VM-2077

"LIFE IN THE RUINS OF BOMBED TOKYO UNDER OCCUPATION"

"NAMES IN THE NEWS". "SECRETARY OF WAR STIMSON HONORED BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN".TRUMAN AND STIMSON WALK IN WHITE HOUSE GARDEN, TOWARDS CAMERA. TRUMAN PINS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL ON STIMPSON'S LAPEL. WIFE, GENERAL MARSHALL & OTHERS WATCH.

"REGENT OF GREECE ON VISIT TO ENGLAND"
ARCHBISHOP DAMASTINOS ARRIVES AT BRITISH AIRPORT, POSES BY PLANE.

"MADAME CHIANG KAI SHEK RETURNS TO CHINA"
GREETED BY HER HUSBAND AND CROWD OF WELL-WISHERS.
SHE PRESENTS CHINESE MEDALS TO AMERICAN AIRMEN WHO FLEW HER TO CHINA. CHIANG KAI-CHEK AND MADAME CHIANG SIT TO DINNER WITH AMERICAN FLIERS.

"REMOTE CONTROL OF PLANES". VARIOUS SCENES ARMY TECHNICIANS USING HAND-HELD REMOTE CONTROL DEVICES TO FLY LARGE MODEL AIRPLANES. VARIOUS SCENES GIS START MODEL PLANE'S ENGINE, THEN USE CATAPULT TO SHOT THEM INTO AIR. CU GI ON GROUND USES HAND-HELD REMOTE UNIT TO CONTROL PLANE IN FLIGHT.

"NEW CABLE AIRFIELD". VARIOUS SCENES SMALL ARMY AIRPLANE LANDING BY HITCHING ONTO A RIG OF CABLES.
AFTER HITCHING ONTO THE LINE, PLANE FLIES ALONG CABLE UNTIL IT COMES TO STOP, JUST HANGS THERE.
THE PORTABLE RIG IS FOR PLACES WHERE PLANES CANNOT LAND ON GROUND. PLANE ALSO TAKES OFF FROM CABLE.

"PIGSKIN PARADE". COLLEGE FOOTBALL. ILLINOIS VS PITTSBURGH AERIAL VIEW OF GAME IN PLAY - ILLINOIS WINS 26-6.

HUNDREDS OF LEG FORMS WITH NYLONS FITTED ON THEM.

THREE MODELS LIFT DRESSES IN CHEESECAKE POSE, SHOW NYLONS.

"FILM REPORT OF NEWS EVENTS". "MEAT CRISIS AVERTED AS U.S. RUNS PLANTS". ANIMALS; AGRICULTURE;
INDUSTRY

BUTCHERS IN LARGE MEAT PLANT CUT UP BEEF AND PORK ON HUGE TABLES, PLACE THEM ONTO CONVEYORS. LARGE HAMS ROLLING DOWN CONVEYOR, TOWARDS CAMERA.

BRITISH FIELD MARSHAL ALEXANDER ADDRESSES DELEGATES OF 51 COUNTRIES. HE TELLS HOW THE SOLDIERS FEEL ABOUT WAR. HE TELLS OF, "THE UTTER WASTE OF TIME AND SHEER STUPIDITY THAT CIVILIZED MANKIND SHALL TRY TO SOLVE HIS PROBLEMS BY RESORTING TO THE LAWS OF THE JUNGLE."

"MIGHTY CARRIER "FDR" ON SHAKE DOWN CRUISE"
VARIOUS SCENES & VIEWS OF THE 45,000 TON CARRIER "FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT" AT SEA ON ITS SHAKEDOWN CRUISE.

PLANE TRYING TO TAKE OFF FROM DECK DOESN'T MAKE IT, SPLASHES INTO SEA. PILOT SURVIVES.

VARIOUS SCENES NAVY "COUGAR" FIGHTER PLANES LANDING ON DECK.

JAPANESE GENERAL HOMMA SITS WITH HIS ATTORNEY IN MILITARY COURT, LISTENS AS PHILIPPINE WOMAN TELLS HORROR STORY OF HER HUSBAND'S TORTURE BY HOMMA'S SOLDIERS BEFORE THEY EXECUTED HIM.

