Departure of Royal Mail Ship Queen Elizabeth. First boat train arrives at bridge of Royal Mail Ship Queen Elizabeth. Passengers arrive by car. Passengers gathered to board the ship. Cabin class passengers board Queen Elizabeth. Baggage aboard. Crane in the background. Baggage handled and put on to conveyor. Baggage slung into forward hold. Gangplank lowered. A sign reads 'Railway of England'.
Departure of Royal Mail Ship Queen Elizabeth. People stand on pier as SS Queen Elizabeth moves away. The British flag in view. Passengers aboard the ship. Several people on quay prior to boarding ship. Smoke rises up from smokestack. SS Queen Elizabeth moves away from quay. People on promenade deck. View of SS Queen Elizabeth bow. Tugboats underway. Sailors aboard SS Queen Elizabeth.
British barrister Hartley Shawcross sits on a chair during a press conference in England. Reporters sit on chairs dispersed in the room for the press conference. The reporters have notepads in their hands. They note down Hartley Shawcross's statements. Flower pots kept on the tables. Several men smoke.
Three U.S. soldiers read a Daily Express newspaper at Grosvenor Square in London. The newspaper's headline announces the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. American flags can be seen hoisted at half mast on prominent government buildings like the U.S. Embassy, American Red Cross Rainbow building and others. U.S. soldiers and British civilians read newspapers at Leicester Square with Daily News headline, "Roosevelt Dead." American and British flags hoisted at half mast over other city buildings. Two U.S. soldiers look at a paper enclosed in a glass frame, showing picture of President Roosevelt and Vice President Harry S Truman. (World War II period).
Andrew W Mellon former U.S. Secretary of Treasury leaves a ship and arrives at Waterloo railway station in London England. Steam locomotive pulling passenger cars pulls into the railroad station. People welcome Secretary Mellon in the station. Mellon is escorted by the guards. He proceeds in a car to the American Embassy where he greets British dignitaries including Sir Patrick Duff. Mellon takes charge as U.S. new ambassador to the nation.
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.
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