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British Prime Ministers – Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1937-1940)

221578-04 03:37:21 - 03:47:41 1926 -1940s Sd B/W Know Your Ally - Britain R1 of 4
INCLUDING:
03:42:22 Hitler at cheering meeting. Paper seller on London street; New York headlines re Sudeten crisis & Czechs defying Nazis. Crowds on streets in London wait for news of war. WWI war memorial & military cemetery. Headlines re Chamberlain to Munich, people at radios, Munich Pact signed. Chamberlain waving envelope: Peace in our time.
03:43:39

221216 15:10:21 - 15:21:34 1935 - 1938 Sd B/W Germany; Czechoslovakia; Sudetenland; The Nazis Strike
Why We Fight Series #2
INCLUDING:
15:21:09 Czech call-up - men with suitcases. Borders closed. Chamberlain’s plane arrives? Chamberlain up staircase in Germany; Daladier arrive. Meeting w/ Hitler.

200550 08:19:31 - 08:25:19 1937 SIL B/W England Anti-Chamberlain Demonstrations
Graffiti on walk re “Demand Re-election” and “ No Pact with Fascist Italians” “Chamberlain Must Go” also painted on pavements. Man and woman in office, he puts on poster re Chamberlain must go. Others getting posters and pamphlets (staged). Man painting anti-Chamberlain graffiti on wall, policemen crosses road to look at wall. Good shot London bobby walking round corner of cobbled street, up and past camera. Graffiti artists run from policeman. Man sticking small stickers on lampost “Let the People decide” .
08:23:30 Anti-War posters put on Church notice board. CU posters “Stop the Betrayal of Peace” and “Stand by the League, International Peace Campaign” .
08:24:12 Small demonstration with marchers wearing placards. Speaker on street corner, young man hands out pamphlets re Chamberlain must go.

221213-04 10:25:48 - 10:34:04 1937 SD B/W Germany; Sudetenland; Czechoslovakia; Nazi Plan, The R14 of ?
INCLUDING:
10:31:44 Si. Title: Munich Pact 29 September 1938. Exterior; Interior & looking at documents. Chamberlain walking up stairs. Mussolini, Goering, Daladier & others present. Signing.
10:32:53 Title: Occupation of the Sudetenland 01October 1938. Si/Sd. Headlines. Raising of gate & troops into Sudentland, old people & girls greeting w/ flowers. Hitler riding thru streets. Naziis on podium, man speaking as Hitler listens. Pan over crowds.
Post WWII War Crimes Trial Evidence; Nazi Spectacle; Military Propaganda; Invasion, Czechoslovakia; Parades; Ceremony;

220668-02 19:07:30 - 19:19:36 1937-1939; 1942; SD B/W USA; China; Germany; Japan; Albania; Poland; Compilation film.
INCLUDING:
19:15:44 Men round pot-bellied stove in general store listen to radio broadcast. Chamberlain broadcast over shots war preparations in England - Downing Street - crowds - gas masks fitted - barrage balloons - soldiers marching down street and in lorries. Couple in bed listen to radio re fall of France. French artillery on the Maginot Line fires.
19:17:06

250015-04 06:36:32 - 06:46:22 1937-1939; 1942; SD B/W USA; China; Germany; Japan; Albania; Poland;

INCLUDING:
06:42:37 Men around pot-bellied stove in general store & others listen to radio broadcast. Chamberlain broadcast over shots war preparations in England - Downing Street - crowds - gas masks fitted - barrage balloons - soldiers marching down street and in trucks / lorries. Couple in bed listen to radio re fall of France. French artillery on the Maginot Line fires.
06:43:56

220194 01:02:49 - 01:04:28 1938 sd B/W Germany; Sudeten; England; USA Europe Talks Peace But Gets Ready For War
People stand in street; auto with bullet holes and cut wires & barricades. Blown up car. CU people & faces. London city scenes & Chamberlain. People going into church & into shelters. Airplanes & search lights with artillery practice. Europe awaits outcome of Munich peace conference; refugees across Sudeten border into Germany; Londoners pray for peace while preparing for air attack; FDR (Roosevelt) summons cabinet to meet; German ships called home. St Louis in dock. Sailors board ship & supplies loaded. Aerials of ships at sea.

