1939-19421940s NEWSREELS
NEWSREELS FROM SEPTEMBER 1942
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| 01:00:46 42.03 |
TITLE: AMERICA'S WINGS" - "GLIDER PILOTS" - MS PAN NON-COM OFFICERS ALL LINED UP AT ATTENTION AS THEY ARE CONGRATULATED AND RECEIVE THEIR WINGS FROM COMMANDING OFFICER. 01 01 12 MRS. HELEN MONTGOMERY, ON THE ARMY'S INSTRUCTION STAFF, SITS IN SMALL PLANE WHICH TOWS THE GLIDER ALOFT. LS VARIOUS SHOTS GLIDERS BEING TOWED FOR TAKE OFF BY SMALL PLANES. MS GLIDER IN FLIGHT AND LANDING. LS GLIDER LANDS, CALLS HIS LOCATION IN ON WALKIE-TALKIE, IS PICKED UP BY SMALL PLANE WHO TOWS GLIDER ALOFT FOR TRIP BACK HOME
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| 01:01:56 112.03 |
TITLE: "AMERICA'S WINGS" - "AIR - FORCE SYMBOL" - CU ARM PATCH FOR U. S. ARMY AIR FORCE. AERIAL VIEW THOUSANDS ARMY AIR FORCE ON PARADE AT BASE. GREAT SHOTS AERIAL VIEW THOUSANDS FORM ARMY AIR FORCE SYMBOL ON PARADE GROUNDS, THEN SCATTER. WILDLY.
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| 01:02:46 162.03 |
TITLE: "CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR MEN OVERSEAS" - MAIL PACKAGE EARLY - MS GIS CROWD AROUND AS MAIL IS DISTRIBUTED TO THEM AT CAMP. MS SMILING GI POSES FOR CAMERA, THEN KISSES PHOTO OF LOVED ONE ON WALL.
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| 01:03:03 179.03 |
MS GENERAL ADAMS, CHIEF OF ARMY POSTAL SERVICE, SITS AT DESK AND GIVES IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THOSE THAT WANT TO SEND PACKAGES TO LOVED ONES OVERSEAS. CU SHOWS HOW PACKAGE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND PACKAGED. "DON'T SEND FOOD"."DEADLINE IS NOV. 1ST".
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| 01:04:09 245.03 |
TITLE: "RUBBER - HE ANSWER" - "DISCOMFORT OR DEATH!" - MS WORKERS HANDLING HUGE PILE OF AUTO, TRUCK TIRES.
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| 01:04:26 262.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS DR. COLEMAN, PRESIDENT OF HARVARD, BERNARD BARUCH, AND DR.
THOMSON, HAD OF M. I. T. ENTER WHITE HOUSE TO GIVE THEW PRESIDENT THEIR ANSWER THAT EVERY AMERICAN HAS BEEN ASKING "I WONDER IF IT IS AS BAD AS THEY MAKE OUT ?" (PERTAINING TO SHORTAGE OF RUBBER IN THIS COUNTRY). |
| 01:04:45 281.03 |
MS BARUCH SPEAKS AS OTHER TWO SIT BY HIM - "WE FIND THAT THE EXISTING RUBBER SITUATION IS SO DANGEROUS, THAT UNLESS CORRECTIVE MEASURES ARE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY, THIS COUNTRY WILL FACE BOTH A MILITARY AND CIVILIAN COLLAPSE".
BARUCH SUGGESTS EXPANSION OF SYNTHETIC RUBBER PROGRAM TO KEEP AMERICA ON WHEELS". MCU BARUCH FURTHER SUGGESTS WE RESTRICT THE USE OF PASSENGER CARS IN AMERICA TO AN AVERAGE OF 5000 MILES A YEAR, |
| 01:05:50 346.03 |
MCU BERNARD BARUCH RECOMMENDS "NATIONWIDE GASOLINE RATIONING, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RATIONING TIRES,, NOT GAS".
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| 01:06:07 363.03 |
SPORTS - BASEBALL - CARDS AND DODGERS IN HOT FINISH" - MLS GREAT SHOTS EXTERIOR VIEW EBBETS FIELD IN BROOKLYN. PAN SOLD OUT CHEERING, WAVING, CROWD IN STANDS. MLS CARDINAL TEAM POSE IN DUGOUT. PITCHER MORT COOPER GETS NUMBER 20 ON HIS BACK, RUBBED BY HIS TWO BROTHERS, ONE A U. S. SAILOR, THE OTHER FELLOW PLAYER AND CATCHER WALKER COOPER.
