Queen Mary of Great Britain, is seen visiting wounded British soldiers at a hospital during World War 1. Change of scene shows her greeting British army officers at a railroad train station during World War I.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and United States Ambassador Winant in London, United Kingdom. They sign the Epochal treaty leasing Air and Naval bases to the United States in return for the fifty Destroyers. Men stand and watch the dignitaries signing the treaty.
Crowd gathered at an airfield in the U.S. to go aboard the famed "Memphis Belle," during a War Bond Drive in World War 2. People going up a stairway set up by the B-17F parked on the ramp. Scene shifts to Major Robert Morgan, pilot of the aircraft, as he stands on a bunting-decorated platform in front of the Memphis Belle, with crew members behind him. Major Morgan gives a talk about War Bonds. Camera pans over a sizeable crowd gathered for the event. When it returns to Major Morgan, he is holding the crew's mascot, a black scotty dog named "Stuka."
White Russian emigres gathered at an Anglo Russian sports club in London, United Kingdom. A group of men and women relax and converse at the sports club. A waiter serves vodka to the the group. They sing a Russian song, accompanied by one of them who plays a guitar. Then one of them calls for a special (larger) drink, which the waiter brings on a tray. The man receiving the drink holds it while they begin to sing a particular song, to a woman in the group. She rises as the man with the drink bows low before her. She takes the drink and downs in one continuous swallow, as her companions urge her on, singing with increased tempo and shout when she finishes. She hands the empty glass back to the man, who kisses her hand. Scene shifts to the group deciding what to do next for the camera. Some drink more. The guitar player sings and plays and others join in. Closeup of the waiter standing with a woman who drinks down the contents of a beverage can. The waiter enters and serves all again, with glasses of vodka. The party continues with more singing.
Ambassador of Great Britain Sir Nevile Meyrick Henderson gets out of a car and leaves in a British Airways aircraft at Heston Airport, near London. Ambassador of Great Britain Sir Nevile Henderson gets onto a car. A huge crowd gathered around the vehicle. Sir Nevile Henderson gets out of the car at an airfield. He embarks a British Airways aircraft. The British Airways Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra aircraft (G-AFGR) taxis and takes off from the runway.
Ambassador of Great Britain to Germany Sir Nevile Meyrick Henderson at Croydon Airport in London. Nevile Henderson disembarks from a Lufthansa Junkers Ju52 aircraft. German Nazi symbol on the aircraft.
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