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"LAST DAYS OF THE WAR IN GERMANY"
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AERIAL PAN OF FRANKFURT IN RUINS, FIRE AND SMOKE RISING FROM RUINS. DISASTER.
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FURNACE-LIKE INTENSE FLAMES AND HEAVY SMOKE LICK THROUGH BUILDINGS. VARIOUS SCENES OF HUGE PILES OF RUBBLE AND BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS.
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U.S. ARMY TANKS SPEED THROUGH STREETS. GROUND TROOPS RUN THROUGH STREETS AND INTO RUINS OF LARGE BUILDINGS.
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HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF GESTAPO AGENT BEING MAN-HANDLED BY GERMAN CROWD. HOLLAND TROOPS TAKE HIM OFF TO PRISON.
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"GERMANS LOOTING"
HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF GERMAN MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN USING SHOVELS TO FILL UP SACKS OF COAL AT COAL YARD, AFTER LOCAL AUTHORITY BROKE DOWN AND ALLIED TROOPS HAVEN'T TAKEN OVER AS YET. |
| 00:02:20 57.41 |
CROWD OF GERMANS FRANTICALLY PLUNDER STOCKS OF MERCHANDISE FROM STORES. THEY RAID RAILROAD CARS OF ALL KINDS OF CLOTHING ITEMS.
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| 00:02:41 78.41 |
CASTLE OF THREE HUNDRED ROOMS, WHERE AMERICANS FIND GERMAN PRINCESS. GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER OF QUEEN VICTORIA, PRINCESS VALERIE-MARIE GETS INDIGNANT BECAUSE AMERICANS WANT TO USE CASTLE FOR HEADQUARTERS. SHE IS LEFT WITH 14 ROOMS FOR HERSELF.
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| 00:03:05 102.41 |
"SCENE OF NAZI HORROR"
AMERICAN SOLDIERS EXAMINE MASS GRAVESITE AND OPEN TRENCH WHERE 30,000 RUSSIAN PRISONERS BURIED IN MASS GRAVES IN LIME PIT, AFTER PERISHING FROM STARVATION IN ATROCITY OF NAZI PRISON CAMP. PAN OF HUGE GRAVE SITE. ATROCITY |
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HUNDREDS OF RUSSIAN PRISONER SOLDIERS, RUN HAPPILY OUT OF OPEN GATES OF CONCENTRATION CAMP, WITH THEIR HANDS WAVING HIGH, TOWARDS CAMERA, AFTER THEIR LIBERATION BY AMERICAN TROOPS. AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE RAISED AND LOWERED BY THE RUSSIANS AS SIGN OF GRATITUDE.
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| 00:03:39 136.41 |
"FRENCH PRISONERS OF WAR ARRIVE HOME"
VARIOUS JOYOUS SCENES OF FRENCH SOLDIERS ARRIVING IN FRANCE BY RAILROAD & BEING MET BY LOVING FAMILY MEMBERS. |
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ELDERLY MAN CRIES AS HE HUGS HIS SOLDIER SON.
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HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GERMAN PRISONERS AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. AMONG THEM ARE BOYS. BOY HANGS HEAD AS GI SEARCHES HIM.
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ENDLESS LINE OF GERMAN PRISONERS AS FAR AS THE HORIZON, COMING TOWARDS CAMERA.
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"COBLENZ". GENERAL PATTON AND OTHER GENERALS LINE UP IN COBLENZ, WHICH WAS OCCUPIED IN WWI, AWAIT RAISING OF U.S. FLAG. GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY ARRIVES.
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HUGE AMERICAN FLAG IS RAISED.
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"PARIS IS THRILLED AS FRENCH ARMY MARCHES AGAIN"
VARIOUS SCENES OF GENERAL DEGAULLE REVIEWING HUGE PARADE OF FRENCH MILITARY IN PARIS. AERIAL VIEWS. |
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"HEROES OF THE WEEK". 1600 MEN WOUNDED ON IWO JIMA RECEIVE THE PURPLE HEART". VARIOUS SCENES NAVY MEN, MARINES WHO FOUGHT IN IWO JIMA, LINE UP TO RECEIVE "PURPLE HEART" MEDALS FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED IN BATTLE. GENERAL HOLLAND SMITH PINS THE MEDALS ON THEIR CHESTS. CU VIEW OF PURPLE HEART ON GIS CHEST. ONE GI HAS IT PINNED ON ARM SLING. HEALTH; MEDICINE.
