1944-19461940s NEWSREELS
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"B-29'S BOMB TOKYO FROM NEW U.S. AIR BASE ON SAIPAN"
VARIOUS SCENES ARMY ENGINEERS BUILDING RUNWAY FOR B-29 BOMBERS ON ISLAND OF SAIPAN. |
| 00:50:41 10.27 |
LONG COLUMNS OF TRUCKS LADEN WITH CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, CEMENT, SAND, ROLL DOWN HILLS TO SITE OF AIRFIELD.
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| 00:50:45 14.27 |
WORKERS LAY DOWN HOT ASPHALT, LEVEL IT OFF WITH BROOMS AND SHOVELS.
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| 00:50:50 19.27 |
ARMY ENGINEER PUSHES PLUNGER ON DETONATOR, RUNS FOR COVER. HUGE EXPLOSION RESULTS. CU STEAM ROLLER COMING TOWARDS CAMERA, LEVELS OFF ASPHALT.
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| 00:51:01 30.27 |
GENERAL "HAP" ARNOLD SHAKES WITH CREW OF B-29. WHICH IS ON ITS WAY TO BOMB TOKYO, JAPAN.
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| 00:51:15 44.27 |
GENERAL ARNOLD SELECTS BOMB FROM PILE, FROM WHICH TO WRITE A MESSAGE TO JAPANESE. B-29 CREWMAN WRITES MESSAGE ON BOMB WITH CHALK. "TO THE WARLORDS OF JAPAN WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN, OUR B-29S WILL REMIND YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!"
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| 00:51:35 64.27 |
B-29 LANDING ON NEW AIRFIELD IN SAIPAN. CROWD OF GIS CIRCLE THE HUGE PLANE TO GET A GLIMPSE.
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| 00:51:55 84.27 |
ANIMATED MAP SHOWS PROXIMITY OF JAPAN AND CHINA TO SAIPAN, RANGE OF OPERATIONS FROM WHICH SAIPAN ALLOWS FOR BOMBINGS.
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| 00:52:05 94.27 |
B-29S TAKING OFF AND IN FLIGHT HIGH ABOVE CLOUDS.
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| 00:52:17 106.27 |
"GENERAL EISENHOWER RECEIVES CHURCHILL ON WESTERN FRONT". VARIOUS SCENES GENERAL "IKE" AND CIGAR SMOKING CHURCHILL WALKING AND TALKING OUTSIDE GENERAL IKE'S HEADQUARTERS.
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| 00:52:36 125.27 |
GENERAL EISENHOWER, ACCOMPANIED BY GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY AND OTHER GENERALS, VISITS HIS TROOPS ON FRONT IN GERMANY.
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| 00:52:42 131.27 |
MONTAGE "IKE" STOPS TO SPEAK TO GIS AS HE REVIEWS THEIR RANKS.
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| 00:52:56 145.27 |
"CORDELL HULL GETS HUMANITARIAN AWARD FOR PEACE EFFORTS"
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| 00:53:03 152.27 |
HIGH ANGLE HUGE CROWD OF DIGNITARIES OF THE "MOTION PICTURE VARIETIES CLUBS OF AMERICA", RISE FROM DINNER TABLES AT BANQUET, APPLAUD HULL, SEATED AT DAIS.
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| 00:53:15 164.27 |
SECRETARY BYRNES READS MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT FDR.
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| 00:53:49 198.27 |
CLUB FOUNDER JOHN HARRIS MAKES PRESENTATION TO NEW SECRETARY OF STATE STETTINIUS ACCEPTS PLAQUE FOR HULL AND SPEAKS FOR HIM.
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| 00:54:57 266.27 |
"SECRETARY OF STATE HULL RESIGNS; STETTINIUS SUCCEEDS POST".
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| 00:55:02 271.27 |
CORDELL HULL SITS, POSES, ON VERANDA WITH PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED BY FDR TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE IN 1933.
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| 00:55:13 282.27 |
CORDELL HULL MAKING DRAMATIC SPEECH AT PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE.
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| 00:55:45 314.27 |
CORDELL HULLS SITS ALONGSIDE SOVIET UNION'S FOREIGN MINISTER MOLOTOV AT MOSCOW CONFERENCE.
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| 00:56:04 333.27 |
HULL MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTERS AT DUMBARTON OAKS ESTATE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AS UNITED NATIONS WAS BEING FORMED.
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| 00:56:09 338.27 |
CU CORDELL HULL POSES. CU STETTINIUS WHO SUCCEEDS HULL AS SECRETARY OF STATE.
