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Repairing Big Ben :: Historic Scenes on Nov 11, 1918
REPAIRING THE FACE OF BIG BEN, the famous clock over the British Houses of Parliament, for V-E night, when the clock tower will be floodlit by search- lights. Many of the 365 panes of glass on each of the four dials were blasted during air raids on London, but Big Ben still, sent out its time signals to the
world. (By airmail.)
BIG BEN DOMINATED THE SCENES IN LONDON ot Horn on November 11, 1918, when ¡oyous demonstra
fions occurred at the cessation of hostilities.
THE DENSE CROWD which assembled outside Melbourne Town Hall when hostilities ceased in Europe on Armistice Day, 191 8. A thanksgiving service at the Shrine will be the focal point of public interest when
Y-E Day is announced in Melbourne.
AN AMAZING SCENE at the Royal Exchange, London, on Armistice Day, 1918, when thousands of people assembled, completely stopping London's traffic. Spontaneous demonstrations of joy occurred in every
village, town, and city of the Allied countries.