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Vice President and Mrs. Richard Nixon in London for dedication of the American Memorial Chapel in St. Paul's Cathedral.

Vice President and Mrs. Richard Nixon's unscheduled arrival by train in London, United Kingdom. Londoners greet them and photographers take pictures. Mrs. Nixon participates in the dedication ceremony of the new American Memorial Chapel of St. Paul's Cathedral. Interiors of St. Paul's Cathedral (St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom).

Date: 1958, November 27
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022485
Large crowd gathered at Trafalgar Square to celebrate Victory in Europe day in London,England at the end of World War II.

Victory in Europe Day celebration in London, England at the end of World War II. Crowd gathered watches two Norwegian soldiers seated on top of a monument waving flag of Norway. American soldiers walk holding American flag. Men gather beside an “Evening News” van. Flags flutter in wind atop a building. French cosmetics company Bourjois advertisement unrolls from building which reads 'Bourjois Creators of Fine Perfumes and Toilet Soap'. Crowd gathered at Trafalgar Square for Victory in Europe (V-E) day celebration. They hold British flags in Trafalgar Square (Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom). Children seated on shoulders of their parents. View of the Big Ben in London.

Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072733
Demonstrators in Trafalgar Square, London, protest British support for the United States' actions in Vietnam.

Peace Demonstration at the Trafalgar square in London, England organized by the "Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament." Large crowd of anti-war demonstrators gather at Trafalgar Square (Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom). City of London Police in scuffle with protesters at Trafalgar Square. Demonstrators protest and show opposition to British support for the United States' actions in the Vietnam War. They hold banners. Military policemen control and stop the protesters from approaching Prime minister's home.

Date: 1967, May 5
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073275
Tourists walk around Nelson's Column at Trafalgar Square in London, United Kingdom.

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.

Date: 1970
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043081
British RAF bombers of No 2 Group bomb the Philips Electrical works at German-occupied Eindhoven, Holland, during World War II.

Film starts wirh slate reading: "R.A.F. Blasts Holland." At an Royal Air Force (RAF) base in England, United Kingdom, ground crewmen work on a British Supermarine Spitfire aircraft. Closeup of RAF pilot in cockpit of an airplane. Closeups showing fires burning and severe destruction of the Philips Electrical works at Endoven, the Netherlands, in aerial photographs taken during a bombing attack by RAF 2 Group, on December 6, 1942. Animated map illustrates the flight path of the attacking bombers from England, across the North Sea and the German occupied Holland, to Endoven. View of a de Havilland Mosquito bomber with propellers turning and then one of a Mosquito bomber in flight overhead. View from a warship of several RAF 2 Group aircraft flying low over the North sea. Glimpse of a Mosquito bomber flying low enough to affect the ocean surface. View from another aircraft in the formation, of a Mosquito bomber underway low over the water. View of a pilot in a cockpit, wearing learher helmet with earphones and an oxygen mask. View from aircraft approaching the coast of Holland, with two others already low above the mainland. More views of the bombers flying extremely low over Holland. View from a bomber showing agricultural land and the Philips Electrical works at Endoven, dead ahead. German flak guns fire and the bombers return fire by strafing the target building. The camera aircraft pulls up climb above the building and maneuvers over a river and city. Scene shifts to views from a high altitude group of RAF 2 Group, over the target. Views of their bombs bursting on target complex, causing fires and heavy smoke. Scene shifts, again to the bomber aircraft recovering at their home base in England. (Narrator states that 12 aircraft did not make it back.) View of a mosquito bomber crash landed. A severely damaged Lockheed PV-1 Ventura bomber. A crash landed Douglas A-20 Havoc bomber. Air crews conversing after arriving back from the mission. (Note: Losses to 2 Group were heavy, with 14 aircraft brought down by flak and enemy fighters, a 20% loss rate. Three more aircraft crash-landed on returning to England. Fifty-seven aircraft had been damaged and needed repairs.)

Date: 1942, December 6
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059556
Views of London, England, when it is filled with Allied military personnel during World War II. Various organizations supporting the Allied military in the city.

American troops are seen boarding a transport ship in the opening scene, heading for the war front in Europe during World War 2. Closeup of the ship leaving the dock in the United States. Closeup of soldiers on deck looking back as they depart. Glimpse of upper deck of the ship completely filled with soldier passengers. Soldiers in their multi-bunk rooms aboard ship. Soldiers on ship's deck wearing life preservers. An impromptu band of soldier musicians entertains the troops. Others pass the time in card games,and sharing letters from home. Next, soldiers are seen watching as the troop ship arrives in Liverpool, England. A British army band plays to welcome them. View from the ship of American soldiers descending a gangplank to the Liverpool dock, where U.S. army trucks and an ambulance awaited them. Sailors, and a Women's Army Corp (WAC) Sergeant, feed pigeons on dock. One sailor poses with a small English girl. Film shifts to scenes of wartime London which occupy the remainder of the film. Several U.S. Army officers walk along a London sidewalk A British woman army sergeant and a local policeman. An English Bobbie (police officer with tall helmet) poses for the camera with several sailors and an American WAC Sergeant. U.S. soldiers and Military police (MPs) posing in front of a shop with U.S. Marine Corps logo on the window. Street scene with U.S. soldier walking past a sign reading: "USA cars, No Entry." More street scenes showing various British military and police in the city. A sign reading, "American Red Cross Services for Women." Another sign reading, "A uniformed Red Cross woman. Sign identifying the "Yugoslav Relief Society" headquarters. Canadian soldiers near the headquarters of the "RCAF Overseas." A Norwegian sailor with cap reading,"Norske Marine." Street sign pointing toward :"Canadian Red Cross and Maple Leaf Club." Headquarters of the "Newfoundland Caribou Club." Uniformed women from a Canadian province. Three Canadian soldiers lighting cigarettes. A local park in the background. Sign above "Merchant Navy Comforts Club." Sign reading: "St. Columbia Catholic Services Club." An Australian soldier walking on the sidewalk. Two uniformed women consulting a guide book with two American MPs. A Scottish soldier wearing a kilt accompanying a woman. Brief glimpses of various Allied soldiers from the British Commonwealth. British soldier wearing a busby hat. "Lion Services Club" sign with lion image. "Armoured Royal Corps Club" sign. "New Zealand Forces Club.""United Nations' Forces' Club."

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060093