Overview
- Description
- Universal Newsreel, Vol. 12, No. 879, Part 2. Release date, 05/27/1940.
According to UN Official Motion Picture Release:
12:35:09 Part 2A: "On the War Front" Milan, Italy. As war fever soars in Italy, Count Ciano, Il Duce's son-in-law and foreign secretary, appears before a huge throng of 100,000. Alexandria, Egypt. Ready to move the minute Italy enters the war, French and British warships stand guard, to protect the vital Empire life-line to India.
12:36:02 Part 2B: "On the War Front" Norway. Graphic scenes of a British naval attack at Narvik, with Nazi bombers trying to silence the warships' gun. The Polish destroyer "Grom" is struck by a heavy bomb and many of its crew killed.
12:37:10 Part 2C: "On the War Front" Wings of war and hate over France and Belgium. The Nazi invasion of "flame and sword" takes a deadly toll of lives and property. Hospitals are bombed. Churches crash in flames. And the growing lines of pitiful refugees are mute but graphic evidence of the horrors of the new total war.
12:40:22 Part 2D: "FDR Warns of Fifth Column" Washington, DC. President Roosevelt tells the United States that it must be on guard against enemy agents and spies. He warns against prejudices which might be exploited by Fifth Columnists and pleads for aid and for peace for the entire world. White House, LS, FDR: "Today's threat to our national security is the Trojan Horse, 5th column...spies, traitors...these forces are...poison...must not be allowed to spread." - Film Title
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On the War Front; FDR Warns of Fifth Column
- Duration
- 00:01:09
- Date
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Event:
1940 May 27
- Locale
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Washington, DC,
United States
Milan, Italy
Egypt
Norway
France
Belgium
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
- Contributor
-
Producer:
Universal News
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 12:40:22:00 to 12:41:31:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2392 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2392 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2392 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2392 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large- Preservation
Preservation 2392 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2392 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2392 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 2392 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
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- Copyright
- Public Domain
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in September 2001.
- Copied From
- 16mm MPS/MAG; b/w
- Film Source
- United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 99
Source Archive Number: 200 UN 12-879-2 - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:48:18
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