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| 00:56:23 352.27 |
"FOOTBALL CHAMPS". COLLEGE FOOTBALL, 1944
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| 00:56:26 355.27 |
OHIO STATE BEATS MICHIGAN 18-14, BEFORE 72,000 FOOTBALL FANS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO TO TAKE "BIG TEN"
TITLE. VARIOUS SCENES OF GAME IN PLAY |
| 00:57:10 399.27 |
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEATS UCLA 40-13, AT COLISEUM IN LOS ANGELES, BEFORE 90,000 FANS. THE BIGGEST CROWD OF THE YEAR. VARIOUS SCENES GAME IN PROGRESS.
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| 00:57:59 448.27 |
STUDENTS IN STANDS SPELL OUT "PLAY TAPS FOR THE JAPS", "BUY WAR BONDS".
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| 00:58:39 488.27 |
"PRESIDENT TRUMAN CROSSING ATLANTIC FOR BIG THREE PARLEY"
VARIOUS SCENES PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN ON BOARD U.S. CRUISER AUGUSTA WITH SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES ON WAY TO BIG THREE MEETING. POTSDAM CONFERENCE. JULY, 1945 |
| 00:58:47 496.27 |
TRUMAN AND BYRNE WALK UNDER GUNS OF CRUISER, TOWARDS CAMERA. AS THEY ENJOY THE GOOD CROSSING AND FAIR WEATHER. BRITISH WARSHIP PASSES IN BKGD.
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| 00:59:07 516.27 |
TRUMAN, BYRNE AND ADMIRAL LEAHY PERUSE MAP AS THEY PREPARE STRATEGY FOR CONFERENCE.
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| 00:59:15 524.27 |
TRUMAN ON CHOW LINE WITH TRAY OF FOOD, JOINS REGULAR CREWMEN FOR CHOW. TRUMAN SITS, EATS, CHATS WITH SAILORS
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| 00:59:30 539.27 |
"SPECTACULAR FILM". SINKING BRITISH WARSHIP EXPLODES GRAPHIC SCENES OF WARSHIP WHICH WAS STRUCK BY GERMAN TORPEDOES TURNS OVER ON ITS SIDE WITH HUNDREDS OF SAILORS SCRAMBLING TO GET OFF. A SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC EXPLOSION INUNDATES THE VESSEL AND MEN TRYING TO GET OFF. *NOTE: FILM WAS KEPT SECRET FOR FOUR YEARS.
DISASTER. |
| 00:59:43 552.27 |
SINKING WARSHIP "BARRUM" (?) BEGINS TO LIST AS IT SINKS, TURNS OVER ON ITS SIDE. MASS OF SAILORS ON DECK, SWARM DOWN SIDE OF HULL ARE SEEN AS SHIP TURNS OVER.
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| 00:59:52 561.27 |
BRITISH CAMERAMAN JOHN TURNER, WHO FILMED THE CATASTROPHE, IS SEEN SHOOTING FILM ON BOARD WARSHIP.
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| 01:00:16 585.27 |
WITH HUNDREDS STILL MASSING ON HULL OF SHIP, TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY EXPLOSION OF MAGAZINE, INUNDATES THE SCENES WITH THICK SMOKE, DEBRIS FLYING IN AIR.
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| 01:00:40 609.27 |
IN CLOSER VIEW, THE CREW IS SEEN SWARMING INTO THE WATER AS SHIP TURNS OVER, AND THE MAGAZINE EXPLOSION.
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| 01:00:59 629.27 |
"U.S. FORCES SECURE OKINAWA AS BASE AGAINST JAPAN"
"MARINES CAPTURE RYUKYU ISLANDS ON FLANK OF OKINAWA" VARIOUS BATTLE SCENES U. S. MARINES IN LANDING CRAFT ATTACKING RYUKYU ISLANDS AS WARSHIP BOMBARD ENEMY POSITIONS. |
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NONCHALANT GI CHEWS GUM AS HE PUSHES SERIES OF BUTTONS THAT SET OFF SERIES OF ROCKET LAUNCHERS ON ROCKET CRAFT.
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| 01:01:35 664.27 |
MONTAGE FRIGHTENED NATIVE MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN OF ISLANDS COME OUT OF THEIR CAVES UNDER WATCHFUL EYES OF MARINES.
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| 01:01:48 677.27 |
"ROOTING OUT DIE-HARD JAPANESE ON OKINAWA"
MARINES USE FLAME THROWERS TO ROOT OUT JAPANESE SOLDIERS IN HIGH BRUSH. JAPANESE SOLDIERS COME OUT OF BRUSH WITH HANDS UP. MORE JAPANESE SURRENDER ON OKINAWA THAN EVER BEFORE. CU PAN FACES OF SURRENDERING YOUNG JAPANESE SOLDIERS. |
| 01:02:23 712.27 |
SEVERAL JAPANESE SOLDIERS STRIPPED TO THEIR UNDERWEAR, WAVE WHITE FLAG OF SURRENDER.