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| 01:06:13 369.03 |
BROOKLYN MANAGER LEO DUROCHER SITS IN DUGOUT, SPEAKS TO REPORTERS. PHOTOG TAKES SHOT OF DODGER PITCHER WHITLOW WYATT. DODGERS RUN OUT, TAKE FIELD.
VARIOUS SHOTS GAME IN PROGRESS. CARDINALS WIN 3 - 0. |
| 01:07:46 462.03 |
TITLE: "FOOTBALL" - ARMY ALL-STARS VS PROFESSIONAL N. Y. GIANTS.
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| 01:08:02 478.03 |
PRIVATE BILLY CONN AND SGT. JOE LOWIS SIT TOGETHER TO WATCH GAME. ABOVE VIEW GAME IN PROGRESS - WINNER U. S. ARMY 16 - 0.
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| 01:08:57 533.03 |
TO 01 11 13 CELEBRITY COMMERCIAL - "A MESSAGE FROM THE TREASURY" - ACTOR JAMES CAGNEY PUSHES FOR U. S. WAR BONDS. movies, hollywood, actors.
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| 01:11:13 669.03 |
TITLE: "GOLDEN SPIKE" JOINS WAR EFFORT" - SIGN: "LAST SPIKE" COMPLETING FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD DRIVEN AT THIS POINT, MAY 10TH 1869" - HUGE CROWD, WORKERS, LED BY GOVERNOR WALL OF UTAH GATHER AT SITE, FOR DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF THE RAILS WHICH WILL BE USED FOR ITS STEEL IN WAR EFFORT.
VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS USING MODERN MACHINERY TO EXPEDITE REMOVAL AT MILES PER DAY. |
| 01:12:13 729.03 |
TITLE: "CHURCHILL IN MOSCOW - 4 ENGINE LIBERATOR BOMBER ARRIVES AT MOSCOW AIRFIELD BEARING PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL AND HIS ITINERARY INCLUDING AMERICAN AVERIL HARRIMAN. . ARE MET BY SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER MOLOTOV AND RUSSIAN HONOR GUARD. AFTER TYPICAL GESTURE , GIVING "V" FOR VICTORY SIGN TO CAMERAMAN, ENTERS LIMO.
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| 01:13:02 778.03 |
CHURCHILL, HARRIMAN, STALIN AND MOLOTOV, SIT FOR CONFERENCE. foreign government.
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| 01:13:25 801.03 |
TITLE: "SUICIDE SUB" - JAPANESE TWO-MAN SUBMARINE ID LIFTED OUT OF WATER TO BE USED AS DISPLAY TO BOOST WAR BONDS PURCHASE. SUB. VARIOUS SHOTS INSIDE TINY 2 MAN SUB, CAPTURED FROM JAPANESE.
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| 01:14:06 842.03 |
TITLE: "WILLKIE IN CAIRO" - VARIOUS SHOTS WENDELL WILLKIE, ON DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO EGYPT, ARMY BOMBER PLANE LANDS AT CAIRO AIRPORT. WILLKIE IS MET BY TOP BY TOP EGYPTIAN DIPLOMATS AT AIRPORT, QUICKLY GETS INTO LIMO.
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| 01:14:44 880.03 |
TITLE: "GOOD NEWS FROM BRAZIL" - NELSON ROCKEFELLER EXITS PASSENGER PLANE AT RIO DE JANEIRO AIRPORT. ROCKEFELLER IS WELCOMED BY BRAZIL PRESIDENT AND WIFE.
THEY WATCH PARADE TO HONOR ROCKEFELLER. BRAZILIAN NURSES MARCH IN PARADE. MS ROCKEFELLER SITS WITH DIGNITARIES, SIGNS TREATY. |
| 01:16:01 957.03 |
CELEBRITY COMMERCIAL - TITLE: "THIS THEATRE JOINS "THE UNITED STATES UNITES STATES TREASURY WAR SAVINGS STAFF". "SALUTE TO OUR HEROES" - ACTOR TYRONE POWER SPEAKS ON BEHALF OF U. S. WAR SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS. actor, hollywood, movies, patriotism.
