VM-2059

AMERICANS WIN NEW BASES IN SOUTH PACIFIC AMERICAN BATTLE JAPANESE IN SOUTH PACIFIC JUNGLES OF ADMIRALTIES, SOLOMON AND MARIANA ISLANDS.

ANIMATED MAP SHOWS AMERICAN FORCES ATTACKING ISLAND OF MANUS IN THE ADMIRALTIES. MONTAGE U.S.
WARSHIPS BOMBARDING "LOS NEGROS," IN MANUS. TROOPS LAND, HEAD INLAND THROUGH JUNGLES.

GIS RUN OUT ON AIRFIELD. JAPANESE PLANES DAMAGED BEFORE THEY LEFT GROUND LIE ON AIRSTRIP.

JUNGLE OUTPOSTS GET SUPPLIES BY PARACHUTE GENERAL STILLWELL, FIGHTING IN BURMA JUNGLES, WATCHES WOUNDED BEING CARRIED TO FIELD HOSPITAL ON STRETCHERS.

GIANT TRANSPORT PLANES FLY OVER THICK MOUNTAIN JUNGLES AND DROPS SUPPLIES BY PARACHUTE.

MAP SHOWS BOUGANVILLE, IN SOLOMON ISLANDS, WHERE NATIVES FIGHTING WITH U.S. TROOPS ARE SUPPLIED BY AIR. RADIOMAN, DEEP IN JUNGLE OUTPOST, TAPS OUT A MESSAGE TO PLANES.

PRINCESS JULIANNA VISITS SOUTH AMERICAN COLONY AERIAL JULIANA'S MOTORCADE RIDES DOWN MAIN THOROUGHFARE ON ISLAND OF CURACAO IN SOUTH CARIBBEAN. CROWDS CHEER FROM WINDOWS AND STREETS.

MONTAGE PLANES FLY THROUGH A FLAK-FILLED SKY.
AERIAL MONTAGE BOMBS EXPLODING ON GROUND TARGETS

GROUND CREWMAN GAS UP BOMBERS AND THEY TAKE OFF AGAIN. CU BOMBS FALLING OUT OF BOMB-BAY RACKS OVER TARGET.

GI COMMUNICATIONS MAN AT SWITCHBOARD IN CELLAR.
HE TYPES ON TELETYPE MACHINE. GI USING VINTAGE TYPEWRITER. CU WALL FULL OF PIN-UPS.

AT BASE HOSPITAL, A NURSE GIVES A SMILING GI BACK MASSAGE. WOUNDED GIS ARE TAKEN ABOARD TRANSPORT SHIP ON STRETCHERS, FOR TRIP HOME.

COLORFUL DIVISION PASSES IN REVIEW BEFORE WAR MINISTER. BRAZIL WOMEN'S LEGION ALSO MARCH IN REVIEW.

SMALL JEEP GETS CLOGGED DOWN IN SAND DUNE. LARGE JEEP, LOADED WITH 10 MEN, SPEEDS RIGHT BY STUCK SMALLER ONE WITH NO TROUBLE.

BIGGEST SALT MINE WORKS FOR ALLIES GREAT SHOTS OF HUGE SALT MINE BEING WORKED IN NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA. CANADIAN MINERS WORK ON GREAT UNDERGROUND CLIFFS & MOUNTAINS 1200 FEET BELOW SURFACE, AT MALAGASH SALT MINES OF NOVA SCOTIA TO EXTRACT THE SALT.

MINERS BAG SALT FOR WAR. MINER SITS TO EAT SANDWICH, TAKES HANDFUL OF SALT FROM WALL &
SPRINKLES IT ON SANDWICH.

IN DEMONSTRATION OF TEAMWORK, THE GIRLS RUN FROM A STARTING POINT AND DRAG LARGE SPOOLS OF ROPE TO SEASIDE FOR USE IN RESCUE. 3 GIRLS DIVE INTO SEA TO TAKE ROPE TO VICTIM IN DISTRESS. REST OF GIRLS TOW IN THE VICTIM AND LIFE GUARDS.

AERIAL MONTAGE JAPANESE VESSELS ZIG-ZAG IN SEA TRYING TO AVOID AMERICAN DIVE BOMBERS, TRACER BULLETS RAVAGE THE SHIPS. 23 ARE SENT TO BOTTOM.

DIVE BOMBER WITH 1 WHEEL CRASH LANDS ON CARRIER WITH LITTLE DAMAGE TO PLANE, ALTHOUGH HE IS HURT.

U.S. SERVICEWOMEN HAIL SPRING FROM COAST TO COAST ARMY AND NAVY WOMEN TOUR WASHINGTON, DC, SEE CHERRY BLOSSOM TREES IN BLOOM. MONTAGE GIRLS POSE UNDER BLOSSOMS. VIEWS OF THE TREES

GI PLAYS WEDDING MARCH ON PIANO IN FIELDS OF DAFFODILS AS GI MARRIES WAC IN OUTDOOR CEREMONY AMID FLOWERS. ARMY CHAPLAIN PERFORMS CEREMONY AS DUTCH GIRLS AND COMPANY OF WACS WATCH.

