1941-19451940s NEWSREELS
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| 02:18:00 9.93 |
"MOTION PICTURE THEATER INDUSTRY"
ERIC JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE MOTION PICTURE THEATER INDUSTRY MAKES SPEECH, GIVES 5-POINT PROGRAM FOR UNITING THE MOTION PICTURE THEATER INDUSTRY THROUGHOUT AMERICA. ENTERTAINMENT; THEATRE |
| 02:19:51 120.93 |
"THE U.S. MARINES COME BACK TO WAKE ISLAND"
VARIOUS SCENES OF JAPANESE GENERALS BOARDIING U.S. WARSHIP & SIGNING SURRENDER OF WAKE ISLAND TO ADMIRAL HALSEY. |
| 02:20:18 148.93 |
JAPANESE SOLDIERS STAND AT ATTENTION AS AMERICAN MARINES RAISE U.S. FLAG ON WAKE ISLAND BEACH.
JAPANESE SALUTE THE U.S. FLAG. |
| 02:20:29 159.93 |
"RAFFLES", TALENTED BIRD WHO KNOWS ALL THE ANSWERS"
VARIOUS SCENES PET MYNA BIRD SITTING ON HAND OF WOMAN SEATED ON SOFA, RESPONDING TO HER QUESTIONS. ANIMAL ANTICS; BIRDS; ENTERTAINMENT; ODDITY; COMEDY. STUPID PET TRICKS |
| 02:20:49 179.93 |
"RAFFLES, HOW DO YOU LIKE THE GIRLS IN HOLLYWOOD"?
THE BIRD GIVES OUT A FLIRTING WHISTLE. "RAFFLES" MAKES SOUND OF BUZZER RINGING WHEN ASKED TO, "RING FOR THE MAID". |
| 02:21:05 194.93 |
"WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE GI JOE?" THE BIRD SAYS, "HELLO, GI JOE"! SAYS IT IN DIFFERENT VOICE WHEN TOLD TO "CHANGE YOUR VOICE".
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| 02:21:10 199.93 |
WHEN ASKED, "ARE YOU IN THE ARMY?" RAFFLES WHISTLES TUNE TO YOU'RE IN THE ARMY NOW", TWICE.
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| 02:21:27 217.93 |
CU BIRD DOES INTERPRETATION OF COWBOY YODELING.
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| 02:21:31 221.93 |
CU "RAFFLES" WHISTLES THE "STAR SPANGLED BANNER".
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| 02:21:35 225.93 |
"SPORTS". ICE SKATING. "CARNIVAL ON ICE". WORLD PREMIER OF 1946 "ICE CAPADES". AT PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA THE GIANT CARNIVAL INAUGURATES THE NEW SEASON WITH A SPECIAL BENEFIT FOR THE VETERANS IN PITTSBURGH MILITARY HOSPITAL. MUSIC; DANCE;
ENTERTAINMENT; |
| 02:21:57 247.93 |
CHORUS LINE DOES A FRENCH CAN-CAN ON ICE, TOWARDS CAMERA.
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| 02:22:03 252.93 |
LOVELY DONNA ATWOOD PUTS ON DEMONSTRATION OF ICE DANCING
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| 02:22:13 262.93 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF ENTIRE CAST IN COLORFUL INDIAN COSTUMES, IN GRAND FINALE
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| 02:22:29 278.93 |
"DAREDEVILS ON WHEELS"
VARIOUS SCENES OF DAREDEVIL DRIVERS RIDING JALOPIES IN A VARIETY OF CRASH STUNTS. SPORTS; ENTERTAINMENT |
| 02:22:39 289.93 |
JALOPY SPEEDS ONTO RAMP WITH TWO WHEELS, TURNS OVER IN CRASH. TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY HAS IT GOING BACKWARDS TO STARTING POINT.
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| 02:22:48 298.93 |
JALOPY DRIVES ONTO RAMP CRASHES INTO OTHER JALOPIES AT END OF RAMP. STUNT IS REPEATED IN SLOW MOTION. DRIVER IS LIFTED OUT OF WRECK, SMILING.
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| 02:23:31 340.93 |
NOW REVEALED: "THE SECRET OF RADAR"
VARIOUS SCENES OF RADAR TOWER BEING DEMONSTRATED. ENGINEER SHOWS CATHODE TUBE USED IN RADAR. VARIOUS SCENES OF ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOWING HOW RADAR WORKS. RE-ENACTMENT OF PLANE IN FLIGHT ON FIRE & MEN AT RADAR STATION SPOTTING IT ACCURATELY SHOWING WHERE IT WENT DOWN, PICKING UP SURVIVORS. ENGINEERING; INVENTION; WEATHER. |
| 02:26:25 514.93 |
"MODEL AIRPLANE FANS AT IT AGAIN IN CHICAGO MEET."
