The work of London's fire guards during a German blitzkrieg incendiary bomb raid in Britain during World War II. Bombs fall and fire breaks out at night. Nighttime views following the Luftwaffe attack. London buildings and churches are on fire. St. Lawrence Jewry Church (Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AA, United Kingdom) on Gresham Street, designed by Christopher Wren, in ruins. Views of damage to St. Brides Church (Fleet St, London EC4Y 8AU, United Kingdom) on Fleet Street. Firemen spray water on the buildings and churches. Firefighters team up to connect 6,000 feet of 3 1/2-inch firehose from fire boats in the Thames River, to reach burning buildings of London. Firemen seen in relay lines connecting fire hoses and working to extinguish blazing fires.
Winston Churchill undergoes thigh surgery in Europe. Ships docked at sea in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Winston Churchill enters a building after his accident. Officers follow him. An aircraft lands at an airport in London. Mrs. Clementine Hozier Churchill waits for the arrival of her husband. Men carry Churchill on a stretcher and proceed towards an ambulance. Churchill is taken to Middlesex Hospital (Fitzrovia, London, England) for his thigh surgery. Civilians gathered outside the hospital to greet Churchill.
Day time life in London, United Kingdom while night-time raids by Germany on London were still common in World War II. The Big Ben clock tower. A double decker bus on the street. U.S. soldiers visit Westminster Abbey (Dean's Yard, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom). Traffic near the Marble Arch (London W2 2UH, United Kingdom). Citizen speakers address various crowds in London's Hyde Park. Several speakers take their turn. Policemen talk to a man. Allied officers and soldiers in the crowd.
Leonardo da Vinci’s charcoal drawing “The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist” is on display at the National Gallery in London, England. People enter the National Gallery (Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom). British people admire the “The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist”, put on display to raise funds to prevent the Royal Academy from selling the painting to overseas buyers. A woman hands out a flier appealing for donations to museum goers. Sign reads “National Art-Collections Fund LEONARDO APPEAL FUND Large or small donations are welcome. If you would like a receipt, please ask at one of these desks”. A woman drops cash into the donation box and receives a flier from a museum staff. A woman drops a coin into a donation box. Closer view of the drawing “The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist”.
United States President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy Reagan, visits the United Kingdom. Queen Elizabeth II welcomes them at Windsor Castle (Windsor SL4 1NJ, United Kingdom). President Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II and their spouses Nancy Reagan and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, watch the Queen’s Guards marching. President Reagan and Queen Elizabeth ride horses early the next morning. View of the Palace of Westminster (London SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom) as seen from across the Thames River. President Reagan gives a speech to both houses of parliament in London, the first American to ever do so. In his speech, he challenges the Soviets to allow him to address them in a television broadcast in exchange for the same in America.
Saint Paul's Cathedral (St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom) in London, England. Vehicles pass nearby the Cathedral. Steam roller levels off rubble during clearing operations following blitz bombing attacks by German Luftwaffe aircraft in World War II. A man operates crane and shovel. Devastated buildings near by the Cathedral. Domes of the Cathedral. Demolished Guild Hall (71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom). Heap of debris on ground.
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