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A speech by Ellen Wilkinson during Peace Campaign Meeting in London, England.
International Peace Campaign Meeting at Trafalgar Square in London, England. People stand near a huge banner. The banner reads 'Stand By Czechoslovakia, No Plebiscite'. Men hold American, Czechoslovakian, Russian, and British flags. Labour Member of Parliament Ellen C. Wilkinson delivers a speech in Trafalgar Square (Trafalgar Sq, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom). Several people stand behind her. She talks about fighting for peace in her speech. A boy sits onstage with another boy. Crowd applauds. A sculpture of a huge lion in the background.
Flags of Briain,Czechoslovakia,America, and Russia, in view during Peace Campaign demonstrations in London, England.
International Peace Campaign demonstration at Czechoslovakian Legation, Grosvenor Place, London, England. Demonstrators march on street. Four men stand in front of the Legation, holding, respectively, British flag, Czechoslovakian flag, United States flag, and Russian flag. Buses and cars pass by. Policemen control traffic, and the crowds, on Grosvenor Place. Some demonstrators carry banners. A banner reads 'stop German aggression, act to save peace'. A group of women, and two men watch from the Czechoslovakian Legation balcony. Huge numbers of Londoners participate in the demonstrations.
Regent Street, Great Smith Street and Bank Station in London, England. Signs at Oswald Mosley book stand and at Charing Cross.
The Regent Street in London, England near start of World War 2. A tailor shop. A poster in the shop reads 'Order now, prices may rise, so why wait'. Pedestrians walk along the street. A Fascist book shop in Great Smith Street, Westminster. Sign on the shop reads 'The Greater Britain, by Oswald Mosley'. Sign at shop reads, in part, "Declare with Mosley that Britons will fight for Britain only. Mind Britain's Business! The parties want war to save Czechoslovakia for a politicians' quarrel. Mosley says: Save Britain for Peace & People." People buy newspapers on streets in Central London. British civilians entering the underground at Bank Station tube entrance by the Bank of England. Sign above stairs says, "Public subways lavatories and Waterloo Line." Double decker buses and Central London buildings in background at Bank Junction. Royal Exchange building is seen. People buy newspapers. Headlines of the newspapers read 'To-day's Cabinet on Czech crisis'. Vehicular traffic and buildings in the background. Near Charing Cross station, with Eleanor Cross in background, newspaper vendor sells papers. Placard advertisement reads 'What Hitler Said'.
People arrive at a gas masks depot and men paint traffic markings in London, England for visibility during blackouts.
Gas masks and blackout preparations at the beginning of Word War II in London, England. British parents and children arrive at a gas masks depot at Streatham. A woman leaves the depot with a pram. A sign in the background reads 'Lamberth A.R.P. Stores'. Evacuation in London. Traffic on the streets, people move on sidewalk. Men paint traffic markings on curbs, trees, posts and roads at West Dulwich. The white stripes are to aid drivers in seeing obstacles during blackouts. Men paint evacuation signs on trees. An ambulance moves in a bus depot square at Chiswick. A bridal couple leaves a church with gas masks. Bridesmaids with gas masks.
Londoners take to streets around Parliament during tense days before Britain declares war on Germany.
Crowds gathering around parliament during tense period on eve of British entry into World War II. Film opens showing several Well-dressed women political campaigners outside parliament, carrying placards for Churchill. They walk quickly through the crowd gathered there. London Bobbies trying to maintain order, urge several women with children to move back. View of the area thronged with people. A large group standing at the gates of the old palace yard, Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament). Several Bobbies are among the crowd. Blurred camera view from rapidly moving vehicle passing crowds gathered all around the area. Crowd gathered at the St. Stephens entrance, Houses of Parliament. The Evening Standard Newspaper front page displayed on a lamp post by vendor, reads: "Americans Told to Leave Britain." Closeup of equestrian statue of King Richard I, the Lionheart, at Parliament (Palace of Westminster).
Londoners gather near Downing Street as their Government acts during tense days just prior to Britain's entry into World War II
Londoners gather as their government makes momentous decisions on the eve of British entry into world War 2. Crowds gathered in London near Whitehall and Downing Streets. Bobbies hold traffic for an official car leaving Downing Street and turning right on Whitehall. Soon they repeat the process for another car leaving Downing Street. Soon the crowds on the opposite side of Whitehall move en masse across the street and cluster at the corner of Whitehall and Downing. Mounted police and other Bobbies maintain order. Some folks are seen relaxing on the lawn in St. James Park. The crowds gradually disperse and are seen walking along Whitehall, past the Cenotaph.
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