1944-19461940s NEWSREELS
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"MILLIONS HONOR WAINWRIGHT IN NEW YORK
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AERIAL VIEW OF HEAVY TICKER TAPE AND CONFETTI FLOATING DOWN FROM SKYSCRAPER OFFICE WINDOWS, ONTO GENERAL WAINWRIGHT MOTORCADE IN NEW YORK CITY.
AMERICAN WWII HERO; POLITICS; PARADE. |
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GENERAL WAINWRIGHT WHO WAS CAPTURED BY JAPANESE IN BAATAN DURING EARLY YEARS OF WAR, SITS IN OPEN LIMO WITH MAYOR FIORELLO LAGUARDIA, WAVES TO CROWD
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VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS OF TICKER TAPE FALLING FROM SKYSCRAPERS.
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HUGE CROWD WAVES TO WAINWRIGHT, WHO WAVES BACK FROM PLATFORM ERECTED ON CITY HALL STEPS.
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LAGUARDIA SPEAKS, MAKES WAINWRIGHT AN HONORARY CITIZEN OF NEW YORK. LOCAL POLITICS; GOVERNMENT
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MONTAGE WAINWRIGHT SITTING ON BACK OF LIMO SEAT WAVES TO CROWD AS MOTORCADE RIDES THROUGH CITY.
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"JAPANESE OUTPOSTS SURRENDER TO ALLIES"
JAPANESE SURRENDER NAVY BASE ON ISLAND OF TRUK AND ITS FORCES IN BURMA AND CHINA. |
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JAPANESE ARMY, NAVY OFFICERS BOARDS U.S. WARSHIP, SIGNS SURRENDER OF JAPANESE NAVY BASE ON ISLAND OF TRUK.
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BRITISH OFFICERS ESCORT JAPANESE GENERALS TO SURRENDER TABLE WHERE THEY SIGN SURRENDER FORCES THAT WERE RELUCTANT TO GIVE UP POSITIONS IN BURMA.
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JAPANESE GENERAL SIGN SURRENDER TO CHINESE OFFICERS WHO STAND AND BOW AFTER SIGNING.
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"MACARTHUR BEGINS ROUND-UP OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS". CRIMINAL JUSTICE; TRIBUNAL.
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HIDEKI TOJO, PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN DURING WAR, EXITS LIMO BEFORE JAPAN SURRENDER.
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PHOTO OF TOJO LAYING ON GROUND, AFTER SHOOTING HIMSELF IN ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE, WHICH FAILED.
PHOTOS OF TOJO BEING SAVED BY U.S. DOCTOR, SO HE CAN STAND TRIAL FOR WAR CRIMES. |
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GENERAL SUGIYAMA POSES WITH OTHER GENERALS BEFORE SURRENDER. HE COMMITTED HARI KARI (SUICIDE). THREE OTHER HIGH JAPANESE OFFICIALS POSE AFTER ARREST.
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ADMIRAL SHIMATA REVIEWS PILOTS DURING WAR. HE WAS DIRECTOR OF PEARL HARBOR ATTACK.
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ARRESTED JAPANESE LEADERS, INCLUDING TOJO POSE IN GROUP.
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"TRAITOR QUISLING SENTENCED TO DIE IN NORWAY TRIAL". NORWAY'S HEAD OF NAZI PUPPET GOVERNMENT IN NORWAY. CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.
WWII; TRAITOR. |
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VIDKUN QUISLING IS TAKEN OUT OF PRISON VAN TO COURTROOM WHERE THE NAZI COLLABORATOR WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH. VARIOUS SCENES QUISLING IN COURTROOM. QUISLING HAS BECOME A WORD FOR "TREASON"
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"NEWS REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON"
PRESIDENT TRUMAN, IN OVAL OFFICE, RECEIVES LARGE FOLDER FROM SECRETARY OF WAR STIMSON, CONTAINING THE SURRENDER DOCUMENTS. TRUMAN PULLS THEM OUT, HOLDS THEM UP. DEAN ACHESON AND OTHERS WATCH. |
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"UNVEILING CEREMONY"
GENERAL WAINWRIGHT, WHO WAS CAPTURED BY JAPAN IN BAATAN IN EARLY PART OF WAR, UNVEILS THE JAPANESE SURRENDER DOCUMENTS, SIGNED IN TOKYO BAY, ON DISPLAY IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D.C. CU SHOT OF DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY MACARTHUR |
| 00:06:33 339.37 |
"HARRY HOPKINS HONORED"
PRESIDENT TRUMAN PLACES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL ON HARRY HOPKINS LAPEL AT CEREMONY IN ROSE GARDEN (?), FOR SERVICE AS ADVISER TO FDR DURING WWII. |
| 00:06:47 353.37 |
"MARCH OF DIMES CHECK"
FILM EXECUTIVE NICHOLAS M. SKANK REPORTS TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN, AND MARCH OF DIMES DIRECTOR BASIL O'CONNOR THE RAISING OF SIX MILLION DOLLARS BY MOTION PICTURE THEATERS OF AMERICA, WHICH IS PRESENTED TO TRUMAN AT HIS DESK IN OVAL OFFICE. PHILANTHROPY; MOTION PICTURES; PERSONALITIES. |
| 00:06:48 354.37 |
"FANCY STEPPERS DO THEIR STUFF IN NEW YORK".
