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1940 DEFENCE: World War 2: Former British Ambassador to Berlin predictions for course of war
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1:58Now PlayingDate: 22nd April 1940
Location: GROSVENOR HO., ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Sir N.Henderson Spotlights Nazis
ENGLAND: London: Grosvenor House:
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Gen. view Sir Nevile Henderson & assembly.
Long view Henderson at table.
Semi view, CU, Gen. top view, & semi CU Henderson speaking.. & sits down.
Gen. top view assembly.
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Henderson says ... that only a fool would predict the end of the war, but as he was asked to be that kind of a fool he said that if Hitler did not win by next June they would have lost it by November, but he says we must go on fighting until the Nazi power to do evil has been utterly destroyed.
Personalities - Politicians; Sir Nevile Meyrick Henderson (1882-1942), Great Britain; World War Two (Second World War; WWII)
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