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WWII - 1945, Documentary Features: War Comes To America R6 of 7

Reel Number: 250015-06

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940,1941,1942

Country: Burma,England,Germany,Russia,United Kingdom,USA

Location: Berlin,London,Murmansk,Washington

TC Begins: 06:57:32

TC Ends: 07:05:35

Duration: 00:08:03

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Continued... Winston Churchill & US Ambassador John G. Winant sign agreement that in return for old destroyers US will get a chain of bases stretching from Newfoundland to British Guiana (shown on animated map) giving protection to US & Panama Canal. 06:57:51 Berlin - Hitler w/ Japanese (poor quality) 06:57:56 USA - Sign: Mr Berle - Assistant Secretary of State. Berle seated SOF re aggression of Axis countries. 06:58:16 27Sep40 - Pact of Berlin or Tri-partite pact signed by Germany, Japan & Italy. Von Ribbentrop signs for Germany - Ciano for Italy & Kurusu for Japan. 06:59:03 Celebrations in Tokyo - cheers of crowds. Rome - Mussolini addresses cheering crowd from balcony. Berlin - Crowd cheer Hitler & Japanese. 06:59:28 Silhouette Houses of Parliament at night - tube shelters - montage of Blitz. 06:59:51 Charles Lindbergh, SOF, says England will lose the war. Wendell Wilkie says England will definitely win. Clearing up operation in London following air raid. Gallup pole re should US keep out of war or aid Britain. 07:00:45 President Roosevelt speaks to Congress re armament production & lend-lease / lease-lend. Docks - military equipment loaded. (brief) Graphic Lend-lease bill. 07:01:38 06Apr41 Animated map shows Nazi invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece. 22Jun41 Germans invade Russia - shots German troops crossing river - firing artillery. 07:02:04 Russian civilians dig trenches. Animated map shows extension of Lend-lease. 07:02:14 Lease-lend imports unloaded at English docks & at Red Sea ports for British in Africa. Trucks travel down Burma road towards China. Brief shot materials stockpiled Murmansk & Iran. Sign on box from America says Hammer and Sickle ‘em. Montage shots war goods being stored and used. 07:02:54 Brief shots American men talking and Hitler talking animatedly. 07:03:14 Animation shows the iron fist of Germany and map shows what would have happened if Germany had beaten Britain - Russia and China. German domination of resources & economy. Animation compares projected wealth & power of Axis vs Americas. 07:05:01 Washington DC Capitol building & lend-lease materials - US troop ships head for Greenland & Iceland. Pre-WW2; Pre-WWII; American History; Propaganda; Dictator; 1940; 1941; Militarism; War Preparations; Isolationism; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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