Victory in Europe Day being celebrated in London, England with the end of World War II. Flower beds outside Buckingham Palace, crowd sitting around. Royal Standard flies over the Palace. Young couple amusing themselves and kissing while waiting for King George VI to appear on balcony of Palace. Middle-aged citizen with his son listens to a speech. Two soldiers listen to broadcast of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's speech. People sitting all over large lion statues in Trafalgar Square (Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DS, United Kingdom). Pedestal and statue of Charles James Napier. Loudspeakers in Trafalgar Square.
Women protesting for women's rights and equal rights march along Oxford Street towards Trafalgar Square in London as part of the first Women's Liberation March in 1971. A Maison Lyons department store is seen in the background, possibly 362-366 Oxford Street. In addition to the Woman's Power Symbol, signs displayed include "Women Unite for Women's Liberation," "Free 24 Hour Nurseries," "Women's Lib Means Peoples Lib," "Equality Now," and "No Sex Discrimination." Scene cuts to UK secondary school or high school students in hallway between classes. A girl closes her locker door while talking to another girl. Cheerleaders gathered at a UK high school. Boys playing basketball. Girls standing and cheering. Still photo montage of early film stars.
Large gathering of people paying their respects at the funeral of T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") in Moreton, Dorset, England. Pallbearers carry the coffin into St Nicholas' Church (Moreton, Dorchester DT2 8RH, United Kingdom). Brief glimpse of the entire church building. Rector, followed by boys’ choir, and mourners walk on path to the church entrance. A police officer and his bicycle seen at edge of walk. Scene shifts to pallbearers wheeling coffin on side path. Winston Churchill and Mrs. Clementine Churchill walk toward the church, followed by Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald, and Anthony Eden. They walk through the crowd who make way for them. View of cross at the church, backlit by sunset.
French Marshal Ferdinand Foch, United Kingdom Prime Minister David Lloyd George, French Prime Minister Aristide Briand, other officials, and women pose on steps of Chequers estate (Missenden Road; Aylesbury; Buckinghamshire; HP17 0UZ) during discussions between Britain and France over the enforcement of the Treaty of Versailles, and regarding German reparations and military enforcement in the Rhineland and Ruhr. Exteriors of Chequers country residence of the Prime Minister in Buckinghamshire. Marshall Ferdinand Foch, David Loyd George and Aristide Briand in discussion standing on the lawn.
Activities of the U.S. AAF military units stationed at RAF Polebrook , Northamptonshire, England, during filming of "Combat America" in World War 2. Officers coming out of a quonset hut. Soldiers seated in a jeep. A trailer attached to the jeep. Bombs loaded on the trailer. The jeep leaves the area. U.S. Army Air Force personnel in parade formation.
Flight of Cierva C.8L autogiro (G-EBYY) from Croydon, United Kingdom to France, the first cross-channel flight by a rotating wing aircraft, on 18 Sep 1928. The pilot Juan de la Cierva and the editor of 'L Illustration' M Bouche stand near the 180 hp Lynx-powered autogiro. The men get into the autogiro. The pilot talks to spectators and photographers gathered around the autogiro. The autogiro takes off and is seen air-to-air over the channel. After the flight to St Inglevert, the autogiro later lands at Le Bourget airport, Paris (where it is now preserved at the Musee de l'Air). Men approach autogiro. The pilot sits on edge of cockpit of the autogiro.
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