Italy enters World War II. A large number of people march on the streets in Rome, Italy. People gathered outside the Palazzo Venezia in Rome as Italy declares to enter World War II. Italian tanks advance in France. A wrecked tank on a field. Italian soldiers fire and aircraft in flight. Citroen Kegresse P19 half-track vehicle drives by. Artillery being fired and explosions occur.
British civilians and soldiers prepare for World War II. After the Nazi German invasion of France, British civilians flee from England due to the threat of war. A man with his family crosses railway tracks in England. Two women embark onto a ship to evacuate threat of war. British citizens on a crowded street corner, near an Italian restaurant. A sign on a window reads "British Restaurant" in an attempt to prevent boycott and prejudice by British citizens who might not otherwise visit an Italian restaurant. A notice reads "This shop is owned by a British subject who has registered for the H. M. forces." A man seen removing the "Italian" sign and painting over it. Indian Army troops loyal to the British crown are seen lined up for inspection. They march as they prepare for the war.
Alexander Cambridge arrives as the new Governor General of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Officers greet Governor General Alexander Cambridge. An aircraft flies over the Peace Tower. Honor guards lined up outside the Canadian Parliament Building (111 Wellington St, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Canada) in Parliament Hill. Governor General with officials. Governor General Cambridge with his wife Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone as she holds flowers in her hands.
SS Washington arrives in New York, United States. Children aboard SS Washington. American refugees aboard the ship after a narrow escape from being torpedoed by a U boat off Portugal. A baby in a pram. The captain of the ship and a signal man on the deck. People gathered at New York Harbor to receive the refugees. People disembark from the ship and are greeted and hugged by their family and friends. (World War II period).
Blasts occur at an office below the German consulate and Communist headquarters in New York, United States. Officers enter a building. A sign in German. Shattered glasses at the office below the Nazi consulate. Broken pieces of glass scattered around a desk. Broken pieces of glass spread around a window. The officers exit the building. A shattered display window at the Communist headquarters. A bust of Stalin with books in the background.
Women manufacture gas masks at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, United States. A woman worker cuts out gas masks at Edgewood Arsenal. Women work on machines to manufacture the gas masks. A woman attaches a hose to a gas mask.
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