Major Howard "Deacon" Hively, of Athens OH, 334th Squadron, 4th Fighter Group (formerly Eagle Squadron) in cockpit of P-51 aircraft at Debden Air Base, England, during World War II. Crew chief helps with his shoulder harness. Pilot waves and closes canopy. Captain Sheldon.W. Monroe, of Waycross, Georgia, talking to crew chief, S/Sgt Paul Fox, sitting on nose of P-51, as he performs maintenance. (Note: Captain Monroe was reportedly killed in action in 1951, during the Korean War.).
Wash women take clothes for cleaning in London, England. The British women use prams and pushchairs to carry clothes for washing and park them in front of a building. The women are shown washing the clothes. After washing, women gather in front of the building where a man helps load their clean clothes into their prams.
New small fire wagon beats bigger rivals in successful test in Oxford, England. Smoke comes out from a house. The small fire wagon comes out from a fire station. Firemen get out from the wagon. They successfully stop fire. A big wagon loaded with firemen crosses with small one.
Entire city plays football in an Annual Shrovetide match in Ashbourne, England. A man holds a football (or soccer ball). Giant crowd of children and adults are seen running. People jump in Henmore River. They struggle to get the ball. People watch from a wall.
Famous airplane pilot Amelia Earhart is seen with a crowd, as British people hails her ocean victory, in Hanworth, England, after she landed there on a transatlantic crossing. Amelia Earhart seen walking with American banker, steel industry executive, and Ambassador to England, Andrew Mellon. Earhart walks on the grounds of the Ambassador's residence in London. She comes out of number 14 Prince's Gate, London, the residence of the American Ambassador. She sits in a car surrounded by the people, and is also seen exiting another building in London, later, and entering a waiting car again.
Labor and union leader Samuel Gompers visits his boyhood home in London, England. Samuel Gompers seen amid a large crowd. People gather to see him.
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