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Montage of images reflecting aspects of 20th Century life in America before World War II
Brief views of ordinary American people and their music and reading activities, including: Scenes of many different radios in all locations, and hands on dials of radios, including console radios, portable radios in many rooms of the house, car radios, and hand-carried (vintage boom box) radio. A jukebox and a bobby soxer (bobby socks fashion), dancing; Crowd dancing to a swing band at a jazz night club; Older people doing country dances; Xavier Cugat conducting his orchestra; Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony being played in the Hollywood Bowl; African American jazz musician playing trumpet; a school marching band; newspaper being printed on a printing press; a news stand filled with papers and magazines; numerous city newspapers; a library filled with books; a Dick Tracy comic strip.
U.S. Destroyers, including some being readied for transfer to Britain, under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement of 1940.
A line of U. S. Destroyers tied up in a port. In the line of ships are seen DD-121 ( USS Montgomery), and DD-122 (USS Breese), both Wickes Class Destroyers that saw action with the U.S. Navy in World War II. Workers, including welders and such, are seen repairing and otherwise preparing 4-stacker destroyers for transfer to Britain in the so-called "Destroyers for Bases Agreement" of September 2, 1940.The USS Hale (DD-133) a 4-stacker Town Class Destroyer, later commissioned as HMS Caldwell (I-20), is seen underway in a channel. Lines of ships underway are seen in an aerial view.
President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. U.S. soldiers march and drill in a camp.
America prepares for World War II. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (codified as 54 Stat. 885). He signs and dates September 16, 1940. A blindfolded man reaches into a large glass container and draws out the number of the first young man to be drafted under the new law. He gives the selected number to President Roosevelt. American soldiers march past a line of tents at an Army Camp. They drill on the parade field.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and top ranking British officials board USS Augusta to meet U.S. President Roosevelt
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet for the Atlantic Conference in World War 2 aboard USS Augusta in Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland. U.S. General George C. Marshall, Vice Admiral Ernest J. King, and Admiral Harold R. Stark, descend steps to main deck of U.S. Heavy Cruiser, USS Augusta, where they greet top ranking members of the British military establishment as they arrive for the Atlantic Conference. U.S. General Marshall is seen greeting British Field Marshall Sir John Dill. President Roosevelt is assisted by his son, Franklin, Jr. who helps him obtain a handhold on a fixture of the ship. (This is a rare shot of President Roosevelt where he is seen walking a few steps with his cane, assisted, as his disability was typically not captured on film to be shown to the public.) President Roosevelt greets British Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, Admiral of the Fleet, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff. He also greets British Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives, salutes the President, and walks past. Franklin Roosevelt, Jr. steps forward and guides Churchill back to stand with President Roosevelt, for the camera.
Atlantic Conference. A gangway is set between HMS Prince of Wales and USS Augusta. Roosevelt and Churchill converse.
In preparation for the World War 2 Atlantic Conference, crews of the British Battleship, HMS Prince of Wales and the U.S. Heavy Cruiser, USS Augusta, prepare a gangway connecting the two ships. British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill is seen pacing the deck of the Prince of Wales, as the crews are at work. A cat is seen on deck. Several individuals pass over the gangplank. Later, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill are seen seated on deck of the USS Augusta, as members of their respective parties mingle and converse. Sailors from the USS Augusta mingle with British sailors aboard HMS Prince of Wales.
Officials fill glass container with lottery numbers of men registered under the Selective Service Act of 1940
Uniformed guards unload cartons containing lottery numbers of men registered for the draft under the Selective Service Act of 1940. They bring them into the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue in Washington DC. Inside the auditorium, they empty capsules, containing the numbers, into a large glass container, under the supervision of U.S. Government civilian officials. Numerous American Legion members in uniform also assist.
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