England, 1950

[Music] as ever known we the land of Shakespeare's Immortal Pros the land of England land of pageantry and history where the picturesque cottages of the Rolling Countryside make their pastoral patterns where the White Cliffs of do rise in ponderous majesty above the singing sea and an ancient Roman Lighthouse still looks out upon the channel surging Tides where Castles in the Air fling their territor against the sky their once in battle barricades like some picture from a fairy tale castles reminiscent of those romantic days when Knighthood was in flower when chivalry left its custom and its color on history's painted Pages England is all of these and more she is the inspiring spectacle of canterberry Cathedral great Shrine of the ages she is the stored and nostalgic Stratford upon Avon home of the imort and Monument to his trenchant genius William Shakespeare Master of the written word maker of literature his birthplace is now the Shakespeare Museum and Library his tomb is Holy Trinity Church long honored by the English-speaking World This Magnificent Memorial Theater is another Tribute to The Bard of Avon who spoke to mankind with the magic of his pen but that was yesterday today England is modern Birmingham industrial capital and home of a thousand diversity Iron and Steel are the bullworks of thriving Birmingham Second City of the nation whose wide variety of manufactured products range from hairpins to railway Rolling Stock the highly industrialized Midlands in the heart of England team with the humming factories and foundaries that make this section a world famous productive Center England is also Newcastle on the river th long one of the country's great ship building communities only a short distance from the sea this busy city of the north keeps to the trade and tradition of her past from her vast yards have come The Fleets that have carried the Union Jack to the far ports of the world Newcastle has played a mighty role in Britain's history and in the forging of her EMP Empire steel and steam have replaced Mast and sail but the seven seas are forever calling for England has always lived by the trade and traffic of the ocean highways and so it is today from its many trade routes she receives the Imports which are so necessary to her sustenance just as across its vast distances she sends the exports upon which depends the stabilization of her economy [Music] Coventry is another Midland City famous for its Industries among which the Motorcar has an important place today coventry's fabulous Lady Godiva might well ride one of [Music] these now the local is Sheffield in industrial Yorkshire noted for its silver work and silverware Sheffield Sterling and silverplate are synonymous with quality the world over modern methods may have supplanted the ancient silver smith but pride of craftsmanship remains a Sheffield [Music] tradition table wear such as this Bears The Sheffield trademark long and distinctive name in [Music] silver Bradford yet another part of the fascinating story that is England stands for texto M workers homes line its picturesque streets making a domestic background for one of England's most important major industries Woolen goods are literally Bradford's bread and butter her textile mills are the heart of her industrial life the great looms Spin and weave her wool the miracle of Machinery transforming the raw material into cloth for the markets of the [Music] world coal mining has long been a foremost British industry and one which has had much to do with the country's economic welfare coal was used domestically in the Middle Ages and even exported by England during that period in the 18th and 19th centuries with the Advent of the Industrial Revolution the demand for coal as a commercial fuel increased enormously resulting in the rapid development of vast new Fields England has always been rich in Coal that precious resource so necessary to her own modern way of life today as yesterday the English Co Miner occupies an important place in the National picture helping England maintain her position of prominence in the industrial [Music] World finally and always England is London Eternal City of the T and capital of the British Commonwealth of Nations London where historic Tower Bridge spans the rivers Broad and teeming Waters where padelli Circus England's own Time Square sets the rushing roaring Tempo and the paths of Empire meet and mingle in the traffic's endless flow London home of some 10 million people The Hub and heart of a nation that has achieved its own high Destiny the London Bobby is a friendly and familiar figure and thoroughly efficient then there are the city's great railroad stations the swarming arteries of her enormous transportation system crack trains like the famous Golden Arrow England's version of the American Streamliner offer the utmost in traveling comfort and [Music] safety St Paul's Cathedral spiritual heart of this Mighty Metropolis is an architectural Masterpiece and the world's largest Citadel of protestant worship another Unforgettable London tradition are the resplendant horse guards of her White Hall District Number 10 Downing Street residence of the Prime Minister has its own traditional significance Buckingham Palace home of the king and queen magnificently epitomizes the Splendor of Royal London with a changing of the palace guard a spectacle that never fails to stir the pride of England's Millions this martial music is as inspiring as it is impressive such is London first city of England and the Empire where Big Ben the world's most celebrated time piece still tolls away the marching hours and such is England Shakespeare's blessed realm ancient land of Destiny modern land of freedom in this world of ours