United News : U.S. reveals armed might for Churchill ; Youngest Refugees find haven in U.S. ; Home town hails navy family of 8 ; Gunners train to man U.S. bombers ; America welcomes royalty in exile ; Tanks by the thousands roll off the line!

Format:

Government document

Video

Author/Creator:

United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau.

Contributor:

United States. National Archives and Records Administration

Series:

Motion Picture Films from "United News" Newsreels, 1942 - 1945

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Churchill, Winston.

White House (Washington, D.C.).

American Red Cross.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

World War, 1939-1945--United States.

World War, 1939-1945.

Refugees.

Tanks (Military science).

Cruisers (Warships).

Air warfare.

refugees.

tanks (military vehicles).

cruisers.

United States.

Genre:

Feature films

Actualities (Motion pictures)

Newsreels

Nonfiction films

Short films

Newsreels.

Short films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (9 minutes 51 seconds) : sound, black and white

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : National Archives and Records Administration, [1942]

Summary:

Part 1, President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet at the White House and then view a mass parachute drop. Part 2, the Red Cross provides food as refugee children debark in New York City. Part 3, seven brothers and their father (all Navy men) pose on a cruiser. Part 4, Air Force gunners assemble and disassemble guns. Shows simulated aerial combat. Part 5, President Roosevelt and his cabinet greet King Peter of Yugoslavia at the White House. Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana meet in Canada. Part 6, tanks roll off an assembly line, are loaded on trains and planes, and advance in combat.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 9, 2006).

OCLC:

68572274