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U.S. CONTINUES LIBERATION OF PHILIPPINES.
AMERICAN TROOPS AND FILIPINO PATRIOTS MARCH UP RUGGED MOUNTAIN ROAD IN LUZON. |
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AMERICAN ARTILLERY CREW AND MORTARS FIRE ROUNDS ON JAPANESE POSITIONS IN HILLS ABOVE.
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JAPANESE SOLDIER RUNS ACROSS RIDGE IN DISTANCE & IS SHOT DOWN BY GI MACHINE GUNNER. GI THROWS HAND GRENADE IN HOLE ON RIDGE, TAKES COVER. FLAME THROWER IS USED ON TUNNEL.
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GIS DIG IN AS JAPANESE SOLDIERS LIE DEAD ON GROUND.
MAIL IS DISTRIBUTED TO SOLDIERS ON HILL. |
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SAN FRANCISCO DELEGATES MEET PRESIDENT TRUMAN.
TRUMAN TAKES WALK TO WHITE HOUSE FOLLOWED BY SECRET SERVICE. CU TRUMAN SIGNED LEND-LEASE EXTENSION ACT AT HIS DESK. OTHERS LOOK ON. |
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CU JOURNALISTS THROW THEIR HATS ON PILE OF HATS AS THEY PREPARE FOR TRUMAN'S FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE. TRUMAN SITS AT DESK SURROUNDED BY DELEGATES OF SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SECURITY CONFERENCE.
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PRIME MINISTER SMUTS OF SOUTH AFRICA ARRIVES FOR UNITED NATIONS MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO.
ARRIVING SOVIET DELEGATIONS INCLUDES MILITARY ADVISERS. |
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PRESIDENT OF PHILIPPINES SERGIO OSMENA ARRIVES AT WHITE HOUSE TO MEET TRUMAN. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE FROM SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE SIGN AGREEMENT FOR WORLD COURT.
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BEVY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE SHOTS OF FRENCH MINISTER BIDOT WALKING WITH TRUMAN ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN. TRUMAN ALSO TALKS WITH CHINAS MINISTER SOONG.
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00:17:16 227 |
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STETTINIUS GREETS SOVIET MINISTER MOLOTOV AT AIRPORT. CROWD CHEERS MOLOTOV AS HE ARRIVES AT CAPITOL'S RESIDENCE FOR DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
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00:18:02 273 |
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CHINESE WORKERS MOVE SUPPLIES TO THE FRONT.
MONTAGE CHINES LABORERS PHYSICALLY PULL CARTS LOADED WITH EMPTY GAS DRUMS, HUNDREDS OF MILES UP RIVER TO DEPOT WHERE THEY ARE FILLED. TANK BEING FILLED BY WORKER. SUPPLY WAREHOUSE FULL OF GAS DRUMS. |
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THOUSANDS OF CHINESE WORKERS TOIL IN PRIMITIVE FASHION, PULLING SUPPLY BOATS FROM ROAD, UP STREAM AGAINST CURRENT, WITH ROPES. WORKERS STRAIN WITH ALL THEIR STRENGTH AS THEY MOVE INCHES AT A TIME.
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CU FEET OF WORKER AS HE PULLS AND LEANS FORWARD TO MOVE INCHES.
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CHAOS GRIPS CRUMBLING GERMANY.
AERIAL SMOKE RISES FROM REMAINING BUILDINGS OF CITY IN BUBBLE. FIERCE FIRE RAGES AND HEAVY SMOKE RISES FROM BURNING BUILDINGS. |
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INFANTRYMEN FOLLOW ARMORED BREAK-THROUGH INTO CITY. GIS RUN THROUGH STREETS, DEAD GERMANS, DEAD HORSES LITTER STREETS. CU FEET OF GI AS HE WALKS, RIFLE READY, PAST DEAD GERMANS.
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CROWD MAN-HANDLES GESTAPO AGENT POSING AS A HOLLANDER. SOLDIERS HUSTLE HIM OFF TO PRISON.
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CROWD OF GERMAN CIVILIANS LOOT COAL YARDS FILL SACKS WITH COAL. OTHERS PLUNDER CLOTHING FROM SUPPLY TRAIN.
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00:20:51 443 |
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FEMALE SLAVE WORKERS FROM FRANCE, POLAND AND OTHER CONQUERED COUNTRIES, SHOW TATTOOED ARMS TO AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
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PAN OF MASS GRAVE WHERE 30,000 RUSSIAN PRISONERS ARE BURIED.
