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Avro Shackleton A.E.W. 2

Aeronautics

1954

National Benzole tank wagon

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1954

Murphy 14-inch Band I/Band III television receiver, 1954

Radio Communication

1954

P1A Jet

Aeronautics

1954

Teletetra fire extinguisher

Telecommunications

1954

ZETA Generator Model

Nuclear Energy

c.1954

Transistorized audio-frequency telephone line amplifier, 1954

Telecommunications

1954
RAC Car Badge

RAC Car Badge

Road Transport

c. 1954

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Pye 'Black Box' record player, introduced 1954.

Sound Reproduction

1954

BR iron ore tippler

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1954

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

EM2 Electric Locomotive

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1954

Pye VT4

Radio Communication

1954

World champion Joe Davis tries 'Apollo', his new metal snooker cue

Photographs

1954-11-18

GPO 50v gas detector No 4 in l

Telecommunications

1954

Noel Coward lights Marlene Dietrich's cigarette

Photographs

1954-06-16

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

USS Nautilus

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1954
Folding camera for instant pictures 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Coated lens. Front cell focusing. Wheel stops, coupled with shutter, EV 11-18 with B facility. Direct vision optical finder. Flash synchronised, hot shoe. No. LC 550030. Polaroid Corporation. Supplied by Hambletons, 3 Norwich Union House, Western Road, Romford.

Polaroid Land Camera Model 80B

Photographic Technology

1954

Jet Engine on a test bed

Terence Tenison Cuneo

1954

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE
Model of the Westland S.55 helicopter, scale 1:24.

Model of the Westland S.55 helicopter, scale 1:24

Aeronautics

1954

Ferranti Model 745 Radio

Radio Communication

1954

Model of BF3 neutron proportional Geiger counter

Nuclear Energy

1954

Point Tool Cutter Grinding Machine

Printing & Writing

1954

Du Kane reel-to-reel tape recorder

Sound Reproduction

1954

‘Oakaloy’ cemented tungsten carbide ‘commutator turning tool’

Hand and Machine Tools

1954
Kodak stereo camera instructions. Eastman Kodak, 1954-1959.

Kodak stereo camera instructions

Photographic Technology

1954

Cemented tungsten carbide ‘sintered tip’, 1 of 12

Hand and Machine Tools

1954

Ferranti voltmeter

Electricity Supply

1954

Dentist's models of child's skull needing bone grafts

Dentistry

1954
Animation cel and background from the film Animal Farm. Man and goose. Made by Halas and Batchelor.

Animation cel and background from 'Animal Farm'

Cinematography

c.1954

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE
Animation cel and background from the film Animal farm. The cel shows Napoleon, flanked by two cats and a pig as he delivers his speech. Made by Halas and Batchelor.

Animation cel and background from 'Animal Farm'

Cinematography

c.1954
Animation cel and panning background from the film Animal farm. Death of Boxer. Made by Halas and Batchelor.

Animation cel and background from 'Animal Farm'

Cinematography

c.1954

Three trilby hats

Photographs

1954-09-22

Avis Scott poses in front of a 3-D television camera

Photographs

1954-08-24
Made by Lionel; Linex Corporation New York. Subminiature stereo camera using special 16mm film in magazine, film moved by pulling film tab. With instructions and specimen strip. Serial No 110409.

Linex Stereo Camera

Photographic Technology

1954

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE
Line test from the animated film Animal Farm. Second of 3 sheets. Attacking dog. Made by Halas and Batchelor.

Line test drawing from 'Animal Farm'

Cinematography

c. 1954
Santay chrome knob automatic cigar lighter with box, 1954.

Santay chrome knob automatic cigar lighter with bo

Road Transport

1954

Type 312F telephone, General Electric Co.

Telecommunications

1954

Photographic contact strip showing location filming for 'The Constant Husband'

Photographs

1954-06-01

‘Oakaloy’ cemented tungsten carbide ‘tapered shank drill’

Hand and Machine Tools

1954

Prosthesis for a 6 year old girl with a short left

Orthopaedics

1954
Rolls-Royce V.T.O. Test Bed, XJ 314, (Flying Bedstead), 1954

The Rolls-Royce vertical take-off-thrust measuring rig, 1954.

Aeronautics

1954
Headcode disc, for class 76 and class 77 locomotives, with integral lens holder, c1954.

Headcode disc, for class 76 and class 77 locomotives

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1954
Locomotive nameplate, British Railways, "Duke of Gloucester", ex Class 8, 4-6-4, No.7100, built at Crewe, May 1954.

Nameplate, British Railways - "Duke of Gloucester"

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1954