1939-19411940s NEWSREELS
NEWSREEL STORIES FROM APRIL 1941
This reel is part of one of our Specialty Collections. Online viewing or downloads of low-res versions for offline viewing will be available for only more day, though. Online viewing or downloads of low-res versions for offline viewing has now expired, though, and cannot be viewed online. "Pro" account holders can download a low-res version for offline viewing.
Sign up for a "Pro" account to download this footage.
This reel is currently not available for online viewing.
Sorry, this video is temporarily unavailable for online viewing or download. Please try again later.
Restricted Material
Access to this reel with audio is restricted. It will be available for only more day.
Access to this reel with audio has expired.
| 01:00:46 47 |
TITLE: "AUSTRALIA WILD OVER U. S. FLEET" - SYDNEY AUSTRALIA - VARIOUS SHOTS U. S.
WARSHIPS CRUISING ALONG SIDNEY HARBOR, BEING VIEWED AND CHEERED BY SCORES OD AUSTRALIANS ON SHORE 0101 18 PEOPLE ON BALCONIES OF HOTELS WAVE AND POUR TICKER TAPE AND STREAMERS ON U. S. NAVY MEN PARADING IN CITY OF SYDNEY. GOOD SHOTS PARADE BEING INUNDATED BY STREAMERS AND TICKER TAPE. KIDS, VIEWERS 1/2 MILLION OF THEM, GOING WILD AS THEY WATCH PARADE. |
| 01:02:04 124 |
TITLE: "KING RIDES BREN BUGGY" - KING GEORGE OF ENGLAND INSPECTS TROOPS, TAKES RIDE IN NEW MILITARY VEHICLE.
|
| 01:02:32 153 |
TITLE: "CROWD SHOW FOR IL DUCE" - ROME - HUGE CROWD COME OUT TO HEAR ITALIAN DICTATOR MUSSOLINI MAKE 1ST SPEECH IN MANY MONTHS. MUSSOLINI MAKES DRAMATIC ENTRANCE, MAKES SPEECH.
|
| 01:03:24 204 |
"MEXICO EXPROPRIATES AXIS SHIPS" - VARIOUS SHOTS ITALIAN MERCHANT SHIPS AT ANCHOR IN TAMPICO HARBOR. MEXICAN NAVY MEN BOARD AND MAN THE SHIPS.
|
| 01:04:03 243 |
TITLE: "POLISH PREMIER VISITS U. S" - POLISH PRIME MINISTER IN EXILE, W. SIKORSKI CALLS ON PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. CU POSES OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE. SIKORSKI IN POLISH UNIFORM, PLACES WREATH ON AMERICA'S UNKNOWN SOLDIER. foreign government, politics.
|
| 01:04:39 279 |
TITLE: " ALLIS-CHALMERS PLANT GOES FULL BLAST - MILWAUKEE, WISC. - WORKERS EXIT TROLLEY CAR THAT TAKES THEM TO ENTRANCE OF PLANT. WORKERS SHOW THEIR CREDENTIALS TO GUARD AS THEY ENTER THE. VARIOUS SHOTS CONSTRUCTION WORKERS UNBOARDING AND REPLACE GLASS WINDOWS WHILE SETTING UP THE 155 ACRE PLANT, AS WORK STARTS ON $45 MILLION OF DEFENSE GOODS.
|
| 01:05:16 316 |
TITLE: 'HONG KONG FORTRESS" - AERIAL VIEW OF MODERN PORT CITY OF HON KONG (BRITISH POSSESSION). VARIOUS SHOTS OF CROWDED MARKETPLACE IN HONG KONG, RICKSHAWS MERCHANDISE BEING MOVED AROUND ON WAGONS. VARIOUS SHOTS AUSTRALIAN AND INDIAN TROOPS MARCHING THROUGH CITY.
|
| 01:06:12 372 |
HUGE CROWD WORKERS ENTERING SHIPYARD. CHINESE WORKERS WITH STRAW HATS.
VARIOUS SHOTS HONG KONG HARBOR WITH FREIGHTERS, SAMPANS AND CHINESE JUNKS. WOMAN (?) WITH BABY STRAPPED TO BACK STEERS THE SAMPAN LIKE A GONDOLA. |
| 01:06:45 405 |
BRITISH MINELAYER WITH ALMOST ENTIRELY CHINESE SAILORS, LAYS MINES IN HARBOR, MAKE SURE THE HARBOR IS SAFE FOR THE SAMPANS.
|
| 01:07:11 431 |
NOVELIST ERNEST HEMMINGWAY LOOKS OVER PAPERS (?) WITH BRITISH OFFICERS, LOOKING FOR MATERIAL FOR HIS NEXT BOOK. writer, producer, novelist, hollywood, author, personality, celebrity. .
|
| 01:07:25 445 |
PAN GOOD SHOTS INDIAN SIKH TROOPS WITH THEIR TURBANS, SAND AT ATTENTION.
