Efforts for additional cultivation of food crops in London, England during World War II. Richmond Park being plowed up to grow potatoes during an effort to put an additional million and a half acres into cultivation. Group of children examining a tractor on a field. Farmer starts the tractor and the children run along beside as the tractor plows a field. Other civilians walking on the field and two dogs playing. View of tractor approaching low camera position and stopping just before the camera. View of new furrows plowed in land as seen from camera looking backward on moving tractor. The farm being plowed by the tractor at night. London suburb dwellers on their new garden allotments for production of their own vegetables. Families and children help planting gardens. (Similar to "Victory Garden" program in the United States.) The sites are in Brockwell, Dulwich, and Battersea Parks in the southeast suburbs of London.
Views in London, England after the declaration of war by Italy during World War II. Workmen take down 'KINGSTON' station sign off a platform. A train passes in the background. The workmen take down another sign. A workman paints out another sign. A sign of Quaglino's restaurant being put up after the declaration of war by Italy.
Views in London, England during World War II. A barricade on a road. A British sentry stops a passenger car to check papers. A Lewis Gun on a road. An officer stops the car. The driver of the car hands over papers to the officer. A Red Cross ambulance passes along the road. Cyclists being stopped by sentries at barricades.
Home defense in London, England during World War II. A barricade on a road. British troops build barricades. A bus drives past the barricades. Children stop to watch the troops building the barricades.
Home defense in London, England during World War II. A British trooper trains civilian officials in firing gun. A civilian official in prone position fires a gun. British officials speak to the civilian official. British troops dig a trench. A British officer addresses his men and a civilian official meets the troops. British troops around artillery guns on a field during a drill. The civilian official examines the field. He talks to a trooper.
A commemoration ceremony for the Lidice massacre by the Germans during World War II. A crowd gathered on the emplacement of Lidice which had been leveled by the Germans. The place is marked with a cross with a crown of thorns. Russian emblems surrounding the respective flags. An official tribune decorated with flags of Allied nations. The crowd listens to speeches given by dignitaries.
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