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00:25:19 3.97 |
"ADMIRAL HALSEY SAYS GOOD-BYE TO THIRD FLEET"
ADMIRAL HALSEY TURNS OVER COMMAND OF THIRD FLEET IN CEREMONY ON BATTLESHIP "SOUTH DAKOTA". HE MAKES GOOD-BYE SPEECH BEFORE MANY NAVAL OFFICERS & MARINES ON SHIP'S DECK. ADMIRAL HALSEY'S FLAG IS LOWERED FROM MAST. HALSEY WAVES BACK FROM SPEEDING PT BOAT TO CHEERING SAILORS, 1947. |
00:26:29 73.97 |
"REPORTS FROM GERMANY". "REFUGEES ON THE MOVE"
THOUSANDS OF GERMAN REFUGEES STREAM OVER BRITISH ZONE BORDER TO FLEE FROM RUSSIAN OCCUPIERS. GERMANS STREAMING FROM ONE OCCUPIED ZONE TO ANOTHER. DOMESTIC; ODDITY. |
00:26:56 101.97 |
MONTAGE HUGE CROWDS OF MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN LINE UP FOR FOOD BEING DISHED OUT BY BRITISH IN OUTDOOR KITCHEN.
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00:27:07 111.97 |
"SUPER GENERALS IN PRISON". GERMAN MILITARY LEADERS BEHIND BARBED WIRE, LEARN TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN NEEDS IN PRISON CAMP.
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00:27:29 133.97 |
GERMAN EX-GENERAL CARVES OUT SHOE OUT OF PIECE OF WOOD AS ANOTHER USES NEEDLE AND THREAD TO SEW HIS SOCKS.
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00:27:39 143.97 |
GERMAN ADMIRAL, STILL IN UNIFORM, TURNS CARPENTER AS HE USES HAMMERS TO FIX CHAIR. AIR FORCE GENERAL HANGS CLOTHING ON CLOTHES LINE.
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00:27:46 150.97 |
"NEWS OF THE NATION". AVIATION. "NEW P-82 TWIN MUSTANG PLANE IS TESTED". TWO P-51 "MUSTANGS" ARE PLACED TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE FIGHTER-BOMBER PLANE, THE P-82, CONTAINING TWIN FUSELAGES, TWIN ENGINES, VARIOUS SCENES OF PLANE BEING TESTED IN FLIGHT.
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00:27:59 164.97 |
PLANE, FACING CAMERA, HAS TWO 1000 POUND BOMBS ATTACHED UNDER WING BETWEEN THE TWO FUSELAGES AND ONE UNDER EACH WING TIP. ONE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF IN FLIGHT, THEN RE-STARTED.
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00:28:27 191.97 |
"FLAT-TOPS BRING GIS HOME". VARIOUS SCENES OF LEND-LEASE CARRIER GIVEN TO AND RETURNED BY BRITISH ARRIVES AT PORT CROWDED WITH AMERICAN SOLDIERS COMING HOME FROM EUROPE AT END OF WWII.
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00:28:48 212.97 |
U.S. OFFICER RUNS DOWN GANGPLANK INTO ARMS OF WIFE, KISSES HER PASSIONATELY, HUGS HER AND HIS CHILD.
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00:28:55 220.97 |
"FAMILY OF 10 TREKS CROSS COUNTRY, MISSOURI TO CALIFORNIA, FOR REUNION WITH VET". HUMAN INTEREST;
AMERICANA. |
00:29:10 234.97 |
PAN MOM AND NINE CHILDREN WITH SUITCASES ON GROUND BEFORE THEM, LINE UP FROM OLDEST TO YOUNGEST, ON TRAIN PLATFORM, TRAIN IN BKGD. THEY ALL TURN &
FILE OFF LIKE A ROW OF DUCKS, WITH TALLEST LEADING, SHORTEST FOLLOWING. |
00:29:21 245.97 |
FATHER OF FAMILY EXITS HIS MODEST HOME, WAVES TO HIS APPROACHING FAMILY. HE HUGS, KISSES MOM AS CHILDREN GATHER AROUND. HE GETS HUGS AND KISSES FROM ALL.
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00:29:40 264.97 |
THEY ALL POSE ON PORCH OF THEIR NEW HOME IN ORANGE, CALIFORNIA.
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00:29:45 269.97 |
"THE NATION GETS INTO HOLIDAY SPIRIT". "NEW YORK"
"CHILDREN'S DAY" PARADE IN NEW YORK CITY WITH GIANT BALLOONS OF CARTOON CHARACTERS INCLUDING, SUPERMAN, GIANT ICE CREAM CONES, PUMPKIN HEADS, TEDDY BEAR, FLOAT HIGH ABOVE PARADERS ON BROADWAY AND TIMES SQUARE TO CHEERS OF HUGE CROWD. |
00:30:07 292.97 |
"HOLLYWOOD". IN SANTA CLAUSE LANE, A MILLION PEOPLE WATCH HOLLYWOOD PARADE, WHICH INCLUDE HUGE DECORATED FLOAT WITH SANTA ON SLED AND OTHERS.
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00:30:30 315.97 |
"FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS". SPORTS. COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
INDIANA BEATS PURDUE, 26-0 - SOUTH CAROLINA BEATS OREGON STATE, 34-7. PENN BEATS CORNELL, 59-6. VARIOUS HIGH ANGLE VIEWS HIGHLIGHT PLAYS IN EACH GAME |
00:33:09 473.97 |
"THE BATTLE FOR GERMANY". HUGE AMERICAN ARTILLERY GUNS, TANKS BOMBARD METZ, WHICH THEY CAPTURED BY STORM.
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00:33:31 496.97 |
GIS WATCH A GERMAN ARMY TRUCK BURN. BEDRAGGLED GERMAN SOLDIER GIVES UP. GI MEDICS CARRY SOLDIER ON STRETCHER. GERMAN DEAD SOLDIER ON GROUND.
GERMAN CIVILIAN MEN WITH HANDS UP. |
00:33:53 518.97 |
MEDICS PLACE STRETCHER WITH GI WOUNDED ON JEEP.
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00:34:02 526.97 |
"MOSELLE RIVER FLOODS. AERIAL VIEW OF FLOODED BATTLE ZONES ALONG MOSELLE RIVER. AMERICAN FLYING FIELD IS INUNDATED BY FLOOD. WING AND TOP OF SCOUT PLANE IS VISIBLE ABOVE WATER. GIS TRY TO PUSH IT OUT BY HAND.
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00:34:21 545.97 |
GI PLACES FOOT ON EDGE OF ROW BOAT AND WATER POURS OUT OF THE BOOT. ODDITY.
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00:34:26 550.97 |
CONVOY OF ARMY TRUCKS SPLASH THROUGH FLOODED STREETS OF TOWN.
