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”.
Violence and death marks the Cyprus insurrection. Riots take place. Cypriot teenagers clash with British Military Police officers in a rock throwing battle. Tear gas used to break the demonstration. Rebels bomb the trucks and jeeps in the streets as they participate in the campaign for independence.
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.
United States Secretary of State, Dean Acheson arrives in London, aboard Presidential U.S. Air Force VC-118 called "The Independence." He is greeted by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden and United States Ambassador to United Kingdom, Walter S. Gifford. Mr. Acheson speaks of the importance of the Three Power Talks.
Animated maps show the conquest of low counties and France. German bombers and Stukas in flight. The German Luftwaffe aircraft blast Dunkirk. Enemy bombers shot down. German Air Force Strafe at the harbor and enemy warships. German pilots seated at the controls in the cockpit. German antiaircraft batteries fire at British ships of Dunkirk. (World War II period).
United States tanks on a road in France during World War 2. United States infantry and tank units in France. Sand bags are packed tight around a tank to fortify and dampen effect of enemy fire. U.S. tanks camouflaged, first with painting (a tank with lettering 'Warhawk" on the side is shown); then with branches over top to help conceal it. Nets and haystacks used for covering and obscuring tanks. Snow covered fields near St Vith. Tanks painted white with a whitewash to camouflage for winter battle. Tanks with lettering on side, "Kathleen", is whitewashed. A tank hits mines and explodes. A British tank outfitted with flails is used to find and detonate land mines. An explosive 'Snake' deployed in a field and used for demolition of enemy mines.
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