1944WORLD WAR II
GENERAL MOTORS DIESEL BUILDS PLANES, TANKS, ARMED VEHICLES DURING WWII. CELEBRATE THE BUILDING OF THEIR 100,000TH AT DETROIT DIESEL. WWII D-DAY SCENES AND OTHER WAR SCENES. HOME FRONT INDUSTRY
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AERIAL VIEW U. S. BOMBER FLYING OVER INVASION ARMADA DURING INVASION OF NORMANDY IN 1944. (WWII)
VARIOUS VIEWS LANDING CRAFT CRAMMED WITH ALLIED TROOPS, SOLDIERS CLIMBING DOWN ROPE LADDERS INTO LANDING CRAFT |
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LS AERIAL VIEW LANDING BOATS (LST) STREAMING TO SHORE, LEAVING LONG LINES OF WHITE WAKES. TROOPS JUMP INTO WATER FROM SIDE OF LANDING CRAFT.
VARIOUS SCENES TROOPS LANDING AT VARIOUS EUROPEAN, SOUTH PACIFIC BEACHES DURING WWII. |
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MCU VIEW LANDING CRAFT DOORS OPEN TO VIEW OF NORMANDY BEACH, TROOPS, BACKS TO CAMERA, POUR OUT POV INSIDE LST. MORE OF SAME. JUNE 6, 1944
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LS ABOVE VIEW TROOPS RUNNING TO SHORE UNDER BOMBARDMENT BY ENEMY. TROOPS ENCOUNTER BARBED WIRE FORTIFICATIONS.
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LS LARGE SIGN ON ROOF OF BUILDING "GM DIESEL", WITH AMERICAN FLAG ABOVE IT. WORKERS, EXECUTIVES, GATHER AROUND FORKLIFT VEHICLE CARRYING THE 100,000TH DIESEL ENGINE, OUTSIDE PLANT, TOWARDS CAMERA. MS GENERAL MANAGER CONGRATULATES PLANT SUPERVISORS.
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HUGE CROWD PLANT WORKERS WATCHING OUTDOOR CEREMONY MS D. S. KETTERING, VICE OF GENERAL MOTORS (GM)
ADDRESSES CROWD, PRESENTS THE 100,000TH VEHICLE TO NAVY OFFICER. LARGE PHOTO OF NAVAL LANDING CRAFT IN B/G. |
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MS KETTERING AT PODIUM ADDRESSING WORKERS.
EXECUTIVES AND NAVAL OFFICERS SEATED IN B/G. "ANCHORS AWEIGH" PLAYS AS ADMIRAL TAYLOR ACCEPTS ENGINE. CROWD, BACKS TO CAMERA APPLAUD. ADMIRAL MAKES SPEECH. |
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LS INVASION ARMADA WITH PROTECTIVE BALLOONS FLYING OVER THEM SAILS TOWARDS CAMERA. VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS, LANDING CRAFT, SHIPS. HUGE SEARCHLIGHTS SCANNING SKIES AT NIGHT. LS BATTERY OF ANTI-
AIRCRAFT GUNS FIRING. |
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LS LARGE BULLDOZER TOPPLES TALL PALM TREE IN JUNGLE.
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LS TROOPS WADING ASHORE FROM LST'S AT NORMANDY.
TROOPS IN CHEST HIGH WATERS WADE TO BEACH. |
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TITLE: "DETROIT INDUSTRY UNVEILS 1944 MODELS"
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LS SIGNS AT ENTRANCE TO OUTDOOR SHOW AT DETROIT AIRPORT:: "ARMY AIR SHOW". TENTS IN B/G, PEOPLE MINGLING AROUND. AERIAL PAN PLANES, TENTS, GM EXHIBIT PAVILION AT AIR SHOW SURROUNDING HOMES.
CU SIGN INVITING PEOPLE TO EXAMINE THE EXHIBITS. |
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WAR WORKERS AND FAMILIES, MAN ON CRUTCHES ENTER OUTDOOR EXHIBIT AREA. MS ACTUAL ARMY SCOUT PLANE MADE BY GM ON DISPLAY IS TILTED ON ITS SIDE FOR BETTER VIEWING. CU SAME.
