1941-19451940s NEWSREELS
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"1945, YEAR OF VICTORY"
"NEWSREEL REVIEW OF GREATEST YEAR IN HISTORY". NEWS EVENTS DESCRIBING EVENTS IN THE YEAR 1945, LEADING TO SURRENDER OF NAZI MILITARY FORCES AND ALLIED VICTORY IN EUROPE. END OF WWII IN EUROPE. |
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MONTAGE RUSSIAN ARTILLERY CREWS FIRING POINT BLANK AT BUILDINGS IN BERLIN.
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FDR, CHURCHILL AND STALIN, SUMMIT MEETING IN YALTA
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FDR'S CASKET BEING LOWERED INTO GRAVE BY HONOR GUARD AT HYDE PARK. HE DIED BEFORE FINAL VICTORY IN EUROPE.
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HARRY TRUMAN BEING SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT AS KEY CABINET MEMBERS WATCH. CU FACE SHOT OF HARRY S.
TRUMAN (HST) |
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MONTAGE SKELETAL REMAINS OF BUILDINGS IN FLAMES IN BERLIN AS NAZI CAPITAL FALLS TO RUSSIANS.
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| 01:56:51 45.77 |
MUSSOLINI, HITLER, GOERING AND OTHER IN NAZI HIGH COMMAND GO OVER A WAR MAP ON TABLE.
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PAN GRAPHIC VIEW ITALIAN CROWD AND THE BODIES OF MUSSOLINI AND ANOTHER FASCIST HANGING FROM THEIR ANKLES IN ROMAN SQUARE.
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RUSSIAN SOLDIER GUARDS SITE WHERE HITLER'S REMAINS WERE FOUND BURNED AFTER COMMITTING SUICIDE ALONG WITH HIS LOVER. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS SHOW REMNANTS OF HIS AND HER CLOTHING.
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| 01:57:23 76.77 |
GERMAN FIELD MARSHAL KEITEL SIGNING SURRENDER OF GERMAN ARMY TO RUSSIAN FIELD MARSHAL ZUKOV.
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| 01:57:41 95.77 |
MONTAGE HUGE CROWD WAVING AMERICAN FLAGS AS EISENHOWER RIDES THROUGH LONDON IN CARRIAGE.
CROWDS CHEER HIM IN MOTORCADE IN PARIS |
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GENERAL EISENHOWER WALKS DOWN PLANE STEPS WITH ARM AROUND WIFE MAMIE. EISENHOWER IN MOTORCADE IN AMERICA. AERIAL VIEW TICKER TAPE FALLS ON HIS MOTORCADE AS HUGE CROWD CHEERS.
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| 01:58:11 124.77 |
TWO BATTLESHIPS COMING TOWARDS CAMERA FIRING SALVOS ON JAPANESE TARGETS IN PACIFIC AS WAR CONTINUES THERE. AMERICAN TROOPS IN ACTION, FIRE FROM BEHIND PALM TREES ON SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND.
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| 01:58:26 139.77 |
MONTAGE SKY IS FILLED WITH FLAK FROM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FIRING AT JAPANESE KAMIKAZE SUICIDE PLANES ONE OF WHICH CRASHES INTO U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
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| 01:58:36 149.77 |
MACARTHUR WADES INTO SHORE OF PHILIPPINES WITH REPORTERS AND GENERAL STAFF, FULFILLING HIS PROMISE TO RETURN. MANILA BURNING.
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FAMOUS FILM SHOT OF U.S. MARINES RAISING FLAG ON MOUNT IWO JIMA, WHICH LATER BECAME MODEL FOR FAMOUS MEMORIAL STATUE.
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| 01:58:50 164.77 |
MONTAGE WINSTON CHURCHILL TALKING IN MIDST OF CROWDS DURING HIS CAMPAIGN WHICH HE LOST TO CLEMENT ATLEE IN POLITICAL SURPRISE OF THE YEAR.