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00:34:32 557.97 |
"SNOW ON WESTERN FRONT". VARIOUS SCENES OF GIS COPING WITH SNOW AT THE FRONT, INCLUDING HUGE PLOW CLEARING ROAD, GIS EATING WHILE STANDING, AS IT SNOWS, GI BOMBARDING NAZI POSITIONS. GIS WARMING UP AROUND FIRE.
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00:35:09 593.97 |
"WAR FLASHES FROM EASTERN FRONT". "GREECE"
AERIAL VIEW OF ANCIENT GREEK PORT OF SOLONICA. |
00:35:23 607.97 |
GREEKS PARADE IN STREETS CARRY AMERICAN FLAG ALONGSIDE FLAG OF GREECE. HELENIC PARTISAN TROOPS MARCH INCLUDING BAND OF WOMEN GUERRILLA TROOPS, AS TROLLEY WITH SPECTATORS ROLLS ALONGSIDE.
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00:35:40 625.97 |
SMASHED BUILDINGS, CRANES BY THE HARBOR, SMASHED BY FLEEING NAZIS. MONTAGE 42 BOATS WHICH WERE SUNK IN HARBOR TO HINDER TRAFFIC, ARE VISIBLE ABOVE WATER
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00:35:56 641.97 |
"YUGOSLAVIA". ALLIED SUPPLY PLANES ARE USED TO EVACUATE WOUNDED IN YUGOSLAVIA. VARIOUS SCENES OF INJURED PARTISAN FIGHTER BEING LOADED ON CARGO PLANES, TAKING THEM TO HOSPITALS IN ITALY.
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00:36:13 657.97 |
WOMEN GUERRILLA FIGHTERS CLEANING THEIR GUNS, LOAD AMMUNITION BELTS ALONG WITH MEN AT GUERRILLA CAMP.
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00:36:23 667.97 |
MARSHAL TITO, LEGENDARY LEADER OF PARTISANS INSPECTS TROOPS.
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00:36:32 676.97 |
"PIGMY FLAT-TOPS OF CANADA HELPED LICK NAZI U-BOATS".
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00:36:46 691.97 |
AERIAL VIEW OF DECK CREWS SHOVELLING SNOW OFF DECK OF PIGMY AIRCRAFT CARRIER, WHICH DOUBLES AS CARRIER AND CARGO SHIP. GRAIN IS POURED INTO HOLD OF CARRIER FROM GRAIN ELEVATOR. CU HANDS CUPPED TOGETHER PICK UP GRAIN AND LET IT FLOW OUT THROUGH FINGERS.
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00:36:59 704.97 |
AERIAL VIEW OF CONVOY ACCOMPANIED BY PIGMY FLAT-TOP TO PROTECT AGAINST U-BOATS. VINTAGE BIPLANE IS GUIDED TO LANDING ON DECK OF CARRIER BY NAVY SIGNALMAN.
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00:37:22 726.97 |
"GENERAL "IKE" EISENHOWER ASKS FOR MORE AMMUNITION"
ONE OF THE TWENTY-SEVEN FRONT LINE SOLDIERS, SENT BY GENERAL "IKE" TO MAKE PLEA TO PEOPLE OF AMERICA FOR MORE AMMUNITION, SPEAKS TO NATION. OTHERS WATCH IN BKGD. |
00:37:55 760.97 |
GROUP OF MEN LISTEN TO IKE SPEAK ON RADIO. CU GENERAL EISENHOWER SPEAKS TO NATION FROM HIS DESK.
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00:38:12 776.97 |
MONTAGE SOLDIERS MARCHING ON ROAD TO FRONT; BOMBS DROPPING FROM OPEN BOMB BAY; PARADE OF ARMY TANKS;
STOCK PILES OF CANNON SHELLS; ARTILLERY CREWS FIRING ON ENEMY POSITIONS; GIS ADVANCING THROUGH HEDGEROWS; FACTORY WORKER MAKING SHELLS ON ASSEMBLY LINE; WOMEN WORKERS MAKING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; AS VOICE OVER OF "IKE" SPEECH IS HEARD. |
00:38:55 820.97 |
UNDER SECRETARY OF WAR PATTERSON ALSO SPEAKS.
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00:39:06 830.97 |
"$7,000.000 FOR ARMY RELIEF FROM FILM, "THIS IS THE ARMY". VARIOUS SCENES MOVIE PRODUCER HARRY WARNER HANDING CHECK TO GENERAL MARSHALL AS SONG WRITER IRVING BERLIN AND OTHERS WATCH. MOTION PICTURES; HOLLYWOOD; THEATER
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00:39:36 860.97 |
"HEROES OF THE WEEK". "B-29 CREW HONORED FOR FIRST AIR PHOTO MISSION OVER TOKYO". VARIOUS SCENES OF BOMBER CREW BEING DECORATED BY GENERAL ON ISLAND OF SAIPAN FOR TAKING PHOTOS OF TOKYO TO BE USED FOR SUBSEQUENT BOMBING MISSIONS.
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00:39:48 872.97 |
GENERAL PINS DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS ON CAPTAIN RALPH SEAKLEY, PILOT OF B-29 AND HAROLD M.
MCCOMMON WITH AIR MEDAL. |
00:39:51 875.97 |
CU PAN OF CREW MEMBERS. CREW MEMBERS POSE UNDER NOSE OF B-29 "TOKYO ROSE"
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00:40:28 913.97 |
"COMMUNIQUE FROM ADMIRAL NIMITZ". CU ADMIRAL NIMITZ SPEAKS TO NATION FROM HIS DESK ON WARSHIP.
MAKES PLEA FOR AMMUNITION BY BUYING WAR BONDS. VARIOUS SCENES OF NAVY SHIPS IN ACTION ON PACIFIC. WWII PROMOTIONAL FILM. |
00:42:10 1014.97 |
"PRESIDENT TRUMAN GETS REPORT FROM HOPKINS &
DAVIES". JOSEPH E. DAVIES AND HARRY HOPKINS WHO WERE SENT ON MISSIONS TO LONDON AND MOSCOW BY THE PRESIDENT, REPORTS TO TRUMAN AT OVAL OFFICE, THEY ARRANGED TRUMAN, CHURCHILL, STALIN, MEETING. (POTSDAM CONFERENCE). |
00:42:37 1042.97 |
"BIG FOUR GENERALS AGREE IN BERLIN ON RULE OF GERMANY". VARIOUS SCENES OF GENERALS OF SOVIET UNION, U.S., FRANCE, BRITAIN, SIGN AGREEMENTS TO CONTROL CERTAIN AREAS OF GERMANY.
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00:42:52 1057.97 |
MARSHAL ZUKOV SIGNS FOR SOVIET UNION TO CONTROL EASTERN AND CENTRAL GERMANY
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00:43:05 1069.97 |
GENERAL DE CASIGNY (?) SIGNS FOR FRANCE TO CONTROL WESTERN PARTS OF GERMANY ALONG THE RINE RIVER.
