Refugees and evacuees returning to Vannes, France during World War 2. A girl rides a bicycle with a baby in the basket. Buildings seen alongside the streets in the background. Civilians stand outside a building. Some people walk on streets. A British officer looks through binoculars and a nurse powders her nose. Trees seen in the background. The exterior of an Institute building used as a Headquarters by German Field Marshal Günther von Kluge. A sign near building steps warning of mines. A jeep on a road. The refugee return with their belongings. Mothers with babies. Nuns escorting children who just arrived by bus. Stone walls in the background. Horse carts loaded with luggage on the roads.
U.S. Army soldiers and and French civilians on the streets in Le Mans, France, a few weeks after its liberation from German occupation in World War 2. Soldiers rest outside a movie house. Shops and cafes seen in the background. GIs, men and women drink outside a sidewalk cafe. A table of three British soldiers is seen. GI trucks pass by in the background. Trucks and tanks come down a street. A French girl gives apples to a truckload of American soldiers. French African soldier and African American soldiers fraternize and shake hands. They smoke cigarettes.
Activities at a beach on Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean. U.S. and British flags. Vehicles parked in front of a building. Trees in the background. Men sit on a pier and surf on the beach. A merchant ship is anchored in a lagoon. Jeeps and panel trucks drive down a road through woods.
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower tours the United Kingdom. President Eisenhower gets off a United States Military Air Transport Service (MATS) aircraft at London Airport, present day London Heathrow Airport (Longford TW6, United Kingdom). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Harold Macmillan and other officers receives Eisenhower at the airport. A large crowd of British civilians waves at the President. Honor guards lined. President tours the city in a motorcade. Civilians stand on either side of the streets to greet him. View of Balmoral Castle (Balmoral Estates, Ballater AB35 5TB, UK). Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret receives President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan.
Annual Maritime Marathon across the English Channel in France. Contestants prepare for the competition at the seashore. A man vigorously massages a swimmer. Contestants swim from Cape Griz-Nez, France. People on boats watch the contestants swimming. American swimmer Greta Anderson wins 7th place. The winner, Argentinian television salesman Alfredo Camarero, with the British Newspaper’s trophy in Folkestone, England.
Traditional Martial Pageantry for Queen Elizabeth II's 31st birthday in London, England. Guards lined up during the Traditional Martial Pageantry for Queen Elizabeth II's 31st birthday. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dressed in full uniform on a horseback as they review the Household Guards. Queen salutes the Guards as they march past. The British Royal family- Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, their children Prince Charles and Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and Princess Margaret- wave from a balcony.
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