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Doolittle's Raid
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COLOR FILM JIMMY DOOLITTLE'S 16 B-25 MEDIUM BOMBERS, TAKING OFF FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIERS ON APRIL 18, 1942, FOR DARING FIRST EVER BOMBING RAID OF TOKYO IN EARLY STAGES OF WWII.
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES B-25s IN FLIGHT AFTER TAKE OFF FROM CARRIER. AS SEEN FROM WARSHIP ACCOMPANYING CARRIER.
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SAILOR CLASPS HANDS OVERHEAD IN GESTURE OF GOOD LUCK, ANOTHER WAVES FLAG AS BOTH LOOK SKYWARD.
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Battle of Midway
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BATTLE OF MIDWAY ISLAND IN AFTERMATH OF TOKYO BOMBING AS JAPANESE SEEK TO AVENGE BOMBING.
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NAVY OFFICER, BACK TO CAMERA, PEERS AT MIDWAY ISLAND THROUGH BINOCULARS FROM SHIP. PAN MIDWAY.
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TWO PT BOATS ALONGSIDE TUG BOAT IN MIDWAY HARBOR.
SAILORS ON DECKS OF ALL THREE. ONE PT BOAT PULLS AWAY. |
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TWO PBY SEARCH SEAPLANES ARE SERVICED BY SAILORS IN SWIM SUITS. PBY GOES DOWN BOAT RAMP VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS PBY PLANE IN FLIGHT IN SEARCH OF JAPANESE INVASION FORCE.
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FIGHTER PLANES IN AIR OVER MIDWAY ISLAND. CAMOUFLAGED DESTROYER ESCORT IN MIDWAY HARBOR.
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CREW MEMBERS WALK TO B-17 FLYING FORTRESS ON AIRSTRIP ON MIDWAY ISLAND. B-17 BOMBER TAXIS BEFORE TAKE OFF TO ATTACK JAPANESE FLEET HEADING TOWARDS MIDWAY.
B-17s TAKING OFF. |
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NAVY OFFICER PLAYING ACCORDION AS OTHERS WATCHES AS OTHERS PASS TIME IN THEIR OWN WAY AS THEY WAIT FOR INEVITABLE JAPANESE ATTACK.
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U.S. MARINES (WWI HELMETS) PARADE TO COMBAT POSITIONS AS RADAR PICKS UP INCOMING PLANES. CU FLAG BEARERS CARRYING U.S., MARINE FLAGS, LEAD PARADE.
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MARINE IN BUNKER, PEERS SKYWARD THROUGH BINOCULARS, AT ATTACKING ENEMY PLANES. JAPANESE PLANES IN SKY. CU FIRING MACHINE GUN BARREL JUTTING SKYWARD FROM BUNKER. BEACH, OCEAN IN BKGD
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PUFFS OF BLACK FLAK FROM ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE AND BURNING JAPANESE PLANE IN SKY OVER OCEAN. MARINES IN SAND BAG BUNKER FIRING MACHINE GUN, RIFLES, AT ATTACKING PLANES.
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TWO U.S. FIGHTER PLANES TAKE OFF FROM MIDWAY TO ENGAGE ENEMY. HEAVY BLACK SMOKE RISING FROM ISLAND.
JAPANESE FIGHTER ZIPS BY. CU MACHINE GUN FIRING |
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FACES OF MARINES AS THEY FIRE MACHINE GUN FROM BUNKER. MCU ENEMY BOMB EXPLODING CLOSE BY.
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MONTAGE INTENSE FIRE, BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM BURNING HANGERS AND BUILDINGS.
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JAPANESE BOMBER FLYING OVERHEAD. CU NEAR CAMERA EXPLOSION, SPLINTERS, DEBRIS RISING. PILOTS, SAILORS, RUNNING AMID BURNING PLANES, BUILDINGS.
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SAILORS SIT STRADDLING BOMBS BEING TRANSPORTED TO PLANES VIA STRING OF LOW TRAILERS. SEEN THROUGH WINDSHIELDS OF VEHICLE.
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GROUND CREWMEN RUSH TO REMOVE BOMBS FROM UNDER WING OF HEAVILY DAMAGED PLANE, BEFORE THEY EXPLODE.
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IN CHAOTIC SCENE, MARINES RUNNING ACROSS AIRFIELD AMID DAMAGED, BURNING U.S. PLANES. SOME STOP TO TAKE RIFLE SHOTS AT ATTACKING PLANES OVERHEAD.
