North America steps up its war efforts (1940)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit The Earl of Athlone tours a bren gun factory in Toronto, in the US, men line up to enlist, a new battleship is laid down, training troops march, and the world s fastest fighter, the Lockheed pursuit plane, is introduced Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: America s War Machine Gears Up CANADA: Ontario: Toronto: INT USA: EXT world s fastest fighter Lockhead Pursuit AMERICA Military America s War Guards mobilised AHTLONE, Earl of inspects Bren gun plant in Toronto GUNS. Bren gun plant in Toronto United States of America; Mobilisation World War II, WWII, Second World War, World War Two, war, Axis, Allies, munitions, Prince Alexander of Teck, light machine guns, Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, peacetime conscription, P38 Lightning, recruits Background: The Earl of Athlone tours