1944WORLD WAR II
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BATTLE MUD IN BURMA BRITISH & CHINESE TROOPS ADVANCE ON JAPANESE IN BURMA DURING MONSOON SEASON. CHINESE, U. S. &
BRITISH FORCES TRAVEL MUDDY MOUNTAIN ROADS OF BURMA DURING MONSOON SEASON. |
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MONTAGE HUNDREDS OF CHINESE LABORERS USE PICK AXES & SHOVELS TO CHOP ROADS OUT OF MOUNTAINSIDE.
BULLDOZERS LEVEL DIRT ON ROADS. |
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CHINESE SOLDIERS RIDE ON MULE TEAMS PULLING ARTILLERY PIECES, SOLDIER STRADDLING MULE, WHIPS IT, TO PACK UP HILLY ROAD. CONVOYS OF VINTAGE TRUCKS FOLLOW
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SOLDIERS IMPROVISE TRUCK PULLS HUGE MAGNET WHICH PICKS UP NAILS, SHRAPNEL & OTHER ODD BITS OF METAL WHICH CAN CAUSE FLATS ON VEHICLES. CU MAGNET PICKING UP METAL PIECES.
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LINEMAN MAKES PHONE CALL FROM ATOP TELEPHONE POLE.
HE CLIMBS DOWN AND GETS INTO JEEP WHICH RIDES ON RAILROAD TRACK ON TIRELESS WHEELS. |
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SPECIAL RACK IS TAKEN OFF JEEP, LAYED ON TRACKS, TO FORM DEVICE TO TURN JEEP IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
JEEP RIDES BACK FROM WHERE IT CAME |
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GI ATTACHES HOSE TO EXHAUST PIPE OF JEEP & USES IT TO DE-ICE ENTIRE JEEP IN QUICK TIME.
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FRENCH WORKERS REBUILD FACTORY FRENCH REBUILD DESTROYED FACTORIES. AERIAL PAN SKELETAL REMAINS OF HUGE BOMBED OUT FACTORY IN LYONS, FRANCE
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ROBERT LECOST, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION MINISTER, HAS MEETING TO PLAN RECONSTRUCTION. MONTAGE WORKERS BEGIN TO RE-ASSEMBLE HUGE PLANT. WORKERS STAND ATOP HUGE GIRDERS HIGH ATOP FACTORY
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FLAMES BURN BRIGHT IN BLAST FURNACE AS STEEL IS POURED HUGE PRESSES POUND STEEL INTO SHAPE.
MONTAGE MACHINIST TURNS TRUCK SECTIONS ON HUGE LATHE, AS OTHERS ASSEMBLE THE TRUCKS. |
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ALLIES SQUEEZE SHRINKING BULGE AMERICANS FROM SOUTH & BRITISH FROM NORTH, MEET AS THEY RETAKE TERRITORY CAPTURED BY GERMANS DURING BATTLE OF THE BULGE. MAP SHOWS SHRINKING GERMAN CONTROL OF EUROPE FROM ALL SIDES.
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AMERICAN ARMY TANKS AND MEN BATTLE FIERCELY IN AND AROUND STRASBOURG. GIS RUN ACROSS BRIDGE UNDER HEAVY FIRE. INTENSE BATTLE SOUNDS.
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NEWSMAN FILMS AS GIS USE RAMROD TO BREAK DOWN DOOR OF BUILDING.
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CITIZENS OF TOWN ARE HELPED ONTO TRUCKS. WOMAN HOLDS INFANT IN ARMS. PAN. CU GI PICKS UP PUPPY DOG ABANDONED BY ENEMY. MEDICS CARE FOR NAZI WOUNDED.
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GI WITH HEAVY BANDAGE ON FACE WALKS OUT OF BUILDING WITH MEDICS. MAP SHOWS THE "BULGE"
RETURNING TO ITS ORIGINAL LINE. |
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BRITISH "TOMMY" GESTURES HOW COLD HE FEELS AS HE RELIEVES BUDDY AT ISOLATED POST. HE FILLS BUCKET OF WATER AT SNOW COVERED STREAM, AFTER KICKING AWAY SOME ICE.
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BRITISH TOMMY AND FRIEND WASH THEMSELVES IN BUCKET OF WATER OUTSIDE SNOW COVERED TRENCH. BRITISH SOLDIERS FILL UP CUPS OF TEA FROM STEAMING POT.
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MONTAGE SMILING BRITISH SOLDIERS IN WHITE CAMOUFLAGED UNIFORMS AND AMERICAN GIS EXCHANGE HAND SHAKES AND HUGS AS NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN FORCES MEET AT ST. AUBERT.
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FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY, COMMANDER OF NORTHERN FORCES, EXITS BUILDING.
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MONTAGE GENERAL BRADLEY'S SOUTHERN FORCE TROOPS ARE BARELY VISIBLY IN BLIZZARD. THEY USE SHOVELS AND BULLDOZERS TRYING TO CLEAR ROADS FOR ADVANCING FORCES.
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BULLDOZER SCRAPES SNOW OFF BATTLEFIELD ROADS. GI INFANTRYMEN PASS BY GERMAN BODIES STREWN ALONGSIDE SNOWBOUND ROADS.
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GERMAN ATROCITIES ON AMERICAN PRISONERS ARE UNCOVERED IN SNOW AT MALMEDY. GIS GENTLY UNCOVER BODIES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS FROM THE SNOW, WHO WERE MASSACRED BY GERMANS AFTER CAPTURING. GERMAN PRISONERS WATCH APPREHENSIVELY AS BODIES ARE UNCOVERED.
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MONTAGE TOWN OF OPALIZE LEFT IN UTTER RUIN BY RETREATING FIELD MARSHAL VON RUNDSTEDT'S FORCES WHO BURN EVERY TOWN THEY LEAVE.
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DESTROYED GERMAN TANK IN TOWN AND UPTURNED GERMAN TANK IN GULLY.
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