220194 01:32:44 - 01:40:20 1938 si B/W Germany France England Italy Munich Pact; Nazi meeting, int. Ext. Night & banners; crowds listening to loud speakers; people in various situations listen to radios. Crowd in hall salutes. Troops & equipment at Nuremberg. Ships at sea. German sub. Biplane flyover. Chamberlain & others at airport shake hands & waves. Boards plane for Germany. Take off. Sandbagged building in England or France. People lined up outside French building. Men with guns (superimposed title Peace or War). Mussolini w/ Hitler in Italy reviewing troops, kids wave Nazi flags. Standing in Motorcade thru crowds. Daladier w/ Nazi soldiers. Chamberlain walking past German troops doffs hat. Germans waving to Chamberlain's motorcade. Into meeting. Int. signing of pact. Ext. of Mrs Chamberlain leaving house. Return off plane

220365-04 01:22:50 - 01:30:22 1938 Sd/Sil B/W England [Chamberlain Leaves for Munich Meeting]
LS Houses of Parliament with River Thames in foreground [brief]; day shot Chamberlain exiting from small British Airways aircraft at Hendon and is saluted by Customs officer; shots of Chamberlain addresssing crowd - “peace in our time” but no paper ( film fogged ) ; cameramen and crowds; civil servants chat at airfield; LS Chamberlains plane taxiing (G-AEPR) Chamberlain chats with welcoming committee; MS press microphones, SV (mute) of Chamberlain speaking; vars shots Chamberlain by aircraft; plane taxiis; Customs officers open aircraft door and Chamberlain exits and is surrounded by press before walking to his car and leaving; Chamberlain exits aircraft and chats with press, civil servants and politicians.
Pre - WWII.

220303-12 05:00:13 - 05:11:23 1938 - 1960s Sd B/W USA Vietnam Germany Pt 1 of 3
INCLUDING:
05:01:17 Munich 1938 - Hitler in open top car - Chamberlain arrives - Munich pact - Chamberlain speaking re Peace. Montage shots - bomb damaged buildings - Mussolini - Ethiopia - Haile Selassie at League of Nations - Anschluss - Korean war.
05:03:16

220639 17:00:13 - 17:03:32 1938 Si B/W England WWII England - French Premier Daladier at Croydon
Air France Plane coming into land. Press waiting. Chamberlain greets Daladier as exits aircraft. Both surrounded by reporters and police as walk to car. Press outside No 10 Downing street as ministers enter. Car pulls up - two men pose for cameras.

220440 07:51:07 - 08:00:30 1930s - 1940s Sd B/W Spain; Germany; Czechoslovakia, Prague; Poland; USSR, Russia Sudetenland; Albania; The World At War [Reel 3]

INCLUDING:

07:51:07
German & Italian troops in Spanish civil war fighting. Wounded & dead bodies. Franco banner & reviewing troops. Hirohito - Japanese & goose-stepping troops. Munich pact & signing with Chamberlain and Mussolini, Daladier. Mussolini on balcony at night w/ crowd.
07:53:22

220439 06:15:03 - 06:15:56 1938 Si B/W England London - House of Commons - Ministers arrive for special assembly of House of Commons
Police hold back crowds as line of ministerial cars arrive at Houses of Parliament. Duke of Kent’s car - Queen Mary’s car - Prime Ministers Chamberlain’s car. More shots of crowds outside house of Commons

220509 01:40:52 - 01:43:35 1938 Sd b/w Czechoslovakia; England - Germany Europes Leaders Strive to Avert New World War
Men & police stand on street as martial law declared by Czech government; people reading signs; anti-jewish sign on wall. Lord Runciman returns to London from Sudetenland on Czech airliner; Chamberlain arrives at Berchtesgaden in limousine & greeted by Hitler. Returns to England & cheered by crowd. US Embassy in Prague builds air raid shelter; Brother of Czech president Benes speaks on arrival in NYC on S.S. Batory.

