Civilians meet in rally at Trafalgar Square, London, to advocate British recognition of the Soviet government in Russia..
Brief glimpse of ceremonial carriage arriving at Guildhall (71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom), carrying Colonial Members of the Empire Council upon whom the Freedom of London is to be conferred. Elaborately uniformed attendants, carrying ceremonial maces, greet the carriage. An honoree, replete in powdered wig, steps from the carriage. An automobile is parked at curb in background. A London Bobbie and a gentleman and man in uniform stand on the sidewalk.
Celebrations on London's streets following Italy's decision to join the Triple Entente– Britain, France and Russia -- and declare war on Austria-Hungary, during World War I. Crowd on street gathers for demonstration, vehicles also on road. Crowd stand in front of building with flags. Kingdom of Italy flag flies.
British troops of the Honorable Artillery Company Regiment leave London by railway train, bound for France to reinforce those already there. The railroad train station platform is filled with new recruits and reinforcement troops as they march toward the train. Soldiers on platform wave to those in the train. (World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Opening slate states: "The Railroad Strike, Scenes at the London Terminal and at the overcrowded bus and tram routes." People are seen walking about in a London train station after World War 1. Baggage is piled up on one section of a platform. Army officers climb onto an open car filled with luggage, and wave as they drive away. A large queue of people is seen at a bus station, where double decked buses are loading and discharging passengers. Women board a horse-drawn wagon as an alternate way of traveling. Back at the train station, Army officers help a woman from a car and then climb aboard it themselves with their luggage. A family sits atop a flat railway cart with luggage underneath. More views of too many people trying to get on too few buses. Scene shifts to Piccadilly Circus where pedestrians walk near the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain and the Criterion Theater.
Farmers drive wagons filled with milk cans, into Hyde Park, during World War 1. Volunteers help unload the milk cans and line them up along a walkway. Afterwards, they clean their hands in the park lake. A new slate speaks of need to conserve petrol. Men stand looking over stacks of petrol (gasoline) cans in another area of the park. Two trucks (lorries) drive between the stacks of cans. Scene reverts again to volunteers washing their hands in the lake, and to men moving cans of milk. Next, British soldiers in uniform, are seen helping to move milk cans. Scene changes to a long queue of men and women waiting for public transport. Double-decker buses move through the area. A glimpse of a railroad train station, is followed by another look at the men washing hands in the lake. A line of empty trucks leaves the park. A final view of stacked milk cans.
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