Watching Clock

Fox Photos1939-09-03

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3rd September 1939: Two policemen and a crowd of spectators watching the clock of Big Ben, London, as it strikes 11 o'clock. This sounds the end of Germany's deadline to withdraw from Poland, and the beginning of World War II. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Title: Watching Clock
Creator: Fox Photos
Date Created: 1939-09-03
Date Published: 2004-04-10
Provenance: Hulton Archive
Subject Keywords: Strike, Point, Clothing, Anxiety, Anticipation, Horizontal, Black And White, War, Clock, Crowd, Watching, Police Officer, UK, England, British Culture, Big Ben, Spectator, Law, Home Front, World War II, Police Uniform

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