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King Edward VIII, in his first public engagement, as Monarch, attends British Industry Fair.

King Edward VIII attends his first public royal engagement as a monarch at the British Industry Fair. The king arrives at British Industry Fair. Posters advertise the fair in various languages. Fair held at Olympia Exhibition Center (Hammersmith Rd, London W14 8UX, United Kingdom) in West Kensington, London. King Edward VIII visits various aspects of the fair.

Date: 1936, February
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053128
King George VI ascends the throne abdicated by his elder brother King Edward VIII in 1936.

King Edward VIII walks past guards in formation followed by other British officials outside the palace. Still image of Wallis Simpson who became wife of Edward (Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor). Guards outside main door to 10 Downing Street. Car pulls up on road. King George VI, who ascended the throne after King Edward VIII abdicated, exits the car with his wife, Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, and daughters, Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II). The king and his princess daughters shake hands with guards. The king reviews British troops. From a 1961 newsreel recounting events roughly 25 years earlier.

Date: 1936, December 10
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052222
United States Air Force General William H Blanchard greets Duke of Windsor Edward VIII in France during World War II.

Duke of Windsor Major General of British Army Edward VIII in France during World War II. A band playing. Duke of Windsor arrives in a staff car at the headquarters of United States Air Force General William H Blanchard. General Blanchard greets Major General Edward VIII. A vehicle drives past houses on the road.

Date: 1939, October
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064164
United Kingdom's King Edward VIII reviews sailors and marines of the Royal Navy Fleet aboard a ship, Portland.

United Kingdom's King Edward VIII pays a visit to Royal Navy fleet, Portland. Royal Navy fleet in Portland harbor. The monarch passes lines of men standing at attention as King Edward VIII reviews sailors and marines aboard a ship.

Date: 1936, November 23
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675060572
United States 101st Airborne and VIII Corps troops celebrate the liberation of Bastogne from German forces (WW2)

United States troops of the 101st Airborne Division parade on snow covered road through Bastogne, Belgium in winter during World War II. Crowds of Belgian civilians stand on the sidewalk to watch military marching band, buildings and trees covered in snow. Sign with the 101st Airborne Division insignia and words “Bastogne Bastion of the battered bastards of the 101st.”. 101st Airborne Division troops hold the United States flag as they march through the streets. Major General Troy Middleton of the VIII Corps and other military officials stand on the sidewalk to review the troops. Military trucks and Jeeps drive on the streets of Bastogne. Major General Middleton and General Anthony C. McAuliffe lead the way in a Jeep, followed by another military police Jeep equipped with a very bent wire catcher and a passenger actuating the manual windshield wiper by hand . United States soldiers casually recline and sit on top of truck. A soldier reads a speech. A banner made by the townspeople of Bastogne reads “F.N.I. Bastogne”. A man goes onstage to hand over the banner. The 101st Airborne Division receives a banner from the man, who represents the townspeople of Bastogne. A Roman Catholic chaplain makes the Sign of the Cross. Soldier holds the VIII Corps Memorandum Receipt from the 101st Airborne Division. Soldier blows a trumpet. Major General Middleton and General J. Lawton Collins review the troops in Bastogne. Medals for the 101st Airborne Division. Major General Middleton decorates the 101st Airborne Division for their heroism during the Siege of Bastogne. A soldier smiles as General Middleton pins a medal on him.

Date: 1945, January 17
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080051
The U.S. Army Air Service Fokker C-2A named "Question Mark" being refueled in midair from a Douglas C-1, in 1929.

Mid air refueling experiments in January, 1929. A U.S. Army Air Service Douglas C-1 tanker plane, with hose trailing below it, flies above a modified Atlantic-Fokker C-2A named "Question Mark." The hose is let down to the Question Mark, where a crew member seizes it and makes a connection for fuel transfer. After transfer of fuel is complete, the crew member throws the fuel line off and it is retrieved by the tanker plane. The Question Mark lands at Metropolitan Airport, Van Nuys, California on January 7, 1929, and taxiis in to park. The crew members, including Major Carl A. Spaatz, Captain Ira C. Eaker, Lieutenant Harry A. Halverson, Lieutenant Elwood R.(Pete) Quesada, and Staff Sergeant Roy W. Hooe, all exit the airplane and gather under the wing with well wishers. The five crew members pose for photographs beside their airplane, the "Question Mark." Ground crew tows the aircraft with a tractor.

Date: 1929
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051736