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00:43:11 1075.97 |
FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY SIGNS FOR BRITAIN TO CONTROL NORTH WESTERN GERMANY.
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00:43:20 1084.97 |
GENERAL EISENHOWER SIGNS FOR U.S. TO CONTROL SOUTHERN GERMANY.
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00:43:27 1092.97 |
ALL FOUR GENERALS POSE FOR GROUP SHOT.
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00:43:37 1102.97 |
"EXPLORING HITLER'S MOUNTAIN HIDEOUT AT BERCHTESGARDEN". VARIOUS SCENES OF A GI GOING THROUGH MAZE OF SECRET UNDERGROUND ROOMS FORTIFIED BY METAL DOORS, AND HITLER'S BEDROOM, WHICH WAS IN TUMBLED DISORDER. HE LOOKS THROUGH ART GALLERY OF LOOT.
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00:44:41 1166.97 |
"AIRFIELD FOG KILLER REVEALED AS BRITISH MIRACLE IN THE WAR". VARIOUS SCENES OF FOG SHROUDED AIRFIELD WHICH WAS GREATEST PROBLEM FOR ALLIED AIR POWER. VARIOUS SCENES OF BRITISH SOLDIER RUNNING WITH TORCH IN HAND, TOWARDS CAMERA, LIGHTING FIRE FED THROUGH GAS OR OIL PIPES RUNNING LENGTH OF BOTH SIDES OF AIRFIELD CREATING INTENSE HEAT WHICH BURNS UP THE FOG. BRITAIN. SCIENTIFIC INVENTION
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00:45:20 1204.97 |
AERIAL VIEW OF AIRFIELD WHICH IS LIT UP BY THE FOG KILLING HEATERS, CREATING VISIBLE PATH FOR LANDINGS. HUNDREDS OF ALLIED BOMBERS WERE LOST UNTIL SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED THIS SECRET.
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00:45:45 1230.97 |
"BATTLE REPORT FROM PHILIPPINES". "MINDANAO".
AERIAL VIEW OF B-25 BOMBERS BOMBING JAPANESE POSITIONS IN MINDANAO. AERIAL BOMBS RAINING ON TARGETS BELOW. POV BOMB BAY. AERIAL SHOCK WAVES FILL THE AREA AS BOMBS EXPLODE. BOMBERS AS SEEN FROM PLANE FLYING ALONGSIDE. AERIAL SPECTACULAR EXPLOSIONS ON GROUND, POV PLANE. |
00:46:25 1269.97 |
"LUZON". AMERICAN TROOPS STAND READY ON HILL IN WOODED AREA AS SURRENDERING JAPANESE SOLDIERS STAND AND STRIP OFF THEIR CLOTHING TO BE SURE THEY DON'T CONCEAL WEAPONS.
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00:46:52 1297.97 |
AMERICAN SOLDIER DRAWS OUT PRISONER'S BONZAI SWORD FROM ITS SCABBARD, AS JAPANESE OFFICER STRIPS
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00:47:03 1307.97 |
AERIAL VIEW OF IPO DAM, SOURCE OF MANILA WATER SUPPLY SHOWS TALL BUILDING ON ONE SIDE, NOW FLYING AMERICAN FLAG.
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00:47:14 1318.97 |
"DON'T TRAVEL! VACATION AT HOME". VARIOUS SCENES OF SOME OF THE FOUR MILLION GIS RETURNING HOME FROM EUROPE WHICH IN TURN WILL BE GOING CROSS COUNTRY FOR TRIP TO PACIFIC TO FIGHT JAPANESE, THUS OVER BURDENING U.S. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
COLONEL JOHNSON, HEAD OF DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION, URGES AMERICANS TO STAY HOME FOR VACATION SO AS TO NOT FURTHER OVERBURDEN THE SYSTEM. |
00:47:21 1325.97 |
GIS WAVE FROM TRANSPORT SHIP AS IT ARRIVES IN PORT. GIS WAVE AT STATUE OF LIBERTY AS THEY ARRIVE IN NEW YORK CITY HARBOR.
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00:47:31 1335.97 |
CROWDS OF GIS CARRYING DUFFLE BAGS ON SHOULDERS BOARD RAILROAD TRAINS, HANG OUT WINDOWS AND WAVE.
GIS SEATED IN CROWDED TRAIN. |
00:47:37 1341.97 |
ARMY AMBULANCES PARKED ALONGSIDE PASSENGER TRAIL AS GIS IN STRETCHERS ARE LOADEN ONTO TRAINS FOR TRIP TO HOSPITALS. NURSE "TUCKS IN" WOUNDED GI.
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00:47:46 1350.97 |
COLONEL JOHNSON SPEAKS TO NATION. POSTER IN BKGD, "VACATION AT HOME".
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00:48:08 1372.97 |
"GIS RELAX IN VENICE". VARIOUS SCENES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS RIDING IN GONDOLAS IN NARROW CANALS IN VENICE. SOME IN GROUPS OF MEN, OTHERS WITH WOMEN, AND BEING SERENADED BY MAN WITH ACCORDION. ARMY DICKS TAKES LARGER GROUPS OF SOLDIERS FOR TOUR IN NARROW CANAL AND INTO GRAND CANAL.
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00:48:43 1407.97 |
"WEDDING BELLS FOR AIR HERO GAMBRESHI". VARIOUS SCENES WEDDING CEREMONY OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL FRANCIS GAMBRESHI, WHO SHOT DOWN 28 NAZI PLANES, GETS MARRIED IN CHURCH AT PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WISCONSIN.
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00:49:01 1425.97 |
GAMBRESHI AND BRIDE TO BE CATHERINE COCHRAN TAKING VOWS AS BRIDAL PARTY STAND ALONGSIDE. CU BRIDE AND GROOM POSE CHEEK TO CHEEK.
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00:50:16 1501.97 |
"JAPAN'S DOOM. "RUSSIA ENTERS WAR AGAINST THE JAPANESE"
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00:50:27 1512.97 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN, STALIN, BRITAIN'S ATTLEE & THEIR FOREIGN MINISTERS SEATED ON ROUND TABLE AT POTSDAM CONFERENCE, WHERE SOVIET UNION AGREED TO ENTER THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN. ALSO AT TABLE IS SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNE, SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER MOLOTOV AND OTHERS.
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00:50:46 1531.97 |
TRUMAN, STALIN AND ATTLEE POSE WITH THEIR FOREIGN MINISTERS IN BKGD.
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00:51:02 1546.97 |
STALIN AND OTHERS WATCHING HUGE MILITARY PARADE IN MOSCOW SQUARE FROM KREMLIN WALL. ENDLESS LINES OF TANKS, MILITARY VEHICLES.
