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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visit an ammunition factory in Scotland (WWII)

King George VI of the United Kingdom and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon take a tour of ammunition and gun factories in Scotland during World War II. The King and Queen of the United Kingdom visit strategic ammunition and gun factories. King George VI speaks to officials. Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon view machinery. Crowds of Scottish factory workers cheering. A white-hot steel is being turned into armor plates for ships and tanks. A slab of steel is lowered to a furnace. King George VI watch how steel is molten inside a furnace.

Date: 1940, March 13
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044736
Australian golfer Kel Nagle wins the 100th Anniversary British Open Golf Tournament in St. Andrews, Scotland.

British Open Golf Tournament in St. Andrews, Scotland. Kel Nagle, Arnold Palmer, and Roberto De Vicenzo battle it out to win the British Open Golf Tournament. Torrential rains disrupt play for a while. Kel Nagle goes on to win the title after defeating Palmer and De Vicenzo. (This was the 100th Anniversary of the first British Open, but it was the 89th British Open contest. The gaps were due to suspensions during World Wars 1 and 2.)

Date: 1960, July 11
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042242
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, visit a coal mine in the United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, visits coal mines in Fife (Fifeshire), Scotland. Mine workers give them a great ovation. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip wear overalls, gumboots or Wellingtons and miner’s helmets during their visit. Queen Elizabeth II goes down into the mine to inspect the network of tunnels. Prince Philip chatting with a miner. Miners cheer for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.

Date: 1958, July
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040892
Dock crane lifts 1947 Morris automobiles and Matador truck in the United Kingdom

Sign on car reads “Nuffield Exports.” A 1947 Morris Eight Series E automobile is pushed onto a lift platform by dock workers. Car is secured and then foreman gives the signal to lift. Another car is loaded on the platform and lifted. Close up of foreman giving the lift signal. A Matador truck chassis with drivetrain dangling via crane above a ship's cargo hold area. Workers rotate truck while it is lowered.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080091
Unemployed people march on the roads to London, England.

Unemployed men and women from Scotland, Wales, Midlands and the South march to London during the Great Depression. Signs seen include, 'Scotland vs. London,' 'National Hunger March,' 'Revolutionary United Mineworkers of Scotland,' and 'We are Against Starvation.' Slate at head of film reads, 'Jobless Hordes End Weary Dole March at Parliament Gate.' Sign in background within village reads, 'The Castle Restaurant.' Research suggests this is the The Castle Restaurant on Norwich Road, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth Norfolk, NR30 5JN This section of film ends with views of Parliament Building and Clock Tower in London. (Background to the next section of film: In Ireland a so-called Outdoor Relief Strike, supported by the Falls and the Shankhill united, Catholics and Protestants, was launched by the unemployed of Belfast. On Oct 3, 1932, 60 thousand attended a torchlight meeting at the Customs House in Belfast Ireland, to protest relief levels. Sporadic looting and rioting ensued in the following days and more mass demonstrations were planned for Oct 11th.) Film picks up on Wednesday October 5, 1932 as the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) attempt to maintain order. A series of street scenes is shown in which the RUC has begun patrolling. Officers are seen patrolling in Lancia armored car No. 105, with a machine gunner on top. Another Lancia armored car (No. 33) patrols near a park at the corner of Stage Street, Belfast. Boys are seen running across cobblestone streets where they have piled up stones for use in rioting. An RUC Crossly tender truck, carrying several police officers, drives along a Belfast street. View of an empty street where piles of stones and slates obstruct the roadway. Pedestrians appear to be going about their daily affairs as usual. (The primary mischief makers seem to be youths.) Final scene is that of a funeral. (In the course of the week's troubles, two of the rioters were shot dead by the RUC.) A horse-drawn hearse carries at least one. But behind it is a group of pallbearers also carrying a coffin. The street behind is filled with masses of mourners.

Date: 1932, October
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033280
Views of Scottish highlands and Edinburgh, Scotland during First international Festival of Documentary Films.

Views of mountainous terrain in Scottish Highlands. A rugged Statue of a Highlander. Streams of river flowing through woods. A large lake. Craigellachie Bridge and a car passing its masonry turrets, at the end of the bridge. River white water spilling over rocks. A sign reading: "First International Festival of Documentary Films, Edinburgh, August 31-September 7." A large Scottish Pipe Band in slow march along lower Royal Mile in front of Holyrood Palace (Palace of Holyroodhouse). They pick up normal cadence and then turn about in columns to march in the opposite direction. The fountain in front of the palace is seen with mountains in background.

Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032849