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WWII ERA NEWSREELS

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RADIO PROXIMITY FUSE-WEAPON BEHIND VICTORY.
SCIENTISTS MEET. LONG TABLE. DR. VENNEVAR BUSH.
ALEXANDER ELLIOT
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FEMALE WORKERS WORKING WITH TINY RADIO TUBES. CU COMPARISON OF REGULAR TUBE AND TINY RADIO TUBE PAN PROXIMITY FUSES ON TABLE. FITTED INTO THE NOSE OF A BOMB
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BOMBER DROPS LOAD OF BOMBS WITH TIME FUSES, SOME EXPLODE TOO HIGH, RENDERING THEM INEFFECTIVE
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BOMBERS DROP BOMBS WITH TIMERS, EXPLODE ON CONTACT
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BOMBS WITH DELAYED ACTION FUSES FALL, PENETRATING DEEP INTO THE GROUND. PROXIMITY FUSE BOMBS
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DIAGRAM FORM ILLUSTRATES A CONTACT BOMB, DELAYED ACTION BOMB, & PROXIMITY FUSE VT.
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WWII ERA BOMBER PLANE FIRING ROCKETS.
ILLUSTRATION FOLLOWS. ZONES OF SENSITIVITY
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CU ROCKETS DROPPING, EXPLODING
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U.S. MARKS NAVY DAY. 1945. FLEET ON PARADE IN NEW YORK HARBOR. FIGHTING SHIPS
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BROOKLYN NAVY YARD, AIR CRAFT CARRIER. SECRETARY OF NAVY FORRESTAL, DEDICATION OF THE FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT. WITH ELEANOR ROOSEVELT.
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LT. COMMANDER FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, JR.
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OUTBOARD ELEVATOR BRINGS THE PARTY ON CARRIER DECK. CAPTAIN ACCEPTS HIS NEW SHIP FROM THE NAVY YARD COMMANDANT. COMMISSIONING OF A SHIP
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN MAKES FORMAL DEDICATION SOF
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CU BRONZE BUST, FDR.
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PLANES IN FORMATION OVER CARRIER FORM LETTERS FDR
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LOWER BROADWAY, TICKER TAPE PARADE. PRESIDENT TRUMAN MILLIONS OF SPECTATORS. 1945
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CENTRAL PARK, MILLION PEOPLE LISTEN TO TRUMAN SPEECH, SOF. WWII SPEECH. TRIBUTE TO THE NAVY OUTLINES THE AMERICAN POSITION FOR KEEPING THE PEACE.
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AMERICAN FLEET IN THE HUDSON RIVER. NAVY.
BATTLESHIPS, CARRIERS. HS TRAFFIC JAM ALONG THE SHORE. SPECTATORS. FLOTILLA
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USS MISSOURI, PRESIDENT TRUMAN INSPECTS THE SHIP LOOKS OVER SPOT WHERE JAPAN SIGNED FINAL SURRENDER. CU PLAQUE ON DECK. TRUMAN SIGNING
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PRESIDENTIAL PARTY BOARDS DESTROYER RENSHAW ?SP TO REVIEW FLOTILLA. PLANES IN FORMATION OVERHEAD.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN SALUTES BATTLESHIPS, CRUISERS, MASSIVE CARRIERS, DESTROYERS, ARMED ESCORTS AS THEY PASS IN REVIEW. AIR SHIP OVERHEAD. SHIPS SHOOT GUNS. PEOPLE WAVE FROM BRIDGE
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PIERRE LAVAL EXECUTED FOR TREASON. LAVAL WITH NAZI OFFICIALS. FRANCE UNDER GERMAN DOMINATION.
VICHY GOVERNMENT GERMAN OCCUPIED FRANCE
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FIRING SQUAD FILES INTO FRESNES PRISON, PARIS
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EMPTY HEARSE ARRIVES
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SHOTS HEARD, EXECUTION NOT SEEN. CURIOUS ONLOOKERS.
