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The Canadian convoy fights off U-boats in the Atlantic.

Canadian warships underway in the Atlantic. Soldiers on deck of battleships underway at sea. Bombardment and firing. A soldier watches through binoculars. Enemy submarines area sighted and guns fired. Airplanes hovering over the area. (World War II period).

Date: 1940, June 19
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046136
Queen Elizabeth reviews a colorful parade of 'WATS' or the Women Auxiliary Territorial Service.

Queen Elizabeth reviews a parade in England. The Queen at a colorful parade of the 'WATS', the Women Auxiliary Territorial Service. She cheers them with a spirited message of victory for the Empire. Other officers watch. Buildings in the background.

Date: 1940, June 19
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046137
Republican leaders from all over U.S. arrive to nominate a Presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention.

Dignitaries at the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia. Board outside the building reads: 'Headquarters, Republican National Convention, June 24th'. Republican leaders and delegates from all over the United States arrive to nominate a Presidential candidate. Thomas Dewey, Senator Robert Taft and Wendell Willkie lead the list of nominees. Governor Stassen of Minnesota delivers the keynote address. A large crowd seated inside the hall as per the seating arrangements. They cheer and applaud.

Date: 1940, June 24
Duration: 3 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046139
U.S. Republicans nominate Wendell Willkie as the Presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention.

Dignitaries at the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia. Large crowd gathers inside the building to nominate the presidential candidate. Dewey and Taft lose out. Wendell L Willkie is nominated. Man at the podium addressing the crowd. People holding boards in hands. Boards read the names of the various cities and states of the U.S. Willkie addresses the nation and seated at the desk in his office.

Date: 1940, July 1
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046140
Wendell Willkie addressing the crowd at the Republican National Convention after being nominated as the Presidential candidate.

Dignitaries at the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia. Large crowd gathers inside the building. They hold boards and placards. Crowd cheering and applauding. Wendell Willkie, nominated as the Presidential candidate, at the podium addressing the crowd. He promises to wage an aggressive campaign to bring unity of labor, capital and agriculture to the nation.

Date: 1940, July 1
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046141
Presidential candidate Wendell Willkie's relatives and friends in his home town.

Wendell Willkie's home town Elwood, Indiana. Cars passing on the street. A board reads: 'Elwood City Limit'. Buildings along the sides of street. Men swimming in a waterway. Willkie's relatives and friends pose for pictures near his home, school and other areas. They read articles about his nomination in newspapers. Man with cattle on a farm. A house in the background.

Date: 1940, July 1
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046142