Reel Number: 220926-06
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1941
Country: USA
Location: NY,Staten Island
TC Begins: 12:22:28
TC Ends: 12:29:33
Duration: 00:07:05
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Pre-WWII - US Aid to France, Loading Ship Ile de Re docked at French Line Pier #10, Staten Island, NY. Sitting low in water. Leopold L-D, ship chartered by Red Cross to carry food to France. People walking on board. Captain Lewis Thepaut going aboard. French flag flying on ship. Ship backing out & tugs moving it out into harbor. Ile de Ré past camera. Other ships in background. Loading sacks of flour into hold with sling. Top shot - ship holding. CU Red Cross flour sacks: (in french) ‘Gift of the people of USA to the people of France...’