1945-19461940s NEWSREELS
Includes footage from 1919
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| 03:05:42 2.1 |
"NAZI ATROCITIES". PICTORIAL PROOF OF GERMAN BESTIALITY (*SEE VM-2071 FOR SAME STORY*)
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| 03:11:05 325.1 |
"OPENING OF WORLD PEACE CONFERENCE AT SAN FRANCISCO"
(*SEE VM-2071 FOR SAME STORY*) |
| 03:13:35 475.1 |
"NEW YORK HAILS 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION IN VICTORY MARCH"
VARIOUS SCENES OF TROOPS OF THE FAMED 82ND DIVISION MARCH TRIUMPHANTLY ON 5TH AVENUE, UNDER THE ARCH AT WASHINGTON SQUARE. VARIOUS HISTORIC 1919 SCENES OF WWI DOUGHBOYS LED BY GENERAL PERSHING ON HORSE, MARCHING UNDER THE SAME ARCH AFTER VICTORY IN WWI. NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK 1946. |
| 03:13:43 483.1 |
TILT DOWN FROM ARCH AT WASHINGTON PARK TO SOLDIERS OF 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION MARCHING SMARTLY TOWARDS CAMERA, LED BY 38 YEAR-OLD MAJOR GENERAL GAVIN.
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| 03:13:52 493.1 |
HIGH ANGLE OF THE MARCHERS. POV SKYSCRAPER WINDOW.
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| 03:14:12 512.1 |
"1919" GENERAL "BLACK JACK" PERSHING ON HORSEBACK LEADS TROOPS OF HIS FIRST DIVISION UP FIFTH AVENUE UNDER SAME ARCH AT WASHINGTON PARK.
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| 03:14:27 527.1 |
HIGH ANGLE OF WWI TROOPS MARCHING SMARTLY UP 5TH AVENUE. HUGE CROWD. MCU VIEW OF TROOPS, INCLUDING THE WWI ARMORED FORCES COMPLETE WITH HORSE-DRIVEN CAISSONS, COVERED WAGONS.
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| 03:14:39 539.1 |
SCENE CHANGES WWII 82ND DIVISION AWESOME MECHANIZED UNITS INCLUDING TANKS AND ARTILLERY ROLLING BY.
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| 03:14:44 544.1 |
PAN OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LINING NEW YORK STREETS.
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| 03:14:52 553.1 |
NEW YORK GOVERNOR DEWEY, NEW YORK MAYOR O'DWYER, GENERAL GAVIN WATCH FROM REVIEWING STAND, AS DOES CARDINAL DESIGNATE SPELLMAN WHO WATCHES OUTSIDE ST.
PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL WHICH ENCLOSED BY SCAFFOLDING. GENERAL WAINWRIGHT IS THERE. |
| 03:15:09 569.1 |
"EISENHOWER IN CANADA"
VARIOUS SCENES OF EISENHOWER POSING WITH PRIME MINISTER MACKENZIE KING OUTSIDE CANADIAN CLUB BUILDING IN OTTAWA. VARIOUS SCENES IKE ADDRESSES HUGE DELEGATION AT CANADIAN CLUB. SPEAKS OF POST-WAR COOPERATION. OTTAWA, CANADA, 1946. DIPLOMACY; FOREIGN GOVERNMENT |
| 03:16:07 627.1 |
"HELICOPTER SETS RECORDS"
VARIOUS SCENES SIKORSKY HELICOPTER SETTING LOAD CAPACITY RECORD AND SPEED RECORD. STRATFORD, CONN. (?) AVIATION |
| 03:16:23 643.1 |
WITH TWO PEOPLE IN THE CABIN, AN ADDITIONAL SIXTEEN MEN SIT ON EACH SIDE OF EXTENDED LANDING GEAR TO TEST LIFTING CAPACITY. HELICOPTER LIFTS OFF AND HOVERS SEVERAL FEET OVER THE GROUND, BREAKING WEIGHT LIFTING RECORD. ODDITY
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| 03:16:42 662.1 |
HELICOPTER FLIES ACROSS FIELD AT 115 MPH, BREAKING SPEED RECORD.