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GOOD SHOR OF LIBERATED RUSSIAN PRISONERS RUN CHEERING WITH HANDS UP, TOWARDS CAMERA. AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE LIFTED HIGH OFF GROUND BY LIBERATED RUSSIANS.
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MONTAGE THOUSANDS OF GERMAN PRISONERS WALK ON ROAD IN COLUMN AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE.
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AMERICAN COMMANDING OFFICERS OF 1ST, 3RD, 7TH ARMIES LINE UP TO MEET WITH THEIR COMMANDER GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY. PATTON IS AMONG THEM.
AMERICAN FLAG IS RAISED. |
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UNITED NATIONS OPEN CONFERENCE AT SAN FRANCISCO.
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BUILDING WHERE CONFERENCE IS HELD. SECRETARY OF STATE STETTINIUS OPENS CONFERENCE & INTRODUCES PRESIDENT TRUMAN WHO SPEAKS FROM OVAL OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, HEARD OVER LOUDSPEAKERS
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN MAKING SPEECH TO WORLD BODY.
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BRITAIN'S ANTHONY EDEN LISTENS FROM HIS SEAT AS DOES RUSSIA'S MOLOTOV AND OTHERS.
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MONTAGE SAUDI ARABIAN DELEGATION IN ARAB ROBES ARRIVES, FOUNDER OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS CHRISTEN SMUTS OF SOUTH AFRICA, GENERAL ROMULO OF PHILIPPINES, FOREIGN MINISTER T. V. SOONG OF CHINA, BRITAIN'S ANTHONY EDEN, ALL ARRIVE.
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SOVIET'S MOLOTOV CHATS WITH EDEN AND SIR HALIFAX.
RUSSIA'S GROMYKO AND STETTINIUS JOIN IN. INDIA'S RUDALIA TAKES SEAT, CZECHOSLOVAKIA'S MARIK, VAN CLIFFEN OF NETHERLANDS, SOFIANOPOLIS OF GREECE, MEXICO'S PADILLA, HABIB MALIK OF LEBANON, PASHA OF EGYPT ALL TAKE SEATS. |
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SIGN OVER DOOR, "ASSOCIATED PRESS HEADQUARTERS".
REPORTERS AT DESKS TYPING. SWITCHBOARD WITH LONG LINE OF OPERATORS. RADIO STUDIO. |
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CHINA'S SOONG ADDRESSES CONFERENCE, FOLLOWED BY SOVIET'S MOLOTOV AND BRITAIN'S EDEN.
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ITALIAN PATRIOTS EXECUTE MUSSOLINI.
GRIM PHOTOS OF DEAD MUSSOLINI LYING IN STREET WITH OTHERS, EXECUTED BY ITALIAN PARTISANS. |
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MUSSOLINI IN FIELD WITH TROOPS. MUSSOLINI POSES WITH MEMBERS OF "BLACK SHIRTS" BEFORE COMING INTO POWER. MUSSOLINI WITH WALKING HITLER AND ON BALCONY. HUGE CROWD IN ROME SQUARE WAVE TO THEM.
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MUSSOLINI ON BALCONY MAKES DRAMATIC SPEECH TO THRONG, POSES WITH STIFF UPPER LIP, FOLDED ARMS.
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MUSSOLINI IN STRATEGY SESSION WITH HITLER AND GOERING AND GENERALS IN MUNICH. MUSSOLINI IN BLACK HAT AND COAT IS MET BY HITLER AS HE ARRIVES IN GERMAN PLANE AFTER BEING RESCUED FROM ITALIAN PRISON BY ELITE GERMAN TROOPS
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MUSSOLINI IS MET BY HITLER AT TRAIN STATION IN LAST PICTURES OF HIM ALIVE.
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GERMAN ATROCITIES.
GENERAL EISENHOWER, ACCOMPANIED BY GENERAL BRADLEY & PATTON, INSPECTS CONCENTRATION CAMP AT ORDRUFT, GERMANY THEY LOOK AT GRIM PILE OF EMACIATED BODIES OF DEAD PRISONERS OF CAMP. |
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AMERICAN TROOPS FORCE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN TO ENTER THE CHAMBERS AND VIEW THE GHASTLY RESULTS OF NAZI BRUTALITY. GRAPHIC SIGHTS OF PILES OF BODIES.