220572 23:12:46 - 23:13:54 1938 Si B/W Germany Munich Pact -- Arrival & Signing
Hitler & Goering in open car. Several groups into building. Many people at signing with Chamberlain Mussolini & others signing, shaking hands. Solemn. Munich Pact

220624-78 01:14:00 - 01:14:32 1938 Si b/w England; Ireland; World Wide News Events - London England
Anglo Irish Pact is Signed. Eamon De Valera, Prime minister of Ireland signs a far reaching British-Irish trade and defense pact. De Valera & others out of train station, through crowds & into waiting car. Chamberlain making speech (MOS). De Valera & others out of building and pose for cameras.
1938; 1930s; Diplomacy; Diplomatic Relations; Ireland;

220605 02:43:31 - 02:46:28 1938 Sd b/w England Lord Cecil Dictates Letters to Newspapers.
Exterior Georgian type house, postman delivers letter - closer shot showing number 16.
Interior Lord Cecil with secretary - dictates letter to Daily Telegraph re Hitler and Chamberlain meeting / Czech crisis / appeasement.
02:45:32 Closer shot Cecil dictating letter.

221731-07 21:58:11 - 22:08:47 1938 SIL B/W Germany; France; [Pre-WWII, 1938 - Siegfried Line; Munich Agreement]
INCLUDING:
22:00:55 Large official Nazi meeting w/ Peace or War superimposed over. Brief clips of people at various rallies, indoors & outdoors. MCUs; people listening in cafes & ??; people saluting at meeting. Soldiers on filed w/ equipment. Ships at sea. Planes overhead in swastika formation.
22:02:03 British officials waiting for Chamberlain’s arrival; MCUs of civilian VIPs. Chamberlain shaking hands.
22:02:38 Chamberlain ready to leave, shaking hands & boarding plane; people wave goodbye & plane taxiing & taking off; wheels up.
22:03:28 British sailors & civilians outside large ornate stone gate. Sandbagged foundation of large building w/ pedestrians past on sidewalk; men stacking sandbags.
22:03:41 Sailors jumping out of back of truck, unloading duffels.
22:03:48 LS exterior of large railroad station. Paris street scenes, people waiting in line outside bakery. CU wall of news posters in French, man making notes. Men walking down street w/ rifles in hands, talking on street. Superimposed: Peace of War. People walking; standing in groups talking. Large crowd beneath sign Reservistes. People looking at chalk board of railroad train schedule for Reservistes.
22:04:35 Title: Mussolini. Hitler w/ Mussolini, both in uniform, walking along train, soldiers saluting, kids waving German flags, walking past troops in review. Cheering crowd in front of Hotel. Thru street in open limousine of motorcade. POV from car of young scouts & brownshirts.
22:05:17 Title: Daladier. CU French & German flags in breeze; parked twin-engine airplane. MCU walking in dark suit w/ German military.
22:05:29 Title: Chamberlain. Plane arriving, past German troops, reviewing. Thru streets in open car; up steps on carpet, superimposed Peace or War. Other arrivals. Interior w/ Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier & ?? signing w/ Peace or War superimposed.
22:07:02 Exterior of No. 10 Downing Street, crowd waiting, waving. Mrs Chamberlain out & waves as she leaves. Plane landing, Chamberlain off, crowd watching. Speaks (MOS) at microphone & leaves in car. Into palace thru crowd at dusk.
22:08:35 Chamberlain & wife follow King & Queen onto balcony; waving.
WWII; WW2; War Preparations; Munich Accord; Sudentenland; 30Sep38; 29Sep38;

