Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of Britain sits pensively at his desk. Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine, walking together in London. King George VI stepping from a car and entering 10 Downing Street. Mobilization of British forces for war. British civilians marching casually wearing steel army helmets. A man volunteering for the Army. New recruits being issued uniforms. Others, in civilian clothes, learning to drill with rifles and then marching away from a village. Recruits in bayonet practice. Winston Churchill speaking about the tragedy brought upon Europe by Hitler (this Churchill speech was at St. James's Place, London, June 12, 1941, in an address to Allied delegates). Aerial views of the destruction of Poland by Luftwaffe aircraft of Germany. Civilian Polish victims of German bombardment. A boy and women mourning over the dead. A child being held near a bonfire to warm her. Children rescuing a few possessions from a destroyed home. Parents carrying children. Women and girls crying and in mourning for the loss of loved ones and destruction from war.
Opening scene shows a motor launch being lowered from the transport ship, USS Bayfield (APA-33). View of a Coast Guard Crewman with many U.S. soldiers on deck behind him. Next, the troops are seen descending a landing net over the side of the ship, into Higgins boat landing craft. Waves cause the net to sway out over the water with several soldiers on it. Silhoutttes of landing craft underway in the water with sun rising through haze in background. Landing craft heading toward a beach, and then troops charging ashore over the beach. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Interior of the River Don Works steelplant and forge shop at Sheffield (later Sheffield Forgemasters). Exteriors of steel mill shows stacks emitting smoke. In the mill, molten steel poured. Men at furnace. Steel block is heated and shaped. Men fuel the giant furnaces, standing at some distance due to the heat.
U.S. sailor gives a soldier a haircut on deck near 40mm mount. Other soldiers chat and smile. (World War II period).
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon attend ceremonies at Wellington Barracks. A memorial to the King’s late father, King George V, in the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks (The Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London SW1E 6HQ, United Kingdom). The British King and Queen leave the car outside Wellington Barracks. Foot Guards lined up.
The Palace of Westminster in London. Interiors of House of Commons shows crowd gathered. A man speaks at the microphone. Portrait of Winston Churchill on wall in the background. Churchill speaks on microphone in past. Exteriors of the Westminster Palace. Churchill's car enters the gates. Crowd lined up and cameramen take pictures. Churchill's wife walks. Churchill leaves the car with cigar in his mouth. Churchill opens the door and greeted by people. A woman photographs Churchill. Guests gathered outside Churchill's house. Prime Minster Sir Alec Douglas Home arrives at his house. Press and cameramen record the event. Churchill looks out from window.
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