Winston Churchill reads a newspaper on the platform at St Andrews railway station, during a tour of defences and naval forces in Scotland, 23 October 1940. War at Sea In the background

In the background

With the arrival of the British forces

Churchill tanks of A and B Squadrons

The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS): Using a Kine-Theodolite - an instrument which records on film the bursts of anti-aircraft shells - two ATS women check the accuracy of the firing at an AA Battery at Manorbier

as if in salute

Winston Churchill reads a newspaper on the platform at St Andrews railway station, during a tour of defences and naval forces in Scotland, 23 October 1940. War at Sea In the backgroundThe Prime Minister Winston Churchill reads a newspaper on the platform while waiting for a train at St Andrews during a trip to Scotland to visit Polish troops, inspect coastal defences and tour a Naval Establishment in Fife on 23 October 1940.