English subtitles for clip: File:Brazil at War (1943).ogv

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Brazil has declared war

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and joined the United Nations.

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Just what does this mean to the people of

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the United States and to our fighting allies?

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We have gained a powerful new friend in Brazil.

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Brazil's territory covers 47% of the

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South American continent.

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A quarter of a million square miles larger

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than the United States' proper.

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Larger than all Europe excluding Russia,

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but let's look beyond the map.

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How can Brazil and her people

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help us to win the war?

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Well, there are more than 45 million Brazilians,

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which is a third of the population of the United States.

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We have been friends in times of peace

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as well as in times of war.

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Once before, the people of Brazil proved their

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friendship to the people of the United States

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in a time of world crisis. That was in 1917.

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The two people have much in common.

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Like ourselves, the Brazilians

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are very cosmopolitan in character.

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They are a progressive people,

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with a constitution that guarantees protection

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to all workers, and modern social legislation.

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They are a sturdy people, from the gauchos

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of the great cattle ranches.

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And the workmen on the rich coffee and cotton plantations.

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And the orange groves of her rich

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valleys and plains, to the city-dwellers.

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These Brazilians are in the war all the way.

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All males between the ages of 18 and 40

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are now subject to military duty.

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An army of three million soldiers can be raised

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without affecting vital industrial activities.

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Brazil is a land of picturesque and beautiful cities.

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It's capital is famous throughout the world

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as a center of culture and the arts.

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Rio de Janeiro, which means

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"River of January", was named for the month

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in which it was discovered by a Portuguese

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explorer in 1531; nearly a century before

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the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers.

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Today, Rio is a modern city of more than

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two million population.

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It's municipal theater is one of the finest

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opera houses in the world.

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The Tiradentes Palace has, since January 1942,

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come to be known as the birthplace of hemisphere unity.

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Where it was here that the 21-American republic drew up the momentous

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Rio Charter, a far-reaching agreement of

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mutual faith, collaboration, and protection.

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Brazil's merchant fleet is the second largest

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in the western hemisphere,

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surpassed only by our own.

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And despite torpedoings by Axis submarines

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when Brazil was still at peace, these ships

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will prove invaluable in transporting

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raw materials to the United States, and

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convoying military equipment to distant

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theaters of war.

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Her navy is not large, as compared to those

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of the United States and Great Britain,

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but it is modern, splendidly officered

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and manned, and eager for action against

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our common enemy.

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These fine ships and fighting men

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throw the balance of naval power

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that much further in favor of the

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United Nations.

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Already, they have seen action against

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enemy raiders, attacking our vitally

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important South-Atlantic supply lines.

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We may confidently expect that the

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Brazilian Navy will live up to the high standards

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it set for itself in the first World War.

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Backing up it's navy is Brazil's large and

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rapidly-growing air force.

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These splendid new airfields, through the courtesy

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of our good neighbor and ally, are now available

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to our long-range Flying Fortresses and Liberators.

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The efficiency of Brazilian fighting planes

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and the marksmanship of her pilots,

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has already been admirably proven against

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marauding Axis submarines,

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pursuing their campaign of terrorism

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off of her more than 4,000 miles of coastland.

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Getúlio Vargas, Brazil's progressive president,

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has long been an ardent advocate

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of inter-American solidarity,

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military preparedness, and hemispheric collaboration.

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Under his guidance, the Brazilian Army has

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been rapidly increased, equipped, and trained

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in all the phases of modern warfare.

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Brazil's total mobilization and training is

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already well on their way towards that 3-million mark,

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and by the uncompromising public declaration

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of this President, this army as our fighting ally,

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stands ready to make any sacrifice which our

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collective security may require.

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Under government supervision, Brazil is now

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manufacturing modern aircraft.

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Other war materials are also being manufactured

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on production lines, patterned after those

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of our own great plants.

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As an industrial country, Brazil ranks 2nd to

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the United States in the western hemisphere.

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And Brazil's fabulous resources and the great

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variety of important raw materials make her

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doubly valuable as an ally.

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Brazil is the hemisphere's 2nd largest producer

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of coal ore, so important in the manufacture of

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high-grade steel.

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These war factories in the United States use large

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quantities of Brazilian manganese, highest grade

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iron ore, zinc, nickel, and other minerals

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essential to the manufacture of tanks,

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machine guns, warships and other necessities

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of modern warfare. We need these raw materials

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to keep our war production plants going all-out

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for victory.

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Brazil produces a large quantity of bauxite,

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of which the aluminum used so extensively

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in our combat planes is made.

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Brazil is the world's only source of

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high-grade crystal in substantial quantities,

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so essential in the manufacture of the

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electrical, optical, and precision instruments

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which have such a vital place in modern warfare.

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She is also one of the world's largest producers

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of industrial diamonds, used in cutting the

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hard metals from which machine tools are made.

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She can produce enough of the basic materials

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for making explosives to supply the entire world.

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We all know that Brazil leads the world in

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the output of coffee, but far more important

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in wartime, the great jungle forest of the

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Amazon Valley is the cradle of the rubber industry.

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In 1903 this area supplied more than 3/5ths

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of the entire world's consumption of rubber.

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The seeds of rubber trees such as these,

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smuggled out of the Amazon country,

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shifted the rubber production of the world

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to the far-east.

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But that supply of this tragically important

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product is now among the spoils of war

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in the hands of the Japanese.

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However a million and a half square miles

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of wild rubber trees in the friendly Brazillian

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Amazon Basin is again being tapped

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to supply the needs of the United Nations.

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Brazil's production of rubber alone may prove

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to be a decisive factor in winning this war.

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Yes, Brazil brings much to the Allied cause.

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Not only the weight of her resources and

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manpower, but the militant spirit of her people

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and the reaffirmation of her friendship for

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the people of the United States.

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A friendship which we welcome with gratitude

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and which shall never be forgotten.

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