A large crowd of spectators gather to witness the launch of the 34000 ton ship Mauretania in Birkenhead, England. (This was the second ship RMS Mauretania.) Dignitaries at the ship yard perform the ceremonies as the crowd watches. People stand on the deck and the bow of ship leaning to watch the ceremony. The ship slides down into the Mersey River.
German-Jewish young refugees "whose parents fill the Nazi concentration camps" (Source: Original 1938 Universal Newsreel film description sheet) arrive on shores in Harwich, England. 206 refugees walk out on the ramp of a ship, carrying their luggage. Refugee young men, young women and children walk towards the refugee camps. Most appear to be teenagers. Refugees wave from their quarters. They eat food at a mess hall and smile.
First boatload of 200 German Jewish refugee children from Germany via Holland arrives at Harwich in England. Refugee children and women disembark on the ramp of a ship named 'Prague' at the Parkeston Bay. An officer talks to them and gives them identification tokens. Photographers take photos of refugees arrived. Few adults with children. The ship Prague anchored at the harbor. Refugees get into a bus. The Double Decker bus drives away. Banner Truman's Beer written on the side of the bus. The refugees leave bus and enter the quarters carrying their luggage.
German Jewish refugee children from Germany arrived via Holland at a camp in Harwich, England. Refugees play game of table tennis as others watch at the refugee camp. Boys near the table watch the match closely. Women with refugee serial number token hanging from their necks play table tennis as others watch.
German Jewish refugee children from Germany arrived via Holland at a camp in Harwich, England. Woman puts food in a plate as refugees dine together at a large mess. Jewish children sitting on dining table dine together. Jewish women and men at the dining mess talk to each other. Children dine and a maid walks by their table.
The Coronation Day of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. The British Royal Family moves out of the Buckingham palace. Honor guards in horses during the royal procession to the Westminster Abbey. The golden coach carrying Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip (the Duke of Edinburgh) takes the queen to her coronation in Westminster Abbey. A large procession accompanies the Royal family to the Abbey as people throng by the roadside to cheer the family. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the Canadian Prime Minister, Louis St. Laurent, also form part of the procession. At the Westminster Abbey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Francis Fisher, administer a solemn oath to Elizabeth II. Dressed in a white garment she sits into a chair under a gold and silk canopy for benediction as she is anointed with holy oil. Elizabeth's four-year-old son, Prince Charles, watches the ceremony as his grandmother Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, explains him the proceedings. Archbishop Fisher places the St. Edwards crown onto Elizabeth's head. Elizabeth II is enthroned as the Queen of Great Britain. Royal Peers vow to the Queen and first among them is her husband and Duke of Edinburgh, Phillip. After the ceremony, the new Queen along with her family moves back to the Buckingham palace. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police escort the royal family back to the Buckingham Palace. A large crowd throng outside the Buckingham Palace as Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Phillip along with their two children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, appear in a Palace gallery.
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