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Newsreel film recording worldwide war activities

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 1994.119.1 | RG Number: RG-60.1027 | Film ID: 929

Overview

Description: Records world-wide war activities.
Reel 1: (1941-42) Pearl Harbor is attacked. President Roosevelt signs a mutual aid pact with 26 other nations. Churchill inspects damage in London. Shows destruction in Russia and China. Industry is converted to war production. Draftees are inducted and trained. German submarines sink US ships. Wheat, factories, and bridges are destroyed by retreating Russians. Shows Cordell Hull.
Film Title: The War 1941-1944
Duration: 00:10:29
Date: Event: 1941-1942
Production: Approximately 1944
Locale: Pearl Harbor, Oahu, HI, United States
London, England
Soviet Union
China
Credit: Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
Contributor: Producer: United Films

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Documentary.
B&W / Color: Black & White
Image Quality: Good
Time Code: 02:36:43:00 to 02:47:12:00
Film Format: Master
Master 929 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 929 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 929 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 929 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation
Preservation 929 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 929 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 929 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Preservation 929 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
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.

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: ATTACKS BRIDGES CHINA CHURCHILL, WINSTON DESTRUCTION ENGLAND FACTORIES INDUSTRY MILITARY OFFICERS MILITARY VEHICLES NAVY (GERMAN) PACTS PEARL HARBOR ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. SHIPS SOLDIERS/MILITARY SOVIET UNION SUBMARINES UNITED STATES

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 1994.
Copied From: 35mm; b/w
Film Source: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number: Legacy Database File: 1511
Source Archive Number: 59.76 R-1
Special Collection: Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Record last modified:: 2024-02-21 07:43:26
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