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| 01:17:15 1031.03 |
TITLE: "AIRBORNE ARMY" - ATTACK VIA THE SKY!" - CU TILT UP SHOT OF 1. AIRBORNE INFANTRY MAN, 2. THE GROUP CHIEF OF TRANSPORT PLANE AND 3 THE SOLDIER PARACHUTER, WHICH MAKE UP THE TEAM OF THE AIRBORNE ARMY.
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| 01:17:49 1065.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS SHOWING HOW COORDINATED EFFORTS OF THESE GROUPS TAKE OVER AN ENEMY AIRPORT, BY PARATROOPS, LANDING OF CARGO PLANES WITH AIRBORNE INFANTRY TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT, TAKE OVER AIRPORT. VARIOUS SHOTS TROOPS CHARGING, WADING IN CHEST HIGH WATER.
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| 01:18:45 1121.03 |
TITLE: "FUEL OIL RATIONED" - CU GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SPEAKS FROM DESK, TELLS HOW RATIONING OF FUEL OIL WILL BE DONE. VARIOUS SHOTS - HOME OWNERS INSTALLING STORM WINDOWS - CAULKING WINDOWS TO STOP AIR LEAKS - INSTALLING INSULATION BETWEEN BEAMS - WORKERS CHANGING HI HEATING UNIT FROM OIL TO COAL BURNERS - CLEANING RADIATORS WITH DUSTING BRUSH. -HOUSE WIFE TURNS DOWN THERMOSTAT BEFORE GOING TO BED, - EXPERT SHOWS HOW TOI LOAD COAL INTO BOILER FRO BEST RESULTS.
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| 01:20:19 1215.03 |
TITLE: "HIDDEN GUNS" - VARIOUS SHOTS ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS CLEVERLY HIDDEN FROM ATTACKING ENEMY PLANES, UNDER SLIDE AWAY SMALL HOMES IN RURAL FARM AREA.
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| 01:20:22 1218.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS U. S. ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNIT RUNS UP WALK TO SMALL FARM HOUSE, PUSH THE SMALL HOUSE ASIDE, JUMP INTO HIDDEN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN POSITION UNDER HOUSE. OTHER SIMILAR HOMES (GUN POSITIONS) IN B/G.
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| 01:20:33 1229.03 |
LARGE HAYSTACK IN FIELD IS ACTUALLY GUN POSITION AFTER TOP COVERED IN HAY, IS REMOVED. MLS SOLDIERS SLIDE AWAY LONG LOW WAREHOUSE SPLIT INTO TWO SECTIONS, REVEAL HUGE ANTIAIRCRAFT CANNON.
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| 01:20:52 1249.03 |
MS TENNIS COURT TOP SLIDES AWAY, REVEALING UNDERGROUND ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN POSITION. camouflage, oddity.
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| 01:21:02 1258.03 |
TITLE: "SALUTE TO THE YORKTOWN" - VARIOUS SHOTS THOUSANDS U. S. SAILORS , SURVIVORS OF THE SINKING OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER YORKTOWN, BY JAPANESE PLANES DURING BATTLE OF MIDWAY, GOING ASHORE FROM WARSHIPS THAT RESCUED THEM AFTER THE SINKING. VARIOUS SHOTS DEAD AND WOUNDED ALSO BEING TAKEN ASHORE.
CU PAN SHOTS OF BARE CHESTED SAILORS SHOWING TATTOOS ON CHESTS AND ARMS, INSPIRED BY THEIR SERVING ON YORKTOWN DURING BATTLE OF MIDWAY. |
| 01:22:18 1334.03 |
LS CARRIER YORKTOWN AT SEA PRIOR TO BATTLE. VARIOUS SHOTS JAP PLANES ATTACKING YORKTOWN, RESULTING IN ITS SINKING.
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| 01:22:39 1355.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS A NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER BEING LAUNCHED AT NAVY YARN IN U. S.
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| 01:22:47 1363.03 |
TITLE: "RIDE, COWBOY, RIDE" - CHANGED TO "RIDE, SOLDIER, RIDE". ALL- SOLDIER RODEO.
VARIOUS SHOTS CROWD SOLDIERS AT WESTERN CAMP WATCH RODEO FEATURING ALL SOLDIER BRONC RIDERS. sports - rodeo. |
| 01:23:23 1399.03 |
TITLE: "ANOTHER WAAC" - VARIOUS SHOTS CHINESE GIRL BEING SWORN IN AS ARMY WAAC. HER HUSBAND AND KIDS ARE IN CHINA.