MAN COMES OUT OF CHAMBER HOLDING HANDKERCHIEF TO HIS NOSE. |
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BODIES ARE EXHUMED FROM MASS GRAVE IN ARNSTOCK, GERMANY. CU DEAD BODY IS UNCOVERED AND PULLED FROM DIRT GRAVE BY HIS ARMS AND PLACED ON PILE OF OTHERS TO BE COUNTED.
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EMACIATED LIVE PRISONERS SIT DAZED AS THEY PEER INTO CAMERA. MEDICS PLACE FEEBLE MAN ON STRETCHER.
HE CLASPS HIS HANDS IN PRAYER OF THANKS. MAN, BARELY ALIVE, STARES BLANKLY FROM HIS STRETCHER. |
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HUNDREDS OF GERMAN CIVILIANS MARCH DOWN ROAD WITH SHOVELS TO DIG GRAVES FOR THE DEAD.
MEN PULL EACH BODY FROM PILE OF BODIES, PLACE IT ON STRETCHER AND PLACE IT IN MASS GRAVES. BODY HANGS LIMPLY OVER WOOD PLANK USED TO CARRY IT. |
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SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE MOVES AHEAD.
SECRETARY OF STATE STETTINIUS WELCOME FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER BIDOT TO SPEAKERS' STAND. HE MAKES SPEECH. |
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THE WAR ENDS IN EUROPE.
MONTAGE HUGE CROWDS ASSEMBLE AND CHEER IN CITIES AROUND THE WORLD. YOUNG MAN CLIMBS ON LAMPPOST WITH 'TIMES SQUARE' SIGN, AND WAVES INTO CAMERA. HUGE CROWD BEHIND HIM. V-E DAY |
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MONTAGE THOUSANDS CROWD INTO AMERICAN CHURCHES TO GIVE THANKS. FIVE OLD LADIES IN PEW DO SIGN OF THE CROSS SIMULTANEOUSLY.
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CU PRESIDENT TRUMAN SPEAKS, ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL SURRENDER. AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN TROOPS JOIN UP ON RIVER ELBE. U.S. GENERAL REINHART MEETS SOVIET GENERAL RUSSEKOV
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00:39:27 1558 |
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GERMAN REPRESENTATIVE IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES SIGN SURRENDER. GENERAL W. P. MORGAN SIGNS FOR ALLIES.
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HUGE SWASTIKA AT NUREMBERG STADIUM IS BLOTTED OUT BY AMERICAN FLAG. EXPLOSION DESTROYS THE HUGE NAZI EMBLEM ON STADIUM.
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THE WAR CONTINUES IN THE PACIFIC.
TANKS & TROOPS ADVANCING IN OKINAWA. GI FIRES FLAME THROWER INTO JAPANESE DUGOUT. |
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GIS RUNNING DOWN ROAD NARROWLY MISS SHELL WHICH EXPLODES RIGHT BEHIND THEM. OKINAWA WOMEN IN BLACK ROBES COME DOWN MOUNTAIN ROAD INTO U.S. LINES. GI CARRIES NUDE BABY IN HIS ARM. OKINAWA MEN AND WOMEN SIT ON GROUND.
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00:41:10 1661 |
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MONTAGE AMERICAN WOUNDED BEING CARRIED ONTO PLANE AMERICAN SOLDIER THROWS CHARGE INTO JUNGLE DUGOUT RESULTING IN BIG EXPLOSION. GIS CRAWL ON GROUND UNDER INTENSE FIRE. GI THROWS GRENADE INTO TUNNEL, HUGE EXPLOSION. JAPANESE CRAWLS OUT OF HOLE IS SHOT. ANOTHER IS TAKEN CAPTIVE.
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00:41:46 1698 |
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GI FIRES RIFLE, JAPANESE SOLDIER SLIDES HEAD FIRST DOWN HILL AFTER BEING SHOT.
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MONTAGE FLAK & TRACER BULLETS FILL SKY AS JAPANESE PLANES BOMB WARSHIPS OFF OKINAWA. PLANES EXPLODE AS THEY HIT THE SEA.
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00:43:34 1805 |
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PLANE LANDS ON CARRIER. DAMAGED FIGHTER LANDS IN SEA NEXT TO CARRIER.
