1940, CASTLE FILMS, NEWS PARADE, news film clips from around the world

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1940, CASTLE FILMS, NEWS PARADE, news film clips from around the world contains the following subjects.
Europe's total war.
April 9 1940 Norway capitulates.
May 10 1940 Holland fails. Queen Wilhelmina departs.
May 15 1940 Belgians flee invaders.
May 28 1940 King Leopold surrenders.
June 4 1940 Britain's heroic escape at Dunkerque.
June 5-22 1940 French armies crumble.
June 10 1940 Italy enters the war.
Fate's Irony!
Nazis and French sign armistice at Compiegne.
Britain bombards Somaliland.
Britain's Heroic Stand.
General de Gaulle reviews "Free Frenchmen" who continue to fight.
London burns at night.
Bomb shelters while destruction rains above.
London carries on by day.
The King and Queen view Buckingham Palace damage.
Historic St. Paul's suffers.
Nazi planes fall by the thousands.
Britain's defiant leader Winston Churchill.
American destroyers to Britain. Fifty World War vessels are exchanged for naval bases.
American defense begins. Nation rallies to strengthen land, air and sea might.
First peace-time draft. Sixteen million American youths register.
The conscription lottery again.
First third term President.
Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Wendell L. Willkie in hard fought election.

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