1974, Cars: Chrysler Europe Range

Hillman (UK)

Hillman Imp

• Saloon Imp / Super Imp, 2-door,  L4, 875 cc, 42 bhp / 31 kW

Hillman Imp

Hillman Super Imp

Hillman Avenger

• Saloon, De Luxe / Super / GL / GT, 2 or 4-door, L4, 1295 cc, 58 bhp / 43 kW
• Saloon, De Luxe / Super / GL / GT, 2 or 4-door, L4, 1598 cc, 78 bhp / 58 kW
• Saloon, GLS, 2 or 4-door, L4, 1598 cc, 81 bhp / 60 kW
• Estate, De Luxe / Super, 5-door, L4, 1295 cc, 58 bhp / 43 kW
• Estate, De Luxe / Super, 5-door, L4, 1598 cc, 78 bhp / 58 kW

Hillman Avenger Super

Hillman Avenger GLS

Hillman Avenger Super Estate

Hillman Hunter

• Saloon, De Luxe, 4-door, L4, 1496 cc, 64 bhp / 48 kW
• Saloon, Super / GL / GT, 4-door, L4, 1725 cc, 92 bhp / 69 kW
• Saloon, GLS, 4-door, L4, 1725 cc, 93 bhp / 70 kW
• Estate, De Luxe, 5-door, L4, 1496 cc, 64 bhp / 48 kW
• Estate, Super / GL, 5-door, 1725 cc, 92 bhp / 69 kW

Hillman Hunter De Luxe

Hillman Hunter Super

Hillman Hunter GL Estate

Humber (UK)

Humber Sceptre

• Saloon, 4-door, L4, 1725 cc, 92 bhp / 69 kW

Humber Sceptre

Sunbeam (UK)

Sunbeam Imp

• Saloon, Sport Imp, 2-door, L4, 875 cc, 51 bhp / 38 kW

Sunbeam Sport Imp

Sunbeam Alpine / Rapier

• Coupé, Alpine, 2-door, L4, 1725 cc, 72 bhp / 54 kW
• Coupé, Rapier, 2-door, L4, 1725 cc, 79 bhp / 59 kW
• Coupé, Rapier H120, 2-door, L4, 1725 cc, 105 bhp / 78 kW

Sunbeam Rapier

Sunbeam Rapier H120

Simca (France)

Simca 1000

• Saloon, 1000 LS, 4-door, L4, 944 cc, 44 bhp / 33 kw
• Saloon, 1000 GLS, 4-door, L4, 1118 cc, 55 bhp / 41 kW
• Saloon, 1000 Special, 4-door, L4, 1294 cc, 60 bhp / 45 kW
• Saloon, 1000 Rallye 1, 4-door, L4, 1294 cc, 60 bhp / 45 kW
• Saloon, 1000 Rallye 2, 4-door, L4, 1294 cc, 82 bhp / 61 kW

Simca 1000 LS

Simca 1000 GLS

Simca 1000 Rallye 1

Simca 1000 Rallye 2

Simca 1100

• Hatchback, 1100 LS, 3 or 5-door, L4, 944 cc,  54 bhp /  40 kW
• Hatchback, 1100 LS / GLS, 3 or 5-door, L4, 1118 cc, 60 bhp / 45  kW
• Hatchback, 1100 Special, 3 or 5-door, L4, 1294 cc, 75 bhp / 56 kW
• Hatchback, 1100 TI, 3 or 5-door, L4, 1294 cc, 82 bhp / 61 kW
• Estate, 1100 GLS, 5-door, L4, 1118 cc, 60 bhp / 45  kW
• Panel van, 1100 Fourgonnette, 3-door, L4, 1118 cc, 60 bhp / 45  kW
• Panel van High Top, 1100 VF2, 3-door, L4, 1118 cc, 60 bhp / 45  kW

Simca 1100 LS

Simca 1100 GLS

Simca 1100 Special

Simca 1100 TI

Simca 1100 GLS Estate

Simca 1100 Fourgonnette

Simca 1100 VF2

Simca 1301 / 1501

• Saloon, 1301 Special, 4-door, L4, 1290 cc, 66 bhp / 49 kW
• Saloon, 1501 Special, 4-door, L4, 1475 cc, 74 bhp / 55 kW
• Estate,1301 Special, 5-door, L4, 1290 cc, 66 bhp / 49 kW
• Estate,1501 Special, 5-door, L4, 1475 cc, 74 bhp / 55 kW

