• Short Summary

    Wendell Willkie arrives in Cairo as Roosevelt's representative for a tour of the Middle East.

  • Description

    Titles read: "WENDELL WILLKIE IN MIDDLE EAST".

    Cairo, Egypt.

    Various shots show Wendell Willkie arriving at Cairo airport as President Roosevelt's representative on a US Air Transport plane. He is on a tour of the Middle East. He gets off the plane wearing a pith helmet and is greeted by Lord Casey and Alexander Kirk, the American Minister. They chat and have a cigarette. Willkie is driven off in a car.

    Note: commentator notes Willkie's popularity with the British "during the ugly days and nights of early '41" - referring to the morale boosting tour of Britain that the American politician undertook at that time - see separate records for Pathe footage of the tour.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1338.04
    Media URN:
    44167
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    17/09/1942
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:52:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:06:11:00 / 01:07:03:00
    Canister:
    42/75

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