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00:43:46 1818 |
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CU PLANE HEADS TOWARDS CAMERA AND HITS CARRIER SUPERSTRUCTURE. CARRIER CREWS PUTTING OUT FIRE ON CARRIER.
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00:45:46 1937 |
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U.S. TURNS TO JAPAN AFTER GERMAN DEFEAT.
COMMITTEE IN SAN FRANCISCO MEET, INCLUDE STETTENIUS OF U.S, MOLOTOV OF RUSSIA, EDEN OF BRITAIN AND DELEGATES OF ALL OTHER ALLIED NATIONS. |
00:46:10 1961 |
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ASSEMBLY LINE FOR B-29S AT BOEING PLANT, SEATTLE.
THOUSANDS OF PLANT WORKERS ACCOMPANY B-29 AS IT IS ROLLED OUT OF PLANT. "ON TO TOKYO" IS WRITTEN IN LARGE LETTERS ON B-29 FUSELAGE. THOUSANDS OF WORKERS CHEER FOR CAMERA. |
00:46:49 2000 |
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HUGE CROWD IN NEW YORK CITY GATHER AROUND LARGE STATUE OF MARINES RAISING U. S. FLAG ON IWO JIMA.
LIGHTS GO ON AGAIN IN TIMES SQUARE AS SEEN AT NIGHT. CROWDS, MOVIE MARQUEES LIT UP AS CABS RIDE STREETS. |
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CAPITAL DOME IS LIT AT NIGHT FOR FIRST TIME SINCE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK. STATUE OF LIBERTY IS LIT UP.
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CHINESE ORPHAN FINDS HOME WITH U.S. AIRMEN.
FOUR-YEAR OLD BOY WALKING DOWN ROAD IS APPROACHED BY GIS IN JEEP, WARY OF AMERICANS HE CONTINUES ON. OLD CHINESE MAN WITH BEARD TELLS BOY TO GO WITH GIS. |
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LITTLE BOY SHAKES HANDS WITH COMMANDING OFFICER OF GIS. LITTLE NUDE BOY IS GIVEN SHOWER BY GIS.
DRESSED IN SOLDIER'S UNIFORM HE SALUTES COMMANDING OFFICER IN HIS OFFICE. |
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BOY SITS AT DESK WITH SERGEANT AND WRITES. BOY SITS AND HAS CHOW WITH OTHER GIS.
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00:49:13 2144 |
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BOY STANDS AT ATTENTION WITH GIS AT ROLL CALL OUTDOORS. SNEEZES. MARCHES AT END OF LINE.
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JAPANESE ATTACK KILLS 29 ON HOSPITAL SHIP.
SHIRTLESS MEDICS CARRY WOUNDED MEN DOWN GANGPLANK OF HOSPITAL SHIP "COMFORT" WHICH REACHED PORT DESPITE JAP |
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MONTAGE 29 HELPLESS WOUNDED MEN KILLED BY ATTACK ARE TAKEN OFF IN STRETCHERS. LONG LINE OF FLAG-DRAPED COFFINS ARE LINED UP FOR BURIAL CEREMONY. HONOR GUARD FIRES VOLLEYS AS 'TAPS' IS PLAYED
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00:50:36 2228 |
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S MOTHER, 92, FLIES TO WASHINGTON TRUMAN ACCOMPANIES MOTHER DOWN PLANE STEPS.
TRUMAN'S MOTHER POSES WITH FAMILY IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE. |
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1ST PICTURES: GERMANY SURRENDERS.
GENERAL MONTGOMERY RECEIVES SURRENDER FROM GERMAN GENERAL HANS VON FREIDEBURG OUTSIDE TENTS NEAR HAMBURG. GERMANS LEAVE WHEN THEY REFUSE "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER". GERMAN GENERALS RETURN 25 HOURS LATER. MONTGOMERY & GERMAN GENERALS SIGN. |
00:53:08 2379 |
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GERMAN GENERAL YODL, NAZI CHIEF OF STAFF ARRIVES AT EISENHOWER'S SCHOOLHOUSE HEADQUARTERS IN RHEIMS, FRANCE TO SURRENDER REMAINING GERMAN FORCES TO ALLIES. GENERAL BEDELL SMITH GIVES GERMANS IKE'S SURRENDER TERMS, "UNCONDITIONAL".