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| 03:16:47 667.1 |
"BRITISH PLANES SINK U-BOAT"
BRITISH AIR FORCE USE CAPTURED GERMAN U-BOATS- SUBMARINES, FOR TARGET PRACTICE. VARIOUS AERIAL SCENES BRITISH DIVE BOMBERS ATTACKING U-BOATS WITH ROCKETS, FOLLOWED BY BOMBERS DROPPING BOMBS. HUGE EXPLOSIONS SINK THE SUBMARINE. ENGLISH CHANNEL OFF ENGLAND. |
| 03:17:34 714.1 |
"WINSTON CHURCHILL ARRIVES IN U.S. FOR A "QUIET"
VACATION". VARIOUS SCENES CHURCHILL AND WIFE BEING MET BY REPORTERS SPEAKING AND MAKING PUN ABOUT HIS "QUIET" RECEPTION. |
| 03:18:04 744.1 |
"IT IS ALWAYS A JOY TO LAND IN THE UNITED STATES, AND I THANK YOU MOST SINCERELY FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY CARE AND CONSIDERATION WITH WHICH YOU HAVE ARRANGED THIS PURELY PRIVATE RECEPTION". LAUGHTER. NEW YORK CITY.
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| 03:19:03 803.1 |
"FIREMEN SAVE MY CHEE--ILD!" "IN TEXAS GIRLS GO TO RESCUE!"
VARIOUS SCENES GIRL IN SHORT SHORTS AND FIRE HELMETS TRAIN IN FIRE RESCUE AT FIRE HOUSE IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. LEW LEHR REPORTING. COMEDY; ODDITY |
| 03:19:10 810.1 |
FEMALE FIRE FIGHTER SLIDES DOWN CABLE FROM ROOF TO STREET TOWARDS CAMERA.
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| 03:19:16 816.1 |
CU FACE SHOT PRETTY WOMAN SMILES FOR CAMERA, LIFTS PAMPHLET, COVERING HER FACE, TITLED "HOW TO BE A FIREMAN IN 10 EASY LESSONS".
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| 03:19:18 818.1 |
SIX WOMEN, FACING CAMERA, SITTING ON BENCH WITH LEGS CROSSED IN "CHEESECAKE" POSE, READING "HOW TO BE A FIREMAN" PAMPHLET
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| 03:19:21 821.1 |
GIRLS SLIDING DOWN FIRE POLE, JUMPING ONTO BACK OF FIRE TRUCK AT FIRE HOUSE GARAGE. TRUCK EXITS FIRE HOUSE, GIRLS IN SHORT SHORTS, FIREMAN HATS HANGING ON. GIRL STEERING LADDER TRUCK FROM PERCH IN BACK OF TRUCK. TOWARDS CAMERA.
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| 03:19:35 835.1 |
MAN HOLDING HANDKERCHIEF TO FACE AS HE WAVES FOR HELP FROM WINDOW OF SMOKE FILLED HOUSE. FIRE LADIES SPREAD OUT NET IN STREET BELOW, AS OTHER CLIMB LADDER.
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| 03:19:46 846.1 |
CU PRETTY FIRE LADY POWDERS HER NOSE IN PREPARATION FOR RESCUE. MAN JUMPS OUT WINDOW INTO NET HELD BY THE GIRLS.
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| 03:20:00 860.1 |
"SPORTS". AUTO RACING VARIOUS SCENES MIDGET AUTO RACE CARS ROARING OVER SPEEDWAY AT OVER 40 MPH.
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| 03:20:20 880.1 |
MIDGET RACER SPINS OUT OF CONTROL AS OTHERS SPEED BY.
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| 03:20:30 891.1 |
CU ROCKETS ATTACHED TO MIDGET RACE CAR SHOWN BEFORE IT IS TESTED.
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| 03:20:37 898.1 |
ROCKETS IN REAR OF MIDGET CAR ARE FIRED AS IT SPEEDS AROUND TRACK MAKING HUGE SMOKE TRAIL.
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| 03:20:46 907.1 |
"WATER SKI THRILL"
BRUCE PARKER, NATIONAL WATER SKI CHAMPION TRIES DARING ACROBATIC MANEUVER AS HE SKIS FROM BACK OF SPEEDING MOTORBOAT AND SWITCHING TO SEAPLANE TO PULL HIM ALONG. PARKER DROPS ROPE FROM SPEEDBOAT, GRABS ROPE DANGLING FROM SEAPLANE IN SUCCESSFUL MANEUVER. FLORIDA, 1946 WATER SPORTS; DAREDEVIL. AVIATION. |
| 03:21:21 941.1 |
TAPE ENDS.
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