Wardens’ Mass Enlistment Dublin Issue (1942)

Titles read: “WARDENS’ MASS ENLISTMENT“ (Dublin issue). Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. In a large hall we see 20,000 members of the Building Employers Union enlisting as Air Raid Wardens at the same time. The Mayor of Chicago administers the Oath of Office and the large crowd responds, holding up their hands (oath is not heard). FILM ID:1314.2 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 Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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