1978 Collection

Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey, c. 1927
Photograph showing Gene Tunney (1897-1978) and Jack Dempsey (1895-1983) the American heavyweight boxers, pictured prior to one of their fights in 1926-7

Squeeze, pictured in 1978. Left to right are Jools Holland, Glenn Tilbrook, Golden Davis, Chris Difford and Harri Kakoulli

1978 European Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Club Brugge 0 v Liverpool 1. (Picture) Match winner Kenny Dalglish celebrates his goal. 10th May 1978

Lenny Henry, comedian, having some fun at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. June 1978

Laurie Cunninghan, Brendan Batson and Cyrille Regis Nov 1978 of West Bromich Albion Football Club in 1978

Volkswagen VW Camper Van

Chinese Store
The shop front of a Chinese store on Gerrard Street, Chinatown, central London. Date: 1978

Lenny Henry, comedian, having some fun at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. June 1978

The Deer Hunter
Robert De Niro as Michael in The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter
Robert De Niro as Michael in The Deer Hunter

Kapitsa and Androv, Russian physicists. Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (left, 1894-1984) is listening to a graduate student called Androv (right), who is defending his doctoral thesis

Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans

A snow covered St James Park in February 1978. Apart from the addition of floodlight towers, St James Park had remained largely unaltered since the ground was redeveloped back in 1905

Dodge Li l Red Express Truck 1978 red

1978 Morgan 4-4

Dodge Li l Red Express Truck 1978 red

Benny Hill with Debbie Linden December 1978

JEREMY THORPE AND HIS WIFE MARION WALK NEAR THEIR HOME IN THE WEST COUNTRY 26/11/1978

Elton John pictured at The Inn on The Park, London. 30th October 1978

Filming of Quadrophenia in Brighton, based on the Mods and Rocker battles of the mid 1960s, starring Phil Daniels and with British rock group The Who providing the music, Thursday 5th October 1978

Novelist Jilly Cooper pictured at home in Putney. 1st December 1978

Olivia Newton John at the Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, during her " Totally Hot World Tour". 28th November 1978

HMS Ark Royal comes into her final berth at HMNB Devonport - 4th December 1978. She was decommissioned in 1979

The Nolan sisters at home in Ilford. In the kitchen, Anne, Bernadette, Maureen and Linda. 23rd June 1978

The Nolan sisters at home in Ilford. Linda, Anne, Maureen and Bernadette with their 13-year-old sister Coleen. 23rd June 1978

The Nolan sisters at home in Ilford. 13-year-old Coleen. 23rd June 1978

Part of Spon Street showing a number of its old half-timbered buildings. Two properties, one on the left, the other by the lamp-post, have been restored in the last few years

1978 Ladies Singles Final, Wimbledon, Chris Evert v Martina Navratilova, Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Friday 7th July 1978

Actress (and former Doctor Who companion) Deborah Watling on a bike in Aberdeen with co star Henry McGee. They are appearing together in the comedy play Two and Two Make Sex 1978

Morecambe and Wise meet the cast of Sweeney April 1978 John Thaw and Dennis Waterman

Stern trawler Conqueror on rocks at Mousehole, Cornwall
Stern trawler Conqueror on the rocks at Mousehole, Cornwall, December 1978. Date: 1978

The Deer Hunter (1978)
Robert De Niro as Michael using a flamethrower in Michael Ciminos classic war film

A scene from The Deer Hunter (1978)
Robert De Niro as Michael and John Savage as Steven hang from an helicopter in a sequence from The Deer Hunter

Dodge Li l Red Express Truck 1978 red

CM3 3589 Jeremy Smith, March-Cosworth 2-4-0, 1978
Jeremy Smith, March-Cosworth 2-4-0, 1978, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2014, 2014, Autosport, cars, Festival of Speed, Goodwood, Goodwood FoS, Goodwood FoS, 2014, GRRC, hill climb, Historic Racing