CU JODLSIGNS. DELEGATES OF FOUR POWERS SIGN. |
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CU THE SIGNED DOCUMENT. GENERAL SMITH HANDS EISENHOWER HISTORIC PEN
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CARRIER FRANKLIN SURVIVES SAVAGE JAPANESE BOMBING
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KAMIKAZE SUICIDE PLANE DIVES INTO CARRIER BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, CAUSES HUGE EXPLOSION & FIREBALL. WING BEING SHOT OFF JAPANESE PLANE AS SEEN FROM TELEPHOTO LENS. SKY FULL OF FLAK & TRACER BULLET FLASHES. PART OF JAPANESE PLANE TUMBLES TO SEA.
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CLOUD OF BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM CARRIER FRANKLIN, ANOTHER EXPLOSION OCCURS. SAILORS RUNNING ABOUT IN HEAVY SMOKE AS SEEN BY CAMERAMAN ON BOARD FRANKLIN. SHIP'S CREW USES HOSES ON FIRE ON DECK.
MONTAGE EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE. |
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IN FAMOUS SHOT CHAPLAIN JOSEPH O'CALLAHAN GIVES LAST RITES TO WOUNDED SAILOR ON DECK OF FRANKLIN
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DESPITE THE HUGE EXPLOSIONS THE CARRIER STAYS AFLOAT LISTING TO ONE SIDE. MONTAGE SHOTS OF DESTROYED DECK ON CARRIER. WOUNDED ARE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER WARSHIP ON ROPES.
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SAILORS JUMP FOR THEIR LIVES FROM DISABLED CARRIER ONTO SHIP ALONGSIDE AS EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE.
SOME JUMP INTO SEA, ARE PULLED IN WITH ROPES. BATTLE-TORN FLAG ON FRANKLIN STILL FLIES, AS DAMAGED CARRIER HEADS FOR PORT ON ITS OWN POWER. |
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CU CHAPLAIN O'CALLAHAN CELEBRATES RELIGIOUS SERVICES ABOARD. CARRIER FRANKLIN ENTERS LOCKS AT PANAMA CANAL. MEDALS ARE GIVEN OUT ON DECK CEREMONY.
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01:00:39 2831 |
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FRANKLIN CARRIER PASSES IN FRONT OF STATUE OF LIBERTY IN NEW YORK ON WAY TO REPAIRS. STATUE SEEN THROUGH GAPING HOLE IN CARRIER SIDE
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GERMAN U-BOATS SURRENDER AT ATLANTIC PORT.
GERMAN U-BOAT UNDER WATCHFUL WARSHIPS & BLIMP RIDE INTO CAPE MAY NEW JERSEY TO SURRENDER. GERMAN CREW ON DECK BEING SEARCHED FOR WEAPONS. |
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WARSHIP GUN CREW WATCH SURRENDERING GERMAN U-BOAT IN DISTANCE OFF PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE. NAVY MAN USES LIGHT TO FLASH SIGNAL COMMANDS TO U-BOAT.
GERMAN CREW ON U-BOAT DECK. |
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GERMAN CREW WITH ITS OFFICERS COME ASHORE UNDER MARINE GUARD.
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GERMANS SIGN SURRENDER IN BERLIN.
DEVASTATED BUILDINGS IN BERLIN, PAN TO ALLIED OFFICERS IN STREET LOOKING AROUND. REMAINS OF HITLER'S REICH CHANCELLERY AND HOTEL ADLON. PAN TO BRANDENBURG GATE. |
01:03:21 2992 |
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NAZI PLANES AT BERLIN AIRPORT. AIR CHIEF MARSHAL TETTER, GENERAL CARL SPAATS AND SOVIET GENERALS AWAIT GERMAN DELEGATION AT AIRFIELD. GERMAN FIELD MARSHAL KEITEL ARRIVES WITH OTHER NAZI OFFICIALS TO SIGN SURRENDER IN SCHOOL BUILDING.
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SOVIET MARSHAL ZHUKOV LEADS ALLIED DELEGATIONS TO THEIR SEATS AT TABLE. CU GERMANY'S KEITEL TAKES HIS SEAT WITH OTHER HIGH RANKING GERMANS.
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AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS NAMED FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ARRIVES TO ATTEND LAUNCHING OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER, "FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT" AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. |
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ALSO ARRIVING ARE BERNARD BARUCH, ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF MARSHALL AND FLEET ADMIRAL KING. MRS.
