British Royal Navy flight operations aboard United States aircraft carrier USS Antietam (CVA-36) in 1953, A Royal Navy Hawker Seahawk aircraft makes a low pass over the angled flight deck on the Antietam. Next are seen a succession of successful arrested landings by six Seahawk aircraft. The last one taxis after being released from arresting gear.
Major events of the year 1953. Dwight D Eisenhower congratulated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after assuming the office of the U.S. President. Funeral procession of a prominent statesman, Robert Taft. Taft with children. Death of Joseph Stalin. Stalin with other Soviet officials.
Aftermath of the disastrous 1953 Ionian earthquake (or the Great Kefalonia earthquake) in Ionian Isles, Greece. Children running away from houses. A wall collapses during the earthquake. Boys running far from a fallen telephone pole. Scenes in city of Ithaca, showing demolished buildings with rubble piled up on ground. Medics carry a casualty on a stretcher. Nurses treat the wounded. Man and woman holding infants. A woman wails as she mourns the loss of her loved ones.
The 1953 coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II at the Westminster Abbey in London, England. People gathered at the Parliament Square Garden at the northwest end of the Palace of Westminster, near the Big Ben. British nobles and peerage in elaborate attires. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, watches the ceremony. Coronation Maids (Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill; Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stuart; Lady Moyra Campbell, Lady Mary Russell, Lady Anne Coke) trailing behind Queen Elizabeth II. The Bishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher crowns Queen Elizabeth with the St. Edward’s Crown. A large crowd gathered outside the Buckingham Palace. People cheer the new Queen as Elizabeth II acknowledges them.
Major events of 1953. Field ambulances arrive at Freedom village bringing repatriated prisoners at the end of hostilities during the Korean War. General William Harrison of United States and General Nam II of North Korea sign the armistice agreement in Panmunjon bringing the war to a halt. War weary American soldiers return home and receive a warm welcome. Soldiers hug their family and friends as they reunite with them. The Statue of Liberty in New York, United States. (Note: Among those repatriated, seconds 18-21 and 26-28 of the clip show Rifleman George Hobson from Fazakerley, Liverpool, of the Royal Ulster Rifles, who was shot and captured at the Battle of the Imjin River in 1951.)
French fashion preview in Paris, France. Fashion show models display 1953's "New Look" in winter and evening fashions. Fashion models wear winter dresses and coats designed by leading French postwar haute couture designers such as Jacques Fath and Jacques Griffe. A model poses near a canal, wearing a minimalistic “New Look” dress inspired from the Medieval Ages by French designer Jacques Griffe. A model showing off a fur coat. Models in elegant white evening dresses. Models pose at various Paris locations, including at the Arc de Triomphe.