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| 00:06:07 284.41 |
"ROYALTY". "PRINCESS ELIZABETH JOINS THE BRITISH WOMEN'S ARMY". VARIOUS SCENES OF THE YOUNG PRINCESS IN COVERALLS WORKING UNDER A HOOD OF CAR REPAIRING A MOTOR. QUEEN ELIZABETH AND KING GEORGE EXAMINE HER HANDIWORK.
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PRINCESS ELIZABETH DRIVING ARMY AMBULANCE, TRUCK, LEADS LONG COLUMN OF TRUCKS RIDING DOWN ROAD
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"WAR INDUSTRY". "GIRLS, YOUR NYLON IS GOING INTO GIANT TIRES FOR B-29s". VARIOUS SCENES OF TIRES BEING MANUFACTURED WITH NYLON THREAD. VARIOUS SCENES OF HUGE MACHINES SPINNING THE THREAD FOR USE IN TIRES, WOMAN WORKER, INSPECTS TIRES.
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| 00:07:18 355.41 |
HUGE TIRE FOR B-29 BOMBER IS COMPARED WITH REGULAR TRUCK TIRE AND SMALLEST TIRE FOR UNSPECIFIED USE.
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| 00:07:28 365.41 |
"SAN FRANCISCO WORLD CONFERENCE GETS UNDER WAY"
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| 00:07:41 378.41 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN SHAKES HAND OF PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT OSMENA WHO IS GOING TO UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AS OTHERS INCLUDING SECRETARY FORRESTAL, SECRETARY STETTINIUS LOOKS ON OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE.
DIPLOMACY, EMISSARY; FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. |
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SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER MOLOTOV ARRIVES BY PLANE IS WELCOMED BY SECRETARY OF STATE STETTINIUS. BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY EDEN, STETTINIUS, MOLOTOV SIT AT CONFERENCE TABLE IN WASHINGTON FOR PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE.
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"SAN FRANCISCO". CROWD OF DELEGATES TO CONFERENCE ARRIVE BY PLANE. GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING WHERE CONFERENCE WILL MEET.
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SOUTH AFRICAN PREMIER GENERAL SMUT MAKES SPEECH NEAR PLANE.
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"SURRENDER OF JAPAN". "COMPLETE PICTURES OF OFFICIAL END OF WORLD WAR II". VARIOUS SCENES OF JAPANESE GENERALS & DIPLOMATS BOARDING THE BATTLESHIP "MISSOURI" AND SIGNING THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN TO GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR.
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BATTLESHIP "MISSOURI" SAILS INTO TOKYO BAY.
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HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF ADMIRAL NIMITZ BOARDING THE MISSOURI. HONOR GUARD SALUTE HIM. ADMIRAL HALSEY SHAKES HIS HAND. CU FACE SHOT OF HALSEY.
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GENERAL MACARTHUR BOARDS THE MISSOURI, IS MET BY BOTH HALSEY AND NIMITZ.
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HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF NAVY MOTOR LAUNCH WITH JAPANESE OFFICIALS, GENERALS, PULLING ALONGSIDE THE MISSOURI. THEY BOARD THE BATTLESHIP. THE JAPANESE SURRENDER DELEGATION, HEADED BY FOREIGN MINISTER SHIGAMITSU WHO LIMPS ON WOODEN LEG HE RECEIVED AFTER FAILED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN MANCHURIA, BOARDS THE "MISSOURI".
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HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF THE JAPANESE DELEGATION WHO GRIMLY STAND AT ATTENTION. PAN SAME.
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CU MACARTHUR WALKS TO MICROPHONES, OPENS THE CEREMONY OF SURRENDER. SPEECH.
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HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF SHIGAMISHU SIGNING THE SURRENDER FOR JAPAN, FOLLOWED BY GENERAL YUMITSU (?).
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CU MACARTHUR THEN ASKS THAT THE SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIES, HIMSELF. SIGN. HE THEN CALLS ON GENERAL WAINWRIGHT & GENERAL PERCEVAL, BOTH PRISONERS OF JAPAN DURING WAR, TO ACCOMPANY HIM AS HE SIGNS.