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00:51:12 1557.97 |
THOUSANDS OF SOVIET SOLDIERS MARCH WITH RIFLES HELD IN FRONT OF THEM POINTED TO SOLDIER'S HEADS IN FRONT OF THEM
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00:51:24 1569.97 |
SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES SPEAKS FROM DESK, WARNS JAPANESE TO SURRENDER BEFORE IT IS FURTHER DESTROYED
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00:51:53 1598.97 |
"PRESIDENT TRUMAN VISITS KING GEORGE"
TRUMAN, BYRNE ARRIVE AT BRITISH WARSHIP BY MOTOR LAUNCH, MEETS WITH KING GEORGE VI. PRESIDENT TRUMAN PRECEDES KING IN REVIEWING HONOR GUARD ON SHIP. |
00:52:31 1636.97 |
"PRESIDENT TRUMAN". "ATOMIC BOMB". SPEAKS TO NATION FROM ON BOARD WARSHIP ON WAY TO AMERICA, ANNOUNCES USE OF ATOMIC BOMB ON HIROSHIMA, THREATENS FURTHER DESTRUCTION IF THEY DO NOT SURRENDER.
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00:52:52 1657.97 |
CU "A SHORT TIME AGO AN AMERICAN PLANE DROPPED 1 BOMB ON HIROSHIMA AND DESTROYED ITS USEFULNESS TO THE ENEMY".
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00:53:14 1678.97 |
CU "WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO DESTROY MORE RAPIDLY AND COMPLETELY EVERY PRODUCTIVE ENTERPRISE THE JAPANESE HAVE IN ANY CITY." TRUMAN EXPLAINS WHAT THE "ATOMIC BOMB" IS.
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00:54:22 1746.97 |
BRITISH LABORATORY EXPERIMENT SHOWING LAB CREATED LIGHTNING BOLT MADE DURING EXPERIMENT TO PRODUCE BOMB, WHICH FAILED. NUCLEAR SCIENCE; PHYSICS;
LABORATORY |
00:54:44 1769.97 |
DR. LAWRENCE, BACK TO CAMERA, SITS AT CONTROL PANEL CHECKING GAUGES. HE DEVELOPED CYCLOTRON, THE ATOM SMASHING MACHINE, AND THE EXPERIMENT SUCCEEDED.
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00:55:06 1790.97 |
DOCTOR HAROLD YURI IN THE LAB, IS ONE OF THE GALAXY OF BRILLIANT SCIENTISTS ENLISTED FOR A-BOMB PROJECT.
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00:55:14 1798.97 |
ITALIAN PHYSICIST DOCTOR ENRICO FIRMI CHECKS GADGETS IN LAB. HE WAS ONE OF THE ATOMIC BOMB CREATORS.
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00:55:25 1809.97 |
DOCTOR ARTHUR COMPTON, SEEN IN LAB, WAS ALSO ONE OF THE WIZARDS OF THE BOMB.
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00:55:36 1821.97 |
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AND PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL SIT AND CHAT ON BOARD WARSHIP DURING EARLY DAYS OF WAR. THEY LAID PLANS FOR TWO BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO DEVELOP THE ATOM BOMB.
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00:55:40 1825.97 |
MONTAGE AERIAL VIEW OF GIANT SECRET TECHNICAL PLANTS AT OAKVILLE, TENNESSEE. MLS MALE FEMALE WORKERS WALK GROUNDS OF THE HUGE PLANTS.
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00:56:02 1846.97 |
AERIAL VIEW OF ANOTHER PLANT IN RICHLAND, WASHINGTON.
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00:56:12 1856.97 |
CU MAJOR GENERAL LESLEY GROVES, IN CHARGE OF THE ENTIRE ATOM BOMB PROGRAM SPEAKS AS ADVISOR DOCTOR VANDERVAR BUSH & DOCTOR RICHARD COLEMAN SIT AT TABLE WITH HIM.
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00:57:16 1920.97 |
AERIAL VIEW OF HIROSHIMA, JAPAN BEFORE BLAST.
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00:57:34 1938.97 |
SQUADRON OF B-29 BOMBERS IN FLIGHT AS SEEN FROM BELOW.
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00:58:08 1972.97 |
"THE FIGHTING ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT". "GERMAN ATTACK IN LATVIA". SEIZED ENEMY FILMS, SHOW GERMAN TANK UNITS & ARTILLERY UNITS POUNDING RUSSIAN POSITIONS IN METZ. HOW THE WAR LOOKS THROUGH GERMAN SIGHTS.
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00:59:07 2031.97 |
SOVIET CAPTURE OF VILNA IN LITHUANIA, AS SEEN FROM RUSSIAN SIDE. VARIOUS SCENES OF RUSSIAN ARTILLERY CREWS BOMBARDING GERMAN POSITIONS IN DISTANT CITY.
VARIOUS SCENES OF RUSSIAN TROOPS ADVANCING DOWN ROAD TO VILNA. VARIOUS SCENES RUSSIAN TROOPS FIGHTING HOUSE TO HOUSE IN VILNA. VARIOUS SCENES OF BUILDINGS BURNING IN CITY OF DEVASTATION. |
01:00:07 2092.97 |
LONG COLUMNS OF 5000 GERMAN PRISONERS WALKING THROUGH TOWN UNDER RUSSIAN GUARDS ON HORSEBACK.
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01:00:12 2097.97 |
"NIGHT BOMBING OF REICH". AERIAL VIEW BOMBS FALLING, POV PLANE. AERIAL GROUND ALL LIT UP BY PYRO-TECHNIC FLARE OF EXPLOSIONS. AERIAL TERRIFYING INCANDESCENT OF NAZI WAR CENTER UNDER OBLITERATION BOMBING IN DARK OF NIGHT
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01:00:47 2132.97 |
"PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS". "STATE DEPARTMENT AIDES SWORN IN". VARIOUS SCENES JOSEPH P. GREW BEING SWORN IN AS UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE. AS ASSISTANT SECRETARIES WILLIAM A CLAYTON, ARCHIBALD MACLEASH, NELSON ROCKEFELLER AND JAMES P. DUNN, ARE SWORN IN BY SUPREME COURT JUSTICE REED.
SECRETARY OF STATE STETTINIUS MAKES SPEECH. WASHINGTON, D.C. |
01:01:46 2191.97 |
"FILM MEN AID MARCH OF DIMES". LARGE GROUP OF LEADERS OF FILM INDUSTRY EXIT WHITE HOUSE, POSE.
NICHOLAS SHANK CHAIRMAN OF THE INFANTILE PARALYSIS DRIVE AND BASIL O'CONNOR OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION SHOW DOCUMENT SIGNED BY PRESIDENT FDR. PAN 80 FILM INDUSTRY LEADERS POSING IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE. |
01:02:24 2229.97 |
"BRITISH WOMAN CHEERS GIS". VARIOUS SCENES OF MRS.