"WAR'S WAKE BRINGS TRAGEDY OF INTERNAL STRIFE TO INDO CHINA" (NORTH VIETNAM). EARLY DAYS OF EVENTS LEADING TO U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM WAR.

LARGE GROUP OF NATIVE MEN, WOMEN IN RICE PADDY WITH OXEN-DRIVEN CARTS. MS OX STRAINS TO PULL CART, NATIVE OCCUPANTS OUT DEEP WATERY RICE PADDY.
REFUGEES IN OX-DRIVEN CARTS LADEN WITH SLEEPING CHILDREN, BELONGINGS, RIDE DOWN DIRT ROAD.

GROUPS OF CHILDREN RIDE THROUGH RICE PADDIES ON BACKS OF OXEN. NATIVES WADE THROUGH KNEE=DEEP PADDIES.

PAN OF BRIDES POSING FOR CAMERA WITH BABIES IN ARMS. ONE MAKES STATEMENT OVER MICROPHONE. ANOTHER BRIDE SAYS A FEW WORDS. 1940s HAIR STYLE, HATS;
FASHIONS

LADY RIDER MRS. AMY DITADOFF (?) RIDES BEHIND SLED AS DOGS RACE DOWN SNOW-COVERED RURAL ROADS AND DEEP SNOWY FIELDS. DOGS PULL SLED AS SEEN FROM DRIVER'S POV.

"WATER SHOW FOR GIS". LARGE GROUP OF WOUNDED AIR FORCE VETERANS RELAX ALONG POOL EDGE, WATCH WATER CARNIVAL AT CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA. FEMALE DIVERS DIVE OFF HIGH PLATFORM INTO POOL. SPORTS;
ENTERTAINMENT

DIVER, BACK TO CAMERA, ATTEMPTS TO WALK ACROSS FLAG POLE & GRAB SMALL FLAGS ON THE END, SLIPS, FALLS INTO POOL FAR BELOW. SEVERAL OTHERS TRY, FALL. FINALLY 1 SNATCHES FLAG AS HE FALLS IN POOL.

SEVEN BATHING BEAUTIES IN SWIM SUITS GATHER AROUND ROSS ALLEN, TAKE NOTES ON PADS, AS HE GRABS THE LARGER OF SEVERAL ALLIGATORS OUT OF WATER, BY THE TAIL. AS CROWD WATCHES, ROSS LEADS THE GIRLS INTO THE WATER WHERE THE ALLIGATORS RESIDE.

GIRLS WEAR GOGGLES AS THEY SIT UNDERWATER, ON BOTTOM. THEY TAKE NOTES AS ONE GRABS AN ALLIGATOR AND SHOWS THEM HOW IT IS DONE.

MONTGOMERY SITS AT TABLE WITH GERMAN GENERAL STAFF, READS TERMS OF SURRENDER. GERMAN ADMIRAL VON FREIDERBURG SIGNS AS DOES GENERAL YODEL, WHO SIGNS FOR ADMIRAL DONETZ, SUCCESSOR TO HITLER.

"THE GRUESOME END OF BENITO MUSSOLINI'. GRAPHIC SCENES OF ROMAN CROWD AND ITALIAN PARTISANS HANGING DEAD BODIES OF BENITO MUSSOLINI, HIS MISTRESS AND OTHER FASCISTS BY THEIR FEET ON A CORNER GAS STATION AS ENORMOUS CROWD WATCHES.

THREE VETERANS OF IWO JIMA, TWO MARINES & A SAILOR, WHO WERE MEMBERS OF TEAM RAISING THE FLAG, POSE.

"WASHINGTON". HELICOPTER BOUGHT WITH MONEY FROM BOND DRIVE DESCENDS ON GROUND IN FRONT OF CAPITAL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. PAGE LIEUTENANT AND PAGE FROM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE EACH CHRISTEN THE HELICOPTER WITH BOTTLE OF CHAMPAIGN.

