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Dramatization. Dr. David Livingstone seeing the Mosi-oa-Tunya (later named Victoria Falls) for the first time.
Dramatization. African tribesmen lead Dr. David Livingstone to Victoria Falls, a waterfall on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe. David Livingstone is seen holding a walking stick. David Livingstone disembark from canoe with African guide, who asks him if there are waterfalls in Livingstone’s country. View of the Victoria Falls. David Livingstone goes back to the canoe and sets off with African attendants. David Livingstone and African attendants sail the Zambezi River. David Livingstone and African attendants disembark from canoe. African attendants show David Livingstone the Mosi-oa-Tunya, which David Livingstone names as “Victoria Falls”, after Queen Victoria. David Livingstone and his African men walk closer to the Victoria Falls. View of the Victoria Falls.
Doctor David Livingstone meeting Queen Victoria (dramatized), sharing his experience finding Victoria Falls and exploring Africa
Actors in dramatized scenes, together with actual footage of natural landmarks and wildlife in Africa. David Livingstone meets Queen Victoria in Windsor Castle. David Livingstone reports his discoveries in Africa, such as the Victoria Falls, which he named after the Queen. David Livingstone bows to Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria and her mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Duchess of Kent and Strathearn), listens to David Livingstone. Thundering waters of Victoria Falls. Herds of zebra, letchwe and wildebeeste grazing in Southern African Savannah. Egrets circling above buffaloes in the African Savannah. Elands, sable antelopes, roan antelopes, druikers in forest. A cheetah waits for prey in rocky hill. Pelicans fly over a lake.
Wedding of Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia and Prince Ernest Augustus of Brunswick- Luneburg, in Berlin, Germany
Various scenes, not necessarily in chronological order, associated with the wedding of Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Prince Ernest Augustus of Brunswick- Luneburg, son of the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland on 24 May, 1913, in Berlin, Germany. King George V of England enters a royal coach followed by Kaiser Wilhelm II. Footman places carriage robe over their legs and they depart, followed by a mounted military rider escort. Another royal coach arrives immediately and Empress Auguste Victoria (Augusta Victoria) of Germany and her daughter, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, step into it. The coach moves away. View of many men in formal military uniforms on walkway behind. More carriages arriving as many ladies emerge from passageway to the walkway in the background. Princess Viktoria Luise, and Prince Ernest Augustus enter a motorcar. Contingents of mounted German Guards Cuirassiers lead the way for the royal coaches carrying King George V of England and Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Empress Auguste Victoria and Princess Victoria Louise. More contingents of mounted German Guards Cuirassiers follow behind.
King of England and King of Italy meet aboard ship in harbor of Gaeta, Italy
Opening scene shows some Italian statesmen and naval officers boarding the Italian royal yacht Trinacria, anchored in the harbor, at Gaeta, Italy. Next, British King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra and daughter, Princess Victoria, are seen posing on the Trinacria's deck, with Italian King Victor Emmanuel III, who is engaged in conversation with the British monarch. Princess Victoria is the center of attention of a group of Italian naval officers. King Edward VII lights a cigarette, throws his match overboard, and smokes while the group continues posing for pictures. He shakes hands with an elder Italian statesman. The two kings converse and Victor Emmanuel III speaks to one of his officials, as Edward VII continues to meet members of the Italian party. (Reportedly, lunch was served in the saloon of the Trinacria, after which King Edward,Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria returned to the British Royal Yacht, HMY Victoria and Albert III, and sailed to Naples.)
Igor Sikorsky, in Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter, sets new record for sustained flight,at Stratford, Connecticut
Igor Sikorsky seated inside Vought-Sikorsky VS-300, an experimental helicopter at a field behind the Vought-Sikorsky plant off Sniffens lane, Stratford, Connecticut. Sikorsky takes off in his VS-300 helicopter attempting to set a new world's endurance record for sustained flight. At one point during the flight, Robert Mackellar III, an employee, in white lab coat, holds up a sign reading "Worlds Record BROKEN, 1 hour 20 mts, as the helicopter continues to hover, breaking the record of 1 hour, 20 minutes and 40 seconds, set in 1937 by Heinrich Focke in Germany. Judges check their watches to confirm the airborne time of the helicopter. The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter sets a new record of 1 hour and 32 minutes sustained flight.
Maiden test flight of the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King in Stratford, Connecticut
Demonstration of the biggest amphibious helicopter prototype in Stratford, Connecticut. United States Navy officials view a Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, a twin-engine anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter. Crowds gathered to watch the maiden test flight of the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, the biggest amphibious helicopter in the world at the time of its release. United States Air Force personnel watch the helicopter takes off. Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King in flight. Two military officials and civilian men watching the demonstration. The amphibious helicopter lands in lake. The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King prototype sails in the water. The helicopter taking off from the lake.