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HUNDREDS OF SAILORS AND OTHER MILITARY MEN CROWDING ALL THE UPPER AND LOWER DECKS OF THE SHIP, WATCH
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MACARTHUR SIGNING THE SURRENDER, GIVES ONE PEN TO WAINWRIGHT AND ONE TO BRITISH GENERAL PERCEVAL.
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ADMIRAL NIMITZ SIGNS THE JAPANESE SURRENDER DOCUMENT, FOLLOWED BY CHINESE DELEGATE, SIR BRUCE FRAZER OF GREAT BRITAIN SIGNS, RUSSIAN, CANADIAN AND OTHERS SIGN. MACARTHUR ANNOUNCES, "THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE CLOSED". CU AMERICAN FLAG.
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| 00:15:27 844.41 |
"PRESIDENT TRUMAN HAILS DAWN OF A NEW WORLD"
PRESIDENT TRUMAN SPEAKS FROM HIS DESK IN OVAL OFFICE. |
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"CITY OF KIEV LIBERATED"
RUSSIAN TROOPS RECAPTURE METROPOLIS OF UKRAINE, HELD SIEGE BY NAZIS FOR OVER 2 YEARS. 11/43 |
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PAN VARIOUS SCENCES OF RUSSIAN HEAVY ARTILLERY AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE. PAN BIG GUNS FIRING BOMBARDING NAZI POSITIONS WITH MURDEROUS INTENSITY.
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RUSSIAN SOLDIERS FIGHTING THEIR WAY THROUGH RUBBLE OF CITY OF KIEV, WHICH THEY FIND IN FLAMING RUINS, SET BY RETREATING NAZIS, AN ORGY OF WANTON DESTRUCTION.
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ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TROOPS RUNNING.
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HUGE, LANDMARK BUILDINGS IN THE ANCIENT CITY, CALLED THE "CITY OF CHURCHES" FALLING APART, BURNING. ADVANCING IN BURNING CITY. BUILDINGS BURNING.
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CAVALRY CARRYING ARMAMENTS.
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PAN GUTTED REMAINS OF ONE OF THE GREAT CHURCHES OF KIEV "RUSSIAN BYZANTINAR". PAN WRECKED CHURCH.
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MAN WITH HIS FAMILY PUSHES CART CONTAINING TWO CHILDREN SITTING ON HEAVY BLANKETS AND OTHER BEDDING ITEMS, TWO OLDER CHILDREN, HIS WIFE WITH CHILD IN ARMS FOLLOW ALONG. REFUGEES RETURNING.
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GRAPHIC VIEW NUMEROUS DEAD BODIES PILED UP, VICTIMS OF NAZI MURDER, RUSSIAN VICTIMS OF GERMAN ATROCITIES PILED ON GROUND.
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| 00:19:02 1059.41 |
OLD WOMAN CRIES AS SHE SOFTLY PETS THE HEAD OF DEAD MAN LAYING FACE DOWN. WOMEN CRYING OVER DEAD.
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WOMAN CRYING HYSTERICALLY, IS COMFORTED BY MAN, WOMAN. MAN LEANS DOWN, KISSES HEAD OF DEAD MAN.
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MONTAGE MEN, WOMEN, GREET RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WITH FRANTIC JOY. CIVILIANS GREETING SOLDIERS IN TANKS.
WAVE TO TANKS. |
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CU FAMILIES REUNITED
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| 00:19:32 1089.41 |
WOMAN GRABS AND HUGS RUSSIAN GENERAL, LOOKS LIKE NIKITA KHRHUSCHEV & BEARDED REFUGEE KISS ON LIPS, HUG, WITH PASSION.
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CRYING WOMAN KISSES THE GROUND. CLASPS HER HANDS AS THOUGH TO THANK GOD. WOMAN KISSING GROUND AS CITY BURNS IN BACKGROUND.
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"LATEST PICTURES FROM THE ANZIO FIGHTING FRONT"
JANUARY 1944. |
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BOATS IN HARBOR AT PORT OF ANZIO.
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SUPPLY SHIP BURNING IN THE BEACHHEAD HARBOR.
