Soviet resources and preparation for World War II. Troops march on streets in Soviet Russia. Tanks and trucks move across a field. A locomotive moves on railway track. Cannons on field. Planes in flight. Newspaper printed. Men read newspapers. Women dig trenches with shovels. Women listen as a man speaks on a street. Women wear bands on arms and do medical work. Men work in factories. Equipment in factories. Ships on harbor and oil fields in Russia. Russian leader Joseph Stalin in view. Small craft in water. Naval guns and planes in flight.
World War II on the Russian Front. View as German troops advance near bombed out buildings. fight on streets. View of destroyed city and a bridge over water. Smoke rises up in the sky due to explosions. German soldiers stand on hills. Ships in water. German Tank moving across wheat fields. Smoke and explosion due to bombardment. German bombers in flight. Aerial view of the Russian villages. Bombs being dropped on city. German Pilot in cockpit of aircraft. Soldiers, jeeps and tanks move along a road. German artillery fires. Damaged villages. Russian women mourn for soldiers killed in battle. Dead bodies of Russian soldiers.
Royal Air Force officers escort Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, on a road in England. Cars and jeeps parked on the road. Queen Elizabeth chats with crewmen of a British bomber, as Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret are assisted in boarding the aircraft to examine it. 'Parachute' written on the door of the aircraft. The Queen steps out of the aircraft, followed by Princess Elizabeth. The Queen watches as King George VI, decorates a Royal Air Force Squadron Leader, and several junior RAF officers. He presents the Distinguished Service medal to one and Distinguished Flying Crosses to others. View of officers wearing their Distinguished Flying Cross medals. View from behind, of the Queen and two Princesses,standing as King George addresses an awardee,during the ceremony. RAF airmen stand in formation at the side of the field. Standing next to King George,at the entrance to an aircraft hangar, Queen Elizabeth receives a bouquet of flowers from an airman. King George reviews a formation of airmen on the apron of the hangar. Queen Elizabeth, carrying her flowers, also reviews the formation, walking several paces behing the King. King George speaks with women of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service), in uniform, part of a formation in the hangar building. British flag on the hangar wall contains the Union Jack and the round British aircraft insignia. British troops, shouldering rifles, with fixed bayonets, lead a parade through the hangar, passing in review before the Royal Family. They are followed by unarmed RAF personnel marching out to the snow covered ground outside.
People sell newspapers in London, England as World War II looms in Europe. Placard read 'What Hitler said', and 'Hitler's Demand'. A view of streets in London. People buy newspapers. Pedestrians walk on sidewalk. Vehicular traffic on streets. Buses and streetcars pass by. Shops in the background. Crowd at Charing Cross Station. People carry posters. Posters read 'stop this War'. Pedestrians cross streets. Members of British Union of Fascists sell their newspaper 'Action'. People buy newspaper at the Bank of England and The Royal Exchange.
Sandbagged fire alarm and posters in London, England. Sandbags kept outside a building. Men working at sandbags. A sign reads 'London Fire Station'. Posters reading 'Wanted For Murder' with pictures of World War II Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler and chief propagandist Paul Joseph Goebbels.
French refugees leave France. Two refugees move along a field with their belongings in a hand cart. Several men move in a group. A family travels in a van. A French child sleeps while traveling. A French woman weeps. A woman carried on a stretcher.
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