|
| 01:08:19 499 |
TITLE: "MIGHTIEST BATTLESHIP JOINS NAVY" - BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - VARIOUS S SHOTS THE MIGHTY BATTLESHIP, "NORTH CAROLINA" - AT DOCK IN BROOKLYN NAVY YARD, WHERE SHE WAS BUILT. VARIOUS SHOTS BATTLESHIP BEING FORMALLY COMMISSIONER. MS SECRETARY OF NAVY KNOX, SPEAKS. ALL AT ATTENTION AS STARS AND STRIPES ARE HOISTED.
|
| 01:09:38 578 |
TITLE: "FACTS FOR ALL AMERICANS" - (ABOUT BATTLESHIP NORTH CAROLINA) - VARIOUS SHOTS SEAPLANE BEING CATAPULTED FROM BATTLESHIP NORTH CAROLINA DECKS, NAVY MEN FIRING NEW BIG GUNS AND OTHER AWESOME FEATURES FROM THE NEW BATTLESHIP DURING RUNDOWN CRUISE AT SEA.
|
| 01:10:41 642 |
SPORTS - BASEBALL - BASEBALL OPENING DAY AT WASHINGTON, D. C. WITH SHOTS OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, HELD UP BY HIS AIDES, THROWING OUT TRADITIONAL FIRST BALL FROM STANDS. PAN CROWD 32, OOO FANS IN STANDS. PLAYERS SCRAMBLE TO RETRIEVE THE SOUVENIR BALL. VARIOUS SHOTS PLAY IN PROGRESS
|
| 01:11:19 679 |
ABOVE VIEW YANKEE JOE DIMAGGIO HITTING TRIPLE AND RUNNING BASES. YANKEES BEATS WASHINGTON 3 - 0.
|
| 01:12:08 728 |
TITLE: "REAL LIFE DRAMA AT SING SING" - LS VIEW EXTERIOR NEW YORKS SING SING PRISON. MS TWO OF THE THREE DESPERADOS THAT ESCAPED FROM SING SING PRISON AND CAPTURED AFTER THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A PRISON GUARD, A STATE POLICEMEN, AND AN ESCAPEE, POSE IN HANDCUFFS AND SHACKLES WITH POLICE. PAN JOSEPH REARDAN AND TOMMY MCGALE (?). POLICE EXAMINE A ROWBOAT WHICH AIDED IN ESCAPE. STATE POLICEMAN POSES WITH HIS BLOODHOUNDS WHICH HELPED IN RECAPTURE.
12 54 JOE REARDEN AND MCGALE IN CUFFS ON COASTGUARD CUTTER WHICH TAKES THEM NACK TO PRISON. |
| 01:13:18 798 |
MS WARDEN OF SING SING LOUIS E. LAWS, SPEAKS FROM HIS DESK AT SING SING.
|
| 01:13:34 814 |
TITLE: "NEWS - NOT SO GOOD" - (ITEM 1) "JAPAN, SOVIETS SIGN NON-AGGRESSION PACT" -
VARIOUS SHOTS JOSEPH STALIN ON WAY TO MEETING WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER, YOSUKE MATSUOKA. foreign governments |
| 01:14:12 852 |
ITEM 2 - "DENMARK REPUDIATES GREENLAND AGREEMENT" - MS GREENLAND FOREIGN MINISTER AT DESK SAYS THAT DENMARK AND U. S. AGREEMENT ON GREENLAND STAYS "UNCHANGED". "THE WORD OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND ITS PEOPLE CAN BE TRUSTED". foreign politics
|
| 01:14:44 885 |
VARIOUS SHOTS U. S. COAST GUARD CUTTERS PATROLLING FRIGID GREENLAND SHORES.
VARIOUS SHOTS DANISH OFFICERS VISITING ON BOARD U. S. WARSHIPS. |
| 01:15:33 933 |
TITLE: "EASTER 1941 - IN THIS LAND OF PEACE" SUPER-IMPOSED OVER AERIAL SHOT (TILT DOWN)ST. PATRICK CATHEDRAL IN NEW YORK CITY WITH EASTER CROWDS("BIGGEST IN A GENERATION") GATHERED IN FRONT OF CATHEDRAL. - CROWD IN SUNDAY FINEST TRADITIONALLY PARADE IN FRONT OF CATHEDRAL.
|
| 01:16:10 970 |
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND WIFE ELEANOR, HE IN TOP HAT AND TAILS, SHE IN SUNDAY FINEST WITH EASTER BONNET, RIDE IN OPEN LIMO TO CHURCH IN WASHINGTON, D. C. THEY POSE WITH MINISTER OUTSIDE CHURCH ENTRANCE.
|
| 01:16:30 990 |
VARIOUS SHOTS BLOSSOMING OF FAMOUS JAPANESE CHERRY TREES IN WASHINGTON. D.
