President Franklin D Roosevelt addresses the Congress before entering World War II. President Roosevelt during his address urges the Congress to amend the Law of Neutrality to avert the danger of war looming large on America. He says that the primary function of American foreign policy has been to avert war and the government will try to keep out of the war. He states that America has always believed in neutrality and peace but with the outbreak of war in Europe there is a threat to peace and security of United States.
Dignitaries at Cairo Conference, Egypt, during World War 2. President Franklin D Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Ismet Inonu of Turkey seated on grounds of Mena House. Those standing at the back include Anthony Eden, Harry Hopkins, Turkish foreign minister, Menemencoglu and other Turkish delegates. Churchill and Inonu talk.
Dignitaries at Cairo Conference, Egypt. President Franklin D Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Ismet Inonu of Turkey seated on grounds of Mena House. President Roosevelt talks to President Inonu. Winston Churchill smokes a cigar. Roosevelt continues to talk to Inonu.
Atlantic Conference during World War II. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill walks on the deck of Battleship HMS Prince of Wales. Sailors lined up on the deck of USS Augusta. Winston Churchill descends gangway of Prince of Wales to transfer to the USS Augusta where he boards and meets Franklin D Roosevelt. He is formally greeted by the U.S. ship's company. Other military officers in the background. Roosevelt and Churchill exchange a paper and salute.
Atlantic Conference during World War II. President Franklin D Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill seated on the deck of Royal Navy battleship Prince of Wales. Chaplain and sailors on the deck for a mass. Roosevelt and Churchill confer. They sing hymns from a book during the prayer service. Naval officers in the background. USS Augusta in background.
Visit by President Roosevelt to inspect manufacturing of ordnance war materiel in United States early in World War 2. A large crowd gathered outside an ordnance factory as President Roosevelt's car arrives. Variety of ordnance displayed at the factory. Franklin D Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and Henry Kaiser in a car pass the ordnance on display. 155 mm gun, railway gun, naval broadside gun, and other guns and artillery displayed at war production factory.
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