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ALLIED REINFORCEMENTS & SUPPLIES LANDING.
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| 00:20:13 1130.41 |
ARMY NURSES LAND ON ANZIO BEACH. CU NURSES ARRIVING.
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CU NURSE APPLIES LIPSTICK USING MIRROR LEANING AGAINST HER HELMET.
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ALLIED TROOPS TRANSPORTING ARMAMENTS.
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| 00:20:25 1142.41 |
GIS STOP TO VIEW DEAD GERMAN SPRAWLED OUT ON ROAD.
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SEARCHING & LOCATING LANDMINES.
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| 00:20:34 1151.41 |
CU ARMY ENGINEER LIFTS LAND MINE OUT OF GROUND.
TROOPS USE MINE DETECTORS ON ROAD. |
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MONTAGE ENGINEERS USE BULLDOZERS AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO LEVEL GROUND FOR AIRFIELD.
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BULLDOZERS CLEARING AREA FOR AIRFIELD.
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SMOKE IN SKY. FLAK FROM ANTI-AIRCRAFT SHELLS
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| 00:20:48 1165.41 |
NAZI PLANE LEAVES SMOKE TRAIL AS IT PLUNGES TO GROUND AFTER BEING HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE.
NAZI AIRPLANE SHOT DOWN. |
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SURGEONS OPERATE ON WOUNDED GIS IN MAKE-SHIFT OPERATING ROOM IN BOMBED OUT BUILDING. DOCTORS OPERATING IN MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL
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| 00:21:05 1182.41 |
GERMAN PRISONERS WITH HANDS UP ARE LED AWAY BY GI WITH RIFLE. GERMAN POWS.
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"LITTLE SUE ANN THANKS YOU FOR JOINING THE MARCH OF DIMES". INFANTILE PARALYSIS VICTIM EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS. VARIOUS SCENES OF LITTLE GIRL IN LEG BRACES, SUFFERING FROM INFANTILE PARALYSIS, DOING PROMO FOR THE FOUNDATION.
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| 00:21:23 1200.41 |
WALKS OUT WITH CANES & LEG BRACES. SUE ANN SPEAKS, BLOWS KISS.
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"CARRIER SHANGRI-LA IS CHRISTENED BY MRS.
DOOLITTLE". NORFOLK NAVY YARD, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. 2/23/44. LAUNCHING OF USS SHANGRILA BY WIFE OF MAJOR GENERAL JAMES DOOLITTLE, LEADER OF TOKYO BOMBING RAID. |
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MRS. JIMMY DOOLITTLE, ADMIRAL FELIX X. GYGAX & FLOWER GIRL AS MRS. DOOLITTLE SMASHES BOTTLE OF CHAMPAIGN AGAINST HULL OF SUPER CARRIER.
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SUPER CARRIER AS IT SLIDES DOWN THE WAYS INTO WATER.
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"SPORTS". NATIONAL AAU COMPETITION AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY, 2/26/44.
TRACK & FIELD CONTESTANTS COMPETE IN AMATEUR ATHLETICS UNION MEET. VARIOUS SCENES OF ATHLETES COMPETING |
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RUNNERS IN 60 YARD DASH WON BY EDDIE CONWELL, EQUALING WORLD'S RECORD.
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BROAD JUMP WON BY BARNEY EWELL
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60 YARD LOW HURDLES WON BY ED DUGGER
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1000 YARD RUN WON BY LES EISENHART
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POLE VAULT, WON BY JACK DEFIELD.
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"HOLLYWOOD SPOTLIGHT". "TROOPS OF SANTA ANA BASE ENTERTAINED BY HOPE AND CROSBY"
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THOUSANDS OF GIS IN AUDIENCE WATCH BING CROSBY &
BOB HOPE ENTERTAIN THEM ON OUTDOOR STAGE AT SANTA ANA AIR BASE. |
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LONG STEMMED CHORUS GIRLS WEARING SARONGS, DANCE ON STAGE FOR THE BOYS. GIRLS FORM A CONGA LINE, ON STAGE, WITH GIS PARTICIPATING.
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BING CROSBY AND BOB HOPE SING, DANCE, TELL JOKES.
