In 1938 an American tennis champion John Donald Budge (Don Budge) wins Wimbledon in London, England. Don Budge playing a match. The spectators seated in a stand. He wins the Wimbledon title. Budge shakes hand with United Kingdom tennis player Henry 'Bunny' Austin. From a September 16, 1963 newsreel recounting events 25 years prior.
Damage due to the September 21, 1938 New England Hurricane (also called the Long Island Express Hurricane) in the United States. Buildings along streets in New York City in driving rain and winds. Cars moving on a street. Rain falling in the city and deep water ponding in roads. Rubble in the area. A large tree that crushed a car. Wrecked ships and boats along a coastal port. Men look at the boats, many of which are partially sunken or aground. Aerial view of wrecked cars and other vehicles. Destroyed bridges. Wind wrecked homes on coast. A wrecked train on a railroad line, derailed off the tracks.
German-Jewish young refugees "whose parents fill the Nazi concentration camps" (Source: Original 1938 Universal Newsreel film description sheet) arrive on shores in Harwich, England. 206 refugees walk out on the ramp of a ship, carrying their luggage. Refugee young men, young women and children walk towards the refugee camps. Most appear to be teenagers. Refugees wave from their quarters. They eat food at a mess hall and smile.
U.S. Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, Commander of U.S. Army Forces in Europe, and Major General Ira Eaker, Commander of the U.S. 8th Air Force, escort a British official visiting an air base in the UK. The official speaks momentarily with U.S. ground crewman. Then a U.S. Lieutenant Colonel escorts him in a walk around a B-17, named "Delta Rebel" while the Generals and others stand nearby.(Captain Robert K Morgan, Pilot of the "Memphis Belle" is a member of the visiting party.) The British Official has an extended dialog with escorting officer. All members of the visiting party begin climbing aboard a C-45 aircraft. Change of scene show the party walking from the C-45 past an honor guard. General Devers greets several Air Corps officers standing in a line. He is followed by the British official, with his Lt. Col. escort. Generals Devers and Eaker speak with the Lt. Col. escort and then General Eaker walks with the official to a waiting car (appears to be a 1938 Packard sedan). The official enters the car and drives away, followed by American staff car and another vehicle.
Lieutenant General Jacob Devers, Commander of U.S. Army Forces in Europe and Major General Ira Eaker, Commander of U.S. 8th Air Force accompany a British civilian official who meets and talks with crews of B-17 bombers. (U.S.Captain Robert K. Morgan, pilot of the "Memphis Belle" is seen with the visiting party.) General Devers and the British official talk to each other. Air and ground crew of the B-17 "Delta Rebel" are inspected. A British lady is seen speaking with a B-17 crew member. (A 1938 Packard automobile is seen parked near the B-17s.) A C-45 Expeditor aircraft taxis on the airfield. Officers around the airplane.
The Regent Street in London, England near start of World War 2. A tailor shop. A poster in the shop reads 'Order now, prices may rise, so why wait'. Pedestrians walk along the street. A Fascist book shop in Great Smith Street, Westminster. Sign on the shop reads 'The Greater Britain, by Oswald Mosley'. Sign at shop reads, in part, "Declare with Mosley that Britons will fight for Britain only. Mind Britain's Business! The parties want war to save Czechoslovakia for a politicians' quarrel. Mosley says: Save Britain for Peace & People." People buy newspapers on streets in Central London. British civilians entering the underground at Bank Station tube entrance by the Bank of England. Sign above stairs says, "Public subways lavatories and Waterloo Line." Double decker buses and Central London buildings in background at Bank Junction. Royal Exchange building is seen. People buy newspapers. Headlines of the newspapers read 'To-day's Cabinet on Czech crisis'. Vehicular traffic and buildings in the background. Near Charing Cross station, with Eleanor Cross in background, newspaper vendor sells papers. Placard advertisement reads 'What Hitler Said'.
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