1890-1949FOREIGN POLITICAL LEADERS
AN AMERICAN DIVORCEE & THE KING OF ENGLAND. THEIR ROMANCE SHOOK AN EMPIRE AS HE RENOUNCED HIS CLAIM TO THE CROWN & WENT INTO VIRTUAL EXILE WITH WALLACE SIMPSON. EDWARD VIII REIGNED FOR 325 DAYS. ABDICATED & WAS SUCCEEDED BY HIS BROTHER GEORGE VI. EDWARD-DAVID.
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DUKE & DUCHESS OF WINDSOR ABOARD SHIP HUGGING, KISSING, WALKING ON SHIP'S DECK.
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CU CROWN OF ENGLAND SPINNING SLOWLY
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SCENES OF EDWARD AS KING OF ENGLAND IN VARIOUS UNIFORM, DRESS.
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EDWARD, AGE 6, HOLDING GUN. WITH HIS BROTHER &
SISTER |
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QUEEN VICTORIA, CIRCA TURN OF CENTURY, AMID THRONGS OF ADORING BRITISH PUBLIC
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KING EDWARD VII, EDWARD'S GRANDFATHER, AT AGE 60 IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, UNIFORM, DRESS. HUNTING
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1910, KING EDWARD VII'S FUNERAL. PROCESSION.
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GEORGE V, EDWARD'S FATHER, AS KING OF ENGLAND, WITH QUEEN MARY, REVIEWING BRITISH NAVY SHIP
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1911, AT AGE 17, EDWARD VIII'S FORMAL DEBUT AS ROYALTY. AT HIS INVESTITURE. EDWARD VII CROWNING SON EDWARD VIII AS PRINCE OF WALES
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SCENES OF PRINCE OF WALES PERFORMING OFFICIAL DUTIES
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BATTLE SCENES, WORLD WAR I. PRINCE OF WALES AS OBSERVER AS DICTATED BY ROYAL EDICT.
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NOVEMBER, 18, 1918. SCENES OF ARMISTICE DAY.
STREETS FILLED WITH CELEBRANTS. |
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PRINCE OF WALES GOING ABOARD A ROYAL NAVY CRUISER TOUR REQUIRED OF PRINCE
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PRINCE OF WALES ON TOUR OF BRITISH POSSESSIONS DOMINIONS
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BRITISH SUBJECTS, CITIZENS WAVING MINI FLAGS
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SCENES OF PRINCE OF WALES ON TOUR
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CANADIAN VISIT, WOMEN CARRYING SHIELDS
REPRESENTING PROVINCES |
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PRINCE OF WALES AT RODEO SMOKING CIGAR
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EDWARD-DAVID MOUNTING HORSE AT RODEO
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ON VISIT IN UNITED STATES. MEETING PRESIDENT WILSON. IN MILITARY UNIFORM
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MEETING AMERICAN SOLDIERS, DOUGHBOYS
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PRINCE IN NEW YORK GREETED BY THRONGS OF ADMIRING AMERICANS. CIRCA 1920s
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NEW YORK CITY POLICEMEN MARCHING IN PARADE HONORING PRINCE OF WALES
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TICKER TAPE PARADE. SNOWING PAPER
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SCENES OF PRINCE'S VISIT TO WEST POINT.
SUPERINTENDENT OF CADETS, GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR. |
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MONTAGE PRINCE OF WALES ON TOUR. LEI PUT AROUND HIS NECK, HAND SHAKING,
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WOMEN RUNNING OUT ALONG ROUTE OF MARCH TO WAVE AT PRINCE IN MOTORCADE
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TWO WOMEN SITTING ON GLIDER OUTDOORS. ONE TALKING ABOUT HER DANCE WITH PRINCE OF WALES. SWING CHAIR
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SCENES OF PRINCE'S WORLD TOUR
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PRINCE OF WALES, EDWARD VIII, CRANKING CAMERA.
FILMS WIDOWS OF WAR |
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MONTAGE PRINCE ON WORLD TOUR OF BRITISH POSSESSIONS, DOMINIONS
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PRINCE IN TRADITIONAL KILT TOURING BRITISH ISLES, PLAYING GOLF. HUNTING. RACING THOROUGHBRED HORSES
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PRINCE AT AIR SHOW. DAREDEVIL PILOTS OF THE 1920s PUT ON SHOW.
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PRINCE OF WALES TAKING FLYING LESSONS. FIRST ROYAL PRINCE TO FLY.
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CU KING GEORGE V WITH SON EDWARD IN MILITARY DRESS UNIFORM
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EDWARD-DAVID FILLING IN FOR AILING FATHER, IN MILITARY DRESS & CIVILIAN CLOTHING
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SCENES OF FOX HUNT, CIRCA WINTER, 1931. HOUNDS.
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NIGHT SCENES OF LONDON CIRCA 1931. BIG BEN'S CLOCK TOWER LIT UP.
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BRITISH COUPLES DANCING IN NIGHTCLUB. FLAPPER STYLE CLOTHING. WOMEN & MEN SMOKING, DANCING CU DANCING FEET
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AERIAL OVER BELVEDERE CASTLE, PRINCE'S PRIVATE GETAWAY HOME.
