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Elizabeth II crowned as the Queen of the United Kingdom

The 1953 coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II at the Westminster Abbey in London, England. People gathered at the Parliament Square Garden at the northwest end of the Palace of Westminster, near the Big Ben. British nobles and peerage in elaborate attires. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, watches the ceremony. Coronation Maids (Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill; Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stuart; Lady Moyra Campbell, Lady Mary Russell, Lady Anne Coke) trailing behind Queen Elizabeth II. The Bishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher crowns Queen Elizabeth with the St. Edward’s Crown. A large crowd gathered outside the Buckingham Palace. People cheer the new Queen as Elizabeth II acknowledges them.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1953, June 2
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049153
Disastrous Harrow and Wealdstone train collision claim lives of 200 people in England; Freighter Flying Enterprise founders at sea

Clip opens with 8 October, 1952 scenes from the aftermath of the Harrow and Wealdstone railroad train crash in England, where the collision of a Scottish Express train and a commuter train, followed by another express train, killed 200 people outside of London, England. Destroyed British railway trains on the track. Rescue operations carried out. Injured carried away for medical help on litters. Scene changes to coast of England in early January 1952, as the United States freighter ship Flying Enterprise (formerly the SS Cape Kumukaki) founders to one side while underway in rough seas. The ship had battled to stay afloat for 8 days following structural damage and then shifting cargo. Captain of the ship Kurt Carlsen is honored at a ceremony for putting up a brave fight for eight days trying to get the ship to port across the rough sea.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1952, October 8
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049158
Atomic testing in 1952 - Britain explodes its first atom bomb and America tests its first hydrogen bomb with Operation Ivy

Major nuclear testing events of the year 1952. Narrator indicates that the British detonated their first atomic bomb in 1952 (not shown). Aerial view of Enewetak Atoll area where United States testing took place for Operation Ivy. America tests its first hydrogen bomb. View of bomb apparatus on island. Massive explosion occurs during test shot Ivy MIKE, at the Enewetak atoll, on November 1, 1952.

Location: Enewetak Atoll
Date: 1952, November 1
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049160
Nationalization of oil refinery at Abadan, Iran.

Major events of the year 1951. Nationalization of Anglo Iranian oil refinery at Abadan, Iran. Workers at the refinery. British action leads people to protest against Britain and other western democracies on streets in Iran. Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh (or Mosaddeq) takes the matter to the United Nations. Delegates of various countries at the meeting. The United Nations headquarters in New York, United states.

Location: Iran
Date: 1951, December 24
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049176
America's cup, a yacht race, resumes after 21 years in Newport, Rhode Island.

Major sports events of the year 1958. Boats underway at sea during America's cup, a yachting event that resumes after 21 years. President Eisenhower looks at the boats through a pair of binoculars. Columbia team representing United States beats British challenger Sceptre in four races off New Port, Rhode Island.

Location: Newport Rhode Island USA
Date: 1958, December 23
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049197
Convoy of landing craft leaving Weymouth England bound for Normandy, France, during World War II.

Views from Landing Craft Infantry LCI(L) 88 of convoy of Landing Craft departing Weymouth, England, for the invasion of France, in World War 2. The American flag in brisk breeze on stern of LCI(L) 88. Convoy proceeding in columns. At least one barrage balloon seen faintly in background. A British Battleship lays by, in the background, as the convoy passes.

Location: Weymouth England United Kingdom
Date: 1944, June 5
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049232
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