War Comes to America
Film US National Archives 1860 Rights unverified
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This motion picture film examines world events that pulled the U.S. into World War II. Reel 1 dramatizes the early settling of the U.S., the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and a winter at Valley Forge. It explains the colonists' thirst for independence. Reel 2 dramatizes later European migrations to the U.S. stressing the strength brought to the U.S. by her immigrants. It shows luxury items (cars, radios, etc.) which contribute to U.S. life. It also depicts educational facilities, recreational activities (including many sport scenes), and prohibition era scenes. In Reel 3, U.S. troops man trenches in France in 1917. Crowds in New York City celebrate the armistice. Secretary of State Henry Stimson denounces Japan's march into Manchuria. Shows the Bonus March on Washington, D.C., and breadlines in the 1930s. Adolf Hitler watches a military display in Berlin. Haile Selassie visits the front in Ethiopia in 1935. Senator Hiram Johnson speaks for the Neutrality Act of 1935. German planes bomb cities, and street fights flare during the Spanish Civil War. Shanghai is bombed in 1937. Gallup polls find U.S. citizens isolationists. In Reel 4, Emperor Hirohito inspects Japanese tr
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- Held by
- US National Archives
- Collection
- Orientation Films
- Record group
- RG 111
- Local identifier
- 111-OF-7
- Creator
- Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 03/01/1964)
- Date as recorded
- 1860
- Medium
- Film
- Hosting
- linked
- Digital objects
- 7 at US National Archives
- Catalogued
- 2026-09-14