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.
Young Japanese women perform on a stage at a theater in Japan. Japanese dancing girls wave Italian flags on the stage. They dance with parasols (dance umbrellas) that are painted with Axis power country symbols of Japan, Germany, and Italy. The parasols have Nazi German, Italian, and Japanese emblems on them.
Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. German motorcyclists, trucks, cavalry and infantry advance as Polish refugees escape war torn areas. Damaged buildings and bridges. Maps of German conquest of Poland and the capture of Warsaw.
Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. German aircraft take off. The aircraft fly over country side. A fleet of aircraft. The aircraft bomb Warsaw. Men attach bombs to Stukas.
Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. Polish officers and Polish soldiers move out of Warsaw after Poland's surrender. German soldiers celebrate their victory and examine Polish prisoners. Polish military prisoners being driven out of the area aboard fire trucks and other vehicles. Views of Polish civilian refugees, bomb craters, and ruins of a bombed railway station. German troops advance through Warsaw. Large mass of Polish citizens gathered to receive food aid. Civilians receive bread from German troops. Polish officers leaving the military headquarters building, and the German soldiers and officers enter Polish military headquarters.
Invasion of Poland by Germany during World War II. German officers on a tour inspecting areas in Warsaw. Some surrendered Polish soldiers. German cavalry units ride into a city and camp. A damaged building in the background. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler reviews a parade of German troops, armored vehicles and tanks in Warsaw as airplanes fly overhead. German soldiers goosestep during the parade. Close-up views of some of the faces of the German soldiers marching on parade.