The Video History of Our Times (newsreel footage) - 1939
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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)
[0:00] 1939 and the Flames of War are about to
[0:03] consume the world the Japanese are
[0:05] moving deeper into China Spain has
[0:08] fallen to dictator Francisco Franco in a
[0:10] civil war Italy and Germany create the
[0:13] infamous Rome Berlin axis when Germany
[0:16] invades Poland Britain and then France
[0:18] declare war against the Germans and the
[0:20] second world war has begun women and
[0:23] children are evacuated from London as
[0:25] the British prepare for air attacks the
[0:28] new invention radar is installed at
[0:30] British anti-aircraft gun sites
[0:33] President Roosevelt declares the United
[0:35] States neutral in Europe's new war but
[0:38] he signs a law that makes the sale of
[0:40] War materials to the Allies legal
[0:43] America still struggling to recover from
[0:45] the depression is suddenly into boom
[0:48] times as orders for planes and ships and
[0:50] other War materials have an electrifying
[0:53] effect on the American economy science
[0:56] takes a critical turn this year too a
[0:58] demonstration shows that the atom can be
[1:01] split to release nuclear energy Albert
[1:04] Einstein writes President Roosevelt
[1:06] about the possibility of building an
[1:08] atomic bomb the world is on the brink of
[1:11] a new and for many a frightening ERA
[1:15] this and much more is the year
[1:17] 1939 let's watch
[1:22] [Music]
[1:51] la
[2:01] la
[2:08] [Music]
[2:33] highlights of the great game that
[2:34] thrilled 91,000 fans in the Rose Bowl in
[2:37] the country's big midwinter
[2:41] classic and here's Duke's Mighty Eric
[2:44] the Red Tipton in Action a pass to
[2:46] McAfee good for plenty of
[2:49] yards Robertson of Duke takes the ball
[2:52] for a 5yd
[2:53] [Music]
[2:57] gain Tony Rua tries a field goal for
[3:00] Duke from the 23 yd line