"HARVEST MOON BALL DANCE CONTEST IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN". VARIOUS SCENES OF CONTESTANTS COMPETING IN VARIETY OF DANCES, INCLUDING RHUMBA, JITTERBUG (LINDY HOP). CONTEST; ENTERTAINMENT |
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FORMALLY DRESSED DANCE COUPLES DANCE RHUMBA ON MADISON SQUARE GARDEN STAGE.
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HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF WHITE, AFRICAN-AMERICAN COUPLES DOING THEIR VERSION OF THE JITTERBUG, LINDY HOP, SOME WITH COLORFUL COSTUME.
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BLACK, WHITE COUPLES PUT ON LIVELY DEMONSTRATIONS, INCLUDING ACROBATICS. TOSSING GIRL OVER THEIR HEAD, DOING SPLITS, OTHER CONTORTIONS.
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COUPLE IN AUDIENCE SHOW THEIR ENTHUSIASM FOR THE LIVELY SHOW.
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SAILOR SHOWS HIS STUFF DOING THE JITTERBUG.
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"U.S. FLEET BLASTS THE MAINLAND OF JAPAN".
VARIOUS SCENES OF PLANES AND WARSHIPS OF THE THIRD FLEET BOMBARDING JAPAN WITHIN SIGHT OF THE COAST. |
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AIRCRAFT CARRIERS WITH DECKS LOADED WITH PLANES.
PLANES TAKING OFF FROM CARRIER DECKS. |
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AERIAL VIEW OF JAPANESE SHIPS BEING STRAFED WITH MACHINE GUNS AND ROCKETS. AS SEEN FROM CAMERAS ON ATTACKING PLANES. RAILROAD TRAIN BEING STRAFED AS IT SPEEDS ALONG TRACK. AERIAL ROCKET FIRE BLASTING INLAND TARGETS, INCLUDING A FACTORY BUILDING.
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ADMIRAL HALSEY BEING TRANSFERRED FROM ONE SHIP TO ANOTHER IN BUCKET ON CABLES. HALSEY PERUSES MAP WITH HIS STAFF.
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BATTLESHIPS WITHIN VIEW OF COASTLINE IN DISTANCE.
CU VIEW OF BATTLESHIP CANNONS TURNING IN THEIR TURRETS TO POSITION THEMSELVES FOR SALVO. |
| 00:10:21 567.37 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS OF BATTLESHIPS FIRING SALVOS.
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"OKINAWA AIRFIELDS SPEEDED FOR FINAL ASSAULT ON JAPAN".
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LONG LINES OF OKINAWAN FAMILIES, CARRYING THEIR WORLDLY GOODS, MOVE OUT OF THEIR VILLAGE TO MAKE WAY FOR U.S. AIRFIELD TO BE BUILT. MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, IN NATIVE WEAR, CARRYING THEIR BELONGINGS, SOME ON THEIR HEADS, AS THEY PASS CAMERA. REFUGEES
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OKINAWA NATIVE WOMEN HANG CLOTHING, FORM ROLLS OUT OF DOUGH IN THEIR NEW VILLAGE HOMES, BUILT BY GIS.
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LARGE GROUP OF OKINAWA NATIVE MEN BOW IN UNISON BEFORE THEY GO TO WORK ON NEW AIRFIELD FOR THE AMERICANS. MEN POUND ROCKS WITH SLEDGE HAMMERS.
WORKERS RUN STEAM ROLLERS ACROSS THE NEW AIRFIELD. |
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MONTAGE SHIRTLESS JAPANESE PRISONERS SEATED ON GROUND, PEER AT CAMERA THROUGH BARBED WIRE. CU VARIOUS FACE SHOTS OF SOME OF JAPANESE PRISONERS.
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"AVIATION". "NAVY TESTS WORLD'S LARGEST HELICOPTER". VARIOUS SCENES OF HUGE, BANANA SHAPED HELICOPTER WITH TWO ROTORS, LIFTING UP, HOVERING ABOVE CAMERA, DURING TEST. CU PAN OF HELICOPTER. ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR AIR-SEA RESCUE.
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"TEMPORARY HOMES SOUGHT FOR WAR NEEDY CHILDREN"
VARIOUS SCENES OF BABIES IN CRIBS, TOTS PLAYING WITH THEIR TRICYCLES, ON SEE-SAWS, SWINGS, IN PLAYGROUND, IN LIVING ROOMS, AS FEMALE NARRATOR ASKS, "WILL YOU SHARE YOUR HOME WITH A LONELY CHILD". PHILANTHROPY; CHILDREN; DOMESTIC LIFE; HOMELESS. |
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NURSE TENDS TO BABIES IN LONG LINE OF CRIBS. CU FACE SHOT OF BABY PEERING THROUGH BARS OF CRIB. CU AFRICAN-AMERICAN BABY SLEEPING, SUCKING ON THUMB.
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TWO LITTLE BOYS PLAYING WITH TRICYCLE IN GARDEN
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FOUR CHILDREN PLAYING ON LIVING ROOM FLOOR AS MOM & DAD SITING IN EASY CHAIRS WATCH.
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"CAPTAIN EDDIE RICKENBACKER IS HONORED"
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HONOR GUARD OF SAILORS LINE UP AS EDDIE RICKENBACKER, WWI ACE, EXITS DC-3 AIRLINER. CU FACE SHOT OF RICKENBACKER.
