Roosevelt Signs! (1941)

Title reads: “Roosevelt Signs!“ Washington DC, United States of America (USA). Good L/S of White House across lawns. M/S of government official walking into White House carrying folder. C/U of Lease and Lend Bill. Various shots of President Franklin D Roosevelt signing the Lease and Lend Bill. According to narrator FDR used six pens for this historic occasion, the pens will later to be presented to Congress leaders. Note: paperwork suggests this item was originally longer, some shots maybe missing or have been reused in another Gazette story. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Param
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