Day time life in London, United Kingdom while night-time raids by Germany on London were still common in World War II. The Big Ben clock tower. A double decker bus on the street. U.S. soldiers visit Westminster Abbey (Dean's Yard, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom). Traffic near the Marble Arch (London W2 2UH, United Kingdom). Citizen speakers address various crowds in London's Hyde Park. Several speakers take their turn. Policemen talk to a man. Allied officers and soldiers in the crowd.
Day time life in London at a quiet moment in World War II. British children on swings in a London park on a Sunday afternoon. Boys and girls on a seesaw of the playground. A baby seated on the grass. Children have water from community drinking taps in the park, using a shared communal drinking cup that is chained to the tap.
London during World War II. View of Saint Paul's Cathedral. YMCA board near Saint Paul’s Cathedral (St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom). Various monuments in London. A barrage balloon in the sky. Entrance to Buckingham Palace. A soldier parades up and down at the Palace gates. People watch from outside. A barrage balloon in the sky. Boats sailing near Tower Bridge (Tower Bridge Rd, London SE1 2UP, United Kingdom) on the Thames River. Soldiers unload food supplies from the boats. Sacks of food piled on a boat. Soldiers and people on a bridge. An Irish policeman keeps vigil on Fleet Street.
President Woodrow Wilson with King George V and Queen stand in a balcony and wave. A car goes from the Palace. King and President review Welsh guards at Buckingham Palace. President and Lloyd George, Arthur Balfour and Arthur Henderson get out of a car at Number 10 Downing Street. People gather on street to watch them. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
President Woodrow Wilson visits Guildhall in London, a month after the end of World War 1. President Woodrow Wilson exits Buckingham Palace. British soldiers on horses guard the carriage of President Wilson. Citizens gather beside road and wave to the president as his carriage goes by. President Wilson and his wife, Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, step down from their horse-drawn carriage. People gather on street to watch them. President Wilson, Lord Chesterfield (Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield), and Duke of Connaught (Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn) arrive at the Guildhall (71 Basinghall St, London EC2V 7HH, United Kingdom). (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Horace Brooks Marshall, 1st Baron Marshall of Chipstead, and Lord Mayor of London,joins U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, in his carriage. President Wilson's wife, Edith Wilson, steps into a carriage,and is joined by the Prime Minister's wife,Dame Margaret Lloyd George. A British admiral and an army officer join the ladies in their carriage. A change of scene, showing Horse Guards escorting carriages arriving at a port where a trawler (reportedly named,"Magnetic") is tied up at the pier. President Wilson, Prime Minister Lloyd George and another man step from one of the carriages. Another carriage carrying Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Lloyd George, arrives and the ladies step down and converse. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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