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Petersfield Hampshire United Kingdom 1936 stock footage and images

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Royal Opening of British National Gliding championships,Lasham Airfield, England, July 29, 1967

Opening scene shows British Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, conversing with an official dressed in white overalls, at Lasham Airfield in Hampshire, England. Numerous spectators are at the field and uniformed boy scouts maintain a cordon to keep them away from the airstrip and aircraft. Prince Philip is assisted as he straps into a glider named "Slingsby Eagle." Next, the glider is seen being towed along the airstrip by a line from a tow plane (not seen). Scene shifts to aerial view from a glider high aloft over the English countryside. View of the glider with Prince Philip as it passes overhead and then, as it passes over the airfield, where numerous gliders are seen parked in the foreground. Film ends as Prince Philip is maneuvering the glider over the runway for landing.

Date: 1967, July 29
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037537
President Ronald Reagan attends the Economic Summit Conference in England.

United States President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy Reagan, visits the United Kingdom. Queen Elizabeth II welcomes them at Windsor Castle (Windsor SL4 1NJ, United Kingdom). President Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II and their spouses Nancy Reagan and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, watch the Queen’s Guards marching. President Reagan and Queen Elizabeth ride horses early the next morning. View of the Palace of Westminster (London SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom) as seen from across the Thames River. President Reagan gives a speech to both houses of parliament in London, the first American to ever do so. In his speech, he challenges the Soviets to allow him to address them in a television broadcast in exchange for the same in America.

Date: 1982
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044145
King George VI ascends the throne abdicated by his elder brother King Edward VIII in 1936.

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.

Date: 1936, December 10
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052222
People gather at Trafalgar Square in London, England, to hear results of 1924 UK General Election.

Crowds gathered in Trafalgar Square (Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DS, United Kingdom) in London, at night, to hear results of the 1924 United Kingdom general election. Groups cheer favorite candidates' elections are announced. Mounted policemen keep order. A double-decker bus and an automobile move slowly along the street near the crowd. First, light rain is falling. So many people carry umbrellas. Later, the rain stopped. Men setting up powerful "sunlight arc lamps" to illuminate other crowded streets for cameramen. View of the crowds illuminated by the arc lamps. A bus passes displaying a large advertisement for the show "Leap Year" playing at the London Hippodrome (Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, WC2H 7JH London, United Kingdom).

Date: 1924, October 29
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026041
Official buildings in Whitehall and elsewhere in London. British and Commonwealth flags displayed on Old War Office Building.

United Kingdom flags flutter over the Old War Office Building, on Whitehall, in London, United Kingdom (Old War Office Building, Whitehall, London SW1A 2EU, United Kingdom). Variations of the flag displayed include the British Naval White ensign and the British Red Ensign. Vehicles drive past on street. Building with flags of various nations on it. Vehicles drive in front of the building. Cars parked in front of a building.

Date: 1965
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043082
Scenes of Allied troops and life in London during World War II in Europe

Day time life in London, United Kingdom while night-time raids by Germany on London were still common in World War II. The Big Ben clock tower. A double decker bus on the street. U.S. soldiers visit Westminster Abbey (Dean's Yard, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom). Traffic near the Marble Arch (London W2 2UH, United Kingdom). Citizen speakers address various crowds in London's Hyde Park. Several speakers take their turn. Policemen talk to a man. Allied officers and soldiers in the crowd.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020892