VARIOUS SCENES OF MODEL AIRPLANE FANS FLYING THEIR MODEL PLANES, DOING STUNTS AT A CHICAGO FIELD. MANY REALISTIC MODELS OF WARPLANES ARE SHOWN. VARIOUS SCENES OF MAN FLYING HIS HAND-CONTROLLED MODEL AND DOING STUNTS WITH IT. SPORTS |
| 02:27:40 589.93 |
"DIXIE BELLES PICK TOBACCO"
VARIOUS SCENES OF DOZENS OF PRETTY SOUTHERN BELLES CROWDED IN RAILROAD FLAT CAR & ARRIVING AT TOBACCO FIELD. VARIOUS SCENES OF THE SOCIETY GIRLS PICKING TOBACCO LEAVES IN FIELD HEAVY WITH CROP. |
| 02:28:28 637.93 |
"SPORTS". SAIL BOAT RACE. AERIAL VIEW OF DOZENS OF SMALL SAILBOATS SAILING IN RACE AT NEWPORT, CALIFORNIA IN BIGGEST REGATTA OF ITS KIND IN THE WEST.
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| 02:28:51 660.93 |
GIRL IN SWIM SUIT SKILLFULLY MANEUVERS HER SMALL BOAT.
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| 02:28:57 666.93 |
"G.I. FISHERMEN"
VARIOUS SCENES OF ABOUT A DOZEN U.S. SOLDIERS FISHING GETTING THEIR FISHING GEAR TOGETHER BY A STREAM, FISHING AND COMPARING THEIR "CATCH". |
| 02:29:13 682.93 |
SEVERAL GIS TELLING FISH STORIES, ONE GESTURES WITH HIS HANDS INDICATING THE SIZE OF HIS "CATCH".
SPORTS |
| 02:29:21 690.93 |
GIS FISHING IN STREAM WITH PANTS ROLLED UP, WATER UP TO THEIR KNEES. GI WITH CRUTCHES CATCHES A SMALL ONE.
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| 02:29:23 692.93 |
GI WAVES TO OTHERS TO COME OVER, HE HAS A BIG BITE ON HIS LINE. FISH TURNS OUT TO BE FEW INCHES LONG.
OTHER GIS MAKE FUN, USE RULER TO MEASURE THE SMALL FISH. |
| 02:29:34 703.93 |
"SPEED BOAT REGATTA"
SMALL ONE-MAN HIGH SPEED BOATS RACE IN THE "PERPETUAL TROPHY REGATTA" AT LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. |
| 02:30:00 729.93 |
SPEEDBOAT TURNS OVER AT THE TURN. CROWDS & DOZENS OF OIL DERRICKS ON SHORE IN BKGD.
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| 02:30:09 738.93 |
"NEWSETTES" WITH LEW LEHR NARRATING. ANIMAL ANTICS
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| 02:30:20 750.93 |
HUGE SEA ELEPHANT FROM NEW ZEALAND COMES UP ON BEACH TO SLEEP. CU SHOT OF SEA ELEPHANT WITH EYES CLOSED. OPENS EYES AND MAKES SOUND LIKE PICCOLO SEA ELEPHANT ENJOYS IT AS MAN TICKLES HIM WITH STICK.
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| 02:31:46 836.93 |
"MILLIONS HONOR EISENHOWER IN NEW YORK"
VARIOUS SCENES GENERAL EISENHOWER IN MOTORCADE WITH MAYOR LAGUARDIA, BEING GREETED BY RECORD CROWDS, SHOWERED BY TICKER TAPE, CONFETTI, IN NEW YORK CITY. |
| 02:31:59 849.93 |
GENERAL "IKE" EISENHOWER EXITS PLANE GETS INTO OPEN LIMO WITH NEW YORK'S MAYOR LAGUARDIA.
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| 02:32:15 864.93 |
MAN RUNS UP TO EISENHOWER LIMO AS IT RIDES ALONG, HANDS "IKE", WHO REACHES BACK, A LARGE KEY TO CITY.
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| 02:32:27 876.93 |
LIMO RIDES THROUGH CENTRAL PARK LINED BY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHEERING PEOPLE. IKE STANDS IN LIMO, WAVES
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| 02:32:47 897.93 |
HUGE CROWD BEHIND BARRICADES ALONG FIFTH AVENUE.
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| 02:33:02 911.93 |
HUGE SHOWER OF TICKER TAPE AND CONFETTI RAIN DOWN ON MOTORCADE.