THEY SING, "MARES EAT OATS". MUSIC; DANCE; COMEDY; HOLLYWOOD; MOVIES. |
| 00:25:17 1434.41 |
WAR FILM BULLETIN NO. 12. "HELP SAVE TIRES NOW"
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| 00:25:22 1439.41 |
CU MAN SQUEEZES LIQUID FROM SYNTHETIC RUBBER, BOUNCES IT LIKE BALL.
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SHOTS OF SYNTHETIC RUBBER BEING MADE. WORKER SCOOPS LARGE SIEVE OF SYNTHETIC RUBBER FROM VAT.
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CU BOUNCES CURDS OF RUBBER IN A SIEVE.
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MONTAGE WORKERS AT MACHINES MAKING TIRES & ARMY TANK TREADS ON ASSEMBLY LINE IN FACTORY.
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WORKER PULLS HAND TRUCK LOADED WITH TIRES.
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| 00:25:52 1469.41 |
WORKERS ROLL HUGE TIRES OUT OF PLANT GARAGE.
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| 00:25:55 1472.41 |
ARMY TRUCKS THROUGH PLANT PARKING FIELD.
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| 00:26:02 1479.41 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF ARMY TRUCKS & JEEPS IN FORMATIONS IN FIELD.
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| 00:26:03 1480.41 |
ARMY VEHICLES IN ACTION. JEEP SPEEDS OVER HILL TOWARDS CAMERA.
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| 00:26:07 1484.41 |
SOLDIERS IN BATTLE ZONES RIDE JEEPS THROUGH JUNGLES, TOWING ARTILLERY GUNS. IN COMBAT.
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PUSH HUGE ARTILLERY, MOUNTED ON TIRES THROUGH MUDDY ROAD IN ITALY.
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| 00:26:12 1489.41 |
JEEP SPEEDS BY WRECKED TRUCK WITH TIRES AFLAME.
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PUSHING ARTILLERY THRU WATER
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CONVOY OF ARTILLERY GUNS BEING TOWED IN WAR
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SOLIDERS STRUGGLE AS THEY TRY TO PULL HUGE GUN
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SOLDIERS IN INVASION FORCE CLIMB INTO RUBBER RAFTS ALONGSIDE SHIP. PADDLE TO SHORE.
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RESCUE SEAPLANE FLIES OVER MAN IN RAFT, ADRIFT IN OCEAN. WAVES & ROWS WITH PADDLES
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WORKERS IN PLANT HANG TIRES ON ASSEMBLY LINE IN TIRE FACTORY.
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CARS ON THE ROAD TIGHTLY PACKED HEADING FOR CAMERA.
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| 00:26:53 1530.41 |
RULES: "DRIVE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY & UNDER 35 MPH"
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SHOTS OF CARS ON HIGHWAY & DASHBOARD UNDER TITLES
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| 00:26:58 1535.41 |
"KEEP TIRES PROPERLY INFLATED AND FREQUENTLY INSPECTED"
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| 00:27:05 1542.41 |
"AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, RE-CAP YOUR TIRES BEFORE ITS TOO LATE".
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| 00:27:08 1545.41 |
TRUCKS ON ROADWAY. ZOOM INTO TIRES
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| 00:27:10 1547.41 |
MECHANIC INSPECTING HUGE TRUCK TIRES. CHECKING TREADS
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| 00:27:15 1552.41 |
ANIMATED GRAPHIC OF MANY MEN IN CAR
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| 00:27:17 1554.41 |
FULL PARKING LOT.
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| 00:27:19 1556.41 |
SEVERAL MEN GETTING INTO CAR, SHARING A RIDE IN CAR POOL.
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| 00:27:22 1559.41 |
ARMY SUPPLY TRUCKS
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| 00:28:44 1641.41 |
"UNO, MAN KIND'S HOPE FOR PEACE OPENS IN LONDON"
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION ASSEMBLY MEETS FOR FIRST TIME IN LONDON'S CENTRAL HALL. DELEGATES FROM 51 NATIONS ATTEND. POLAND, CHINA, SAUDIA ARABIA, CANADA DELEGATES ARE SHOWN AT THEIR SEATS. |
| 00:29:07 1664.41 |
AMERICAN DELEGATES STETTINIUS AND SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES ARE THERE.
