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.
Germany's successive attack over England during World War II. A British soldier walks along a mesh wire fence. Soldiers hold guns. Soldiers and officers stand in front of parked aircraft. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, with other officers walks past the planes. Workers at work inside an ordnance factory. A man stands leaning against a wall. People in London. A man sits in a car and lights a cigar for another man. Ships at a sea. Buildings in London. The flag of England being hoisted. A soldiers with a gun and the gun barrel is raised.
1956 Royal Film Performance at the Empire Theatre in Leicester Square, London, England (of the motion picture, "The Battle of the River Plate"). British and Hollywood celebrities arriving at the Empire Theatre (Leicester Square London, WC2 United Kingdom) for the event. Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe (Miller) accompanied by her husband, the playwright Arthur Miller, pass through the foyer. Hollywood actress Joan Crawford arrives with her husband, Alfred Steele (CEO of Pepsi-Cola). Queen Elizabeth II arrives followed by Princess Margaret. Reginald Bromhead, chairman of the Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund, introduces Queen Elizabeth II of England to stars, including Marilyn Monroe with Victor Mature standing on her left. A grandson of Mr. Bromhead offers flowers to the Queen.
Trooping the Color ceremony on Queen's Official Birthday and 9th Anniversary of Coronation in London, England. Queen Elizabeth on her horse "Imperial". Royal Guards present. Queen Elizabeth II comes out of the Buckingham Palace. The Queen is wearing a tricorn hat and a tunic banded with the Order of the Garter. Queen Elizabeth II salutes while on horseback. Dignitaries in wagon during the ceremony. Queen Elizabeth II takes the salute of the Royal Guards. The Queen Mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and granddaughter Princess Anne ride a royal carriage to the Buckingham Palace. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, accompanies the queen. The queen leads the troops to the Buckingham Palace. Royal family watches from balcony at the Buckingham Palace. Queen Elizabeth II's "Final Salute".
Vintage footage from the 1890s of two women playing tennis on a grass court while spectators look on. The women players are wearing white ankle length dresses customary for the time. Next scene shows famous French woman tennis star Suzann Lenglen playing tennis in the 1920s wearing a shorter skirt. Next scene is indoors, showing a woman altering the skirt length of tennis star Gussie Moran. Scene changes to a designer studio in London in the 1960s. Designer Ted Tinling assists models with new mini skirts and other tennis fashions that he designed. Models in designer Teddy Tingling's creations. Girls in various tennis outfits including short skirts, shorts, stockings and trousers. Close up views of the various women's tennis fashions.
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