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MS TANK MADE BY CADILLAC SPEEDS BY R TO L, MS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN MADE BY PONTIAC. PEOPLE ENTER PACKARD AND HUDSON TENTS, MLS TOURISTS GET RIDE IN FORD'S AMPHIBIOUS JEEP.
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MS VISITORS, BACK TO CAMERA TAKE LOOK AT FORD ASSEMBLED "LIBERATOR" BOMBER, POWERED BY BUICK AND CHEVROLET ENGINES.. CU THREE YOUNG WOMEN BACKS TO CAMERA, PEER THROUGH CHAIN LINK FENCE AT BOMBER.
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HUGE ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN IS DEMONSTRATED FOR CROWD.
THE DIESEL "PANCAKE". |
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MS GENERAL SHERMAN TANK FACING CAMERA HAS FISHER BODY, BOY POINTS TANK OUT TO MOM. MAN LIFTS BOY ONTO TANK. MS STAIRWAYS AND RAMPS LET VISITORS GET CLOSER LOOK AT EASTERN AIRCRAFT TORPEDO BOMBER.
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LS CROWD FILL STANDS TO WATCH DEMONSTRATION OF ARMY DUCK, DUCK ROLLS INTO POOL OF WATER AND OUT.
CU CROWD BOYS A GIRLS LEAN AGAINST RAILING TO WATCH SHOW, LONG LINE OF U. S. FLAGS OVERHEAD. |
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YOUNG LADY WALKS TO FIGHTER PLANE,,STOPS AND REMINISCES ABOUT HER LOVED ONE FLYING IT IN WAR, CU VIEW YOUNG LADY LOOKING OVER THE PLANE,
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TITLE:2,500TH "WILDCAT", "EASTERN PRODUCTION MILESTONE MARKED BY CHRISTENING PARTY". LINDEN NEW JERSEY.
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CROWD, BACKS TO CAMERA, STEP UP TO HUGE PAPER DISPLAY OF CIRCUS CAGE ON WHEELS WITH CARTOON WILDCAT BEHIND BARS, CU CARTOON WILDCAT. SIGN ABOVE CAGE "THE WILDER CAT" AND GM "RAT KILLER".
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MLS CROWD WATCHES AS REAL NAVY "WILDCAT" FIGHTER PLANE, WITH FOLDED WINGS, BREAKS THROUGH PAPER CAGE TOWARDS CROWD,. CROWD YELLS.
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MS FIRST GM "WILDCAT" FIGHTER IS ROLLED THROUGH PLANT BY GROUP OF WORKERS ON SEPTEMBER 1. 1942.
MLS "WILDCAT" TAKING OFF R TO L FOR TEST FLIGHT. MS PLANT WORKERS SHADE THEIR EYES FROM SUN AS THEY WATCH. |
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AERIAL VIEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER DECKS STACKED WITH "WILDCATS" AND ACCOMPANYING WAR SHIPS, LS SQUADRONS WILDCATS IN FLIGHT. MLS LANDING ON CARRIER, TOWARDS CAMERA..
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ABOVE HUGE CROWD OF WORKERS GATHER IN GM'S LINDEN PLANT WATCH OFFICIAL CHRISTENING AND DELIVERY OF OF 2500 WILDCATS TO THE NAVY. NAVY BAND IN F/G.
PAN HUGE CROWD WORKERS IN AUDIENCE, |
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PLANT MANAGER INTRODUCES REAR ADMIRAL WOODWARD, WHO ACCEPTS ON BEHALF OF NAVY,
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HOST SPEAKER INTRODUCES QUEEN OF THE DAY AND SPONSOR OF THE WILDCATS IS VIVACIOUS MARY MARTIN , BROADWAY GODDESS AND MUSICAL COMEDY STAR OF "ONE TOUCH OF EDEN". theater, movies, comedy, actress, hollywood.
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NS ACTRESS MARY MARTIN, BOTTLE OF CHAMPAIGN IN HANDS, PREPARES TO CHRISTEN WILDCAT FIGHTER AS ADMIRAL, EXECUTIVES LOOK ON.