220605 02:51:08 - 03:00:52 1938 Sd b/w England American ship visits Gravesend

INCLUDING:

02:51:08
Captain of USS Nashville, Captain Wilson is welcomed by Mayor to Gravesend and the Thames. In speech says he know we are all working for World Peace and refers to welcome given to Chamberlain by Hitler
(appeasement). Captain Wilson thanks Mayor and explains that the visit is pleasant though unexpected. They had been in Portland and were due to return to US but orders were changed.
02:52:48

220650-01 14:00:08 - 14:06:19 1938 Sd B/W England Germany France [Pre-WII - Chamberlain to Munich & Back, all exteriors] (Munich Pact)
Chamberlain off plane in rain greeted by Halifax. His speech over & sync to large crowd.
Into plane & leaving, people wave. shaking hands. Returning plane landing. Shaking hands. Plane off. 14:01:50 Sports Palace in Berlin w/ Hitler speaking to cheers inside; ext w/ people listening in various situations. German fleet. Planes in swastika & formation (brief).
14:02:43 England - crowds VIPs at airport. Air Raid precautions - sandbagged by sailors. French w/ rifles walking along road. Sign Reservistes
14:03:43 Mussolini greeted by Hitler & POV past cheering crowds in open top car . Flags. Chamberlain past troops, in car with Ribbentrop, into bldg. Hitler in. Daladier out of car & in. Mussolini in.
14:05:17 London - Crowd outside 10 Downing St. & Mrs Chamberlain out. Chamberlain car through crowd. Chamberlain with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on balcony at Buckingham palace. (Night)

220650-13 14:45:30 - 14:55:35 1938 SD B/W England [Chamberlain Trip to 4 Power Conference & Return w/ Letter]
Chamberlain out of car, others about. Cheered as walks to plane. Chamberlain speaks '...if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again...' Boards plane, taxiing & takeoff. Repeat of preparing to leave & people listening to his speech.
14:49:15 30Sep38. People waiting & plane landing. Taxiis up in rain. Chamberlain out of plane, shakes hands. Cheering. Stands at mic, 'Only two things I want to say, first of all I received an immense number of letters...the settlement of the Czechoslovakian problem that has now been achieved is in my view only the prelude to a larger settlement in which all Europe may find peace. This morning I had another talk with Herr Hitler ...here is the paper which bears his name on it as well as mine.' Reads it. does not actually say Peace in our time. Additional return footage; and leaving.

221195 09:11:41 - 09:18:57 1938 - 1939 SD B/W Germany; Czechoslovakia; Poland The World At War [Reel 3 of 7]

INCLUDING:
09:11:41

German & Italian troops in Spanish Civil War fighting. Ruined buildings. Wounded & dead bodies. Franco banner & reviewing troops. Hirohito - Japanese & goose-stepping troops. Munich Pact signing with Chamberlain, Mussolini, Daladier, Hitler, Goering. Night shot crowd in Rome in square w/ Vittorio Emmanuel memorial in BG.
09:13:29

221097-08 10:12:44 - 10:13:46 1939 SIL B/W England World Wide News Events: Birmingham, Eng.
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth w/ Neville Chamberlain on tour of aircraft factory - inspecting surveillance & anti-aircraft equipment - scale model of gun demonstrated. Anti-aircraft machine guns test fired at flying targets on coast. Various shots air raid shelters under construction - young boys helping - people watch from window. Factory workers on air raid drill - run out of factory & down sandbagged slope - INT shelter. GOOD.
Pre-WWII; Pre-WW2; Preparations; Civil Defense. Royalty. British Home Front. 1939;

221107 16:10:35 - 16:14:43 1939 Sd/Sil B/W Czechoslovakia; Albania; Germany; Poland; England; France; USA; Finland War Clouds Darken Europe
INCLUDING:
16:12:08 Chamberlain in Parliament [brief]. Anti-aircraft gun set up outside Big Ben - air raid shelter construction - British troops marching - young evacuees at train station. People on deck of US freighter City of Flint [captured by Germans Oct39].
16:12:43

