Sailors on Liberty visit London, England. Large stone church. John Kelley and Neil Brown of the USS Holder Destroyer (DD) -819 visit London. Sailors walk along the street. Buses and automobiles pass by in foreground. Sailors stop in area across street to photograph the church. One of the men photograph the other, church in the background. Sailor takes a candid shot of his shipmate. Kelley and brown proceed down street. They stop along the sidewalk to photograph each other. Church framed in background. Kelley takes Brown's picture, Big Ben in the background. Two sailors cross the road, they stop for traffic, Big Ben and the large square in the background. Queen's guard on horseback, with his sword across his right shoulder, stands in an archway. Sailors pass by in foreground. Second foot guard in the background with sword across his shoulder. Both sailors stop in background, one snaps a candid shot of the guard.
Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) attends a ball at the University of London. The Queen Mother leads a ball, following the award of degrees at the University of London. People dance in the ballroom.
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.
Testing of concrete Mulberry Caisson at Portsmouth harbor in England. A warehouse and a Caisson at the dock. Sailors and Chief )Project Officers ( CPOs) work on hausers, climb ladder and secure cable hausers. A tug tows the Caisson from the dock. These structures had the code name Phoenix
Construction of a concrete Caisson at Portsmouth harbor in England. These wartime project "Phoenix" caissons, were to be used to form instant breakwaters for the invasion Harbors (code-named "Mulberry" harbors). Men work at the construction site with cranes in background. A man on the deck of a ship, with a pair of binoculars around his neck. (World War II period).
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.
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