News Parade of the Year 1941

your commentator is basil risdale China fights on as nipon continues its unending Terror from the skies home and Countryside are demolished as the one stoic Chinese Rush madly to shelers tasting again and again the bitter cup of Japan's unceasing offensive which now threatens the Peace of the entire Pacific no privacy in war to Brook in Northern Africa tenaciously withstands repeated axis attack this lone British Garrison in Libya remains a prospective rallying point for new campaigns to regain lost Terrain heroic Greece suffers the pangs of War as Nazi might Pours Down the Balkans a stunned people sorrowfully stand by as The Invader destroys their Homeland supporting British Empire troops are forced to abandon a valiant defense effort in nearby Iraq great oil supplies are endangered when Revolt threatens Britain enters and quickly wins control while Defenders abandon the fight and guns to the victors Syria ageold path to Suz into India is forced to surrender to Australians and free French as a further check to German Ambitions to seize great stores of valued oil a viy mandated stronghold yields as its officers and Men become prisoners of War memories of the glory that once was France stir the deepest emotions as soldiers return from prison camps the once revered battle flags of Empire and Republic pass in Grim review before a still proud people whose Hearts bow in submission in this their Darkest Hour hands of the innocent reach out in hungry appeal dimmed eyes of the faithful stare in awe famish children ration sustenance this is France under the Conqueror heal the most Relentless Sea Hunt in all Naval History Britain's great Battleship hood has been sunk sunk by the German Raider bismar Britain's guns bark revenge bismar is wounded cornered and doomed the bismar pride of the swastika Fleet Dives to her watery end somewhere in the Atlantic Britain's prime minister Winston Churchill meets President Roosevelt a hand clasp that ushers in one of the most dramatic conferences between the leaders of Nations ever recorded here the next day the Atlantic Charter with its eight points is formulated as the peace rise in the hearts of the two great democracies of the world United States Marines and army forces arrive in Iceland base of operations and the struggle to keep free the passage of ships between American and British Shores shelters are quickly erected men and Equipment are made ready for any emergency Iceland becomes an outpost of Defense as the sound of marching Marines fills the Arctic air many American owned ships have been sunk on the high seas one American Destroyer was attacked on September 4th another Destroyer was attacked and hit on October 17th 11 Brave and loyal men of our Navy were killed by the Nazis today in the face of this newest and greatest challenge of them all we Americans have cleared our decks and taken our our battle station a daring raid in the Arctic the subpolar island of spitsbergen awakens to a surprise Landing force of Canadians free Norwegians and English swarming ashore the radio station source of German weather reports is dynamited a sapper is knocked To The Ground by the terrific force of concussion a a coal mine is demolished huge stores of coal and oil are left burning to thwart reported German incursion the inhabitants willingly evacuate to England to escape whatever fate Hitler may have planned for bleak outpost on the Arctic Circle 16 m Million Man days lost by strikes that slacken America's Mighty defense effort throughout the nation the Wrath of the mob vents itself on non-s sympathizers who attempt to pass Mass picket lines at widely scattered localities police clash with Strikers in hand-to-hand conflict tear gas bombs burst before the American Aviation plant at Englewood California as United st's troops arrive to take over the factory and preserve order they move in to assure uninterrupted production of vitally essential aircraft for America and its friendly Nations at War America tests the mightiest bomber ever built 3.5 million worth of fighting plane takes to the sky with his 8,000 horsepower and wings spread of 210 ft the b19 passes with colors FY to come merchantmen destroyers battleships Cruisers slip down the ways as part of the huge program for a two ocean Navy 690 ships have been ordered among these the USS North Carolina mightiest Battleship afloat America's Grim challenge to Marauders of the sea with salvo's Roar beware at night its guns blaze in spectacular Majesty a mighty bull workk to ensure America's Freedom of the Seas the most Titanic battle the world has ever known the mightiest massing of Manpower Millions pitted against Millions over lines a thousand miles in flaming length crushing mechanized might steel monsters clashing to the thousands in Grim metallic Thunder Hitler's timetable upset by Russia's show of strength and courage surprise red defense tactics cost millions of men and equipment to the Nazis as delayed progress Eastward proves Germany has met a formidable f prisoners arrived Nazis dazed by the sudden turn of battle bewildered torn by the steel of Russian shellfire in the Baltic the red Fleet goes into action Soviet ships fire depth bombs and find their fatal mock a fateful year in which the whole world sinks more deeply into the abyss of War the