The international situation before World War II (1939)

Finnish Ambassador to the United States Prokopé J. J. stands by a map and talks about the Red Army's invasion of Finland.

Ski battalions of the Finnish Army march to the front lines in December 1939, during the Soviet-Finnish War.

Finnish infantry being transported on sleds.

Finnish soldiers in the forest by a campfire during a rest stop.

The arrival of a train in Moscow.

Meeting at the carriage of members of the military mission of England and France who have arrived in Moscow for negotiations on August 11, 1939. Soviet representatives greet the heads of the delegations - British Admiral Drax and French General Doumenque.

Members of the military mission of England and France walk along the platform.

British General Ironside gets into a car.

The car drives away from the station building.

Headlines of American and British newspapers about the upcoming signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

The building of the International Telephone Exchange in London.

Interior view of the telephone exchange hall.

The radio tower.

British Prime Minister Chamberlain and his wife walk down a London street.

Photographers take pictures of foreign diplomats arriving at the British Foreign Office on Downing Street.

The arrival of foreign diplomats.

Londoners behind a police cordon.

Barrage balloons rising over one of the British airfields.

British fighter planes flying by.

Fighter squadrons in the sky.

A British infantry unit passes by.

A tank unit marches.

Warships of the British fleet put to sea.

Views of the deck superstructures and gun turrets of one of the British battleships.

The British flag flutters.

Finnish President Kallio K. meets representatives of the press invited to the reception, shaking hands with each of them.

Kallio delivers a speech to journalists.

Journalists at the buffet table.

Kallio talks to journalists during the reception.

Faces of the Finnish military present at the reception.

Kallio during the reception.