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| 01:23:49 1425.03 |
TITLE: "TOUGHER TANKS" VARIOUS SHOTS NEW ARMY TANKS JUST OFF ASSEMBLY LINE, PROVE THEMSELVES IN TESTS. SHOTS OF TANKS ROLLING THROUGH STREAM, RUN OVER TREES,
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| 01:24:20 1456.03 |
TITLE: "MEXICO'S FOURTH OF JULY" - "DAY OF FIESTAS" PARADES IN LOS ANGELES, HONORS 132ND YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE - VICE PRESIDENT WALLACE ADDRESS HUGE CROWD, SPEAKING SPANISH (SUB-TITLES). SHOUTS "VIVA MEXICO!"
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| 01:25:24 1520.03 |
TITLE: "LIMA, OHIO - 100% AMERICAN!!!" - CU POSTER SIGN: "SIGN YOUR PLEDGE, "BIG PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION" - SEPT 20TH ......".- - VARIOUS SHOTS BOY SCOUTS GO DOOR , HAVING PEOPLE SIGN PLEDGES DURING WAR BOND DRIVE. CROWD WATCHES OHIO GOVERNOR SIGN PLEDGE. HUGE THERMOMETER SHOWS DRIVE GO OVER THE TOP 100%
PLUS. |
| 01:26:19 1575.03 |
"TITLE: "MEET THE FIGHTING ELEPHANTS" - VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN "FLOATING ELEPHANTS" WHAT BRITISH CALL BARRAGE BALLOONS ARE SENT ALOFT ALONG AMERICAN COASTLINE IN HOPE THEY MAY DO FOR THE UNITED STATES IF THE ENEMY PLANES COME OVER.
01 27 07 SPORTS - FOOTBALL - TITLE:BEARS BEAT ARMY STARS 14 - 7 - PAN CROWD IN STANDS WITH RAIN GEAR AND UMBRELLAS AT FENWAY PARK, BOSTON. ABOVE VIEW GAME IN PROGRESS IN MUDDY GROUNDS. ARMY PASS IS INTERCEPTED AND BEARS TAKE IT IN FOR TD. AFTER GAME IS TIED, BEARS SCORE IN 4TH QUARTER TO WIN 14 - 7. |
| 01:28:41 1717.03 |
TITLE: "LEGIONNAIRES GRIM WAR SPIRIT RULES" - VARIOUS SHOTS PRE-WAR AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION PARADE WITH CLOWNS HORSING AROUND AND MUCH HILARITY.
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| 01:28:59 1735.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS PRESENT (1942) AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION WITH THOUSANDS ATTENDING IN HUGE HALL, MANY CARRYING SIGNS WITH NAMES OF STATES THEY REPRESENT. UNLIKE PRE-WAR CONVENTION, SERIOUS BUSINESS - LIKE PROPOSALS, ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS TO FURTHER WAR PRODUCTION AND CALL ON AMERICAN LABOR TO "SHOW FIGHTING MAN SPIRIT ...." ROANE WARING IS SELECTED NEW NATIONAL COMMANDER.
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| 01:29:30 1766.03 |
SECRETARY OF NAVY KNOX ADDRESSES AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION.
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| 01:30:25 1821.03 |
TITLE: "MEET THE "WAFS" (WOMEN;S AUXILIARY FERRYING SQUADRON) " - CU UNIFORMED WAF SMILES FOR CAMERA - WOMEN PILOTS FERRY FIGHTING PLANES TO ARMY - VARIOUS SHOTS WAF FEMALE PILOTS, PAID 3000 YEAR BY CIVIL SERVICE, CLIMBING INTO FIGHTER PLANES, TAKING OFF.
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| 01:30:59 1856.03 |
TITLE: "U. S. ACES" - VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN OFFICERS AND MEN LINE UP FOR MEDALS FOR MAKING FLYING FORTRESS RAIDS ON NAZIS. MS MEN LINE UP FOR MEDALS PINNED ON THEM BY MAJOR GENERAL SPAATZ, CHIEF OF ARMY AIR FORCE OVER THERE. PURPLE HEART IS PINNED ON CHEST OF LT LOCKHART. SGT. RIGS IN WHEEL CHAIR, GETS PURPLE HEART
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| 01:31:37 1893.03 |
TILLE: "KEEP 'EM WARM" - AMERICAN WOMEN GIVE UP THEIR FUR COATS, TO MAKE WARM CLOTHING FOR MEN IN MERCHANT MARINE FOR USE IN FRIGID WEATHER. FUR INDUSTRY WORKERS DONATED 10 HOURS A WEEK TO MAKE THE WARM CLOTHING. VARIOUS SHOTS MEN AND WOMEN SEWING BY HAND AND ON MACHINES.