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HEARSE LEADS MOTORCADE AWAY FROM PRISON
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YAMASHITA ON TRIAL FOR WAR CRIMES. JAPANESE LEADERS ARRIVE AT OMORI POW CAMP CHARGED WITH AGGRESSION AND WAR CRIMES. GENERAL BEYERS & LT.
COL. SELBY ?SP
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ADMIRAL SHIGATORI SHIMADA ?SP OF THE PEARL HARBOR GENERAL KENJI DORIHARA ?SP FIRST JAPANESE ARMY.
SHIGOMORI KORODA ?SP. GENERAL MASAHARA HOMA ?SP COL. HASHIMOTO BLACK DRAGON TERRORIST
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TOMOYUKI YAMASHITA GENERAL OF THE JAPANESE ARMY ON TRIAL. GENERAL R. B. REYNOLDS. YAMASHITA WITH JAPANESE AND AMERICAN DEFENSE LAWYERS. STANDING BEFORE THE COMMISSION. TIGER OF MALAYA
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TRUMAN OPENS LABOR-INDUSTRY CONFERENCE. PHILIP MURRAY REPRESENTING LABOR. WILLIAM GREEN FEDERATION OF LABOR LEADER. JOHN L. LEWIS, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA. ERIC JOHNSTON OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. CHARLES WILSON OF GENERAL MOTORS.
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN OPENS THE MEETING, SPEECH SOF.
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30,000 CAVALRY HORSES PUT ON SALE. FORT ROBINSON, NEBRASKA. AMERICAN ARMY HORSES AND MULES ON SALE TO THE PUBLIC.
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CHECKING HORSE'S TEETH. BLACKSMITH FILING HORSESHOE. TATTOOING INSIDE OF HORSE'S MOUTH FOR IDENTIFICATION.
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ANNUAL DRIVE FROM SUMMER PASTURES TO WINTER FEEDING GROUNDS. HUNDREDS OF RUNNING HORSES.
HORSE DRIVE
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BRITISH IN HONG KONG, U. S. MARINES IN TIENTSIN
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HS BRITISH SHIPS IN HONG KONG HARBOR
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AERIAL OVER HONG KONG SHOWS LITTLE DAMAGE
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BRITISH SOLDIERS FERRET OUT THE LAST JAPANESE.
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UNDER ROYAL NAVY GUARD, JAPANESE CLEAN OUT THEIR OWN QUARTERS. & THROWN ON BONFIRE. BURNING PERSONAL PROPERTY.
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JAPANESE SOLDIERS MARCHED TO PRISON CAMPS.
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MILLION CHINESE WELCOME U. S. MARINES, TIENTSIN, CHINA. US LANDING SHIPS ON THE HAI RIVER.
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LITTLE BOYS SCRAMBLE FOR CANDY, GOODIES THROWN FROM SHIP
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LATEST PICTURES FROM OCCUPIED JAPAN. JAPANESE WOMEN PULL ON ROPES BRINGING UP HIDDEN GOLD, SILVER AND PLATINUM. HIDDEN TREASURE. LOADED ONTO TRUCKS. TONS OF GOLD BARS. TRUCK CONVOY.
YAMASHITA'S GOLD.
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AERIAL HARBOR OF KURE, JAPANESE NAVAL BASE
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HARBOR LITTERED WITH DESTROYED BATTLESHIPS, CARRIERS, HEAVY CRUISERS, SMALLER CRAFT
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DENMARK'S KING CHRISTIAN MARKS 75TH BIRTHDAY COPENHAGEN FILLED WITH WELL WISHERS. CHEER FOR THE KING. HERO'S WELCOME
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BERLIN PREPARES FOR WINTER. AERIAL OVER BERLIN, POST-WWII.
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POV DRIVING IN DESTROYED BERLIN CITY.