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| 01:02:34 723.27 |
"JAPANESE WHO SURRENDERED INTERNED IN CAMP"
VARIOUS SCENES OF LARGE PRISON CAMP CONTAINING 8,000 JAPANESE CAPTURED AT OKINAWA. A SIGN OF THE CRACKING OF THE FANATICAL MORAL OF JAPANESE. |
| 01:02:57 746.27 |
"U.S. WAR EQUIPMENT IN EUROPE SHIPPED TO PACIFIC FRONT"
VARIOUS SCENES TRUCK TIRES, MACHINE GUNS, AUTO ENGINES, RADIO EQUIPMENT AND OTHER WAR MATERIALS BEING REPAIRED, LOADED FOR SHIPMENT FROM EUROPE TO PACIFIC THEATER. |
| 01:03:00 749.27 |
MONTAGE TRUCK TIRES BY THE THOUSANDS, BEING UNLOADED OFF TRUCKS AND PILED IN NEAT ROWS BY WORKERS. WORKERS UNLOAD MACHINE GUNS AND STACK THEM.
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| 01:03:12 761.27 |
WORKERS REPAIRING AUTO ENGINES BEFORE SHIPPING THEM.
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| 01:03:14 763.27 |
GERMAN WAR PRISONERS REPAIR RADIO AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT. ITALIAN WORKERS REPAIR RIFLES, PACK THEM IN WOODEN CRATES.
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| 01:03:34 783.27 |
CRATED EQUIPMENT BEING LOADED ON SHIP BY WINCH.
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| 01:03:38 787.27 |
"WATER SPORTS": DIVING 10TH OPEN DIVING MEET IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
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| 01:03:48 797.27 |
DIVING CHAMP NORMAN EXECUTES PERFECT RUNNING FORWARD 2 1/2 OFF HIGH PLATFORM
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| 01:03:56 805.27 |
JOHNNY REILLY PERFORMS BACK 1 1/2 LAYOUT OF HIGH PLATFORM IN SLOW MOTION.
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| 01:04:11 820.27 |
SAMMY LEE DOES 3 1/2 SOMERSAULT IN SLOW MOTION. HE DOES IT AGAIN WITH A VARIATION
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| 01:04:32 841.27 |
NORMAN SPEAR DOES A MAGNIFICENT 1 1/2 WITH FULL TWIST, ALSO IN SLOW MOTION.
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| 01:04:40 849.27 |
"AUSTRALIA"
PAN PRETTY AUSTRALIAN GIRLS ON BEACH. LARGE GROUP OF MEN SWIMMERS RIDE THE WAVES WITH HANDS TIED BEHIND THEIR BACK IN AUSTRALIAN VERSION OF HAWAIIAN HOCK-A -DOOLA. ROLLING WAVES CARRY THEM ONTO BEACH. CU AUSTRALIAN SAILOR LOOKS ON, ENJOYS ACTION. |
| 01:05:18 887.27 |
LARGE GROUP OF SWIMMERS RIDE WAVES TO SHORE ON SMALL SURFBOARDS CALLED "JEEPS". MS GIS LOOKING ON
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| 01:05:29 898.27 |
AUSTRALIAN LIFE GUARDS SHOW HOW TO RIDE LIFEBOAT INTO SHORE ON WAVES. WAVE CRASHES INTO BOAT, PICKS IT UP, THROWS ONE OF THE LIFEGUARDS OUT OF HIS SEAT.
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| 01:06:30 959.27 |
"PROBLEM OF ATOMIC ENERGY GIVEN TO UNITED NATIONS
ORGANIZATION (UNO) COMMISSION". SECRETARY BYRNES ADDRESSES UNITED NATION DELEGATES, LEAVES CHALLENGING MESSAGE. "WE WHO HAVE FOUGHT TOGETHER FOR FREEDOM, MUST SHOW WE ARE WORTHY OF THE FREEDOM WE HAVE WON". |
| 01:07:47 1036.27 |
"ARMY SCIENTISTS REACH THE MOON WITH RADAR"
"MAN SMASHES CHAINS THAT BUND HIM TO EARTH". VARIOUS SCENES RADAR TOWER AT BELMAR; NEW JERSEY WHERE ARMY SCIENTISTS HERBERT KAUFMANN AND HOWARD WEBB, FIRST TO SEE "MIRACLE", STARTS EQUIPMENT WHICH SENDS RADAR SIGNALS TO MOON AND BACK. VARIOUS SCENES KAUFMANN STARTING UP THE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. VARIOUS ANIMATED SCENES SHOW HOW IT IS DONE. SCIENCE; DISCOVERY |
| 01:08:55 1104.27 |
LIEUTENANT COLONEL DEWITT, HEAD OF SIGNAL CORP PROJECT SPEAKS, LOOKS TO FUTURE.
