The USS McDougal alongside the British battleship HMS Prince of Wales in Placentia Bay Argentia in Newfoundland. Atlantic Conference during World War II. President Franklin D Roosevelt and other American officers await the arrival of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Roosevelt takes off his hat and his son, Lt. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. U.S. Navy, standing next to him, salutes.
Atlantic conference during World War II. Views of the British Battleship, HMS Prince of Wales, anchored in Placentia Bay, off Argentia, Newfoundland. Views from the U.S. Cruiser, USS Augusta, as it approaches the Prince of Wales. World War 2 British sailors aboard the British Battleship, handle lines to hold the two ships close together. View of Prime Minister Churchill and Sir Alexander Cadogan, Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, returning to the Prince of Wales. The weather is rainy.
The British Battleship, HMS Prince of Wales underway at sea, headed to the Atlantic Conference in Newfoundland. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill stands on deck with U.S. Presidential advisor, Harry Hopkins, along with British Army Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, and British Air Force Chief,
Manufacturing of ordnance war materiel in United States early in World War 2. Man carries a machine gun and fixes it on a stand with its barrel protruding to the other side of the wall. Cartridge belts. Men pick up belts and feed them into guns. War production workers test fire the guns and used up cartridges pile up in a container by the side of the gun. Smoke rises as guns are fired for testing at conclusion of machine gun production process.
War production in the U.S. early in World War 2. Manufacturing of ordnance war materiel in United States. Metal gun barrels piled up in trolleys on factory floor of an ordnance factory. In background, machinists are seen turning gun barrels on a lathe. A worker removes a barrel from those on a trolley, inspects it and places it back in the trolley. Men push trolley carts loaded with gun barrels.
United States President Franklin D Roosevelt, aboard the yacht, Amberjack II, anchored in a New England harbor. His sons Franklin Jr. and John Roosevelt are also on board. President Roosevelt spends time conversing with U.S. Diplomat, Norman Davis. Accompanying vessels can also be seen in vicinity of the Amberjack II.
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