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.
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.
War production and manufacturing of ordnance in United States. President Franklin D Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and Henry Kaiser in a car outside an ordnance factory, United States. A large crowd gathered around the car. President speaks to a man. A woman presents a file to the President.
An ordnance factory in United States. Workers of an ordnance factory arrive for work in war production jobs in the United States early in World War 2. A guard on the gate of the factory checks a woman's bag. Men and women war production workers walk into the factory.
War materiel production: Manufacturing of ordnance in United States early in World War 2. Workers mine shells as they work on a machine at an ordnance factory. War production worker removes gun shells from a machine. Shells lined up on a factory conveyor belt and move forward. Man inspects the shells as he places them on an instrument and a meter shows a reading. A man attaches nose of the shells after they have been armed. Shells piled up in trolleys as men push them.
Manufacturing of ordnance in United States early in World War 2 timeframe. M2A2 Twin Turret tanks (nicknamed "Mae West tanks) lined up at production floor in an ordnance factory. Tanks hoisted in a sling as they are lowered into the floor of the plant. Newly built M2A2 light tanks moving through the war materiel production factory.
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