Quarry Hill Flats, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, were modelled on the Karl Marx Hof flats in Vienna, Austria. The steel frame and concrete clad buildings were demolished 1978 Date: built late 1930s

Naval Cadets. Admiral Sir Gerald Vaughan Gladstone (1901-1978). Gladstone Joined Royal Naval College, Osborne, May 1915 And Then Went To Dartmouth Naval College In January 1917

Anthony Hopkins sitting in dressing room being made up for filming - November 1978

Twelve-year-old Martine Coles makes a call from the phone box in Pontypridd that is going to the home of Tom Jones in Bel Air, Los Angeles

The Nolan sisters at home in Ilford. Anne and Maureen in a bedroom getting ready. 23rd June 1978

The Nolan sisters at home in Ilford. Bernadette is pictured doing her hair. 23rd June 1978

1978 European Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Club Brugge 0 v Liverpool 1

Terry Jones, script writer for Monty Python, has bought a brewery at Lyonshall, near Hereford. He is producing 100 barrels of beer weekly of his own brew called Jones Special. 27th February 1978

Beefeater Rory Crozier looks on with disbelief as disco dancer Lucia Catti (18) goes through her paces during a visit to the Tower of London. 8th December 1978

Doctor Who Convention 13th August 1978. Doctor Who, actor Tom Baker - the 4th Doctor - pictured meeting fans at convention

Plastic Bertrand, pictured in the Daily Mirror Studio. He has a hit record at No. 8 in the charts called " CA, Plane, Pour Moi". June 1978 78-3063-001

World Cup 1978 Group 4 Scotland 1 Peru 3 Thomas Forsyth and Joe Jordan pointing at the crowd during the line up. La Plata

Peru v Poland World Cup match at the Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza in Mendoza 18th June 1978. Cueto Peru (left) Cubillas Peru, Deyna Poland Zbigniew Boniek Poland Final score: Peru 0-1 Poland

Chelsea Tommy Langley Clive Walker Ron Harris 1978 and Charlie Cooke celebrate goal against Liverpool in FA cup fourth round game

World Cup final 1978 Holland v Argentina football Rob Rensenbrink

Barbara Dickson singer actress December 1978 on stage singing playing guitar

Debbie Harry lead singer of Blondie August 1978

Morecambe and Wise meet the cast of Sweeney April 1978 John Thaw and Dennis Waterman

Douglas DC-3S N1R (msn 4129) of the BROOKLYN DODGERS (Brooklyn National League Baseball Club), marked with Dodgers World Champions just behind the entry door

Barry Island - Funfair - People pictured enjoying the rides at the funfair during the Easter break - 26th March 1978 - Western Mail and Echo Copyright

Debbie Harry singer of the pop group Blondie August 1978

Wilhelm Emil Willy Messerschmitt 1898-1978
Wilhelm Emil Willy Messerschmitt, 1898-1978. Date: 1978

Soviet tanks during a tactical exercise, 2 July 1978
SOVIET TANKS, 1978. Soviet tanks during a tactical exercise, 2 July 1978

Soviet Caspian Sea oil fields, 1978
Soviet Caspian Sea oil fields. Road bridge connecting oil wells in the Serebrovsky offshore oil field, in the Caspian Sea, near Baku, Azerbaijan, in June 1978

World Cup 1978 Final Holland versus Argentina Daniel Passarella lifts the trophy for Argentina

MERYL STREEP (b. 1949). American actress. Photographed on the set of The Deer Hunter, 1978
MERYL STREEP (b.1949). American actress. Photographed on the set of The Deer Hunter, 1978

Freddie Starr at home with his daughter Donna. 29th September 1978

"Topper"of the Pops wedding. Annie Nightingale marries Tony Baker at Brighton
" Topper" of the Pops wedding. Annie Nightingale marries Tony Baker at Brighton Register Office. 12th August 1978

Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge at LAP with their daughter Casey. 28th May 1978

Wedding of Lord Snowdon and Lucy Lindsay-Hogg, at Kensington Registry Office, London, Friday 15th December 1978

