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War Comes To America: Reel-5
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keywords: wwii, evacuation at dunkirk, arc de triomphe, eiffel tower, selective service act, boot camp, battle of britain
Synopsis: US halts exports to Japan, Germany conquers the lowlands, British evacuation at Dunkirk, France surrenders to Germany, German troops march in Paris, US prepares for war...(read more)
- Date: 1940-1945
- Duration: 00:10:55
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, Europe, South America
War Comes To America: Reel-5
Shows loading of scrap iron on the Japanese cargo ship Tatuta Maru. American citizens carry protest signs that read "Embargo Japan". Dean Acheson, Assistant Secretary of State, tells history of exports to Japan and stated all exports had ceased. Animated map Map shows Germany conquering of Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium. Shows American family in a typical living room listening to radio announcing news of the war. Shows German dive bombers attacking fleeing civilians. Americans gathered around radios, in an automobile listening to car radio, office radio, portable radio. Very brief images of evacuation of British troops at Dunkirk.
Shows Americans listening to radio announcement, "Adolph Hitler's mechanized forces are racing toward Paris as French resistance collapses". June 10, 1940, newspaper headlines read "Italy Enters War" as President Roosevelt's radio message to America states "on this 10th day of June 1940 the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor" referring to the Italian invasion of France as Italy enters WWII.
June 22, 1940, France signs armistice with Germany. Overall view of the French surrender site near Compiegne, France. Shows Hitler walking past German troops and entering railroad car. The French led by General Huntzinger walk past German troops and enter railroad car. Shows interior of railway car where French surrender documents are to be signed.
LS of Eiffel Tower in Paris. German troops marching through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Hitler arrives in Paris by train, long shot of Hitler in open car riding through the deserted streets of Paris. Hitler viewing the Eiffel Tower. Shows German railway artillery gun moving into position and fired. Animated map showing where concentrations of Germans lived in the free world. Images of the daily lives of the over 1-million Germans living in Brazil, the Germans in Ecuador, and Germans in Argentina prior to WWII.
1940 Havana Conference for defense of the Americas. Shows aircraft being built in defense plants, navy ships in shipyards. Shows the Army using bags of flour as bombs during training. Shows and describes military strength of America in 1940.
The Selective Training and Service Act was enacted September 16, 1940. This act established the first peace-time draft and Draft Boards in United States history and required all men between the ages of 21 and 35 to register with their local Draft Board. Each man was assigned a Draft Board serial number. A lottery system was used to select men for military service. Men selected to serve or drafted into the military was sent a draft notice. Shows an American reading his draft notice, shows draftees leaving their businesses and community. Sign in window of a business reads "Closing Up Drafted". Draftees being given physical examinations, taking oath, marching in boot camp.
Shows Nazi planes taking off to bomb Great Britain, British people in air raid shelter, firemen fighting fires in London. U.S. ships transferred to Great Britain.
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Shows loading of scrap iron on Japanese cargo ship Tatuta Maru. American citizens carry signs that read "Embargo Japan" in protest of selling scrap iron to Japan
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Shows Hitler walking past German troops and entering railroad car near Compiegne, France to accept the surrender of France
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Hitler arrives in Paris by train, long shot of Hitler in open car riding through the deserted streets of Paris. Hitler viewing the Eiffel Tower
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German railway artillery gun moving into position and fired
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Congress past the Selective Service Act, first serial number of person drafted was serial number 158
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Men drafted into the U.S. Army are given physical examinations, taking oath, marching in boot camp