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS. WIFE OF ADMIRAL TOWER TRIES THREE TIMES TO SMASH CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE ON BOW OF CARRIER, FINALLY SUCCEEDS. |
01:07:31 3242 |
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WATER POURS INTO DRY DOCK UNTIL SHIP IS FLOATED.
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ALLIES CAPTURE DOENITZ AND SEYSS-INQUART.
RUTHLESS NAZI SEYSS-INQUART POSES WITH HENCHMEN AFTER CAPTURE IN NETHERLANDS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FLEE. CU SEYSS'S HANDS FIDGET NERVOUSLY BEHIND HIS BACK. |
01:08:29 3300 |
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ADMIRAL DOENITZ, SUCCESSOR TO HITLER AND SHORT TIME FUHRER GETS INTO CAR WITH OTHERS
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01:08:39 3310 |
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ONE OF 65 B-17 BOMBERS ARRIVE AT BRADLEY FIELD FROM EUROPE EN ROUTE TO PACIFIC. AT RATE OF ONE EVERY 5 MINUTES THE B-17'S AND LIBERATORS SET DOWN.
OFFICERS AND MEN POUR OUT OF PLANE. EACH MAN GETS 30 DAY FURLOUGH. |
01:09:36 3367 |
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PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS HONOR INFANTRY HERO.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN PRESENTS CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO SERGEANT JAKE LINDSEY BEFORE BEFORE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS. |
01:10:27 3419 |
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FRENCH TRY AND EXECUTE TRAITORS.
NEWSPAPER PHOTO SHOWS FRENCH TRAITORS LAFONT AT BONY IN NAZI UNIFORMS, POSING WITH OTHER NAZIS. |
01:10:49 3441 |
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FRENCH CITIZENS ORGANIZED BY TRAITORS YELL INSULTS AND PROFANITIES AT ALLIED PRISONERS BEING MARCHED IN STREET BY NAZIS. ONE WOMAN SLAPS AT ONE OF THEM, ANOTHER WOMAN SPITS IN FACE OF PRISONER, OTHERS SLAP AND KICK AT PRISONERS.
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SOLEMN-FACED TRAITORS SIT IN FRENCH COURT. PAN.
GRAPHIC VIEW OF TRAITORS BEING EXECUTED BY FRENCH FIRING SQUAD. |
01:11:27 3478 |
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PROGRESS IN THE PACIFIC WAR.
AMERICAN TANKS & ARTILLERY FIRE AT JAPANESE SNIPERS & POSITIONS ON LUZON IN PHILIPPINES. BOMBERS DIVE BOMB POSITIONS. GI COMMUNICATING WITH WALKIE-TALKIE. |
01:12:18 3529 |
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AMERICAN SOLDIER LEANS OVER TOP OF CAVE & TOSSES IN A GRENADE. EXPLOSION. CU TANKS CONTINUE BATTLE NEAR JAPANESE DEAD LITTERING ROAD. GIS HANDS RATIONS TO ISLAND CHILDREN.
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01:12:58 3570 |
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NATIVES CHEER INFANTRYMEN ENTERING BAGUIO. GI SITS RELAXED WITH LEGS UP ON CHAIR OVERLOOKING BAGUIO FROM HILL, AND CHATTING WITH ANOTHER GI.
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01:13:15 3586 |
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FLAMES SHOOT OUT OF TANK FLAME-THROWER SEEN IN DISTANCE ON OKINAWA. TANKS FIRING, EXPLOSIONS.
GENERAL DYKER, CORP COMMANDER AND GENERAL DEL VOW, FIRST MARINE DIVISION, WATCH ACTION WITH LARGE TELESCOPES. |
01:13:39 3610 |
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MARINES CROUCH AS THEY ADVANCE UP RUGGED HILLY TERRAIN. EXPLODING CAVE. GI FIRES FLAME THROWER.
MARINES ADVANCE FIRING FROM HIP. TANK ROLLS IN. MARINES MOVE CAUTIOUSLY IN RUINS OF NAHA. |
01:16:02 3753 |
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REVEAL UNDERSEAS OIL LINE, BRITAIN TO CONTINENT.
