Wendell Wilkie Nominated

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
40/58
Date Released
18 Jul 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1France’s National Day
  2. 2Children Re-Evacuated
  3. 3The Home Guard
  4. 4Physical Training at Wembley
  5. 5Romance of a Naval Base
  6. 6The King with the Services
  7. 7Mining the Coasts of Eire
  8. 8American Volunteers for Home Defence
  9. 9Convoy Attacked in the Channel
  10. *Wendell Wilkie Nominated
  11. *Recruiting for US Army

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary
Republican Party Convention hears nominations. Tom Dewey is named first, then Senator Taft and Wendell Wilkie. Dewey leads on the first three ballots but by the sixth it’s down to Wilkie and Taft. Then Ohio concedes and moves for a unanimous vote, and Wilkie is the Republican candidate for the Office of President of the USA.
Local distribution only
Dublin release only
Keywords
Politics and government
Locations
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania
Length of story (in feet)
312
Story extras:
Film clip
Production Documents

• You may need to login in to external websites.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Pathe Ltd
Email
info@britishpathe.com
Web
https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE
Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
Series held
View all series held by British Pathe Ltd

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 92 times.