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.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and United States Ambassador Winant in London, United Kingdom. They sign the Epochal treaty leasing Air and Naval bases to the United States in return for the fifty Destroyers. Men stand and watch the dignitaries signing the treaty.
Tourists walk around at Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom (Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom). Bronze lions guard Nelson's Column. Pigeons on ground. Bronze relief panel depicting the death of Lord Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar at the base of Nelson's Column. The Statue of Nelson on the Nelson's Column.
King George VI passes away in the United Kingdom. People gather in a large number at a railroad station in London. A funeral train bearing the body of King George VI pulls in at the station. People mourn. Casket bearing the body is taken out of the train. View of Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II, her sister Princess Margaret, and the Queen Mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in mourning black at the train station as the casket is unloaded from the train. Pallbearers carry the casket. Exterior of Westminster Hall (3 St Margaret St, London SW1P 3JX, United Kingdom). A large crowd gathers along the sides of a street. The casket is placed in Westminster Hall. A crowd queues up to pay homage.
British French aviator Henri Farman shows his aircraft to others in London, England. He walks away. Graham White sitting in aircraft in Park Royal. Airplane takes off. Plane flies over a forest. Plane lands in Rugby, England. Pilot jumps down from the airplane. White with Farman and others. White leaving for breakfast. White sits in the aircraft and takes off leaving Rugby. Louis Paulhan won the £10,000 Daily Mail prize for the first flight from London to Manchester, United Kingdom. White's plane developed engine trouble.
Civil Defense workers in England climb a heap of debris near Saint Paul's Cathedral (St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom) in London, England. Containers nearby debris. People stand. British workers dump debris in the containers. Crane operates in the background. A fireman holds water hose and extinguishes a fire caused by German Luftwaffe blitz bombing campaign during World War II.
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