"EIGHT-STAR MOTHER HONORED IN NEW YORK". MOTHER OF EIGHT SERVICEMEN, ONE KILLED IN BATTLE, IS HONORED BY SALVATION ARMY. FEMALE SALVATION ARMY SOLDIER PRESENTS MRS. ROSE BUONAVOSE (?) WITH FLORAL BOUQUET.

"HORSE RACING BACK AGAIN!". SPORTS. AFTER 129 DAYS OF BEING IDLE, HORSE RACING COMES BACK AT SPORTSMAN'S PARK, CHICAGO.

HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF LINES OF HORSE RACE FANS AT THE MANY WINDOWS, PLACING BET. MS WOMAN, FACING CAMERAS, PLACES BET.

"VYVYAN DONNER'S, FASHION IN HATS". CU VIEWS OF MODELS SHOWING VARIETY OF HAT DESIGNS (CIRCA 1945)
BY MADAME PAULINE.

LONG LINE OF GIS WALK POUT OF HEADQUARTERS BARRACKS WAVING THEIR DISCHARGE PAPERS AFTER EARNING THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF POINTS NEEDED FOR DISCHARGE, WHICH IS DETERMINED BY TIME IN SERVICE AND COMBAT.

CU SEVERAL SMILING GIS POSE SHOWING THEIR SERVICE STRIPES ON THEIR UNIFORM SLEEVES WHICH INDICATE TIME IN SERVICE.

"MARSHALLS INVASION". VARIOUS SCENES OF BOMBARDMENT OF & CAPTURE OF STRATEGIC NAMUR AND ROI ISLANDS IN KWAJALEIN ATOLL, THE MOST IMPORTANT OF MARSHAL ISLAND GROUP. MARINES CLIMBING INTO LANDING CRAFT FROM TRANSPORT SHIPS, PLANES STRAFING AND BOMBING AS LANDING CRAFTS RIDE TO BEACHES. LANDING BEING MADE AGAINST LITTLE RESISTANCE. BODIES OF DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS SEEN.
SERVICES HELD ON ISLAND BY CHAPLAIN FOR GIS WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.

MONTAGE DOZENS OF GROUND CREWMEN WORKING ON ALL SECTIONS OF PLANE. WORKERS PLACE A NEW LEADING EDGE ON WING OF BOMBER.

GROUND CREW EXAMINES DAMAGE DONE TO FLYING FORTRESS AFTER MAKING BELLY LANDING. REPAIR CREWS ROLL LARGE TRACTOR WHEELS UNDER PLANE AND ROLL IT OF TO SHOP.

GROUND CREWMEN OF PLANE WHICH IS DECORATED WITH NAMES & SUNDRY INSCRIPTIONS, EXIT PLANE AND ARE MET BY COMBAT CREW WHO ARRIVED EARLIER. HUGS, HAND SHAKES. CAPTAIN BALDWIN, COMBAT PILOT, AND CAPTAIN JOHNSON, WHO FLEW SHIP BACK FROM BRITAIN, SHAKE HANDS. PLANE DECORATED WITH ALL SORTS OF WRITINGS.

BRADLEY AND EISENHOWER EXIT CAMOUFLAGED TENT TO WATCH BOMBARDMENT.

GENERAL BRADLEY FIRES THE FIRST SHOT EXACTLY AT NOON. MONTAGE CANNONS FIRING FROM MULTIPLE CAMOUFLAGED POSITIONS.

AMERICAN FLAG IS RAISED IN SQUARE OF VILLAGE IN NORMANDY AS CROWD OF VILLAGERS, GIS WATCH. SIGN, "VIVE L'AMERIQUE" ON BUILDING. AND "MANY THANKS TO OUR LIBERATORS".

LOCAL SCHOOL MASTER, BACK TO CAMERA, LEADS CHILDREN, MOSTLY GIRLS, IN SINGING "GOD BLESS AMERICA". CU GIRLS SING IT AGAIN AS THEY FAIL TO SAY "MOUNTAIN" PROPERLY IN FIRST ATTEMPT.

