King George VI ascends to the throne following the abdication of King Edward VIII in the United Kingdom. His wife becomes Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon with daughter Princess Elizabeth becoming the heir presumptive. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon meets with doctors and nurses during a visit to a hospital. A huge crowd gathered to cheer the royal family. Queen Elizabeth walks with her two daughters and sits in an open car. Queen Elizabeth in a garden. A parade of the British Army. King George VI shake hands with men. Trophies and awards are seen near King George VI.
The British Royal Family pose for a formal family portrait the Buckingham Palace after the coronation of King George VI. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and Dowager Queen Mary of Teck in coronation regalia. Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) wraps her arm around her younger sister, Princess Margaret. Royal train bearers (Lady Margaret Cavendish-Bentinck, Lady Diana Legge, Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget, Lady Iris Mountbatten and Lady Ursula Manners) hold the ermine-lined velvet robe of Queen Elizabeth. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and their daughters pose for a formal portrait. Other members of the Royal Family such as Dowager Queen Mary of Teck, Mary Princess Royal, Prince Henry (Duke of Gloucester), stand on the side. The King and Queen of the United Kingdom seated on royal chairs pose.
Inspection of a U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet jet engine at Brize Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. The B-47 Stratojet lands at Brize Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. An airman pushes a maintenance rack alongside the jet engine of the B-47. He climbs upon the rack and opens the access door from the engine. Another airman stands upon the nacelle of the engine. Two men work on the jet aircraft engine and inspect it. An airman closes the nacelle over the engine and climbs down the rack. He moves the rack out of the area and then replaces the bottom panel of the engine. Another airman stands on the maintenance rack and checks the flap on the right wing of the B-47.
Activities at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. A briefing room. Crew members of a United States Air Force B-47 Startojet attend a briefing session. Colonel Kunkle uses a pointer to point out an aerial route for the unit. He passes the stick to the next officer. Major Hess attaches maps to a wall map and then describes the mission to a bomb group. A close up of an officer during the briefing session. The crew members take notes. They come out of the briefing room. Men come out from 305th Bomb Wing Headquarters building. A sign reads 'United States Air Force 305th Bomb Wing, Medium'. U.S. Air Force Captain Grant with a heavy and bushy mustache conducts a briefing session. The captain talks and twirls the ends of his mustaches. A wall map and Brize-Norton pin pointed upon the map. A pointer traces the aerial route which the group would follow to Sidi Slimane AFB in Morocco which is also pin pointed upon the map.
U.S. SAC (Strategic Air Command) Unit prepares for the flight of United States Air Force B-47 Stratojets in the United Kingdom. Ground crewmen direct a B-47 Startojet bomber on a flight line. The engines of the aircraft rev up. A man uses an intercom system and talk to a person inside the aircraft. Two men stand fire guard. One of them dissolves the overflow of gasoline with a hand operated water tank. The B-47 taxis out of the parking area. Other aircraft stationary as first aircraft taxis on the strip.
Numerous military units, from throughout the United Kingdom, parade on horseback. King Edward, in Ermine, seen in Royal Coach. View of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra stepping from a Royal Landau Carriage and entering a building. Dignitaries leaving the building. King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra, and Princess Royal, Louise, entering the Royal landau.
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