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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth inspect 20,000 members of home-guard defense units at Hyde Park, London.

King George VI of England reviews civilian forces at Hyde Park, London (Hyde Park, London W2 2EU, United Kingdom). King George VI, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon inspect 20,000 members of home-guard defense units at Hyde Park. King George VI’s mother, Queen Mary of Teck, is also present. Queen Mary of Teck puts down her Lorgnette spectacles. Members of home-guard defense units pass in review.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1939, July 10
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047775
England and France declare war on Germany; German troops conquer Denmark and Norway during World War II

World War 2. Britain (United Kingdom) and France declare war on Germany. German infantry carrying Panzerschreck antitank weapons. British troops mobilizing for war. Sign reads "A Call to Arms." Groups of new recruit British soldiers marching in large columns, including soldiers from Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa. British Queen Elizabeth class battleship with other warships. Animated map showing units of British fleet blockading Germany at Suez, Malta, Gibralter, the English Channel,and the North Sea. Adolf Hitler and German General staff make war plans. Animated map shows European countries around Germany. Ice skaters near Windmills in Holland. Farmers harvest grain. Bicyclists in Netherlands. Radio towers broadcast Nazi propaganda. Joseph Goebbels. Hitler denying intent to harm other countries. German military planners identify Norway as a target. Map shows German U-boats using Norwegian fjords. Map shows British fleet at Scapa Flow, and blockading ships in range from Norway. April 9, 1940, German army enters Copenhagen as Danes watch. German freighters in Norwegian ports smuggle troops and war materiel. German warships proceeding up Norwegian fjords, carrying troops and equipment. German Ju-87 and Ju-88 bombers and Me 109 aircraft in flight. Ju-88 over treetops. Junkers Ju-52 trimotor aircraft carrying German soldiers. Quislings seize power in Norway. View of Vidkun Quisling. Nazi posting up rules for citizen residents of Oslo Norway.

Location: Berlin Germany
Date: 1939
Duration: 7 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038485
Women, of Britain's Land Army, engaged in agricultural pursuits, during World War 2

British women of the "Land Army" at work in agricultural activities in the United Kingdom, during World War II. They wear uniforms consisting of Jersey, breeches, and slouch hat. They handle produce on a conveyor belt in a farm shed, and pack produce in boxes. They tend vegetables growing in raised beds, watering and harvesting. The women pass through an archway and enter a classroom, where an instructor explains the fundamentals of an internal combustion cycle. Women line up on dirt field and pick up potatoes as they are uprooted by a tractor driven by one of the women.

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053193
British civilians walk in and out of University College Hospital in London during early part of World War II.

Activity outside University College Hospital (235 Euston Rd., London NW1 2BU, United Kingdom) in London, England during time of hospital evacuations in World War II. Sandbag wall around University College Hospital. Car parked along the road. Man walks along the sandbag wall. People walk in and out of the hospital. Notice of Westminster Abbey reads "Continuous Intercession for International Peace. The Unknown Warrior's Grave." Patients leaving the hospital. Nurse wheels empty wheelchair back into the hospital.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1939, September
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064231
Workers remove stained glass from windows and place sandbags at Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, England (WW2)

Workers place sandbags around Canterbury Cathedral (Cathedral House, 11 The Precincts, Canterbury CT1 2EH, United Kingdom) in Kent, England during World War II, as protection against enemy German bombing. Workers fill sandbags to place them around the Cathedral. They remove the famous stained-glass windows. The crowd watches them. Workers place sandbags in front of the windows.

Location: Kent England United Kingdom
Date: 1939, August
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064233
Queen Mary of Teck organizes garden charity event for children and receives purses in London, England

Queen Mary of Teck, wife of King George V of the United Kingdom, receives purses from children during a charity event in London, England. Queen Mary stands beside a buffet table. Children playing on slide. Queen Mary and other adults present in the event watch children playing in the garden. A girl in costume holding balloons. Queen Mary seated in a chair as she receives purses from children. Two boys in Scottish kilts bow to the Queen. Children stand in a line. A little girl shakes hands with the Queen.

Location: London England United Kingdom
Date: 1939, July 14
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046706
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