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U.S. President Roosevelt emphasizes on increasing expenditure on Army during his annual message to the Congress,Washington D.C.

Congress hears U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt's annual State of the Union message in Washington D.C. President Roosevelt talks about how no one expects the United States to send American youth again to fight on the soil of Europe (to be involved in World War 2) and he asserts that is still the United States position "for nobody expects such an undertaking." He recalls that President George Washington warned against entangling foreign alliances. He calls on congress to levy sufficient additional taxes to meet emergency spending needs for national defense (due to threat of war). Members of the Congress clap during President's State of the Union speech.

Date: 1940, January 3
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044322
Destroyer Cossack underway to aid the Dutch in Holland during German invasion in World War II.

Nazi Invasion of Lowland countries of Europe during World War II. British troops sail from channel ports to go to aid the Dutch defenders in Holland. Destroyer Cossack is back in port. British sailors aboard the ship. Destroyed and damaged buildings in Holland. Civilians and soldiers walk on street.

Date: 1940, May 15
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044329
United States engineers make warplanes at Chanute Field, Illinois.

United States engineers at Chanute Field, Illinois. Engineers work on equipment inside an aircraft factory. Americans prepare for defense as war accelerates in Europe during World War II. New guns, warships and warplanes being manufactured.

Date: 1940, June 5
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044342
United States engineers work on equipment at Brooklyn Navy yard in New York during World War II.

Us prepares for World War II. United States engineers and war production workers building warships in Brooklyn, New York. Americans prepare for defense as war accelerates in Europe. View of US King (DD-242) sand USS Rodgers (DD-254) at a harbor. War workers entering the shipyard. Engineers work on equipment at Brooklyn Navy yard. Women sew American flags.

Date: 1940, June 5
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044343
United States soldiers being recruited, receiving uniforms, and undergoing training in New York during World War II.

U.S. prepares for World War II. United States soldiers being recruited in New York. Americans prepare for defense as World War II accelerates in Europe. Young Americans stand in line for physical examinations by Army medical staff in a recruitment center before joining the U.S. Army. Soldiers with their baggage. Tailor takes measurements and checks fit of new uniforms on recruits. Soldiers undergo training on a field marching in formation.

Date: 1940, June 5
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044344
Benito Mussolini, Engelbert Dollfuss and Gyula Gömbös sign pact to preserve Mid-European peace, in Rome Italy.

Three nations sign pacts to preserve Mid-European peace, in Rome Italy. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss of Austria, and Premier Gyula Gömbös of Hungary sign Agreement to help maintain peace in Europe. The pact is also signed to stimulate trade and improve commercial relations between the signatories.

Date: 1934, March 28
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044366