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| 01:09:29 1138.27 |
"GOUIN BECOMES NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT; PICKS HIS CABINET"
VARIOUS SCENES CROWDS CONTROLLED BY POLICE OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT HOUSE. VARIOUS SCENES CHARLES DEGAULLE AT VACATIONING AT SEA SHORE, AFTER RESIGNING AS PRESIDENT. VARIOUS SCENES SOCIALIST FELIX GOUIN, BEING SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT, VARIOUS SCENES OF GOUIN POSING WITH HIS CABINET MEMBERS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT HOUSE. 8 ARE SOCIALIST, 8 COMMUNISTS, 6 REPUBLICAN POPULAR MOVEMENT PARTY. FOREIGN GOVERNMENT; POLITICS. 01 11 48 "PRESIDENT TRUMAN LEADS MARCH OF DIMES TRIBUTE TO FDR" |
| 01:10:34 1203.27 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN, HIS WIFE BESS, DAUGHTER MARGARET WITH BABY ON LAP, SIT AND POSE FOR GROUP SHOT WITH LARGE GROUP OF HOLLYWOOD ACTORS AND ACTRESSES, INCLUDING VAN JOHNSON, CEASAR ROMERO, EDDIE BRACKEN;
MARGARET O'BRIEN, WILLIAM BENDIX, REGINALD DENNY, ZACHARY SCOTT, COLUMNIST DOROTHY KILGALLEN AND OTHERS. PHILANTHROPY; BENEFIT; HOLLYWOOD; MOTION PICTURES |
| 01:10:39 1208.27 |
MARGARET TRUMAN CUTS AND SERVES PIECE OF CAKE TO VAN JOHNSON AND MARGARET O'BRIEN. BESS TRUMAN SERVES PIECE TO WILLIAM BENDIX AS OTHERS GATHER. CROWD WATCHING, WAVES. DAPPER CEASAR ROMERO IS SERVED CAKE BY BESS TRUMAN.
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| 01:11:01 1230.27 |
POST MASTER GENERAL BOB HANNIGAN PRESENTS PRESIDENT TRUMAN WITH NEW ROOSEVELT STAMP.
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| 01:11:10 1239.27 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN ADDRESSES NATION ON BEHALF OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS, "AN UNFINISHED TASK OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, IT MUST AND SHALL BE CARRIED TO COMPLETE VICTORY".
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| 01:11:23 1252.27 |
"PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS"
"LEWIS WELCOMED BACK TO A. F. OF L., BY GREEN" VARIOUS SCENES JOHN L. LEWIS WHO BOLTED UNION 10 YEARS AGO, RETURNS TO THE FOLD. |
| 01:11:41 1270.27 |
GREEN AND LEWIS SPEAK.
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| 01:11:57 1286.27 |
"GENERAL DONOVAN HONORED BY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
CARDINAL-ELECT SPELLMAN, ON BEHALF OF POPE PIUS XII (PHOTO IN BKGD), BESTOWS ORDER OF SAINT SYLVESTER MEDAL ON STRATEGIC WAR CHIEF DONOVAN SPELLMAN SPEAKS AS HE BESTOWS MEDAL. RELIGION; ROMAN CATHOLIC |
| 01:12:42 1331.27 |
"GENE TIERNEY'S PRINTS PLACED IN CEMENT"
VARIOUS SCENES ACADEMY AWARD WINNER JEAN TIERNEY PLACING HER HAND PRINTS, FOOT PRINTS AND SIGNATURE IN SID GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATER "WALK OF FAME". ELDERLY SID GRAUMAN HELPS HER. RECOGNITION FOR STAR OF MOVIE "LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN". MOTION PICTURES, HOLLYWOOD; THEATER. |
| 01:13:08 1357.27 |
"SUMMER SPORTS IN AUSTRALIA". "HEAT WAVE DOWN UNDER"
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| 01:13:14 1363.27 |
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CROWD THE BEACH. MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES OF PRETTY GIRLS, COUPLES LOUNGING ON BEACH CLOSE TOGETHER.
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| 01:13:29 1378.27 |
YOUNG MAN RUNS IN PLACE ON LARGE WHEEL WHICH SPINS AS FAST AS HE RUNS. HE FALLS INTO OCEAN BELOW. ANOTHER YOUTH LAYING ON STOMACH ON WHEEL DIVES INTO OCEAN AS WHEEL IS TURNED.
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| 01:13:37 1386.27 |
GROUP OF YOUNG SWIMMERS STANDING ON ROCKS ARE THROWN INTO SEA BY WAVES WHICH INUNDATE THE ROCKS.
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| 01:13:46 1395.27 |
"OCEAN SAILING RACE"
VETERAN YACHTSMEN IN SAILBOATS, LEAVE SIDNEY SHORE, HEAD OUT TO SEA FOR RIGOROUS 600 MILE RACE. VARIOUS SCENES OF YACHTS SAILING THE WAVES. |
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