The World at War, 1931-1941
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Reel 1, shows the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the resultant damage. President Franklin Roosevelt delivers his war message to Congress. Wendell Willkie speaks for one world; German Bundists meet in Madison Square Garden; laborers fight at various strikes. Japanese troops invade Manchuria and China. Shows Ambassador Shigemitsu. Reel 2 shows a League of Nations meeting and, later, Japan's delegates leaving after resigning. Japanese troops enter Shanghai. Shows fighting in China and a Japanese air raid. Shows peaceful Japanese scenes and ceremonies at a baseball game. Hirohito reviews troops. Mussolini addresses a throng; Italy invades Ethiopia; Haile Selassi rallies his people. An Italian representative speaks in Japan. Germany marches into Austria (March 1938). Reel 3 shows fighting and destruction during the Spanish Civil War. Daladier, Chamberlain, Mussolini, and Hitler sign the Munich Pact. German troops are greeted in the Sudeten; troops march into Prague and invade Albania. Hitler, addressing the Reichstag, ridicules Roosevelt's appeal for peace. Hitler confers with Goring, and von Ribbentrop meets with Russian diplomats to negotiate the Moscow Pact. Contrasts Poland's military
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- Held by
- US National Archives
- Collection
- Propaganda, Information, and Documentary Motion Pictures
- Record group
- RG 208
- Local identifier
- 208.145
- Creator
- Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945)
- Date as recorded
- 1926
- Medium
- Film
- Hosting
- linked
- Catalogued
- 2026-09-14
New York (N.Y.)JapanAustriaPrague (Czech Republic)GermanyItalyMoscow (Russia)Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)League of NationsRussia. ArmiiaMussolini, Benito, 1883-1945Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945