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Prelude To War: Reel-3

Public Domain Stock Footage Prelude To War: Reel-3

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keywords: wwii, hitler youth, right-wing youth movements, goose-step marching, anti-war protesters, federal work programs, highway interchange

Synopsis: The rise of militaristic youth movement in Germany, Italy and Japan, marching in the streets, protesters in front of White House against all "Foreign Entanglements"...(read more)

  • Date: 1942
  • Duration: 00:08:27
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States, Germany, Italy, Japan

Prelude To War: Reel-3

Prelude To War: Reel-3

Students in Germany, Italy, and Japan schools sing praise of Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito. Legions of the Youth Movements marching in Germany, marching in Japan, and marching in Italy. Goose step march German soldiers, faces of the German people. In America Conferences were held and treaties were signed to limit the size of naval forces and a pact to abolish war as a means of settling differences. Shows American naval ships being sunk (scrapped) to honor the treaty. The mood of America in 1939 was avoid war through isolation.

People speak out in a Pathe News Poll, no foreign entanglement. Pickets march in front of White House. Newspaper headlines "Congress Passes Wage Bill", Social Security Law Goes Into Effect". Young men working on CCC projects and Federal work programs. Aerial view of interstate highway interchange and a cloverleaf.