A Royal Air Force helicopter lands on a landing pad in Cork, Ireland. The helicopter has forty-eight members rescued after a U.S. plane forced to ditch off the Irish Coast. Survivors sitting in the helicopter taken on the litter and sent to a hospital in an ambulance. Rescue officers surround the helicopter and take the injured survivors of the accident for medical relief.
Jacqueline Kennedy converses with Irish President and Mrs. Eamon De Valera, on the steps of the Presidential home, during her vacation in Dublin, Ireland.
Major sports events of the year 1958. Participants at an all star mile race in Dublin, Ireland. Australian athlete Herb Elliot sets a new mile record of 3 minutes, 54 and 1/2 seconds, as he crosses the finish line.
Amelia Earhart Putnam gets out from her airplane. Crowd greets Amelia in Londonderry, Ireland as she ends her 2026-mile flight from Newfoundland. She is the first woman to ever fly alone across the ocean.
Queen Victoria is welcomed in Dublin, Ireland, by large crowds of well-wishers. She rides through the throngs in an open carriage, accompanied by Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice, who ride in the front of the carriage, facing her. The Queen holds a small parasol. Two uniformed guards, in kilts, ride in the rear of the carriage. Along the way, the carriage stops briefly, as the Queen accepts a large basket of flowers from two girls (possibly the twin daughters of Sir John and Lady Arnott ).
Soldiers march on a recruitment parade in Dublin, Ireland. A team of horses pulls a caisson, followed by infantry with shouldered arms. Commercial buildings in the background. One displays sign for James H. Webb & Company. Band marches along with them (although not playing at this instant). Spectators line sidewalks. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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