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Silver gelatin print by Camera Press/L'Europeo. Printed Caption on verso reads: "U.S. Film Stars: ELIZABETH TAYLOR. Reports that scenes of Elizabeth Taylor in the nude were shot for the film 'Cleopatra' brought criticism from some quarters. This picture shows that such shots were made".

Elizabeth Taylor nude shot for "Cleopatra"

1963

Charlie Chaplin as a young man in Hollywood

Charlie Chaplin as a young man in Hollywood

circa 1916

Photograph of actress Hedy Lamarr in the 1933 film 'Ecstasy'

Photograph of actress Hedy Lamarr in the 1933 film 'Ecstasy'

1933

Train driver, Jack Mills, with his grandchild, Stephen

Train driver, Jack Mills, with his grandchild, Stephen

1963-08-11

Photograph of Hedy Lamarr and her mother Gertrude Kiesler

Photograph of Hedy Lamarr and her mother Gertrude Kiesler

unknown

A gypsy woman cooking a hedgehog

A gypsy woman cooking a hedgehog

1933

Professor Einstein with Commander Locker-Lampson

Professor Einstein with Commander Locker-Lampson

1933-09-11

Two sacks of money recovered from the Great Train Robbery

Two sacks of money recovered from the Great Train Robbery

1963-08-11

Photograph of actress Hedy Lamarr in the 1933 film 'Ecstasy'

Photograph of actress Hedy Lamarr in the 1933 film 'Ecstasy'

1933

Photograph of actress Hedy Lamarr with her daughter Denise Loder

Photograph of actress Hedy Lamarr with her daughter Denise Loder

1945

Collecting aluminium pots and pans to make aeroplanes

Collecting aluminium pots and pans to make aeroplanes

1940

Photograph of actress Hedy Lamarr and husband John Loder

Photograph of actress Hedy Lamarr and husband John Loder

1953

The first orangutan to be born at London Zoo

The first orangutan to be born at London Zoo

1961

Interior of Battersea Power Station

Interior of Battersea Power Station

17 January 1934

Aneurin Bevan Visits the First NHS Patient

Aneurin Bevan Visits the First NHS Patient

05 July 1948

Ernest Marples opens the M1 motorway

Ernest Marples opens the M1 motorway

02 November 1959

Detectives and police from Scotland Yard search the back garden of 10 Rillington Place

Detectives and police from Scotland Yard search the back garden of 10 Rillington Place

1953-03-25

School children being evacuated from London

School children being evacuated from London

1938-09-28

A photographic print of Police, Murders, London, Georgina Hoffman, Dover St

A photographic print of Police, Murders, London, Georgina Hoffman, Dover St

Daily Herald Photograph; Smith's Watch and Clock Factory

Daily Herald Photograph; Smith's Watch and Clock Factory

1946

Photograph of Whitehall cleaners on protest in London, 1st February 1949

Photograph of Whitehall cleaners on protest in London, 1st February 1949

1949-02-01

Gresford mining disaster: rescue team leaving the air lock

Gresford mining disaster: rescue team leaving the air lock

1935-03-04

Behind the scenes photograph from filming of 'A Matter of Life and Death'

Behind the scenes photograph from filming of 'A Matter of Life and Death'

1934-03-13

Alfred Hitchcock at the doors of Coronation Street's Rovers Return

Alfred Hitchcock at the doors of Coronation Street's Rovers Return

1964-06-16

Little boy carrying a lamb

Little boy carrying a lamb

1932-02-19

Elizabeth Taylor leaves the London Clinic

Elizabeth Taylor leaves the London Clinic

1963-01-23

A stonemason working on a detail of the Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool

A stonemason working on a detail of the Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool

1934

Goodbye Mr Jiggs the amiable ape. Mr Jiggs

Goodbye Mr Jiggs the amiable ape. Mr Jiggs

1961

Photograph showing Indian actor Sabu riding an elephant at Coventry Zoo

Photograph showing Indian actor Sabu riding an elephant at Coventry Zoo

1937-05-05

African American soldiers court martialled at Paignton

African American soldiers court martialled at Paignton

15 october 1943

Ice skating on the Serpentine

Ice skating on the Serpentine

1940-01-23

An Anderson Shelter

An Anderson Shelter

circa 1939

Clacton disturbances

Clacton disturbances

1964-03-30

Marie Curie and her two daughters; Marie and Pierre Curie

Marie Curie and her two daughters; Marie and Pierre Curie

1904-1908

Tom Jones and his dogs

Tom Jones and his dogs

1939-03-27

Malcolm Patton outside a cinema showing 'A Kind of Loving'

Malcolm Patton outside a cinema showing 'A Kind of Loving'

1962-05-13

Daily Herald Photograph: Swanley Horticultural College

Daily Herald Photograph: Swanley Horticultural College

1937-09-08

Asbestos suit

Asbestos suit

1936-01-30

Moving day for the orangutans at the London Zoo. The London Zoo's orangutans 'Mr Jiggs'

Moving day for the orangutans at the London Zoo. The London Zoo's orangutans 'Mr Jiggs'

1953

The slums of Govan

The slums of Govan

1956-09

The Jackson Girls

The Jackson Girls

1933

Photograph of people reading a newspaper aboard the "Empire Windrush"

Photograph of people reading a newspaper aboard the "Empire Windrush"

22 June 1948

Daily Herald Photograph: Trade Unionists March

Daily Herald Photograph: Trade Unionists March

1963-03-26

Passengers inside double decker train at Charing Cross, London

Passengers inside double decker train at Charing Cross, London

1949-11-01

Women's League of Health and Beauty

Women's League of Health and Beauty

1939-06-27

Daily Herald Photograph; Trussing Initiation at Truman's Brewery

Daily Herald Photograph; Trussing Initiation at Truman's Brewery

1935-05-24

Photograph of actress Hedy Lamarr with her children Denise and Anthony Loder

Photograph of actress Hedy Lamarr with her children Denise and Anthony Loder

1948

Photograph of four wolves inside a London Zoo enclosure

Photograph of four wolves inside a London Zoo enclosure

1936-12-21

Photograph of scenes at ICI at Blackley, Manchester, in the research laboratory’

Photograph of scenes at ICI at Blackley, Manchester, in the research laboratory’

A photographic print of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Entertainment, Miscellaneous, 1955

A photographic print of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Entertainment, Miscellaneous, 1955

1953-11-02