SIBELIUS ON HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY Finland. Composer Jean Sibelius seated at piano in his home. Sibelius in chair in his study speaks to woman friend. He is celebrating his eightieth birthday.
DEATH OF LORD LANG - ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY London....
SIBELIUS ON HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY Finland. Composer Jean Sibelius seated at piano in his home. Sibelius in chair in his study speaks to woman friend. He is celebrating his eightieth birthday.
DEATH OF LORD LANG - ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY London. Lord Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury in ceremonial robes. Lord Lang crowns King George VI in Westminster Abbey.
COAL FOR OLD PEOPLE OF WINDSOR Windsor, Berkshire. Coal trucks in coal yard with Windsor Castle in background. Loaded coal lorry driving down street. Close up shot of sacks of coal on lorry. Elderly people signing for coal received. Several close up shot of elderly women. Coalman carrying sacks of coal into houses.
PARLIAMENT MEET TO DISCUSS THE AMERICAN LOAN London. Mr Hugh Dalton leaves car and walks towards camera. Sir Ben Smith, Socialist Minister of Food, leaves car and walks towards camera. Winston Churchill in overcoat and with the cigar. Sir Stafford Cripps leaving house. Sir Stafford Cripps entering House of Commons.
MOSCOW DYNAMOS LEAVE FOR HOME London. Moscow's Dynamo football team leaving England. Soviet Ambassador Gusev speaking to players. Dakota aircraft with the Red Star on fuselage. Players boarding the plane. Dakota taxiing away in a fog. Cameraman with camera shooting from top of a car. Dakota taking off in a dense fog.
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