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| 02:33:40 950.93 |
CROWD SURGES FORWARD AS MOTORCADE ARRIVES AT CITY HALL. AERIAL VIEWS OF TREMENDOUS CROWD AT CITY HALL.
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| 02:34:01 970.93 |
"IKE" SPEAKS FROM PLATFORM ON CITY HALL STEPS.
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| 02:35:19 1048.93 |
SCORES OF MOTORCYCLE POLICE, SIRENS BLASTING LEAD MOTORCADE DOWN NEW YORK CITY STREETS.
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| 02:35:29 1058.93 |
NEW YORK POLO GROUNDS, STANDS BRISTLING WITH CROWDS CHEER "IKE" AS HE RIDES ON FIELD IN LIMO, WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS.
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| 02:35:42 1071.93 |
"IKE IS GIVEN A SPECIAL MADE BAT BY RIVAL MANAGERS OF TODAYS BASEBALL GAME. BOB COLEMAN OF THE "BRAVES", MEL OTT OF THE "GIANTS". MAYOR LAGUARDIA LOOKS ON. HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF GAME IN PROGRESS.
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| 02:36:06 1095.93 |
"IKE" ADDRESSES HUGE BANQUET, SPEAKS ABOUT THE REMAINING HALF OF THE GLOBAL WAR.
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| 02:36:37 1126.93 |
"IKE" REVIEWS PARADE OF CADETS AT WEST POINT WITH GENERAL WILBY, COMMANDER OF WEST POINT.
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| 02:37:02 1151.93 |
"THE QUEEN MARY BRINGS 14,526 VETS BACK FROM EUROPE".
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| 02:37:10 1159.93 |
BLIMP RIDES OVER THE "QUEEN MARY" AS IT ARRIVES IN NEW YORK HARBOR. AERIAL VIEWS OF DECK CROWDED WITH GIS, AS SEEN FROM BLIMP. LINER PASSES STATUE OF LIBERTY IN BKGD. NEW YORK'S SKYLINE IN BKGD.
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| 02:37:46 1195.93 |
"KING AND QUEEN SEE RUNNING OF ENGLISH DERBY"
HIGH ANGLE VIEW 30,000 SPECTATORS JAMMING NEWMARKET, THE WARTIME HOME OF THE DERBY. KING GEORGE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH WALK IN THE FAIRWAY. HORSES, JOCKEYS ARE PARADED TO POST BY TRAINERS. SPORTS; HORSE RACING |
| 02:38:32 1241.93 |
CLOSELY PACKED FIELD OF 27 HORSES TAKE OFF.
"STAMPEDE" COMES IN TO WIN BY TWO LENGTHS. KING GEORGE SHAKES WITH JOCKEY. |
| 02:39:20 1289.93 |
"GENERAL "IKE" COMES HOME". "VICTOR OVER NAZIS HAILED IN THREE ALLIED CAPITALS". VARIOUS SCENES OF GENERAL EISENHOWER BEING GREETED BY THRONGS IN LONDON, PARIS & WASHINGTON, D.C. SPEAKS BEFORE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.
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| 02:39:39 1308.93 |
MONTAGE HUGE CROWDS CHEER AS STANDING AND WAVING "IKE" RIDES IN CARRIAGE DOWN LONDON STREETS.
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| 02:39:55 1324.93 |
LORD MAYOR OF LONDON PRESENTS "IKE" WITH THE SWORD OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. MLS PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL LEADS THE OVATION.
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| 02:40:08 1337.93 |
EISENHOWER MAKES SPEECH ON BALCONY OF MANSION HOUSE, CHURCHILL IN TOP HAT AND OTHERS IN BKGD.
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| 02:41:10 1399.93 |
CHURCHILL MAKES SPEECH FROM BALCONY TO CROWD BELOW.
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| 02:41:55 1445.93 |
CU CHURCHILL AND "IKE".
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| 02:42:01 1450.93 |
"PARIS". EISENHOWER WALKS DOWN CHAMPS-ELYSEES LINED WITH FRENCH HONOR GUARD, IS PRESENTED MEDAL BY GENERAL DEGAULLE & KISSED ON EACH CHEEK.
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| 02:42:24 1473.93 |
"IKE PLACES WREATH ON TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER. CU ETERNAL LIGHT BURNS.
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| 02:42:33 1483.93 |
MONTAGE "IKE & DEGAULLE TOUR PARIS IN OPEN LIMO, MOTORCADE. HUGE CHEERING CROWDS
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| 02:43:26 1535.93 |
"WASHINGTON, D.C.". "IKE" ARRIVES IN CAPITAL BY PLANE, IS MET AND KISSES HIS WIFE "MAMIE".