C. WITH RECORD NUMBER OF VISITORS. AND WOMEN, TAKE SHOTS OF TREES. ARTIST DOES PAINTING OF CHERRY TREES. |
| 01:16:53 1013 |
TITLE: "PARACHUTISTS - U. S. ARMY" VARIOUS SHOTS PARACHUTE TROOPS PARADING ONTO AIRFIELD TOWARDS PLANES. AS THEY STAND AT ATTENTION, OFFICERS EXAMINE SAFETY OF THEIR PARACHUTES. TROOPS BOARD TRANSPORT PLANES.
|
| 01:17:47 1067 |
VARIOUS SHOTS NAZI PARATROOPS JUMPING FROM PLANES INTO HOLLAND DURING THE INVASION OF THAT COUNTRY.
|
| 01:18:00 1080 |
VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN TRANSPORT PLANES WITH CHUTISTS ABOARD TAKE TO AIR, AND IN FLIGHT. VARIOUS SHOTS TROOPS JUMPING OUT OF PLANES AND PARACHUTING TO GROUND DURING MANEUVERS. SLOW MOTION SHOTS OF CHUTISTS JUMPING, FLOATING TO GROUND. TROOPS PICK UP EQUIPMENT AND RUN AS THEY ARE PROTECTED BY FIGHTER PLANE SMOKE SCREENS.
|
| 01:19:42 1182 |
TITLE: "PAN-AMERICAN DAY TAKES ON NEW MEANING" - VARIOUS SHOTS PRESIDENT BATISTA AND WIFE ATTENDING CEREMONY IN CUBAN SENATE, HONORING UNITED STATES.
LARGE PORTRAIT OF FDR HANGS ON WALL. HE IS MADE AN HONORABLE CITIZEN OF CUBA. |
| 01:20:23 1224 |
NEW YORK CITY - CROWDS IN NEW YORK CITY MARK THE ST YEAR OF PAN-AMERICAN UNION. VARIOUS SHOTS MONUMENT, STATUE OF SIMONE BOLIVAR ON HORSE.
|
| 01:20:39 1240 |
"VILLA DEL ROSARIO" ON A PAN AMERICAN TREATY ON THE COLUMBIAN, VENEZUELAN BORDER MEET TO SIGN AN IMPORTANT TREATY TO END OLD OIL DISPUTE. VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CONTRERAS AND COLUMBIAN PRESIDENT SANTOS SIGN TREATY AND HUG.
|
| 01:21:16 1276 |
TITLE: "KICK IN FOR YOUR UNCLE SAM" - VARIOUS SHOTS GOVERNMENT WORKERS AT WASHINGTON'S BUREAU OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING, AT MACHINES, PRINTING STAMPS AND BONDS IN DEFENSE DRIVE TO RAISE AS MUCH AS 4 BILLION DOLLARS. VARIOUS SHOTS STAMPS AND BONDS ROLLING OFF THE PRESSES.
|
| 01:21:51 1312 |
SECRETARY OF TREASURY MORGENTHAU SITS AT HIS DESK IN FRONT OF POSTER OF MINUTE MAN USED TO PROMOTE DRIVE. MS SECRETARY MORGANTHAU SPEAKS.
|
| 01:22:13 1333 |
TITLE: "JAMES ROOSEVELT TAKES BRIDE" - MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ARRIVES BY PLANE TO MEET THE NEW BRIDE, NED BOTTINGER, SON JAMES, AND SON IN LAW DON BOTTINGER.
THEY KISS AND HUG. PHOTOGS TAKE SHOTS. |
| 01:22:58 1379 |
COUPLE IS MET BY BARRAGE OF RICE THROWN GUESTS, AS THEY LEAVE RECEPTION, TAKE OFF IN LIMO.
|
| 01:23:17 1397 |
TITLE: "NEW YORK CITY - STOCK EXCHANGE HEAD INDUCTED INTO ARMY" - WILLIAM MACCHESNEY MARTIN, JR. 34 YEAR OLD HEAD OF WORLD GREATEST STOCK EXCHANGE.