CU FACE SHOT OF CLEMENT ATLEE, NEW PRIME MINISTER OF BRITAIN |
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NEW PRIME MINISTER OF BRITAIN CLEMENT ATTLEE, NEW PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. HARRY TRUMAN & STALIN OF SOVIET UNION MEET AT SUMMIT IN POTSDAM WHICH FORMULATED AN ULTIMATUM WHICH DEMANDED UNCONDITIONAL OF JAPAN AND SOVIETS ENTRY INTO WAR AGAINST JAPAN. SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES AND FOREIGN MINISTER MOLOTOV IN BKGD.
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| 01:59:15 188.77 |
ELS ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION. AERIAL VIEW OF ATOMIC BOMB EXPLODING IN NAGASAKI, JAPAN.
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| 01:59:36 209.77 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN, SURROUNDED BY CABINET IN OVAL OFFICE, ANNOUNCES SURRENDER OF JAPAN AND THE END OF WWII. CU TRUMAN READING FROM DOCUMENT.
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AERIAL VIEW OF HUGE CROWD IN NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE CELEBRATING END OF WAR IN JAPAN AND END OF GLOBAL WAR. WILD SCENE ON GROUND, WITH LOTS OF CONFETTI, SAILORS, GIRLS CRUSHING CROWDS ALL HILARIOUSLY HAPPY.
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MAN IN AUSTRALIAN CITY STREET HOPPING & SKIPPING THROUGH CONFETTI STREWN STREET, PASSING ANOTHER MAN HOLDING UP NEWSPAPER HEADLINE. "PEACE". ODDITY.
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GENERAL MACARTHUR READS THE TERMS OF SURRENDER TO JAPANESE DIPLOMATS ON BOARD DECK OF BATTLESHIP "MISSOURI". CU JAPANESE GENERAL; SIGNING DOCUMENT.
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AERIAL U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER WITH DECK CROWDED FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER WITH AMERICAN TROOPS RETURNING HOME FROM WAR. COMING TOWARDS CAMERA.
AERIAL TRANSPORT SHIP WITH EACH DECK CROWDED WITH RETURNING TROOPS. |
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SAILOR, GIRL FRIEND IN EMBRACE AT DOCK. OTHER WOMEN WATCH, WAIT. SAILOR EMBRACES WIFE AND YOUNG SON.
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| 02:00:46 280.77 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN ADDRESSES UNITED NATIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
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| 02:01:06 300.77 |
"IN WAR'S WAKE: TRIAL & EXECUTION OF LAVAL IN FRANCE, QUISLING IN NORWAY, AND THE TRIAL &
EXECUTION OF GENERAL YAMASHITA IN JAPAN. |
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PIERRE LAVAL, ARCH COLLABORATIONIST, STANDS &
WAVES HIS FISTS IN DEFIANCE DURING TRIAL. |
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QUISLING LISTENING TO HIS LAWYER DURING HIS TRIAL FOR TREASON.
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| 02:01:23 317.77 |
JAPANESE GENERAL YAMASHITA IS LED TO CELL WHILE ON TRIAL FOR MASS ATROCITIES IN PHILIPPINES.
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| 02:01:32 326.77 |
HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF COURTROOM, WITH NAZI DEFENDANTS SEATED IN GROUP AT NUREMBERG TRIALS. GOERING, HESS, OTHER NAZIS SIT AND LISTEN WITH EARPHONES.
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"MOST SPECTACULAR PICTURES OF 1945"
SMOKE COVERS TOP HALF OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AFTER IT IS HIT BY ARMY B-25 BOMBER DURING FOG. VARIOUS SCENES FIREMEN AT INSIDE SITE OF CRASH POURING WATER ON FLAMES. |
| 02:02:02 356.77 |
NAZI V-2 MISSILE BEING LAUNCHED BY BRITISH IN DEMONSTRATION. ROCKET IN FLIGHT.
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| 02:02:30 384.77 |
EXPLOSION OF AMERICAN MUNITION SHIP MAKES MUSHROOM-LIKE CLOUD AFTER EXPLODING AT SEA.
