us-005578-irn1003481
type: RecordSet
date: 1939 August
has beginning date: 1939-01-01
has end date: 1939-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 2
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: Silent
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn1003481
scope and content: Politicians enter and exit 10 Downing Street and the houses of Parliament in late August 1939 as Germany threatened to invade Poland. Leslie Hore-Belisha, the Secretary of War, is one of those shown. People protest with signs reading"Churchill" Police attempt to control crowds of people. Placards advertising The Evening Standard newspaper tell of the crisis: one placard reads,"Americans told to leave Britai" and another"Britons told to leave Germany" Politicians arrive at Parliament in cars.
title: March of Time -- outtakes -- Downing Street, Hore-Belisha