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Know Your Ally Britain Reel-3

Public Domain Stock Footage Know Your Ally Britain Reel-3

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keywords: wwii, english war plants, north africa campaign

Synopsis: Life in WWII England as Britons make war materiel for the war effort, the North Africa Campaign with England offering home rule to India after the war...(read more)

  • Date: 1930's-1940's
  • Duration: 00:10:06
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: England, North Africa, India

Know Your Ally Britain Reel-3

Know Your Ally Britain - Reel 3

Shot List:

R3:00:00:05:15

British miners, farmers, steel mill workers, and children playing. Military Honor Guard at Windsor Castle. Explanation of the role of the crown with several views of the British Royal Family. The British people at a Polling Station voting for their representative to the House of Commons.

R3:00:04:27:18

Nazi German radio announcer broadcasting propaganda. Newspaper headline reads Hitler Urges Truce!. Robert Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, denounces negotiations with Hitler.

Newspaper headline reads Hess, Hitler Aide, Flies To Britain!. Churchill predicting German defeat to US Congress.

Scenes in India, including views of Gandhi, Nehru, and Smuts. Newspaper headline reads Britain Offers India Dominion Status After War.

R3:00:09:15:16

On March 11, 1942 Newspaper headline reads Britain Offers India Dominion Status After War, but during this war Allied Troops are needed in India to keep the Nazis and Japanese from uniting. Allied forces needed bases for bombers to attack the Japanese in Burma. Brief scenes of U.S. Troops landing in North Africa.