellyn jumps a fence riding horse 'Aherlow' during the Olympics Equestrian Trials at Windsor Forest Stud, Ascot, Berkshire, March...
British naval officer and colonial administrator Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, with his daughter,...
High angle view as one of the competing nations walk the track, following the flagbearer at the opening ceremony at the 1956 Summer Olympics, at...
Rock and roll singer Elvis Presley records the soundtrack for his film "Love Me Tender" in RCA Studios on August 4, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA.
American actress Grace Kelly attends the Golden Globe Awards ceremony at the Cocoanut Grove Restaurant in Los Angeles, 23rd February 1956. She won...
November 1956, Budapest, rebels assault the building behind the tank. The attack is a success, and a standard bearer announces that the building is...
Hungarian people burning pictures of Stalin and books from a ransacked Russian bookshop. Budapest, Hungary. October 1956.
Winter Olympic Games held at Cortina d' Ampezzo in Northern Italy. Woman posing holding the Olympic Flame. January 1956.
Three unidentified members of the India men's field hockey team wearing their hair in rumals, as the heat makes wearing a turban impractical, at the...
British former figure skater Yvonne Sugden seen here on the Suvretta ice rink practising for the 1956 Winter Olympics, St. Moritz, Switzerland, circa...
Last photos from Budapest. Resistance fighters with truck on patrol at night, November 2 trucks, The Netherlands, 20th century press agency photo,...
Olympia, Greece- The First Priestess of the Temple hands over the Sacred Flame to the first runner after pronouncing the Olympic Oath at the foot of...
Winter Olympic Games at Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy. Olympic Ice Skater jumps into the air as she displays her skills. January 1956.
Italian actress Sophia Loren on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, during the filming of 20th Century Fox's 'Boy on a Dolphin', 1956. She plays sponge...
The closing ceremony of the 1956 Summer Olympics showing the Olympic flag being carried to the rostrum where it will be handed to Lord Mayor of...
Aerial view of the opening ceremony of the 1956 Summer Olympics, the stands packed with spectators at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne,...
American singer Elvis Presley sitting with disc jockey Dewey Phillips during his appearance on Wink Martindale's television show 'Teenage Dance...
German contestant Ossi Reichert wins the Women's Giant Slalom in the Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo, 28th January 1956.
Raymond Kopa of Stade de Reims greets Alfredo Di Stéfano of Real Madrid, before the European Cup Final at Parc des Princes, Paris, 13th June 1956....
Crowd of people waving as aircraft carrier HMS Theseus leaves Portsmouth for the Mediterranean and Egypt during the Suez Crisis, August 5th 1956.
Winter Olympic Games at Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy. British Olympic Team parade through town during the opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony of the 1956 Winter Olympics at the Olympic Ice Stadium , the Dolomites visible beyond, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, 26th January...
Juan Manuel Fangio, Grand Prix of Germany, Nurburgring, 05 August 1956. Juan Manuel Fangio on the podium waving after his victory in the 1956 German...
Ninian Sanderson of Great Britain drives the Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-Type XKD 501 past the retired Automobiles Talbot Maserati S6 of Jean Lucas and...
Jean Pierre Kunstle of the United States drives the Porsche 550 Spyder ahead of John Fox in the Cooper T39 and WR Turner driving the Porsche 550...
Canadian dive girl in practice. Melbourne, Australia: Canadian diver Irene MacDonald, of Hamilton, Ontario, Jack-Knifes during a training dive at the...
Queen Elizabeth II arrives for the final day of the Windsor Horse Show with her children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, England, 12th May 1956.
Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United Football Club players in action during a League Division 1 match at White Hart Lane, London, November 24th...
Basketball player Bill Russell is presented with the outstanding athlete award of the year 1956 in San Francisco, California, November 7th 1956. The...
Actress Grace Kelly just a few days before she left for Monaco to marry Prince Ranier III, Hollywood, California, April, 1956.
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 - A UNO troop train arrives in Port Said and is given a warm welcome by British soldiers. 28th November 1956.
Suez Crisis 1956 - Demonstrators hostile to the governments Egypt policy protest in the streets of Central London. 5th November 1956.
French actress Bridgitte Bardot rehearses her curtsy in anticipation of her meeting with the queen October 1956.
Suez Crisis 1956 - The Prime Minister Anthony Eden at Lime Grove Television Studios to make a broadcast about the situation in Suez. 8th August 1956.
Olympic Games Poster. Melburne 1956. Olympic Games Poster. Poster has helped the look and feel of Games..
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in naval uniform, among the dignitaries watching the parade of athletes at the opening ceremony of the 1956 Summer...
American actresses Tina Louise and Julie Newmar getting dressed for a Broadway stage production of 'Li'l Abner', New York City, 1956. Louise plays...
British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd arrives for a lunch with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser at Al-Tahra Palace, Cairo, 5th March 1956.
Poster for Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 adventure film 'The Ten Commandments' starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson,...
Senator John F. Kennedy and Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson campaign on the same platform in Springfield, Massachusetts, prior to the 1956...
Manchester City prepare for the FA Cup final by playing a round of tug of war with the rope tied to the goalpost at Maine Road on April 23, 1956 in...
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) American musician Elvis Presley performs to a hound dog during a rehearsal for his appearance on...
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...
Winter Olympic Games held at Cortina d' Ampezzo in Northern Italy. Madeleine Berthod, a Swiss milkmaid, who won the women's downhill ski race to give...
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.
