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HD
1940
Sound
Newsreel
War Comes to America (R5 of 7)
US Gov / Military
Summary
This motion picture film examines world events that pulled the U.S. into World War II. Reel 5, Dean Acheson sums up arms embargo legislation. Maps illustrate Nazi aggression in Western Europe. Refugees clog French roads and FDR denounces Italy's entry into the war. Hitler, Hermann Goring, and Admiral Karl Doenitz, receive the French surrender; Nazis parade through Paris. Secretary of State Cordell Hull asks for hemispheric solidarity at Havana in 1940. FDR asks Congress for military funds and National Guard units, and Edward R. Murrow reports during a London air raid.
Details
- Reference
- 111-OF-7 r5
- Source
- NARA
- Collection
- US Army
- Genre
- Newsreel
- Year
- 1940
- Decade
- 1940 - 1949
- Original format
- 35mm DNS/DNT
- Duration
- 11:14
- Frame rate
- 23.98 fps
- File format
- Prores 4:2:2 HQ / 1080p
- Colour
- Black & white
- Sound
- Yes
WW2
Europe
France
Italy
Cuba
South America
Havana