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| 01:32:12 1928.03 |
TITLE: "COTTON PICKERS WORLD SERIES" - VARIOUS SHOTS ON SIGNAL FROM JUDGES, BLACK AND WHITE MEN WALK OUT TO COTTON FIELD TO PICKING COTTON FOR 4 2000 IN PRIZES. TOP WINNER GETS 1000 ONE DOLLAR BILLS. GREAT SHOTS MEN RAPIDLY PICKING COTTON PLACING THEM IN CLOTH BAGS TIED AROUND THEIR SHOULDERS.
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| 01:32:31 1947.03 |
MS FAVORED COTTON BLACK MAN ELIJAH GORDON SHOWS HOW IT IS DONE.
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| 01:32:37 1953.03 |
FLAG IS WAVES, MEN WALK OFF FIELD WITH THEIR BUNDLES. JUDGES EMPTY BAGS, PICK ELIJAH GORDON AS WINNER. MS SMILING ELIJAH HOLDS AND FANS THE 1000 DOLLAR BILLS.
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| 01:32:56 1972.03 |
TITLE: "U. S. STEPS UP OFFENSIVE IN SOLOMONS" - VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN CONVOY OFF SOLOMON ISLANDS. CRUISERS, DESTROYERS IN CONVOY BEGIN MASSIVE BOMBARDMENT OF THE ISLAND. JAP PLANES MEETING CONVOY RECEIVE RAPID ANTI-
AIRCRAFT FIRE FROM WARSHIPS. |
| 01:33:52 2028.03 |
MARINES CLIMB DOWN ROPE LADDERS ON TROOPSHIPS, INTO LANDING CRAFT, HEAD TO SHORE. WWII - battle of the pacific
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| 01:34:02 2038.03 |
PAN HUNDREDS CAPTURED JAPANESE PRISONERS, SENT FROM JAPAN TO BUILD AIRFIELDS ON IMPORTANT ISLAND. PAN GRAPHIC VIEWS PILES OF JAPANESE DEAD SOLDIERS, KILLED IN BATTLE.
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| 01:34:37 2073.03 |
TITLE: "SERGEANT LOUIS - READY" - VARIOUS SHOTS HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, SERGEANT JOE LOUIS IN ARMY UNIFORM JOGGING WITH TRAINER FOR HIS SCHEDULED FIGHT WITH CORPORAL BILLY CONN. JOE LOUIS SPEAKS BEFORE MICROPHONES WHILE SQUEEZING ON RUBBER BALLS AND TELLING AUDIENCE THE VALUE OF KEEPING IN SHAPE. 01 345 15 JOE LOUIS IN GYM SUIT, JUMPS ROPE AS TRAINER WATCHES. sports, boxing
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| 01:35:21 2117.03 |
TITLE: 'THE BIG FIGHT - ""CORPORAL BILLY CONN - READY" - MS CONTENDER BILLY CONN - JUMPING ROPE IN GYM, PREPARES FOR FIGHT WITH JOE LOUIS. MS BILLY IN RING WITH SHORTER SMALLER SPARING MATE TO KEEP UP WITH HIS SPEED. CU BILLY CONN TALKS TO CAMERA, SAYS HE WILL WIN THIS TIME. sports, boxing.
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| 01:35:56 2152.03 |
TITLE: "FLASH! - (and after all that)_ "WAR DEPARTMENT CALLS OFF (CONN - LOUIS) FIGHT!!!!".
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| 01:36:06 2162.03 |
TITLE: "TOUGH TANKS" - PLATOONS OF TANK KILLING SOLDIERS GO THROUGH TOUGH TRAINING MANEUVERS AT CAMP HOOD. VARIOUS SHOTS JUMPING INTO RIVER AND SWIMMING ACROSS. CHARGING OUT OF TRENCHES AND CRAWLING ON THEIR BELLIES UNDER BARBED WIRE AS MACHINE GUNS GIRE LIVE AMMUNITION OVER THEIR HEADS AND EXPLOSIVE CHARGES GO OFF AROUND THEM. SOLDIERS ATTACK FARM HOUSE, FIRING AS THEY GO.
