Official and officers draw draft under Selective Service System at the Department of Labor auditorium in Washington DC, United States. President Franklin D Roosevelt delivers a speech on the occasion, during the lead up to America's involvement in World War 2. He reveals that 95 percent of the people registered under the Selective Service System are not required by the nation and will not be called to military service. He also encourages those new recruits selected for military service to answer the call for duty and defend the independence of the nation. He declares peace keeping as the main task of the United States Armed Forces, and speaks of the those called as members of a peace time army.
Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day) celebrations during World War 2 in London, England. Celebrating Londoners watch two Norwegian soldiers waving their national flags from a monument upon which they climbed. Two American soldiers walk carrying American flags. People gather at news stand where paper headline reads: "ALL OVER." Perfume company adverisement unfolds under Allied flags. Several women wearing colorful fez hats walk together.
The USS Memphis docks in Washington Navy Yard, Washington DC, United States. Charles Lindbergh on board the ship with sailors in the background. A large crowd awaits his arrival after his successful first Trans Atlantic flight. He disembarks from the ship. Lindbergh and his mother in a car leave for Washington Memorial. Postmaster General Harry S New also gets into the car. Planes in flight and airship Los Angles circle overhead. Soldiers and cavalry units in a parade.
Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron in France during World War I. Two men stand near a casket wrapped in the American flag with flowers placed on it. Men of United States 94th Aero Squadron come out of a dispensary where the casket is placed. Men carry casket as they march towards the cemetery. Casket placed in a cart as men carry flowers. Men bury the casket in a grave at the cemetery as a plane flies over head. Men lined up at the cemetery as plane flies overhead. Many new graves with markers at the cemetery.
Beauty pageants of 1956 and 1957. Contestants of Miss America 1957 pageant walk the ramp in Boardwalk Hall (2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, United States), Atlantic City, New Jersey. Miss America contestants in white ballgown dresses holding flags in the ramp. Marian McKnight of South Carolina is crowned Miss America. Miss America 1956 Sharon Ritchie puts a crown on Marian McKnight. Carol Morris of Iowa wins the Miss Universe contest in Long Beach, California.
The 1953 coronation ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II at the Westminster Abbey in London, England. People gathered at the Parliament Square Garden at the northwest end of the Palace of Westminster, near the Big Ben. British nobles and peerage in elaborate attires. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, watches the ceremony. Coronation Maids (Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill; Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stuart; Lady Moyra Campbell, Lady Mary Russell, Lady Anne Coke) trailing behind Queen Elizabeth II. The Bishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher crowns Queen Elizabeth with the St. Edward’s Crown. A large crowd gathered outside the Buckingham Palace. People cheer the new Queen as Elizabeth II acknowledges them.
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