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MARINES RAISE AMERICAN FLAG OVER SMOKE-FILLED AIRFIELD. AMERICAN FLAG FLYING ON HIGH POLE AS THICK BLACK SMOKE BILLOWS SKYWARD IN BKGD.
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MARINE MACHINE GUNNERS FIRING THEIR WEAPON SKYWARD.
JAPANESE PLANE PLUNGES TO EARTH, EXPLODES. HUGE FIREBALL, THICK BLACK SMOKE BILLOWS FROM OIL STORAGE TANK. MARINES WATCH DESTROYED ENEMY BOMBER BURN ON GROUND. CU JAPANESE WING EMBLEM BURNS SYMBOLICALLY. |
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PLANES ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER REV ENGINES. MONTAGE CARRIER PLANES TAKING OFF. VIEW OF CARRIER AS SEEN FROM PLANE AFTER TAKE-OFF. SQUADRON U.S. DIVE BOMBERS IN FLIGHT ON WAY TO ATTACK MIDWAY INVASION FORCE. TWO SEATER U.S. DIVE BOMBER, WITH MACHINE GUNNER IN REAR SEAT, IN FLIGHT
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TORPEDO PLANE DIVES LOW, DROPS TORPEDO IN WATER.
MONTAGE AERIAL VARIOUS VIEWS BOMBS EXPLODING ON, AROUND, JAPANESE CARRIERS DURING BATTLE. 3 OUT OF 4 WERE DESTROYED IN 5 MINUTES. |
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MONTAGE BATTERY OF ANT-AIRCRAFT GUNS FIRING INTENSELY FROM U.S. CARRIER, OTHER WARSHIPS UNDER ATTACK BY JAPANESE PLANES. CU JAPANESE PASSES CLOSE TO CAMERA, ANOTHER BURNING PLANE PASSES CLOSE TO CAMERA..
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SMOKE RISES FROM USS CARRIER "YORKTOWN" AFTER BEING MORTALLY HIT BY ATTACKING JAPANESE PLANES.
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LAST JAPANESE CARRIER IN MIDWAY INVASION FORCE RECEIVES DIRECT HIT FROM U.S. PLANES.
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TWO-SEATER U.S. DIVE BOMBER HEADS HOME AFTER CHANGING COURSE OF WAR IN PACIFIC. THEY HAVE DEALT JAPANESE ITS FIRST NAVAL DEFEAT I 300 YEARS.
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UNIDENTIFIED U.S. PILOT REMOVES PILOT HAT, PREPARES TO CLIMB OUT OF FIGHTER PLANE HAVING 7 JAPANESE FLAGS (KILLS) PAINTED OUTSIDE COCKPIT
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CU ANOTHER PILOT IN HIS COCKPIT RAISES FOUR FINGERS, INDICATING FOUR "KILLS", BEFORE CLIMBING OUT OF PLANE. THREE PILOTS POSE TOGETHER.
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ONE OF 140 U.S. PLANES FLOATS ON SEA BEFORE BEFORE SINKING, ATTESTING TO FACT THAT VICTORY CAME AT NO SMALL COST TO U.S.
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MONTAGE U.S. FLIERS BEING HELPED OUT OF PBY'S AFTER BEING RESCUED AT SEA, SOME IN STRETCHES.
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MARINES STAND AT ATTENTION OVER FLAG DRAPED BODIES OF COMRADES AS BUGLER PLAYS "TAPS" ON DECK OF CARRIER.
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Guadalcanal
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COLOR FILM INVASION OF GUADALCANAL, AUGUST, 1942.
VIEW OF MOUNTAINOUS ISLAND AS SEEN FROM U.S. TROOPSHIP. LANDING CRAFT FILL SEA. COMMANDER OF INVASION FORCE, MAJOR GENERAL ALEXANDER MCGRIFF, ON DECK OF WARSHIP, WITH OTHER OFFICERS. |
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MARINES CLIMB DOWN ROPE NETS ONTO LANDING CRAFTS ALONGSIDE TROOPSHIP. TROOPS CROWD ONTO BEACH AS SUPPLIES POUR IN.
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TROOPS USE DAISY-CHAIN METHOD TO TAKE SUPPLIES FROM BOATS TO SHORE.
