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White Russian, Anna de Wolkoff, at work in her Haut couture Boutique in London, England.
The Haut couture Boutique of White Russian Anna de Wolkoff (aka Anna Nikolayevna Wolkova), daughter of Admiral Nikolai Wolkoff, the Imperial Russian Naval Attache in London, who remained there after the Bolshevik revolution. She pins underlayment fabric on a customer and then has her assistant bring a roll of dress fabric which de Wolkoff drapes and folds, to create a new gown for her customer. The assistant comments about having trouble finding matching fabrics. Anna De Wolkoff suggests a shop in Herald Square, where she used to go when she was a "matching girl." Three takes are repeated during this film. In the last one, the garment is beginning to take final shape. (Note: Anna de Wolkoff was arrested on 20 May 1940 and charged with violating the Official Secrets Act. She was tried, convicted,and sentenced, On 7 November 1940, to 10 years imprisonment for "attempting to assist the enemy.")
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and Queen Mary of Teck pose after the jubilation of the Coronation ceremonies in London, England.
The British Royal Family pose for a formal family portrait the Buckingham Palace after the coronation of King George VI. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and Dowager Queen Mary of Teck in coronation regalia. Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) wraps her arm around her younger sister, Princess Margaret. Royal train bearers (Lady Margaret Cavendish-Bentinck, Lady Diana Legge, Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget, Lady Iris Mountbatten and Lady Ursula Manners) hold the ermine-lined velvet robe of Queen Elizabeth. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and their daughters pose for a formal portrait. Other members of the Royal Family such as Dowager Queen Mary of Teck, Mary Princess Royal, Prince Henry (Duke of Gloucester), stand on the side. The King and Queen of the United Kingdom seated on royal chairs pose.
Adolf Hitler opens the 1937 International Automobile Exhibit in Berlin, Germany.
Adolf Hitler at opening of the International Auto Show in Berlin on 20 February 1937. He strolls along a street, past a military honor guard. He is accompanied by several Storm Troopers (Sturmabteilung). Hitler walks up to and shakes hands with members of a German motorcycle racing team, standing next to their machines. He then greets and shakes hands with three racing car drivers standing near their cars (Mercedes Silver Arrows). View of crowd enthusiastically greeting Hitler. Next, the racing cars drive along the street, followed by Hitler and companions in his Mercedes-Benz W150 770 Paradewagenen. The rest of his entourage follows in open staff cars. Glimpse of Military honor guard presenting arms in salute. View of the motorcade driving toward the camera, along the Unter den Linden, with the Brandenburg Gate in the background. Spectators line the sidewalks. The motorcade passes a long line of German military motorcyclists standing next to their machines. The motorcade stops there where Hitler steps from the lead car and crosses the street to enters the building housing the Auto Show, which is guarded by black uniformed SS troops standing along the sidewalk. Images of the Berlin 1937 Auto Show illustrated Posters advertising the "Internationale Automobil und Motorrad Ausstellung" (International automobile and motorcycle exhibition). Poster shows stylized artistic drawings of cars and sketch of the Brandenburg Gate. Inside the building a stage is lined with a group of trumpeters in fancy regalia, playing a fanfare. Nazi swastika banners are massed in the back of the stage. From a podium on stage Hitler delivers a short address to open the event, in which he reiterates his desire to have a low-price car produced for the ordinary people of Germany. Closeup of Joseph Goebbels with arms folded, in the audience. View of men in fancy regalia holding Nazi swastika banners. Next, Goebbels is seen at the podium, acting as a cheer leader for the National Socialistic Party (Nazi Party), the German nation, and its leader, Adolf Hitler. He leads the audience in chanting "Zieg Heil." three times. Curtains part revealing automobiles on display. Closeup of the front of a Daimler Benz car. Adolf Hitler leads others entering the exhibit floor, accompanied by executives of the automotive industry. Goebbels is seen at his side, next to Dr. H.C. Wilhelm Kissel, who became the first chairman of the Board of Daimler-Benz AG in 1937. Closeup of Hitler reaching out to a car, as Kissel stands near, behind him. Hitler and Kissel converse and Hitler embraces him and expresses his enthusiasm. Again Hitler reaches out to the car, commenting as he does. View of the exhibit floor filled with cars and people. Closeup of Hitler conversing with civilian auto executives as he stands next to a streamlined Adler 2,5 Liter Type 10 Cabriolet automobile. Closeup of the chrome embellished hood and front bumper of the Adler car. Hitler closely examining the tread of an auto tire. Closeup of transparent cutaway showing inside of a car hood. Hitler standing on the opposite side of the car. Hitler stands with several men discussing a DKW-Union automobile with its side hood panels raised. Men discussing the new Opel Admiral sedan introduced at this auto show. (The car was powered by a newly developed 3,626 cc straight-six engine.) Hitler with others, looking under the hood at the engine. Sketch of a German artificial rubber tire factory. View of materials used in tire manufacture. Closeups of tires. BMW R6 motorcycle and other motorcycles. Remainder of film devoted to engines, and many cars made by DKW-Union.
John Buchan, Governor General of Canada, broadcasts New Year's message and speaks about abdication of King Edward VIII.
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, British Governor General of Canada, broadcasts New Year's message to citizens of Canada. He speaks about the death of King George V, of England, and of his successor, King Edward VIII, who of his own will resigned from his high office. He gives New year wishes and talks about his travels and what he has seen that has made him optimistic about Canada and its future.
Artists writing, composing, painting and sculpting; Children in classroom, and radio operators at work in a radio station.
Close-up view of hands of man writing on a notepad while smoking a cigarette. Close-up view of hands of male artist painting a picture on a canvas at an easel. Close-up view of hands of music composer writing a musical composition. A sculptor with a mallet working on his stone sculpture. Hands of a person such as a film editor seen examining a long strip of movie motion picture film. British children sitting at wooden desks in a school classroom in England reading books. Radio operators in a studio room working at large radio broadcast equipment. Close-up of hand of radio studio engineer operating a dial on radio equipment. A radio broadcaster in a studio sitting in front of a microphone.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler re militarizes the Rhineland, Germany and denounces the Locarno Pact.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler reoccupies the Rhineland and denounces the Locarno Pact in 1936. The signing of the Locarno Treaties in London, England in 1925. Officials arrive at the building where the Locarno Treaties are to be signed. Chancellor Hans Luther of Germany affixes his signature to the Locarno Treaty assuring peace to all the principal countries of Europe. At the head of the table in the center are Stanley Baldwin and Sir Austin Chamberlain, leaders of the British Delegation. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles on 7th March 1936 by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. German troops march over the Hohenzollern bridge in Cologne, Germany. The troops march along a road. Cologne Cathedral in the background. A German crowd cheers as the troops parade. Swastika banners hang from buildings. German troops parading in Dusseldorf. The troops on horseback and horse-carriages pass along narrow streets of Dusseldorf. Parading troops are cheered by a crowd in Frankfurt am Main. German troops parade in front of a building during a wreath laying ceremony followed by Chancellor Hitler and other Nazi officials. Newspaper headlines about Hitler denouncing the Locarno Pact. A government minister with press. French Prime Minister Albert Sarraut at a microphone reassures the security of France. Belgium soldiers march along a street.
