Activities of Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a holiday in France. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, his wife Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill and their daughter, Sarah, seated in a grandstand during a handball match. Spectators watch as the French champions play in a handball court. French folk dancers and musicians perform. Trees in the background.
Activities of Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a holiday at Chateau Bortaberry, France. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill and a man walk on a beach. A large crowd of spectators gathered on the beach to greet Prime Minister Churchill. Churchill's wife Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill and their daughter, Sarah, on the beach. They read a newspaper. Churchill, his wife Clementine and their daughter come out of water after a swim. They sit in chairs to relax. Churchill with folded pants walks barefoot on the beach after a swim along with his wife. Mountains in the background. Churchill and his family leave the beach. They get in cars. A discarded cigar and a cigar band on the beach
Activities of Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a holiday in France. Jai alai players in a court. A Jai alai match begins. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, his wife Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill and their daughter, Sarah, seated in a grandstand watch the match.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt inspects an arsenal in Watervliet, New York. He arrives in a 1938 Packard open car with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Secretary of War, Harry H. Woodring. A car with Secret Service agents follows. The U.S. Army Colonel in charge greets them upon arrival. Arsenal employees lined up on either side to greet the Presidential party, which drives slowly between buildings at the arsenal as Secret Service agents run alongside the car. Secret Service agents move enthusiastic Arsenal employees back as the President's car emerges from an Arsenal building. The Presidential party remains in the car as they inspect railway guns, a navy broadside gun and 155 mm guns at the Watervliet Arsenal. An Army Captain describes details of the guns to them. The Presidential party also visits the Revolutionary War historic sites, including the Block House, on the site of Fort Neilson and the headquarters of General Benedict Arnold of American Continental Army.. View of signs identifying these sites, and a view of the the blockhouse.
Several of the U.S. Destroyers transferred to the United Kingdom, in September, 1940. Seen on the high seas, and after docking in Halifax, Nova Scotia, are: USS Harden (DD-183), USS Aaron Ward (DD-132), and USS Abel P. Upshur (DD-193). A Royal Navy Captain examines one of the newly arrived destroyers.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill visits a dock in England. A woman officer greets and receives Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine Churchill on the dock.(ancient cannon in background.) the Churchills stand with dock workers in helmets, and look up at something. The Prime Minister Churchill walks along the sidewalks near the docks with group of Officers and Officials.(Roadwork in evidence.) Churchill and his wife Clementine aboard a motor boat. Maritime scenes along the river Thames. Churchill in stern of motor boat with British ensign, bearing Union Jack and what appears to be a lion, fluttering behind him. .Churchill walks on the dock. Officers escort him.
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