Molotov visits US; Sec. Hull; FDR at White House; women war workers

Identifier
irn1002884
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.358.1
  • RG-60.3045
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United News Company (Producer)
  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference

Scope and Content

Part 1, Soviet Commissar Molotov boards a plane at the Washington, DC airport (his secret visit to the US) Shows Secretary of State Hull. Part 2, Sec. Hull and Ambassador Litvinov sign a lend-lease agreement. Part 3, Grand Coulee dam is opened. Part 4, President and Mrs. Roosevelt greet King George II of Greece at the White House. Part 5, women war workers leave their children in nursery schools. Shows scenes at the schools and in industry. Part 6, U.S. bombers are ferried to Canada. Part 7, shows tin cans saved in scrap metal drives. Includes shots of aluminum being processed. Part 8, allied troops parade in New York City.

Note(s)

  • Newsreel created by the: Office for Emergency Management / Office of War Information / Overseas Operations Branch / New York Office / News and Features Bureau.

Subjects

  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
  • AIRPLANES
  • MOLOTOV, VYACHESLOV
  • AIRPORTS
  • PARADES
  • WORKERS
  • WOMEN
  • ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.
  • UNITED STATES
  • ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR

Places

  • New York, NY, United States
  • Washington, DC, United States

Genre

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