TV actress Penelope Keith with her new husband Rodney Timpson at Heathrow Airport

Noddy Holder with his baby daughter Jessica. 8th September 1978

Indian Bollywood Hindi Cinema Film Actor Amitabh Bachchan in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar India

Andy Warhol self portrait, 1978

USA. Frankie Avalon, Didi Conn , Stockard Channing and Dinah Manoff in a scene from the ©Paramount Pictures movie: Grease (1978)

From left to right, top to bottom: postage stamp depicting butterflyfish
DGA2581931 From left to right, top to bottom: postage stamp depicting butterflyfish, 1986, Tanzania, postage stamp commemorating 150th anniversary of Jules Verne, 1978

10 cents coin, 1978, obverse, Sri Lanka, 20th century
DGA2587190 10 cents coin, 1978, obverse, Sri Lanka, 20th century; (add.info.: 10 cents coin, 1978, obverse. Sri Lanka, 20th century. Sri Lanka); © A

2 cents coin, 1978, reverse, Sri Lanka, 20th century
DGA2587185 2 cents coin, 1978, reverse, Sri Lanka, 20th century; (add.info.: 2 cents coin, 1978, reverse. Sri Lanka, 20th century. Sri Lanka); © A

2 pesos (piso) banknote, 1978, reverse
DGA2586621 2 pesos (piso) banknote, 1978, reverse, declaration of Independence on 12 June 1898, Philippines, 20th century; (add.info.: 2 pesos (piso) banknote, 1978, reverse

The Queen at Chelmsford Station, 15th June 1978
This photograph shows The Queens arrival at Chelmsford Station on 15th June 1978. The Queen was attending the Essex Show as part of her Silver Jubilee celebrations

Hibernian versus Celtic march 1978 riot at easter road match between hibs & celtic 1978 football supporters on pitch

QPR Ladies FC players Josie Lee (22) left, and Sandra Choat (20) give a demonstration of ball control as their team mate Linda Coffin tells members of the Barnsley Oak football team points to watch

Gatsby Club, Victoria Street, Liverpool, 12th October 1978

Comedian Les Dawson and his new girlfriend Tracey Roper. 23rd September 1987

Michael Crawford as Frank Spencer learning to fly in Some Mothers Do Have em September 1978

Leo Sayer at a press reception at Wedgies nightclub in the Kings Road, London, prior to his tour of Britain and launching his new album. 4th October 1978

The Womens Professional Golf Association announced that the following girls had turned professional, bringing the total membership of the WPGA to thirty four

Middlesbrough, North East England, 1978

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EDITORS COMMENTS

Step into the time machine and travel back to 1978, a year filled with unforgettable moments and iconic symbols. The Suntop English Setters gracefully prance through fields, showcasing their elegance and beauty. Meanwhile, the London Film Festival Poster captures the essence of cinematic artistry that mesmerized audiences worldwide. On the roads, the Volkswagen VW Camper Van becomes a symbol of freedom and adventure, while the Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans roars with power and speed. Lenny Henry, a comedic genius, brings laughter to Great Yarmouth in Norfolk as he entertains crowds with his infectious humor in June 1978. In the realm of sports cars, the sleek design of the 1978 Morgan 4-4 turns heads wherever it goes. The Deer Hunter captivates audiences with its gripping storyline and powerful performances that leave an indelible mark on cinema history. Science takes center stage as Kapitsa and Androv, Russian physicists make groundbreaking discoveries that shape our understanding of the world around us. A snow-covered St James Park in February 1978 transforms into a winter wonderland where nature's beauty enchants all who visit. The Dodge Li'l Red Express Truck stands out in vibrant red hues as it cruises down highways, embodying American muscle at its finest. Whether you were enjoying comedy shows or exploring scientific breakthroughs or simply reveling in cultural phenomena like films or music – one thing is for certain: 1978 was a year brimming with excitement and endless possibilities.