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United States ambassador to France William Bullitt aboard ship Ile De France in New York City.
United States Ambassador to France William C. Bullitt aboard the ocean liner SS Ile De France in New York, United States. William C. Bullitt smiles after attending a Congress committee meeting to discuss the possibility of war in Europe. Bullitt takes off his hat and smiles as he boards the ocean liner ship SS Ile De France.
American Ernest J Swift, James T Nicholson and Wayne Chatfield Taylor in the office in Geneva, Switzerland.
American Red Cross Delegation in Geneva, Switzerland. Ernest J Swift, Vice Chairman of American Red Cross in charge of foreign operations; James T Nicholson, National Director of American Junior Red Cross and Wayne Chatfield Taylor, Under Secretary of Commerce working in the office. They look at map of Europe. The three officials walk on bridge with lakes, quays and mountains in the background.
U.S. Navy Admiral Harry Ervin Yarnellin talks about Japanese invasion in China during an interview in Guam.
U.S. Navy Admiral Harry Ervin Yarnell is interviewed in Guam. Dramatization: U.S. Navy Admiral Harry Ervin Yarnell speaks. He talks about Japanese invasion in China when the war was on in Europe. He states that the war caused destruction, starvation, diseases and rendered many Chinese homeless. Media persons take notes during the interview.
Britain prepares for World War II
Film opens with a glimpse of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in a forum. Next, Big Ben and the British Parliament building are seen in the background as soldiers (and some civlilans) gather around a British 3-inch antiaircraft gun. British civilians assembling sections of a Anderson Shelter (a prefabricated shelter made of corrugated metal.) View of a crowded railroad platform where hundreds of British children board a train to evacuate them from London to safety in the countryside, as part of Operation Piper. Parents and loved ones stand back on the platform to see them off. Closeup of children, each tagged with their personal information, climbing aboard the train. Next, after they have boarded the train, parents and others move close to the train windows to wave goodbye to the children. Parents, at a different railroad station, waving goodbye to children on a train carrying them to safety. complete change of scene shows the U.S. freighter ship, SS City of Flint, with hundreds of passengers onboard, who were rescued from the liner SS Athenia, sunk in the first hours of World War II, by the German submarine, U-30, on September 3, 1940. (The City of Flint landed its passengers in Halifax, Nova scotia, and New York City.) A formation of British soldiers is seen marching through a village in the United Kingdom. Glimpse of an underground control room of a German Fort in the Siegfried line. German troops entering the fort, Werkgruppe Scharnhorst Panzerwerk 1238, to take up defensive positions there. Heavy guns firing from underground.