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.
Parliamentary Elections in Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Louis Stephen St-Laurent and his wife walk out of their home. They get into a chauffeur-driven 1957 Buick Roadmaster sedan and arrive at a voting station. Prime Minister Laurent and his wife put their votes in a ballot box. A man seated at a desk helps them in casting votes. 'Dominion of Canada' written on the ballot box. Notice of grant of a poll placed on the building gateway. A man reads a notice. A man enters a building and casts his vote. Two Roman Catholic priests cast their ballots. Vehicles move through the streets. View of Chateau Hotel Frontenac (1 Rue des Carrières, Québec, QC G1R 4P5, Canada).
Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Japanese Navy on December 7, 1941, as filmed from the deck of U.S. Navy Hospital Ship, USS Solace (AH-5). Ships docked at Pearl Harbor. Several small launches speed across the calm harbor. Suddenly a bomb bursts in the water, behind one of the launches. Several U.S. SBD Dauntless and F4F aircraft, from the USS Enterprise, fly over the deck of the Hospital Ship, with their landing gear down (to land at Ford Island). U.S. Navy ship USS Nevada (BB-36) leaves the harbor at high speed, throwing up a bow wave. Japanese aircraft bomb U.S. Navy ship USS Arizona (BB-39) docked. The ship explodes and sinks. A large smoke column rises from the explosion. (This image has been reversed. From the perspective of the USS Solace, the Arizona should be pointing to the right, not to the left.) Anti aircraft firing from U.S. Navy ships fills air with black Flak puffs. Various ships burn. (World War II period).
'Sunny Africa,Eighth Avenue New York' , part 4 of the film titled 'Fights of Nations' captures professional African American dancers in the roles of couples dancing at a cafe, ostensibly on 8th Avenue in New York City, United States. A man plays a piano. After dancing, the couples sit at tables and eat and drink. . One man, in a striped T-shirt, gets up and gives a wonderful demonstration of tap dancing. Other people applaud and cheer him. A waiter serves. The man in the striped T-shirt goes out. Another man sits near the Striped Shirt's date. They converse and dance. The man in the striped T-shirt comes back. and picks a fight with the man dancing with his date. The fight involves everyone, but finally ends with Striped shirt and his date dancing away merrily, together.
The Presidential Lockheed Constellation aircraft, "Columbine", taxis to the ramp at Washington National Airport, with number one engine shut down. It taxis with props on numbers 2,3, and 4 engines turning. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Press Secretary, James Hagerty, step down from the aircraft and depart in a waiting car. A portal sign identifying Gate 19 of the Military Air Transport Command's Special Missions Squadron facility.
American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) facility in Los Angeles, California. U.S. Army personnel, in uniform, operate an AFRTS broadcast studio. Recording artist, actress, and singer Barbara Randolph seated in the sound room and working as the disc jockey for a radio program. She introduces a song and plays it for listeners. 45 rpm record playing on turntable. 1/4" reel to reel audio tape deck playing. Scene shifts to actor Robert Strauss, preparing to be filmed giving a promotional and public service message for American service personnel. Camera is ready. A man strikes a clapper, and the filming begins.
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