NYC Mayor Fiorello La Guardia asks citizens to contribute spare aluminum to the government for defense needs

[Audio not synchronized] New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, the new director of the Office of Civilian Defense, announces aluminum shower for the week of July 21 for all citizens to donate any spare aluminum utensils to the government for defense needs / CU SOT La Guardia says "the old aluminum utensils you do not need. The official collection will start on July the 21st. Do not give any of it away until that day. We expect to collect 20 million pounds of old aluminum utensils throughout the country. Ten thousand pounds are needed for each fighter plane. Just think of it. We will collect enough aluminum for 2,000 fighter planes. I appeal to all to help in this very important mission of collecting old aluminum." / Note: exact day not known; film has nitrate deterioration