Newsreel film recording worldwide war activities

Identifier
irn1001245
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.119.1
  • RG-60.1027
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United Films (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

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.

Subjects

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

Places

  • London, England
  • Pearl Harbor, Oahu, HI, United States
  • , China
  • , Soviet Union

Genre

  • Documentary.
  • Film
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