Washington in war time

Duration: 0:10:00

Genre: Newsreel | Propaganda | War

Year Published: 1942

Creator: Castle Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: A review of life in our nation's capital operating under the stress of war. Reports on the sudden increase in the city's population during wartime. Shows President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull receiving visiting dignitaries, including Winston Churchill and Vyacheslav Molotov. Brief appearances and addresses by the following: Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr., War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson, War Conservation Board Chairman Paul V. McNutt, General George C. Marshall, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox , Admiral Ernest Joseph King, Commissioner of Education Dr. J.W. Studebaker, California Congressman Thomas Rolph, and General James Doolittle. Concludes with an address by President Roosevelt to the 28 Allied nations., Memorials; Union Station, exterior and interiors; Railroad passengers in station; President Roosevelt welcoming visitors; presidential motorcade down Pennsylvania Avenue; Washington National Airport VS; Cordell Hull greeting dignitaries at airport; U.S. Information building; Crowds on sidewalks (good); Legs walking; Passengers crowding onto streetcars; U.S. Treasury; Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau. CU SOF: "War is never cheap. But as I've said before, it's a million times cheaper to win than to lose.; Bureau of Engraving and Printing VS and interiors; Donald M. Nelson, war production czar. CU SOF: "This is the time for teamwork for you and your government, because we've got a war to win, and we're gonna win it.; Social Security building. Paul B. McNutt, War Manpower Commission, CU SOF.; War Department, Munitions Building; Gen. George C. Marshall and Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.; VS combat scenes; Traffic on Mall.; Navy Department.; Frank Knox, secretary, CU Adm. Ernest Joseph King; Leon Henderson (Price Administrator) bicycling with others.; Dr. J. W. Studebaker, Commissioner of Education; Boys and girls on scrap drive (exuberant, throwing scrap into pile); people signing up for draft and rationing; Department of Agriculture; VS agriculture; Department of State; Secretary Cordell Hull; Int Washington hotel lobby; VS crowded cafeteria; sign: Room and Board, No Vacancy; group of women war workers living in one room; CU pensive woman reclining reading book: "Washington Is Like That," by W.M. Kiplinger; U.S. Capitol building; VS Congress; CU sign: "Thomas Rolph, California" and congressman Rolph; White House; Marvin McIntyre; Stephen Early; Cabinet meeting; Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt; Roosevelt giving Congressional Medal of Honor to General James Doolittle; United Nations (28 countries) meeting with Roosevelt; Military parades along Washington streets with soldiers, tanks, airplanes; Vignette of Roosevelt's face inside outline of United States with soldiers marching in background

Complete Record: , Memorials; Union Station, exterior and interiors; Railroad passengers in station; President Roosevelt welcoming visitors; presidential motorcade down Pennsylvania Avenue; Washington National Airport VS; Cordell Hull greeting dignitaries at airport; U.S. Information building; Crowds on sidewalks (good); Legs walking; Passengers crowding onto streetcars; U.S. Treasury; Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau. CU SOF: "War is never cheap. But as I've said before, it's a million times cheaper to win than to lose.; Bureau of Engraving and Printing VS and interiors; Donald M. Nelson, war production czar. CU SOF: "This is the time for teamwork for you and your government, because we've got a war to win, and we're gonna win it.; Social Security building. Paul B. McNutt, War Manpower Commission, CU SOF.; War Department, Munitions Building; Gen. George C. Marshall and Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.; VS combat scenes; Traffic on Mall.; Navy Department.; Frank Knox, secretary, CU Adm. Ernest Joseph King; Leon Henderson (Price Administrator) bicycling with others.; Dr. J. W. Studebaker, Commissioner of Education; Boys and girls on scrap drive (exuberant, throwing scrap into pile); people signing up for draft and rationing; Department of Agriculture; VS agriculture; Department of State; Secretary Cordell Hull; Int Washington hotel lobby; VS crowded cafeteria; sign: Room and Board, No Vacancy; group of women war workers living in one room; CU pensive woman reclining reading book: "Washington Is Like That," by W.M. Kiplinger; U.S. Capitol building; VS Congress; CU sign: "Thomas Rolph, California" and congressman Rolph; White House; Marvin McIntyre; Stephen Early; Cabinet meeting; Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt; Roosevelt giving Congressional Medal of Honor to General James Doolittle; United Nations (28 countries) meeting with Roosevelt; Military parades along Washington streets with soldiers, tanks, airplanes; Vignette of Roosevelt's face inside outline of United States with soldiers marching in backgroundNOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.