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CROWD GATHERS AROUND MOVIE THEATER IN COLOMBUS, OHIO WITH MARQUEE FEATURING "CAPTAIN EDDIE"
PREMIER. BASED ON ACE IN WWI AND PROMINENT FIGURE IN WWII. PEOPLE LINED UP FOR BLOCKS IN RAIN. |
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ACTOR JIMMY DUNNE, WHO STARS IN FILM, WAVES TO CAMERA. ACTRESS CAROL LANDIS, WITH GI ESCORT, WAVES. SHE IS AT PREMIER CELEBRATION, AS IS ACTOR LLOYD NOLAN WHO PLAYED IN THE FILM.
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RICKENBACKER AND WIFE POSE OUTSIDE THEATRE.
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RICKENBACKER GETS KEY TO CITY FROM MAYOR, AS GOVERNOR OF OHIO AND ACTRESS CAROL LANDIS WATCH.
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RICKENBACKER IS PRESENTED WITH LEDGER WITH SIGNATURES OF CITIZENS OF COLOMBUS, OHIO AS ACTOR LLOYD NOLAN, ACTRESS PEGGY ANN GARDNER, ACTRESS CAROL LANDIS, ACTOR JIMMY DUNNE, OTHERS WATCH.
*NOTE: THEATER; HOLLYWOOD; MOTION PICTURES; PERSONALITIES. |
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"WOUNDED G.I.S LEARN TO SNAP THEIR OWN PIN-UP PICTURES". WOUNDED GIS AT HOSPITAL, IN CAMP EDWARDS, CAPE COD, MASSACHUSSETS, TAKE COURSE IN PHOTOGRAPHY. VARIOUS SCENES GIS TAKING PICTURES OF PIN UP GIRLS ON CAMPUS OF HOSPITAL.
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PRETTY GIRLS SIT ON WALL AS GIS, BACKS TO CAMERA, TAKE SNAP SHOTS WITH FLASH CAMERAS.
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CU GI POINTS VINTAGE CAMERA AT CAMERA, SHOOTS.
BEVY OF GIS ON LOW PIER, TAKE SHOT OF PIN-UP IN SWIMSUIT ON BEACH. MORE OF PIN-UP SHOTS. CU ZOOM IN ON GI POINTING VINTAGE CAMERA AT CAMERA. |
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"BEAST OF BELSEN AND HIS NAZI GANG TRIED FOR CRIMES". ATROCITIES; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; COURT.
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MEN, WOMEN GUARDS, WHO COLLABORATED IN ATROCITIES WITH THE, "BEAST OF BELSEN", FILE INTO COURT FOR TRIAL. AMONG THE WOMEN GUARDS ID IRMA GRESA, WHO WAS ASSISTANT TO JOSEF KRAMER, "THE BEAST OF BELSEN".
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DOZENS OF MALE AND FEMALE WAR CRIMINALS, EACH WITH A NUMBER ON THEIR CHEST FOR IDENTIFICATION, FILE IN, TAKE THEIR SEATS IN THE BLOCK.
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CU OF KRAMER AND PRISON DOCTOR, WHO COMMITTED MEDICAL ATROCITIES, ALONGSIDE HIM
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"ADMIRAL NIMITZ HOME FROM WAR"
VARIOUS SCENES OF NIMITZ ARRIVING IN CALIFORNIA BY PLANE, IS MET BY WIFE AND GOVERNOR WARREN. NIMITZ PLACES HAWAIIAN LEI AROUND HIS WIFE'S NECK. |
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"PRESIDENT TRUMAN ASKS AID FOR NATIONAL WAR FUND"
CU TRUMAN MAKES SPEECH FROM HIS DESK IN OVAL OFFICE. TRUMAN EXPLAINS THE THREE CAUSES THE FUND IS USED, "FOR CONTINUED FRIENDLY SERVICES FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO STILL HAVE A JOB TO DO IN THE ARMED SERVICES. "FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE AT HOME". FOR RELIEF & ASSISTANCE FOR THE PEOPLE IN LIBERATED COUNTRIES". |
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"MEET THE "FROGMEN", ALLIED UNDERWATER HEROES OF INVASION". AQUATIC SOLDIERS
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FIVE BRITISH SOLDIERS IN EARLY SCUBA DIVING OUTFITS ROW IN RUBBER BOAT, SUDDENLY DROP INTO THE WATER. THE "FROGMEN" AS THEY WERE CALLED CAN BE SEEN SWIMMING ON BOTTOM OF POOL THROUGH CLEAR WATER AS THEY GIVE DEMONSTRATION.
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UNDERWATER SHOTS "FROGMAN" CUTS THROUGH STEEL MESH FENCE WITH WIRE CUTTERS, SHOWING HOW THEY PENETRATED ENEMY UNDERWATER SHORE DEFENSES IN NORMANDY ON "D" DAY. CU "FROGMAN" SWIMS BY CAMERA
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| 00:19:01 1087.37 |
U.S. UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAM IN SWIM TRUNKS PREPARE EXPLOSIVES TO BLOW UP OBSTACLES OFF A HOSTILE COAST.
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THE MEN JUMP OFF SPEEDING BOAT, INTO RUBBER RAFT ATTACHED TO BOAT, ROLL QUICKLY INTO WATER OFF BORNEO COAST.
