A Royal Air Force helicopter lands on a landing pad in Cork, Ireland. The helicopter has forty-eight members rescued after a U.S. plane forced to ditch off the Irish Coast. Survivors sitting in the helicopter taken on the litter and sent to a hospital in an ambulance. Rescue officers surround the helicopter and take the injured survivors of the accident for medical relief.
Major sports events of the year 1958. Participants at an all star mile race in Dublin, Ireland. Australian athlete Herb Elliot sets a new mile record of 3 minutes, 54 and 1/2 seconds, as he crosses the finish line.
Queen Victoria is welcomed in Dublin, Ireland, by large crowds of well-wishers. She rides through the throngs in an open carriage, accompanied by Princess Christian and Princess Beatrice, who ride in the front of the carriage, facing her. The Queen holds a small parasol. Two uniformed guards, in kilts, ride in the rear of the carriage. Along the way, the carriage stops briefly, as the Queen accepts a large basket of flowers from two girls (possibly the twin daughters of Sir John and Lady Arnott ).
Soldiers march on a recruitment parade in Dublin, Ireland. A team of horses pulls a caisson, followed by infantry with shouldered arms. Commercial buildings in the background. One displays sign for James H. Webb & Company. Band marches along with them (although not playing at this instant). Spectators line sidewalks. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes at Sydenham Airfield in Belfast, Ireland. Airmen assemble a P-47. A crane on a truck hoists a crate. A caterpillar skids the crate. Airmen strip off the tape. A man opens the crate and remove parts. A hangar in the background. A foreman checks the parts from the crate. A P-47 in the background. Men assemble a tank and attach a rubber on the P-47. They take the cowling from the nose of the P-47. Men push a crane with 4 blade prop to the nose. The P-47 takes off from the runway.
P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes at Langford Lodge in Belfast, Ireland. P-47s parked outside a hangar. Men work on the P-47s. A P-47 lands on a runway and taxis. Men work under the wing of a P-47.