View of flag poles with Japanese flags flying. Trees and historic-looking building in background. A formation of uniformed National Police Reserve, wearing helmets, salute. Two limousines are seen entering the park. Emperor Hirohito walks to a podium on a stage, accompanied by Empress Nagako. Greeter bows. View of huge crowd assembled on the grounds. Emperor Hirohito reads a proclamation, as other dignitaries on stage bow. The crowd in the park grounds is seen to raise their arms and shout Banzai, three times, for Japanese eternal prosperity
The flag raising ceremony in the Dominion of India after the partition of India. Officials arrive to attend the national flag raising ceremony. The flag is raised by an Indian official. Officials unfurl the national flag of India. Men salute the flag. A crowd surrounds the flag fluttering from a pole. An Indian official delivers an address.
The first Governor General of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, speaks at a Moslem Congress in Pakistan. Jinna delivers a speech after the partition of India. An official speaks into a microphone while he holds the flag of Pakistan. Jinnah leaves in a car escorted by policemen.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth come out from a building and King shakes hands with three scout leaders that span groups in the United Kingdom. The King and the Queen inspect the Rover scouts and Boy Scouts. They also inspect Indian scouts. King speaks to an Indian scout leader as a man notes down something.
U.S. Generals greet Greek counterparts.Officials gather outside Athens Cathedral, including Prime Minister Themistoklis Sophoulis. King Paul I of the Hellenes and Queen Consort Frederica of Hanover arrive by open motorcar, accompanied by their children, Prince Constantine, Princess Sophia, and Princess Irene. Greek troops are assembled in formation across the street, in front of the Legislature building. King Paul and Queen Frederica are greeted by the Prime Minister and the Archbishop, and other officials, as they enter the Cathedral.
Honor guards in formation and spectators assembled as King Paul I pays homage by laying a memorial wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Leof. Vasilisis Amalias 133, Athina 105 57, Greece) at Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece. Three Greek Generals are seen. The king then reviews a parade in his honor, standing close to the street, in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, flanked by sentries wearing Evzones uniforms. The parade includes children, wounded war veterans, accompanied by nurses, motorcycle troops, armored vehicles, tanks, and marching troops, some accompanied by dogs. A Navy military band plays in the parade followed by marching sailors and boys in sailors’ uniforms. An Army band followed by marching Army troops brings up the rear of the parade. The Royal Family then departs, as they arrived in an open car displaying the Royal crest on a flag. A civilian official place a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. Many civilian officials assemble at the tomb. A sentry in Evzone uniform stands guard and executes a military maneuver in front of the tomb.’
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