50TH BIRTHDAY OF CINEMA RECALLS HISTORIC FILMS GREAT FILM CLIPS OF TURN-OF-CENTURY INCLUDE FILM OF THOMAS EDISON, HENRY FORD, TEDDY ROOSEVELT & HIS ROUGH RIDERS, COWBOY STAR WILLIAM S. HART, PEARL WHITE'S "PERILS OF PAULINE", CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG, SIDNEY DREW IN DRAMATIC FILM AND DAREDEVIL RUTH ROLLIN. OLD FILM CLIPS SHOW THOMAS EDISON TAKE FILM, WITH CAMERA AND TRIPOD, AS HIS FRIEND HENRY FORD SITS AND WATCHES.

OLD FILM OF BUSY BUSTLING BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY IN 1896, ONE OF 1ST FILMS, RECORDS HORSE DRAWN STREETCARS.

HORSE AND CARRIAGE WITH PRESIDENT TEDDY ROOSEVELT RIDES DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE IN INAUGURAL PARADE OF 1905.

CROWD OF GIRLS AT THE BEACH WEARING THEIR VINTAGE SWIM SUITS IN A BEAUTY PARADE. THE GIRLS MODEL THEIR SUITS AS THEY WALK ALONG POOLSIDE.

MAN WINDS UP HIS MODEL-T FORD CAUSING IT TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE WOMEN PASSENGERS FROM SIDE TO SIDE.

FILM HERO, COWBOY, WILLIAM S. HART, KING OF WESTERNS, DRAMATICALLY APPROACHES CAMERA IN FILM SCENE.

PEARL WHITE CLIMBS OUT OF WINDOW IN SCENE FROM HER "PERILS OF PAULINE" SERIES.

ENGLAND SEES AIRBORNE TROOPS READY FOR TEST

PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL AND GENERAL IKE ARE AMONG LEADERS WATCHING EVENT FROM STANDS.

NEW PLANE BREAKS SPEED RECORD IN 1ST U.S. FLIGHT MONTAGE MEN AND WOMEN PASSENGERS BOARD LOCKHEED "CONSTELLATION", WORLD'S LARGEST LAND BASED PUBLIC TRANSPORT PLANE FOR ITS 1ST PUBLIC FLIGHT, A NON-STOP HOP, 2600 MILES ACROSS U. S.

HOWARD HUGHES AND JACK FRY, PLANES CO-PILOTS ARE WELCOMED AT WASHINGTON, D. C. AIRPORT

U.S. MISSIONARY IN ALASKA ADOPTS 20 CHILDREN 20 BOYS AND GIRLS RANGING FROM 2 YEARS TO 18 WALK SINGLE FILE, ACCORDING TO AGE AND HEIGHT

LARGE FAMILY SITS TO EAT AT LARGE PICNIC TABLE IN BACK YARD. MOM AND DAD POSE WITH "CHILDREN" ON FRONT PORCH STEPS.

WOMEN ON ASSEMBLY LINE, REMOVE EGGS FROM CONVEYOR AND BREAK THEM IN A BREAKING ROOM ALONG WITH DOZENS OF OTHER WOMEN WORKERS.

EGGS PASS INTO HUGE CONE SHAPE DRYER & HEATED TO 250 DEGREES. LIQUID IS SPRAYED & BECOMES POWDER.
POWDER IS POURED INTO SHIPPING CARTONS LINED WITH PLASTIC BAGS.

VESUVIUS IN ERUPTION DRAMATIC FILM OF ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS AND DESTRUCTION OF TOWN OF SAN SEBASTIANO BY LAVA FLOW. HUGE CLOUDS OF SMOKE AND VOLCANIC ASH FILL THE SKY ABOVE MOUTH OF VESUVIUS. PAN SKYWARDS.

MONTAGE GIANT WALL OF LAVA, IN SOME PLACES 30 FEET HIGH, SURGES IRRESISTIBLY FORWARD THROUGH FIELD AND FARM TOWARDS VILLAGES OF SAN SEBASTIANO AND MASSA DE SOMA.

MONTAGE CONCRETE HOMES AND STRUCTURES CRUMBLE AND BURN AS SMOKING MOLTEN ROCK PRESSES FORWARD. PAN ENTIRE BUILDINGS CRUMBLE AND FALL.

MONTAGE ITALIAN VILLAGERS CARRY RELIGIOUS STATUE DOWN STREET AND PRAY FOR SALVATION AS THEY FOLLOW IN PROCESSION.

OLD VILLAGERS STACK THEIR HOUSEHOLD POSSESSIONS ONTO CART. WOMAN WITH CHILD IN ARMS WALKS ALONGSIDE OLD WOMAN CARRYING HUGE BUNDLE OF POSSESSIONS ON HER HEAD.