1941WORLD WAR II
THE BEGINNING OF WWII
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HOUSE OF COMMONS BLASTED IN SAVAGE ATTACK ON LONDON. ONE OF THE WORST AIR RAIDS BY GERMAN BOMBERS, BRITISH SUFFER HITS ON MANY FAMOUS LANDMARKS. NAZI SKY ATTACK, A HURRICANE OF FLAMES LET LOOSE FROM THE FIGHTERS AND ENGULFS ENTIRE BUILDINGS WHILE FIREMEN BATTLE TO PREVENT SPREADING.
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MONTAGE FIRE RAGES & WALLS CRASH IN BUILDINGS IN LONDON (NIGHT)
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BRITISH MOVIETONE BUILDING AFTER BOMBING
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MONTAGE BIG BEN IS DAMAGED
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MONTAGE WORKERES PICK THRU RUBBLE OF HEAVILY DAMAGED WESTMINSTER ABBEY
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MONTAGE HEAVILY DAMAGED HOUSE OF COMMONS
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FDR PROCLAIMS STATE OF UNLIMITED NATIONAL EMERGENCY IN HISTORIC WHITE HOUSE SETTING, BEFORE MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET, AND THE ASSEMBLED DIPLOMATS OF ALL THE AMERICAS, MR. ROOSEVELT STATES THE POSITION OF THE U.S. IN THE WORLD CRISIS (BEFORE WAR)
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CU FDR SPEAKS OVER MIKES OF ALL NETWORKS. WARNS THAT "...ADOLF HITLER NEVER CONSIDERED THE DOMINATION OF EUROPE AS AN END IN ITSELF"..HIS AIM OF WORLD CONTROL & THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE IS NOW IN DANGER! SPEAKS OF THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS, FDR STATES AXIS POWERS CAN NOT ACHIEVE THEIR OBJECTIVES W/O CONTROL OF THE SEAS, & ALL OF AMERICAN HISTORY HAS BEEN TIED UP IN THE FREEDOM OF SEAS. WE CANNOT WAIT UNITL THE ENEMY IS IN OUR FRONT YARD - WE WILL RESIST ANY EFFORT BY HITLER TO EXTEND NAZI DOMINATION - DELIVERY OF SUPPLIES TO BRITAIN IS IMPERATIVE: IT WILL BE DONE! WHEN THE NATION IS THREATENED FROM WITHOUT, AS IT IS TODAY, PRODUCTIONS OF DEFENSE MACHINERY CAN NOT BE INTERRUPTED. FDR WARNS CAPITAL & LABOR THAT THERE CAN BE NO STOPPAGE OF WORK! AND SO, ON THE HISTORIC DAY, MAY 27, 1941, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ANNOUNCES HIS PROCLAMATION THAT AN ... "UNLIMITED NATIONAL EMERGENCY"..
EXISTS FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF DEFENSE. THE NATION EXPECTS ALL TO DO FULL PARTS - "WE MUTUALLY PLEDGE TO EACH OTHER OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES & OUR SACRED HONOR". |
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NAZI GERMANY GOES TO WAR AGAINST SOVIET RUSSIA.
IN SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CONFLICT IN EUROPE, HITLER DECLARES WAR ON U.S.S.R. & ATTACKS ON A 2,000 MILE FRONT. NON-AGGRESSION PACT BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS IS SCRAPPED & THE GREATEST ASSAULT IN HISTORY IS LAUNCHED, A NEW PHASE IN TITANIC STRUGGLE OF EMPIRE. |
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MONTAGE SOVIET RUSSIAN PREMIER MOLOTOV RECEIVED BY NAZIS IN BERLIN, GERMANY BEFORE WAR IN 1939.
AFTER SIGINIG THE NON-AGGRESSION PACT, AND PAID HIGHEST HONOR. |
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MONTAGE NAZI AND RUSSIAN SOLDIERS MEET DURING FRIENDLIER DAYS. ATTACKING & CONQUERING POLAND.
THE RED ARMY MARCHES IN FROM THE EAST TO SHARE THE SPOILS AT BREST-LITOV. |
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SOVIET TANKS & TROOPS ROLL DOWN SOVIET SQUARE IN MOSCOW.
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CU STALIN & MOLOTOV WAVE FROM KREMLIN WALL OF PARADE
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AERIAL TRUCK PULLED CANNON ROLLS DOWN SQUARE IN PARADE
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CU RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. OUMANSKY SPEAKS. PROCLAIMING HIS NATION'S UNITED DETERMINATION TO RESIST NAZI INVASION. IN WASHINGTON, D.C
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CU SUMNER WELLES, UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE SPEAKS.
ANNOUNCES THE POLICY OUR OF COUNTRY, SAYING THAT HITLER'S ARMIES ARE OUR CHIEF DANGER. |
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FIRST PICTURES ON THE WAR IN RUSSIA.
HISTORIC FILMS OF THE STRUGLE NOW SHAKING THE WORLD. FILMS JUST RELEASED BY MOSCOW PORTRAY MOMENTOUS EVENTS. WORD IS GIVEN TO THE RUSSIAN MASSES THAT GERMANY HAS ATTACKED SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING. ALL THE RESOURCES OF THE U.S.S.R. ARE BROUGHT TO BEAR AGAINST THE INVASION. |
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MONTAGE FACES OF DIFFERENT RUSSIAN ETHNIC GROUPS
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MONTAGE RUSSIAN TROOPS, TANKS, TRUCKS ON THE MOVE. STREAMS OF MOTORIZED DIVISIONS & INFANTRY MOVE TO THE FRONT.