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North Africa
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BATTLE FOR NORTH AFRICA TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS WALK WITH ARAB MAN IN NORTH-
AFRICAN DESERT. THREE PYRAMIDS IN BKGD. GI WEARING SUN HELMET WALKS ALONG DESERT, TURNS AROUND TO TAKE GLIMPSE OF FORTRESS IN BKGD. |
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PAN OF AGING ANCIENT RUINS AT EL ALAMEIN, EGYPT ALONG MEDITERRANEAN SEA, WHICH BRITISH TOOK FROM GERMANS, AS THEY PUSHED THEM WEST.
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AMERICAN ARTILLERY BATTERIES SEND UP CLOUDS OF SMOKE IN DESERT AFTER ALLIED TROOPS UNDER GENERAL IKE EISENHOWER INVADED WEST COAST OF NORTH AFRICA. 10/42.
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ADVANCING U.S. GI'S PICK UP MACHINE GUN, RUN FORWARD.
HUGE ENEMY SHELL BURSTS IN EXACT SPOT THEY JUST LEFT. TANKS, FOLLOWED BY GI'S RUNNING BEHIND IN DESERT BRUSH, KICK UP DUST. |
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U.S. OFFICER SIGNALS FOR ARTILLERY FIRE, WITH CAMERA ON TRIPOD RECORDING EVENT IN COLOR. ALL COWER AS SHELL BURST NEARBY SENDS CLOUD UP SMOKE.
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GI RIFLEMEN, BACKS TO CAMERA, FOLLOW BEHIND TANK FOR PROTESTIVE COVER, STOP AS TANK STOPS MORE OF ADVANCING TANKS, GIs AMID SHELL BURSTS. MONTAGE MORE OF SAME.
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TANK FIRES FROM HILL. SHELL BURST FROM TANK SENDS CLOUD OF SMOKE, DIRT SKYWARD. ENEMY SHELL EXPLOSION.
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PAN LARGE, OLD EGYPTIAN WOODEN SAILBOAT, SMALL BOY SITTING ON DECK.
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ABOVE PAN HUGE PORT CITY, (BIZERTE OR TUNIS) (?), ALONG MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
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Tarawa
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BATTLE OF TARAWA IN COLOR ALLIED FIRST MAJOR OFFENSIVE AGAINST JAPANESE IN CENTRAL PACIFIC. AMERICAN MARINES BOARDING TROOPSHIPS. 10/20/43. LONG LINE OF TROOPSHIPS, WARSHIPS SAILING TO TARAWA.
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ABOVE SHOT DOZENS MARINE OFFICERS, ENCIRCLE THREE DIMENSIONAL SCALE MODEL OF ISLAND, AS ONE USES
POINTER TO PLOT LANDING. VIEW OF SCALE MODEL, COMPLETE WITH LANDING STRIP, HILLS. ALLIES WANT AIRSTRIP, WHATEVER THE COST. |
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HIGH ANGLE NAVAL OFFICER PLOTS LANDING ON BLACKBOARD ON SHIP DECK
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CU MACHINE GUN SHELLS BEING BELTED BY HAND-HELD MACHINE. SHIRTLESS SAILOR CLEANING DECK MACHINE GUN WITH BRUSH, AS PREPARATIONS ARE MADE FOR ACTION.
MARINE GUN CREW TEST MACHINE GUN BY FIRING INTO SEA. |
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MARINES DOING CALISTHENICS (IN PLACE JOGGING) ON SHIP DECK. CU GRIM FACES OF MARINES AS THEY ATTEND CHURCH SERVICES ON DECK. PRIEST, BACK TO CAMERA, HOLDS SERVICES. HIGH ANGLE SAME
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HIGH ANGLE OF MARINES BOARDING LANDING CRAFT ALONGSIDE SHIP. LANDING CRAFT MOVES AWAY FROM SHIP.
SEVERAL LANDING CRAFTS START TOWARDS ISLAND. |
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MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS WARSHIPS BOMBARDING ISLAND TO SOFTEN DEFENSES. U.S. DIVE BOMBERS ATTACKING ISLAND.
LANDING CRAFT MOVING IN UNDER INTENSE FIRE, HEAVY SEAS. |
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MONTAGE FACES OF MARINES IN LANDING CRAFT
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LANDING CRAFT GETS HUNG UP AS TIDE IS MISJUDGED. ELS MARINES HAVE TO WADE INTO SHORE IN CHEST HIGH WATER, INTENSE ENEMY FIRE.
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PAN MARINES LIE IN FOX HOLES, ON THE GROUND, AS 4500 ELITE JAPANESE TROOPS KEEPS INVASION FORCE PINNED DOWN.
