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People gather at the railroad station in London to greet Metro-Vickers Affair staff returning home after Soviet spy-trials

Freed British industrial engineers and company executives from Metro-Vickers return home to London, England following show trial in the Soviet Union that alleged their involvement in espionage and so-called wrecking activities at Soviet electrical power stations. People at Liverpool Street station in London, England. A railroad train arrives on the railway track. Crowd greets Metro-Vickers Moscow Chief Allan Monkhouse and engineer Charles de Nordwall (C.H. Nordwall) on their return after the trials. Monkhouse and Nordwall pause and appear to talk to press. British police bobbies stand by train car. Nordwall and his wife enter a waiting car along with one other woman. View of Great Eastern Hotel entrance in background as car drives away.

Date: 1933, May 1
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063200
News of President Franklin D.Roosevelt's death in London, England.

Three U.S. soldiers read a Daily Express newspaper at Grosvenor Square in London. The newspaper's headline announces the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. American flags can be seen hoisted at half mast on prominent government buildings like the U.S. Embassy, American Red Cross Rainbow building and others. U.S. soldiers and British civilians read newspapers at Leicester Square with Daily News headline, "Roosevelt Dead." American and British flags hoisted at half mast over other city buildings. Two U.S. soldiers look at a paper enclosed in a glass frame, showing picture of President Roosevelt and Vice President Harry S Truman. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, April 13
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029055
Jewish Refugees dine together at the Jews' Temporary Shelter, London East End, England

Jewish refugee men and women of all ages gathered together to eat at the Jews' Temporary Shelter, 63 Mansell Street, in London's East End. They sit at long tables. Women carry plates of food out to the tables. Some diners are wearing coats. A large parlor area. Some people sitting at a table working on documents. Others sitting, smoking, relaxing, and listening to a man playing the accordian. ( Supplemental notes: At the beginning of the clip (0.08-0.09 and 0.26-0,39) the gentleman with the moustache is Adolph Michaelson, who was superintendant of the Shelter. Later in the clip (at 0.1.30-01.48) the lady in the doorway is Mrs. Sarah Michaelson, who was matron of the Shelter. They ran the Shelter from about 1912 until 1940.)

Date: 1938
Duration: 3 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031073
Burning shops and warehouses and firemen spray water on the buildings in London, England during Nazi Blitz of World War II.

The work of London's fire guards during a German blitzkrieg incendiary bomb raid over Britain during World War II. Burning shops and warehouses. The fire spreads due to the blowing wind. Firemen spray water on the buildings. A fireman stands on the fire brigade ladder and sprays water. Scenes of the burning buildings.

Date: 1940, December 29
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031714
Queen Elizabeth reviews guards during her Official birthday celebration in London, England.

Queen Elizabeth reviews guards on her Official birthday in London. Scots, Irish and Coldstream Guards take part in 'Trooping the color' parade for Queen Elizabeth. Parade includes Royal Guards and band. Press covers birthday celebration. Public gathered to see the celebration.

Date: 1961, June 10
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034150
Buildings wrecked due to Nazi German bombardment of London, England (WW2)

Aftermath of London bombings by Nazi Germany during World War II. Buildings wrecked and rubble on ground as a result of bombings. Men clear rubble. Injured helped out of the buildings.

Date: 1940, September
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049610