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A United States Coast Guard Cutter underway at a sea carrying an admiral's flag

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter underway at a sea. An admiral's flag flutters on the mast of the ship. She has two smoke stacks; appears to be armed with a forward battery of three heavy guns, and carries several amphibious biplane aircraft. View of teletype operators in ship radio room.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1938
Duration: 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046096
Poland before invasion; Germany invading Poland; Hitler addressing Reichstag; view of Siegfried Line.

Scenes before and during German invasion of Poland in 1939 at start of World War 2. Adolf Hitler addresses the Reichstag in Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany. Italian soldiers marching. View of dragons teeth and soldiers marching into fortifications including a large bunker or fort with sign text "Scharnhorst werk 1238" partially visible. Large columns of German soldiers marching in goosestep. Airplanes flying in formation over a city. Scenery and landmarks of Polish city of Gdansk Poland (Danzig) before the invasion. People walking on the streets. Various church and other buildings. German sailors on destroyers underway at sea. German sailors manning 20mm antiaircraft deck gun mounted on submarine. Polish infantry and cavalry rally to the defense of their homeland. Polish soldiers driving tankettes (TK or TKS or TK-3) in shallow water and on land. German troops using flame throwers. Smoke arises due to bombardment. German troops firing 77mm field artillery at a bridge. Dragons Teeth seen on the Siegfried Line. Shot of Mussolini giving speech . (Note: Almost no sound .)

Location: Poland
Date: 1939, September 1
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046125
Wendell Willkie arrives in his home town and formally accepts the Republican Presidential nomination before the crowd.

Wendell Willkie arrives in his home town after being nominated as the Presidential candidate. Wendell Willkie in a car. A large crowd gathers to greet him. Crowd cheering and applauding. He stands on the podium and addresses the crowd. He formally accepts the Republican Presidential nomination before the crowd. Addressing the crowd, he states that the domestic and foreign policies of the New Deal is leading the nation into war. He endorses the draft for U.S. defense and dares President Roosevelt to meet him for a public debate on questions vital to all Americans.

Location: Elwood Indiana USA
Date: 1940, August 19
Duration: 4 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046146
President Franklin Roosevelt signs Selective Service draft bill of 1940 in Washington DC.

President Franklin Roosevelt in his office in Washington DC. He is seated at his desk and signs the draft bill (Selective Service and Training Act of 1940, or STSA) which was the first peacetime conscription in United States history. Officials and cabinet members standing nearby. Painting on a wall in the background. He reads the conditions of bill. He states that the legislation intended to increase our armed forces becomes law. All men between 21 and 35 must register beginning October 16th, 1940. He says that "the terrible fate of nations whose weakness invited attack is too well known to us all. We must and we will marshal our great potential strength to fend off war from our shores. We must and we will prevent our land from becoming a victim of aggression."

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1940, September 16
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046158
A large crowd gathers to greet Wendell Willkie in San Francisco, California.

U.S. Republican Presidential candidate, Wendell Lewis Willkie arrives in San Francisco, California. A large crowd gathers to greet him. Buildings in the area. People seated on chairs. Willkie delivers a campaign speech.

Location: San Francisco California USA
Date: 1940, September 13
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046163
President Franklin Roosevelt inspects a navy yard and receives an honorary LLD degree in Philadelphia.

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt receives an honorary LLD (Doctor of Law) degree in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The President seated in a car. He inspects a navy yard. Troops stand at attention. He receives the LLD degree from the University of Pennsylvania at its bicentennial celebration. People gather in a hall to greet the President. He addresses the people. President Roosevelt comments on voting rights and the importance of free elections. He says, "I can never forget that some well-meaning people have even recently seriously suggested that the right to vote be denied to American men and women who through no fault of their own had lost their jobs and, in order to keep the family and the home going, were working on work relief projects. As long as periodic free elections survive, no set of people can permanently control Government. In the maintenance of free elections rests the complete and the enduring safety of our form of Government. No dictator in history has ever dared to run the gauntlet of a really free election." The crowd applauds.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1940, September 13
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046164
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