General views of London, England. View of Oxford Street showing the site of John Lewis's store which was bombed during World War II. This site is being cleared and is now being used for an army exhibition. A sign: 'John Lewis'. Workmen prepare the site for army exhibition. A 16 year old boy paints signs for the exhibition. Traffic on a road. View of Piccadilly Circus with Statue of Eros. Piccadilly Circus with 'County of London Plan' posters on boarded up Eros Statue. American soldiers cross a street. Entrance to an underground, Piccadilly Circus. Entrances are now protected from blast by a wall.
People read newspapers in London, England during World War II. People queue up to buy newspapers giving the story of the fall of Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. A man reads newspaper headlines. A woman reads a newspaper. People sitting on benches in London Square read the news.
Victory in Europe Day celebration in London, England at the end of World War II. Crowd gathered at the Buckingham Palace (Buckingham Palace London SW1A 1AA) for Victory in Europe (V-E) day celebration. Vehicles move through streets. People march holding Allied flags. Trees on either side of the street. People wave flags in front of the Palace. Damaged buildings in the background.
Efforts for additional cultivation in London, England during World War II. Men set up fencing at Richmond Park as a part of effort to put an additional million and a half acres into cultivation. A horse-drawn carriage loaded with fence sections moves ahead. Men set up fencing at Richmond Park. London suburb dwellers on their new allotments to produce their own vegetables. The dwellers pass by women standing at doorways of a building.
British Lord Runciman disembarks from Ceskosloven aircraft, from Czechoslovakia, in London, England. He attempts to solve the Czech-Sudetenland Impasse but returns empty handed to England, shortly before signing of Munich Agreement ceding Sudetenland regions to Germany.
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England. Rod Laver and Chuck McKinley come to the court. Members of the Royal family in royal box. Match starts and they take on each other. Rod Laver wins and shakes hand with McKinley. Dutchness of Kent gives trophy to Laver.
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