United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower tours the United Kingdom. President Eisenhower gets off a United States Military Air Transport Service (MATS) aircraft at London Airport, present day London Heathrow Airport (Longford TW6, United Kingdom). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Harold Macmillan and other officers receives Eisenhower at the airport. A large crowd of British civilians waves at the President. Honor guards lined. President tours the city in a motorcade. Civilians stand on either side of the streets to greet him. View of Balmoral Castle (Balmoral Estates, Ballater AB35 5TB, UK). Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret receives President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan.
Soviet airliner Tu-104 prototype,CCCP number L5400-25, arrives at London Heathrow on 22 March 1956, carrying Soviet Colonel-General Ivan Serov, and other Soviet officials. Weather is rainy with water on the airfield runways and ramps. British police officers assist the Soviet party, as a car is brought up. DC-3 aircraft seen in background, parked on the ramp. Refueling trucks drive up to the aircraft. Some persons seek shelter under the wing, from the rain.
A huge crowd in Piccadilly Circus, London assembled at night to celebrate the V-E Day. People celebrate the victory of Allied Forces over Germany in World War II. American soldiers and British civilians drink from bottle and dance on streets. signs on a building read: "Buy Savings Stamps"and "Support yir Savings Group." Allied servicemen and British civilian women dance in a circle. After dark near end of film, some celebrants set a bonfire.
A sports meet organized with various athletic events underway, in Great Britain. Oxford University vs. Cambridge University racing shells event on the River Thames. Oarsmen row and shells move speedily forward on the Thames. Spectators watch the event standing along the banks of the river. People in steam boats watch the race closely. Oarsmen carry their shells out of water and walk as race finishes. Spectators watch.
Five times middle weight champion Sugar Ray Robinson fights Terry Gownes at a boxing match, London. Spectators watch the boxers delivering punches to each other. Women cheer for their player. Support staff of Gownes rush inside the ring after the referee declares him the winner. Crowd applauds the Old Master Robinson.
U.S. troops boarding a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) the day before D-Day invasion of Normandy by Allies during World War 2. Several white sailor hats are drying on a clothes line on deck. Soldiers in full field packs crowd the deck.
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