United Kingdom Member of Parliament and President of the National Seamen's and Firemen's Union Havelock Wilson argues against pacificism and calls for "Peace with Victory," at a public meeting at Trafalgar Square in London, England (Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom) He stands near statue of lion at base of Nelson's Column and addresses a seated audience of men and women. In change of scene, Mr. Wilson poses, using two canes for support, as he speaks in front of a building. Men hold up a sign reading: "Sailors and Soldiers, Don't forget to declare yourselves in favour of the Seamen's Boycott of the Huns." (The Seamen pledged to boycott German maritime activities, following the war as reprisal for German attacks during World War I) Closeup of Havelock Wilson.
America enters World War I. President Woodrow Wilson looks out from a window in his office. He speaks over a phone. Sheep graze on a grazing ground. The White House in the background. President Wilson at his desk as he signs a note. Officers and the President at the drawing of drafts. An officer blind folds the President and he draws a draft number.
Young German girls of Hitler Youth work in Polish annexed fields. They pluck ripe fruits from the field. Two women on a mule cart. A woman plucks cabbage from field. Horses drink water. A group of young German boys works on a thresher. A woman comes home and meets two young girls. She gives water to a calf.
Bow view of Allied destroyer plunging through seas during World War 2. A supply ship sinking in the Atlantic. A lifeboat filled with survivors from a sunken ship. A freighter with stern in the air as she sinks. Survivors in the water and on a lifeboat. French troops deploying into the Maginot Line. They ride narrow gauge subway cars inside the fortress complex. View of Copenhagen, Denmark. German troops marching into Denmark. Smoke rising from bombed areas of Norway. Norwegians watch from sidewalk as German troops march into their city. Fires burning at night in Norway. German self-propelled heavy guns and Krupp K5 railway guns during invasion of Holland and Belgium, on May 9, 1940. They are followed by numerous Panzer II tanks and a closeup of a German Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) (originally the Czech LT vz. 38 tank) climbing a steep incline with front completely in mid air before coming down on the other side. German trucks and motorized weapons moving through the low countries and from behind, past dragon's teeth antitank barriers, of the Maginot Line. German soldiers with machine guns aboard a train headed toward France. German troops destroying border barriers as they proceed through Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg. They pass a large windmill. German motorcycle troops. A formation of German single-engine twin-tailed aircraft in flight overhead. (possibly early versions of Ju-87?)
Interior view of German Heinkel H-111 bomber, as parachute equipped crewman stands over open bottom hatch of the aircraft. View from another airplane of the H-111 with objects appearing to parachute from it. Chutes are not open. One seems to stream, without opening.
Damage due to German bombardment in Antwerp, Belgium. Destroyed buildings and houses. Rubble on the street. Men dig out rubble. People watch. Belgian refugees flee during World War II. They load furniture and luggage in trucks. Interior of a destroyed church.
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