Film about Social Section of the League of Nations. View of poor British children gathered and playing on cobbled street of England. Baby in a pram is also present and a small dog. Exterior views of prison building and a single prison window in England. View of a British street with shot of hotel sign, '27 Hotel' in England. A solitary woman walks on the street in Britain. Commentary explains the League's work in the abolition of brothels and prostitution. Campaign against dangerous drugs and narcotics. Boats and junks in a harbor, probably Hong Kong Harbor. Old Scotland yard. View of illegal drug heroin, hashish and other illegal drugs and paraphernalia seized and laid out on a table with identifying signs on each.
Views of the British battleship Royal Oak, in Scapa Flow, Scotland, and underway at sea. . The German submarine, U-47, commanded by Captain Gunter Prien, underway and saluting as they are greeted as they return to base at Kiel, Germany, on October 23, 1939, after successfully penetrating Scapa Flow and torpedoing the British battleship, Royal Oak (and also, the British battle cruiser, Repulse, they believed), on October 14, 1939.
In the first exchange of Allied and Axis wounded prisoners of war, the British Hospital Ship, Atlantis, with number 33 painted on her side, steams into port, at Leith, Scotland, (and then on to Liverpool, England) during World War 2. She is returning Allied wounded from Germany, by way of Goeteborg, Sweden. British soldiers are carried off ship on stretchers. Several ambulatory American soldiers leave ship on foot. Railroad train seen right at the port.
Contestants of China, Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom and United States walk on the ramp during the 1961 Miss World pageant at the Lyceum Ballroom (Lyceum Theatre, 21 Wellington St, London WC2E 7RQ, United Kingdom) in London, United Kingdom. Miss World 1961 1st Runner-up Grace Li Shiu-ying (Republic of China) on stage. Miss World 1961 judges such as Bob Hope, Richard Todd, John Spencer-Churchill, Kathleen Manners, the Duchess of Rutland, and Countess Ethel Beatty, sit behind table. Large audience cheers the participants. Miss United Kingdom Rose Marie Franklin wins the competition and is crowned by Hollywood star Bob Hope. Winner and runners-up pose for photographs.
King George VI of England reviews civilian forces at Hyde Park, London (Hyde Park, London W2 2EU, United Kingdom). King George VI, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon inspect 20,000 members of home-guard defense units at Hyde Park. King George VI’s mother, Queen Mary of Teck, is also present. Queen Mary of Teck puts down her Lorgnette spectacles. Members of home-guard defense units pass in review.
USS Manley, 4-stacker, flush decker destroyer, painted in camouflage,underway in Firth of Forth, Scotland. At location in United States, Battleship, USS Arizona, underway, with its 3-gun forward turret visible. U.S. battleship Texas, underway, in Firth of Forth, Scotland. At a different location, U.S. 4-stacker Destroyer making way slowly. Many small sailboats in distance.
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