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THE TEAM WEARING GOGGLES SWIM TO OBSTACLE. PLANT CHARGES, SWIM BACK. CU THE TEAM IS PULLED OUT OF WATER ONE BY ONE BY STRONG ARMED COMRADES ON BOAT WHICH DOESN'T SLOW DOWN.
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| 00:19:34 1120.37 |
"DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR VIEW ENGLAND AGAIN"
VARIOUS SCENES OF DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR GET GLIMPSE OF ENGLAND FROM LINER ON WAY TO FRANCE WHERE THEY WILL LIVE. THE DUKE WAS ONCE KING OF ENGLAND, BUT ABDICATED TO MARRY AN AMERICAN COMMONER. |
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"FAMOUS SAILING SHIP "DANMARK" GOES HOME".
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| 00:20:18 1164.37 |
LONG LINE OF THE LAST CLASS OF AMERICAN COAST GUARD CADETS PULL ON LINE TO HOIST THE SPREAD OF CANVASS, ON THE FULL RIGGED THREE MASTER SAILING VESSEL WHICH WAS LOANED TO U.S. BY DENMARK BEFORE WAR, IS GIVEN BACK TO DENMARK.
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LONG LINE OF CADETS CLIMB UP TO THE SAILS. CU CADET AT HELM. MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND CADETS WERE TRAINED IN THE WAY OF THE SAIL.
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SHIP SAILS BY IN FULL SAIL.
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"1945 WORLD SERIES". SPORTS. BASEBALL.
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| 00:21:02 1208.37 |
PRESS BOX FULL OF REPORTERS, HIGH ABOVE STANDS IN BRIGGS STADIUM, DETROIT, AS DETROIT TIGERS PLAY CHICAGO CUBS. HOLLYWOOD ACTOR, SPORTS ANNOUNCER PAUL DOUGLAS CALLS THE GAME FOR MOVIETONE.
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PAUL DOUGLAS IN F/G SITS IN PRESS BOX HIGH ABOVE FIELD BELOW.
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MANAGERS O'NEILL AND GRIMM SHAKE HANDS AS DO RIVAL PITCHERS, BAROWY AND NEWHOUSER. COMMISSION OF BASEBALL CHANDLER THROWS OUT FIRST BALL.
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AERIAL SHOT DETROIT'S NEWHOUSER PITCHING TO JOHNSON WHO HITS SINGLE.
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CU "PEANUTS" LOWERY AT BAT. LS TIGER'S "DOC" PULLS IN FLY BALL HIT BY LOWERY.
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CU CHICAGO'S PHIL CABARETTA AT BAT. BEATS OUT INFIELD HIT.
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CU BILL NICHOLSON AT BAT, HITS TRIPLE DRIVING IN TWO RUNS.
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| 00:22:00 1266.37 |
CU HANK GREENBERG AT BAT, FALLS DOWN AFTER ALMOST BEING HIT BY PITCH. CUBS WIN FIRST GAME 9-0.
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| 00:22:12 1278.37 |
ACTOR PAUL DOUGLAS SPEAKS TO HANK GREENBERG.
MOTION PICTURES; THEATER; ENTERTAINMENT; PERSONALITIES. |
| 00:22:27 1293.37 |
BILL NICHOLSON OF CHICAGO AT BAT, SLAPS SINGLE TO SCORE CABARETTA FOR ONLY SCORE OF DAY.
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CU HANK GREENBERG AT BAT. HANK GREENBERG HITS HOMER WITH TWO ON AND TIGERS TIE THE SERIES.
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| 00:23:58 1384.37 |
"BYRNES PLEDGES U.S. WILL WORK FOR THE SUCCESS OF UNO". SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES SPEAKS BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY OF UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION (UNO).
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT IS THERE. |
| 00:25:08 1454.37 |
"GENERAL; MARSHALL ARRANGES SIGNING OF PEACE IN CHINA".
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| 00:25:24 1470.37 |
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO CHINA GENERAL MARSHALL POSES WITH COMMUNIST DELEGATE CHOU EN-LAI AND NATIONALIST DELEGATE POSE OUTSIDE BUILDING.
MARSHALL WAS SENT TO MEDIATE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COMMUNISTS AND NATIONALISTS. |
| 00:25:27 1473.37 |
MARSHALL WATCHES AS COMMUNIST CHOU EN-LAI AND NATIONALIST DELEGATE SIGN PEACE TREATY.
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| 00:25:53 1499.37 |
GENERALISSIMO CHAING KAI SHEK ANNOUNCING FORMATION OF COALITION GOVERNMENT.
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| 00:26:02 1508.37 |
"NEWS OF THE NATION". "MIGHTY BATTLESHIPS FOR ATOMIC BOMB TESTS". VARIOUS SCENES OF WARSHIPS INCLUDING BATTLESHIPS NEVADA, ARKANSAS, NEW YORK, GERMAN CRUISER PRINCE "AUGIN", AT SEA IN EARLIER TIMES, WHICH WILL BE PART OF OVER 100 WARSHIPS TO BE USED AS GUINEA PIGS IN ATOMIC BOMB TEST.
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| 00:26:37 1543.37 |
ATOMIC BOMB BLAST ON NEW MEXICO DESERT SENDS MUSHROOM CLOUD INTO THE SKY.