MARTIN LEAVE EXCLUSIVE YALE CLUB IN N. Y. WITH BAG FOR TRIP TO INDUCTION CENTER. HE SIGNS TO BECOME PRIVATE MARTIN, JR. MARTIN TAKES OATH AFTER LEAVING HIS $4000 A MONTH JOB FOR A $21 A MONTH JOB IN ARMY. |
| 01:23:50 1431 |
TITLE: "BACK TO REALITY - THE CIRCUS - NEW YORK CITY - ABOVE VIEW ACTIVITIES IN CENTER RING OF CIRCUS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN -, ELEPHANTS PERFORMING, DAREDEVIL FEMALE STANDING ON PAIR OF HORSES AS THEY CIRCLE RING, LION TAMER WITH TIGERS. KIDS WITH POPCORN, COTTON CANDY.
|
| 01:24:22 1462 |
COWGIRL, COWBOY LIFT TINY MIDGET OFF GROUND. HUGE FAT LADY SEATED ON LARGE CHAIR, FACING CAMERA. FOUR PRETTY GIRL IN HULA SKIRTS DOING HULA DANCE. CU SMILING, LAUGHING CLOWNS MAKING FACES..
|
| 01:24:43 1484 |
TITLE: "MERCY SHIP FOR HUNGRY FRENCH KIDS" - MARSEILLE - LARGE U. S. CARGO SHIP "COLD HARBOR" WITH RED CROSS MARKINGS RIDES INTO HARBOR OF MARSEILLE, FRANCE WITH CARGO OF FOOD AND CLOTHING FOR HUNGRY AND NEEDY KIDS IN FRANCE.
HUGE CROWD CHILDREN, ADULTS, AT DOCK AFTER SCHOOL HOLIDAY WAS GIVEN FOR THE OCCASION. FACE SHOTS SMILING KIDS WAVING U. S. FLAGS. CU RICHARD ALLEN, AMERICAN RED CROSS DELEGATE POSES WITH CAPTAIN MOORE POSE. CU FRENCH WOMAN MADEMOISELLE CURRIE SPEAKS OF THE EVENT |
| 01:26:14 1574 |
TITLE: - "BASEBALL TAKES OVER" - NEW YORK GIANTS VS BROOKLYN DODGERS - GAME IN PROGRESS. ABOVE SHOT BROOKLYN'S MICKEY OWENS HITS ONE FOR A TRIIPLE, RUNS BASES DIVES HEAD FIRST INTO THIRD BASE. OWENS IS DRIVEN HOME BY HIT AND RUN PLAY BY DODGER'S PAUL WEINER. CROWD IN STANDS STAND AND CHEER.
|
| 01:27:01 1621 |
ABOVE SHOT GIANT'S AT BAT SCORE TWO RUNS AGAINST BROOKLYN PITCHER WYATT.
GIANTS WIN 6 - 4. |
| 01:27:22 1642 |
BASEBALL CINCINATTI VS ST. LOUIS - MS COMMISSIONER LANDIS WATCHING GAME.
VARIOUS SHOTS GAME IN PROGRESS. |
| 01:27:40 1660 |
ABOVE SHOT 1940 WORLD CHAMPIONS CINCINATTI REDS MIKE MCCORMACK, MOST VALUABLE PLAYER FOR 1940, HITS ONE FOR HOME RUN. RUNS BASES AS CROWDS CHEER.
|
| 01:28:03 1683 |
ABOVE SHOT CARDINALS' ENOS SLAUGHTER HITS HOMER DRIVING AFTER SINGLE BY FELLOW PLAYER. FINAL SCORE CARDINALS WIN 7 -3.
|
| 01:28:22 1702 |
TITLE: "WINDSORS IN FLORIDA AGAIN" - VARIOUS SHOTS DIKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR ON GOOD WILL TOUR FROM NASSAU, EXIT YACHT IN FLORIDA. MLS EXTERIOR EXCLUSIVE EVERGLADE CLUB IN PALM BEACH, WHERE THE COUPLE STAY. DUKE AND DUCHESS CONFER WITH SIR EDWARD PEACOCK AT OUTDOOR PATIO.
|
| 01:29:20 1760 |
TITLE: "LITTLE NORWAY AIR FORCE SALUTES ROYALTY" - TORONTO, CANADA - CROWN PRINCE OLAF AND PRINCESS MARTHA INSPECT CANADIAN TRAINED AIRMEN ( 600 STRONG)
AT AIR BASE IN CANADA. VARIOUS SHOTS FIGHTER PLANES LINED UP ON AIRFIELD AND IN FLIGHT. |
| 01:30:01 1801 |
TITLE: "BLESS BUNDLE FOR BRITAIN" NEW YORK CITY - PAN DOWN ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN NYC. - HUGE CROWDS ATTEND MASS INSIDE CHURCH AND CONTRIBUTE PACKAGES AND MONEY FOR BRITAIN, INSPIRED BY THE LAST BITTER RAID ON LONDON.