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| 02:02:45 399.77 |
BRITISH BATTLESHIP "BARA", ROLLS OVER ON ITS SIDE THEN IS FOLLOWED BY HUGE EXPLOSION.
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| 02:02:55 409.77 |
"CUTEST STORY OF THE YEAR"
GIS ADOPT SMALL CHINESE BOY, RECRUIT HIM IN ARMY. SOCIOLOGY; HUMAN INTEREST. CHILDREN. |
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GIS GIVING THE WAIF A SHOWER, DRESSING HIM IN ARMY UNIFORM.
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LITTLE BOY REPORTS TO COMPANY COMMANDER, GIVES A SALUTE. THE BOY LEARNS HOW TO SALUTE.
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| 02:03:22 436.77 |
LITTLE BOY STANDS ALONGSIDE HIS ADOPTED PARENTS AT ROOL CALL. HE SNEEZES WHILE AT ATTENTION.
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| 02:03:25 439.77 |
COMPANY MARCHING IN DRILL, FOLLOWED SEVERAL STEPS BEHIND, BY THE BOY.
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"BEST NEWSREEL LAUGHS OF 1945"
VARIOUS SCENES MRS. HARRY TRUMAN TRYING TO BREAK A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAIGN AGAINST THE FUSELAGE OF A BOMBER. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES AND MUCH LAUGHTER, AN ARMY OFFICER TAKES BOTTLE FROM HER & EMBARRASSINGLY FAILS TO BREAK IT ALSO. COMEDY; GOOD SAMARITAN. PERSONALITIES; ODDITY |
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NEW YORK'S MAYOR FIORELLO LAGUARDIA SITS AT HIS DESK AND READS THE COMIC STRIPS OF THE NEWSPAPER "DAILY NEWS" OVER RADIO MICROPHONES TO THE PEOPLE DURING A NEWSPAPER STRIKE IN THE CITY.
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| 02:04:12 485.77 |
CU THE MAYOR READS THE COMIC STRIP "DICK TRACY", DRAMATICALLY TAKING THE PARTS OF THE VARIOUS CHARACTERS, INCLUDING MAKING THE DIFFERENT SOUND EFFECTS. POLITICS; PERSONALITIES; COMEDY. ODDITY.
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| 02:05:20 554.77 |
"NEWS OF THE DAY": "STRIKE CRISIS CONFRONTS NATION"
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| 02:05:33 567.77 |
"WISCONSIN". ARMY OF CIO STRIKERS CARRY AMERICAN FLAG AND UNION FLAG AS THEY MARCH TOWARDS CAMERA TO THE "ALICE CHALMERS" PLANT IN MILWAUKEE. HELD UP, DESPITE WASHINGTON'S ORDERS, IS $45.000,000 OF KEY DEFENSE SUPPLIES.
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| 02:05:53 587.77 |
POLICE HOLDING BACK STRIKERS, HAVE HANDS FULL KEEPING STRIKERS FROM BLOCKING THE GATES.
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| 02:06:04 597.77 |
GOVERNOR HYLE OF WISCONSIN SPEAKS TO STRIKERS OVER HAND-HELD MICROPHONE, BUT TO NO AVAIL.
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VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT IN STREET AS A THREE TON ARMORED VAN PULLS IN. THE VAN IS PELTED WITH EGGS AND PAINT.
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TEAR GAS AND WATER HOSE FINALLY STOP THE STRIKERS.
LS STRIKERS THROW ROCKS OVER PLANT GATES. |
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"SAN DIEGO". UNLIKE MILWAUKEE, WORKERS OF SOLAR AIRCRAFT PLANT POSE FOR CAMERA AS THEY SIGN MUTUAL AGREEMENT IN ADVANCE, WITH MANAGEMENT, FOR ENDURING INDUSTRIAL PEACE FOR DEFENSE. WORKER'S REPRESENTATIVE READS AGREEMENT. WORKERS CHEER.