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| 02:43:48 1558.93 |
MONTAGE CROWDS CHEER "IKE" AS HE RIDES DOWN AVENUE IN JEEP, SURROUNDED BY CAMERA CARS, WITH CAMERAMEN ON ROOFS OF CARS.
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| 02:44:43 1613.93 |
"IKE" IS GIVEN STANDING OVATION IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MAKES SPEECH.
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| 02:46:19 1708.93 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN PLACES MEDAL ON "IKE" CHEST IN GARDEN OF WHITE HOUSE.
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| 02:46:48 1737.93 |
"DEGAULLE IN PARIS". "WILD CELEBRATION INTERRUPTED BY SNIPER ATTACK" VARIOUS SCENES OF TRIUMPHANT DEGAULLE BEING GREETED BY THOUSANDS OF FRENCH CITIZENS CELEBRATING THEIR LIBERATION FROM NAZIS.
THE JOY IS INTERRUPTED BY SNIPER FIRE, FEAR AND ANGER. |
| 02:46:59 1749.93 |
AERIAL PAN OF PARIS AS SEEN FROM LOW FLYING PLANE AS IT SPEEDS JUST ABOVE ROOF TOPS. CROWDS GATHERING IN STREETS BELOW. AERIAL VIEW ARC DE TRIOMPHE SURROUNDED BY THRONG.
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| 02:47:22 1771.93 |
GENERAL DEGAULLE WALKS DOWN AVENUE, TOWARDS CAMERA, FOLLOWED BY CROWD. PLACES WREATH AT TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER.
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| 02:48:09 1818.93 |
IN OLD FILM, PIERRE LAVAL, HEAD OF FRENCH VICHY GOVERNMENT, EXITS GOVERNMENT BUILDING WITH NAZI GENERALS WITH WHICH HE COLLABORATED DURING OCCUPATION.
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| 02:48:24 1833.93 |
DEGAULLE IN OPEN LIMO, MOTORCADE, RIDES TO NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL, UNAWARE THAT TRAITORS PLOTTED TO ASSASSINATE HIM. & KILL AS MANY OF THE PATRIOTS CELEBRATING. HUGE CROWDS WATCHING MOTORCADE, AS SHOTS RING OUT FROM BUILDINGS ALONG THE MOTORCADE ROUTE.
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| 02:48:57 1866.93 |
MONTAGE PEOPLE IN STREETS PANIC, RUN AND CROUCH TO THEIR KNEES TO AVOID SNIPER FIRE FROM TOP FLOOR OF APARTMENT HOUSE. PATRIOTS, SOLDIERS, SHOOT BACK.
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| 02:49:14 1883.93 |
PAN MEN, WOMEN, BUNCHED UP TOGETHER, LAY DOWN IN STREETS TO AVOID SHOOTING.
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| 02:50:12 1941.93 |
MOTHER YANKS HER BOY TO SAFETY INTO BUILDING
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| 02:50:20 1950.93 |
CU DEGAULLE CALMLY WATCHES WITH CIGARETTE DANGLING FROM LIPS.
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| 02:50:26 1956.93 |
CU PATRIOTS IN F/G SHOOT FROM WINDOW INTO NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL ACROSS STREET FROM WHERE SNIPERS ARE SHOOTING.
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| 02:50:48 1978.93 |
FRENCH SOLDIERS IN F/G RAKE APARTMENT BUILDING WITH MACHINE GUN FIRE.
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| 02:50:59 1989.93 |
ELDERLY WOMAN WOUNDED IS PLACED ON STRETCHER AFTER SHOOTING ENDS.
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| 02:51:18 2007.93 |
MONTAGE CROWDS RAIN PUNCHES ON TRAITORS AS THEY ARE ROUNDED UP BY POLICE.
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| 02:51:53 2043.93 |
MALE SPECTATOR SPITS ON GERMAN PRISONERS ROUNDED UP BY FRENCH SOLDIERS. OTHERS PASS THROUGH THEE GAUNTLET OF IRATE CITIZENS.
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| 02:52:19 2068.93 |
"VICTORY PARADE". AERIAL VIEW OF HUGE MILITARY PARADE OF THOUSANDS OF U.S. SOLDIERS, TANKS, VEHICLES, PASSING UNDER THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE.
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| 02:52:49 2099.93 |
GREAT SHOTS OF THOUSANDS OF U.S. TROOPS SIDE BY SIDE ALONG WIDTH OF AVENUE, PASSING UNDER ARC DE TRIOMPHE. AERIAL VIEWS OF MEMORABLE SITE.
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| 02:53:41 2151.93 |
"EISENHOWER IN PARIS"
EISENHOWER, OMAR BRADLEY IN PARIS. DEGAULLE MEETS WITH "IKE". |
| 02:54:36 2205.93 |
TAPE ENDS.
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