PEOPLE LINE UP AT ALTAR TO GIVE BUNDLES OF EVERY SHAPE AND SIZE, FOR BRITAIN WHICH ARE BLESSED BY REV. BROOKS. |
| 01:30:07 1807 |
CHINESE WORKERS WITH THEIR FAMILIAR STRAW HATS CARRYING AMMUNITION ON LONG POLES, ALONG NARROW MOUNTAIN ROAD. BRITISH ARTILLERY MEN LOAD, FIRE, HUGE CANNON.
|
| 01:30:44 1845 |
TITLE: "BLOSSOMS AND GALS" - VARIOUS SHOTS APPLE BLOSSOM QUEEN AND PRETTY GIRLS POSE AMID THE APPLE BLOSSOMS BLOOMING IN WASHINGTON.
|
| 01:31:20 1880 |
TITLE: "SPEED TANK OUTPUT" - VARIOUS SHOTS ASSEMBLY WORKERS AT PENNSYLVANIA PLANT MANUFACTURING ARMY TANKS FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE. MS WORKERS ROLL OUT NEW M-3 TANKS OFF ASSEMBLY LINE AND OUT OF PLANT. VARIOUS SHOTS ARMY OFFICERS WATCHING ARMY TANKS PERFORM IN FIELD.
|
| 01:32:04 1924 |
TITLE: "PACHYDERM PARADE" - VARIOUS SHOTS OF MOVING DAY AT THE PHILADELPHIA SAY. MS TRAINER LEADS ELEPHANT CARRYING ANOTHER TRAINER ON ITS BACK, OUT OF ZOO TO NEW QUARTERS. MCU REAR END OF ELEPHANT AS IT WALKS ALONG. CU ELEPHANT GRABBING BUNDLE OF HAY WITH ITS TRUNK.
|
| 01:32:19 1939 |
CU VARIOUS SHOTS TRAINER HOSING DOWN RHINOCEROS. VARIOUS SHOTS TRAINER DOING SAME WITH HIPPOPOTAMUS. HIPPO OPENS HUGE MOUTH TO ACCEPT WATER FROM HOSE. VARIOUS SHOTS HIPPO IN ITS NEW HOME AND IN POOL. animal antics
|
| 01:33:02 1982 |
TITLE: "WEDDING BELLS FOR DEANNA" - TILT DOWN BEAUTIFUL WEDDING CAKE FOR DEANNA DURBIN AND HUSBAND. VARIOUS SHOTS DEANNA WITH HUSBAND AND BRIDES MAIDS. TILT DOWN DEANNA'S WEDDING DRESS. hollywood, movies, singer, actress, celebrity.
|
| 01:33:45 2026 |
TITLE: 'FOREST FIRE DISASTER HITS EASTERN STATES" - AERIAL AND VARIOUS VIEWS HUGE
FOREST FIRE WITH SMOKE AND FLAMES COVERING HUGE ARE AS 70,000 ACRES ARE REDUCED TO BLACKENED WASTE IN NEW JERSEY ALONE. VARIOUS SHOTS HOMES COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. |
| 01:35:18 2118 |
TROOPS FROM CAMP DIX NEW JERSEY RIDE TO FIRE SITES IN TRUCKS AND BUSES. NEAR TRAGEDY IS AVOIDED WHEN TROOPS FIGHTING FLAMES BARELY MISS BEING CIRCLED BY FLAMES. GREAT SHOTS TALL TREES IN FOREST ENGULFED IN INTENSE FLAMES. GOOD AERIAL SHOTS OF WIDE AREA OF SMOKE AND FLAME. disaster.
|
| 01:35:28 2128 |
VARIOUS SHOTS LAKEHURST TOWNSHIP WHERE WINDS PUSHED DEEP INTO TOWNSHIP.
|
| 01:35:42 2142 |
PAN GRAVEYARD OF CHICKENS KILLED BY SMOKE AT A NEW JERSEY FARM. WOMEN TEND TO FURNITURE AND BEDDING SAVED FROM BURNING HOMES.
|
| 01:35:54 2155 |
TITLE: BRANT ROCK, MASS. - FIREMEN TRAIN WATER HOSES ON FIERCELY BURNING HOMES. VARIOUS SHOTS OF UNCONTROLLABLE FLAMES BURNING HOMES TO GROUND.
SHOTS OF REMAINS OF CHURCH AND HOMES LEVELLED TO GROUND. VOICE OVER, "PEOPLE WILL LONG REMEMBER THE CONFLAGRATION OF APRIL 1941". |
| 01:36:49 2209 |
TITLE: "ADVANCE IN ERITEREA" - VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH TROOPS REPAIRING BRIDGES BLOWN UP BY RETREATING ITALIAN TROOPS IN EAST AFRICA. MS BRITISH SOLDIER STIRS POTS OF PORRIDGE TO FEED TROOPS, COOKING ON OPEN FIRE ON GROUND. SOLDIERS FILL THEIR POTS WITH THE FOOD. SIT ALONG THE HILLS AND RAT. VARIOUS SHOTS TANKS FOLLOWED BY CHARGING INDIAN TROOPS. VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH ARTILLERY B BOMBARDMENTS. PAN MASSIVE EQUIPMENT LEFT BEHIND IN ITALIAN RETREAT (CANNONS,
TANKS, TRUCKS, ETC.) |
| 01:38:17 2297 |
TITLE: "TEST TRACKLESS TANK" - VARIOUS SHOTS WAR DEPARTMENT SECRETARY STIMSON AND CIVILIAN EXECUTIVES EXAMINING NEW RUBBER WHEEL TANKS AT THE FIELD.
