Wife of British RAF (Royal Air Force) pilot who was awarded the Victoria Cross for shooting down an enemy aircraft while his own aircraft was burning. She lifts her baby from a pram in front of her house. She displays her husband's burned shoe and flight gear. She then reads formal letters about award of the Victoria Cross. Her husband pilot is seen with two other RAF fliers relaxing amongst other service personnel at a medical recuperation facility. They sit at a small table and smoke cigarettes. (World War II period).
Gloster Meteor twin engine British jet plane at an airstrip in England. The engines of the jet plane. Pilot sits in the cockpit. Crew member closes the cockpit. Signalman gives signal. Jets in flight. 7 jets in formation flight.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth come out from a building and King shakes hands with three scout leaders that span groups in the United Kingdom. The King and the Queen inspect the Rover scouts and Boy Scouts. They also inspect Indian scouts. King speaks to an Indian scout leader as a man notes down something.
Victory in Europe Day celebrations, World War II in London, England. American airmen walk, some of them along with their bicycles walk on an air base. B-17 bombers parked at the base in far background.
Victory in Europe Day celebrations, World War II in England. American airmen march past a hangar ( in which a B-17 bomber can be seen) as others look on. A military band plays as it marches in a field. Airmen at a parade. An airman carries the American flag and military band plays.
King George VI of the United Kingdom shaking hands with dignitaries in England. King George VI is wearing a military uniform. Crowds cheering. King George VI talks to his wife, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons. The Royal flag at half-mast. A photograph of King George VI on display. Woman crying over death of King George VI. Princess Elizabeth becomes Queen Elizabeth II and is seen in a ceremony after her father's death. On horseback, Queen Elizabeth II salutes the Royal Guards lined up at a Trooping the Colour ceremony. Scene changes to British soldiers fighting in the streets of Egypt over the issue of Suez Canal. Captured Egyptian men being searched by troops. Dead bodies lined up on the street. King Farouk I of Egypt with his wife, Queen Narriman, and children (Princess Ferial, Princess Fawzia, Princess Fadia and Prince Ahmad Fuad) after being sent to exile to Capri, Italy as a result of a revolution. King Farouk I holding son, Prince Ahmad Fuad, and is seated with Queen Narriman during their exile in Capri, Italy. Workers at Anglo-Iranian oil refineries in Iran after the government's decision to nationalize them causing a great set back to British interests. Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddeq arrives at the International Court in Hague for the settlement of the issue.
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