Simca 1501 Special

Simca 1501 Special Estate

Matra – Simca (France)

Matra-Simca Bagheera

• Sports Car, 3-door, L4, 1294 cc, 84 bhp / 62,6 kW

Matra-Simca Bagheera

Chrysler (France)

• Saloon, Chrysler 160, 4-door, L4, 1639 cc, 79 bhp / 58,9 kW
• Saloon, Chrysler 180, 4-door, L4, 1812 cc, 99 bhp / 73,8 kW
• Saloon, Chrysler 2-Litre, 4-door, L4, 1981 cc, 109 bhp / 81,3 kW

Chrysler 180

Chrysler 2-Litre

1973, Nobel Prizes (Oslo, Norway)

The Nobel Prize in Physics

Leo Esaki (Japan / USA) and Ivar Giaever (Norway / USA) for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively.
Brian David Josephson (UK) for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effects.

Leo Esaki

Ivar Giaever

Brian David Josephson

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Ernst Otto Fischer (West Germany) and Geoffrey Wilkinson (UK)

For their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds.

Ernst Otto Fischer

Geoffrey Wilkinson

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Karl von Frisch (Austria / West Germany), Konrad Lorenz (Austria) and Nikolaas Tinbergen (Netherlands / UK)

For their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns.

Karl von Frisch

Konrad Lorenz

Nikolaas Tinbergen

The Nobel Prize in Literature: Patrick White (Australia)

For an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature.

Patrick White

The Nobel Peace Prize: Henry Kissinger (USA) and Le Duc Tho (Vietnam)

For jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973.
Le Duc Tho declined the Nobel Peace Prize. 

Le Duc Tho and Henry Kissinger

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel: Wassily Leontief (USSR / USA)

For the development of the input-output method and for its application to important economic problems.

Wassily Leontief

1972, Car Spotting: Brink, Deventer, Netherlands

Front to back

First row, left to right
Unidentified car, unidentified car, Ford (Taunus) 12M/15M Turnier (P6), Simca 1000, Fiat 127, unidentified car, unidentified car, Datsun 100A Cherry.

Second row, left to right
Unidentified car, Renault R4, Volvo 142, Fiat 850, Peugeot 404, Volkswagen 1300 (Type 1, Beetle), Peugeot 404,  Peugeot 404.

Third row, left to right
Volkswagen 1200 (Type 1, Beetle).

Fourth row, left to right
Opel Rekord C Caravan, Opel Kadett B, Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Type 1, Beetle), Citroën GS, Renault R6, Simca 1301/1501, Ford Cortina MkII, Ford Cortina MkI, Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Type 1, Beetle), unidentified car, Citroën 2CV, Fiat 850 Coupé, Fiat 850, Peugeot 404, Volkswagen 1300 (Type 1, Beetle).

Fifth row, left to right
Fiat 600, Ford (Taunus) 15M (P6), Renault R4, Fiat 128, Ford Taunus L (TC1), Audi 100 (F104, C1), Fiat 850, Volkswagen 1600 TL (Type 3), unidentified car, unidentified car, Fiat 850, Rover 3500 (P6), Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Type 1, Beetle), Audi F103, Vauxhall Viva HC,  unidentified car.

Sixth row, left to right
Citroën 2CV, Volkswagen 1200/1300 (Type 1, Beetle), Opel Kadett B Coupé, Citroën 2CV.

Seventh row
Volkswagen Transporter T2a (Type 2).

1971, Science and Technology: First 8-inch Floppy Disk by IBM

In 1967, IBM began developing a drive that led to the creation of the world’s first floppy disk (diskette) and disk drive. It was commercially introduced in 1971 in an 8-inch (20 cm) read-only format. The inspiration came from the flexible magnetic disk used by Telefunken in its "Plattendiktiergerät Traveller" from 1959.