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"LATE WAR NEWS". "MOPPING UP IN AFRICA". BENGHAZI, LIBYA. PAN BENGHAZI. VARIOUS SCENES OF BRITISH TROOPS ENTERING CITY IN TRUCKS
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BRITISH SOLDIER RAISES BRITISH FLAG ON BALCONY OF HOTEL.
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LONG LINE OF GREEK, RELEASED FROM ITALIAN CAMP, MARCH INTO GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL AND HOLD A SOLEMN SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING.
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PRIEST HOLDS MASS, BLESSES THE MEN. RELIGION
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| 02:08:55 769.77 |
PAN SUNKEN, WRECKED SHIPS IN HARBOR OF BENGHAZI.
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"THE WOMAN'S PAGE". "EASTER PARADE PRE-VIEW".
1940s FASHIONS. LADY MODELS PARADE EASTER FASHIONS IN STUDIO IN NEW YORK CITY. LACE FOR DAY & EVENING WEAR IS MODELLED. |
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"ARMY TESTS MECHANIZED MIGHT OF U.S. AT FORT KNOX KENTUCKY. PRE-WWII MANEUVERS (?)
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AERIAL VIEW OF HUNDREDS OF TANKS, TRUCKS, RIDING ACROSS OPEN FIELD DURING MANEUVERS. FIGHTER PLANES FLY OVERHEAD, TOWARDS CAMERA, TO PROVIDE AIR COVER.
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AERIAL LS HUNDREDS OF TROOPS ON MOTORCYCLES RIDE ACROSS THE FIELD. MLS CYCLISTS SPEED OVER HILLY GROUNDS
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COMMANDING GENERALS CHAFFEE AND MCGRUDER PERUSE WAR MAP ON FIELD.
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TROOPS, UNDER SIMULATED FIRE, CROSS STREAM IN LARGE ROW BOATS AND PONTOON BRIDGES. TANKS ARE FERRIED OVER ON PONTOON BARGES. MS VINTAGE ARMY TANKS SPEED INTO ACTION.
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CU VIEW OF BOTTOM OF ARMY TANK AS IT RIDES OVER CAMERA. VIEW FROM INSIDE TANK RIDING THROUGH AND CRUSHING SMALL TREES AND BRUSH.
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ARMY TANK CRASHES THROUGH OLD BARN HOUSE, DEMOLISHING IT.
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| 02:12:05 959.77 |
NEWS OF THE DAY". PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT VISITS FORT JACKSON, SOUTH CAROLINA IN MOTORCADE.
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| 02:12:13 967.77 |
FDR IN OPEN LIMO, FOREGROUND, WATCHES HUNDREDS OF TROOPS GOING THROUGH DRILLS. FDR IN LIMO WITH OTHERS.
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CAMERAMAN STANDING ON ROOF OF LAST CAR IN MOTORCADE, BACKS TO CAMERA, TAKES SHOTS, LONG LINE OF SOLDIERS STAND AT ATTENTION ALONG ROUTE.
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"SPORTING PAGE". HORSE RACING. AGUA CALIENTE MEXICO. "BEACON HILL HANDICAP". SPORTS
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| 02:12:40 994.77 |
HUGE STANDING CROWD OF MALE, FEMALE RACING FANS CHECKING THEIR SCRATCH SHEETS, AWAIT START OF RACE.
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WOMAN CHECKS HER SCRATCH SHEET AS SHE SITS AT PATIO TABLE, UNDER UMBRELLA. CAR-CROWDED PARKING LOT
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LONG LINE OF FANS CHECKING SCRATCH SHEETS AS THEY LEAN ON RAIL. "THEY'RE OFF!" CAMERA FOLLOWS HORSES RACING AROUND TRACK, JUMPING HURDLES. HORSE, JOCKEY, TAKE TERRIBLE SPILL.
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THREE HORSES, JOCKEYS RIDE NECK-IN-NECK. AT HURDLE ON TAKES A SPILL.
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"NAPOLEON" TAKES THE LAST HURDLE, COMES IN TO WIN STEEPLECHASE.
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