CARLOTTA OPPENHEIMER ENTERTAINING SEVERAL AMERICAN SOLDIERS AT HER COUNTRY ESTATE. HOSPITALITY THAT IS TYPICAL OF BRITISH FRIENDLINESS. PHILANTHROPY; HUMAN INTEREST |
01:02:25 2230.97 |
MRS. OPPENHEIMER LOOKS OVER HER STOCK OF PRESERVES IN CUPBOARD. SEVERAL GIS DRINK TOAST TO HER IN LIVING ROOM.
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01:02:37 2242.97 |
GIS POUR BASKETS OF PRODUCE, GROWN AT THE ESTATE, IN TRAILER ATTACHED TO JEEP AND RIDE OFF
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01:02:45 2250.97 |
"PHILIPPINE CHILDREN GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN LIBERATED LEYTE"
JEEP-LOAD OF CHILDREN, DRIVEN BY GI, ARRIVING AT SCHOOL, ARE GREETED BY DOZENS OF OTHER CHILDREN WAITING AT ENTRANCE TO SCHOOL. EAGER CHILDREN, WHO WERE FORBIDDEN BY JAPANESE PROHIBITED THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH OR ANY EDUCATION, HELP TO GET THEIR SCHOOL ROOM READY. |
01:03:09 2273.97 |
WORKERS SORTS HUNDREDS OF BOOKS, WHICH WERE BROUGHT OUT OF HIDING PLACES WHERE THEY WERE CONCEALED FROM JAPANESE.
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01:03:17 2281.97 |
SCHOOL CHILDREN SIT AROUND LARGE TABLE AS CATHOLIC NUNS GIVE INSTRUCTIONS. RELIGION; EDUCATION.
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01:03:29 2294.97 |
NUN, BACK TO CAMERA, WRITES, "GOD BLESS AMERICA", ON BLACKBOARD. YOUNG STANDS UP TO READ THE MESSAGE.
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01:03:41 2306.97 |
"NEW FIGHTING LADY GOES DOWN THE WAYS TO SINK THE JAPANESES"
VARIOUS SCENES CROWD WATCHING NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER "BOXER", WHICH WAS BOUGHT WITH WAR BOND MONEY, BEING LAUNCHED & SLIDING DOWN THE WAYS. MRS. RUTH OVERTON LAUNCHES CARRIER WITH BOTTLE OF CHAMPAIGN. |
01:04:09 2333.97 |
CU HUGE HULL OF CARRIER AS IT STARTS DOWN WAYS AND INTO THE WATER EMBLAZONED WITH FLAGS AND SIGNS, "HERE WE GO TO TOKYO" AND "HELP TO SINK THE RISING SUN". CU WAVING U.S. FLAG.
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01:04:21 2345.97 |
"DARING RAF RAID ON NAZI SHIPS IN NORWEGIAN FJORD"
AERIAL SPECTACULAR SHOTS OF BRITISH FIGHTER BOMBERS ATTACKING NAZI SHIPS WITH MACHINE GUN FIRE & ROCKETS, THE ULTRA-MODERN WEAPON, AS SEEN BY CAMERA PLANE FLYING HIGH ABOVE THE ATTACKERS AND THE ATTACKED. |
01:04:29 2354.97 |
BRITISH PLANES TAKE OFF FOR STRAFING RUN, FLY LOW LEVEL, JUST ABOVE SEA TO AVOID DETECTION. PLANES ARE SEEN FLYING OVER THEIR TARGETS AND FIRING AT SHIPS FROM CAMERA PLANE FLYING HIGH OVER BOTH, GETS SPECTACULAR VIEW.
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01:05:57 2442.97 |
"THE SEA EPIC OF CARRIER FRANKLIN". "HEROIC U.S.
WARSHIP SURVIVES BLAZING HOLOCAUST CAUSED BY JAPANESE AIR ATTACK" SPECTACULAR FILM SHOWS JAPANESE KAMIKAZE PLANE CRASHING INTO CARRIER "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN", HITTING THE DECK CONTAINING MANY PLANES LOADED WITH BOMBS. MANY SECONDARY EXPLOSIONS & HUGE CLOUD OF SMOKE OCCURS AS SHIP ERUPTS LIKE VOLCANO. SPECTACULAR SHOTS TAKEN BY PHOTOGRAPHER ON DECK, JUST AS JAPANESE KAMIKAZE (SUICIDE) PLANE STRUCK. DISASTER; HEROISM. FIRE FIGHTERS |
01:06:30 2474.97 |
JAPANESE PLANE IS CAUGHT ON CAMERA AS WING RIPS OFF AFTER BEING HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE FROM WARSHIPS. HALF OF ANOTHER JAPANESE PLANE TAILSPINS INTO THE OCEAN DROPPING NEAR WARSHIP.
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01:06:50 2495.97 |
SHOWER OF TRACER BULLETS FAIL TO STOP JAPANESE PLANE AS IT DIVES TOWARDS THE "FRANKLIN". IT HITS & EXPLODES WITH TREMENDOUS FORCE.
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01:06:59 2504.97 |
CU NAVY CAMERAMAN ON BOARD "FRANKLIN" FILMS THE EXPLOSION AS PLANE HITS. CAMERA STILL ROLLS AS CAMERAMAN FELLED BY EXPLOSION, GETS UP, CONTINUES FILMING THE CHAOS.
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01:07:12 2516.97 |
CREWMEN WITH HOSES FIGHT FIRE ON DECK DESPITE HUGE SECONDARY EXPLOSIONS.
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01:07:18 2522.97 |
MONTAGE ENORMOUS EXPLOSIONS AND BLACK CLOUDS RISE FROM "FRANKLIN" AS TONS OF BOMBS, ROCKETS, BURST INTO WEIRD FIREWORKS AS SHIP IS ROCKED BY INTERNAL EXPLOSIONS.
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01:07:38 2542.97 |
DESPITE HUNDREDS KILLED, DECK CREWS NEVER FLINCH AS THEY CONTINUE BATTLING SMOKE AND FIRE ON DECK, TRYING TO SAVE THE SHIP. MONTAGE MORE EXPLOSIONS, HUGE CLOUDS OF SMOKE AS SEEN FROM DISTANT WARSHIP.
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01:08:55 2619.97 |
CRUISER "SANTE FE" RISKS DANGER AS IT COMES CLOSE TO "FRANKLIN", DESPITE CONTINUED EXPLOSIONS, TO RESCUE CREWS ON BOARD STRICKEN SHIP.
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01:09:21 2645.97 |
CRUISER "SANTE FE", NOW ALONGSIDE "FRANKLIN" POURS TONS OF WATER ON STRICKEN CARRIER.
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01:09:28 2652.97 |
LINES ARE THROWN TO MEN TRAPPED ON FANTAIL OF CARRIER, BY CREW OF DESTROYER "HITCHCOCK" IN F/G.
