March of Time -- outtakes -- Willkie speech at anti-Nazi, anti-Hitler demonstrations in NYC

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.2227 | Film ID: 869

Overview

Description: 845 A (09:20:58): "Stop Hitler" Unity Rally, Manhattan Center, New York city. Various shots of Wendell Willkie speaking at the rally. Various shots of audience listening and applauding speech. EXT, night shot of canopy: Manhattan Center / Welcome / Stop Hitler Unity Rally / Wendell Willkie July 17th.

9:26:38 Interior view of hall, people in balconies, flag-draped, and sign: "Defend America / Fight for Freedom."

845 B (09:27:31): Various shots of Wendell Willkie's studio speech, "The Fate of Freedom." U.S. flag background.
(Sound better on this section) Several takes. "Ladies and gentlemen, the fate of freedom in this world depends upon a united America...united behind our foreign policy and defense program....We will never accept a Nazi-made peace... .
All interiors except marquee sign.
Film Title: Peace by Adolf Hitler
Duration: 00:09:45
Date: Event: 1941 July 17
Production: 1941 July
Locale: New York, NY, United States
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: March of Time, Inc.
Camera Operator: John Geisel

Language: English
Genre/Form: Outtakes.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 09:20:58:00 to 09:30:43:00
Film Format: Master
Master 869 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 869 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 869 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Master 869 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation
Preservation 869 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 869 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 869 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small
Preservation 869 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - small

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Copyright: Public Domain
Conditions on Use: To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

Keyword: BANNERS CROWDS DEMONSTRATIONS (ANTI-NAZI) FLAGS (AMERICAN) MARCH OF TIME PROTESTS RALLIES SIGNS/POSTERS SPEECHES UNITED STATES WILLKIE, WENDELL L.

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Film Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 1994.
Note: Outtake from edited March of Time story "Peace by Adolf Hitler."
Audio is very poor on section A, and spotty in relation to the image.
Copied From: negative
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 1855
Source Archive Number: 200 MTT 845 A,B
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive