President Roosevelt’s Tour of US

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
42/87
Date Released
29 Oct 1942
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Great Alaska Highway
  2. 2US Convoy to Aleutians
  3. 3Wrens in the Middle East
  4. 4General Smuts at South Africa House
  5. 5Demonstration in Trafalgar Square
  6. 6President Roosevelt’s Tour of US
  7. 7Mrs Roosevelt in Britain

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Summary
In San Diego the President visits the giant consolidated bomber works. At Bremerton navy yard, he meets wounded naval men. Inspects the two-man Japanese submarine which was washed up at Pearl Harbour. At the Ford Warplane factory receives facts and figures from Mr Henry Ford himself. At the Chrysler Tank Works in Detroit, he sees tanks on test. At the Henry Kaiser shipyard he sees a cargo ship which took only ten days to build.
Keywords
Politics and government; Ships and boats; Vehicles; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture; Navy; Casualties; Military
Locations
Washington; California; San Diego; Detroit; Bremerton
Length of story (in feet)
117
Story extras:
Film clip
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Notes
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