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King Edward arrives at Westminster Abbey and meets church dignitaries.

King Edward VIII arrives at Westminster Abbey. Exteriors of Westminster Abbey (Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard, London, SW1P 3PA). King Edward VIII arrives by Rolls Royce Phantom car. King Edward with Archbishop of Canterbury Cosmo Gordon Lang enters Westminster Abbey. King Edward shakes hands with church dignitaries outside church. King hands out coins to elderly men and women.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053132
Britons gather around the Houses of Parliament as the British Government makes decisions on the eve of Britain's entry into World War II

In the tense two weeks before Britain's declaration of war against Germany in World War 2, (occuring on September 3, 1939) the Evening Standard Newspaper of August 21, 1939 reports that the Premier sees the King; the Cabinet is to meet; Members of Parliament assemble to hear Chamberlain speak; and the Pope will broadcast peace pleas. Londoners are seen gathered in the areas around the Houses of Parliament. A woman carries a placard reading "Churchill." (She pushes it in front of the camera.) Rolls Royce limousines carrying cabinet ministers enter gates at Parliament courtyard. Bobbies contain peaceful crowds without difficulty. Occupants of one limousine are dressed in Arabian garb. Newspaper vendor displays headlines of Evening Standard reading: "Britons told to leave Germany." Cars carrying dignitaries continue into the Parliament courtyard. Several photographers snap photos as the cars pass them. A shot of the Elizabeth Tower at the north end of the Houses of Parliament, with the Great Clock clearly visible. The tower, clock and great bell (Big Ben) are often collectively referred to as"Big Ben." Routine busy commercial traffic moving on the street past Parliament. View from a high vantage point of double-decker buses moving past the Parliament courtyard, where crowd stands by the fence. Another official car enters the courtyard.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1939, August 21
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053828
People crowd around Mr. Thomson as he comes out of the Caxton Hall after the meeting in Westminster.

National Transport Workers Federation meeting at Caxton Hall in Westminster, London. The workers crowd on the street outside the hall. Mr. Thomas along with other officials come out of the hall and people crowd around him. He gets in a car.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1922, April
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068680
Crowd at Trafalgar Square gathers to advocate recognition of Soviet government in Russia.

Civilians meet in rally at Trafalgar Square, London, to advocate British recognition of the Soviet government in Russia..

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1920
Duration: 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026039
Women playing tennis in 1890s and 1920s, and emergence of new women's fashions in Tennis with new 1960s creations.

Vintage footage from the 1890s of two women playing tennis on a grass court while spectators look on. The women players are wearing white ankle length dresses customary for the time. Next scene shows famous French woman tennis star Suzann Lenglen playing tennis in the 1920s wearing a shorter skirt. Next scene is indoors, showing a woman altering the skirt length of tennis star Gussie Moran. Scene changes to a designer studio in London in the 1960s. Designer Ted Tinling assists models with new mini skirts and other tennis fashions that he designed. Models in designer Teddy Tingling's creations. Girls in various tennis outfits including short skirts, shorts, stockings and trousers. Close up views of the various women's tennis fashions.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1965, January 25
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027010
British books preserved in World War 2 by copying them to microfilm and storing them in United States Library of Congress.

British books being preserved from destruction during World War 2. Images from May 13, 1933 when twenty five thousand books were burned by Nazis in Germany on orders from Hitler. The book-burning included many classics of literature. Aerial view of London buildings burning at night from Nazi blitz raid during Battle of Britain. Books and important records being preserved by British as they transfer them to film, with one page of each book recorded to one frame of film, so that an entire book can be captured on a small roll of film. View of books copied onto motion picture film one page at a time by a British man. View of U.S. military personnel reviewing motion picture film used to image letters sent to troops via V-mail during the war. Narrator states that the filming process followed by the British is similar to the American mail filming process.The films being looked at by a man. Men pack the films in boxes for shipment to the United States. Wooden boxes being lifted by ship crane for transport. Exterior street view of United States Library of Congress building where the films are being kept. Librarian checking and stamping each film on arrival. Film being viewed on a large microfilm viewer. The description of each film on cards placed in the library card catalog. View of the original preservation films being filed and stored in shelves in the basement of the Library of Congress.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675042334
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