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| 00:29:14 1671.41 |
HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF BRITISH PRIME MINISTER ATTLEE ADDRESSES THE ASSEMBLY. DELEGATES CAST BALLOTS FOR PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY. BELGIUM DELEGATE SPOCK WINS, OPENS THE DELIBERATIONS.
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| 00:30:10 1727.41 |
"KING GEORGE'S RECEPTION FOR DELEGATION HEADS"
VARIOUS SCENES OF TOP DELEGATES GATHERING AT RECEPTION. KING GEORGE, PRIME MINISTER ATTLEE, SECRETARY BYRNES AND FOREIGN MINISTER BEVEN SHARE A JOKE. |
| 00:30:21 1738.41 |
"EISENHOWER REPLIES TO G.I. DEMAND: "WE WANT TO GO HOME". VARIOUS SCENES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN LARGE GROUPS, DEMONSTRATING IN PARIS, WANTING TO GO HOME. WACS ARE ALSO WITH THE DEMONSTRATORS, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN EUROPE TO THE FAR PACIFIC.
UNTIL IT WAS BANNED. |
| 00:30:46 1763.41 |
IKE SPEAKS TO THE TROOPS FROM HIS OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HE TELLS THEM TO HAVE PATIENCE.
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| 00:32:01 1838.41 |
"ADMIRAL KIMMEL GIVES HIS VERSION OF PEARL HARBOR"
WHY WERE OUR WARSHIPS COLLECTED IN PEARL HARBOR?"; "WHY WAS THE FLEET TAKEN BY SURPRISE?" ADMIRAL KIMMEL WHO WAS IN CHARGE WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTACKED, TELLS HIS VERSION AS HE IS SWORN IN BY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE. CRIMINAL JUSTICE. |
| 00:33:28 1925.41 |
"DEATH SENTENCE FOR GI IN JAPAN STIRS NATION"
VARIOUS SCENES OF FAMILY OF PRIVATE JOSEPH HICKSWAH, WHO WAS CONVICTED BY COURT MARSHAL FOR KILLING TWO JAPANESE CITIZENS, MAKING PLEA TO NATION AND PRESIDENT TRUMAN FOR THE PRIVATE'S RELEASE. |
| 00:33:41 1938.41 |
HICKSWAH FAMILY HOME IN WALLINGTON, NEW JERSEY.
EIGHT MEMBER HICKSWAH'S FAMILY POSES FOR CAMERA. FAMILY MEMBERS READ THE MANY LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS TO THE GRIEVING MOTHER PROTESTING THE SENTENCE OF DEATH PRONOUNCED TO HER SON IN JAPAN. CU SHOT OF LETTERS, TELEGRAMS. |
| 00:33:55 1952.41 |
CU MAYOR GUYEFCKI (?) OF WALLINGTON, WHO IS LEADING THE MASS APPEAL BY THE TOWN, TELLS WHAT IS BEING DONE
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| 00:34:19 1976.41 |
SONYA ANDRE, GIRLFRIEND OF THE GI, READS LETTER FROM HICKSWAH ADMITTING HE HAD A FIGHT WITH THE VICTIMS BUT SAYS THEY WERE STABBED AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A KNIFE.
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| 00:34:46 2003.41 |
MOTHER MAKES STATEMENT.
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| 00:34:49 2006.41 |
"SPORTS. "MIAMI FISHING PAGEANT". FISHING BOATS OF ALL TYPES TAKE-OFF FOR THE "MIAMI'S $10,000 FISHING TOURNAMENT".
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| 00:35:03 2020.41 |
BEAUTY QUEEN ELLA LEMAY PRESIDING OVER TOURNAMENT, POSES WITH HER CROWN.
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| 00:35:09 2026.41 |
DECORATED FISHING BOATS WITH GIRLS POSING ON DECK LIKE IN PARADE FLOATS, GO BY.
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| 00:35:27 2044.41 |
"SILVER SKATES RACING". SPORTS. ICE SKATING.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN "22ND ANNUAL CARNIVAL OF THE SILVER SKATES", GETS UNDER WAY. |
| 00:35:33 2050.41 |
HIGH ANGLE VIEW AMATEUR SKATERS, IN JUVENILE NOVICE FINALS, SCRAMBLE AROUND TRACK. BRUCE THOMPSON MAKES DIVING FINISH TO WIN TITLE.
