American Aid for the Allies

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
40/50
Date Released
20 Jun 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Picture Paragraphs from the World News: French Boy Adopted
  2. 2Picture Paragraphs from the World News: Manchester Hero
  3. 3Picture Paragraphs from the World News: New Type Helicopter
  4. 4Picture Paragraphs from the World News: British Minesweepers
  5. 5Canadian Destroyers Here
  6. 6All for Defence
  7. 7American Aid for the Allies

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
Including: General Pershing seated at desk states that the war is for civilisation and that the USA must supply the allies with arms as well as supplies. [59 ft] Biplane fighter bombers being completed prior to their despatch to England - this is at the Curtiss factory in Buffalo. [40 ft] Henry Ford inspecting fighter aircraft outside his Michigan factory, trying to find a design that could be mass produced. [40 ft] Roosevelt speaking at Charlottesville about Italy’s entry into the war. [84 ft]
Keywords
Politics and government; Aviation; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture; Military
Locations
Buffalo; Virginia; Michigan; New York [state]; Charlottesville
Length of story (in feet)
223
Story extras:
Film clip
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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