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King Gustav V of Sweden reviews the annual charity festival conducted to raise funds for poor children in Stockholm, Sweden.
An annual charity festival for the benefit of poverty-stricken children in Stockholm, Sweden. Troops raise flags and march past a vast crowd at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium (Stockholms Olympiastadion Lidingövägen, 114 33 Stockholm, Sweden) in Stockholm. King Gustav V of Sweden with other officials seated in the stadium. King Gustav watches the performances from the stadium box. Men and women perform drills and dances in the stadium.
King Gustaf V of Sweden and Queen Victoria of Baden launches latest Swedish navy warship in Gothenburg, Sweden
Swedish Royal carriage carrying King Gustaf V, and wife the Queen, Victoria of Baden, drives past Swedish Royal Guards. King Gustaf V, wearing a very thick coat and a cocked hat, and Queen Victoria alight from the carriage, with valets assisting the royal couple. The King and Queen of Sweden shakes hands with Royal Guards. The Queen walks with her husband to the port to launch a warship, based on porthole count and arrangement on stern, possibly HSwMS Sverige or HSwMS Drottning Victoria, both of which launched from Gothenburg. These were Swedish Sverige-class coastal defence ship (Pansarskepp) vessels.
Funeral rites of Dag Hammarskjöld, former Secretary General of United Nations in Uppsala, Sweden.
Uppsala Cathedral during funeral rites of Dag Hammarskjöld, former Secretary General of United Nations in Uppsala, Sweden. Garlands on Hammarskjöld's casket. King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden honors Hammarskjöld. Other dignitaries are present at the ceremony. Among them is 15-year-old Crown Prince Carl Gustaf, Duke of Jämtland, who later became King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden. Priest performs last rites. United States Vice President Lyndon B Johnson and Ambassador to United Nations, Adlai Stevenson pay homage to Hammarskjöld. The flower-covered casket is carried on streets of Uppsala atop a horse-drawn wagon. A large crowd walks behind the casket. People honor Hammarskjöld by salute. United Nations and national flag are lowered in salute during the burial.
German ambassador, Hans Thomsen, visits famous Swedish explorer, Sven Hedin in Stockholm, Sweden.
Sven Hedin, famous Swedish explorer, geographer, and author, is seen in his book-lined study, in Stockholm, Sweden, around the time of his 80th Birthday, in 1945, during World War 2. He opens a large map and points to a part of Sweden, that narrator implies is important to German interests. Next the German ambassador to Sweden, Dr. Hans Thomsen, enters, bringing greetings in the name of the Fuhrer, through Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German Foreign Minister. He expresses appreciation of the German nation. The two men sit and converse.
King Gustavus witnesses a gymnastic exhibition in Sweden.
People gather to watch a gymnastic exhibition in Sweden. A man stands with a flag. The gymnasts perform in front of the crowd. People applaud. King Gustavus of Sweden witnesses the exhibition.
King Gustav VI Adolf and Queen Louise, of Sweden, arrive at Guildhall, London, where they are greeted by the Lord Mayor of London.
Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden, with Queen Louise of Sweden arriving in a royal carriage at Guildhall, London (71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom). The Swedish royal couple are received by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Seymour Howard, 1st Baronet. Gustav VI is presented a memento. He reads remarks thanking the people of London. People around clap. Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by her sister, Princess Margaret and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and other royalty. They greet King Gustav VI and Queen Louise and join them in the Royal box at the Royal Opera House, in Covent Garden (Bow St, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom). (Note: There is sound for King Gustav's remarks in Guildhall, but not for most other sequences.)
