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Regent Street, Great Smith Street and Bank Station in London, England. Signs at Oswald Mosley book stand and at Charing Cross.
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'.
Operations of United States 8th Air Force 492nd Bomb Group in England during World War II.
Operation Carpetbagger by the 492nd Bomb Group of United States 8th Air Force during World War II. View of automobile traffic on a London Street. London "Carpetbaggers" personnel working at the London headquarters of United States Army Air Forces 8th Air Force. At Harrington field men load supplies on trucks for French resistance forces (Maquis, FFI). Men workout the daily packing schedule. Men pack guns, grenades, machine guns and other ammunitions. Special H containers and C containers for loading 303 ammunition. Boots, socks being packed. Gasoline Jerry cans being put in containers. Men place guns in containers. Instructions in French also placed with the supplies for the French resistance forces. Men pack explosives and radio sets. Medical supplies put in baskets. Harness and parachute shops in Holmes where men attach parachutes to containers. Packages being transported to airfield for dropping to the targets. A man on a telephone informs about the daily supplies to Special Forces headquarters in London. S-2, an intelligence officer forwards the list received from London. A man plots the target area on a map. In the weather room detailed map of the area is being prepared. Officers make a selection of the targets. S-2 informs the headquarters about the route of the planes. Supplies being loaded onto United States B-24 aircraft specially configured to carry and drop the containers using the bomb rack system in the aircraft. Flight crew is briefed before the operation. Chief Navigator talks about the course to be taken by the planes and the targets to be hit. Pilots work on a flight plan. Aircraft take off. An officer reports about the take off of the aircraft to the 8th Air Force headquarters.
Illustrated narrative about British Commonwealth. Scenes of life in the British Isles. U.S. servicemen learning about the UK.
Narrative about British Crown and relation to far flung nations of British Commonwealth, illustrated with animated maps. British steelworker and family walking to church. Views of exteriors of Protestant Church of England, Roman Catholic, and Jewish houses of worship. (The Anglican Church shown is The Parish Church of St. Andrew's, Kingsbury, on Old Church Lane, London. The Catholic church shown is the Catholic Church of St Mary & St Andrew, Dollis Hill Parish, London. The Jewish synagogue shown is the Gladstone Park and Neasden Synagogue, on Clifford Way in Neasden, in the London Borough of Brent). Victoria railroad train station, with Londoners using public transport to weekend holiday activities. Scenes along highway: thatched cottages; Windsor Castle; Eton College, with students, some in top hats; farmland. City scenes in England: patrons drink tea at restaurant or cafe; U.S. soldier talking with British Police officer (Bobbie); English merchant helping U.S. sailor, takes half crown from silver coins in his extended hand. U.S. Airmen watching orientation film about Britain. U.S. Airmen demonstrating behavior that may surprise Britons, such as sitting with feet up on table; chewing gum; reading comic books. U.S. military servicemen talking with British servicemen.
Scenes of devastation from the "Long Island Express" Hurricane of 1938.
Scenes from the New England Hurricane of 1938 (or Great New England Hurricane) (or Long Island Express) (or The Great Hurricane of 1938). Hurricane hitting U.S. Eastern Seaboard on September 21, 1938. The Coast from New Jersey to New England felt its effect. Cars and people drenched with water in streets. Policemen wade through hip deep water. New York is whipped by 70 mile-an-hour winds and the raging sea pouring tons of water far inland. A man retreats from a dock as waves pour water on him. Outcome of hurricane shows broken ships, downed trees, and devastation at the water front in coastal areas including Atlantic City, New London Connecticut, and Long Island. Firemen in New London Connecticut battle fires. Aerial view of destroyed shoreline and beached boats in New London. Broken cars crushed by fallen trees. Crowds gather to look at damage as a lone sentry guards against looting. Boats along the Atlantic Coast are destroyed. A boat is seen on a road in front of Merkel's Delicatessen. View of a train that was derailed by the hurricane on Long Island. Shot of a car that was carried far off a roadway and impaled on an upright beam.
People gather at Trafalgar Square in London, England, to hear results of 1924 UK General Election.
Crowds gathered in Trafalgar Square (Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DS, United Kingdom) in London, at night, to hear results of the 1924 United Kingdom general election. Groups cheer favorite candidates' elections are announced. Mounted policemen keep order. A double-decker bus and an automobile move slowly along the street near the crowd. First, light rain is falling. So many people carry umbrellas. Later, the rain stopped. Men setting up powerful "sunlight arc lamps" to illuminate other crowded streets for cameramen. View of the crowds illuminated by the arc lamps. A bus passes displaying a large advertisement for the show "Leap Year" playing at the London Hippodrome (Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, WC2H 7JH London, United Kingdom).
Queen Elizabeth opens Chelsea Flower show in grounds of Royal Hospital Chelsea, London.
Queen Elizabeth II opens and attends the Chelsea Flower Show in London, United Kingdom. The Queen’s sister Princess Margaret and her husband, David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, with other dignitaries at opening of the Chelsea Flower show in the grounds of the Royal Hospital (Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 4SR England) in London, England. The Queen’s mother, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, attends the flower show. They visit the garden and see various types of flowers. A man explains about flowers. A man talks to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, about flowers inside the tented area of the flower show.
