Royal Air Force officers escort Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, on a road in England. Cars and jeeps parked on the road. Queen Elizabeth chats with crewmen of a British bomber, as Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret are assisted in boarding the aircraft to examine it. 'Parachute' written on the door of the aircraft. The Queen steps out of the aircraft, followed by Princess Elizabeth. The Queen watches as King George VI, decorates a Royal Air Force Squadron Leader, and several junior RAF officers. He presents the Distinguished Service medal to one and Distinguished Flying Crosses to others. View of officers wearing their Distinguished Flying Cross medals. View from behind, of the Queen and two Princesses,standing as King George addresses an awardee,during the ceremony. RAF airmen stand in formation at the side of the field. Standing next to King George,at the entrance to an aircraft hangar, Queen Elizabeth receives a bouquet of flowers from an airman. King George reviews a formation of airmen on the apron of the hangar. Queen Elizabeth, carrying her flowers, also reviews the formation, walking several paces behing the King. King George speaks with women of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service), in uniform, part of a formation in the hangar building. British flag on the hangar wall contains the Union Jack and the round British aircraft insignia. British troops, shouldering rifles, with fixed bayonets, lead a parade through the hangar, passing in review before the Royal Family. They are followed by unarmed RAF personnel marching out to the snow covered ground outside.
People sell newspapers in London, England as World War II looms in Europe. Placard read 'What Hitler said', and 'Hitler's Demand'. A view of streets in London. People buy newspapers. Pedestrians walk on sidewalk. Vehicular traffic on streets. Buses and streetcars pass by. Shops in the background. Crowd at Charing Cross Station. People carry posters. Posters read 'stop this War'. Pedestrians cross streets. Members of British Union of Fascists sell their newspaper 'Action'. People buy newspaper at the Bank of England and The Royal Exchange.
Newspaper office of 'Daily Telegraph' at Fleet Street in London, England. People buy newspapers. Headlines of the newspapers read 'To-day's Cabinet on Czech crisis'. Several men come and read the newspapers. People stand at the window of the office. Pedestrians walk along the road. Various newspapers on sale in the street.
Sandbagged fire alarm and posters in London, England. Sandbags kept outside a building. Men working at sandbags. A sign reads 'London Fire Station'. Posters reading 'Wanted For Murder' with pictures of World War II Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler and chief propagandist Paul Joseph Goebbels.
French refugees leave France. Two refugees move along a field with their belongings in a hand cart. Several men move in a group. A family travels in a van. A French child sleeps while traveling. A French woman weeps. A woman carried on a stretcher.
Josip Broz Tito's Partisans march in Yugoslavia during World War II. Buildings in the background. Partisans in the Partisans' living quarters. Men stand in chow line. Men take their meal. Several men seated in a room. Partisans rest. United States flag, British flag, Russian flag and Yugoslavia flag in view. Pictures of Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Josip Broz Tito in the living quarters. A man writes a letter. Two men read war bulletin.
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