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| 00:26:50 1556.37 |
"GENERAL SHORT TESTIFIES AT PEARL HARBOR INQUIRY"
SHORT, ARMY COMMANDER IN HAWAII WHEN JAPANESE ATTACKED CONTENDS HE WAS NOT GIVEN INFORMATION INDICATING JAPANESE PLANS, DECLARES, "I DO NOT BELIEVE I WAS TREATED FAIRLY OR WITH JUSTICE BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT". "I WAS SINGLED OUT AS AN EXAMPLE, AS A SCAPEGOAT" "THEY HAVE PASSED THE BUCK TO ME, AND I HAVE KEPT MY SILENCE UNTIL THE OPPORTUNITY OF THIS PUBLIC FORUM" |
| 00:27:33 1599.37 |
"GENERAL WAINWRIGHT TAKES NEW COMMAND"
GENERAL WAINWRIGHT ARRIVES BY PLANE AT SAN ANTONIO TEXAS, IS GREETED BY MAJOR GENERAL LUCAS, WHO HE SUCCEEDS. MLS HONOR GUARD SALUTE HERO OF BATAAN. |
| 00:27:54 1620.37 |
"FIRST LAND BASED PLANE FOR U. S. NAVY PATROL"
NAVY'S FIRST LAND BASED BOMBER ARRIVES AT AIRFIELD TO BE USED FOR PATROL. PLANE TAKES OFF FLIES OVER SCENIC MOUNTAINS OF CALIFORNIA. |
| 00:28:27 1653.37 |
HERO CHAPLIN HONORED BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN PRESIDENT TRUMAN PRESENTS THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO COMMANDER O'CALLAHAN WHO WAS THE HERO CHAPLIN OF THE BURNING AND EXPLODING AIRCRAFT CARRIER "FRANKLIN"
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| 00:28:37 1663.37 |
CARRIER "FRANKLIN" ENGULFED IN FLAMES & BLACK SMOKE AFTER BEING HIT BY JAP KAMIKAZE PLANE.
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| 00:28:56 1682.37 |
CU FAMOUS SHOTS OF FATHER O'CALLAHAN TALKING, THEN PRAYING OVER WOUNDED SAILOR AS MEN IN BKGD FIGHT FIRE ON DECK.
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| 00:29:04 1690.37 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN JOINS HANDS WITH O'CALLAHAN, SERGEANT JOHN MCKINNEY, LIEUTENANTS DANIEL LEE AND DONALD GARY. ALL REVIEWING THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
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| 00:29:13 1699.37 |
"MARCH OF DIMES FASHION SHOW"
SPONSORED BY NEW YORK DRESS INSTITUTE. FASHION MODELS WALK RUNWAY TO SHOW LATEST STYLES IN EVENING WEAR. MODEL SKIPS OUT ON RUNWAY, SHOWS BARREL SWIM SUIT. MODEL WEARS "MARCH OF DIMES" DRESS. GOWN STUDDED WITH DIMES. FASHION; PHILANTHROPY; ENTERTAINMENT. |
| 00:30:15 1761.37 |
"SKI JUMPING STARS "BITE THE SNOW" IN GARY, ILLINOIS MEET". AT FOX RIVER GROVE, ILLINOIS, TOP FLITE JUMPERS COMPETE IN THE "40TH NORGE SKI CLUB"
MEET. VARIOUS SCENES OF SKI JUMPERS MAKING THEIR RUN ON HUGE RAMP. VARIOUS SCENES OF SKIERS TAKING SPILLS AS THEY LAND. |
| 00:31:02 1808.37 |
MERYL BARBER MAKES 176 FEET JUMP, WINS MEET.
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| 00:31:08 1814.37 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF HOW IT LOOKS FROM TOP OF RAMP, WITH SKIER GOING DOWN.
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| 00:31:12 1818.37 |
TWO GIRLS WRAPPED IN INDIAN BLANKETS WATCH THE SKIERS GO DOWN RAMP. ANNOUNCER MEL ALLEN NARRATES IN RYME. WINTER SPORTS; ENTERTAINMENT.
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| 00:31:19 1825.37 |
"CUTE FLORIDA KIDDIES DON'T WALK IN THE "SUN".
THEY FLY". RALPH SMITH TRAINS KIDDIES IN ACROBATICS, AND BALANCING AT THE SHORE CLUB, MIAMI BEACH. LEW LEHR NARRATES. SPORTS; ENTERTAINMENT; CHILDREN; ODDITY. |
| 00:31:31 1837.37 |
SMITH BALANCES BALANCES BOTH FEET OF LITTLE BOY ON HIS HANDS, BOY STAYS STIFF AS SMITH TWIRLS HIM AROUND. PALM TREES AND SPECTATORS IN BKGD
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| 00:31:38 1844.37 |
SMITH CATCHES BABY THROWN TO HIM HIGH IN AIR. THE BABY STANDS STIFFLY ON SMITH'S HANDS AS HE HOLDS HIM HIGH OVER HIS HEAD.
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| 00:31:51 1857.37 |
SURROUNDED BY TOTS, SMITH LAYS ON BACK ON BLANKET IN SAND, BALANCES STIFFLY STANDING BABY ON UP-STRETCHED HANDS. MS BABY GIRL KISSES CHUBBY LITTLE BOY BEFORE SMITH PICKS HIM UP. CU BOY STICKS OUT HIS TONGUE AS SMITH BALANCES THE BABY ON HIS HANDS. CUTE.
