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Workers remove stained glass from windows and place sandbags at Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, England (WW2)
Workers place sandbags around Canterbury Cathedral (Cathedral House, 11 The Precincts, Canterbury CT1 2EH, United Kingdom) in Kent, England during World War II, as protection against enemy German bombing. Workers fill sandbags to place them around the Cathedral. They remove the famous stained-glass windows. The crowd watches them. Workers place sandbags in front of the windows.
Funeral of T.E. Lawrence at St. Nicholas Church in Moreton, Dorset, England.
Large gathering of people paying their respects at the funeral of T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") in Moreton, Dorset, England. Pallbearers carry the coffin into St Nicholas' Church (Moreton, Dorchester DT2 8RH, United Kingdom). Brief glimpse of the entire church building. Rector, followed by boys’ choir, and mourners walk on path to the church entrance. A police officer and his bicycle seen at edge of walk. Scene shifts to pallbearers wheeling coffin on side path. Winston Churchill and Mrs. Clementine Churchill walk toward the church, followed by Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald, and Anthony Eden. They walk through the crowd who make way for them. View of cross at the church, backlit by sunset.
U.S. troops get off a landing craft as explosions occur during a joint amphibious training at Woolacombe Beach in Devon, England.
A joint amphibious training of the United States Army and the Navy at Woolacombe Beach in Devon, England during World War II. A view of the harbor as the sun sets behind the clouds. Troops disembark from a landing craft and wade through water to reach the beach. Explosions occur in the foreground. Smoke rises due to the explosions. Soldiers lying down on the beach to escape the explosions. SHS ( Kingdom of Yugoslavia) troops approach barbed wires. A United States Army jeep at the beach as the soldiers try to climb up a slope. The soldiers carry a machine gun on a tripod.
French President Charles De Gaulle welcomed by Queen of England Elizabeth goes to Buckingham Palace in England.
French President Charles De Gaulle in England. The train arrives on platform. Officials stand aligned on platform. Queen of United Kingdom Elizabeth Alexandra Mary shakes hand with president and his wife. They meet Prime Minister Harold McMillan. President meets other officials. They leave the platform and get on a horse chariot. Crowd stands besides road. A woman clicks picture. President waves. A girl watches. The chariot reaches the Buckingham Palace. President and Queen Elizabeth wave from balcony. Musicians play music. Firework at night. Sailors watch. Nuns watch the firework show.
Germans prepare for a direct invasion of England, and British sailors drop naval mines in the English Channel for coastal protection.
Germany's preparations for invasion of the United Kingdom in World War 2. German soldiers study papers at a desk and prepare for direct invasion over England. The soldiers observe back lighted reconnaissance photos with a magnifying glass and observe forms of ships. A German pilot inside an aircraft in flight low near the coast of Dover, Portsmouth, and Plymouth. A German torpedo boat, or Schnellboots aka S-boot or S-boat, at sea running at high speed. German sailors and officers on the deck of a Schnellboots torpedo boat. German Army paratroopers in training for jumps. German paratroopers jump from simulated aircraft at low height, and hanging from wires, as they practice landing and rolling. German paratroopers at the open door of an aircraft and jumping in a line from the aircraft in flight. A number of parachutes in the air. A sketch shows the layers of British defensive positions from the coast inward. British flying boat over water. Gun turret of flying boat in action. Allied signal man soldier using portable signal lamp. Sailor on ship using large signal lamp. A British ship in the rough North Sea during a squall storm. British sailors in mine laying operation drop large round naval contact mines with protruding Hertz horns visible, into the sea. Booms with steel submarine nets in front of a British harbor to catch submarines and surface craft.
Events of 1952 include death of King George VI of England and unrest in Egypt and Iran.
King George VI of the United Kingdom shaking hands with dignitaries in England. King George VI is wearing a military uniform. Crowds cheering. King George VI talks to his wife, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons. The Royal flag at half-mast. A photograph of King George VI on display. Woman crying over death of King George VI. Princess Elizabeth becomes Queen Elizabeth II and is seen in a ceremony after her father's death. On horseback, Queen Elizabeth II salutes the Royal Guards lined up at a Trooping the Colour ceremony. Scene changes to British soldiers fighting in the streets of Egypt over the issue of Suez Canal. Captured Egyptian men being searched by troops. Dead bodies lined up on the street. King Farouk I of Egypt with his wife, Queen Narriman, and children (Princess Ferial, Princess Fawzia, Princess Fadia and Prince Ahmad Fuad) after being sent to exile to Capri, Italy as a result of a revolution. King Farouk I holding son, Prince Ahmad Fuad, and is seated with Queen Narriman during their exile in Capri, Italy. Workers at Anglo-Iranian oil refineries in Iran after the government's decision to nationalize them causing a great set back to British interests. Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddeq arrives at the International Court in Hague for the settlement of the issue.
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