AERIAL VIEW OF GERMAN PLANE BEING SHOT DOWN. ELS PLANE SEEN DIVING AND CRASHING INTO BALL OF FLAME.

RUSSIAN SOLDIERS CHARGING OVER HILL.

HUGE COLUMN OF NAZI PRISONERS AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE. MILES UPON MILES OF PRISONERS WALK DOWN CURVING ROAD.

BRITISH AND CANADIAN CRAWL ON ALL FOURS AS THEY ADVANCE ACROSS FIELD IN FRANCE. NAZI SOLDIER RUNS TO SAFETY WITH HANDS UP. BEDRAGGLED GERMAN PRISONERS WALK TO ALLIED LINES.

"SERVICEMEN REST MID GRANDEUR OF PARADISE VALLEY"
VARIOUS SCENES OF U.S. SERVICEMEN AND THEIR GIRL FRIENDS, ENJOYING SCENIC BEAUTY OF WASHINGTON'S MOUNT RANIER NATIONAL PARK. THEY TREK FROM MOUNTAIN SLOPE OF FLOWERS TO SKIERS REALM OF SNOW.

SEVERAL SERVICEMEN CARRYING SKIS ON SHOULDERS WALK UP FLOWERY SLOPE WITH THEIR GIRLFRIENDS, THEY WALK FROM FIELD OF LILIES TO SNOW COVERED MOUNTAIN SLOPE.

SERVICEMEN AND GIRL FRIENDS HAVE SNOW BALL FIGHT ON MOUNTAIN SLOPE. SCENIC MOUNTAIN RANGE IN BKGD. CU GI GETTING HIT IN FACE WITH SOFT SNOWBALLS

CU TANK DRIVER, INSIDE TANK, BACK TO CAMERA, TURNS TO CAMERA GIVES ORDERS. CU TANK GUNNER PEERS THROUGH PERISCOPE INSIDE TANK. BATTALION OF TANKS MOVING FORWARD, FIRING

GERMAN SURRENDERING SOLDIERS WALK IN WWI-TYPE TRENCH, TOWARDS CAMERA, WITH HANDS UP.

RUSSIAN TROOPS ENTER BURNING TOWN.

AMERICAN AMMUNITION SHIP IS HIT BY BOMB, EXPLODES INTO TREMENDOUS MUSHROOM-LIKE CLOUD, REMINISCENT OF A-BOMB BLAST. DISASTER; EXPLOSION.

TWO MECHANICS CHECK MONSTER WHEELS WHICH DWARF THEM.

PLANE TAKING OFF.

CROWD OF SHIPYARD WORKERS WATCH AS FEMALE EMPLOYEES PARADE BEFORE JUDGES ON OUTDOOR STAGE, IN HAT STYLES MADE WITH THEIR SAFETY HELMETS. CU VIEW OF EACH GIRL MODELING HER OWN CREATIVE HAT WITH OUTLANDISH ADDITIONS ATTACHED.

"U.S. REVEALS NEWEST FIRE BOMB USED IN ATTACKS ON TOKYO"
VARIOUS SCENES OF PLANE WITH BOMB ATTACHED BETWEEN ITS WHEELS. VARIOUS SCENES OD FIGHTER PLANE DROPPING THE BOMB IN TEST. BOMB CONTAINING JELLIED GASOLINE (NAPALM) HITS GROUND, EXPLODES INTO HUGE SPREADING FIREBALL

NAVY PLANE USES NAPALM FOR FIRST TIME ON JAPANESE ON ISLAND OF PELELIU.

"SENATOR VANDENBERG STATES HIS PLAN FOR WORLD PEACE"
VARIOUS SCENES OF SENATOR SPEAKING ON DAIS OF VARIETY CLUB IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, SAYS, "IT WAS THE FAILURE TO KEEP GERMANY DE-MILITARIZED AFTER WWI, WHICH MADE POSSIBLE WWII."

