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President Franklin Roosevelt signs Selective Service draft bill of 1940 in Washington DC.

President Franklin Roosevelt in his office in Washington DC. He is seated at his desk and signs the draft bill (Selective Service and Training Act of 1940, or STSA) which was the first peacetime conscription in United States history. Officials and cabinet members standing nearby. Painting on a wall in the background. He reads the conditions of bill. He states that the legislation intended to increase our armed forces becomes law. All men between 21 and 35 must register beginning October 16th, 1940. He says that "the terrible fate of nations whose weakness invited attack is too well known to us all. We must and we will marshal our great potential strength to fend off war from our shores. We must and we will prevent our land from becoming a victim of aggression."

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1940, September 16
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046158
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).

Location: Coffeyville Kansas USA
Date: 1940, September 18
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046159
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).

Location: Fort Dix New Jersey USA
Date: 1940, September 23
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046161
The United States Naval fleet is termed as the best fleet in the world on the Navy Day.

The United States Naval fleet on Navy Day. U.S. fleet is termed the best in the world. U.S. battleships, cruisers, destroyers and submarines underway at a sea. Planes take off from an aircraft carrier. An aerial view of the ships. Men work with equipment on a ship. Soldiers fire guns from a battleship. Smoke from firing and bombardment. A flag flutters from a flag pole on the ship. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1940, October 23
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046166
Scenes of the Battle of Britain. London Blitz. King George VI; Queen Elizabeth; Prime Minister Churchill visit bombed areas (WW2)

German warplanes attack and bomb British ships in the English Channel. White Cliffs of Dover visible in background. British fighter planes engage Germans. View of a British Spitfire airplane in flight. Gun camera view from British fighter plane destroying a German bomber in the air. Views of the Houses of Parliament (London SW1A 0AA, UK) in London. British sailors fire pom pom anti-aircraft guns from aboard ship. Fire storms in London from the German bombing. Destroyed buildings, wrecked equipment, and rubble. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visit the bombed areas. Prime Minister Winston Churchill also visits areas of bombing destruction. Londoners go about their affairs and work to clean up after the bombing. (World War II period).

Location: United Kingdom
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046169
U.S. Destroyers, including some being readied for transfer to Britain, under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement of 1940.

A line of U. S. Destroyers tied up in a port. In the line of ships are seen DD-121 ( USS Montgomery), and DD-122 (USS Breese), both Wickes Class Destroyers that saw action with the U.S. Navy in World War II. Workers, including welders and such, are seen repairing and otherwise preparing 4-stacker destroyers for transfer to Britain in the so-called "Destroyers for Bases Agreement" of September 2, 1940.The USS Hale (DD-133) a 4-stacker Town Class Destroyer, later commissioned as HMS Caldwell (I-20), is seen underway in a channel. Lines of ships underway are seen in an aerial view.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046170
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