Cars being blessed in St. Christopher's Day ceremonies. Catholic priests bless nearly five thousand motorists and their cars on Saint Christopher Day at Saint Christopher's Church (11 Gale Ave, Baldwin, NY 11510, United States) in Baldwin in New York. Cars are anointed with holy oil, as they pass by the church in a day long procession. Boys riding bicycles are also blessed.
Allied invasion task force loading tanks, vehicles, troops and equipment on ships,at British ports, in readiness for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, in World war 2. Armored vehicle seen loaded onto USS Boone County (LST-389) at Falmouth in Cornwell, England on June 2, 1944, as troops load various ships. Troops near anchored craft USS LCI(L)-84 and another vessel (possibly marked 48 or 49). Tanks, bulldozers, and heavy equipement being loaded. View of Landing Ship Tank LST-621 and then LST-317 being loaded. DUKW vehicles in queue to load. A U.S. Army soldier is hoisted aboard a British Royal Navy ship in a special harness. British sailors around him and another U.S. Army soldier on the deck. Invasion troops from England and the United States spending their waiting time aboard ships. Three seen playing musical instruments: Accordion, guitar, and violin. Several play cards. Two practice gymnastics. Some prepare weapons and ammunition (view of LST-506 or LCI-506 in background). Navy sailors and U.S. Army troops huddled together in tight groups as they are briefed by their respective officers regarding the invasion mission.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division in England during World War 2. Paratroopers marching on Welford airfield, Berkshire, England, then home of the U.S. 435th Troop Carrier Group. They march past gliders parked with their rear doors open. Tail of a WACO CG-4A Glider is seen with serial number 277396. A band plays. An olive drab staff car arrives on the airfield. U.S. Army General Dwight D Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill alight from the car. They review 101st Airborne Division troops with its Commander, U.S. Army Brigadier General Maxwell D. Taylor. Churchill, Eisenhower, and Taylor review the troops by walking amongst them. Prime Minister Winston Churchill shakes hands with Brigadier General Don Pratt, Assistant Division Commander of the 101st Airborne Division (who was later killed on D-Day in the Normandy Landings). As the reviewing party proceeds, they pass the guidon of 321st Glider Artillery Headquarters, displaying crossed cannons. Churchill pauses momentarily, as he passes a British paratrooper in formation with the 101st Airborne.
Dignitaries arrive at the New York harbor. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer aboard the Superliner ship SS United States. Closeup of Chancellor Adenauer as he waves. He and his daughter talk to the press aboard the ship, as they arrive for a two week visit in the United States. Photographers take pictures and record the event. Next scene is a wide view of the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth. British producer and director Sir Michael Balcon and his wife Lady Balcon aboard the Queen Elizabeth. The Duke of Windsor returns from the funeral of his mother, British monarch Queen Mary. The Duke talks to the press. People aboard the ship.
An autoclave at the Lenox Hill Hospital (100 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, United States) in New York, United States. An attendant supervises the functioning of an autoclave. He turns the wheel to the autoclave door. Various pressure gauge on the wall. He opens the door and removes bundles of linen from the autoclave. He slides the clothes onto a mobile stand and shuts the autoclave door.
The Operation Theater at Lenox Hill Hospital (100 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, United States) in New York, United States. An operation is underway in the theater. Doctors and assistants. Assistants pass instruments to the doctors. The overhead operating light. Clock on the wall.
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