Description
United News, 1942
Soviet Commissar Molotov’s secret visit to United States. A Soviet bomber at an airport near Washington. Images of Soviet Commissar Molotov, Secretary of State Hull and Ambassador Litvinov at airport as Molotov is ready to board Soviet aircraft. Secretary Hull and Ambassador Litvinov sign a lend-lease agreement.
World’s mightiest waterfall begins generating electrical power. Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River, Washington State as power generation begins. Shows power control room at the Grand Coulee Dam. Several views of water flowing down spillways of Grand Coulee Dam
President and Eleanor Roosevelt welcomes King George II of Greece to the White House. At the White House King George II is welcomed by President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Shows a large group of news reporters with cameras waiting for interview.
Child nurseries release women for war work. American women working in defense plants leave their children in nursery schools during working hours. Shows children eating at nursery. Shows woman operating a drill press in war factory. Mothers picking up their children from the nursery.
Shows U.S. bombers arriving in Canada for delivery overseas. These planes are to be flown to England by Royal Air Force pilots. New technique to pick-up a glider without the tow plane having to land is demonstrated.
Shows tin cans saved in scrape metal drive in America in WWII. Railroad cars loaded with scrap metal. Shows interior of the world’s largest aluminum manufacturing plant, workers and machinery.
Greatest Military Parade in History. Allied troops and tanks parade in New York City.
Runtime: 00:09:44
Sound: yes
File: high definition 1920×1080/24p ProRes422.
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