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MONTAGE RUSSIAN GENERALS AT FRONT. THREE PRINCIPAL COMMANDERS TAKE THEIR POSTS, VOROSHILOFF, TIMOSHENKE AND BUDENNY.
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MONTAGE RUSSIAN ARTILLERY FIRES
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RUSSIAN PILOTS LINE UP. RED AIR FORCE STRIKES BACK AGAINST THE NAZI BLITZKRIEG EFFORT.
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MONTAGE RUSSIAN BOMBERS DROP BOMBS
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RUSSIAN GUERRILLA FIGHTERS ARE ARMED.
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MONTAGE RUSSIAN PEASANTS TAKE TO THE FIELDS TO BUILD TRENCHES.
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MONTAGE WOMEN PEASANTS DIG TRENCHES WITH SHOVELS. WOMEN WORK LIKE MEN FOR DEFENSE.
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NAZI PILOT TAKEN PRISONER AFTER PLANE IS SHOT DOWN.
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STALIN LOOKS ON AS MOLOTOV SIGNS BRITISH SOVIET ALLIANCE. BRITISH-SOVIET MILITARY PACT IS SIGNED IN THE KREMLIN IN THE PRESENCE OF STALIN.
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SIR STAFFORD CREBBS SIGNS FOR BRITISH
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CU SMILING STALIN
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HISTORIC MEETING OF FDR & CHURCHILL.
FIRST OFFICIAL PICTURES OF MOMENTOUS CONFERENCE AT SEA BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES & PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN. NEWSREEL DOCUMENT OF DISCUSSIONS, LASTING 3 DAYS, WHICH RESULTED IN 8-POINT PROGRAM OF PEACE AFTER THE WAR IS OVER. |
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CHURCHILL SHAKES WITH FDR ON CRUISER AUGUSTA AT SEA
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LORD BEAVERBROOK SHAKES WITH FDR
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ADMIRAL STARK, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATION AND ADMIRAL KING
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MONTAGE GENERAL ARNOLD, GEN. MARSHALL & HARRY HOPKINS ALSO ON BOARD
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CHURCHILL, FDR & MILITARY VIPS ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICE ON BOARD
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THE MEETING AT SEA OF ROOSEVELT & PREMIER CHURCHILL. SECRET RENDEZVOUS.
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MONTAGE WAVES CRASH OVER BOW OF BRITISH BATTLESHIP "PRINCE OF WALES"
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CHURCHILL & LORD BEAVERBROOK WALK ON DECK OF BATTLESHIP
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CHURCHILL BOARDS SMALL CRAFT WHICH TAKES HIM TO USS AUGUSTA
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USS AUGUSTA AT ANCHOR IN A "LAND-LOCKED BAY".
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CHURCHILL BOARDS AUGUSTA & SALUTES FDR WHO SALUTES BACK WHILE HOLDING ON TO A MILITARY AIDE. BRITISH CHIEF DELIVERS LETTER FROM KING GEORGE.
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BRITISH SAILORS FORM A LINE TO PASS GIFTS FROM FDR AS CHURCHILL LOOKS ON
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CU FDR SITS & CHATS WITH CHURCHILL. 3-DAY DISCUSSIONS.
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CHAPLAIN READS TEXT AS SAILORS AND FDR & CHURCHILL WATCH. DIVINE SERVICE (MASS) HELD ON THE PRINCE OF WALES
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CHURCHILL & FDR JOIN IN CHORUS OF "ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS" HYMN.
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CHURCHILL LOOKS OUT TO SEA AS AUGUSTA DRAWS AWAY, FROM THE RAIL OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.
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OFFICIAL FILMS OF WAR IN RUSSIA
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FINLAND ATTACKS IN THE NORTH, ON KARELIAN ISTHMUS, RETAKING LAND LOST IN SOVIET-FINNISH WAR, DRIVES ON TO LENINGRAD. MONTAGE FINN TROOPS ROLL CAMOFLAGUED CANNON INTO PLACE & FIRE ON RUSSIAN TROOPS
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FINN TROOPS RUN PAST A BURNING RUSSIAN TANK
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SHELL BURST AND ADVANCING FINN TROOPS
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ELS CANNON FIRE HITS BUILDING
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ELS FIRE RISES FROM CITY UNDER SIEGE BY FINNISH FORCES
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MONTAGE SOVIET PRISONERS INCLUDING WOMEN SOLDIERS
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SOVIET BATTLE AGAINST NAZIS. SOVIET ARMIES FIGHT DESPERATELY AGAINST NAZI ALL-OUT ATTACK SEEKING TO ENCIRCLE MOSCOW IN GREATEST BATTLE IN HISTORY.
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CU SHELL BURST
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MONTAGE NAZI PLANES ARE SHOT OUT OF SKY BY SOVIET ANTI AIRCRAFT
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MONTAGE GERMAN PRISONERS SIT IN FIELD
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