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1940 North America steps up its war efforts
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1:23Now PlayingDate: 10th October 1940
Location: Toronto, Canada
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: America's War Machine Gears Up
CANADA: Ontario: Toronto:
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USA:
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AEROPLANES..American world's fastest fighter Lockhead Pursuit
AMERICA - Military America's War effort...National Guards mobilised
AHTLONE, Earl of inspects Bren gun plant in Toronto
GUNS. Bren gun plant in Toronto
United States of America; Mobilisation
World War II, WWII, Second World War, World War Two, war, Axis, Allies, munitions, Prince Alexander of Teck, light machine guns, Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, peacetime conscription, P-38 Lightning, recruits
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