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| 00:32:33 1899.37 |
"CHARTER SIGNED FOR WORLD PEACE". "GREAT CONFERENCE OF UNITED NATIONS AT SAN FRANCISCO CLOSES IN TRIUMPH". POLITICS; GOVERNMENT;
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| 00:32:49 1915.37 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN WALKS DOWN STEPS OF PLANE AS HE ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO. CHIEF DELEGATE STETTINIUS GREETS HIM. BEVY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE FLASH SHOTS. MOTORCADE DOWN SAN FRANCISCO STREETS.
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| 00:33:15 1941.37 |
SECRET SERVICE MEN STAND ON RUNNING BOARD OF OPEN LIMO AS TRUMAN WAVES TO CROWD.
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| 00:33:40 1966.37 |
CHINESE DELEGATE SIGN CHARTER. SPEAKS. RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR GROMYKO SIGNS, AMBASSADOR HALIFAX SIGNS FOR GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE DELEGATE PAUL VONGORE (?) SIGNS. DELEGATES FROM MEXICO, GREECE, SAUDIA ARABIA, BRAZIL, AND STETTINIUS FOR THE U. S.
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| 00:35:01 2047.37 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN SHAKES HANDS WITH STETTINIUS, STETTINIUS MAKES SPEECH.
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN MAKES SPEECH, CLOSES CONFERENCE.
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"PRESIDENT TRUMAN VISITS THE FOLKS IN HOME TOWN"
TRUMAN VISITS INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, ENTIRE POPULATION OF TYPICAL SMALL TOWN, TURN OUT. |
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THE TRUMAN RESIDENCE IN INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI.
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TRUMAN WALKS AMID THE PEOPLE OF THE SMALL TOWN WHO CALL HIM "HARRY".
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CROWD IN AUDITORIUM. MRS. TRUMAN, DAUGHTER MARGARET WITH BOUQUET OF FLOWERS IN ARMS, STAND WITH OTHERS ON STAGE. PRESIDENT SPEAKS AS AN OLD FRIEND.
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"ALLIES LAND IN FRANCE"
1944 FILM OF INVASION OF NORMANDY, INCLUDING SHOTS OF LANDING ON BEACHES, AERIAL SHOTS OF BOMBING OF STRATEGIC TARGETS BEFORE INVASION, MIGHTY ARMADA CROSSING CHANNEL AND THE INLAND PUSH INTO FRANCE BY ALLIED INVASION FORCES. D-DAY |
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SQUADRONS OF BOMBERS FLYING OVER GERMAN TARGETS IN FRANCE. AERIAL VIEW OF BOMBS FALLING AS SEEN FROM PLANE. AERIAL SPECTACULAR VIEW OF EXPLOSIONS ON ROAD JUNCTION, A STRATEGIC BRIDGE, & OTHER TARGETS.
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AMERICAN INVASION TROOPS MARCH THROUGH EMBARKATION VILLAGE IN ENGLAND. BRITISH, CANADIAN, TROOPS IN LANDING CRAFTS SAIL OUT TO TRANSPORT SHIPS. LARGE BARRAGE BALLOONS PROTECT FLEET AGAINST ENEMY PLANES.
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AERIAL VIEW OF ENGLISH PORT FILLED WITH ALL SORTS OF CRAFTS, LOADED WITH TROOPS AND WAR SUPPLIES SAILING OUT TO COAST OF FRANCE.
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MONTAGE TRANSPORT PLANES WITH PARATROOPS TAKES OFF BEFORE DAWN. PARATROOPERS, WITH FACES BLACKENED, BOARD TRANSPORTS. U.S., BRITISH, CANADIAN TROOPS BOARD GLIDERS. GLIDERS BEING TOWED FOR TAKE-OFF.
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MONTAGE AERIAL VIEWS AS SEEN FROM PLANES WING CAMERAS OF STRAFING OF GERMAN SHIPS, LAND TARGETS.
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AERIAL VIEW OF MIGHTY ARMADA HEADING FOR FRANCE.
SEA LEVEL SHOT OF ARMADA WITH ITS MANY BARRAGE BALLOONS. |
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U.S. TROOPS CLIMB DOWN ROPE NETS INTO LANDING CRAFT UNDER HOSTILE FIRE.
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DOOR OF LANDING CRAFT AS SEEN BY TROOPS INSIDE OPENS TO A VIEW OF THE OBSTACLE STREWN BEACH AND HEAVY ENEMY FIRE. TROOPS RUSH OUT INTO WATER ON BEACH, FOR SPEEDY SEIZURE OF FIRST ASSIGNMENT.
MORE OF TROOPS EXITING LANDING CRAFTS. POV INSIDE CRAFT. |
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AERIAL THE LANDING AS SEEN FROM AIR.
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MORE OF TROOPS WADING INTO SHORE IN WAIST DEEP WATER. GRIM SCENES ON SHORE AS HEAVY ENEMY FIRE TAKES ITS TOLL
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GRIM SCENE OF MEN FALLING WOUNDED OR DEAD AS THEY HIT THE BEACH, POV LOOKING OUT FROM SHORE.
SOLDIERS PINNED DOWN AGAINST SEA WALL. |
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GIS CARRY WOUNDED BUDDY ON STRETCHER, TOWARDS CAMERA.
