1971, Nobel Prizes (Oslo, Norway)

The Nobel Prize in Physics: Dennis Gabor (Hungary / UK)

For his invention and development of the holographic method.

Dennis Gabor

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Gerhard Herzberg (Canada)

For his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals.

Gerhard Herzberg

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Earl W. Sutherland Jr. (USA)

For his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones.

Earl W. Sutherland Jr.

The Nobel Prize in Literature: Pablo Neruda (Chile)

For a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams. 

Pablo Neruda

The Nobel Peace Prize: Willy Brandt (West Germany)

For paving the way for a meaningful dialogue between East and West.

Willy Brandt

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel: Simon Kuznets (USA)

For his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and social structure and process of development.

Simon Kuznets

1970, Film and Television Awards: Étoiles de cristal (France)

Grand prix (Best French Film)
'Le Temps de vivre' (Bernard Paul)

'Le Temps de vivre' poster

Meilleur acteur (Best Actor)
Lino Ventura as Philippe Gerbier in 'L'Armée des ombres'

Lino Ventura as Philippe Gerbier

Meilleure actrice (Best Actress)
Marina Vlady as Marie in 'Le Temps de vivre'

Marina Vlady as Marie and Frédéric de Pasquale as Louis

Prix international (Best Foreign Film)
'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (George Roy Hill)

'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' poster

Meilleur acteur étranger (Best Foreign Actor)
Dennis Hopper as Billy in 'Easy Rider'

Dennis Hopper as Billy

Meilleure actrice étrangère (Best Foreign Actress)
Irma Raush as Durochka in 'Andreï Roublev'

Irma Raush as Durochka

1969, Car Spotting: Praediniussingel, Groningen, Netherlands

Front to back

First row, left to right
Ford Anglia Super (123E), Renault 10 (Facelifted), Volkswagen 1300 (Type 1, Beetle), Opel Kadett B, DAF 44, Volkswagen 1500/1600 Limousine (Type 3), Fiat 600, NSU Prinz 4, Ford Cortina MkII,  Ford Taunus 17M/20M (P5), the rest is unidentifiable.

Second row, left to right
Unidentified American car, Volkswagen 1600 TL (Type 3), the rest is unidentifiable.

1968, Belgian Comics: Prudence Petitpas, Fusils pour Macao

In 1968 Le Lombard released Fusils pour Macao, the fourth album in the Prudence Pepitas comic series. The volume contains both the title story and the short story Stanislas a disparu. The series was created in 1957 by Maurice Maréchal and was first serialised in the youth magazine Tintin / Kuifje. The scripts were written by several writers, including René Goscinny, Greg and Mittéï. In 1968, Maréchal brought the series to an end because he could no longer combine his comics work with his position as a French and Spanish teacher at the Royal Atheneum of Verviers. Shortly before his retirement, he met Charles Dupuis, the publisher of the magazine Spirou / Robbedoes. Their meeting inspired Maréchal to return to the character, and between 1984 and 1987 a further five Prudence Pepitas stories were published in the magazine.

Dutch Cover: Tante Zenobie, Wapens voor Macao

Prudence Petitpas is an elderly lady who lives in the small market town of Moucheron, a fictional village inspired by the real-life setting of Sauveterre-de-Rouergue, located between Albi and Rodez. It was a place where Maurice Maréchal spent a month of his summer holidays every year. There, the heroine devotes most of her time to solving a wide variety of mysterious crimes and baffling cases, using her keen powers of observation and deduction to unravel even the most perplexing enigmas.

The principal characters featured in this album are Prudence Petitpas, her cat Stanislas, a group of gangsters, a pilot, the gang leader, Marie, Verwater, Count Bonestaak, and Caesar, the village constable.

