Knicknamed 'Galloping Gertie' for it's oscillating movement the Tacoma suspension bridge collapses in high winds.

Liberation of Paris: de Gaulle in Champs Elysees past cheering crowds

Clement Attlee, British prime minister: Speaking at the United Nations in 1946 '...how great has been the achievement of these meetings'

Shows thousands of troops lining up. General Chiang Kai shek salutes. Pilots marching and running up to row of planes. Planes taking off and airview from plane of planes flying in formation.

Atlantic Convoy at sea; map of region.

Irish troops drilling American-style; wearing German type steel helmets; Home Guards - some of them IRA with shotguns; coastal watch; Irish motor torpedo boat at sea.

British and US Isolate Eire (1944): Customs officials at border; papers checked; Dublin general views and Dail; De Valera; farming scenes; shipyard - ship launched in Ulster; convoys at sea; US troops and materiel unloaded in Belfast; plane unloaded; many jeeps held in compound in Ulster; papers checked on train.

Eire Plays The Role Of A Neutral (1944): Parade standing still in Dublin; lines of soldiers; Red Cross nurses; soldiers marching; big queue outside shop being pulled away from entrance by policemen; political rally; horse and carts in O'Connell Street; people queuing for cinema; more crowds outside shops; unidentified men photocall; De Valera in gardens and seated at desk - smiling at camera in both.

Beveridge Report on the Welfare State- 7 Dec 1942: Shows groups of men talking on street to illustrate unemployment. Children playing on street, going to school in uniform and shots of public school and Oxford university as narrator says "Post war children must have far better educational facilities that they have now- the path from elementary education to public school and beyond that must be open to all who are mentally equipped to profit by it". Shots of hospital ward and surgeon at work under narration "The voluntary hospital and the expensive nursing home are not enough to maintain this nation in good health".

Atlee and Churchill -1945: PM Winston Churchill says goodbye to his wartime coalition cabinet. Shows deputy PM Clement Atlee walk down Downing St. garden steps with Churchill followed by Ernest Bevin and Anthony Eden for photocall.

Prelude to the Election (Labour won) 1945: Shows Herbert Morrison enter building with huge sign saying' Morrisons committee room - Labour Party' and poster 'Londoners vote Labour'. Morrison wearing rosette and others look at book. Clement Atlee hands over his deposit. Ernest Bevin campaigns in his Wandsworth constituency on top of a table infront of large sign saying 'Vote for Bevin -Labour candidate'.

Nationalisation of coal mines: NCB flag flying. Atlee and ministers attend formal handing over of the mines. Ernest Bevin arrives late and is greeted by Arthur Greenwood. Minister of Fuel and Power Mr Shinwell gives speech "Our industrial future rests in the hands of NCB." A copy of the Act is handed over and Atlee speaks "This the first day of a new era".

US bomber in flight; Atom bomb explosion; devastation in city; soldier pointing out direction of fireball; pointing out imprints; more shots of the devastation, and more imprints.

The Fruits of Victory: celebrations at end of war; headlines; crowds at the Palace; King and Queen balcony appearance; celebrations in Trafalgar Square; Churchill gives'V' sign salute; celebrations into the night

1947: Elizabeth/Philip wedding: processions; stills of service; departure; procession back to Palace; photocall; balcony appearance; leaving for honeymoon