| WENDELL WILKIE SPILLS A BIB-FUL Republican Presidential Candidate Wendell Wilkie Pledges Support to Britain | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6425 | |
| Catalog #: | 189208 | |
| Clip Number: | 189208-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 40/82 | |
| Timecode: | 01:03:36 - 01:04:35 | |
| Location: | United States of America | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Audience ELECTIONS: Campaigns GOVERNMENT: Democracy PERSONALITIES: Willkie, Wendell WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Speeches | |
| Description: | WENDELL WILKIE SPILLS A BIB-FUL Republican Presidential Candidate Wendell Wilkie Pledges Support to Britain United States of America (USA). MS Presidential Candidate Wendell Wilkie speaking at a Republican rally on his presidential campaign tour, he affirms his support for aid to Britain and calls Britain the first line of US Defence and the only remaining friend of the USA. He thus supports Roosevelt's Democratic policy of aid to Britain in the battle with Germany. Wilkie's Speech: "Great Britain failed. We are uttlerly and savagely alone. Almost no nation on Earth except Britain owes us anything but disillusionment and ill will." Cheering crowd. "We must send and must keep sending aid to Britain." Cheers. "Our first line of defense and our only remaining friend." Cheering crowd. | |
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