Prudence Petitpas and her cat Stanislas

The gangsters

Fusils pour Macao
- full colour
- publisher: Le Lombard
- Dutch title: Tante Zenobie, Wapens voor Macao (Le Lombard, 1968)
- pre-published in Titin / Kuifje (1966-1967)
- never published in English
- drawings by Maurice Maréchal
- stories by Mittéï (Jean Mariette)

The pilot

The gang leader

Synopsis Fusils pour Macao
While setting off for a weekend camping trip, Prudence Petitpas is involved in an accident when her vintage Citroën Torpedo is struck by a reckless delivery van...

Marie

Verwater and Prudence Petitpas

Synopsis Stanislas a disparu
After Stanislas mysteriously disappears, Prudence Petitpas sets out to find him, only to discover that several other animals have also vanished from the village. Determined to uncover the truth, she begins an investigation into the puzzling series of disappearances...

Count Bonestaak

Caesar and Prudence Petitpas

Vehicles

• Citroën H Van
• Citroën 5HP Torpedo
• Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer
• 1908 De Dion-Bouton Double Phaeton

Citroën H Van and Citroën 5HP Torpedo

1908 De Dion-Bouton Double Phaeton

Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer

1967, Television: Man in a Suitcase

On 27 September 1967, the first episode of the British adventure series Man in a Suitcase was broadcast on the ITV network. Created by Richard Harris and Dennis Spooner, the series was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. The memorable theme music was composed by Ron Grainer, while the incidental score was provided by Albert Elms. The lead role of the former American intelligence agent McGill was played by Richard Bradford. A total of 30 episodes were produced.

Richard Bradford as McGill

George Sewell as Rufus Blake in "The Sitting Pigeon"

Donald Sutherland as Willard in "Day of Execution"

Yôko Tani as Taiko in "Variation on a Million Bucks"

Synopsis
McGill is a former U.S. intelligence agent living in London. After being dismissed from the agency for an offence he did not commit, he finds that his tarnished reputation follows him wherever he goes. Struggling to make ends meet, he takes on a variety of unusual and often dangerous private investigative assignments across Europe. Constantly on the move and living out of a single suitcase, hence the series title, McGill becomes involved in a succession of intriguing adventures.…

Richard Bradford as McGill and Angela Browne as Rachel Thyssen in "Man from the Dead"

Jacqueline Pearce as Miss Brown in "Sweet Sue"

Bernard Lee as George Kershaw in "The Girl Who Never Was"

Michael Goodliffe as Michael Hornsby and Barbara Shelley as Dolores Hornsby in "All That Glitters"

Main Cast
Richard Bradford is the only regular actor in the series. Guest stars include amogst others Roger Delgado, Stuart Damon, Jane Merrow, Ed Bishop, Anton Rodgers, George Sewell, Philip Madoc, Barbara Shelley, Felicity Kendal, Colin Blakely, Ray McAnally, Bernard Lee, Jacqueline Pearce, Edward Fox, Sam Kydd, Donald Sutherland, and Rosemary Nicols.

Simon Williams as Pat Lestrange in "The Bridge"

Nicola Pagett as Carla Faversham in "Burden of Proof"

Ed Bishop as American Agent in "The Boston Square"

Felicity Kendal as Marcelle Robart in "Blind Spot"

Trivia

• The series was the successor to Danger Man.
• Jack Lord was considered for McGill.
• McGill's car in the series is a Hillman Imp.

Opening and Closing Credits

1966, Fashion: Vogue, Audrey Hepburn at the pret-â-porter (USA, 1 January)

 

1965, Nobel Prizes (Oslo, Norway)

The Nobel Prize in Physics: Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (Japan), Julian Schwinger (USA) and Richard P. Feynman (USA)

For their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles.

Shin'ichirō Tomonaga

Julian Schwinger

Richard P. Feynman

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Robert Burns Woodward (USA)

For his outstanding achievements in the art of organic synthesis.

Robert Burns Woodward

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: François Jacob (France), André Lwoff (France) and Jacques Monod (France)

For their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis.

François Jacob

André Lwoff

Jacques Monod

The Nobel Prize in Literature: Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (USSR)

For the artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people. 

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov

The Nobel Peace Prize: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

For its effort to enhance solidarity between nations and reduce the difference between rich and poor states.