|
| 01:38:49 2329 |
TITLE: "DEFENSE WORKERS GET GAS MASK TRAINING" - SAILORS PASS OUT GAS MASK TO LINES OF MALE, FEMALE DEFENSE WORKERS AT PUGET SOUND NAVY YARD. GROUP WOMEN WORKERS PUT ON MASKS FOR CAMERA. MEN, WOMEN WEAR THEIR GAS MASKS AS THEY WORK AT MACHINES.
|
| 01:39:15 2355 |
TITLE: "REMEMBER THE "COLUMBUS?" -VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN LINER COLUMBUS BURNING AT SEA IN 1939. 400 CREWMEN VAINLY TRYING TO RETURN TO GERMANY WERE HELD IN SAN FRANCISCO IMMIGRATION STATION. VARIOUS SHOTS CAMP IN NEW MEXICO WHERE THE CREWMEN WERE STILL BEING HELD, 100 MILES FROM ANY LARGE TOWN.
VARIOUS SHOTS CREWMEN GROWING GARDENS IN THE CAMP. POSTMAN DISTRIBUTES MAIL CONTAINING CHECKS FOR A COOL $1800 A MONTH FROM THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT. |
| 01:40:05 2405 |
TITLE: "BACKWASH OF WAR" - CHURCHILL TALKS WITH BRISTLE MAN" - CHURCHILL WEARS UNIVERSITY CAP AND GOWN AS HE VISITS HEAVILY BOMBED BRISTLE. VARIOUS SHOTS CHURCHILL INSPECTING BOMBED AREAS, GREETED BY CROWDS.
|
| 01:40:45 2446 |
TITLE: "PILOT RESCUE" - VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH PLANE DIVING INTO SEA AFTER BEING SHOT DOWN. OVER COAST OF BRITAIN AFTER FIGHT WITH NAZI PLANES. LS AMERICAN MADE PT BOAT RIDING OUT TO SEA RESCUES THE PILOT WHO MANAGED TO GET INTO HIS RUBBER RAFT.
|
| 01:41:40 2501 |
TITLE: "BABES DO THEIR BUT" - VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH WOMEN DOING THEIR PART WORKING AT VITAL DEFENSE JOBS THAT RELEASE MEN FOR ARMED SERVICES. VARIOUS SHOTS WOMEN IN DEFENSE PLANTS WORKING AT WORK BENCHES AND MACHINES.
|
| 01:42:01 2521 |
VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH WOMEN WALKING THEIR KIDS TO NURSERIES HELPED PAID FOR BY AMERICA, DROPPING THEM OFF BEFORE GOING TO WORK. GOOD SHOTS NUDE LITTLE KIDS LINED UP TO BE EXAMINED BY NURSE AT NURSERY AND PLAYING WITH TOYS DONATED BY AMERICANS.. CHILDREN PLAY IN PLAYGROUND SUPERVISED BY WOMEN.
KIDS EAT AT SMALL TABLES. |
| 01:42:48 2569 |
TITLE: "SINGAPORE READY" - "SINGAPORE - KEY TO THE FAR EAST ......". "THREATENED BY SEA AND LAND IS PREPARED FOR WORST. LS PAN CITY OF SINGAPORE TO HARBOR CROWDED WITH SHIPPING. MS GREAT SHOT CHINESE JUNK IN HARBOR. VARIOUS SHOTS BUSTLING HARBOR WITH SINGAPORE PEOPLE ON BARGES, POWERED GONDOLA STYLE WITH LONG POLES, TOTING SACKS OF FOOD STUFFS.
|
| 01:43:35 2615 |
VARIOUS SHOTS TRANSPORT SHIPS CARRYING SIKHS, FAMOUS FIGHTING MEN FROM THE PUNJAB IN INDIA, EXPERT IN MOUNTAIN FIGHTING DEBARKING FROM TROOP SHIP STERN AND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE BRING WEITH THEM THEIR HOLY MEN AND THEIR SACRED BOOKS.
CU VARIOUS CU FACE SHOTS SIKH TROOPS WITH THEIR TRADEMARK TURBAN HEADWEAR, BEARDS. SPECIALIST IN MOUNTAIN FIGHTING, ARE HEADED FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF MALAYA. |
| 01:44:06 2646 |
TITLE: "AMERICAN LIFELINE FOR TIN AND RUBBER" - NATIVE LONGSHOREMEN LOAD TIN AND RUBBER ONTO CARGO SHIPS. "ALMOST A THIRD OF WORLDS SUPPLY OF TIN, VITAL TO U. S.
