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President Roosevelt awaits Winston Churchill at Naval Station Argentia in Newfoundland.

The USS Augusta alongside the British battleship HMS Prince of Wales at Naval Station Argentia in Newfoundland. Atlantic Conference during World War II. President Franklin D Roosevelt and other American officers await the arrival of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Roosevelt takes off his hat and his son, Lt. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. US Navy, standing next to him, salutes.

Location: Argentia Newfoundland

Date: 1941, August 9

Duration: 35 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Winston Churchill arrives at a naval station, Argentia for Atlantic Conference in Newfoundland.

Atlantic Conference during World War II. United States ships underway at sea. Royal Navy battleship Prince of Wales comes in at the harbor at a naval station, Argentia. Prime Minister Winston Churchill disembarks from the ship and greeted by officials. He reviews an honor guard.

Location: Argentia Newfoundland

Date: 1941, August

Duration: 37 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

US President Franklin Roosevelt meets British Prime Minister Winston Churchill aboard USS Augusta in North Atlantic

US President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet for the Atlantic Conference aboard American Heavy Cruiser, USS Augusta (CA-31), anchored in Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada. High ranking American military officers and officials attending include Presidential advisor, Harry Hopkins; U.S. Army Air Corps Chief, General Henry Arnold; U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Harold R. Stark; Vice Admiral Ernest J. King, and Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. President Franklin Roosevelt stands with his son, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., to meet the Prime Minister. FDR also greets other members of the British delegation, including British Minister of Supply, Lord Beaverbrook. British and American sailors mingling together. Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt are seen seated on deck, for a church service, aboard the British Battleship, Prince of Wales. They read documents and conclude agreements known as the Atlantic Charter.

Location: Argentia Newfoundland Canada

Date: 1941, August

Duration: 1 min 47 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill attending Sunday church services aboard HMS Prince of Wales

US President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill together with British and American delegates to the Atlantic Conference, and crew members of the USS Augusta and HMS Prince of Wales, assemble for Sunday church services aboard the British Battleship, HMS Prince of Wales. The service is conducted by Church of England clergy. U.S. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill are seated side by side in the first row. Among those behind them are: Presidential advisors, Harry Hopkins and Averell Harriman; U.S. Vice Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet; U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall; and British Field Marshal, Sir John Dill. Views of those assembled as seen between gun barrels of HMS Prince of Wales. A British Navy band ensemble provides music for the service.

Location: Argentia Newfoundland Canada

Date: 1941, August 10

Duration: 2 min 13 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None