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MS ERNEST & WALLACE SIMPSON AT CASTLE WINDOW WITH PRINCE OF WALES.
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MS EDWARD & MRS. SIMPSON WATCHING HORSE RACE FROM OBSERVATION TOWER
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PRINCE & MRS. SIMPSON ON SKIING VACATION
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FUNERAL PROCESSION OF KING GEORGE V. WS MOURNING CITIZENS.
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ROYAL PROCLAMATION ANNOUNCING PRINCE EDWARD KING EDWARD VIII.
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JANUARY 20, 1936. DAVID, PRINCE OF WALES, TAKES THRONE AS KING EDWARD VIII. WATCHING MILITARY REVIEW
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VARIOUS ANGLES GILDED ROYAL CARRIAGE
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SCENES OF KING ON CRUISE ABOARD ROYAL YACHT, WITH WALLACE SIMPSON.
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EDWARD IN CANOE WHILE WALLACE SITS ON ROCK & SWIMMING
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SCENES OF DAVID-EDWARD PERFORMING DUTIES OF STATE
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CU PRIME MINISTER STANLEY BALDWIN IN TOP HAT
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MS """ GIVING ADDRESS, MOS
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MS WINSTON CHURCHILL IN FRONT OF CAMERAS ON TRIPODS. MAN IN B/G LEANING OUT OF WINDOW
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MS ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
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DAVID'S-EDWARD'S BROTHER, PRINCE ALBERT
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QUEEN MARY SHOPPING, & AT FUNCTION OUTDOORS UNDER UMBRELLA
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SCENES OF BRITISH LEADERS, OFFICIALS LAYING WREATHS AT BASE OF MONUMENT, PRIME MINISTER BALDWIN.
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FACADE OF CUMBERLAND TERRACE N.W.I., WHERE WALLACE SIMPSON RESIDES
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MRS. SIMPSON GETTING INTO CAR WITH HORDES OF CURIOUS ONLOOKERS WATCHING
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MS PRIME MINISTER BALDWIN IN CIVILIAN DRESS
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KING EDWARD VIII IN WALES VISITING MINING CAMPS MS KING WITH WELSH MINERS & FAMILIES
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PRIME MINISTER GETTING INTO CAR
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CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINES SUPERIMPOSED OVER PRINTING PRESS
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CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINES ABOUT KING & WALLACE SIMPSON
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MONTAGE BRITISH CITIZENS READING NEWSPAPERS ON STREETS
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REPORTERS SWARMING SIMPSON'S HOME. BRITISH BOBBIES, POLICEMEN PUSHING BACK PHOTOGRAPHERS, PAPARAZZI
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SIMPSON IN HIDING IN RIVIERA SURROUNDED BY HORDE OF REPORTERS
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PRIME MINISTER BALDWIN ON ROUTE TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE CURIOUS CITIZENS LINING STREETS OF LONDON
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BEEFEATER, YEOMEN STANDING GUARD IN FRONT OF PALACE
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10 DOWNING STREET MEETING OF BRITISH MINISTERS
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MONTAGE BRITISH CITIZENS STANDING ON STREETS FOR WORD FROM MINISTERS
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MONTAGE BRITISH OFFICIALS, LEADERS, CLERGY, SPEAKING AGAINST MARRIAGE OF KING TO SIMPSON.
CITIZENS BOTH FOR & AGAINST MARRIAGE |
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BRITISH CITIZENS MARCHING IN FAVOR OF KING EDWARD VIII. MAN ON BICYCLE WEARING SANDWICH BOARD READING "WE WANT EDWARD VIII & THE KING MUST NOT ABDICATE"
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CU WOMAN CARRYING POSTER "HANDS OFF OUR KING, ABDICATION MEANS REVOLUTION"
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MONTAGE ACTIVITIES ON STREETS OF ENGLAND. POLICE HOLDING BACK CITIZENS, PANDEMONIUM IN STREETS.
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QUEEN MOTHER WALKING WITH KING EDWARD VIII IN GARDENS
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DECEMBER 10, 1936, PRIME MINISTER BALDWIN ANNOUNCES TO PARLIAMENT EDWARD'S ABDICATION
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LOW ANGLE BIG BEN AT NIGHT. BELLS SOUNDING SLOWLY LIKE DEATH KNELL
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DUKE OF WINDSOR GIVING RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT EXPLAINING ABDICATION. MONTAGE NIGHT SCENES BUCKINGHAM PALACE. CITIZENS AT HOME LISTENING TO BROADCAST. GROUP OF MILITARY OFFICERS LISTENING TO MESSAGE. MEN IN PUBS, MEN AROUND RADIO SERVICE TRUCK LISTENING ETC...
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MEN IN WORKSHOP LISTENING TO RADIO
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MEN IN TUXEDOS LAYING & SITTING ON BUNK BEDS
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CU RADIO CIRCA 1936
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CU MAN SMOKING PIPE LISTENING TO RADIO
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LS NIGHT SHOT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
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DUKE & DUCHESS OF WINDSOR IN FRANCE POSING FOR WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHS
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CU DUKE & DUCHESS
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MONTAGE OF COUPLE OVER THE YEARS
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COUPLE WITH PUG DOGS
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LS COUPLE WAVING FROM CRUISE SHIP
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