Prototype C.30 (G-ACFI) Cierva wingless autogiro taking off at Hanworth Air Park (London Air Park), England. A man runs across the field, past the semi-hovering autogiro. The aircraft passes over the grass field, upon which large white circles have been circumscribed. one of them is marked by a smoking flare. As the autogiro approaches it, a man runs alongside the slow moving autogiro and hooks a satchel onto a line suspended from the craft. Aviator in front seat reels the satchel into the autogiro. The craft flies away, and then shuts down its regular engine and descends and lands on the smoke marked spot, with its rotor blades autorotating.
Prototype C.30 (G-ACFI) Cierva wingless autogiro comes in for a landing at Hanworth Air Park (London Air Park), England. It touches down momentarily and rises again. A man is seen standing next to designated landing are marked by a large white ring and a smoke flare. The autogiro approaches the spot, and is pursued by the man on the ground who runs and fastens a satchel to a line from the autogiro. Flyer in the front seat of the autogiro reels the satchel into his cockpit. Pilot of the autogiro shuts down his forward engine and proceeds to execute an autorotation landing.
Crashed landing of autogyro at airfield in Haldon, England. An autogyro in flight. The pilot loses control over the autogyro. The autogyro crashes during landing on a field. Men stand near the damaged autogyro. The pilot disembarks the autogyro. Ground crew pull the damaged autogyro.
The British Royal Family pose for a formal family portrait the Buckingham Palace after the coronation of King George VI. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and Dowager Queen Mary of Teck in coronation regalia. Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) wraps her arm around her younger sister, Princess Margaret. Royal train bearers (Lady Margaret Cavendish-Bentinck, Lady Diana Legge, Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget, Lady Iris Mountbatten and Lady Ursula Manners) hold the ermine-lined velvet robe of Queen Elizabeth. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and their daughters pose for a formal portrait. Other members of the Royal Family such as Dowager Queen Mary of Teck, Mary Princess Royal, Prince Henry (Duke of Gloucester), stand on the side. The King and Queen of the United Kingdom seated on royal chairs pose.
Medical aid to contaminated birds in Cornwall, England. People holding cartons enter a wild bird hospital. Holland Bird Authority members provide medical aid to the birds who have been contaminated by floating crude oil which leaked from a ground tanker in the sea. Emergency clinics are set up for sick birds. Members use a chemical detergent to clean thick oil smearing. View of pollution at a beach.
Efforts for additional cultivation in London, England during World War II. Men set up fencing at Richmond Park as a part of effort to put an additional million and a half acres into cultivation. A horse-drawn carriage loaded with fence sections moves ahead. Men set up fencing at Richmond Park. London suburb dwellers on their new allotments to produce their own vegetables. The dwellers pass by women standing at doorways of a building.
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