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American football, crowds cheering.
Battle montage, troops from
China,
Russia,
Britain &
America.
British troops marching past.
03:39:34 Animated map of
British Isles comparing w/
Idaho.
London street scenes.
US house w/ picket fence, neighbors chat;
English house behind hedges.
Crowded streets,
British policeman, arresting man.
Newspaper headline re
General Strike - strikers play rugby against police. Map showing no part of Britain more than a hundred miles from sea.
Tower Bridge
03:41:31
Montage Shots of
Empire: Montage of
1938 in America and Britain in 1938
Derby, father & son gardening,
Preston North End in
FA Cup.
03:42:22
Hitler at cheering meeting.
Paper seller on London street; headlines re
Sudeten crisis. Crowds on streets in London wait for news of war. people at radios,
Munich Pact signed.
Chamberlain waving
Peace in our time.
03:43:39 Poster re invasion of
Czechoslovakia. Conscription act gas masks, soldiers march down street. Hitler laughing.
Billboard Britain declares war on
Germany.
RAF planes- leaflets dropped over Germany.
03:44:54
German tanks advance. British at radios hear Germany had invaded
Luxembourg,
Holland &
Belgium.
German paratroops & tanks - radio listening re
Petain.
03:45:22 Map -German incursion areas - Hitler w/ officers.
Lion snarling.
White cliffs of Dover - radio listening excerpt from
Churchill: “
...we shall never surrender!“
03:46:06
Blitz - Armament factories. Montage defeats,
Dunkirk -
Greece. English troops -
Hong Kong,
Singapore,
Burma. Factories. Britain on offensive: RAF, radar, strafing ships.
Aerial shots of battle.
Bombers, fighters.
Bombing of Germany. Montage of names of
German cities bombed by RAF. English tanks & artillery in
North Africa;
Dead & wounded.
03:51:02 church bell ringing.
Smiling population - London,
St. Paul's Cathedral, interior - service, candles, people pray.
Sunset.
03:51:52 Montage: Hitler & German generals against US.
03:52:35 Montage re differences between
Great Britain &
USA -
US highway,
American soldier nailing
sign on tree saying “ You are in Britain,
Drive on the Left”; baseball game.
Cricket match.
Soldier SOF re “Can’t understand a word they say.”
03:53:51 Montage of freedom:
Congress -
Houses of Parliament;
Hyde Park, Speaker's Corner.
Freedom of Speech.
Churches.
Magna Carta. Petition of Rights.
American settlers.
03:55:23 Montage
Nelson’s Column, Statue
George Washington, Statue
Abraham Lincoln. Staged shot German officer doing propaganda broadcasts.
Playground, nice shots of kids.
Differences:
Horseguards parade; udges w/ wigs. interiors of home.
Coronation George VI,
Royal family.
King & queen visit bombed out areas.
03:57:46 US
Court -
British court. King pinning medal on RAF man. Montage faces w/
Crown superimposed.
Parliament & interior
House of Lords.
Family life, people voting. Interior of
Westminster. Montage industry. CU of
Lord Mountbatten,
Lord Beaverbrook,
Ernest Bevin on stage,
Herbert Morrison speaking.
04:00:24
British Empire map. Newspaper headlines re Fuhrer offers
Peace.
Anthony Eden re
peace.
Clearing bomb damage; headlines re
Hess. Churchill addressing Congress: “What sort of a people do they think we are ...” (
GOOD). Map British Empire, animated to show countries given independence.
04:02:46
Maharaja's procession, street scenes
Mysore.
Docks.
Viceroy’s executive council;
Indian court;
Indian armed forces.
Words of
Jan Smuts narrated over scenes of Indian life re independence of
India. Street scenes - agriculture - bathing in
Ganges.
Sign - Highcasts only.
Nehru - Jinna -
Gandhi. Newspaper headlines re Britain offers
Dominion Status to
India after war.
Invasion in North Africa. Staged German broadcaster.
CS of
Australian, New Zealanders,
Canadians.
Artillery. Montage of British casualties. RAF in air.
Merchant navy at sea.
Atlantic convoy torpedoed - rescue after ship sinks.
Civilians watch men wrapped in blankets.
Goering.
Whitton Brown.
04:08:40 Celebrations in
Ireland after
John W. Alcock & Whitton Brown flew Atlantic in
1919.
Interview at draft board.
Women in military, pilots, land army, fire brigade, army. Air raid alert.
04:10:29 Aerial industrial sites.
Coal mines. Cattle, countryside.
Sheffield. Shipyards on
River Clyde.
Cathedrals. Smokestacks of northern
England. Armament production. Docks. Mobilization for War.
Lend lease & stock piles. Two
US soldiers in small town; tanks.
Women w/ make up.
Rationing.
Whisky exports.
American heavy machinery. Cigarettes & taxation - brick laying, construction.
Wedding. Workers changing shifts, to work. Women factory workers leave work.
Children in kindergarten. End of Churchill’s speech to Congress. Montage troops at war. V sign over
Liberty Bell.
The End.
- published: 18 Nov 2014
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