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01:10:03 2688.97 |
FAMED FILM SHOWS CHAPLAIN LT. COMMANDER O'CALLAHAN, GIVING LAST RITES TO SAILOR LYING ON DECK, EVEN AS EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE AND SAILORS FIGHT BLAZE IN BKGD. O'CALLAHAN WAS RECOMMENDED FOR MEDAL OF HONOR WHICH HE LATER RECEIVED.
RELIGION. HEROISM. |
01:10:15 2700.97 |
INJURED MAN IN STRETCHER IS MOVED FROM CARRIER TO WARSHIP ALONGSIDE ON ROPES AND PULLEYS. NARRATOR USES OPPORTUNITY OF DISASTER BY MAKING WAR BOND PITCH.
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01:10:38 2723.97 |
SAILORS, TRAPPED ON FANTAIL OF "FRANKLIN", JUMP INTO THE SEA TO ESCAPE FIERY HEAT. CU CREWMEN OF SHIP CLOSE BY, IN F/G ENCOURAGE THEM, EVEN THOUGH THE JUMP IS FROM HIGH UP. MONTAGE SAILORS JUMPING, CLIMBING DOWN ROPES, SWIMMING IN SEA.
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01:11:24 2769.97 |
PAN DESPITE WRECKED HUGE DAMAGE, SEVERE LISTING, THE FRANKLIN IS SAVED, RIGHTED, SAILS FOR HOME. A MIRACLE.
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01:11:46 2791.97 |
CU PRIEST SAYS CATHOLIC MASS ON BOARD DECK OF SHIP. NEXT PROTESTANT SERVICES ARE HELD. RELIGION.
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01:12:02 2806.97 |
CARRIER "FRANKLIN" PASSES THROUGH PANAMA CANAL ON WAY TO HOME PORT IN BROOKLYN NAVY YARD.
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01:12:11 2815.97 |
CARRIER "FRANKLIN" PASSES IN FRONT OF STATUE OF LIBERTY IN NEW YORK CITY HARBOR. STATUE OF LIBERTY IN DISTANCE, IS FRAMED BY DAMAGED SECTION ON CARRIERS DECK
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01:12:22 2827.97 |
CARRIER "FRANKLIN" PASSES BEFORE NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE.
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01:12:22 2827.97 |
AERIAL 114 NAVY OFFICERS AND MEN STAND AT ATTENTION ON DECK OF SHIP, DOCKED AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD, TO RECEIVE NAVY DECORATIONS. VICE ADMIRAL FITCH PRESENTING MEDALS. FAMILY MEMBERS, MOSTLY WOMEN SIT AND WATCH.
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01:13:08 2872.97 |
HEROIC CHAPLAIN O'CALLAHAN AND CAPTAIN OF CARRIER POSE. TATTERED AMERICAN FLAG ON CARRIER MAST FLUTTERS IN WIND.
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01:15:40 3025.97 |
"STASSEN. PAULEY CLASH ON "INSIDE" MARKET TRADING"
VARIOUS SCENES, HAROLD STASSEN TESTIFYING BEFORE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, CLAIMING EDWIN PAULEY'S USE OF INSIDE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION IN BUYING AND SELLING COMMODITIES TO MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS, COINCIDED WITH GOVERNMENT ACTIONS EFFECTING PRICES, A "PATTERN". CRIMINAL JUSTICE; INSIDER TRADING; STOCKS AND BONDS; SECURITIES. |
01:16:26 3070.97 |
PAULEY, ASSISTANT TO SECRETARY OF ARMY AND FRIEND OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN, IS SWORN BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. STASSEN IS CAMPAIGNING FOR REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENCY, & PAULEY CHARGES "PERSONAL AMBITION". HE BLAMES STASSEN FOR "FALSEHOODS AND UNFOUND CHARGES".
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01:17:05 3109.97 |
"MISS AMERICA CONTEST OF 1947". VARIOUS SCENES OF BEAUTIES PARADING ON RUNWAY IN ALL-ALIKE SWIM SUITS. MISS DETROIT, MISS "NEW YORK" AND MISS MINNESOTA. MS WINNER IS MISS BEATRICE LILY SHOTT (?). SHE IS CROWNED BY LAST YEARS WINNER WHO MAKES SHORT SPEECH AS SHE CROWNS NEW "MISS AMERICA".
BEAUTY PAGEANT; ENTERTAINMENT |
01:17:39 3143.97 |
"U.S. SENATE PROBES MARKET TRADING BY "INSIDERS"
HAROLD STASSEN, PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL, CHARGES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WITH GAMBLING IN FOOD MARKETS, "IN ACCESS OF 20 MILLION DOLLARS". GOVERNMENT; CORRUPTION; CRIMINAL JUSTICE. |
01:17:46 3150.97 |
STASSEN IS SWORN IN BY COMMITTEE. STASSEN MAKING CHARGES AGAINST "ADMINISTRATION INSIDERS", "DEALT IN COMMODITIES TO EXTENT OF TEN MILLION DOLLARS AND PROFITED TO EXTENT OF FOUR-MILLION DOLLARS".
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01:18:36 3200.97 |
GENERAL GRAHAM, PRESIDENT'S AIDE, WHO WAS ACCUSED BY STASSEN AND MADE $6,000 IN COMMODITIES SPEAKS TO COMMITTEE, DENIES HE DID ANYTHING WRONG, GIVES EVERYONE A LAUGH IN HIS DOWN-TO-EARTH TESTIMONY.
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01:18:55 3220.97 |
"NEWS OF THE NATION". "SHRINER CONVENTION AT ATLANTIC CITY"
HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF SHRINERS IN THEIR PECULIAR TASSELLED HATS & "ARABIAN NIGHTS" COSTUMES, MARCH ON BOARDWALK OF ATLANTIC CITY AS CROWDS WATCH. THEY DO A PRECISION OF TRICK MARCHING STEPS AS THEY MARCH TOWARDS CAMERA. SHRINERS ON HORSEBACK DO SERIES OF CAVALRY MANEUVERS ON BOARDWALK, SHOWING DISPLAY OF DISCIPLINED HORSEMANSHIP. PARADE; ENTERTAINMENT |
01:19:55 3279.97 |
"301 CADETS GRADUATE FROM WEST POINT"
VARIOUS SCENES OF CADETS MARCHING, RECEIVING DIPLOMAS FROM SECRETARY OF ARMY FORRESTAL, AND THE TRADITIONAL WEST POINT CHEER, FLIPPING OF HATS IN AIR. |
01:20:29 3314.97 |
NEW ARMY OFFICER AND BRIDE WALK THOUGH ARCH OF SWORDS, TOWARDS CAMERA, IN TRADITIONAL MILITARY POMP OF WEST POINT WEDDING. GROOM GIVES BRIDE LONG, PASSIONATE KISS. SCENE IS REPEATED WITH ANOTHER COUPLE.
