Big News of 1941 - 1941/12/24 (1941) - Universal Newsreel Year in Review

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The Editors of Universal Newsreel present dramatic highlights of an epochal year.

1) Help For Democracies - America's answer - ships, tanks, guns and planes for the brave actions fighting aggression. As the Arsenal of Democracy, the U.S. delivers the goods!" - scenes include FDR speaking to Congress

2) The 3rd Term - "Unprecedented third term for President Roosevelt! Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes office at gravest crisis in America's history."

3) Sabotage and Strikes - "Flames of destruction destroy vital American factories and supplies. Strikes too cripple defense production, but the advent of war brings epic settlement."

4) The Flight of Hess - "Rudolph Hess, the mystery man of the year. His flight might have been the act of a desparate man to gain peace!"

5) No Oil For Hitler - "The Middle East theatre of war! Britain's occupation of Syria and Iran forestalls Nazi drive into the rich oil fields.

6) Selassie on Throne Again - "in Ethiopia, Hailie Selassie returns to his throne."

7) US Occupies Iceland - "American troops take over Atlantic outpost to counter Nazi drives towards this hemisphere and to protect shipping lanes."

8) Kearny Torpedoed - "Destroyer Kearny is torpedoed, first U.S. naval victim of the war."

9) Russian Victories - "Germany's invasion of the Soviet backfires! heroic defence by the Russians puts the Nazi invasion in reverse. Good news in 1941!"

10) British Win In Libya - "Britain's second drive into the North African country bodes well for the Allies. Imperial forces spread annihilation of Axis forces."

11) Japan's Treachery - "America is drawn into the world-wide war by Jap infamy and treachery in the Pacific. Dastardly dawn attack on Honolulu unites all Americans in vengeful determination to crush the war-lords of Japan. Get behind your President! Work for Victory! Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps!" ends with Victory for America logo.

I was 1 year old when all this was happening. My Dad and three uncles went away to war. The next four years I lived in a house surrounded by loving women. Their pain and anxiety must have been traumatic.
And may I offer two quotes:
1941 - "Thank God Franklin Roosevelt is our president" (someone surely said it)
2001 - "Thank God George Bush is our president" (Rudy Guiliani)
......HOW FAR WE'VE FALLEN.......