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Events of 1952 include death of King George VI of England and unrest in Egypt and Iran.

King George VI of the United Kingdom shaking hands with dignitaries in England. King George VI is wearing a military uniform. Crowds cheering. King George VI talks to his wife, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons. The Royal flag at half-mast. A photograph of King George VI on display. Woman crying over death of King George VI. Princess Elizabeth becomes Queen Elizabeth II and is seen in a ceremony after her father's death. On horseback, Queen Elizabeth II salutes the Royal Guards lined up at a Trooping the Colour ceremony. Scene changes to British soldiers fighting in the streets of Egypt over the issue of Suez Canal. Captured Egyptian men being searched by troops. Dead bodies lined up on the street. King Farouk I of Egypt with his wife, Queen Narriman, and children (Princess Ferial, Princess Fawzia, Princess Fadia and Prince Ahmad Fuad) after being sent to exile to Capri, Italy as a result of a revolution. King Farouk I holding son, Prince Ahmad Fuad, and is seated with Queen Narriman during their exile in Capri, Italy. Workers at Anglo-Iranian oil refineries in Iran after the government's decision to nationalize them causing a great set back to British interests. Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddeq arrives at the International Court in Hague for the settlement of the issue.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1952
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049156
Allied troops invade and advance in France during World War II.

Allied invasion of France during World War II. 4,000 Allied ships underway at sea towards the Cherbourg peninsula. Allied soldiers move down a net onto landing crafts on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Allied planes bombard the area and Naval artillery fires heavily. Scenes of various Allied Soldiers landing at Normandy beaches, including U.S. Army forces and British and Canadian forces. (Canadian forces landing at Juno Beach.) Troops wade through water. German assault from gun emplacements kills Allied soldiers during landing. Dead U.S. Army soldiers on the beach. Wounded soldiers provided medical aid by. German Prisoners of War marched away. A french man carries a U.S. flag near a group of U.S. soldiers at the "BERNIERES" station in the town of Bernières. Allied aircraft drop bombs over bridges and explosions occur. Heavier military equipment moved in by Allies. Allied troops advance in various towns of France. Captured German equipment piled up high. Supreme Commander General Eisenhower visits the area and is seen together with General Bradley and British Field Marshal Montgomery.

Location: France
Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 5 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049350
President Roosevelt awaits Winston Churchill at Naval Station Argentia in Newfoundland.

The USS McDougal alongside the British battleship HMS Prince of Wales in Placentia Bay Argentia in Newfoundland. Atlantic Conference during World War II. President Franklin D Roosevelt and other American officers await the arrival of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Roosevelt takes off his hat and his son, Lt. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. U.S. Navy, standing next to him, salutes.

Location: Argentia Newfoundland
Date: 1941, August 9
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049355
Prime Minister Winston Churchill visiting Iceland on return from the Atlantic Conference in New Foundland, during World War II

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is seen on the balcony of the Alþingi (Parliament House) in Reykjavik, Iceland on August 17, 1941, when he visited during voyage home from the Atlantic Conference in Newfoundland, in World War 2. To his left are Icelandic Prime Minister Hermann Jonasson and Regent Sveinn Björnsson. Churchill appears to make brief remarks to a group of civilian Icelanders assembled in the plaza below. The crowd is passive. Some take photographs. (Iceland is under British occupation at this time.)

Location: Iceland
Date: 1941, August 17
Duration: 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049361
Winston Churchill reviews troops in Newfoundland.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill reviews American and British troops stationed in Iceland, on his way home from the Atlantic Conference.

Location: Iceland
Date: 1941, August 29
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049362
Allied air invasion of Europe during World War II.

Allied invasion of Europe during World War II. Allied aircraft take off to invade German targets during World War II. United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers and Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters in flight. Allied aircraft including the British Royal Air Force Aircraft (RAF) bombard the German highways, oil refineries and production centers. Allied infantry also advances towards the German territory. Paratroopers land as their parachutes descend. Allied aircraft take off. P-51 Mustangs flown by Poles and Mitchell by men of British Commonwealth. Aircraft strafe German installations and drop bombs causing a pillar of smoke to rise.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 5 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049409
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