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Republican politician, Wendell L. Willkie, leaves New York City on Pan American World Airways Boeing 314 'Clipper' flying boat.
Wendell L. Willkie, defeated 1940 Republican Presidential Candidate, leaves New York City, from Laguardia Seaplane Base on a Pan American World Airways Boeing 314 'Clipper' flying boat. Willkie and other passengers walk along a pier. Willkie waves his hat and boards a Pan American World Airways Boeing 314 'Clipper' flying boat. Members of crew on the pier. Boeing 314 taxis on waterways and takes off. Boeing 314 in flight. A Boeing 314 lands in Flushing Bay, New York City, and is pulled backwards to dock at the Laguardia Pan American Airways Seaplane Base. A gas tank of the New York Consolidated Edison Company is seen on the shore. Passengers deplane and walk on floating dock to terminal building.
Refugees being instructed about usage of telephone at the New York Adult Education Council in New York, United States.
An enactment about imparting education to immigrants and refugees who are new to America, at the New York Adult Education Council in New York, United States. A sign on a door reads "Committee for Refugee Education Inc." Adult Immigrant and refugee students seated in a classroom as a teacher instructs them about the proper use of a telephone. He holds up a telephone and questions the students about what it is and how to answer the telephone. Multiple takes are shown from different camera angles. Various articles on a desk and instructional signs on it read 'Fresh paint' and 'Smoking forbidden'.
The New York skyline and ferries go back and forth in water, New York City.
View of buildings in New York and ferries in water. The New York skyline with skyscrapers. Ferries go back and forth in the foreground. Various buildings in the background.
Sunday Worship Service at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, New York City, dedicated to "Bundles For Britain" (WW2)
Views from balcony in rear of sanctuary. Crucifer leads clergy and choir of men and boys toward altar, followed by color guards with flags, including those of the British Empire, at start of Sunday Worship Service in St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Saint Thomas Church 1 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019) in New York City. Rector Reverend Roelif Brooks stands before the altar, facing the congregation, as crowds of parishioners come forward carrying their "bundles for Britain" to aid war-torn British civilians in World War II. Clergy at the altar arrange the bundles in two piles and then pray to bless them. Scenes at the altar, as clergy arrange the packages into two piles. View of clergymen accepting bundles from parishioners. View of Crucifer leading procession of color guards with British and American flags, along sidewalk outside the church along 53rd Street, New York City. The street is lined, at the curbs with cars, and with onlookers on the sidewalk. The procession rounds the corner and enters the church's main entrance on 5th Avenue.
Adult people gain knowledge about American history and government at the New York Adult Education Council in New York.
Opening scene shows office door of the New York Adult Education Council, (at 254 Fourth Avenue, in Manhattan, New York City). Next, two middle aged men dressed in older fashion style European shirts and ties, are seen sitting at a table and conversing with a man and a young woman (who appears to be an interpreter). Scene shifts to about a dozen people in a reading room. Several are consulting a large wall map of the United States. Others are reading brochures about the United States. Closeup of a woman engrossed in her reading material. A woman writes notes on a pad, as she peruses a book. A man, next to her reads a book about U.S. Presidents. Another man is seen reading a book about Gettysburg with an image of Abraham Lincoln on its cover. Three persons are discussing the wall map of America that is drawn to illustrate the manufacturing, farming, mining, ranching and myriad other characteristics and activities associated with various parts of America. Across the top of the map a label reads: "America - A Nation of One People from many Countries." A woman looks at a copy of the Declaration of Independence displayed on another wall. An employee, or volunteer, selects several small brochures from a shelf and gives them to a woman as she explains them to her. Closeups of people looking at books. Closeup of book shelf containing biographies of Daniel Webster; Abraham Lincoln; Lafayettte; Monroe; Theodore Roosevelt; Daniel Boone; and others. A woman's hand reaches for a copy of "Patriotic Songs of America" and a brochure on George Washington.
The United States mobilizes and joins Allies in World War II. A montage of numerous World War 2 period images.
Film opens with views of goosestepping German, Italian, and Japanese soldiers during parade reviews in their respective countries. Emperor Hirohito, on a white horse. American battleships burning in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. U.S. General Douglas MacArthur decorating a soldier in Manila, Philippines. Air raid sirens sounding in Manila and residents hurrying to take cover. Heavy black smoke rising from a bombed site and emergency vehicles responding and rushing to several bombed and burning locations. A burning rickshaw amidst other bombing rubble and bodies of victims. U.S. Army General MacArthur greeted by Australian officials at his headquarters in Brisbane, Australia. Sign reads: Headquarters UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES in Australia. American flag flying on tall flagpole. View from ship underway in supply convoy. A battleship seen on horizon and a destroyer passing the camera ship. U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the "Lend Lease Act" of 1941. A U.S. industrial plant with four tall stacks emitting smoke. A steam locomotive belching steam. A locomotive pulling an open car and some tank cars. New 1941 Plymouth automobiles coming off a production line. A new M3 Medium Tank in a U.S. factory. View of Liberty Ships, including the "Zebulon Pike" and the "Henry Knox" under construction at the California Shipbuilding Corporation yard, Terminal Island, California. U.S. Navy Destroyers constructed at Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey. One is being launched, next to DD-446 (the USS Radford). A formation of U.S. Navy aircraft including Curtiss SBC Helldiver scout bombers and Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers. A tight formation of U.S. Army Douglas B-18 Bolo medium bombers in flight. A formation of U.S. Army Curtiss P-36 Hawk aircraft in flight. Closeup of a U.S. Army Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight. Several huge gun barrels for guns under construction at a U.S. war plant. Large artillery shells lined up in a manufacturing plant. U.S. Army M3 Medium tanks under construction at a factory. Steam and smoke rising from a U.S. industrial plant. Aerial view of open pit iron mine. Sparks shooting up inside a steel plant. A virtual "forest" of oil derricks in the Western U.S. Coal being transported by railway. View from stern of a warship in a convoy. An Atlanta-class light cruiser leading three destroyers at sea. Transport ships in convoys to places like Australia, Britain, and the Middle East. Troops on a pier near a large transport ship. A stack of wartime supplies on a pier next to a ship destined for Russia. Glimpse of wake from a U.S. warship having triple guns astern. Silhouette of a U.S. Navy Enterprise-class Aircraft carrier, with an aircraft taking off from her deck. The aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga. U.S. Army soldiers marching on parade, followed by numerous jeeps with machine guns mounted in their rears. Young men being drafted into the U.S. military. A draft lottery being conducted. New recruits doing calisthenics. Trucks pulling artillery pieces. B-18 Bolo bombers flying over U.S. tanks. Closeup of M3 tank. Cavalry fording a stream. Soldiers on motorcycles. Troops crossing a pontoon bridge. A loaded troop ship. A troop transport at Newfoundland. Sentry in Trinidad. Troops encamped in Bermuda.Troopship docked in Greenland. Troops disembarking in Iceland. Formations of Curtis P-36 Hawk aircraft. Douglas DC-2 aircraft factory. P-36s with engines running. M3 tank suspended on factory crane. Officials of Pan American nations siding with Allies. Allied troops including Dutch, Belgian, Yugoslav, Greek, Czech, Filipino, Polish, Norwegian, Free French, Australian, New Zealand, South African and Canadian. British warships. British Hawker Tempest aircraft. British commandos. Russian troops on parade. Chinese troops on the Great Wall of China.
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