The date is December 29, 1940. Franklin Delano Roosevelt has just been re-elected to an unprecedented third term in office. But the world is in a crisis. Nazi Germany has blazed the path of destruction across Europe, and America may soon be drawn into war. Meet with the President just prior to his delivery of the famous “Arsenal for Democracy” speech. First Person Interpreter, Neill Hartley, gives presentations through the American Historical Theatre of Philadelphia. “This program was made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views,
findings, conclusions or recommendations in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the
Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.”