Models display fashion creations at a beach in Miami, Florida. The models stand on a huge clock. Variety of dresses like negligees, riding habit, cocktail dresses and evening gowns are displayed. Palm trees in the background.
Flags at half staff in mourning on roof of College of Notre Dame in Montreal, Canada (Collège Notre-Dame, in Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal). Thousands of people (a total of about 1 million in one week) pay last respects to the 'Miracle Man' of Montreal, who died January 6th, 1937. Brother Andre, the former Alfred Bessette, was a revered 20th century disciple of St. Joseph associated with St. Joseph's Oratory, a major Roman Catholic religious sanctuary in Montreal, Canada (l'Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal). On Saturday, January 9, the coffin is taken from the Oratory to the Montreal cathedral Marie-Reine du Monde (Mary Queen of the World), for a first funeral Mass. Six Firemen Officers carry it inside. Later, back into the sanctuary (St Joseph's Oratory) it would lie in state until January 12 for a second funeral ceremony. View of the open coffin. Views of the St. Joseph's Oratory. Brother Andre poses for picture a few years before his death.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with their two daughters in London. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret walk with their parents and pet dogs in a park near Buckingham Palace. The British Royal family strolls in a garden near a stream. The family feed ducks in a pond. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret walk toward their father. Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon letting her dog sniff her hand. Workmen in the Royal Mews (The Royal Mews Buckingham Palace Rd, London SW1W 0QH, United Kingdom) give George III's State Coach a wash up and brush up for the coronation ceremonies. A fully uniformed entourage on horseback practices guiding the 176-year-old coach that will be used for the coronation of King George VI.
An amphibian automobile designed by George Powell at Glendale in California. George Powell seated in the mobile boat. Cars and bicycles travel with the automobile on the road. The amphibious automobile taken into Lake Willow. The auto boat travels with equal facility on land and water.
Early flight airshow dare devil Clem Sohn in his wingsuit at Vincennes in France. He was known as 'Batman'. Planes in the background. He demonstrates flying with his ornithopter like wing suit. Clem Sohn then jumps in front of 55,000 spectators from 650 feet high in the sky. He plunges to death as his parachute fails to open.
National Guardsmen and police patrol the snow swept streets of Auburn in Maine. Cars parked on the streets. C.I.O. Organizers (Congress of Industrial Organizations) are arrested in a strike testing the Wagner Act. Crowd on the streets.
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