One of three recordings made for a report about the SS President Roosevelt departing from Galway.
Description of the ship and commentary of the scene at the pier.
The SS President Roosevelt was sent to Galway in late May 1940 to pick up Americans who wanted to come home from the British Isles, following the beginning of the Battle of France.
The commentator is Dennis Johnston.
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