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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in many meetings before and after America's entry into World War II

Opening slate reads: "Quebec Conference August 1943." The English battleship, Prince of Wales, is seen in fog off the Coast of Newfoundland, in August 1941. View of sailor on fore-deck of the British ship. View inside engine room of the ship where sailor manipulates her power. Closeup of engine crankshaft stopping as she drops anchor in Placentia Bay. View of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, greeting U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard the Prince of Wales. He proffers a letter to the President, from the King of England. View of Roosevelt and Churchill seated on deck with their respective military leaders standing behind them. Admiral Ernest King, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations converses with U.S. Army Chief of Staff, George Marshall, as they stand behind Churchill and Roosevelt. Wider camera view shows the larger military entourage accompanying the Prime Minister and the President. Glimpse of prisoners and enslaved workers taken by Nazi Germans in Europe. Glimpse of bombs falling from an airplane. Classic film views of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 7, 1941. Bombs exploding along "Battleship Row." Heavy smoke rising from the bombed ships. The USS Arizona tilted heavily and burning. Camera pans along the path of destruction, as the voice of President Roosevelt is heard in the background, asking the Congress to declare that the Japanese attack created a state of War between the United States and the Japanese Empire. View of President Roosevelt speaking to the U.S. Congress. Seated behind him are Vice-President Henry Wallace and Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. Glimpse of Congress members applauding. Change of scene shows President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meeting in Washington, DC, in December of 1941, during World War 2. Views of war preparations in the United States, including the building of new war production plants and facilities. A large steel ingot being forged into an artillery gun barrel. Machinist at work turning a gun barrel on a lathe in a munitions factory. Views of manufacturing plants in operation and steel being made. A railroad train carrying new Army trucks. Another meeting of Churchill and Roosevelt in Washington, D.C. June, 1942. Standing behind them is President Roosevelt's special assistant, Harry Hopkins, a British naval officer, and an American navy Captain. American soldiers boarding a troop ship, and closeups of them as they enter the ship, looking out of portholes, and waving from the ship's deck. Glimpse of Washington Monument and its image in the reflecting pool in Washington DC. Closeup of a book entitled, "Time Table for Invasion." General George Marshall with several of his generals doing preliminary planning. Series of scenes involving senior military officers engaged in war planning. A convoy of warships is seen at sea during the Operation Torch Allied invasion of French North Africa during 8–16 November, 1942. Views of Allied Navy ship guns firing. Allied troops riding in landing craft, and advancing from beached craft on shore of Algiers. Aerial view of a flight of Douglas Dauntless bombers in formation. "Bombs away" view from Allied airplane dropping bombs. Allied troops firing camouflaged antiaircraft guns from sandy positions near shore. Enemy shells or bombs exploding nearby. Two U.S. Army soldiers holding a document in French entitled, "Message from the President of the United States.

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 4 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051795
A tribute given to the Wonder Horse Seabiscuit by making a bronze statute at the Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, California.

Unveiling of the statute of Seabiscuit in Acadia, California. A bronze statue of Seabiscuit is inaugurated at the Santa Anita Race Track. People crowd to see the statue of the turf champion. Seabiscuit on the race track. People see him and take pictures. The owner of the 'Wonder Horse' C. S. Howard with his wife. A close up of Seabiscuit.

Date: 1941, February 11
Duration: 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033962
Wally Pankratz wins a 100 mile, 200 lap classic auto race on the Ascot Track in Los Angeles, California.

A 100 mile auto race on the Ascot Track in Los Angeles, California. A large crowd of spectators gathered at the Ascot Park to watch the 100 mile auto race. The 100 mile, 200 lap classic auto race begins. The crowd cheer the racers. Wally Pankratz wins the race. His relatives and family greet him.

Date: 1941, January 16
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056194
President Roosevelt addresses the stars at the Academy Award ceremony in Los Angeles, California

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) delivers a speech praising the film industry during the 13th Academy Awards night at the Millenium Biltmore Hotel (506 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90071, United States) in Los Angeles, California. Hollywood celebrities watch the speech by the president. “We have seen the American Motion Picture become the foremost in all the world. We have seen it reflect our civilization throughout the rest of the world. The aims, and the aspirations and the ideals of a free people and of freedom itself.” President Roosevelt said. Best actor Academy Award being presented to James Stewart and Best Actress award winner Ginger Rogers also receives her award.

Date: 1941, March 4
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037924
Bay View, a horse, wins the Santa Anita Handicap in Arcadia in California

A film titled 'Santa Anita Handicap' shows people buying tickets to witness annually held horse race, Santa Anita Handicap in Arcadia in California. A large number of spectators gather to witness the race. Bay View, a horse, wins the race.

Date: 1941, March 4
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037925
Curtiss P-40Cs in formation over Mount Shasta in California.

Maneuver flight of aircraft Curtiss P-40C's. Views of P-40Cs in formation over Mount Shasta in California.

Date: 1941
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039317