Aftermath of Nazi blitzkrieg bombings on London, England during World War II. A man with a spade. Homeless people following German Luftwaffe blitzkrieg attack. A bomb crater in a street outside a house as men work at the hole. People look on. Two women pass things across a broken window. Firemen fix hose to the water tank. A woman pushes a pram around the corner.
Bonus Army in United States. Armed American Army troops destroy camp of World War I veterans demanding bonuses promised to them. Soldiers on streets.. The veterans and associates are driven from the camp which soldiers destroy and burn.
View of American ship being torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic. President Wilson asks the Congress for a declaration of War. Congress approves and the President signs it on April 6, 1917, adding his signature below that of Champ Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Thomas R. Marshall, Vice President and President of the Senate.
End of World War I. A Great Victory Parade in New York, United States. Soldiers march down Fifth Avenue as large crowd looks on. The Arch at Washington Square with balloons flying in the air held down by decorative pillars erected in the square. A lone man climbs on the Washington Square Arch. Spectators jam the sidewalks. Large crowd fills steps of the New York Public Library.
Scenes from May 8, 1945 in London as England hears news of the surrender by Germany in World War II. Winston Churchill seated at desk and preparing to make a 3:00pm (15:00) radio broadcast about the German surrender. Churchill along with a British Naval officer greeted by Secretaries who clap and cheer as Churchill gets into a car and doffs his hat as he smokes a cigar. The car pulls away. View of Big Ben clock tower in London, showing the time of 3 o'clock pm, (15:00) which was the time of the broadcast by Churchill.
British actor and then soldier, the famous David Niven, on a crowded street in London, in military uniform, as people greet him after announcement of German surrender in World War II (VE Day in Europe). Citizens of London England gather to celebrate victory in Europe as word has arrived of the German surrender. Procession of Winston Churchill and members of parliament in the street, leaving Westminster Abbey. Man carries a scepter, followed by procession including Winston Churchill. A man on crutches walks in the procession. A large crowd gathers to watch the procession. Big Ben in London showing time of about 16:30.
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