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This Week In History 12/6 - 12/12
This Week In History 12/6 - 12/12 (Footage by Getty Images)
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TRIBUTE TO THE DUKE OF WINDSOR
The Duke of Windsor dies in France. Movietone reviews (with archive film) the life of this uncrowned King. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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Newspaper headlines expose British King Edward's romance with Wallace Simpson.
Newspaper headlines expose British King Edward's romance with Wallace Simpson.
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Edward, Prince of Wales goes duck hunting and visits water lock in Canada
MS canoes in water, approaching pier and boathouse / MS men helping Prince Edward out of canoe, onto pier / MS Edward VIII laughing, holding up fowl with other hunters, posing for photo / Edward (wearing shorts) and entourage walking...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The Duke of Windsor returns to Miami after meeting Pres. Roosevelt in the Caribbean Sea in 1940
Photographers and cameramen stand at edge of dock, take shots as launch pulls up to dock / US sailors and the Duke of Windsor disembark from launch, walk on dock; the Duke approaches, adjusting his jacket, taking a hanky out of his...
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The Prince of Wales departs Marseilles in a single-engine biplane as he heads home from his trip to Africa
The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), standing in aviator's togs at left, waits to board a biplane which will fly him from Marseilles to London on the last leg of his trip home from Africa; man helps him climb aboard, into the second...
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Abdication of King Edward names new Queen Elizabeth
/ police officers outside of Number 10 Downing Street, the residence of the British Prime Minster / daughters of George VI, Margaret and Elizabeth, exit a car as voice over explains because of King Edward's abdication Elizabeth will...
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Royalty attend the Chelsea Flower Show
Policeman patrolling Chelsea Flower Show / King Edward VIII walking with a group, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught walking through the gardens.
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Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Paris after wedding
/ Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson in Paris, France after their headline grabbing marriage / couple walk around the streets of the city with a crowd of people following their every move. Duke and Duchess of...
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King Edward prepares to abdicate throne
/ King Edward VIII inspects troops / CU image of Wallis Simpson King Edward prepares to abdicate throne on November 16, 1936 in London (Footage by Getty Images)
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Canada welcomes Princes and Prome Minister
/ garden party at Rideau Hall showing elegant guests sitting, group of women singing, guests and the royal guests milling around the newly dedicated statue of Wilfrid Laurier / Centenary Choir and of large crowds on Parliament Hill /...
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Canada welcomes Princes and Prome Minister
/ welcoming ceremony on dais showing Prime Minister Mackenzie King welcoming the two Princes and British Prime Minister Sir Stanley Baldwin on ornate dais / pan the Princes, Baldwin, Mackenzie King and members of the Cabinet posing /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The Prince of Wales dedicates the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme
Title card: "Foreign Flashes - Prince of Wales dedicates last British memorial on Somme battlefield" / Pan down from the top of the structure decorated with French and British flags; the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) and other...
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Seeing London: Trooping the Colour, 1929 (HD)
HD footage of the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, England in 1929. Shots include the Household Cavalry; Duke of Connaught; Prince of Wales; Duke of York; Lord Lascelles; Horse Guards Parade; Grenadier Guards
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Prince of Wales reviews Royal Scots Fusiliers in Yorkshire
Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) walking with officers reviews Royal Scots Fusiliers in front of building, band behind playing / he salutes and reviews soldiers marching past him, can hear bagpipes playing / closer shot Prince...
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George V's funeral procession
Funeral procession of King George V leaves Westminster Hall / coffin draped with royal standard on gun carriage carried by British sailors / WS coffin with standard, crown, orb, scepter and flowers / men of the royal family: King Edward...
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Funeral procession for George V
Title card: "Funeral of King George V" superimposed over funeral procession / aerials outside Westminster Hall / coffin on shoulders of pallbearers being taken to gun carriage / horse-drawn glass carriage with footmen / aerials funeral...
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Funeral of George V
British flag being flown at half mast is lowered / VS stills interiors of St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle as funeral is being held / still of Edward VIII
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Edward VIII reviews the Life Guards at Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, Great Britain
Title card: "The King's Horses and the King's Men" superimposed over parade / crowd watches Life Guards lead band on horseback at Windsor Great Park / WS child in military uniform saluting / King Edward VIII on horseback, with the Earl...
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King Edward VIII inspects the First Battalion of the Irish Guards at Chelsea Barracks
Numerous shots of Edward VIII inspecting the 1st Brigade of the Irish Guard / CU his face as he speaks to one of the Guards / VS the Guards march in formation, bearing bayoneted rifles / VS Edward salutes as Guard troops pass
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Edward VIII tours the new 'Queen Mary' ocean liner
The massive "Queen Mary" ocean liner at the shipyard / Edward VIII, wearing a heavy overcoat, decars; he shakes hands with several people; numerous children and men stand behind a chain-link fence/ Edward climbs the gangplank and enters...
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Retrospective from news archives of Britain's Queen Mary who died on 3/24/1953
Title: "Queen Mary -- A Symbol of Royalty Passes…" / LS at dusk EXT Big Ben and Houses of Parliament / CU side view silhouette lion statue / CU posted notice for Tuesday, 24th March, 1953 on the death of Queen Mary "While sleeping...
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Anxious Britons wait for news outside Buckingham Palace and pray in churches as King George undergoes lung surgery
Title: "King George - Britain's Anxious Hours" superimposed over background scene of royal crest / WS crowds outside Buckingham Palace / CU people waiting / PAN people waiting / Follow car arriving with doctor through palace gate /...
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POV from driving car as it pursues Wallis Simpson, fiancee of British King Edward VIII, in France
Two MPOV from moving car as it drives down road lined on either side by trees / shot from moving car as it passes unreadable road sign / three shots from moving car as it drives down road lined by trees / Note: exact day not known