Left to right: 8-inch, 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch floppy disk

A diskette is divided into tracks (radially) and sectors (angularly), whereas the Telefunken disk featured gramophone-like grooves. The first read-write floppy disk drive was the Memorex 650, introduced in 1972. Various storage capacities were available in the early years due to a lack of standardisation, a situation that persisted until the later years of the third generation (3.5-inch) floppy disks.

Telefunken "Plattendiktiergerät Traveller" 1959

Telefunken "Plattendiktiergerät Traveller" disc 1959

Properties of he IBM standard format

• disk diameter 20 cm (8-inch).
• SD (single density) with 250 kbit/s data rate or / DD (double density) with 500 kbit/s data rate
• 360 rpm (revolutions per minute)
• 26 sectors/track; 73 data tracks, 1 index track, 2 spare tracks, 1 reserved track
• 128 bytes/sector
• total disk capacity 3203128 bits (242944 bytes of data with this format)

Left to right: 8-inch, 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch floppy disk drives

Trivia

• In late 1976, the 5.25-inch floppy disk and disk drive were introduced to the market by Shugart Associates.
• The first 3.5-inch diskette was introduced by Sony in 1981.

1970, Film: Le Mur de l'Atlantique

The French-Italian war comedy "Le Mur de l'Atlantique" premiered on 14 October 1970. It was directed and written by Marcel Camus, with dialogue by Marcel Jullian. The screenplay is based on the memoirs of Colonel Rémy, a well-known French Resistance fighter and secret agent in occupied France during the Second World War. The music was composed by Claude Bolling.

The leading roles were played by Bourvil as Léon Duchemin, Peter McEnery as Jeff, Jean Poiret as Armand, Sophie Desmarets as Maria Duchemin, Reinhardt Kolldehoff as Lt. Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler, also known as Totor, and Sara Franchetti as Juliette Duchemin.

"Le Mur de l'Atlantique" poster

Synopsis
Early 1944. Léon Duchemin (Bourvil) is a respectable restaurant owner who runs a small establishment in a Normandy village together with his sister Maria (Sophie Desmarets). Among his customers are members of the German occupying forces, French resistance fighters, and black marketeers. His peaceful life is disrupted at the studio of the painter Charlus (Yvon Lec), whom he had asked to repaint the restaurant's façade. While visiting the studio, Léon is mistaken by the Germans for the painter, as he happens to be holding samples and rolls of material. They take him to their local headquarters, where he is ordered to carry out renovation work. By accident, a top-secret document ends up hidden among Léon’s sample rolls. Meanwhile, Jeff (Peter McEnery), a British Royal Air Force pilot who has been shot down, crashes through the roof of Léon’s house. He is hidden and cared for by Léon’s daughter, Juliette (Sara Franchetti)…

Bourvil as Léon Duchemin

Bourvil as Léon Duchemin and Reinhardt Kolldehoff as Lt. Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler

Sophie Desmarets as Maria Duchemin and Bourvil as Léon Duchemin

Main cast

• Bourvil as Léon Duchemin
• Peter McEnery as Jeff
• Sophie Desmarets as Maria Duchemin
• Jean Poiret as Armand
• Reinhardt Kolldehoff as Lt. Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler aka Totor
• Sara Franchetti as Juliette Duchemin
• Pino Caruso as Lt. Friedrich
• Terry-Thomas as Comm. Perry
• Jean-Pierre Zola as Colonel Muller
• Georges Staquet as Hippolyte
• Jacques Préboist as Ernest
• Johannes Eppler as Erwin Rommel
• Annabel Leventon as Sybil
• Jackie Sardou as Angèle Charlus
• William Mervyn as Jeff's Father
• Jess Hahn as British Colonel
• Patrick Préjean as British Officer
• Michel Robin as The Shoemaker
• Jacques Balutin as Gendarme

Sara Franchetti as Juliette Duchemin and Peter McEnery as Jeff

Peter McEnery as Jeff and Jean Poiret as Armand

Terry-Thomas as Comm. Perry

Trivia

• It was Bourvil's final film; he passed away at the age of 53, three weeks before its release on 23 September 1970.
• The film was the second most popular in France in 1970, after "Le Gendarme en balade", starring Louis de Funès and Michel Galabru.
• Johannes Eppler, who played Field Marshal Rommel, had actually served under the real Erwin Rommel as his aide-de-camp during the Second World War.

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