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Young Canadians learn farm work to help win war, Canada (WW2)

Young Canadians in World War II learn farm work. People gather on a farm in Toronto, Canada. Man holds a hen. Men standing around a pig farm. A boy milking a cow. People talking amongst themselves. Girls pose.

Date: 1940, September 9
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046157
Wendell Willkie addresses people attacking Franklin Roosevelt's administration.

Wendell Willkie addressing people in Coffeyville, Kansas. Large crowd gathers to hear the speech of Willkie. Willkie stands at the podium and addresses people. Crowd applaud and cheer. The GOP candidate attacks Roosevelt's administration in a dynamic speech. Willkie says that Franklin Roosevelt has lost faith in the American people. He states that the men surrounding Roosevelt are all cynics who scoff at simple virtues of the midwestern people. He says they think that the people are too dumb to understand, and that they think they can govern with catch phrases and sleight of hand. (World War II period).

Date: 1940, September 18
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046159
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and the King and Queen of England inspecting war damage due to Nazis blitz air attack (WW2)

World War II Nazi German Blitzkrieg damage in Britain. Destruction in the city. Britain defends against the Nazi's air raid. Winston Churchill, England's leader and the British King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon inspect bomb damage from German Blitzkrieg attacks. Destroyed buildings, rubble on ground and wrecked equipment in the area. Poster with instructions on a building wall, "In an Air Raid, if you are caught in the street..." Young girls sweeping up rubble with push brooms. The dignitaries cheer people of London who have suffered the most in the air raid. Firemen spraying water from fire hoses to control the fire in buildings.

Date: 1940, September 13
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046160
71st Infantry Regiment arrives at Fort Dix, New Jersey for training.

The 71st Infantry Regiment of the 44th Division, New York / New Jersey National Guard arrive at a Fort Dix, N.J. for training. Guardsmen and new recruits coming out of train at railroad station. They march towards the camp. They are seen erecting tents and setting up a complete camp on the field. Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum, First Army commander, in glasses, wearing campaign hat, and Major General Clifford R. Powell, 44th Division commander, wearing garrison cap, pose in front of the Fort Dix Officers Club. Soldiers taking their belongings to the tents. KPs and mess attendant peel potatoes for a meal. One soldier sets up as a barber and shaves others. After camp is set up, some soldiers are seen resting on cots inside their tents. (World War II period).

Date: 1940, September 23
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046161
A large crowd gathers to greet the GOP candidate Wendell Willkie in Los Angeles.

GOP candidate Wendell Willkie arrives in Los Angeles, California. A large crowd gathers to greet and hear him. People cheering and applauding. Willkie arrives in a car amidst the crowd. Willkie addressing the large crowd at a coliseum. He speaks against President Roosevelt's administration.

Date: 1940, September 13
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046162
A large crowd gathers to greet Wendell Willkie in San Francisco, California.

U.S. Republican Presidential candidate, Wendell Lewis Willkie arrives in San Francisco, California. A large crowd gathers to greet him. Buildings in the area. People seated on chairs. Willkie delivers a campaign speech.

Date: 1940, September 13
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046163