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01:20:47 3332.97 |
"FOURTEENTH OLYMPIC GAMES AT WIMBLEY STADIUM IN LONDON, SUMMER, 1948"
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01:20:54 3339.97 |
HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF SPORT'S CROWD OF 82,000 WATCHING FROM STANDS. SHAH OF IRAN AND QUEEN ELIZABETH WATCH FROM STANDS, AS DOES PRINCESS MARGARET ROSE.
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01:21:05 3349.97 |
KING GEORGE STANDS AND WELCOMES CONTENDING COUNTRIES, IN HIS CAPACITY OF HOST NATION.
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01:21:09 3354.97 |
ATHLETES OF EACH NATION PARADES ONTO FIELD TO CHEER OF THOUSANDS. EACH CARRIES THEIR NATION'S FLAG. POV UPPER STANDS. VARIOUS GROUND LEVEL AND OTHER ANGLE VIEWS OF ATHLETES AS THEY PARADE.
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01:21:43 3388.97 |
THOUSANDS OF PIGEONS ARE RELEASED FROM CAGES AND CIRCLE FIELD AS SYMBOL OF GAME BEGINNING.
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01:21:49 3394.97 |
ATHLETE RUNS ONTO FIELD WITH TORCH LIGHTED AT MOUNT OLYMPUS IN GREECE. HE LIGHTS THE TORCH OF 1948 OLYMPIAD.
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01:22:04 3408.97 |
MICHELINE OSTERMEYER OF FRANCE TOSSES DISCUS, WINS WOMEN'S DISCUS THROW.
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01:22:09 3413.97 |
DOZENS OF RUNNERS TAKE OFF IN 10,000 METER RACE.
EMIL ZATAFEC OF CZHECOSLOVAKIA, TAKES LEAD, WINS, IN RECORD TIME. DESPITE SEVERE STOMACH ACHE. |
01:22:29 3434.97 |
HIGH ANGLE VIEW AMERICAN AFRICAN AMERICAN HURDLER HARRISON DILLARD, RUNS OUT OF HIS SPECIALTY AND WINS 100 METER DASH. CU POSES
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01:22:49 3454.97 |
AMERICA'S LEROY COCHRAN WINS 100 METER HURDLES. CU POSES
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01:23:03 3467.97 |
OHIO STATE'S MAL WHITFIELD WINS 800 METER RUN.
ANOTHER OLYMPIC RECORD. CU HE POSES |
01:23:17 3481.97 |
WYNN SMITH OF SAN FRANCISCO WINS POLE VAULT EVENT. POSES.
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01:23:29 3494.97 |
CU WALLY REESE POSES IN POOL AFTER WINNING FREE STYLE EVENT.
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01:23:38 3503.97 |
BRUCE HARLAN FACES CAMERA ON DIVING BOARD MAKES DIVE, SHOWN IN SLOW MOTION. POV TOP OF BOARD.
SMITH WINS FOR U.S. |
01:24:15 3539.97 |
"JAPANESE SUICIDE ATTACKS". "ENEMY PILOTS FLY TO DEATH IN PLANE "KAMIKAZE" RAIDS ON U. S. WARSHIPS"
VARIOUS SCENES OF U.S. PLANES FLYING OFF AIRCRAFT CARRIER, WHICH IS PART OF TASK FORCE SUPPORTING CONQUEST OF OKINAWA. VARIOUS SCENES OF U.S. PLANES ATTACKING JAPANESE SHIPPING AND KAMIKAZE PLANES ON GROUND IN JAPAN. VARIOUS SCENES OF JAPANESE "KAMIKAZE" PLANES UNDER INTENSE FIRE BY GUNS OF U.S. WARSHIPS. MANY ARE SHOT DOWN BUT SOME GET THROUGH, CRASH INTO WARSHIPS. |
01:24:39 3564.97 |
SEVERAL JAPANESE PLANES AS SEEN FROM AMERICAN WING CAMERAS AS THEY ARE FIRED UPON AND SHOT DOWN.
AERIAL SHIPS BEING STRAFED BY AMERICAN PLANES, POV PLANE. |
01:25:19 3603.97 |
AERIAL VIEW OF AMERICAN PLANES STRAFING "KAMIKAZE"
PLANES ON GROUND AT AIRFIELD IN KUYUSHU, JAPAN. |
01:25:35 3619.97 |
JAPANESE VINTAGE BI-WING WARPLANE IS FIRED UPON BY U.S. PLANE AND EXPLODES, AS SEEN THROUGH PLANE'S WING CAMERA.
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01:25:43 3628.97 |
MONTAGE SPECTACULAR ABOVE SCENES OF AMERICAN PLANES MAKING CRASH LANDINGS ON CARRIER DECK, INCLUDING PLANE MAKING BELLY LANDING, SKIDDING ACROSS DECK.
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01:25:48 3633.97 |
PLANE MISSES HOOK THAT CHECKS LANDING SPEED, ROLLS ACROSS DECK, CRASHES AND DESTROYS ANOTHER PLANE AS IT CRASHES INTO SEA.
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01:25:58 3643.97 |
PLANE SWERVES OFF DECK, BUT BEFORE IT HITS WATER, PILOT RECOVERS ALTITUDE AND FLIES OFF.
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01:26:10 3654.97 |
PLANE DROPS BELLY TANK AS IT LANDS. TANK EXPLODES, ENGULFS PLANE IN FLAMES. PILOT SURVIVES
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01:26:19 3663.97 |
PILOT OF ANOTHER PLANE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, IS SEEN MOVING, STRUGGLING TO GET OUT, HE FINALLY DOES AS FIRE GOES OUT. PILOT, SUFFERING FROM BURNS, IS HELPED BY GROUND CREW.
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01:26:42 3687.97 |
MONTAGE LS "KAMIKAZE" PLANES ATTACKING WARSHIPS STREAK ACROSS THE SKIES AS INTENSE TRACER BULLETS AND FLAK FROM WARSHIPS FILL SKY. MANY ARE SHOT OUT OF SKY, CRASH IN OCEAN.
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01:26:52 3697.97 |
"KAMIKAZE" PLANE MAKES SUICIDE DIVE INTO WARSHIP, LARGE EXPLOSION ENSUES.
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01:27:22 3726.97 |
CREWMAN IN F/G, ON DECK CARRIER WATCHES, "KAMIKAZE" PLANE JUST MISS HIS SHIP AND CRASH IN SEA NEAR HIM.
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01:27:47 3751.97 |
SPECTACULAR SHOT OF KAMIKAZE PLANE HIT BY GUNFIRE MANAGES TO CRASH INTO AIRCRAFT CARRIER DECK, FLAMING PLANE SKIMS ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF DECK.
