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Memorial of the Glorious Dead in London, England, and sights of British crowd on Victory in Europe Day at end of World War 2.

Victory in Europe Day celebrations, World War II in London, England. 'The Glorious Dead' engraved on the Cenotaph monument to war dead at Whitehall, London England. People place wreaths at the monument. View of War Office Building (now Old War Office) in background. A woman and a boy buy British flags from a vendor at the corner of a street. A Police officer on horseback controls a large crowd by Buckingham Palace. An ill woman carried away by Royal guards. People gathered around the Queen Victoria Memorial outside the Buckingham Palace. Many people sitting on a Lion Statue in front of the palace and Victoria Memorial. People carry British flags as they cheer and wave to celebrate the end of World War II in Europe on V-E Day.

Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048983
British soldiers take precautions against German invasion and Winston Churchill with officers in London, England.

Germany's successive attack over England during World War II. A British soldier walks along a mesh wire fence. Soldiers hold guns. Soldiers and officers stand in front of parked aircraft. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, with other officers walks past the planes. Workers at work inside an ordnance factory. A man stands leaning against a wall. People in London. A man sits in a car and lights a cigar for another man. Ships at a sea. Buildings in London. The flag of England being hoisted. A soldiers with a gun and the gun barrel is raised.

Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032053
Marilyn Monroe and other Hollywood stars meet Queen Elizabeth II in 1956 at Royal Film Performance in London, England.

1956 Royal Film Performance at the Empire Theatre in Leicester Square, London, England (of the motion picture, "The Battle of the River Plate"). British and Hollywood celebrities arriving at the Empire Theatre (Leicester Square London, WC2 United Kingdom) for the event. Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe (Miller) accompanied by her husband, the playwright Arthur Miller, pass through the foyer. Hollywood actress Joan Crawford arrives with her husband, Alfred Steele (CEO of Pepsi-Cola). Queen Elizabeth II arrives followed by Princess Margaret. Reginald Bromhead, chairman of the Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund, introduces Queen Elizabeth II of England to stars, including Marilyn Monroe with Victor Mature standing on her left. A grandson of Mr. Bromhead offers flowers to the Queen.

Date: 1956, October 29
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064682
American soldiers walk about on a street in London, England on Victory in Europe Day. Londoners gather

Victory in Europe Day celebrations, World War II in London, England. American soldiers talk to each other as they walk on a street in London during Victory in Europe Day. A clock tower. Three American soldiers walk with an English woman. Women sit with a monument in the background. A child in a pram, a woman holds a child. A large group of people, some of them sit while others stand.

Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048981
Amy Mollison gets a warm welcome to Croydon, England after a two way flight from London to Cape Town, South Africa in a record time.

English pilot Amy Johnson returns after setting a record time of a two-way flight from London to Cape Town. An aircraft in flight. People on top of a building. Aircraft piloted by Amy Johnson, an ace aviator, lands and taxis along in London Croydon Airport (Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon, CR0 0XZ). People gathered around the plane. Johnson gets off the plane and receives a warm welcome after a two-way flight from London to Cape Town in 4 days and 16 hours. Amy being presented flowers. A man clicks a picture. Amy Johnson waves to the crowd.

Date: 1936, May 20
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058805
Tripartite Pact signed by Germany, Italy and Japan in Berlin, Germany. Ensuing attacks by Germany and Japan in World War II

This film is a scattering montage of World War 2 scenes from 1939 through 1945. Part of an agreement between Nazi Germany and Yugoslavia is shown in English. It is dated June 1, 1939 and ostensibly signed by Adolf Hitler. Next, German Ju 87, Stuka dive bombers are shown peeling off from formation, on April 6, 1941, to attack Yugoslavia. Bombs bursting on the ground. Closeup of a Stuka airplane in a dive, making its characteristic whine, and dropping bombs. Bombs exploding just outside some concrete walls. German infantry running along railroad tracks and entering backyard of house in a village. German soldiers observing from overlooking hill; climbing over rubble; and marching along a road toward a village. Animated map showing German invasion areas early in World War II, extending through most of Europe and into Norway, by 1941. Animated map shows further invasions into France, Belgium, low countries, the Balkans, and Eastern front towards the Soviet Union. Map highlights Tokyo, Rome, and Berlin. Delegations walking in hall of building in Berlin, to sign Tripartite pact, on September 27, 1940. The group is led by by Count Galeazzo Ciano (Italian Foreign Minister, and Mussolini's son-in-law); Joachim von Ribbentrop, Germany's Foreign Minister and Japan’s Ambassador Saburō Kurusu. The diplomats are seen, next, standing near a table as Adolf Hitler enters rendering Nazi salute. He shakes hands with Count Ciano and Ambassador Kurusu. Hitler is seated to watch the proceedings. Von Ribbontrop is seen signing for Germany. Next scenes show German armored units heading East in Operation Barbarossa (June of 1941). A sign identifies the town of Eydtkau (Eydtkuhnen) on the German-Lithuanian border. German armor and artillery moving eastward. German troops destroying international crossing barriers. German troops firing siege guns. Montage with glimpses of German battle scenes showing tanks, guns, rockets in action with attendant explosions, fires, and destruction. Formations of German warplanes in flight, including Junkers Ju-52s that carry troops, including paratroops. View from above of Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers in formation. Battle of Britain scenes, with view of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England (which miraculously survived the Blitz). The Tower Bridge in London, seen through a haze following blitzkrieg. German Junkers 87 Stuka dive bombers peeling off from formation to attack. British anti-aircraft searchlights shining beams skyward. Diving bombers illuminated by the lights. Anti-aircraft guns firing. Nighttime scenes showing gunfire flashes, explosions, tracer bullets and fires in London. British fire brigades fighting fires in London buildings as some collapse from the German bombing during the so-called "Blitz." Scene shifts to Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, as a Japanese bomb explodes on a U.S. Navy warship. The USS Arizona billowing smoke and listing as it succumbs to Japanese bombing. Another view of the Arizona sinking. Smoke rising from Battleship Row, at Pearl Harbor. Glimpse of postwar Nuremberg trial.

Date: 1940, September 27
Duration: 4 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058663