Collection search - Episode 7, On Our Way, U.S.A. : 1939 - 1942

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Episode 7, On Our Way, U.S.A. : 1939 - 1942

Item number (ISN):

436619

Series title:

The World at War

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1974

Item number (ISN):

436619

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: OFF-AIR

Accession:

1977-0304

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1974

Release date:

1977 ?

Production company:

Thames Production

Production credit:

producer/scenario, Peter Barry; executive producer, Jeremy Isaacs; editing, B. Wilkins; music, Carl Davis

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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The seventh episode of this television documentary series looks at the period between American isolationist sentiment in 1939 to the departure of the first American troop boat for North Africa in 1942.~The follow topics and events are covered: an examination of teh forces supporting non-involvement in the European war; the election of 1940; American efforts to aid Britain materially; labour unrest; the sinking of U.S. ships by German U-Boats; the reaction to the attack on Pearl Harbour; American Home Defence measures; the deportation of Japanese-Americans; the American War Bond Drive; rationing; the Battle of Bataan; the S.S. Hornet's attack on Tokyo; and the Battle of Midway Island; the Battle of Guadalcanal.~The following shots, scenes and sounds are shown and heard: an American Nazi Party rally; Charles Lindbergh endorsing isolationism; Selective Service activity; Wendell Willkie, the Republican presidential candidate, speaking at an election function; violent strikes at American war plants; Roosevelt making a statement of the repeal of the Neutrality Act; Roosevelt declaring war on Japan; a false attack alert in an American city; American motion picture actors giving support to the war effort; and General Wainwright's statement of surrender at Bataan.~Comments are made by: Averell Harriman, Roosevelt's roving ambassador; George Ball of the Roosevelt administration; Americans on the street regarding involvement in the war; Norman Corwin, radio announcer; J.K. Galbraith of the Roosevelt administration; John J. McCloy, Roosevelt's Assistant Secretary of War; Edison Uno, a deported Japanese; Kumo Nugochi, a Japanese-American; Paul Samuelson of the Roosevelt administration; Richard Tregaskis, war correspondent; General James Doolittle, American war hero; General Lawron Collins, Pacific Commander; and M. Chihaya of the Japanese Navy, <60mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Source of description: viewing of document.~2. Made in cooperation with the CBC and in association with the Imperial War Museum.~3. CBC PROGRAM PROMOS for: GALLERY; TO SEE OURSELVES; THE DAYS BEFORE YESTERDAY; HYMN SING; and CBC DRAMA. <3mn>~4. Includes commercials for: Cadbury Snack Bar; The Tea.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

563724

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2 8007-0164

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

827426

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8007-0164.mxf

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8007-0164

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

834788

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2_8007-0164.mp4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 8007-0164

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

~To be Determined / À déterminer

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, the CBC, is required to reproduce this title.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Thames Productions.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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