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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth inspect scouts in England

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth come out from a building and King shakes hands with three scout leaders that span groups in the United Kingdom. The King and the Queen inspect the Rover scouts and Boy Scouts. They also inspect Indian scouts. King speaks to an Indian scout leader as a man notes down something.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048174
Concrete caisson being towed in English waters, off Portsmouth, during world War 2

A wartime project "Phoenix" concrete caisson being towed in water off Portsmouth harbor in England. British military personnel aboard the caisson. The caisson is identified as "A 30" indicating it is destined to be part of an artificial harbor (code-named "Mulberry") at Omaha beach in the Normandy invasion of World War II. An antiaircraft gun is mounted on a platform at the top of the caisson. Royal engineers turn valves to allow water to enter interior chambers of the caisson, where the water level rises to 23 feet. British troops take up positions on the superstructure of the caisson.

Location: Portsmouth England United Kingdom
Date: 1944, March 17
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048316
Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom celebrates her 10 years of monarchy and dedicates New Zealand House in England.

Queen Elizabeth II celebrates the 10th anniversary of her monarchy in England. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom celebrates her 10 years of monarchy and dedicates New Zealand House, also known as the High Commission of New Zealand in London (80 Haymarket, St. James's, London SW1Y 4TE, United Kingdom). Officials greet Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth and officials look at the London City. Past scenes show: Queen seated in a Royal carriage passes crowd during the coronation celebration. The bishop undertakes the ceremony at the at Westminster Abbey (20 Deans Yd, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom). Prime Minister Winston Churchill attends the coronation ceremony. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the Queen Mother) and Prince Charles witness the coronation ceremony. Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher of Canterbury places the King Edward's Crown on the head of Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth II moves through the crowd in her carriage after the ceremony.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1963, June 2
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073170
Tugboat tows a concrete caisson in coastal waters of England

A concrete caisson being towed by a tugboat off Portsmouth in England. This is one of the wartime project "Phoenix" caissons to be used in building instant harbors (code-named "Mulberry harbors") for Allied ships supporting the Normandy invasion in World War II. A truck can be seen on the caisson, as well as an antiaircraft gun mounted on a platform at the top of the caisson.

Location: Portsmouth England United Kingdom
Date: 1944, March 17
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048315
Men and women dressed in ethnic dresses celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the great sea fighter's school in England.

One hundredth anniversary of the great sea fighter's school held at Whale Island, Portsmouth in England. Men march in ethnic dresses. Sailors pull a rope. Men stand on a boat. They sail the boat on the ground. Women and men in traditional dresses.

Location: Portsmouth England United Kingdom
Date: 1930, July 14
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046567
People face drought, rations, closed factories and black marketeers during post-war period in Europe and UK.

A documentary depicts life of people in the post-war ( World War II) economic challenges and hard times in Europe and the United Kingdom. (Before Marshall Plan of 1948). Animated map of Western Europe. Ruins and debris of buildings in cities of Europe damaged during the war. Two women walk past rubble. The damaged buildings. People cross a damaged bridge. A man at work during the construction of a bridge. Men make boats. Smoke comes out from a factory. A man in the factory makes a part of a machinery. Another man paints a machine part. A man fixing a machine part. Men at work in the factory. A man uses different equipment. A man and a woman eat food. A French farmer plows a field with the help of two horses. Scene in Norway of boats in a harbor. Norwegian fishermen at a dock. A fisherman untangles a fishing net. People buy food from shops. They walk on a street. People wait in a line for bread ration because of drought. Loaves of bread on display in store window. A coal processing plant exterior. A small steam locomotive moves on tracks at the factory yard. Close up view of two coal miners with black soot on faces and bodies as they dig out coal from a mine using a pick axe. British citizens walk in a line to get coal. A man distributes equal amounts of coal to the British men and women in the queue, who receive a coal ration loaded into a bag. A power plant. A man operates factory controls (controls made in Liverpool), reducing output to lower levels due to power rationing. Different machines at work. View of a large industrial cog wheel slowing to a stop, and a large compressor in a factory slows to a stop. A view of a city. People walk in a street. British men and women enter a food shop in England, with a sign at the doorway indicating that bread is being offered only by ration. A woman feeds hens in a yard. A farmer negotiates with another farmer to sell livestock, but he shakes his head to refuse the offer. People in a city purchase food and other goods in a black market. A woman buying food from a black marketeer. She hands him a pile of cash bills in payment. Italian women picking olives beneath an olive tree in Italy. A man enters a food shop and speaks to a woman; the shelves in the shop are almost empty. A railroad train freight car moves on tracks. A railway freight car factory in Belgium. Men at work in the factory. A man checks a line of completed rail car wheels in the factory. Freight cars lie unused in the factory yard as French customers cannot buy them since the company in Belgium will not accept French Francs in payment. An unemployed Italian man sitting on a wall collects cigarette butts. Weavers in Holland dig in a peet bog as that their weaving jobs are not available.

Location: Europe
Date: 1947
Duration: 5 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069770
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