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Universal Newsreels, Release 984, May 29, 1941
in Universal Newsreels, Release 984 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1941, originally published 1941), 4 mins
This newsreel, published by Universal Pictures Company, is about the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, and Dwight Eisenhower.
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in Universal Newsreels, Release 984 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1941, originally published 1941), 4 mins
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This newsreel, published by Universal Pictures Company, is about the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, and Dwight Eisenhower.
UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL
F. D. R. PROCLAIMS "WAR" EMERGENCY
WASHINGTON, D. C.--Putting the nation on a virtual war footing, the President announces to dictator nations that the U. S. will fight to prevent encroachment in the Western Hemisphere, and that our naval vessels will answer...
This newsreel, published by Universal Pictures Company, is about the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, and Dwight Eisenhower.
UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL
F. D. R. PROCLAIMS "WAR" EMERGENCY
WASHINGTON, D. C.--Putting the nation on a virtual war footing, the President announces to dictator nations that the U. S. will fight to prevent encroachment in the Western Hemisphere, and that our naval vessels will answer force with force in defending the freedom of the seas. Pan-American diplomats hear and applaud his epochal challenge!
BRITISH AVENGE THE HOOD
A dramatic epic of the sea comes to an end! The British battle-cruiser, H.M.S. Hood, sunk off Greenland by the Nazi battleship, Bismarck, is avenged when English warships and planes cripple the marauding Bismarck after a four-day chase, and send it to its doom.
GAS "BRONCS" IN DIZZY HILL CLIMB
FOX RIVER GROVE, ILL.--Dare-devil drivers pilot their mechanical "broncs" up the steep slope of Cary Hill--45 degrees up and up! Nasty spills are the penalty for trying--but the boys keep right at it!
WATER-SKI-JUMPING NEW THRILL
STOCKTON, CALIF.--Water skiing with a new twist--! Now it's water-ski-jumping, with daring slat-men sailing through the air over a tricky incline! Some make it--while others, well, they get dunked--and how!
THE ARMY "STOPS A TANK"
FT. ETHAN ALLEN, VT.--The latest method of stopping tanks is demonstrated by troops of the "Alexander Hamilton" Battery, using 75 mm. guns. The target is towed across the terrain--and is no cinch to hit!
MODERN "TARZANS" TAKE A BOW
PHILADELPHIA, PA.--"Muscles on parade" captions this display of male pulchritude, assembled for the National A.A.U. weight-lifting tourney and the annual "Mr. America" contest. Girls--don't miss it!
SOLDIERS IN "KNOCK-OUT" FIGHT
CAMP UPTON, N. Y.--There's a small-scale war going on at the "draftee" training camp, as two heavy-weights go to town in a bang-up battle that thrills the soldier-guests! Soldiers know a real "war" when they see it!
VOL. 13--NO. 984
with GRAHAM McNAMEE -- by courtesy N. B. C.
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Date Written / Recorded
1941
Field of Study
Newsreels
Content Type
Newsreel
Contributor
Graham McNamee, 1888-1942
Date Published / Released
1941-05-29, 1941
Publisher
Universal Pictures Company
Series
Universal Newsreels
Speaker / Narrator
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945, Graham McNamee, 1888-1942
Person Discussed
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945
Topic / Theme
Military aid, Military alliances, Presidents, Military academies, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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