Not particularly of high quality, but this is a screen grab from some 8mm cine film I shot of the Gatwick departure hall as it appeared around lunch-time on 19th April 1960. I’m precise about the time and date as my log book records we arrived at Gatwick 13.05 and departed at 15.00. The occasion was when I and my crew were tasked at very short notice to fly Julian Amery, the then Colonial Under-Secretary of State, to Nicosia for talks with Archbishop Makarios and Mr Kutchuk. These talks led to the creation of the Sovereign Base Areas.
Note the ‘busy’ departure check-in desks on the left. With what appears to be just two pax checking in!
Postcard of Gatwick dating from around the same time.