OIL REFINERY COMPLEX, PAN. MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF PIPE LINE UNDER ENGLISH CHANNEL FROM BRITAIN TO EUROPE SECRETLY BUILT DURING WAR. |
01:16:19 3770 |
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SMALL COTTAGES AND AN ICE CREAM FACTORY ACTUALLY CONCEALED PUMPING STATIONS. WORKER PULLS LEVER TURNING ON MACHINERY WHICH WRAPS PIPES WITH INSULATION.
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STEEL PIPE BEING WELDED AUTOMATICALLY INTO HUGE SECTIONS 4000 FEET LONG BUT AMAZINGLY FLEXIBLE AS SHOWN. PIPE WRAPPED ON HUGE SPINDLE IS LAYED ACROSS CHANNEL BY BARGES. PIPE ENTERING SEA.
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01:17:43 3854 |
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ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS PIPE SINKING TO BOTTOM OF CHANNEL AS IT IS LAYED FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE.
HUGE SPINDLE FLOATS AND UNRAVELS PIPE AS IT IS TOWED ACROSS CHANNEL. |
01:18:29 3900 |
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AERIAL PIPE STRETCHING FROM SEA ACROSS FRENCH LANDSCAPE AS SEEN FROM AIR.
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01:18:57 3928 |
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STETTINIUS REPORTS ON SAN FRANCISCO.
MAKES SPEECH. |
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JAPANESE ARE DRIVEN BACK IN OKINAWA BATTLE.
MAP SHOWS CLOSE PROXIMITY OF OKINAWA TO JAPAN. MONTAGE TANKS BOMBARDING JAPANESE POSITIONS, GIS USING HEAD-PHONES TO COMMUNICATE WITH ARTILLERY. |
01:21:07 4058 |
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10TH ARMY COMMANDER GENERAL BUCKNER, SUPERVISES OPERATIONS FROM HIGH GROUND. TROOPS CAUTIOUSLY CLIMB "TOMB" HILL. GIS CLIMB CLIFF WITH CARGO NETS AS LADDERS. GIS CAUTIOUSLY APPROACH HILLSIDE CAVE.
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01:21:47 4099 |
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CU FEET OF MARINES WALKING THROUGH MUDDY TERRAIN.
TRUCKS ROLLING THROUGH MUD AND WATER. MARINES TAKE COVER IN FOX HOLES. MARINES CLIMBING HILL UNDER FIRE. BATTERY OF ROCKETS FIRE WITH SWOOSHING SOUNDS. FLAME-THROWING TANKS SPOUT FIRE ACROSS FIELD SCORCHING GROUND IN FRONT OF THEM. |
01:22:59 4171 |
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MARINES ADVANCING ACROSS FIELD.
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01:23:28 4199 |
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ROUND UP AXIS WAR CRIMINALS.
HITLER'S BERCHTESGADEN RETREAT ON HILL. LARGE WINDOW IN BOMBED OUT CHALET OVERLOOKING BLACK HILLS. GERMAN LABORERS WITH SHOVELS AND PITCH AXES CLEAN UP AREA WHICH WAS ONCE HITLER'S BACK YARD. |
01:24:10 4241 |
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LARGE SIGN, "HERMANN GOERING'S ART COLLECTION -
COURTESY OF 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION,". GI WATCHES AS CIVILIAN LINES UP PRICELESS PAINTINGS FOUND BY DIVISION. PAINTINGS AND ARTIFACTS ARE REMOVED FOR RETURN TO PILLAGED NATIONS. STOLEN ART |
01:24:34 4265 |
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FIELD MARSHAL VON RUNSTEDT, SMILING FIELD MARSHAL KESSELRING, ALBERT FRANZ, HATED TRAITOR AND GERMAN STATE MINISTER IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, FIELD MARSHAL VON KLEIST ALL TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AS IS MUSSOLINI HENCHMAN FIELD MARSHAL GRAZIANI
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01:25:32 4323 |
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ADMIRAL HORDY, FORMER DICTATOR OF HUNGARY IS TAKEN.
CORRESPONDENTS INTERVIEW MARGARET HIMMLER AND DAUGHTER IN ITALY. WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF GESTAPO LEADER HEINRICH HIMMLER WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE IN PRISON. |
01:25:54 4345 |
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CAR WITH HERMANN GOERING PULLS UP TO ALLIED HEADQUARTERS WHERE GOERING IN BEMEDALLED UNIFORM TURNS HIMSELF IN. CU INSIDE, GOERING TURNS OVER HIS PISTOL.
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01:26:20 4371 |
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