Images Dated 3rd May 2019

George Hoellering at the Academy Cinema

George Hoellering (1897-1980), Austrian film director, editor and producer, pictured outside the Academy Cinema at the junction of Poland Street and Oxford Street in London. Hoellering was the director of the cinema from 1944 until his death in 1980 and was responsible for establishing the Academy as a leading arthouse cinema, showing a wide variety of quality foreign language films. Date: 1966

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Herne's Oak, Windsor Great Park, Berkshire

Herne's Oak, in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, felled in 1796. Associated with the legend of Herne the Hunter, the tree features in Shakespeare's comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor. Date: 1790

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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Houston, Texas, USA. Black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) swimming

Houston, Texas, USA. Black-bellied whistling duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) swimming with an open beak quacking in an urban lake

© Janet Horton / Danita Delimont

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