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GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY, EISENHOWER, MONTGOMERY ON SHIP. MONTGOMERY CLIMBS DOWN LADDER TO LANDING CRAFT. GOES ASHORE TO DIRECT BATTLE.
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AERIAL VIEW RAILROAD TRAIN BEING STRAFED BLOWS UP WITH HUGE EXPLOSIONS AS AMMUNITION IS IGNITED.
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ALLIED TROOPS MARCH INLAND ON FRENCH ROAD.
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NAZI PRISONERS BY THE THOUSANDS MARCHING TOWARDS CAMERA.
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GI HOLDS NAZI FLAG POSES WITH OTHERS.
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AERIAL PLANES STRAFING NAZI FLYING FIELD, PLANES ON GROUND BLOW UP. AERIAL ENEMY PLANE BEING SHOT DOWN, EXPLODES WHEN IT HITS GROUND.
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"HERO OF THE WEEK"
PRESIDENT TRUMAN PRESENTS CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO SERGEANT JAKE LINDSEY" |
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CONGRESSMEN STAND AND APPLAUD AS GENERAL MARSHALL ESCORTS SERGEANT LINDSEY DOWN ISLE & TO THE PODIUM WHERE HE IS HONORED BY TRUMAN BEFORE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.
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PRESIDENT PLACES MEDAL AROUND NECK OF LINDSEY WHO, THOUGH WOUNDED BY SHELL FIRE, SMASHED POWERFUL NAZI COUNTER-ATTACK VIRTUALLY SINGLE-HANDED.
TRUMAN SPEAKS TO CONGRESS. |
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JAKE POSES WITH HIS PARENTS ON STEPS OF CAPITOL BUILDING. WASHINGTON, D.C.
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JAKE AND GIRL-FRIEND EMBRACE AND KISS LOVINGLY, WASHINGTON MONUMENT IN B/G.
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"FINAL LIBERATION IN EUROPE"
DANISH KING & QUEEN RIDE IN MOTORCADE, MAKE THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE AMONG THEIR PEOPLE SINCE BEFORE GERMAN OCCUPATION. FOREIGN GOVERNMENT; ROYALTY; POST WWII |
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ROYAL COUPLE MOTORCADE IS SHOWERED WITH CONFETTI &
PAPER FROM BUILDINGS. CROWD CHEER IN STREETS. |
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KING CHRISTEN OPENS FIRST SESSION OF DANISH PARLIAMENT SINCE OCCUPATION.
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FIELD MARSHALL MONTGOMERY INSPECTS GERMAN SHIPS SURRENDERED AT COPENHAGEN.
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MONTGOMERY STANDS IN OPEN LIMO IS HAILED BY REJOICING DANES.
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CANADIAN TROOPS ARE CARRIED THROUGH STREETS, ON SHOULDERS OF CHEERING CROWDS IN HOLLAND.
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TILT DOWN AT DESECRATED SYNAGOG WHERE CROWD WATCHES AS DUTCH NAZIS WHO ASSAILED THE PLACE OF WORSHIP ARE COMPELLED TO CLEAN UP BY BEATING RUGS AND CUSHIONS AGAINST EACH OTHER.
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HIGH ANGLE SHOT GROUP OF MEN IN CIRCLE BEAT EACH OTHER ON THE BACKSIDE WITH PILLOWS, CUSHIONS.
ODDITY; CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. |
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"V. E. IN PARIS"
WALL-TO-WALL CELEBRATING CROWDS ON CHAMPS D'ELESEES, ARCH DE TRIOMPHE IN DISTANCE B/G. POLICE TRYING TO HOLD BACK CROWDS. PEOPLE DANCING IN STREETS IN GAY PAREE. |
| 00:53:28 3154.37 |
"SEA WAR EPIC". "U.S. NAVY REVEALS CAPTURE OF NAZI U-BOAT INTACT". FILM TAKEN A YEAR BEFORE SHOW HOW SUBMARINE WAS CAPTURED.
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| 00:53:41 3167.37 |
DEPTH CHARGES HURLED INTO THE AIR Y WARSHIP &
SUBSEQUENT UNDERWATER EXPLOSION BURSTING ON SURFACE AS SEEN FROM REAR OF WARSHIP. |
| 00:53:50 3176.37 |
SUBMARINE SURFACES IN THE DISTANCE. WARSHIP FIRE ANTI-AIRCRAFT AT SUB TRYING TO DRIVE GERMAN CREW OFF THE SUB.
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| 00:54:02 3188.37 |
BOARDING PARTY PUTS OUT TOWARDS THE SUB. U.S.
SAILORS CAPTURE THE SUB INTACT. |
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"GIRLS: YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOUR AS CADET NURSES"
LIEUTENANT JEAN ACKERMAN ASSISTS WOUNDED GI OFF TRANSPORT PLANE THEN SPEAKS. MAKES PLEA FOR WOMEN TO JOIN NURSE CORP. |
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NURSES AIDE DIAPERING A BABY, HUGGING IT.
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NURSES ASSISTING IN OPERATING ROOM.
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"TROOPSHIP ARRIVES WITH 8TH FORCE MEN & ROMANCE"
VARIOUS SCENES OF CROWDED TROOPSHIP FROM EUROPE BRINGING A THOUSAND MEN OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE. |
| 00:55:41 3287.37 |
LARGE GROUP OF WIVES AND BABIES OF AMERICAN SERVICEMEN WHO MARRIED IN BRITAIN, POSE ON BOARD.
