Natives loading a United States DUKW with native gear in Bikini Atoll for evacuation. Natives loading their belongings onto LST prior to disembarking from Bikini Atoll. A DUKW driving up onto ramp of LST after the natives. Natives form a straight line as they board the LST. Bikini Atoll natives walking up ramp into LST. Children leaving the LST for the beach. More natives picking up gear on beach carrying it down to LST. (During preparations for nuclear weapon testing by the U.S. in Operation Crossroads.)
The Coronation Day of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. The British Royal Family moves out of the Buckingham palace. Honor guards in horses during the royal procession to the Westminster Abbey. The golden coach carrying Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip (the Duke of Edinburgh) takes the queen to her coronation in Westminster Abbey. A large procession accompanies the Royal family to the Abbey as people throng by the roadside to cheer the family. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the Canadian Prime Minister, Louis St. Laurent, also form part of the procession. At the Westminster Abbey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Francis Fisher, administer a solemn oath to Elizabeth II. Dressed in a white garment she sits into a chair under a gold and silk canopy for benediction as she is anointed with holy oil. Elizabeth's four-year-old son, Prince Charles, watches the ceremony as his grandmother Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, explains him the proceedings. Archbishop Fisher places the St. Edwards crown onto Elizabeth's head. Elizabeth II is enthroned as the Queen of Great Britain. Royal Peers vow to the Queen and first among them is her husband and Duke of Edinburgh, Phillip. After the ceremony, the new Queen along with her family moves back to the Buckingham palace. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police escort the royal family back to the Buckingham Palace. A large crowd throng outside the Buckingham Palace as Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Phillip along with their two children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, appear in a Palace gallery.
Victory in Europe Day celebration in London, England at the end of World War II. Crowd gathered watches two Norwegian soldiers seated on top of a monument waving flag of Norway. American soldiers walk holding American flag. Men gather beside an “Evening News” van. Flags flutter in wind atop a building. French cosmetics company Bourjois advertisement unrolls from building which reads 'Bourjois Creators of Fine Perfumes and Toilet Soap'. Crowd gathered at Trafalgar Square for Victory in Europe (V-E) day celebration. They hold British flags in Trafalgar Square (Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom). Children seated on shoulders of their parents. View of the Big Ben in London.
Representative from United States Department of Agriculture meet Thomas Monroe Campbell, a Tuskegee Agricultural graduate working in a field. They talk. A Supervisor and the States Extension Director discuss appointment of Thomas Campbell as an Extension Agent. Next scenes show Mr. Campbell in his role as an extension agent, using skills learned from the Tuskegee Institute to instruct rural African American farmers to inoculate hogs against cholera. He also demonstrates pruning of trees. Farmers in a corn field use hoe.
Delegates from the Pan American Highway Commission travel northward in Minnesota, United States during a visit to various states. A bridge over the Upper Mississippi River near St. Paul is visible with a small sign identifying the waterway as the Mississippi River. The bridge has multiple metal trusses atop stone pilings. People greet the Commission delegates in a small town. View of Minnesota Governor J.A.O. Preus enjoying a drink with commission delegates and towns people near a town gazebo. The town may be Garrison, Isle, Malmo Township, Vineland, Wahkon, or Wealthwood Township, Minnesota, as there is also a view over the banks of Mille Lacs Lake near which all of these towns are situated.
Civil Rights demonstrations in the cities of United States as African American citizens rally for equal rights. A large group of citizens carrying banners demands equal civil rights. A banner that says, "We shall overcome." A signboard shows distances to Montgomery Alabama and to Camden. Beside marching flag bearers, leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., march arm-in-arm with others, including John Lewis, as they lead the demonstrators in the march from Selma to Montgomery. Demonstration moving in front of the Alabama State Capitol building in Montgomery, Alabama.
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