A race for homing pigeons in Selby, England. Men open cages as they set their homing pigeons free for a race. The pigeons fly off in the sky to win the first prize worth $2,500,000.
American troops in England during World War 2. A convoy of American military trucks and jeeps proceeding on English country road. Convoy setting temporary camp near Truro, Cornwall, England. Trucks and jeeps lined up. Tents in a field along the road. Convoy being directed down Station Hill past Grammar School. At 00:24 Cornish engine house shown.
The youngest Prince of Britain. Prince Edward of Britain with his parents. The baby with his parents, the Duke and the Duchess of Kent, Prince George and Princess Marina.
With the surrender of Germany, World War 2 in Europe ends, on VE (Victory in Europe) Day, May 8, 1945. Scene opens with church bells ringing and view of west front of St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, in London, England. Crowd is celebrating in the square. around the statue of Queen Anne. Amongst the crowd are men and women in uniform. Here and there Union Jack flags are seen, one held by a little girl hoisted upon a man's shoulder. Camera pans across various parts of the celebrating crowds. View from above, of several couples dancing within a circle of people. Several uniformed U.S. Air Force officers in a jeep celebrate with the crowd. High altitude view of Trafalgar Square in London, England. 'Victory over Germany 1945' banner draped on base of Nelson's Column. Crowd of British citizens celebrating on streets of Whitehall and closeup of the Cenotaph with inscription "The Glorious Dead".
Interior of the River Don Works steelplant and forge shop at Sheffield (later Sheffield Forgemasters). Exteriors of steel mill shows stacks emitting smoke. In the mill, molten steel poured. Men at furnace. Steel block is heated and shaped. Men fuel the giant furnaces, standing at some distance due to the heat.
Exhibition organized by the Council of Industrial Design held in Sheffield England. Large sign across the building, "Sheffield On Its Mettle Exhibition, November 15 - November 27". The exhibition hall is the 'Cutlers Hall' (still in the city centre of Sheffield). Men carry oversized samples of cutlery in exhibition hall (huge knife, fork, and scissors). People viewing the exhibition. Pen-knives and Multiple-bladed knife. A giant pen-knife with all of its tools opened on display. Man operating giant scissors beside a woman viewing the exhibition.
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