General views of London, England. View of Oxford Street showing the site of John Lewis's store which was bombed during World War II. This site is being cleared and is now being used for an army exhibition. A sign: 'John Lewis'. Workmen prepare the site for army exhibition. A 16 year old boy paints signs for the exhibition. Traffic on a road. View of Piccadilly Circus with Statue of Eros. Piccadilly Circus with 'County of London Plan' posters on boarded up Eros Statue. American soldiers cross a street. Entrance to an underground, Piccadilly Circus. Entrances are now protected from blast by a wall.
Activities of American soldiers in London, England during World War II. American soldiers and WAAFs (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) walk past Statue of Eros. Policemen direct the American soldiers talking to women Military Police. Pedestrian traffic in Piccadilly Circus. A woman sells newspapers. The police in the background.
View of the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park in London, England. Londoners boating in the lake. Two Polish officers rest on benches near the Serpentine Lake. Children playing. The Serpentine Bridge in the background. People walk on the sidewalk. London crowd relaxing in the park. A crowd and American soldiers enter the park through marble arch gates. The Cumberland Hotel is seen. (World War II period).
Doughty marathon bikers (wheelmen) meet in a spectacular bicycle race in Brighton, England. They pass through rocky and slippery roads. A man walks with a bicycle. A man falls on a slippery road. The wheelmen pass along the road. Bicyclists in the race slide down a muddy slope. Spectators watch them. The wheelmen stand in a line with their bicycles.
A British Austin Champ amphibious four-wheel-drive vehicle (inspired by the American Jeep) is driven over rough terrain and in water at the Farnborough testing grounds in England. The Chanp is seen driving parallel to deep ditches. It is made submersible by connecting a vertical exhaust extension to its water proof engine. A driver, dressed in a waterproof outfit, takes the vehicle down a concrete ramp into a deep trough of water where it is completely submerged. He successfully travels through and up the other side of the trough.
Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart, and his wife, Lady Sarita Enriqueta Ward-Vansittart, at their home, Denham Place, in Denham, England. Lord and Lady Vansittart walk through grounds at Denham Place (Denham, Uxbridge UB9 5BL, UK) accompanied by a dog. View of Denham Place. Lord and Lady Vansittart walk toward the house. Lord and Lady Vansittart walk up to front door and enter. Interior: Lord and Lady Vansittart walk down a staircase. Portraits on a wall. Lord and Lady Vansittart at home seated by fireplace. Lord Vansittart reads. Lady Vansittart knits. (World War 2 time period)
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