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U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant briefs Coast Guardsmen and soldiers on deck of LCI before Normandy invasion in World War II

The day before D-Day invasion of Normandy by Allies during World War 2. A Coast Guard Lieutenant briefs Coast Guard crewmen and several officers and soldiers, on deck of a Landing Craft Infantry that will be taking part in the cross-channel invasion of France.

Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037052
Coronation of Elizabeth II at Westminister Abbey in London,Great Britain

The Coronation Day of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. The British Royal Family moves out of the Buckingham palace. Honor guards in horses during the royal procession to the Westminster Abbey. The golden coach carrying Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip (the Duke of Edinburgh) takes the queen to her coronation in Westminster Abbey. A large procession accompanies the Royal family to the Abbey as people throng by the roadside to cheer the family. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the Canadian Prime Minister, Louis St. Laurent, also form part of the procession. At the Westminster Abbey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Francis Fisher, administer a solemn oath to Elizabeth II. Dressed in a white garment she sits into a chair under a gold and silk canopy for benediction as she is anointed with holy oil. Elizabeth's four-year-old son, Prince Charles, watches the ceremony as his grandmother Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, explains him the proceedings. Archbishop Fisher places the St. Edwards crown onto Elizabeth's head. Elizabeth II is enthroned as the Queen of Great Britain. Royal Peers vow to the Queen and first among them is her husband and Duke of Edinburgh, Phillip. After the ceremony, the new Queen along with her family moves back to the Buckingham palace. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police escort the royal family back to the Buckingham Palace. A large crowd throng outside the Buckingham Palace as Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Phillip along with their two children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, appear in a Palace gallery.

Date: 1953, June 2
Duration: 6 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037424
Funeral of Princess Mary in London in Britain

A film titled ' Royal funeral: leaders in tribute to Princess Mary' shows various dignitaries arriving to pay last respects to Princess Mary, aunt of Queen Elizabeth in London in Britain. Queen Elizabeth along with the other members of the royal family arrives at a church for a private service near Leeds. Nearly 2,000 distinguished persons arrive for the memorial service at the Westminster Abbey including Lady Churchill, Lord Mountbatten, Clement Attlee, Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The casket with Princess Mary's body is brought for burial as members of the Royal family and other distinguished persons stand around it. Priests recite prayers before the burial at a 12th century church.

Date: 1965, April 5
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037738
Conference of Allied Generals of World War II.

View of Generals and Admirals seated around table for conference. General Dwight Eisenhower seated with General Bernard L Montgomerry and Air Marshal Arthur W Tedder. Other officers stand behind Generals seated. All Generals including Lieutenant General Omar Nelson Bradley, Admiral Ramsay, Air Chief Marshall Leigh Sir Trafford L Mallory and Lieutenant General Walter B Smith walks to large wall map of Europe where General Eisenhower points to central Germany area. View of large group of photographers taking pictures.

Date: 1944, March 23
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038862
General Dwight Eisenhower and other allied Generals of World War II confer.

View General Dwight David Eisenhower with General Bernard Law Montgomerry and Air Marshall Arthur W Tedder seated around table. Air Chief Marshall Leigh Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory and Lieutenant General Walter B Smith seated on one side and Lieutenant General Omar Nelson Bradley , Admiral Ramsay on other side. Wall map of Germany behind the conference table. Discussion goes on.

Date: 1944, March 23
Duration: 5 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038863
German prisoners of war are segregated and marched to stockade area (WW2)

Large group of German prisoners lined up. German prisoners are segregated according to rank by British soldiers. Prisoners are then marched to barbed wire stockade area for interrogation. Long cue of prisoners can be seen marching. Close view of few prisoners. (World War II period)

Date: 1944, June 8
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038879