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Military Newsreels: 1942 - Issue 2
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Synopsis: U.S. Reveals Armed Might For Churchill, Youngest Refugees Find Haven In U.S., Home Town Hails Navy Family Of 8, Gunners Train To Man Bombers, America Welcomes Royalty In Exile, Tanks By The Thousands Roll Off The Assembly Lines...(read more)
- Date: 1942
- Duration: 00:09:31
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, The White House, New York City, Canada
U.S. Reveals Armed Might For Churchill
Prime Minister Winston Churchill reviews the growing might of U.S. Forces in 1942. Images of President Roosevelt and British Prime Minster Winston Churchill at the White House with Allied War Council. LS of FDR and Churchill in convertible automobile with formations of U.S. soldiers in background. Close-up U.S. soldiers marching. Brief image of Winston Churchill with cigar in mouth. Churchill review U.S. Airborne Paratroopers. Image of vintage two-way portable radio held by Churchill. Massive parachute drop by U.S. Airborne Troops.
Shot List:
00:00:07;03
President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at the White House.
00:00:32;10
Brief image of Winston Churchill with cigar in mouth.
00:01;04;05
Vintage two-way portable radio held by Churchill.
Youngest Refugees Find Haven In U.S.
Children refugees from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Spain, and some even from Germany arrive in America aboard Portuguese liner Serpa Pinto. Under the auspices of the United States Committee for the Care of European Children (USCOM) young boys and girls seek a safe haven in the Unites States in WWII. Close-up of the children aboard the liner. Scenes of children as they debark in New York City. Scenes of children eating food and drinking milk furnished by the Red Cross.
Home Town Hails Navy Family Of Eight(8)
A fighting Navy father welcome home his 7-sons all serving in the U.S. Navy. The father in Navy dress blues greet his sons as they step off the bus in San Diego California. Image of father with his 7-sons. Shows youngest son being inducted into the Navy at 17-years of age. The father and his seven sons pose on a cruiser; largest Navy family in service.
Gunners Train To Man U.S. Bombers
Air Force train aerial gunners to man U.S. bombers, shows physical exercise training stressing strong arms and fingers. Shows training to disassemble and assemble aircraft machine gun while blindfolded. Shows aerial gunnery student in rear seat of North American AT-6C-NT Texan aircraft. Image of camera equipped machine gun used to record "kills" as a U.S. fighter stages a mock attack.
Shot List:
00:04:53;06
Close-up of gunnery student in rear seat of aircraft with camera equipped machine gun.
00:04:57;11
Flight of Texan AT-6C-NT trainer aircraft in flight.
America Welcomes Royalty In Exile
America welcomes royalty in exile in WWII. President Roosevelt and his cabinet greet King Peter of Yugoslavia at the White House. King Peter came to America seeking aid for Yugoslavia guerrillas. In Canada Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands see Princess Juliana and her granddaughters for the first time since the Nazis invaded their homeland.
Shot List:
00:05:37;03
King Peter of Yugoslavia at the White House with President Roosevelt.
00:06:20;08
Netherlands Queen Wilhelmina with Princess Juliana and granddaughters.
Tanks By The Thousands Roll Off The Line!
Panning view of the WWII Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant located near Warren Michigan. Tanks by the thousands roll off the assembly line at this American war defense plant. Image of tank on proving grounds. Shows floor of tank manufacturing plant as sub-assemblies are moved into position by overhead cranes and tanks are assembled. Tanks roll off assembly line, are loaded on trains, then ships, and are shown in combat in a matter of weeks. Tank races across field. Tank fires its big gun, see explosion as shell hits target.
Shot List:
00:06:54;04
WWII tank on test track at Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant.
00:07:07;00
Tank manufacturing and assembly at WWII defense plant.
00:09:07;05
Tank footage, tank races across field, stops, fires gun, explosion as shell hits target.
