Japanese people in the United States before the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Two actors talk about Japanese and American population. The chairman of Oahu Citizens Committee for Home Defense speaks about the loyalty of the Japanese American towards the United States. Japanese children sing American loyalty songs in schools. A Japanese girl stands. A Japanese boy salutes. The two actors talk about Japanese children going to the American schools as well as to the Japanese schools. A Japanese school in the U.S. A teacher teaches the students in a class. Japanese children sing in Japanese.
Pan-American clipper carrying Wendell Willkie arrives in port of Lisbon, Portugal during World War II, on first leg of Willkie's journey to England in support of the lend-lease bill. Clipper arrives in harbor. Clipper near a pier. Boats in the foreground. Clipper comes in the harbor with Portuguese fishing boat.
Pan-American clipper arrives at the port of Lisbon during World War II. Men leave in a boat from pier at the port of Lisbon. Pan-American clipper arrives at the port. Custom officers on pier in the foreground. American Republican politician Wendell Willkie and others arrive in a boat and walk along the pier during their trip to Portugal and England supporting the lend-lease bill. Sign on a building on dock reads 'Aeroporto Maritime De Cabo Ruivo Pan American Airways'. Clipper leaves.
Pan-American office in Lisbon, Portugal during World War II. Exterior of Pan-American office in Lisbon. Traffic and pedestrians pass along a road. Interiors of Pan-American ticket office. Employees at desk talk to men and women.
Opening scene shows Imperial Japanese infantry with rifles and T-100 sub machine gun in a Daihatsu Landing Craft, off the Philippines. Remainder of the brief film shows Philippine President Manuel Quezon standing outside a building, appearing ready to commence a public broadcast. Microphones are set up nearby. ( Clip is silent except for some faint music in background at the beginning.)
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St James (United Kingdom) Joseph Kennedy testifies on Britain's wartime situation before House Foreign Affairs Committee conducting hearings related to House Bill 1776 (Lend Lease) in Washington DC during World War II. Kennedy replies upon being questioned about wartime situation in Britain. He speaks about destruction of ships and says that the situation in Britain is critical since fall of France. Crowd seated.
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