ECONOMY, COMES FROM THESE DOCKS". |
| 01:44:31 2671 |
MAP OF FAR EAST SHOWS STRATEGIC LOCATION OD SINGAPORE. VARIOUS SHOTS SINGAPORE STREET SCENES WITH RICKSHAWS, OX DRIVEN CARTS, MARKET PLACES AND NATIVE EVERYDAY LIFE.
|
| 01:44:57 2698 |
GREAT SHOT NATIVE POLICEMAN WITH DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS ATTACHED TO BADY, DIRECTING TRAFFIC LIKE A HUMAN STREET SIGNAL. PAN APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN HEART OF BUSY CITY WITH NUMEROUS CLOTHES LINES HANGING.
|
| 01:45:12 2712 |
NATIVE VOLUNTEERS, MALAYS AND CHINESE, MEDICS IN TRAINING, WEARING METAL HELMETS PRACTICE FIRST AID ON "WOUNDED" WOMAN LYING ON GROUND, LEARN HOW TO RECOGNIZE WOUNDS, AND WHAT TO DO.
|
| 01:45:27 2727 |
CROWD NATIVES AND CHILDREN WATCH DEMONSTRATIONS OF EXPLODING INCENDIARIES, LEARN WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE. KIDS ENJOY DEMONSTRATION WHICH SOUND AND LOOK LIKE FIRECRACKERS. LITTLE KIDS JUMP SCARILY AS INCENDIARIES EXPLODE, BUT ENJOY THE DEMO.
|
| 01:45:45 2745 |
TITLE: "THE COMMANDERS" - MS MAJOR GENERAL KEITH SIMMOMS, PIPE IN MOUTH RIDES IN SPEED BOAT I HARBOR.
|
| 01:45:52 2753 |
TITLE: "THE TROOPS" - INDIAN DIVISIONS - INDIAN SIKH TROOPS FIRING ARTILLERY AND PLANNING WITH MAPS.
|
| 01:46:12 2772 |
TITLE: TROOPS: "AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONS" - MAJOR GENERAL GORDON BENNETT REVIEWS HIS CRACK AUSTRALIAN TROOPS WHO RECENTLY ARRIVED IN SINGAPORE. VARIOUS SHOTS AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS WITH THEIR MASCOT (A KANGAROO) TRAINING IN JUNGLES OF SINGAPORE. MCU SOLDIERS HOLD MASCOT KANGAROO UP TO CAMERA. GOOD SHOTS AUSSIE TROOPS ON MANEUVERS IN JUNGLES OF MALAYA.
|
| 01:47:22 2842 |
TITLE: THE TROOPS" - SCOTS DIVISIONS - VARIOUS SHOTS SCOTTISH TROOPS IN MALAYAN JUNGLE TRAINING. LONG LINE OF SCOTTISH TROOPS CROSSING RIVER IN SINGLE LINE ON A LONG ROPE, IN NECK HIGH WATER.
|
| 01:48:02 2882 |
TITLE: MALAYAN DIVISIONS - VARIOUS SHOTS NATIVE MALAYAN TROOPS IN JUNGLE TRAINING.
|
| 01:48:32 2912 |
TITLE: "TWINS, TWINS, TWINS,....." - VARIOUS SHOTS SOME OF 262 SETS OF TWINS BORN IN U. S. POSING FOR CAMERA, INCLUDE TWIN WOMEN MARRYING TWIN MEN. oddity
|
| 01:49:09 2949 |
TITLE: "HOME TO ITALY" - NEW YORK - VARIOUS SHOTS SPANISH LINER MARQUES DE DE COMILLA DOCKED IN NEW YORK HARBOR WITH ITALIAN NAVAL ATTACHE ADMIRAL ALBERTO MAIA (?) WHO WAS DECLARED UNWANTED IN AMERICA BY STATE DEPARTMENT FOR RECENT SABOTAGING OF ITALIAN SHIPS IN ,U. S. HARBORS. STAYS ABOARD THE SHIP, WAVES TO CAMERAS.
|
| 01:49:37 2977 |
TITLE: "FORD PLANE" - DEARBORN, MICH. - MS GIANT ARMY B-24 BOMBER ARRIVING AT AIRFIELD, TO BE INSPECTED BY 78 YEAR OLD HENRY FORD. BODIES FOR THE HUGE SHIP WILL SOON ROLL OFF FORD ASSEMBLY LINE. MS FORD AND ARMY OFFICERS CONFER BY THE PLANE. MLS HENRY FORD SEATS IN PILOT SEAT POV OUTSIDE PLANE.
|
| 01:49:58 2998 |
TITLE: "DUCHESS FLIES" - WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. - CROWD WATCHES DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR BOARD PRIVATE PLANE TO BAHAMAS.