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MARINES KEEP THEIR HEADS DOWN AS THEY TRY TO PULL OUT WOUNDED, DEAD COMRADES PILED ON BEACH. SO MANY, THAT ARMY TANKS COULDN'T COME ASHORE WITHOUT RUNNING OVER BODIES.
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MARINE RUNNING ONE-AT-A-TIME IN CROUCHED POSITIONS, ACROSS ONLY ONE TENTH OF A MILE OF BEACH HELD BY ALLIED FORCES. THAT ONE TENTH MILE OF BEACH COST MARINES ON THIRD OF INITIAL FORCE OF 5000. MARINE FIRES HIS RIFLE FROM BEHIND BUILDING AS TWO OTHERS LOAD UP.
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PAN DEAD BODIES AMID SMOLDERING TREE BRANCHES, DEBRIS. FOUR MARINES CROUCH AS THEY CARRY BODY OF MARINE ON STRETCHER. PAN MARINES LYING ON GROUND DO TO INTENSE FIRE. MARINE, BACK TO CAMERA, FIRES HIS RIFLE INTO JUNGLE.
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MARINE FIRES RIFLE GRENADE INTO BUNKER AS ANOTHER FIRES FLAME THROWER. EXPLOSION COVERS AREA IN SMOKE.
JAPANESE SOLDIERS RUN OUT OF BUNKER, ACROSS BATTLEFIELD AS MARINES IN FRGD FIRE AT THEM. |
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THREE MARINES SLOWLY, QUIETLY, APPROACH UNDERGROUND BUNKER, RIFLES, PISTOL READY TO FIRE, MARINES CAREFULLY CLIMB TO HILLTOP, USE FLAME THROWER TO SHOWER TOP WITH FLAMES BEFORE THEY GET THERE. ONE THROWS GRENADE. EXPLOSION ENSUES.
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MARINE WITH OPEN CRATE OF HAND GRENADES PREPARES TO GIVE MORE TO COMRADE WHO TOSSES ONE OVER TOP OF HILL.
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PAN GRAPHIC VIEW BODIES OF DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS SCATTERED ON GROUND AMID PALM LEAVES, DEBRIS.
JAPANESE SOLDIERS LITERALLY FOUGHT TO LAST MAN ON TARAWA. |
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MARINE CARRYING WOUNDED COMRADE IN BACK SEAT, DRIVES JEEP ON BUMPY GROUND TOWARDS CAMERA. REMAINS OF PALM TREES WITH DROOPING FRONDS IN BKGD ATTEST TO FEROCITY OF BATTLE
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00:23:09 1362 |
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MARINE HOLDS BANDAGE TO JAW AS HE COMES IN FOR ASSISTANCE.
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U.S. LANDING CRAFT COMMANDEERED BY JAPANESE SOLDIERS, FIRING ITS GUNS ON MARINES, IS HIT BY ALLIED SHELL WHO SILENCE IT WITH DIRECT HIT.
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MARINE UNWRAPS, DROPS SHELLS INTO MORTAR,
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TWO SHIRTLESS MARINES HAVE GRIM TASK OF COLLECTING DOG TAGS OFF DOZENS OF BODIES OF COMRADES SCATTERED ON BEACH. MONTAGE PAN GRAPHIC VIEW DEAD ON BEACH, SOME FLOATING, BOBBING IN WATER.
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HIGH ANGLE FLAG DRAPED BODY OF MARINE BURIED AT SEA.
AS CROWD OF SAILORS, MARINES WATCH WRAPPED BODY SLIDES OUT FROM UNDER U.S. FLAG, INTO SEA. RIFLE SQUAD FIRES VOLLEY INTO AIR. |
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MONTAGE BULLDOZERS BEING USED TO DESTROY THE FORTIFICATIONS USED BY ENEMY
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SEVERAL OF THE ONLY 17 OUT OF FORCE OF 4500 JAPANESE TAKEN PRISONER ALONG WITH 129 KOREAN FORCED LABORERS, ARE GUARDED AS THEY WALK WITH HANDS UP.
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MARINE MEDIC PATCHES UP JAPANESE PRISONER.
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ALLIED FIGHTER PLANES LANDS ON HARD-WON AIRSTRIP
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MARINES SALUTE AS FLAG IS RAISED. 4 MEDALS OF HONOR WERE AWARDED, 3 POSTHUMOUSLY.
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BATTLE HARDENED MARINES MARCH TOWARDS CAMERA.
