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FDR delivers war message; Kuhn addresses crowd at Madison Square Garden; Japanese troops

Film | RG Number: RG-60.6989 | Film ID: 4381

Reel 1. Bombing of Pearl Harbor and the resultant damage. President Franklin Roosevelt delivers his war message to Congress. Wendell Willkie speaks for one world. German American Bund meets in Madison Square Garden for a "Pro-American Rally" on February 20, 1939; Fritz Kuhn addresses the crowd. Laborers fight at various strikes. Japanese troops invade Manchuria and China. Ambassador Shigemitsu.


Film Title
The World at War
Duration
00:10:32
Date
Event:  1939 February 20-1941 December
Production:  1942
Locale
New York, NY, United States
Language
English
Genre/Form
Documentary.
Credit
Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration

About This Film

Contributor
Producer: United States Office of War Information
B&W / Color
Black & White
Image Quality
Good
Film Format
  • Master
    • Master 4381 Digital: ProRes HD HQ 422 - b&w and color - HD
Special Collection
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
In process
Film Provenance
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from the National Archives and Records Administration in February 2019.
Note
Distributed by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry. Copyright 1942.
Other credits:
Narrator: Paul Stewart
Editor: Gene Milford
Writer: Samuel Spewack
Film Source
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
File Number
Source Archive Number: 208.145 R1

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright
No restrictions on use. Public Domain
Conditions on Use
To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain.
 
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