Interior view of people strolling at main terminal building, Washington National Airport, during its first few months of operation in 1941 (built from 1940-1941, during the Great Depression). A man can also be seen on the outdoor observation deck. A plane taxis. Numerous DC-3 passenger airplane parked at airport, some being refueled. View from tarmac shows visitors lined up on outdoor observation deck. Planes go to hangar. Passengers deplane from an Eastern Airlines DC-3 with "The Great Silver Fleet" painted on its fuselage. Cars parked on circular drive in front of the terminal. Officials at Air Traffic Control tower talk on phones. View from inside the terminal showing observation deck and Eastern Airlines DC-3 outside.
A man holds a weather balloon containing an instrumentation package in container labeled: "Sonde-Track." (The sonde or radiosonde is a balloon-borne sounding system to measure atmosphere and winds). Three officials hold the package and show a notice on its side addressed to whomever finds the balloon. The balloon is released and floats upward.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Lady Churchill ride in open back of a car and wave to people in bomb-damaged section of Plymouth England. Rubble of destroyed buildings is seen and work crews with shovels to clean it up. Crowds line the way to greet the Churchills. Standing on a wharf, Churchill lifts his hat high in the air on his cane to wave at persons on a ship nearby. Churchill and entourage pass by a ships's prow monument along a walkway. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten is seen accompanying Prime Minister Churchill in several scenes. (World War II period).
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill tours war-damaged town during World War II. Churchill is accompanied by the city's Lord Mayor and an officer and other officials. Churchill smokes a cigar. He pauses to greet a small boy who is too shy to respond. Churchill in automobile. He signs autograph for English woman. Winston amidst officers and crowd. He signs a document with a dignitary.
Officials meet at Heston Aerodrome in London, England. Prime Minister Chamberlain arrives by car and enters airport building. Large crowd gathers. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain moves through cheering crowd to board airplane. He speaks briefly to the crowd before boarding. People cheer. Prime Minister enters plane. Plane taxis and takes off.
Plane parked at Heston Aerodrome in London, England. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain shakes hand with officials as he boards the airplane. People wave hats as Prime Minister's plane departs. Photographers stand with their cameras.
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