This is a dvd gift and greeting card all in one for someone who was either born in 1955 or possibly got married. The 1955 card cover contains top news stories from the year such as:-Donald Campbell , in Bluebird K7 his new boat , breaks the water speed record hitting 202mph on Ullswater Lake. Later the same year he achieves a record of 216mph on Lake Mead..whilst the inside is left blank to allow you to add your own personal birthday or anniversary message. UK and US versions in stock.
1955 was the Year of the Sheep
The DVD film runs for 65 minutes and features all the important news , events and personalities relating to 1955. A truly superb gift that will give hours of pleasure bringing back memories of 1955.
- Donald Campbell breaks water speed record twice in 1955 - In Montgomery , Alabama Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to move from the whites-only seating section of a city bus. Civil rights leaders are talking of a state-wide bus boycott. - The Volkswagen Beetle , commissioned by Hitler and built by Porche achieves its millionth sale. - The Eastern Bloc nations` answer to NATO, the Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviets , Czechoslovakia , Poland and others. - Winston Churchill now 80 years old , retires a British Prime Minister. His successor is a younger Sir Anthony Eden.
