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President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. U.S. soldiers march and drill in a camp.
America prepares for World War II. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (codified as 54 Stat. 885). He signs and dates September 16, 1940. A blindfolded man reaches into a large glass container and draws out the number of the first young man to be drafted under the new law. He gives the selected number to President Roosevelt. American soldiers march past a line of tents at an Army Camp. They drill on the parade field.
People gather at a parade ground to watch the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt.
The Third inauguration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Washington DC, during World War 2. A crowd gathers along the parade route. The dome of the U.S. Capitol building in view. Cars parked along the side of a street. Soldiers talk among themselves. Flags flutter from the flag poles on a building. Planes fly in formation over the building. People seated on chairs. A car passes on the street. Announcements through radio and loudspeakers. A car goes by with mock radio tower stands on it and sign "WOL Mutual". An officer talks over a phone. People hold banners and boards. Group of parade viewers gathered in front of the Occidental Restaurant. A board reads : 'Carry on Roosevelt'. A car arrives. People talk amongst themselves. M3 Stuart light tanks move on the street. A soldier refuels a tank. Boys and girls and teenagers hold NYA flags. A formation of National Youth Administration (NYA) parade units including separate NYA units with white boys and African American boys.
Men engaged in the production of depth charges at a manufacturing plant in Canada.
Manufacture of depth charges in Canada. Interior of the manufacturing plant. Men work in the plant. Men do the welding work wearing masks. A man with depth charges on a ship underway at a sea. Explosion from firing of the depth charges in the foreground. (World War II period).
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's "Great Arsenal of Democracy" speech.
President Franklin Roosevelt's address about national security, to the nation from Washington DC. Cameramen set their cameras to broadcast the speech. Roosevelt talks about the prosperity and the security of the nation and that the nation should work together for the preservation of American independence. He states about German intention of invading Europe and then the rest of the world using Europe's resources. He talks about German, Italian and Japanese forces which are engaged in war against other countries. He also states that U.S. fleet is in the Pacific Ocean for the defense of the country.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and top ranking British officials board USS Augusta to meet U.S. President Roosevelt
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet for the Atlantic Conference in World War 2 aboard USS Augusta in Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland. U.S. General George C. Marshall, Vice Admiral Ernest J. King, and Admiral Harold R. Stark, descend steps to main deck of U.S. Heavy Cruiser, USS Augusta, where they greet top ranking members of the British military establishment as they arrive for the Atlantic Conference. U.S. General Marshall is seen greeting British Field Marshall Sir John Dill. President Roosevelt is assisted by his son, Franklin, Jr. who helps him obtain a handhold on a fixture of the ship. (This is a rare shot of President Roosevelt where he is seen walking a few steps with his cane, assisted, as his disability was typically not captured on film to be shown to the public.) President Roosevelt greets British Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, Admiral of the Fleet, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff. He also greets British Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives, salutes the President, and walks past. Franklin Roosevelt, Jr. steps forward and guides Churchill back to stand with President Roosevelt, for the camera.
Atlantic Conference. A gangway is set between HMS Prince of Wales and USS Augusta. Roosevelt and Churchill converse.
In preparation for the World War 2 Atlantic Conference, crews of the British Battleship, HMS Prince of Wales and the U.S. Heavy Cruiser, USS Augusta, prepare a gangway connecting the two ships. British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill is seen pacing the deck of the Prince of Wales, as the crews are at work. A cat is seen on deck. Several individuals pass over the gangplank. Later, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill are seen seated on deck of the USS Augusta, as members of their respective parties mingle and converse. Sailors from the USS Augusta mingle with British sailors aboard HMS Prince of Wales.
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