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| 00:35:46 2063.41 |
JUNIOR FINALS CONTESTANTS TAKE OFF TOWARDS CAMERA.
SHOTS OF BOYS FALLING, SLIDING ACROSS TRACK. FREDDIE ESSER WINS. |
| 00:36:05 2082.41 |
HIGH ANGLE VIEW SEES SPILLS COME EARLY IN THE INTERMEDIATE BOYS FINAL. GROUP OF SEVERAL BOYS FALL AND SLIDE TOGETHER. RAY HARRINGTON WINS.
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| 00:36:23 2100.41 |
SENIOR MEN'S FINALS TAKES OFF JOHN STRASSER WINS, FALLS & SLIDES ACROSS ICE.
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| 00:36:45 2122.41 |
ALEX CURD FORMER CANADIAN ICE SKATING SPEED KING, RISKS LIFE & LIMB TO THRILL CROWD. CURD JUMPS OVER STACKED BARRELS, JUMPS THROUGH HOOP OF FIRE
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| 00:37:35 2172.41 |
"GERMAN OFFICER HELPS AMERICANS CAPTURE HIS MEN"
VARIOUS SCENES OF GERMAN CAPTAIN TAKEN PRISONER GOES TO TELL HIS MEN HOLED UP IN BUILDINGS AND OTHER FORTIFICATIONS, TO SURRENDER. |
| 00:37:50 2187.41 |
CAPTAIN PLEADS TO MEN THROUGH WINDOW. GERMANS COME OUT WITH HANDS ON HEADS, ARE SEARCHED.
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| 00:38:05 2202.41 |
THE CAPTAIN, BACK TO CAMERA, CLIMBS UP HILL TO SPEAK TO HIS MEN IN THE FIELD. THEY TOO GIVE UP.
GERMANS WITH HANDS ON HEADS FOLLOWED BY SHORT, GUM CHEWING, GI WITH RIFLE. |
| 00:38:41 2238.41 |
"ALLIED AIR ARMY INVADES HOLLAND"
ENTIRE ARMY OF SKY TROOPS, BACKS TO CAMERA, IS ADDRESSED BY GENERAL EISENHOWER, STANDING ON PLATFORM, PRIOR TO THEIR LANDING BEHIND ENEMY LINES IN GLIDERS AND PLANES. VARIOUS SCENES OF EISENHOWER WALKING AMID, SPEAKING, THE GIS. |
| 00:39:24 2281.41 |
MONTAGE GLIDERS FULL OF MEN BEING TOWED TO A TAKE-OFF BY CARGO PLANES. FIGHTER PLANE ESCORT FLIES ABOVE.
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| 00:39:36 2293.41 |
PARATROOPS JUMPING OUT OF PLANES. SKY FILLED WITH PARATROOPS DRIFTING TO GROUND. AS SEEN FROM GROUND.
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| 00:39:52 2309.41 |
"BRITISH CAPTURE IMPORTANT PORT OF ANTWERP"
VARIOUS SCENES BRITISH TROOPS FIGHTING STREET BATTLES WITH NAZIS HOLDING OUT IN BUILDINGS IN CAPTURED ANTWERP. |
| 00:40:05 2322.41 |
SMOKE RISING FROM WINDOWS OF HIGH RISE BUILDING IN DISTANCE. CU VIEWS OF BRITISH SOLDIERS FIRING RIFLES INTO BUILDINGS. TANK RIDES BY CAR BURNING FEROCIOUSLY.
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| 00:40:27 2344.41 |
SURRENDERING GERMANS RUN THROUGH STREET WITH HAND UP, AS AN INDIGNANT CIVILIAN PUNCHES ONE OF THEM.
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| 00:40:34 2351.41 |
MONTAGE CROWDS REJOICE.
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| 00:40:38 2355.41 |
"DRAMA OF WAR". "GERMAN ARMY SURRENDERS IN FRANCE"
VARIOUS SCENES GERMAN GENERAL SPEAKING TO HIS MEN BEFORE SURRENDERING ALL 20, 000 OF THEM TO AMERICAN 9TH ARMY GENERAL MACON. |
| 00:40:50 2367.41 |
MONTAGE LONG COLUMNS OF GERMAN TROOPS, MILITARY VEHICLES, HORSE-DRIVEN CARTS ON ROADS NEAR ORLEAN, FRANCE.
