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U.S. State Department operations and statement from Cordell Hull as tensions with Germany increase before World War 2

Exterior night time shot of U.S Capitol dome in late 1930s. Sign 'Division of Communications and Records' above a State Department office door. Officer at desk. Men working in office and typing. Door sign 'Secretary of Department of State'. Cordell Hull at desk. Hull speaking. He reads a statement urging peace and security rather than armed conflict in Europe. State Department workers typing out memos and interpreting coded dispatches. A close up of a page decoding a secret coded dispatch. Newspaper headlines indicate orders dispatched for American ambassador to return from Germany (shortly before outbreak of World War 2). Sign for 'Carlton Hotel' on the hotel building. Secretary Hull seated in his office as he studies reports. Pictures of Hull in various newspapers of different languages. Seal of the U.S. on an entrance of a U.S. Embassy. A door closing with sign "American Embassy" on it.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1938
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051781
People lined at Air Raid Precaution Depot to try gas masks at Borough of Camberwell in London.

Air Raid Precaution Depot at Borough of Camberwell in London, England as World War 2 looms in Europe. People seated on chairs. Several women sit with their children. A man fits a gas mask on a woman. People stand around a table. Several articles and documents kept on a table. People try masks in the background. Posters are pasted on the wall. The posters read "Borough of Camberwell. Fitting of Gas Masks."

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1938
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053803
View of streets and members of British Union of Fascists selling their newspaper 'Action' in London, near start of World War 2.

People sell newspapers in London, England as World War II looms in Europe. Placard read 'What Hitler said', and 'Hitler's Demand'. A view of streets in London. People buy newspapers. Pedestrians walk on sidewalk. Vehicular traffic on streets. Buses and streetcars pass by. Shops in the background. Crowd at Charing Cross Station. People carry posters. Posters read 'stop this War'. Pedestrians cross streets. Members of British Union of Fascists sell their newspaper 'Action'. People buy newspaper at the Bank of England and The Royal Exchange.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1938
Duration: 2 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053805
Crisis in Czechoslovakia as World War II threatens. Martial law declared. "Nach Palestina" written on bridge.

Europe's leaders strive to avert World War II. Martial law declared by the Czech government in Czechoslovakia which is the focal point of crisis with Nazi Germany. Czech soldier on the street of Sudetenland. Civilians read a poster on the wall. "Standrechtes" among headlines. An arrow on the wall points to the words 'Nach Palastina', promoting Zionist supporter Baron von Mildenstein's report on Palestine, which ran in Goebbel's "Der Angriff" newspaper from Sept 26 to October 9, 1934, entitled "A Nazi visits Palestine".

Location: Czechoslovakia
Date: 1938, September 26
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022252
People in London pray as the threat of war looms large over them.

Events prior to World War II. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain continues to make efforts to avert war. People gather to pray as the threat of war looms large on entire Europe. A child prays at cenotaph at London, England. People prepared to face air attacks in event of a war.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1938, September 28
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049453
President Roosevelt presides over a cabinet meeting in Washington DC, United States.

Events prior to World War II. President Franklin D Roosevelt presides over a meeting of his cabinet members to discuss the crisis situation in Europe and the threat of a world conflict.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1938, September 28
Duration: 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049454
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