|
| 01:50:24 3025 |
TITLE: "GALS 'N FISHES" - VARIOUS SHOTS PRETTY GIRLS FEEDING DOLPHINS AT SEA WORLD, THEN PUTTING ON DEEP SEA DIVING SUITS AND ENTERING TANK. VARIOUS UNDERWATER SHOTS GALS FEEDING DOLPHINS AND HUGE TURTLE.
|
| 01:50:55 3056 |
TITLE: "U. S. A. CROSSROADS" - VARIOUS SHOTS U. S. BUILT BOMBERS WITH BRITISH MARKINGS LINED UP ON AIRFIELD. HUGE CRATES OF WAR MATERIALS ON DOCK AWAITING
SHIPMENT TO BRITAIN. |
| 01:51:21 3081 |
LS CAPTURED GERMAN FILM SHOWS BRITISH CARGO SHIP BEING SUNK BY NAZI SUBMARINE IN. MORE OF SAME. TITLE: "SO WE FACE THE QUESTION, "DO WE OR DON'T WE?"
|
| 01:51:50 3111 |
TITLE: "LINDBERGH SAYS: "NP". VARIOUS SHOTS LINDBERGH SPEAKING AT RALLY. HUGE CROWD AT RALLY CHEER LINDBERGH.
|
| 01:52:30 3151 |
LINDBERGH SPEAKING TO RALLY, SAYS"............." I AM FORCED TO THE CONCLUSION, WE CANNOT WIN THIS WAR FOR ENGLAND, REGARDLESS OF THOW MUCH ASSISTANCE WE SEND". "THAT IS WHY THE AMERICA FIRST COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED".
|
| 01:52:54 3175 |
TITLE: "SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL REPLIES: CORDELL HULL SPEAKS IN RESPONSE TO LINDBERGH'S DEFEATIST SPEECH.
|
| 01:53:36 3217 |
MS COMMANDER OF MARITIME COMMISSION AT HIS DESK, SPEEDS UP PRODUCTION OF SHIPS TO ENGLAND. VARIOUS SHOTS DRAFTSMEN AT DESKS MAKING BLUEPRINTS FOR NEW SHIPS. GERMANY PROMISES THEY WILL SINK 5 SHIPS FOR EVERY THREE WE BUILD.
VARIOUS SHOTS CARGO SHIPS BEING BUILT AND LAUNCHED IN NAVY YARDS. CU SECRETARY OF NAVY KNOX SPEAKS. |
| 01:54:33 3273 |
TITLE" THE ATLANTIC PATROL" - VARIOUS SHOTS U. S. NAVY WARSHIPS AT SEA IN FORCE AS FDR EXTENDS PATROLS 100 MILES OUT INTO ATLANTIC.
|
| 01:54:53 3294 |
SPORTS - HORSE RACING - CROWDS FILL STANDS AT WOOD MEMORIAL RACE AT NEW YORK JAMAICA TRACK OPENS TO TURFS' BIGGEST WEEK. KENTUCKY DERBY FAVORITE #3 IS HEAVILY BACKED FAVORITE.
|
| 01:55:14 3314 |
ABOVE VIEW START OF RACE. VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS - WINNER: "MARKET WISE". .
|
| 01:55:36 3336 |
TRACK AND FIELD - PHILADELPHIA, PA. - MCU LESLIE MCMITCHEL OF NYU REMOVES SHIRT IN PREPARATION FOR RACE - LS VARIOUS SHOTS RELAY IN PROGRESS - WINNER MCMITCHEL.
|
| 01:56:05 3365 |
MEN'S BROAD JUMP - LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - DON BROWN JUMPS 24' 1/8" TOWARDS CAMERA IN SLOW MOTION.
01 5617 MEN'S POLE VAULT - LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - CORNELIUS WARMERDAM (?) VAULTS 15' 2.5/8". FOR WORLD RECORD. MS VAULT IN SLOW MOTION. |
| 01:56:40 3400 |
MEN'S 120 YARD HIGH HURDLES - DES MOINES, IOWA - ABOVE VIEW RACE IN PROGRESS -
WINNER: BOBBY WRIGHT. |
| 01:56:55 3415 |
MEN'S 1 1/2 MILE RACE - VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS - WINNER: -GREG RICE. MCU RICE POSES.
|
| 01:57:22 3442 |
BOXING - ANNAPOLIS JUNIOR TITLE - GREAT SHOT DOZENS LITTLER KIDS WITH LARGE BOXING GLOVES POSE FOR CAMERA. - VARIOUS SHOTS TWO LITTLE KIDS SLUGGING IT OUT IN CENTER RING. GALLERY OF MOMS WATCH. FIGHT IS STOPPED WHEN ONE GETS A NOSE BLEED
|
| 01:58:06 3486 |
EVENT ENDS WHEN DOZENS OF LITTLE KIDS ATTACK THE REFEREE AND TAKE HIM TO THE CANVAS. CU REF ON CANVAS WITH HUGE BLACK EYE (PAINT).
|
Jump to this point
