What Lease And Lend Means (1941)

Item title reads - What Lease and Lend means. Somewhere in Britain, exact location of events unknown. Various shots of British dock where parts of aeroplanes and tanks are unloaded. Other equipment including machines called Predictors are unpacked, the camera pans across them. L/S of huge armament storehouse, a train load of supplies enters. Various shots of . boxes being unloaded and put on conveyor belts to be stored for war use. M/S of girls and men inspecting the submachine guns, various shots as they check them before they are despatched. M/S as the boxes are loaded and driven along outside. Various shots of cannons in the warehouse. M/S of tanks on trains, one is driven off. Various shots as the tanks go over testing ground. M/S as bombs are unloaded, they go on train to be stored. The camera pans across the bombs. 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 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.