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Elizabeth II crowned as the Queen of the United Kingdom
The 1953 coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II at the Westminster Abbey in London, England. People gathered at the Parliament Square Garden at the northwest end of the Palace of Westminster, near the Big Ben. British nobles and peerage in elaborate attires. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, watches the ceremony. Coronation Maids (Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill; Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stuart; Lady Moyra Campbell, Lady Mary Russell, Lady Anne Coke) trailing behind Queen Elizabeth II. The Bishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher crowns Queen Elizabeth with the St. Edward’s Crown. A large crowd gathered outside the Buckingham Palace. People cheer the new Queen as Elizabeth II acknowledges them.
Dwight David Eisenhower with Winston Churchill as Churchill addresses a gathering in London, England
A biographical documentary shows the life of Dwight David Eisenhower who was the President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Dwight David Eisenhower in a horse driven carriage salutes to people at a gathering outside the Royal Exchange (1 Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL, United Kingdom) in London, England. Eisenhower with Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Churchill addresses the gathering. The crowd cheers.
Airmen on a maintenance rack inspect the jet aircraft engines at Brize Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom.
Inspection of a U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet jet engine at Brize Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. The B-47 Stratojet lands at Brize Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. An airman pushes a maintenance rack alongside the jet engine of the B-47. He climbs upon the rack and opens the access door from the engine. Another airman stands upon the nacelle of the engine. Two men work on the jet aircraft engine and inspect it. An airman closes the nacelle over the engine and climbs down the rack. He moves the rack out of the area and then replaces the bottom panel of the engine. Another airman stands on the maintenance rack and checks the flap on the right wing of the B-47.
Ground crewmen direct a B-47 Startojet and two men stand fire guard during a flight preparation in the United Kingdom.
U.S. SAC (Strategic Air Command) Unit prepares for the flight of United States Air Force B-47 Stratojets in the United Kingdom. Ground crewmen direct a B-47 Startojet bomber on a flight line. The engines of the aircraft rev up. A man uses an intercom system and talk to a person inside the aircraft. Two men stand fire guard. One of them dissolves the overflow of gasoline with a hand operated water tank. The B-47 taxis out of the parking area. Other aircraft stationary as first aircraft taxis on the strip.
Crew members of a B-47 Startojet attend a briefing sessions at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom.
Activities at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. A briefing room. Crew members of a United States Air Force B-47 Startojet attend a briefing session. Colonel Kunkle uses a pointer to point out an aerial route for the unit. He passes the stick to the next officer. Major Hess attaches maps to a wall map and then describes the mission to a bomb group. A close up of an officer during the briefing session. The crew members take notes. They come out of the briefing room. Men come out from 305th Bomb Wing Headquarters building. A sign reads 'United States Air Force 305th Bomb Wing, Medium'. U.S. Air Force Captain Grant with a heavy and bushy mustache conducts a briefing session. The captain talks and twirls the ends of his mustaches. A wall map and Brize-Norton pin pointed upon the map. A pointer traces the aerial route which the group would follow to Sidi Slimane AFB in Morocco which is also pin pointed upon the map.
Activities around an aircraft as it is readied for a flight at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom.
Activities at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft stationary at an air strip. Activities around the aircraft as it is readied for a flight. A ground crewman wearing headphones attaches wires to the aircraft. He then takes out the wires. One airman stands guard in front of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis on the runway. Insignia of the United States on it. Other aircraft parked in the background.