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German invasion of Poland triggers British mobilization for World War II

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of Britain sits pensively at his desk. Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine, walking together in London. King George VI stepping from a car and entering 10 Downing Street. Mobilization of British forces for war. British civilians marching casually wearing steel army helmets. A man volunteering for the Army. New recruits being issued uniforms. Others, in civilian clothes, learning to drill with rifles and then marching away from a village. Recruits in bayonet practice. Winston Churchill speaking about the tragedy brought upon Europe by Hitler (this Churchill speech was at St. James's Place, London, June 12, 1941, in an address to Allied delegates). Aerial views of the destruction of Poland by Luftwaffe aircraft of Germany. Civilian Polish victims of German bombardment. A boy and women mourning over the dead. A child being held near a bonfire to warm her. Children rescuing a few possessions from a destroyed home. Parents carrying children. Women and girls crying and in mourning for the loss of loved ones and destruction from war.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043612
A USAAF B-26 Marauder bomber takes off from England to bomb targets in Germany during World War II.

A USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) B-26 Marauder medium bomber at an airfield in England during World War II. A pilot and a copilot board the bomber. The aircraft taxis on an airstrip and takes off. The B-26 Marauder in flight to bomb targets in Germany.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070106
British women learn to operate anti-aircraft finders and predictors in England during World War II.

British women serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in England during World War II. Women in army uniform run from toward a anti-aircraft gun emplacement. They learn to operate anti-aircraft guns, finders and predictors.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1941, December 22
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077054
U.S. War Secretary Henry L Stimson speaks about the use of U.S. battleships to convoy war shipments to England, in Washington DC (WW2)

Convoy plea by U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in Washington DC during World War II. U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, seated at a desk, reads from a paper. War Secretary Stimson speaks about the use of U.S. battleships to convoy war shipments to England. Secretary Stimson also says that the U.S. fleet which is the first line of defense can best defend this country by guaranteeing delivery of goods to Britain.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1941, May 8
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069458
Damage in London England and nearby areas from German blitzkrieg air attacks during World War 2 Battle of Britain.

German blitz air attack damage in Britain during World War II. British anti-aircraft artillery guns firing at German aircraft in flight in southeast England. The British soldiers firing anti aircraft artillery towards the aircraft. Flak bursting in the sky. A German rescue sea plane heading to assist a downed German bomber. A British Hawker Hurricane aircraft is disabled and its pilot ejects with parachute. The Hurricane crashes to the ground. RAF launches depart to rescue the pilot in the sea. View of the rescued pilot, from New Zealand, being escorted ashore up a wooden dock, wrapped in a blanket. A bombed house. The destroyed buildings and churches in the area. The rubble of houses. Views of Anderson Shelters (bomb shelters) and a man emerging from one, his house in front of it partially destroyed. A captured German pilot, rescued at sea, is brought ashore. Elderly British men discussing the damage. A wrecked statue of British scholar John Milton lying on the ground. The destroyed buildings along the sides of the street in Westminster. Business men walking on the street show identification to authorities to gain access to a bombed area. Houses with exterior walls blown off revealing intact bedrooms inside. A policeman or Bobby picks up and examines a piece of shrapnel.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1941
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063094
Engines of Bristol Beaufighter planes being attached in a factory in England.

Engines of Bristol Beaufighter being attached in a factory in England. Girls working in factory.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1941, August
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034683
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