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| 00:41:14 2391.41 |
GERMAN GENERAL SALUTES, SAYS A FEW WORDS IN GERMAN, HANDS OVER HIS PISTOL TO GENERAL MACON, WHO SALUTES BACK.
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| 00:41:43 2420.41 |
ARMY OF GERMAN TROOPS MARCH, LIKE IN PARADE, SOME SMILING, TOWARDS CAMERA. HAPPY NOT TO HAVE TO SURRENDER TO FRENCH, WHO HATE THEM.
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| 00:41:47 2424.41 |
GERMANS PASS THROUGH ROWS OF GIS SEATED AT MAKE SHIFT DESKS ON ROAD, COUNTING THEM AND LOGGING IT.
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| 00:41:54 2431.41 |
PAN 20,000 GERMAN PRISONERS BEHIND BARBED WIRE FENCES. AERIAL VIEW.
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| 00:42:07 2444.41 |
"ALLIED SWEEP UP RHONE VALLEY"
VARIOUS SCENES OF HEAVY BLACK SMOKE, FIRE, RISING FROM GERMAN MOTORIZED COLUMN DESTROYED ON ROAD TRYING TO ESCAPE ADVANCING ALLIED TROOPS. MONTAGE ENORMOUS PILES OF CRUMBLED RUINS OF GERMAN EQUIPMENT LITTER ROADS. |
| 00:42:39 2476.41 |
DEAD GERMAN SOLDIER LIES ON ROAD ALONGSIDE DESTROYED EQUIPMENT.
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| 00:42:45 2482.41 |
SHELL REMAINS OF RAILROAD KNOCKED OUT BY ADVANCING ALLIES.
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| 00:42:52 2489.41 |
GI STANDS ATOP CAPTURES MONSTER CANNON. HE LOOKS INSIDE THE BURNED OUT MUZZLE OF CANNON.
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| 00:43:04 2501.41 |
AMERICAN BULLDOZERS CLEAR THE WRECKAGE FROM ROAD.
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| 00:43:11 2508.41 |
HUGE EXPLOSION IN DISTANCE AS MINE EXPLODES, INJURING MAN GIS.
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| 00:43:25 2522.41 |
CITY OF LYON, THIRD LARGEST IN FRANCE.
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| 00:43:31 2528.41 |
SMOKE FROM GUNFIRE RISES OUT OF HOSPITAL DOMED ROOF WHERE BAND OF NAZI COLLABORATORS HOLD OUT.
PAN TO CROWD OF MEN, WOMEN, MANY WITH BICYCLES, LYING FACE DOWN IN STREETS TO AVOID GUNFIRE. |
| 00:43:48 2545.41 |
FRENCH SOLDIER, BACK TO CAMERA, FIRES INTO UPPER FLOORS OF HOSPITAL IN DISTANCE.
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| 00:43:58 2555.41 |
FIRE BREAKS OUT IN DOMED TOWER, ENVELOPING THE ENTIRE ROOF AND THE RELIGIOUS CROSS ON TOP.
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| 00:44:11 2568.41 |
PATIENTS ARE REMOVED ON STRETCHERS FROM BURNING HOSPITAL AS FIGHTING ENDS.
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| 00:44:13 2570.41 |
HUGE JOYOUS CROWD OF LIBERATED LYON, MOSTLY WOMEN, WAVE TO CAMERA
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| 00:44:16 2573.41 |
FRENCH TROOPS PARADE TO CHEERS OF THOUSANDS. CU FRENCH GENERAL SALUTES.
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| 00:44:42 2599.41 |
MONTAGE CROWDS CHEER AS TRUCKS FULL WITH AMERICAN SOLDIERS ENTER TOWN OF BOURG AND OTHER TOWNS. MS FRENCH WOMEN WAVE, CHEER, WILDLY
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| 00:45:22 2639.41 |
MONTAGE FRENCH WOMEN GRAB AND KISS AMERICAN GIS WHO TRY TO STAY IN RANK AS THEY WALK THROUGH.
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TAPE ENDS.
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