EVEN MORE BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SOUTH BANK EXHIBITION, 1951
St. Paul's Cathedral, May 3 1951 (left) & The Sea and Ships pavilion (right)
"The Islanders" by Siegfried Charoux (left) & The Lion and The Unicorn pavilion (right)
Richard Huws' 'Water Mobile' near the Sea and Ships (left) & the Royal Festival Hall (right)
"Youth Advances" by Jacob Epstein (left) & the Transport and Communications Hall (right & see note below)
The Vickers Armstrong aircraft is now in the National Museum of Science & Industry, London; they have a gallery in the building with a number of aircraft from their flight collection on display. The one displayed is the actual aircraft that won the 1931 Schneider Trophy contest at an average speed of 340.08 mph, and the Schneider Trophy outright for Britain. It has the manufacturer's markings of S1595. On the same afternoon of 13th September, Flt. Lt. Stainforth flew the other S.6B S1596 and attained a world record of 379.05 mph. On 29th September, he flew S1595 to a new new world record of 407.5 mph.
Transport and Communications Hall (left) & 'Boy and Foal' by David McFall (right)
'Youth' by Daphne Hardy (left) & the Dome of Discovery (right)
the Dome of Discovery (left) & the Regatta Restaurant (right)
Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea (left and right)
Photographs taken by Barnet Saidman from the "News Chronicle" Festival of Britain Souvenir in Pictures