THEY ARRIVED TO MAKE HOMES IN AMERICA. |
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LT COLONEL HUBBARD AND BELGIAN BRIDE POSE ON GANGPLANK.
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"RACING COMES BACK TO NEW YORK & LEW (TOUT) LEHR"
SPORTS. HORSE RACING |
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AERIAL VIEW OF HUGE CRUSHING CROWD OF RACING FANS AT JAMAICA RACE TRACK IN NEW YORK, AS SEEN FROM DIRECTLY OVERHEAD.
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| 00:56:11 3317.37 |
VERY FAT COMIC ANNOUNCER LEW LEHR WALKS AIMLESSLY THROUGH CROWD, WALKS INTO ANOTHER FAT MAN, PATS HIS STOMACH, WALKS ON.
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| 00:56:18 3324.37 |
LEHR STOPS AND PULLS SCRATCH SHEET OUT OF HANDS OF MOVIE ACTOR, NARRATOR PAUL DOUGLAS, THEN MOVES ON.
HOLLYWOOD; MOTION PICTURES; ENTERTAINMENT. |
| 00:56:29 3335.37 |
COMIC LEW LEHR MAKING BET.
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| 00:56:35 3341.37 |
HORSES LEAVE GATE FOR "EXPERIMENTAL HANDICAP".
"JEEP" IS THE WINNER. CU LEHR WITH FROWN ON FACE TEARS UP TICKETS. |
| 00:56:58 3364.37 |
DOUGLAS ASKS SAD LEHR HOW HE MADE OUT. LEHR TELLS HIM HE BET ON NUMBER 3, BUT "JEEP" WON. DOUGLAS TELLS LEHR "JEEP" WAS NUMBER THREE.
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| 00:57:10 3376.37 |
LEHR ON HANDS AND KNEES IN EMPTY AISLES LOOKING FOR HIS TORN TICKETS.
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| 00:57:44 3410.37 |
"U.S. INVASION OF RYUKYUS"
ATTACK, LAND ON THE ISLAND OF OKINAWA IN THE RYUKYUS'. VARIOUS SCENES OF WARSHIPS BOMBARDING OKINAWA WITH SHOWERS OF ROCKETS. VARIOUS SCENES OF TROOPS LANDING ON BEACHES WITH LITTLE RESISTANCE, AS JAPANESE MOVE TO INLAND DEFENSES. |
| 00:59:35 3521.37 |
JAPANESE CIVILIANS OF THE ISLAND STREAM OUT OF MOUNTAIN HIDING PLACES, ARE TREATED WELL BY GIS.
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| 00:59:50 3536.37 |
GIS RAISE U. S. FLAG ON OKINAWA. SALUTE.
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| 01:00:01 3547.37 |
"BRITISH CAPTURE STORIED CITY OF MANDALAY".
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| 01:00:12 3558.37 |
BRITISH TANK KNOCKS DOWN TREE IN SHADOW OF ANCIENT PAGODAS OF BUDDHISM. BRITISH BOMBERS DIVE LOW OVER VILLAGE DROP BOMBS. BRITISH ARTILLERY CREWS FIRES LARGE CANNONS INTO ANCIENT BUILDINGS.
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| 01:00:54 3600.37 |
AERIAL VIEW OF SACRED SHRINES WHICH JAPANESE TURN INTO STRONGHOLDS.
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JAPANESE PRISONERS ARE LED BLINDFOLDED TO TENT FOR INTERROGATION.
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| 01:01:09 3615.37 |
BURMESE MEN PUT ON A DEMONSTRATION OF FOOTBALL AS THEY KEEP SOCCER BALL FROM HITTING GROUND WITH THEIR FEET AND HEADS. SPORTS; SOCCER; FOOTBALL.
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| 01:01:18 3624.37 |
BURMESE MEN PUT ON BRUTAL BOXING MATCH WITH FISTS.
SPORTS; BOXING, BURMESE STYLE. |
| 01:01:28 3634.37 |
BURMESE GIRLS IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME, DO ANCIENT DANCE. ETHNIC DANCE; ENTERTAINMENT.
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| 01:01:38 3644.37 |
"MACLEISH EXPLAINS THE SAN FRANCISCO PEACE PROGRAM"
UNITED NATIONS; CU ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE ARCHIBALD MACLEISH OUTLINES PLANS FOR THE WORLD ORGANIZATION. SHOWS ORGANIZATION CHART & EXPLAINS THE FUNCTION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SECURITY COUNCIL, INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE. |
| 01:04:09 3795.37 |
"RIDING THE SURF IN AUSTRALIA". SPORTS. SURFING LARGE GROUP OF SURFERS HOLD UP THEIR SURFBOARDS IN A FOREST OF SURFBOARDS, ON BEACH AS THEY GET READY TO HIT THE WAVES.
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| 01:04:24 3810.37 |
DOZENS OF SURFERS KNEEL ON THEIR BOARDS, PADDLE OUT TO MEET WAVES. THE YOUNG MEN SURF THE WAVES INTO SHORE.
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| 01:04:59 3845.37 |
YOUNG BOY PADDLES HIS KAYAK INTO SHORE IS INUNDATED BY HUGE WAVE WHICH FLIPS HIM OVER,
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