Eastern Eye: A Nova Scotia Filmography ~ 1899-1973

First US destroyers for the UK 

Producing Agency:   Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corporation

Production Date:   1940

Format:   16 mm, 35 mm, b&w, silent,

Series:   Fox Movietone News

Synopsis – in Halifax the Royal Navy takes control of several American destroyers. British sailors are seen boarding World War I destroyers and are briefed on the operation of the ships. The Stars and Stripes is lowered and the Union Jack is raised.

Repository:   National Archives of Canada

Subjects:
First US destroyers for the UK
United States of America. Navy
Great Britain. Navy
World War II, 1939 1945 - Naval operations
Twentieth-Century Fox

Genre:
Newsreels

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