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01:28:10 3774.97 |
CU VIEW AS KAMIKAZE HITS CARRIER DECK, AS SEEN FROM CAMERAMAN ON BOARD. CREWMEN RUNNING WITH HOSES TO PUT OUT FIRE. CREWMEN WHO JUMPED OVERBOARD OR THROWN OFF BY FORCE OF EXPLOSION, FLOAT AROUND IN SEA. ON SWIMS TO LINES. GROUP ON LIFE RAFT GRAB SAFETY LINES THROWN TO THEM.
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01:29:35 3859.97 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES FIRE FIGHTERS ON CARRIER FIGHTING FIRE WHILE UNDER ATTACK.
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01:29:54 3878.97 |
CARRIER "BUNKER HILL" ENGULFED IN BLACK SMOKE AND EXPLOSIONS. MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED ATTACK. "BUNKER HILL" IN DRY DOCK. CAME HOME UNDER HER OWN POWER.
MONTAGE VIEWS OF TREMENDOUS DAMAGE DONE BY THE "KAMIKAZE" PLANES |
01:31:20 3965.97 |
CU COMMANDER OF "BUNKER HILL" CAPTAIN SYKES, POSES, AS SHIP IS PUT BACK IN ACTION AGAIN. CREW OF THOUSANDS ON DECK, GIVE OUT HUGE CHEER.
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01:32:06 4010.97 |
"THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN". "ENGLISH CONVOY SHELLED"
AERIAL VIEW OF ENGLISH CONVOY BEING SHELLED BY HUGE NAZI GUNS ON SHORE OF FRANCE, A DISTANCE OF TWENTY MILES. SHELLS EXPLODE ALL AROUND THE CONVOY, BUT NO HITS ARE MADE. DESTROYERS LAY BLACK SMOKE SCREEN TO CONCEAL VIEW FROM GUNNERS ON SHORE. |
01:33:13 4077.97 |
"CITY OF LONDON BOMBED". VARIOUS SCENES OF EFFECTS OF FIRST TIME BOMBING OF THE HEART OF LONDON BY NAZIS IN EARLY DAYS WWII.
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01:33:18 4082.97 |
FIREMEN POUR WATER ON STILL SMOKING BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS. PAN TO SKELETAL REMAINS OF BUILDINGS.
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01:33:30 4095.97 |
STATUE OF POET MILTON, WHICH WAS BLOWN OFF PEDESTAL, LIES ON GROUND OUTSIDE CHURCH.
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01:33:33 4098.97 |
"SOUTHEAST COAST AREA"
PAN BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS IN TOWN OF RAMSGATE. |
01:33:43 4108.97 |
BRITISH PLANE FALLING TO EARTH AFTER BEING SHOT DOWN BY OVER ENGLAND ENEMY. PILOT FLOATS DOWN IN PARACHUTE.
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01:33:56 4121.97 |
SPEEDBOATS RACE TO RESCUE PILOT WHO PARACHUTED TO SEA. NEW ZEALAND PILOT IS WRAPPED IN BLANKET, IS HELPED WALK ALONG BY RESCUERS.
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01:34:06 4130.97 |
FLATBED TRUCK CARRIES PART OF NAZI PLANE, SHOT DOWN OVER ENGLAND, INTO SCRAP METAL YARD CONTAINING HUGE PARTS OF OTHER NAZI PLANE PARTS.
WORKERS REMOVE ENGINES, SALVAGE THE REST OF THE PARTS WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO BRITISH ARMAMENT. PAN HUGE PILES OF SCRAP PARTS. |
01:34:29 4154.97 |
"NEWS OF THE NATION". SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE HENRY WALLACE ACCEPTS DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT AT CONVENTION IN DES MOINES, IOWA.
SPEAKS AT PODIUM. 1940 |
01:35:31 4215.97 |
"WORLD'S FAIR". DAREDEVIL DRIVERS RIDE THROUGH FIRE LOOPS, FLY OVER RAMPS AND INTO PARKED CARS AND OTHER STUNTS, IN EVENT AT NEW YORK'S 1939 WORLD'S FAIR. SHOWN IN SLOW MOTION & IN REVERSE
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01:35:35 4220.97 |
AUTO RIDES THROUGH FLAMING BARRIER, TOWARDS CAMERA, IN SLOW MOTION.
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01:35:41 4226.97 |
VINTAGE "JALOPY" RIDES AVER RAMP WITH SIDE WHEELS CAUSING IT TO TURN OVER ON ITS SIDE, LANDING UPRIGHT. THE SCENE IS SHOWN IN REVERSE MOTION.
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01:35:54 4239.97 |
AUTO SPEEDS ONTO RAMP CAUSING IT TO BECOME AIRBORNE & PLUNGES INTO PARKED JALOPY. GROUND CREWS RUN TO RESCUE, BUT DRIVER CLIMBS OUT UNHURT.
SCENE IS SHOWN IN SLOW-MOTION. DAREDEVILS JIMMY LYNCH, BUDDY TOUMEY, POSE WITH GROUND CREW. SPORTS; ENTERTAINMENT. |
01:36:37 4281.97 |
"SPORTS". PROFESSIONAL-COLLEGE FOOTBALL. GREEN BAY PACKERS PLAY THE COLLEGE ALL-STARS IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE CHARITY CLASH. RECORD 84,500 FOOTBALL FANS WATCH. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
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01:36:51 4296.97 |
HIGH ANGLE VIEW SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S ANDREW SCHITLER TAKES IT OVER FOR TOUCHDOWN FROM 10 YARD LINE.
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01:36:55 4300.97 |
GREEN BAY'S, HUTTON CATCHES LONG PASS THROWN BY ISBEL FOR TOUCHDOWN.
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01:37:08 4312.97 |
ISBEL THROWS ANOTHER LONG TOUCH DOWN PASS FOR PACKERS. ANDREW YOUREMAN TAKES PASS FROM ISABEL AND DOES SOME FANCY RUNNING, DODGING FOR ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN FOR GREEN BAY.
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01:37:32 4336.97 |
ALL-STARS MAKE ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN BUT LOSE 45-28.
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01:37:43 4347.97 |
SPORTS. HORSE RACING. $43,000 "HOPEFUL STAKES", AT SARASOTA, ON MUDDY TRACK BY FOUR WELL KNOWN HORSES.
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01:37:47 4351.97 |
CU WORKER MAKES EFFORT TO SMOOTH MUDDY TRACK WITH BACK OF RAKE.
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01:37:52 4357.97 |
HORSES MAKE TURN WITH JOCKEY JOHNNY COCHRAN TAKING LEAD ON LEGENDARY "WHIRLAWAY". IN EXCITING MOMENT "ATTENTION" GOES HEAD AND HEAD WITH "WHIRLAWAY"
BUT "WHIRLAWAY WINS. |
01:38:17 4381.97 |
MUDDY FACED JOCKEYS, SADDLES IN HAND, ARE WEIGHTED AFTER RACE.
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01:38:32 4396.97 |
TAPE ENDS.
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