https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/4d95f350-f1d7-49d4-bbed-7a9b2e2e38ff Support Our Channel : https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm This historic WWII Marine Corps. newsreel shows the activities of the USMC in the early stages of American involvement in the war. The newsreel starts with a segment showing Marines in Iceland keeping an eye out for German aircraft. The Marines are also shown parading for relief funds in New York City. The retirement ceremony is shown for Quartermaster Sgt. Frank W. Wright. The film ends with President Franklin Roosevelt speaking in front of a joint session of Congress, paying tribute to the USMC and the service of its members on Wake Island, Guam and other Pacific locations attacked by the Japanese. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv0-0BVulRU Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:25:44 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/4d95f350-f1d7-49d4-bbed-7a9b2e2e38ff All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.