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MAN PUMPS WATER FROM WELL. FORMER NAZIS REBUILDING ROADS. PIECE BY PIECE
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PEOPLE LINE UP IN FRONT OF MOVIE THEATER "GROSSE FREINEIT" TO SEE FILM BANNED DURING NAZI RULE
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VICTIMS OF WAR, GERMANS FORAGING FOR FOOD AND FUEL. CHOP DOWN TREES. WOMEN COLLECT KINDLING.
POST WWII LIFE IN GERMANY, FIRST WINTER. PEOPLE PULL WAGONS FULL OF WOOD
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GERMAN WOMAN COLLECTS KINDLING OUTSIDE HER APARTMENT. INSIDE, SLUM CONDITIONS COCKROACHES CRAWL ON STOVE. WOMAN LOADS KINDLING INTO OVEN LIFE IN GERMANY AFTER WWII
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POV DRIVING THROUGH BERLIN, POST WWII
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24, 000, 000 VOTE IN FRENCH ELECTIONS. FIRST FREE NATIONAL ELECTION IN 9 YEARS. CHOOSING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND NEW CONSTITUTION. CITIZENS VOTING. NUNS VOTING. VOTING BOOTHS. SOLDIERS VOTING. FORMER PRIME MINISTER PAUL RENAULT WAITS TO VOTE AT END OF LONG LINE. EX OFFICIALS VOTE. WRITING RESULTS ON HUGE BOARD. DROPPING VOTES INTO BALLOT BOX.
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WORLD'S LARGEST MORTAR. US 36 INCH MORTAR "THE LITTLE DAVID" CANNON. ARMY TEST. GIANT MOBILE MORTAR LIFTED INTO POSITION. FIRED BY REMOTE CONTROL. FIRES PROJECTILES. TRAJECTORY. DESTROYS REINFORCED CONCRETE BULWARK. CRATER 22 FOOT DEEP, 38 FEET ACROSS CAUSED BY 4000 POUND MISSILE
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MOTHERLESS BABY FLIES TO THE US FROM ENGLAND CU 14 MONTH OLD MICHAEL SHAWN COLLINS GRANDPARENTS MEET BABY AT THE AIRPORT.
FATHER ON DUTY IN ENGLAND, MOTHER DIED.
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AT HOME, STILLWATER, MINNESOTA, WELCOMING PARTY, BABY GETS PRESENTS. BABY FUSSED OVER. IN CRIB.
WAR BABIES.
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ANCIENT PEIPING SURRENDERED BY JAPANESE. MASSIVE CROWDS OF CHINESE CHEER THEIR LIBERATION. CAPITAL CITY OF MANCHU CHINA. FORBIDDEN CITY. BEIJING.
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JAPANESE OFFICERS SURRENDER CEREMONIAL SAMURAI SWORDS. JAPANESE COMMANDANT SIGNS SURRENDER TERMS CHINESE GENERAL SIGNS.
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JAPANESE SOLDIERS SALUTE THEIR CAPTOR. PRISONERS OF WAR, MARCHED AWAY CROWDS CHEER
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PRIME MINISTER CLEMENT ATTLEE VISITS PRESIDENT TRUMAN. AT AIRPORT, WELCOMED BY SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES.
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WHITE HOUSE EXTERIOR FOUNTAINS. WELCOMED BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN
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AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY WITH PRIME MINISTER KING OF CANADA, CEREMONIAL LAYING OF WREATH AT WWI TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER.
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WORLD LEADERS BOARD YACHT USS SEQUOIA. CU SAILOR BLOWING WHISTLE. YACHT LEAVES DOCK
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US CARRIER ROOSEVELT LEAVES NAVY YARD. HS FIGHTING AIR CRAFT CARRIER MONTEREY, TROOP TRANSPORT LEAVES NEW YORK HARBOR. CARRIER FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT PASSES UNDER BROOKLYN BRIDGE. NEW YORK CITY HARBORFRONT. SKYLINE.