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MS MARY MARTIN MIMICS SPITTING ON HANDS GRABS CHAMPAIGN BOTTLE LIKE BASEBALL BAT, TAKES SEVERAL MAKE-BELIEVE SWINGS THEN SMASHES BOTTLE ON NOSE OF PLANE.. ARMY WAC PRESENTS BOUQUET OF ROSES TO MARTIN, MARTIN PROCEEDS TO HAND ROSES OUT TP AUDIENCE, WALKS ACROSS STAGE THROWS ROSES TO AUDIENCE UNTILL SHE RUNS OUT.
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TITLE: "GM DEALER WINS COVETED "E" AWARD, HUGE "MONARCH BUICK" SIGN OVERHANGING ROOF OF DEALERSHIP IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. LS BUICK SHOWROOM ON CORNER WITH NEW CARS ON DISPLAY IN WINDOWS, AUTO TRAFFIC IN F/G CIRCA 1940S.
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MLS PRESIDENT OF MONARCH, WILLIAM R. CRAFT ARRIVES IN BUICK CONVERTIBLE, EXITS CAR. POV INSIDE LOOKING OUT WINDOW, CRAFT CHECKS WORKERS IN MACHINE SHOP. TWO MEN AT LATHES. SPEAKS TO MAN WORKING AT LATHE, CU MECHANIC AT LATHE, CU LATHE
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MS MECHANIC, BACK TO CAMERA MEASURES AUTO PARTS WITH CALIPERS. MS TWO WOMEN WORKERS WEARING OVERALLS, POLISH CAR PARTS
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CIVILIAN, MILITARY BRASS ON STAGE AS AWARD IS GIVEN TO MONARCH BUICK FOR THEIR WAE EFFORT. MS ARMY COLONEL SPEAKS TO WORKERS SEATED IN AUDIENCE. VARIOUS VIEWS MEN, WOMEN IN AUDIENCE BANNER IS UNFOLDED WITH ARMY, NAVY AND "E" (FOR EXCELLENCE) WRITTEN ON IT. ALL IN AUDIENCE, BACKS TO CAMERA, STAND, APPLAUD.
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CU GOVERNOR OF INDIANA GIVES SPEECH, OFFICER PINS "E" PIN ON EMPLOYEES LAPEL. CU CRAFT MAKES SPEECH.
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LS MECHANICS WORKING IN MACHINE SHOP, MS CAR ON LIFT IS GIVEN GREASE JOB BY MECHANIC.
MECHANIC TUNES UP MOTOR WITH ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, MS MECHANIC DOING WHEEL ALIGNMENT, CU SAME |
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MECHANIC DOING BODY WORK ON WRECK. CU USES HAMMER AND CHISEL.
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YOUNG WOMAN EXITS HER BUICK SEDAN, CIRCA 1937, SPEAKS TO SERVICE MANAGER, MR. CRAFT ENTERS SCENE, SHAKES HANDS WITH WOMAN.
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TITLE: "AEROPRODUCTS APPLAUDS AMERICAN ACE" - CU PAN SIGN: "WELCOME CAPT. GENTILE".
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CROWD MEN, WOMEN EMPLOYEES OF AEROPRODUCTS TURN OUT IN DROVES TO SEE FAMED AMERICAN ACE GENTILE,
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MS "MUSTANG" FIGHTER PILOT GENTILE CLIMBS SPEAKERS PLATFORM WITH W. J. BLANCHARD, GENERAL MANAGER OF AEROPRODUCTS,. BLANCHARD SPEAKS TO CROWD OUTSIDE PLANT,
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LS "MUSTANG" FIGHTER TAKING OFF FOR MISSION.
MUSTANG IN FLIGHT, GUN CAMERA SHOT OF GERMAN PLANE BEING DESTROYED, GENTILE SHOT DOWN 27 GERMAN PLANES. personality |
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MS GENERAL EISENHOWER PINS MEDAL ON GENTILE AND ANOTHER PILOT AS THEY STAND BY HIS PLANE personality, politics.
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MS GENTILE IS INTRODUCED TO CROWD, SPEAKS TO THEM.
CU CAPTAIN GENTILE BEFORE MICROPHONE. |
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MS CAPT. GENTILE IS GIVEN TOUR OF PLANT, CU VARIOUS FACE SHOTS CAPT. GENTILE.
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