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Test of first 64 Vickers Viscount turbo-prop transport planes, ordered by Capital Airlines.

Aircraft workers work on an aircraft in a factory. Plane flies over the clouds. Interiors of the plane and men seated. Plane flies low. Crowd watches.

Date: 1955, May 23
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039868
The Royal Family of Britain seated under a shade as they watch a horse show

The Royal Family of Britain seated under a shade as they watch a horse show. Princess Anne seated with her parents, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on either side of her. A boy rides a horse in the show. She takes help from her father as her blanket falls.

Date: 1955, May 19
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041486
Aviator Jean Salis follows the trans channel flight of French inventor Louis Bleriot in England.

Aviator Jean Salis operates an aircraft in flight in England. Jean Salis follows the trans channel flight of French inventor Louis Bleriot. He uses the replica of Bleriot's wood monoplane for the flight. The airplane parked at the airfield. Salis in the cockpit of the plane. People gather on the field. The airplane in flight. The plane lands after the completion of its journey. A man shakes hands with Salis. Other people gather at the airfield to congratulate him.

Date: 1955, August 1
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062933
Queen Elizabeth II inaugurates Central Terminal Building in London

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh arrive to inaugurate the Central Terminal Building (Building demolished, replaced by London Heathrow Terminal 2- London Heathrow Airport Terminal 2 Inner Ring E, Hounslow TW6 1EW, UK), at the London Airport. The British flag is seen. The Queen greeted with a bunch of flowers. An inauguration ceremony takes place. Queen Elizabeth pulls back the curtain to unveil a plaque, designating the terminal as the “Queens Building”.

Date: 1955, December 19
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041366
Glimpses at moments in life of King George VI of Great Britain, matching Trafalgar Day speech by his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II in her Trafalgar Day speech recounts events in life of King George VI during dedication of his statue in Carleton Gardens, London, England. Audio of the Queen speaking as footage from the life of King George VI is shown. View of the Statue of Brtish King George VI. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth standing in bombing rubble, and visiting suffering London residents during the Blitz by Nazi Germany in 1940 during World War II. As Prince Albert, he stands with companions watching boys engaged in sports activities at a camp for boys that he established after World War I. Prince Albert in bathing suit at the beach, and participating in a group sing with campers. As the first British sovereign to enter the United States of America, King George VI is seen as he rides in an open car with President Franklin D.Roosevelt. The King is seen with British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, visiting the war zones and decorating British Colonial troops, during World War II. The Queen says "Today is Trafalgar Day."

Date: 1955, October 21
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056042
Royal Air Force plane air drops supplies to Scottish community isolated by severe snow storms

A Royal Air Force plane delovers fodder for livestock to communities cut off by severe snow storms in Northern Scottland. Large "SOS" stamped out in the snow.

Date: 1955, January
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037992
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