British troops aboard 3 different troopships depart from harbors in England, United Kingdom, early in World War 2. Boats on British river. Workers transfer goods onto a ship with the help of cranes. British soldiers aboard the ship SS Bremen as the ship departs from the harbor. Next view is a low view of bow of SS Europa as it is pulling away from a port with troops on board. Last part of clip shows people at dockyard waving at troops aboard the TSMV Dorsetshire, loaded with British forces (ship also called the HM Troopship Dorsetshire, or the HMT Dorsetshire). The soldiers wave back as the ship pulls away from the docks.
Air raid alarm raised in London during World War II. A poster reads 'Imminent Peril of War'. Anti air raid precaution signs on streets. The British crowd at 10 Downing Street. British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax and other officials walk out of a building in 10 Downing Street. Photographers take pictures. Honor Guard salutes dignitary.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain speaks to crowd in London during World War II. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain speaks over the microphone. People on the streets. Air Raid warning posters on the street put up by the police. British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax and David Lloyd George, a British statesman, enter the Parliament building.
Army officers enter the War Office building in London early during World War II. Exterior view of the War Office building (later the Old War Office) and traffic on Horse Guards Avenue in London. Dutch officers get out of car and enter the War Office building. Nelson's Tower at Trafalgar Square seen in distance. Sir John Dill, Vice Chief of the General Imperial Staff, enters the War Office building. Number of officers enter the building. Interior views of an office in the War Office building, with Director of Public Relations at War Office, Major General John Hay Beith, Richard De Rochemont and Maurice Lancaster seated in the office. The officials converse with each other.
Ministers arrive and leave at 10 Downing Street in London, England during World War II. Minister of Information Alfred Duff-Cooper and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister Brendon Bracken. Officers, holding maps in hand, get out of the cars and enter a building. Minister of War Anthony Eden, Admiral Dudley Pound, Chief of the Imperial General Staff Sir John Dill, and Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Viscount Caldecote enter the building. Official cars drive past on 10 Downing street. Arthur Greenwood, Lord of Admiralty walking out of the building. Ministers come out of the building.
British Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside reviews troops in Europe during World War II. Band playing. Troops stand at attention on an open field. Troops march on a road. General Ironside salutes with number of officers standing behind him. General Edmund Ironside reviews women troops in uniform. The General gets into a car and leaves. The soldiers stand with rifles in hand. Officers converse with each other inside a room.
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