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Carpenters make emergency airlock at St. Clement Dane's Grammar School in London, England during World War II.

Workers make emergency airlock at St. Clement Dane's Grammar School in London, England during World War II. The School adapted as a gas decontamination depot. Workers knock out window blocks. Carpenters working with Hammersmith Hospital in the background. Workers chiseling out bricks. They plaster emergency airlock vent. Two school boys enter the room with evacuation kits in hand.

Date: 1939, August
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064232
British people buy blackout materials and prepare for bombing in London, England during World War II.

British people prepare for war in London, England, early in World War 2. Board outside a shop reads 'Materials suitable for blackout'. Woman looks at the shop. People walk by the street. Poster reads 'Blackout Blinds, Made to Order'. Torches and ARP (Air Raid Precaution) emergency kits on display.

Date: 1939, August
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064234
Workers dig trenches and fill sandbags in London, England during World War II.

British people prepare for war in London, England during World War II. Group of workers dig trenches and fill sandbags. Tents in the background. Crowd watches from fenced area. Workers make a sandbag wall. Young boy watches through the fence.

Date: 1939, August
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064235
Fire Fighters struggle to extinguish fire at a building and warehouse in London, England.

Fire blazes at a building and warehouse in London, England. Flames and smoke coming out of building windows. Fire fighters spray water to extinguish the flames. Damaged and burnt parts of the building falling on ground.

Date: 1939, July 5
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064530
Cargo unloaded at St Katharine Docks and packed on backs of elephants for a parade in London, England

100th anniversary celebration of the first cargo of the British tea in London, England. Cargo unloaded at St Katharine Docks. Cargo being packed on backs of elephants for a parade to the auction rooms at Mincing Lane. People and elephants in a parade.

Date: 1939, January 25
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068174
Policemen investigate bombed areas and damaged buildings in Manchester, England

Riots break in the city of Manchester, England as a bystander is killed. Policemen investigate near a bombed area on a street. Men look at the damaged area. Concrete pieces spread on a street. Broken window panes of a shop. A damaged building. People and policemen stand on street. Bombs kept in a building. A power grid. A house beside the power grid. A tree in the foreground.

Date: 1939, January 30
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068180