The Illustrated London News, Saturday, March 27, 1948: Signing of the Western European Pact in Brussels

Pages 337-364. Features: Colour ad for Ford cars inside front cover; Title page photo of the second 16 Power Conference in Paris; Article discusses communism; 4 Photos illustrate life in Russian-ruled Potsdam and Weimar - historic German cities in the Soviet zone; Photos of the royal family's weekend home, and the chapel they attend; Book review of "Art And The Industrial Revolution" by Francis D. Klingender; Series of photos illustrates a unique fifty-year treaty signed in Brussels - the five power Western European pact; Photos of Earl Mountbatten in Burma - ceremonial, and informal events; Wonderful full-page photo of Mountbatten walking shoeless near Rangoon's most sacred pagoda, the Shwe (Golden) Dagon; Article with map discusses the naval WWII battle of the Philippines; Full-page photo shows Harry Truman asking Congress to accept conscription; Five photos show Princess Margaret visiting Glasgow; Four photos document Oxford and Cambridge rowing crews battling for the 98th time; Fantastic centrefold photos show Sheila's Cottage, a mare, winning the Grand National; Five photos show the war cabinet's underground headquarters, preserved for posterity; 4 Photos document fighting in Greece; Photos of the demolition of a massive German flak tower in the French sector of Berlin; Photo of the first Battalion, the Somerset light infantry, the last British troops to leave India, arriving at Liverpool; Photos of personalities of the week include Dr. Guy Dain, Istvan Bede, Prof. Nicola Delapchiev, Sen. Tom Connally, George C Marshall, Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, Gateshead alderman F. L. Burrow, Pope Pius XII in the Vatican, Adm. Sir F. H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton; Photos of Royal Army equipment displayed, including a superheavy Howitzer and a helicopter; Photos of British troops in British Honduras; Article on the re-creation of the Zoser's 5000-year-old "Eternal Dwelling" at Sakkarah; Two pages of photos of Egypt's first pyramid - restorations and a reconstruction at Sakkarah; Very nice back cover colour ad for "Black and White" Scotch whisky shows rugger game in progress. Coverfold of advertising outer layer clumsily taped, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine