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."
A broadcast of British Prime Minister's speech in London. People sit in their homes. Men and women sit in a drawing room. They listen to the radio broadcast. Radio broadcast of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's speech (the "Peace for our time" or sometimes called "Peace in our time" speech).
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.
Newspaper office of 'Daily Telegraph' at Fleet Street in London, England. People buy newspapers. Headlines of the newspapers read 'To-day's Cabinet on Czech crisis'. Several men come and read the newspapers. People stand at the window of the office. Pedestrians walk along the road. Various newspapers on sale in the street.
The Regent Street in London, England near start of World War 2. A tailor shop. A poster in the shop reads 'Order now, prices may rise, so why wait'. Pedestrians walk along the street. A Fascist book shop in Great Smith Street, Westminster. Sign on the shop reads 'The Greater Britain, by Oswald Mosley'. Sign at shop reads, in part, "Declare with Mosley that Britons will fight for Britain only. Mind Britain's Business! The parties want war to save Czechoslovakia for a politicians' quarrel. Mosley says: Save Britain for Peace & People." People buy newspapers on streets in Central London. British civilians entering the underground at Bank Station tube entrance by the Bank of England. Sign above stairs says, "Public subways lavatories and Waterloo Line." Double decker buses and Central London buildings in background at Bank Junction. Royal Exchange building is seen. People buy newspapers. Headlines of the newspapers read 'To-day's Cabinet on Czech crisis'. Vehicular traffic and buildings in the background. Near Charing Cross station, with Eleanor Cross in background, newspaper vendor sells papers. Placard advertisement reads 'What Hitler Said'.
Gas masks and blackout preparations at the beginning of Word War II in London, England. British parents and children arrive at a gas masks depot at Streatham. A woman leaves the depot with a pram. A sign in the background reads 'Lamberth A.R.P. Stores'. Evacuation in London. Traffic on the streets, people move on sidewalk. Men paint traffic markings on curbs, trees, posts and roads at West Dulwich. The white stripes are to aid drivers in seeing obstacles during blackouts. Men paint evacuation signs on trees. An ambulance moves in a bus depot square at Chiswick. A bridal couple leaves a church with gas masks. Bridesmaids with gas masks.
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