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America On War - 1942 1942
Description
Washington D. C., United States of America (USA).
Various shots of the huge crowd of Americans gathered in Washington for the ceremony calling to support the American war needs. Huge crowd takes the oath - natural sound.
Black boxer Joe Louis in uniform steps up and addresses the...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sanja
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 60489
- Sort Number:
- UN 308 E
- Time in/Out:
- 01:12:54:00 / 01:15:30:00
- Canister:
- UN 308 E
- Film ID:
- 1693.05
- Issue Date:
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