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US ARMY SCHOOL RETRAINS FORMER GERMAN SOLDIERS FORT GETTY. GERMAN PRISONERS. OFFICER CROSSES OUT FASCIST INSTITUTIONS ON BLACKBOARD. COL. T B SMITH. GERMANS READING BOOKS ON HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. IDENTITIES OF THE PRISONERS HIDDEN. PEOPLE WITH BOOKS CONCEALING THEIR FACES
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GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR GRADUATE. CU US WAR DEPARTMENT DIPLOMA. NAME BLACKED OUT. PEOPLE WEARING PW ON THEIR CLOTHING RECEIVE DIPLOMAS.
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WORKMEN REPAIR FAMOUS NEW YORK CATHEDRAL.
TILT UP SCAFFOLDING ON EXTERIOR OF ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL.
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POV AT TOP OF CATHEDRAL LOOKING DOWN AT STREET SCENES. STONE MASONS WORKING 30 FEET ABOVE TRAFFIC. STEEPLEJACKS EAT LUNCH
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PRESIDENT VARGAS OF BRAZIL RESIGNS. RIO DE JANEIRO PUBLIC BUILDINGS UNDER HEAVY GUARD. BRAZILIAN ARMY TROOPS GUARD PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. ABRUPT GOVERNMENTAL CHANGE. GETILIO VARGAS, DICTATOR PRESIDENT RESIGNS. OCTOBER, 1945
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LS, CU VARGAS ON BALCONY OF PALACE SMOKING CIGAR
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CROWDS AWAIT ARRIVAL OF CHIEF JUSTICE WHO BECOMES ACTING PRESIDENT
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MILITARY LEADERS, FORMER WAR MINISTER DUTRA OTHERS WATCH AS CHIEF JUSTICE IS SWORN IN. WAR MINISTER MONTERO ?SP
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GREAT BRITAIN PRIME MINISTER CLEMENT ATTLEE ADDRESSES US CONGRESS. SOF. TALKS ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA POST WWII NUCLEAR THREAT. ATOMIC BOMB. THE COMMON MAN.
"...MAN'S MATERIAL DISCOVERIES HAVE OUTPACED HIS MORAL PROGRESS..."''
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WORLD LEADERS, AMERICA'S TRUMAN, BRITAIN'S ATTLEE, CANADA'S KING POSE POST ATOMIC ENERGY TALKS.
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NEIGHBORS BUILD HOME FOR WAR HERO. PRIVATE THOMAS EUGENE ATKINS PRESENTED WITH A NEW FARM BY US SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE ANDERSON. NEIGHBORS RAISED MONEY FOR FARM. CU PLAQUE COMMEMORATING NEIGHBOR'S GIFT. THANK YOU FARM COMMITTEE.
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THANK YOU CEREMONY COUNTRY BARBEQUE. PEOPLE SERVED PLATES OF FOOD. CU COUPLE EATING STANDING UP HOLDING HER PLATE
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NEWS EVENTS FROM INSIDE DEFEATED JAPAN. TOP WAR CRIMINALS AWAIT TRIAL. OMORI POW CAMP. WARLORD LEADERS. SECRET POLICE CHIEF. COL. HASHIMOTO GENERALS.
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FIRST PICTURES OF TOJO SINCE HIS SUICIDE ATTEMPT SHUNNED BY FELLOW PRISONERS, EATS ALONE.
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS DIG FOR HIDDEN JAPANESE TREASURE, FIND TRAP DOOR, UNDERGROUND ROOM FILLED WITH INGOTS OF SILVER.
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OLD JAPANESE MAN REVEALS SILVER RESERVE IN A BARN. AMERICAN SOLDIERS PILE UP SILVER INGOTS RECOVERING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PRECIOUS METALS. CU PILE OF SILVER BARS
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DISARMAMENT PROCESS, TANKS BLOWN UP, DEMOLISHED
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MALAYA, JAPANESE SOLDIERS QUICKLY SURRENDER THEIR SAMURAI, RUNNING TO AND FROM TABLE SWORDS
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