The Palace of Westminster in London. Interiors of House of Commons shows crowd gathered. A man speaks at the microphone. Portrait of Winston Churchill on wall in the background. Churchill speaks on microphone in past. Exteriors of the Westminster Palace. Churchill's car enters the gates. Crowd lined up and cameramen take pictures. Churchill's wife walks. Churchill leaves the car with cigar in his mouth. Churchill opens the door and greeted by people. A woman photographs Churchill. Guests gathered outside Churchill's house. Prime Minster Sir Alec Douglas Home arrives at his house. Press and cameramen record the event. Churchill looks out from window.
Men work with explosives. Containers holding a total of 40 tons of explosives are used in first charges. Men with containers on muddy field. Huge explosions on river.
King Edward VIII walks past guards in formation followed by other British officials outside the palace. Still image of Wallis Simpson who became wife of Edward (Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor). Guards outside main door to 10 Downing Street. Car pulls up on road. King George VI, who ascended the throne after King Edward VIII abdicated, exits the car with his wife, Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, and daughters, Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II). The king and his princess daughters shake hands with guards. The king reviews British troops. From a 1961 newsreel recounting events roughly 25 years earlier.
Funeral services for King Edward VII in London. Troops lined up on roadside. Troops on horseback move ahead. Horse-drawn carriage passes on road. Flag-draped casket on carriage. Guards with busbies move ahead with carriage. Royal Navy men with the procession. Troops line streets.
King Edward VIII attends the first investiture ceremony of his reign as King of England. King Edward VIII arrives at Buckingham Palace by car for the investiture. The gun crew of Royal Navy HMS Pembroke and HMS Excellent arrive to receive honors. Exterior of Buckingham Palace. The crowd lined up. Men march through gates of the Palace. Guards at gates. Automobile along road.
RAF planes crash. Royal Air Force planes crash in first winter night maneuvers near Petersfield in Hampshire. Wreckage of plane near shores. Two men look at wreckage.
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