Republican nominee Wendell Willkie during a Presidential election campaign in New York. He is cheered by thousands of supporters. He arrives for the Worlds Fair at the Court of Peace. Willkie addresses a huge throng and waves to the crowd. He talks about industrial strength. The crowd cheers.
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Joseph Kennedy returns from London, United Kingdom. A Boeing 314 or Clipper flying boat at the New York pier. The Ambassador gets off amidst security personnel and other officials. He is greeted by numerous officials and his family members. He poses with his family for the press.
Italian aircraft attack the British Mandate of Palestine during World war II. Italian Royal Air Force raiding bombers conduct the first air raid on the Holy Land seaport of Haifa, a vital oil shipping center. Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero bombers in flight. The crew in the aircraft. Bombs dropped. The aircraft bombard the coastline and the port. Smoke due to heavy explosions during the bombardment.
The United States on alert in the beginning of World War II. A National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) meeting. The NAM President talks addresses the group. He talks about the national defense requirements and ways to meet the mass production. The Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine plant in Hartford, Connecticut. Workers in line arrive for work. Men work to manufacture engines for American bomber and fighter aircraft. Manufactured engine parts stacked in stands. U.S. Navy Curtiss-Wright CW-22Bs in flight. A naval task force underway at sea below. The ships advance amidst explosions.
The United States in preparation for World War II. Men stand in line for physical examination. Navy doctor checks lungs of each man with stethoscope. Young American men enlisting and new recruits being sworn in as Naval Reserves at the Naval Reserve Station in New York. Men working in war production factories to manufacture aircraft, ships, guns, and armament as part of the war production effort building war materiel. Large gun and artillery barrels are shown in production factories. Coastal guns fired. U.S. military tanks, jeeps and trucks advance. Aircraft in flight. Tanks advance in training drills over land obstacles, including ramps that cause a tank to become briefly airborn. Lines of tanks in practice drill maneuvers at night. Machine gun emplacements firing tracers at night and hitting practice targets.
The United States on guard at the beginning of World War II. The U.S. Capitol dome in Washington DC. U.S. troops and Boy Scouts marching in review. New York City: Children in a park, rivers, farm, fields, baseball and football games in NY stadiums, services in St. Patrick's Cathedral. The Statue of Liberty and the U.S. flag. The voice of Kate Smith singing 'God Bless America'.