1940 USA / DEFENCE: World War 2: America pledges help for allies

Date: 20th June 1940

Location: CHARLOTTESVILLE, U.S.A. NEW YORK CITY, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, NEW YORK HARBOUR, U.S.A DETROIT, U.S.A. YOSEMITE, U.S.A.

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

U.S.A.: AMERICA FACES THE CHALLENGE !!! 'Stop Hitler Now' Movement Grows as Planes And Guns Are Earmarked For Britain.

New York City, U.S.A.

Interior Scenes: LV and SV People sign anti-Nazi petitions at H.Q. of Wm. Allen White. SV Girl and man holding up 'Stop Hitler Now' Posters. CU Poster 'Stop Hitler Now'. CU Poster 'Defend America By Helping Allies Now.'

President Roosevelt Promises Aid To Allies.

Charlottesville

SV Roosevelt wearing gown at mike (silent) SCU and SV Roosevelt speaking SOT

Sound Effects: The President stated that united America would extend utmost aid to opponents of force.

Good Scenes: SV, SCU and two SVs Roosevelt speaking at mike.

Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.: LV of planes on field / SV Taking name 'U.S. Navy' off plane. CU Taking name of plane. SV taking U.S. stars off wings. TV showing camouflaged biplanes on field. STV Camouflaged planes on field.

New York Harbour, U.S.A.: GV and SV Loading 75mm field gun aboard freighter Karin Thorenden. LV Loading guns on freighter.

U.S.A.: AMERICA FACES THE CHALLENGE!! U.S. Aircraft Factories Concentrate On Britain's Orders. Detroit, U.S.A. AV Ford's factory. LV Tomahawk Pursuit plane in Ford's factory. LV Henry Ford walking out towards Tomahawk plane. SV Edsel Ford looking at plane. SU Henry Ford. GV Ford train passing factory and stacks. LV factory with line of stacks smoking.

U.S.A.: AMERICA FACES THE CHALLENGE: America Rushes Fighters and Fortresses For Britain. Yosemite, U.S.A. GAV Eight Flying Fortresses Over Hilly country. GAV Nine Flying Fortresses over mountains. Nearer AV of 3 Fortresses flying over forest. CUAV of Flying Fortress. GAV of 9 Flying Fortresses flying over mountains and falls.

Exterior Scenes: Good Scenes: AV Three biplane (Grumman?) fighters over New York City. CUAV Two-seated biplane flying past skyscrapers. Cu AV of pilot and observer in cockpits past skyscrapers. SAV biplane slipping towards past scrapers. AV Six biplanes over New York.

Good Scenes: CU Sign 'No Trespassing By Order Of US Government.' CU Spraying target (RAF) on to wing of plane. SV Spraying tail. SV Man spraying fuselage. SV and SCU packing paper into engine.

Good Scenes: SV Group, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, etc. CU of 3-bladed propeller and nose of Tomahawk plane. SV Henry Ford looking at plane.

Interior Scenes: GV of large aircraft factory, crane in foreground. CU Lowering engine onto bench. GV Line of Flying Fortresses on tarmac.

Good Scenes: GV pan Flying Fortresses taxi-ing pan to several more taxi-ing. Interior of plane whilst in air over mountains. GAV six Flying Fortresses over mountains. AV looking through plane window of mountains. AV shot through plane windows of 7 Flying Fortresses. AV Mountains.

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