The 110th renewal rowing classic competition in London, England. The Cambridge University and the Oxford University teams participate in a boat racing competition on the River Thames starting near the Putney Bridge. Swans in the river. The Cambridge team jumps into an early lead. Cambridge defeats Oxford by 6 lengths.
Shows efforts by the Friends Relief Committee (affiliation of Quakers or Religious Society of Friends, and sometimes known as the Friends War Victims' Relief Committee) in London to provide food to starving Russians during the period of the Russian Revolution and World War I. Men carry boxes of food on carts at a dock. Food supplies are loaded on a ship. Officials stand outside a building and speak to a crowd. An official speaks. The officers stand beside the building. Ship yard workers arrange the food supplies. Sign seen on stack of food boxes beside the docks : "Friends Relief Committee. Head Office 27 Chancery Lane, London WC2. One Of Our Regular Shipments. Over 400 Tons Of Food For Starving Russia." The cargo is loaded onto the ship by crane and men.
German prisoners in Portland, England during World War II. An LST (Landing Ship Tank) is anchored at a sea shore. A ramp is lowered from the LST. The prisoner walk down the ramp and come ashore. Ambulances on the shore. The prisoners stand in two queues and march.
Nickel Coin wins a race at the Grand National horse race in Aintree, England. Racing horses, jockeys, trainers, fans and spectators gather for the race. The horse race starts. The racing horses leap over water obstacles, jump over fences, ditches and many intervening obstacles in the Grand National steeplechase. Fans watch the race through binoculars. In the end only three horses out of 37 starters finish the race. Nickel Coin leaps over the last obstacle with three horses. She leads and wins the race.
Queen Elizabeth II opens the parliament in London, United Kingdom. The first State Opening of Parliament by Queen Elizabeth II broadcasted on television. Soldiers stand in line outside the building to greet the Queen. Guards open the door to the parliament. Soldiers on horses follow the cart of the queen. She arrives in the parliament. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, holds the queen’s hand. Queen Elizabeth II is seen wearing the Imperial State Crown. First to the House of Lords preceded by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. Dignitaries in the parliament greet the Queen. She addresses the dignitaries with her speech.
A German airfield where bombers are getting ready to take off on mission to blitz bomb London, England during the Battle of Britain in World War 2. View from one of the German aircraft in a large formation of Junkers 88 bombers in flight. Aerial view as the aircraft pass over the coast of England, United Kingdom. The shoreline visible below. Point of view from inside cockpit of German aircraft mission during bombing raid. British defenders employ lights and antiaircraft fire. Bombs can be seen as exploding lights in the darkness on the ground.
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