Roosevelt Speaks About The Sinking Of Us… 1941

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Unused / unissued material - paperwork dates it as September 1941.

United States of America.

President Franklin D Roosevelt speaks to the nation from behind a desk (C/Us).

He talks of how the Americans have "sought no shooting war with Hitler", but says they do not want peace...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
58270
Sort Number:
UN 0175 D
Time in/Out:
01:49:01:00 / 01:51:08:00
Canister:
UN 175 D
Film ID:
604.13
Issue Date:

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