The official birthday ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in London, England. Traditional pomp and military pageantry tributes in the ceremony. Queen Elizabeth II rides a horse during the Trooping the Colour. Children in military dress watch the ceremony. Women in the crowd use cameras to take photographs. A slow march past by the Queen's guards. A band plays music. The Queen salutes the troops at The Mall.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill passes away in London, England. The casket in which the body of Prime Minister is kept placed in the Westminster hall. Officers stand with bowed heads near the casket. Exterior of the hall. Vehicles pass on the street. People lined up in a large number outside the building to pay tribute to the Prime Minister. People walk slowly inside the building and look at the casket of the Prime Minister for the last time.
Presidential Palace in Havana. U.S. Secretary of State, Cordell Hull speaking at the Havana Conference. Flags of Nations attending. Franklin Roosevelt, on May 16, 1940, telling congress to mobilize for national defense. Airplane and engine factories and manufacturing plants. Navy ships being built. U.S. sailors and marines on parade. U.S. soldiers training with mock weapons. Flour bag "bombs" hitting a U.S. Army tank M2. Army trucks labeled "tanks." U.S. Army tanks M3. Empty "Adelphi" brand beer cans used for training. National Guard units Nationalized. President Roosevelt reading first draft numbers under the Selective Service Act. New recruits getting draft notices and physical exams. New soldiers in boot camp. German Ju 87 and Dornier 17 bombers taking off. Animated map showing German air attacks against Britain. View of radio broadcaster Edward R. Murrow in studio as he is describing the "Blitz" from London. German He 111 bomber aircraft in flight during blitz bombing of London, England, United Kingdom. British antiaircraft guns firing. London citizens in underground bomb shelter. British Fire brigades directing water hoses on burning buildings. British warships at sea. U.S. Destroyers transferred to Britain. British Prime Minister Churchill assigning military base rights to the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Berle. Brandenburg Gate and German, Italian, and Japanese flags flying in Berlin on September 27, 1940 Hitler greeting Italian Galleazzo Ciano, and Japanese representative Saburo Kurusu. Signing of Berlin Pact. London civilian citizens resting in underground air raid shelters, while the relentless bombing goes on. American Charles Lindbergh talks to an audience and says Britain is losing the war. Next scene shows Wendell Wilkie saying "England will not only survive, England will win!" British people cleaning up after a German blitz bombing run during the Battle of Britain. Fire fighter moving a mannequin from a store among rubble; a large commuter bus on its side and resting against a building in rubble; a British man with a hard hat clearing rubble finds a small British flag and mounts it in a wall. Polls showing increased American support for Britain based on polling between 1936 and 1941.
In 1938 an American tennis champion John Donald Budge (Don Budge) wins Wimbledon in London, England. Don Budge playing a match. The spectators seated in a stand. He wins the Wimbledon title. Budge shakes hand with United Kingdom tennis player Henry 'Bunny' Austin. From a September 16, 1963 newsreel recounting events 25 years prior.
British Horse guards lead ceremonial procession carrying King George V, of England, in Royal Coach, through the Mall to St. James Palace (Marlborough Rd, St. James's, London SW1A 1BQ, United Kingdom) in London, where British judges, barristers, diplomats, Army and Navy officers and other notables gather to await the arrival of King George V for the first formal royal reception (Levee) of the season. The King is visible in the Royal Coach.
The British Royal Family attends village wedding of Queen Mary of Teck's niece at St. Mary's Church (London Rd, Balcombe, Haywards Heath RH17, UK, United Kingdom) in Balcombe, Sussex, England. Queen Mary arrives for the Royal wedding. The bride Lady May Cambridge, also known as Princess May of Teck, is escorted by her father, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone. Lady May Cambridge along with groom Captain Henry Abel Smith, of the Royal Horse Guards, walks along the aisle. Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales, attends the ceremony. Six-year-old little Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) makes her debut as a bridesmaid in her cousin’s wedding. Princess Ingrid of Sweden and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha are bridesmaids of Lady May. Queen Mary is accompanied by her brother, the 1st Earl of Athlone.
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