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Pre-WWII - 1939, England Prepares for War

Reel Number: 220439-05

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1939,1930s

Country: EnglandUNITED KINGDOM,United Kingdom

Location: London

TC Begins: 06:26:58

TC Ends: 06:31:25

Duration: 00:04:27

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Pre-WWII - 1939, England Prepares for War Huge crowds surrounds official car outside London government building. 06:27:10 Sir Neville Henderson British Ambassador to Germany, out of car, poses & into British Airways aircraft and taxiing & taking off from grassy field. 06:27:34 Soldiers & civilian enlistees arrive at army headquarters (?); soldiers putting on uniforms & helmets. People watch cabinet ministers comings & goings from Downing Street etc. 06:28:01 Troops march out of ??. Ministers out of No. 10 Downing Street. 06:28:27 Sir Neville Henderson returns exiting Lufthansa tri-motor plane w/ swastika on tail; official car leaves. Henderson leaves railway station in official car; Henderson into Downing Street. Crowds waving to Royal car as leaves station. Car driving thru Buckingham Palace gates. 06:29:16 London docks, tugs & unloading barges or loading w/ cranes. Large liner seen from water; crowds waving off passenger ship w troops on board. 06:30:13 Newspaper boards : “War Imminent”. CU air raid siren. Sign: Gas Helmets For Infants Under 2 Years (brief but could be stretched). Cabinet ministers leave 10 Downing Street & street crowds. Chamberlain at microphone (MOS). 06:30:55 London streets. Newspaper signs: Americans told to leave Britain. Moscow on the Pact. Imminent Peril of War. Air Raid & Gas Mask signs. 06:31:13 David Lloyd George and other MPs into Downing street. Pre-WW2; British Diplomats; Politics; Politicians; Pre-WW2; NOTE: If requested will provide two cards, 06:21:17 - 06:31:25, at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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