Army officers enter the War Office building in London early during World War II. Exterior view of the War Office building (later the Old War Office) and traffic on Horse Guards Avenue in London. Dutch officers get out of car and enter the War Office building. Nelson's Tower at Trafalgar Square seen in distance. Sir John Dill, Vice Chief of the General Imperial Staff, enters the War Office building. Number of officers enter the building. Interior views of an office in the War Office building, with Director of Public Relations at War Office, Major General John Hay Beith, Richard De Rochemont and Maurice Lancaster seated in the office. The officials converse with each other.
Officials and dignitaries arrive in cars at 10 Downing Street in London, England. Photographers take pictures. French Premier Edouard Daladier, Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet, Lord Halifax and Premier Neville Chamberlain arrives in cars. French Premier Edouard Daladier speaks with officials outside a building.
Kensington Town Hall basement being made bombproof in London, England. Workers fill sand into bags with the help of spades. Group of men place sandbags on windows at ground level and basement level of the old Kensington Town Hall on High Street (Kensington, London W8 4SG, UK). People carry sandbags on their shoulders. Old man helps to fill sandbags. View of underground tube station entrance at Charing Cross. Board reads 'Underground, Charing Cross'. More views of workers filling sandbags and working to protect Kensington Town Hall from bomb damage as World War 2 looms.
British children being evacuated from Millwall School and Westminster Public School in London, England during World War II. Children stand in line. Young boy eats biscuit. Children get onto buses. Teachers stand in line. Buses move out of the building.
People walk on the streets in London, England during World War II. Group of people watch from a fenced area. Board on the fence reads 'Bridge Street'. Vehicles on the road. Men and women enter a building. Guard at the entrance. Civilians evacuate the area in buses. Children waiving from the buses.
Children being evacuated from school in London, England during World War II. Women and children walk out of a school with baggage in hand. They get onto buses. Luggage being loaded on the vehicles. Young boy wearing a gas mask looks out from the bus window. Man adjusts luggage on the bus.
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