U.S. Reveals Armed Might for Churchill - 1942

In this United News Reel from 1942, Winston Churchill and FDR review airborne troops; the Red Cross provides refugee assistance; a Navy family of 8 pose on a cruiser, assembly lines are profiled; and exiled Yugoslav royalty find a home in the United States. (ARC 38910)

Part 1, President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet at the White House and then view a mass parachute drop. Part 2, the Red Cross provides food as refugee children debark in New York City. Part 3, seven brothers and their father (all Navy men) pose on a cruiser. Part 4, Air Force gunners assemble and disassemble guns. Shows simulated aerial combat. Part 5, President Roosevelt and his cabinet greet King Peter of Yugoslavia at the White House. Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana meet in Canada. Part 6, tanks roll off an assembly line, are loaded on trains and planes, and advance in combat.