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Antje Ruhfus, Azalea Queen of West Germany, at the MacArthur Memorial in downtown Norfolk.

The Azalea Queen's attendants, representing the United Kingdom and the United States, at the 1988 Azalea Festival.

Dr. John A. W. Bennett, originally from Canada, was a faculty member in the International Studies Department at Old Dominion University from 1968-1977. He was born in Ottawa, Canada in 1911 and died August 11, 2000. This interview is in two parts. It covers his military education, his experiences with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, and World War II. The discussion about ODU focuses on International Studies, the Norfolk Forum, and the University Senate.

Brief interview with physicist Dr. Norman F. Ramsey in regard to international defense. At the time of the interview, Ramsey was appointed to NATO as their first science advisor. 0:01:55

Footage of the 1957 Azalea Festival showing the queen's court and the Lady Carey Coke of Great Britain crowned as Queen Azalea, IV. Footage has been spliced and edited throughout. Hard to make out what the announcer at the festival is saying 0:14:01

Footage of the 1961 Azalea Festival, featuring U. S. Navy chorus members singing "Anchors Away" and Azalea Queen Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of United States Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Footage is not spliced in exact order. Footage abruptly stops at 1:05. 0:01:05

Tidewater Viewpoint segment on the Atlantic Fleet, featuring a submarine of the Royal Navy. No sound from 3:03-5:41. 0:07:55

Tidewater Viewpoint segment on the 1956 Azalea Festival Court princesses and queen. Nell Eastland, daughter of Senator James O. Eastland, Mississippi, was chosen as Azalea Queen III. 0:08:11

Footage of the Navy cruiser, U. S. S. Newport News taking part in the 1964 NATO Cruise, with a stop to Portsmouth, England. Portsmouth - London UNCLAS #1. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:10:49

Footage of the crew of the Newport News going sight-seeing in London, England. The Newport News was one of the ships that took part in the 1964 NATO Cruise. Portsmouth - London UNCLAS #2. Footage has no sound. 0:09:06

Tidewater Viewpoint segment on the construction of the amphitheater for the Azalea Festival at the Norfolk Municipal Gardens (today known as Norfolk Botanical Gardens). Fred Heutte of the Municipal Gardens, is interviewed. 0:12:49

Footage of the Navy cruiser, U. S. S. Newport News taking part in the 1964 NATO Cruise, with a stop at Bergen, Norway. Footage has no sound. 0:15:58

Footage of the Navy cruiser, U. S. S. Newport News taking part in the 1964 NATO Cruise, with a stop at Bergen, Norway. Footage has no sound. 0:03:55

Tidewater Viewpoint interviews with the Court Princesses and Queen for the 1958 Azalea Festival. Patricia Jane Lemay of the United States, is festival queen. 0:14:54

Footage from the 1965 International Azalea Festival in Norfolk, Virginia. Footage includes festival princesses and their escorts, as well as Luci Baines Johnson being crowned queen by her father, President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:28

Compiled footage of Queen Azalea 1974, Francesca Tonarelli from Italy. Tonarelli is seen attending social functions in the city of Norfolk, signing autographs, taking part in the Azalea Festival Parade, getting crowned Queen Azalea 21st, and even eating pizza at a restaurant. Compilation of outtake/B-roll footage. Footage is not in sequence. 0:09:34

Tidewater Viewpoint interview with Lady Carey Coke of Norfolk County, England, who is the fourth Azalea Queen. Members of the Queen's court are also featured. 0:06:35

Footage of Azalea Queen 1963, Verita Korth arriving in Norfolk. Korth is the daughter of Fred Korth, a former United States Secretary of the Navy. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:25

Footage of the annual circus walk and parade in Downtown Norfolk by Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Downtown Norfolk. Featured in the parade is 1960 Azalea Queen, Paula Layton Pace. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:45

Footage of 1960 Azalea Festival Queen Paula Layton Pace, cutting a cake at the Garden Club of Norfolk and landing at Norfolk Municipal Airport to great fanfare, including a bouquet of azaleas from Mayor Fred Duckworth. Miss Pace is the daughter of former Secretary of the Army, Frank Pace. Footage has no sound until 1:15. Footage is not in chronological order. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:01:42