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Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom celebrates her 10 years of monarchy and dedicates New Zealand House in England.

Queen Elizabeth II celebrates the 10th anniversary of her monarchy in England. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom celebrates her 10 years of monarchy and dedicates New Zealand House, also known as the High Commission of New Zealand in London (80 Haymarket, St. James's, London SW1Y 4TE, United Kingdom). Officials greet Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth and officials look at the London City. Past scenes show: Queen seated in a Royal carriage passes crowd during the coronation celebration. The bishop undertakes the ceremony at the at Westminster Abbey (20 Deans Yd, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom). Prime Minister Winston Churchill attends the coronation ceremony. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the Queen Mother) and Prince Charles witness the coronation ceremony. Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher of Canterbury places the King Edward's Crown on the head of Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth II moves through the crowd in her carriage after the ceremony.

Date: 1963, June 2
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073170
Ambassadors and diplomats of the United States in Europe and Asia.

Secretary of State Department, Cordell Hull at office with his staff. World map. Door sign 'Division of European Affairs. 'Officer with other men at work. Ambassador Hugh Wilson in Berlin and Ambassador William Phillips in Rome. British and French U.S. diplomats, Joseph P. Kennedy in London, England United Kingdom; and W.C. Bullitt at conference in Paris. Consul General George Wadsworth at American consulate in Jerusalem, and J.C. Grew in Tokyo, Japan.

Date: 1938
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051778
Workers place sandbags and make basement areas bombproof at Kensington Town Hall and the American Embassy, London

View of exterior basement area of Kensington Town Hall (Kensington, London W8 4SG, UK) on Kensington High Street at basement level, as it is being made bombproof in London, England just before outbreak of World War 2. Group of men place sandbags on windows. Next scene shows similar bomb-proofing activity at basement level of the American Embassy (24 Grosvenor Square, London W1A 1AE, United Kingdom) at Grosvenor Square. Workers fill sand into bags with the help of spades, and stack them in front of windows.

Date: 1938
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064219
King George V reviews honor guard and James Ramsay MacDonald forms his cabinet in the United Kingdom.

The government crashes in the United Kingdom. In Ballater, Scotland : King George V of the United Kingdom reviews honor guard. The King drives away in a car. In London, England : United Kingdom Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald with his Labour party members and leaders of the Conservatives liberals to form his cabinet.

Date: 1931, September 3
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058048
Scenes of devastation from the "Long Island Express" Hurricane of 1938.

Scenes from the New England Hurricane of 1938 (or Great New England Hurricane) (or Long Island Express) (or The Great Hurricane of 1938). Hurricane hitting U.S. Eastern Seaboard on September 21, 1938. The Coast from New Jersey to New England felt its effect. Cars and people drenched with water in streets. Policemen wade through hip deep water. New York is whipped by 70 mile-an-hour winds and the raging sea pouring tons of water far inland. A man retreats from a dock as waves pour water on him. Outcome of hurricane shows broken ships, downed trees, and devastation at the water front in coastal areas including Atlantic City, New London Connecticut, and Long Island. Firemen in New London Connecticut battle fires. Aerial view of destroyed shoreline and beached boats in New London. Broken cars crushed by fallen trees. Crowds gather to look at damage as a lone sentry guards against looting. Boats along the Atlantic Coast are destroyed. A boat is seen on a road in front of Merkel's Delicatessen. View of a train that was derailed by the hurricane on Long Island. Shot of a car that was carried far off a roadway and impaled on an upright beam.

Date: 1938, September 21
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039207
Military vehicles and supplies from the United States arrive in United Kingdom warehouses and bases (WW2)

Trucks arrive at Toddington Manor (Toddington, Cheltenham GL54 5DN, United Kingdom) in Gloucestershire, England. British children playing jump rope as vehicles transport tanks on the road. Rows of aircraft are transported by vehicles into town. The preparations for the D-Day invasion of France by Allied Forces, during World War II. A crane moves boxes. Boxes move in conveyer belts. Sacks, boxes, and crates stored at a distribution point. A man drives a forklift transporting boxes inside a warehouse. Military supplies arriving in Britain from the United States. Piles of tires, barbed wires, concrete tubes stored in docks and warehouses. Cranes move oil barrels into a pile. Military locomotives and freight cars bound for continental Europe at a railway yard. Soldiers open a crate containing a United States Army truck. A crane lowers a tank. A man inspects a row of military trucks. Rows of M3 half-track armored personnel carriers and M4 Tractors in England. A man helps a tank back up. Rows of tanks, artillery, and guns from the United States. Men stocking shells inside an underground storage. Piles of shells outdoors. A truck transports shell. Rows of fighters at an airfield. A man moves a search light at night. Anti-aircraft guns fire at German night bombers attempting to attack bases in the United Kingdom. Barrage balloons fly above warships. A sailor drops an anti-ship mine in the sea. Minesweepers seek and destroy such mines from the sea. Consolidated PBY-5A attacks a German ship.

Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037077