Former U.S. Ambassador to the UK Joseph Kennedy records a speech for radio in Washington DC during World War II. U.S. Ambassador to the UK Joseph Kennedy speaks about mobilization of troops in war and says that World War II is an industrial war. Joseph Kennedy suggests that speedy rearmament is the only way United States can stay out of war.
A U.S. delegation arrives to attend a bilateral meeting in UK. The officials are greeted and welcome. A large crowd gathered outside the building to welcome them. The British army security guard keeps a vigil. The 'National War Bonds' building at the back is visible. The U.S. War Observer covers the event. 1939.
People gather to mourne victims, including 116 children, killed when Half a million tons of coal mining waste (a "tip") collapsed and crashed down a hillside onto Pantglas Junior School, burying both the school and 20 nearby houses in the village of Aberfan, Wales, UK, on October 21, 1966. View of the village, as three British sailors walk downhill on the sidewalk, past mourners walking uphill, on October 27th, to participate in a mass funeral for children who perished. A line of caskets is seen surrounded by flowers. Mourners gather on the side of the hill for the funeral service. Mourners place tributes on a huge cross of flowers laid out on the hillside
Guards march outside a building. Guards at attention outside the building. Crowd lines up on the sidewalks. UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George, French Prime Minister Aristide Briand and other Allied officials leave the building. Map of Germany shows German areas occupied by Allies of World War I.
Prime Minister of UK, Clement R Attlee leaves Berlin. American flag between the Russian and British flag at Gatow Airport in Berlin. Military Police Guards around Attlee. He shakes hands with officials and boards C-54 plane. Plane warms engine, taxis along field and takes off.
The Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. U.S. Secretary of State, James F Byrnes, Ernest J Bevin, and Vyacheslav M Molotov at the conference table. President Harry S Truman, PM on UK Clement Attlee, Joseph Stalin and their staffs at the conference table. Truman and Byrnes talk together at table. Stalin and Molotov looks over papers. Truman, Byrnes and Admiral William D Leahy at the conference table.
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