News Parade of the Year 1940

Description: A Showcase of news events for the year 1940. Segments include: EUROPES TOTAL WAR!, FATES IRONY!: Nazis and French sign armistice at Compiegne, BRITAINS HEROIC STAND!, AMERICAN DESTROYERS TO BRITAIN!: Fifty World War vessels are exchanged for naval bases, AMERICAN DEFENSE BEGINS!: Nation rallies to strengthen land, air, and sea might, FIRST PEACE-TIME DRAFT!: Sixteen million American youths register, FIRST THIRD TERM PRESIDENT!: Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Wendell L. Willkie in hard fought election.
VHS-Standard play. Recorded 1991. Originally issued as a 16 mm. motion picture.
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Origin: 1940
Created By: Castle Films, inc.
Contributor(s): Castle, Eugene W.
Source: http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/WWIIHstFlm/id/95
Collection: World War II Films
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Subjects: Newsreels
World War, 1939-1945
Military history--World War, 1939-1945--Video recordings--Historical films
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945

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