Pre-WWII - 1941, President Roosevelt: Radio Address to Pan-American Union, Unlimited National Emergency. 27May41 Pt. 1 of 2, Card 2 of 2.

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Pre-WWII - 1941, President Roosevelt: Radio Address to Pan-American Union, Unlimited National Emergency. 27May41 Pt. 1 of 2, Card 2 of 2. Continued... The dignity of the human being, the majesty of the human soul, in a world where moral standards are measured by treachery & bribery & fifth columnists? Will our children, too, wander off, goose-stepping in search of new gods? We do not accept, we will not permit, this Nazi "shape of things to come." It will never be forced upon us, if we act in this present crisis w/ the wisdom & the courage which have distinguished our country in all the crises of the past. (edit) 18:34:57 The brink of the Western Hemisphere itself. It is coming very close to home. Control or occupation by Nazi forces of any of the islands of the Atlantic would jeopardize the immediate safety of portions of North & South America, & of the island possessions of the United States, & therefore, the ultimate safety of the continental United States itself. (edit) The Axis Powers can never achieve their objective of world domination unless they first obtain control of the seas. That is their supreme purpose today; & to achieve it they must capture Great Britain. They could then have the power to dictate to the Western Hemisphere. No spurious argument, no appeal to sentiment, no false pledges like those given by Hitler at Munich, can deceive the American people into believing that he & his Axis partners would not, w/ Britain defeated, close in relentlessly on this hemisphere of ours. But if the Axis Powers fail to gain control of the seas, then they are certainly defeated. Their dreams of world domination will then go by the board; & the criminal leaders who started this war will suffer inevitable disaster. Both they & their people know this & they & their people are afraid. That is why they are risking everything they have, conducting desperate attempts to break thru to the command of the ocean. (edit) All freedom- meaning freedom to live, and not freedom to conquer and subjugate other peoples-depends on freedom of the seas. All of American history—North, Central, and South American history—has been inevitably tied up w/ those words, "freedom of the seas." 18:37:32 The blunt truth is this—and I reveal this with the full knowledge of the British Government: the present rate of Nazi sinking of merchant ships is more than three times as high as the capacity of British shipyards to replace them; it is more than twice the combined British & American output of merchant ships today. We can answer this peril by two simultaneous measures: first, by speeding up & increasing our own great shipbuilding program; & second, by helping to cut down the losses on the high seas. Attacks on shipping off the very shores of land which we are determined to protect, present an actual military danger to the Americas. And that danger has recently been heavily underlined by the presence in Western Hemisphere waters of a Nazi battleship of great striking power. Pre-WWII build up; Pre-WW2 Presidential speech; Fireside Chat (?); Monroe Doctrine; Defense; NOTE: This is second part of first half of speech 18:30:09 - 18:38:48 on two cards & sold at per reel. Second half on 220855-09 (18:50:32 - 18:58:44), two cards, sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk