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

Identifier
irn692691
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-60.6989
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • United States Office of War Information (Producer)

Scope and Content

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.

Note(s)

  • Distributed by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry. Copyright 1942. Other credits: Narrator: Paul Stewart Editor: Gene Milford Writer: Samuel Spewack

Subjects

  • BOMBINGS
  • RALLIES
  • JAPAN
  • WORKERS
  • MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
  • WILLKIE, WENDELL L.
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (JAPANESE)
  • KUHN, FRITZ
  • PROTESTS
  • SPEECHES
  • PEARL HARBOR
  • ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.
  • POLICE
  • CROWDS
  • DEMONSTRATIONS
  • ANTISEMITISM
  • GERMAN-AMERICAN BUND

Places

  • New York, NY, United States

Genre

  • Film
  • Documentary.
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