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Description: | This comic forms part of a series called 'Eagle and Boys' World'. It was issued in association with the GPO and incorporated a four-page supplement entitled The Post Office Tower, produced to commemorate the opening of the tower in 1965. Alongside an explanation of the role of the tower and the definition of a microwave, the supplement includes illustrations of RAF Spitfires in the Battle of Britain guided by radar towards their enemy target. The development of the telephone from Alexander Bell's first invention to present-day technology is also shown in a strip of pictures. There is a real sense of the 'Eagle' comic celebrating the futuristic tower, the tallest in London, and all the scientific achievements associated with it. Indeed, the tower seemed like something out of science fiction. A page-long comic strip narrates the story of how a pilot's life is saved by a special transmission from the tower by the only doctor with the specialist knowledge to help him. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Museum of London | Subjects: | Public services Leisure Cityscape | Temporal: | 1966 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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