CU GI TWISTS DETONATOR, BRIDGE IN DISTANCE BLOWS UP IN HUGE EXPLOSION SENDING DEBRIS CLOSE TO CAMERA.

CU GRAPHIC SCENE GIS USING SHOVELS TO UNCOVER BODIES IN THE SNOW. PAN GERMAN PRISONERS WITH HANDS ON HEADS ARE COMPELLED TO BE WITNESSES AS BODIES ARE UNCOVERED. CU GRIM-FACED NAZI PRISONERS STANDING AT SITE WITH HANDS UP. AMERICAN LIEUTENANT WAVES THE PRISONERS OFF IN DISGUST.

"BADGETT QUADS EAT THEIR SIXTH BIRTHDAY CAKE"
VARIOUS SCENES OF THE FOUR GIRLS SEATED ON LIVING ROOM FLOOR OPENING DOZENS OF PRESENTS AS MOTHER AND OTHER CHILDREN WATCH. THE GIRLS BLOW OUT SIX CANDLES ON EACH OF FOUR CAKES. CU GIRLS BITING INTO SLICES OF CAKE. GALVESTON, TEXAS.

BOY RIDES ON PRIZE COW, TOWARDS CAMERA. LITTLE GIRL SHOWS HER WHITE LAMB.

"MUNITION WORKERS RELAX". ACROBATS MAKE MUNITIONS BY DAY ENTERTAIN TROOPS BY NIGHT.

ACROBAT IN SWIM TRUNKS RUNS ONTO SPRING BOARD, DOES SOMERSAULT OVER CAR, LANDS ON HIS FEET ON OTHER SIDE. HE TRIES IT WITH TWO CARS, JUST BARELY MAKES IT AS HE HITS HIS BACKSIDE ON FENDER.
ENTERTAINMENT; ACROBATICS

DOZENS OF NAVY MEN WHO WERE IN OR HELPED MAKE THE MOVIE WALK DOWN STEPS OF CAPITAL BUILDING TOWARDS CAMERA.

VARIOUS REAL BATTLE SCENES OF PLANE LANDING ON CARRIER AFTER MISSION, GUN CREWS SHOOTING AT JAPANESE PLANES, PLANE BEING SHOT DOWN, EXPLODING IN SEA.

AERIAL VIEW OF U.S. SNOW COVERED AIRFIELD WITH IDLED PLANES ON RUNWAYS. P-38 FIGHTER TAKING OFF.

PLANE MAKES BELLY LANDING ON ICY RUNWAY, SKIDS LONG WAY AND INTO PARKED FIGHTER PLANE.

"BLASTING DRESDEN". NIGHT RAID ON DRESDEN LIGHTS UP GROUND WITH INCENDIARY EXPLOSIONS CAUSING EERIE SPECTACLE OF FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS.

ORDERLY GIVES GLASS OF WATER TO WOUNDED GI LYING IN BUNK BEDS ON SHIP, AS OTHERS WATCH. GIS WAVING FROM SHIP, POV DOCK.

"LIGHTER SIDE OF GI NEWS". VARIOUS SCENES OF GIS HAVING SNOW BALL FIGHT WITH FRENCH GIRLS, OTHER GIS, ON STREETS OF PARIS, FRANCE.

"WAR EXPERIENCE". CU PRIVATE PAT BRADY TELLS COLORFUL BUT HARROWING BATTLE STORY AS HE STANDS IN FRONT OF TANK WITH OTHER CREW MEMBERS. TELLS HOW HIS TANK FELL INTO HOLE, CAUGHT FIRE, HE GOT OUT SO FAST "I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER MY FEET HITTING THE GROUND."

"SKI JUMPING" SKI JUMPING TOURNAMENT AT ISHKAMENE (?), MICHIGAN. SKIER FLIES DOWN RAMP ON "SUICIDE HILL" TOWARDS CAMERA SPECTATORS IN F/G.
HE FALLS, SLIDES WILDLY DOWN SLOPE.

SKIER MAKES TERRIBLE JUMP LANDS ON BACK. ODDITY