Eclair №20884 (1939)

Newsreel №63171, 2 parts, Duration: 0:14:56 B/W

Reel №1

USA. Launch of the ocean liner "America" USA. Raising a sunken submarine.

Descent of US divers.

Maneuvers of American tanks USA. Cordwell Hall - American ambassador to France in the US Congress Belgium.

End of general mobilization.

Parade of Belgian troops France.

Moselle finally evacuated.

Working in vineyards and sowing winter crops France.

Air defense measures.

Construction of shelters.

Rouen.

Stained glass windows removed from frames and securely hidden.

The walls of the Rouen Cathedral are lined with sacks.

American hospital intended for French soldiers in Paris.

Interior view of the hospital, medical personnel France.

Speech by the American representative France.

Delivery of mail and food France.

In a military bakery France.

Sending artillery to the front France.

Daladier at the front England.

Calling up 2nd line reserves France.

English troops in France Poland.

Combat operations of the first days of the war with Germany.

Bombing of Polish cities by German aircraft.

Battleship "Schleswig Holstein" fires at Wester Platte.

Destruction in Poland France.

England.

Franco-English fleet at sea.

Goering.

Paul Reynaud.

Economic war.

German fleet - 312,000 tons.

England - 2 million tons.

France - 340,000 tons.

England's gold reserves are 97 million.

France - 90 million.

Germany has no gold reserves. 187 million

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