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.
Prince Edward VIII chooses to abdicate the throne of United Kingdom to marry his companion Mrs Wallis Simpson. He broadcasts a farewell to his people and British Empire in London, England. He declares he would not face the heavy responsibility without 'the woman he loves'. Clip primariliy shows radio broadcasting operations preparing to deliver the news and people listening to vintage radios. Views of radio transmission equipment, transistors, power generating equipment, and broadcasters with headphones preparing to deliver the news. Various British citizens seated and listening to radios of all sizes, as they hear the news. Men, women, children, boys, and girls all seen listening to the radio. A family gathered at a table listening to the radio while a boy eats a sandwich. Various console radios in living rooms and kitchens of British homes with people gathered around.
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.
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.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Lloyd George arrives at Downing Street in London, England during World War I. United Kingdom Prime Minister David Lloyd George gets off from a car. People crowd on the street. British Union Leader Arthur Henderson gets off from a car. People stand in the background. Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Arthur James Balfour in a car. A man opens a door of the car. The former Prime Minister gets out from the car.
United States President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy Reagan, visits the United Kingdom. Queen Elizabeth II welcomes them at Windsor Castle (Windsor SL4 1NJ, United Kingdom). President Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II and their spouses Nancy Reagan and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, watch the Queen’s Guards marching. President Reagan and Queen Elizabeth ride horses early the next morning. View of the Palace of Westminster (London SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom) as seen from across the Thames River. President Reagan gives a speech to both houses of parliament in London, the first American to ever do so. In his speech, he challenges the Soviets to allow him to address them in a television broadcast in exchange for the same in America.
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