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Review of the Year 1941

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
41/104
Date Released
29 Dec 1941
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Review of the Year 1941

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
London Blitz. Launching of HMS "Duke of York". Sinking of the Ark Royal. Visit of Mr Wendell Willkie. President Roosevelt elected for third term of office. Haile Selassie returns to Abyssinia. British raid on the Lofoten Island. Roosevelt signs Lease and Lend Bill. Churchill signs Anglo-American Agreement. The Battle of Matapan. After Easter the Blitz repeated on London. Malta too underwent severe bombing. Rudolph Hess arrived in England. Troops were evacuated from Crete. Sinking of the "Bismarck". Dublin was bombed. Germany invaded Russia. Cease Fire in Syria. Atlantic meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill. Germany continues its advance through Russia. The Spitzbergen raid. Averell Harriman and Lord Beaverbrook went to Moscow for Three Power Conference. American troops took up residence in Iceland. Our All-Aid to Russia plan was kept flowing by the immediate transport of raw materials on the Trans-Iranian railway. The bombing of Pearl Harbour by the Japanese brought America into the war. The war continued in North Africa.
Keywords
Review of the Year; Newsreels
Length of story (in feet)
997
Story extras:
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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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