British professional boxers take on members of the Press in a football game to benefit the National Playing Fields Association. in London. Crowd in stand. Movie cinema star Gracie Fields shake hands with captains and then gives the first kick to the ball. Game in progress.After the game, British boxing Champion, Len Harvey, is besieged by boy autograph hunters.
Model ships of London's Model Boat Club being put on display and competing in Round Pond, Kensington Gardens, London. Crowd gathered at the pond to watch the proceedings. Model Boat Club members operate scale model replicas of famous ocean liners and attempt to maneuver them between floating obstacles.
King Edward VIII arrives at Westminster Abbey. Exteriors of Westminster Abbey (Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard, London, SW1P 3PA). King Edward VIII arrives by Rolls Royce Phantom car. King Edward with Archbishop of Canterbury Cosmo Gordon Lang enters Westminster Abbey. King Edward shakes hands with church dignitaries outside church. King hands out coins to elderly men and women.
King Edward VIII chooses to abdicate the throne of United Kingdom to marry his companion Mrs Wallis Simpson. View of many different newspaper headlines regarding King Edward VIII and his abdication. A view of a photograph of Mrs Wallis Simpson. View of King Edward VIII walking by British military forces in review. Two British police officers in front of the Prime Minister's residence at number 10 Downing Street. Various citizens and a group of girls gathered in front of the residence. Unidentified couple exits a car. In next scene, royal family members exit a car, including King George VI, his wife, Queen Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, Princess Margaret, and Princess Elizabeth. The King and his two daughters shake hands with an official. The royal family processes past a British honor guard. Brief scene of King George VI at an award ceremony on an open field, handing awards to British officers.
Prince Edward VIII chooses to abdicate the throne of United Kingdom to marry his companion Mrs Wallis Simpson. He broadcasts a farewell to his people and British Empire in London, England. He declares he would not face the heavy responsibility without 'the woman he loves'. Clip primariliy shows radio broadcasting operations preparing to deliver the news and people listening to vintage radios. Views of radio transmission equipment, transistors, power generating equipment, and broadcasters with headphones preparing to deliver the news. Various British citizens seated and listening to radios of all sizes, as they hear the news. Men, women, children, boys, and girls all seen listening to the radio. A family gathered at a table listening to the radio while a boy eats a sandwich. Various console radios in living rooms and kitchens of British homes with people gathered around.
King George VI ascends to the throne following the abdication of King Edward VIII in the United Kingdom. His wife becomes Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon with daughter Princess Elizabeth becoming the heir presumptive. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon meets with doctors and nurses during a visit to a hospital. A huge crowd gathered to cheer the royal family. Queen Elizabeth walks with her two daughters and sits in an open car. Queen Elizabeth in a garden. A parade of the British Army. King George VI shake hands with men. Trophies and awards are seen near King George VI.