221216 15:31:58 - 15:41:07
1939 - 1940 Sd B/W Poland; France; England; Germany; The Nazis Strike R4 of 4
Why We Fight Series #2
INCLUDING:
15:39:08 England. Chamberlain in office. Enlisting. Winston Churchill and King George VI. British mobilization training. Home Guard. Churchill in vision speaks over montage of Nazi atrocities and victims; refugees of war. Children in ruins. (GOOD). The End.
WWII European History; Horrors of War; Land Invasions;

220439 06:26:58 - 06:31:25 1939 Si B/W England England gets ready for War
Huge crowds surrounds official car - Sir Neville Henderson British Ambassador to Berlin into British Airways aircraft and away London prepares for war - cabinet comings and goings from Downing Street etc. Sir Neville Henderson returns landing in Lufthansa plane with swastika on tail - Henderson leaves railway station in official car - Henderson into Downing Street. Crowds waving to Royal ? car as leaves station
(could be Southport) car driving into Buckingham Palace - London docks - unloading - crowds waving off passenger ship - newspaper boards - “War Imminent” - signs Air Raid Precautions - politicians leaving Downing Street short shot Chamberlain at microphone - London streets - newspaper signs - Americans told to leave Britain - Moscow on the Pact - Imminent Peril of war. David Lloyd George and other MPs into Downing street.

X221646 01:00:59 - 01:07:25 1939 SD B/W free City of Danzig; England; The News Parade - War In Europe Pt. 1 of 2
Castle Films
INCLUDING:
01:03:02 Montage: tilt down from clock on Parliament to people watching Chamberlain out of car, Cabinet ministers leave & arrive 10 Downing St. Daladier out of ??.
01:03:29 Montage: children w/ tags & bags evacuated. Babies w/ gas masks. Children board & wave from departing train. Mothers put gas masks on young children. Women & children boarding trains, tears, kisses, wave goodbye.
01:04:07 Montage: Hitler into room, salutes, sits at side of long wooden table. Map showing invasion points into Poland. German troops on horseback & in carts; tanks across field; large transports low. Soldiers into trees, across fields. Planes bombing Danzig (?), explosions. CU Chamberlain; King & ?? out of ?? & into car. Lord Halifax at microphone SOF: “It is not the British way to go back on an obligation & now that the possibility of conflict again exists the government has taken steps to declare their attitude not only to the world, but in a special message to Herr Hitler.”
01:05:28
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220594 03:21:19 - 03:22:50 1940s Si B/W Germany Switzerland England Crisis - Europe Trembles at Hitler’s Defi ?
Hitler in auditorium speaking from platform / dais ( mos ) good gestures. Map of Europe. Library shots Hitler with Mussolini - League of Nations meeting with Eden and Litvinof. Chamberlain in top hat in Downing street. Eden into No. 10 - Hitler reviews army - mass troops on field march past

220676 09:42:24 - 09:50:44 1940s Sd/Sil B/W Russia; Ukraine / USSR; Germany; Japan; France; England [Misc. Russian Newsreel Extracts]
INCLUDING:
09:49:49 Munich Pact - Daladier and Chamberlain [VO “perpetrators of the betrayal”] - Mussolini & others signing - Mussolini, Hitler & Goering. Daladier & Chamberlain return home.
Russia / USSR. Nazi Atrocities / War Crimes. Holocaust.

220857-02 02:19:22 - 02:25:10 1940 SIL B/W England [England - Plane Construction - air raid defense - bomb damage]
INCLUDING:
02:23:06 Soldiers run in bricked trenches. Antiaircraft gun in shelter. Captured German pilot w/ insignia on pocket & plane. Barrage balloon LTA out of storage & launched into air. Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, Chamberlain & others watch. Insignia on jacket. Pilot ready for takeoff.
02:24:02

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