Russian scientists return to Russia. Scientists disembark from a ship as they return to Leningrad after they were rescued from drifting ice sheets. A large number of people gather to welcome them. Scientists ride past a crowded street. People welcome the scientists with a mass ticker tape parade on their arrival in Moscow. Scientists in a car move past a large crowd.
International Peace Campaign in London, England. Policemen ride horses on the street. Buildings in the background. Demonstrators move from Trafalgar Square and march to the Czechoslovakia Legation Building (8 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7SH, UK) at Grosvenor Place. Parade is led by men carrying flags of America, Britain, Czechoslovakia, and Russia. A banner carried by marchers reads 'Stand by Czechoslovakia, No plebiscite'. Buses, cars, and cyclists pass by. The crowd swells until it fills the entire street and sidewalks, so there is no room for vehicles. Mounted police control the crowd at the Czechoslovakian Legation and facilitate traffic on Grosvenor Place. Four men hold flags of America, Czechoslovakia, Britain, and Russia, in front of the Legation. Double decker buses traverse the area. One marcher carries French Tricolor flag. Several men march with drums.
Massed Soviet troops, earrying rifles at the ready with fixed bayonets, parade in Red Square, Russia. Soviet motorcyclists dressed in black uniforms and armed with Degtyarev DT Machine Guns. Several Tupolev TB-3 heavy bombers, with single wheel fixed landing gears, flying in formation with numerous military biplanes behind them. Aerial view from above, of Soviet paratroopers atop a Tupolev TB-3 heavy bomber in flight. They slide down the corrugated wing of the aircraft and fall clear. Closeup of the troopers sliding down the wing. View from the ground of the planes flying overhead and open white parachutes floating down.
International Peace Campaign demonstration at Czechoslovakian Legation, Grosvenor Place, London, England. Demonstrators march on street. Four men stand in front of the Legation, holding, respectively, British flag, Czechoslovakian flag, United States flag, and Russian flag. Buses and cars pass by. Policemen control traffic, and the crowds, on Grosvenor Place. Some demonstrators carry banners. A banner reads 'stop German aggression, act to save peace'. A group of women, and two men watch from the Czechoslovakian Legation balcony. Huge numbers of Londoners participate in the demonstrations.
President Franklin D Roosevelt leads the nation's protest against prosecution of Jews in Germany. Roosevelt during a recording of the plea. In Germany, Jewish owned shops with broken windows following Kristallnacht (night of broken glass) depict Nazi brutality in Germany. Palo Alto, California: Former President Herbert Hoover expresses indignation at the brutal intolerance of the Nazis and predicts their 'moral isolation'. He also expresses American support for Jews and Christians in Germany and compares their brutality to the destruction of religious worship by the Bolsheviks in Russia. New York: Reverend RI Gannon of Fordham University and Methodist Bishop Edwin H Hughes raise their voices against the outbreaks of violence and hate against Jews in Europe. They compare the Nazis to the original Huns and make a plea for the Jews.
International Peace Campaign Meeting at Trafalgar Square in London, England. People stand near a huge banner. The banner reads 'Stand By Czechoslovakia, No Plebiscite.' The British and Russian flags in view. Huge crowd of spectators. Sea of faces. A procession moves on the street. Spectator on sidewalk holds an American flag. Another holds Communist Red flag. Several double deck buses are seen. Several banners are seen. One reads: Britain-France, Russia Can Stop War". Another reads: "UNITY OF ARTISTS, Artists International Organization for Peace and Democracy; for Cultural Development."