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| 01:37:14 2230.03 |
SQUADS OF MEN RIDE IN MECHANIZED UNITS CARRY 75MM CANNON, SHOW HOW THEY DESTROY A TANK WITH THAT GUN.
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| 01:37:29 2245.03 |
TITLE: "AMBASSADOR GREEN" - "THE TRUTH ABOUT JAPAN" - CU AMBASSADOR GREEN SPEAKS ABOUT JAPAN AND THE ATROCITIES THEY HAVE COMMITTED
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| 01:39:20 2356.03 |
TITLE: "FOOTBALL 1942" - TULANE VS SO. CALIF. - VARIOUS ABOVE VIEW SHOTS GAME IN PROGRESS. WINNER TULANE 27 - 13. sports, college football.
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| 01:40:45 2441.03 |
TITLE: "MINNESOTA VS. PITT" - AT MINNEAPOLIS - ABOVE VIEW GAME IN PROGRESS - BILL LEARY OF MINNESOTA, TAKES IT OVER FOR TOUCHDOWN.
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| 01:41:18 2474.03 |
ABOVE VIEW MINNESOTA KICKS OFF AND RECEIVED BY TONY DIMASIO OF PITTSBURGH WHO TAKES IT BACK 98 YARDS FOR A TD FOR A PITT. VARIOUS SHOTS GAME IN PROGRESS, MINNESOTA WINS 50 - 7. college football, sports.
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| 01:42:09 2525.03 |
TITLE: "18 DEAD, (200 INJURED) IN WRECK" - VARIOUS SHOTS RESCUE WORKERS DIGGING THROUGH MASSIVE WRECK OF RAILROAD PASSENGER AND FREIGHT CARS. THE FIRST TIME A IN 23 YEARS THAT A B & 0 PASSENGER HAS BEEN HURT. disaster
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| 01:42:42 2558.03 |
TITLE: "BURNING OF THE WAKEFIELD" - VARIOUS SHOTS US TROOPSHIP "WAKEFIELD"
BURNING WITH 1600 ABOARD WHILE AT SEA IN CONVOY. NAVY VESSELS PICKED UP THE PASSENGERS, WHICH WERE COMING HOME AFTER BEING STRANDED IN EUROPE FOLLOWING PEARL HARBOR ATTACK. FIRE WAS FINALLY EXTINGUISHED. disaster |
| 01:43:03 2579.03 |
TITLE: "LEXINGTON SAILS AGAIN!" - VARIOUS SHOTS NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER LEXINGTON BEING LAUNCHED IN NAVY YAR. HER PREDECESSOR WHICH WAS SUNK IN BATTLE OF CORAL SEA.
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| 01:43:14 2590.03 |
MS REAR ADMIRAL FREDERIC C. SHERMAN SPEAKS AT CEREMONY. WOMAN SMASHES BOTTLE OF CHAMPAIGN ON HULL OF SHIP JUST AS IT SLIDES OUT OF DRY DOCK.
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| 01:43:47 2623.03 |
TITLE: "yANKS GUARD CARIBBEAN" - CU MAP OF STRATEGIC COUNTRIES AND ISLANDS.
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| 01:44:08 2644.03 |
VARIOUS STREET SCENES IN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS WITH AMERICAN GIS MANNING SHORE DEFENSES AND ON MILITARY MANEUVERS. BOMBERS TAKE OFF TO PATROL THE AREA.
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| 01:45:17 2713.03 |
TITLE: "KILL OR BE KILLED" - U. S. TROOPS TRAIN IN HAND TO HAND COMBAT - MONTAGE GREAT SHOTS HUNDREDS GIS ROLLING ON GROUND IN HAND TO HAND COMBAT TRAINING.
KICKING, NECK HOLDS, JUDO. GREAT FREE FOR ALL INVOLVING HUNDREDS. KICKING AND FIGHTING IN TREES LIKE MONKEYS. GREAT SHOTS GIS YELLING AS THEY CHARGE THE CAMERA WITH RIFLES WITH FIXED BAYONETS. |
| 01:46:29 2785.03 |
TITLE: "COLD FACTS" - "THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF NAVY HAS A GRIM MESSAGE - "CAN YOU TAKE IT" - MS NAVY SECRETARY SPEAKS - SAYS, "WE CAN LOOSE THE WAR". SAYS "WE ARE STILL LOOSING THE WAR, PERIOD". SPEAKS OF SACRIFICE. "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? "
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