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Los Alamos, New Mexico
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00:26:36 1569 |
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A-BOMB: BUILDING AND TESTING FIRST A-BOMB AT LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO. 12/42. MANHATTAN PROJECT
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PAN ARMY TRUCKS, CARS AND OTHER VEHICLES PARKED AROUND AND NEAR BARRACK-TYPE BUILDINGS AT SITE A-BOMB BUILDING SITE.
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"FAT MAN", (NICKNAME GIVEN FIRST A-BOMB), BEING TRANSPORTED TO TEST SITE IN DESERT BY FLATBED TRUCK, LED, FOLLOWED, BY BULLDOZERS.
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WORKERS ATTACH "FAT-MAN" TO BLOCK AND TACKLE ATTACHED TO TOP OF HUGE HIGH TOWER. TILT DOWN HUGE TOWER WITH TENT AT BASE COVERING THE GOINGS ON
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SCIENTISTS MAKE FINAL ADJUSTMENTS TO DETONATION DEVICE IN "FAT-MAN" BEFORE BOMB IS LIFTED TO PLATFORM AT TOP OF TOWER. DR. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER WATCHES.
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VARIOUS VIEWS BALL SHAPED "FAT-BOY" SLOWLY RISING TO TOP OF 100 FOOT TOWER. CU "FAT-MAN"
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PAN SCIENTIST STANDS NEXT TO FAT-MAN, ATTACHED WITH MANY WIRES, TUBES, ATOP TOWER.
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A-BOMB EXPLODES: BLINDING FLASH, THEN HUGE MUSHROOM CLOUD COMES INTO VIEW ON THE HORIZON RISING 41,000 FEET INTO SKY. CU APOCALYPTIC FIRE, CLOUDS BILLOWING SKYWARD.
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V2 Rocket Facility at Peenemunde
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GERMANY'S V-2 ROCKET: CAPTURED GERMAN FILM SHOW TESTING AND FIRING OF GERMANY'S ULTIMATE WEAPON.
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TILT UP V-2 ROCKET ON LAUNCHING PAD AT SITE AT PEENEMUNDE. SOLDIERS, SCIENTISTS AT BASE OF MISSILE HAVING DISCUSSIONS.
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SLOW TILT UP FROM GROUND TO TOP OF V-2 MISSILE, MECHANIC ON LADDER WORKS ON WARHEAD.
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00:30:00 1773 |
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GERMAN SCIENTIST WERNER VON BRAUN AT SITE WITH GERMAN HIGH RANKING OFFICERS, OTHER SCIENTISTS IN CONVERSATION AT THE SITE.
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00:30:17 1790 |
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MISSLE FAILURE: V-2 ROCKET IGNITES, LIFTS FROM PAD.
SUDDEN EXPLOSION AT THE TAIL END AND ROCKET FALLS TO EARTH, EXPLODES IN A GIANT FIREBALL. PAN OF DESTRUCTION AROUND SITE CAUSED BY FAILURE. PAN WORKERS, SOLDIERS, VIEW HUGE CRATER CAUSED BY EXPLOSION. |
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MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS SERIES OF SUCCESSFUL LAUNCHES OF V-2 ROCKETS..
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00:31:45 1878 |
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V-2 ROCKET LIFTS OFF PAD, DEVELOPS TROUBLE, VEERS CRAZILY IN SKY, PLUMMETS TO GROUND. ROCKET FAILURE
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00:32:03 1896 |
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Aircraft Carriers of Pacific
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00:32:15 1908 |
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U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS:
SEVERAL CARRIERS AT SEA. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS CHANGED HOW NAVAL WARFARE WAS FOUGHT. |
00:32:31 1924 |
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CU HUGE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ANCHOR'S RISING OUT OF SEA.
THOUSANDS OF SAILORS, CARRIER CREW, MINGLE ABOUT ON DECK OF CARRIER. |
00:32:46 1939 |
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SAILORS IN SWIM SUITS STAND ON LONG OUTRIGGER PROJECTING FROM DECK OF CARRIER HIGH ABOVE OCEAN.
THEY WATCH SAILOR IN BKGD DO A SWAN DIVE OFF SPRINGBOARD EXTENDED OVER FLIGHT DECK. |
00:32:59 1953 |
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SAILORS IN SWIM TRUNKS, CROWDED INTO TWO RUBBER LIFE RAFTS ALONGSIDE CARRIER, FROLIC AROUND IN RAFT AND SEA.
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00:33:05 1958 |
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SAILORS AT SODA FOUNTAIN ON CARRIER, ARE SERVED SODA POP. SAILOR READS BOOK IN CARRIER LIBRARY. SAILOR TAKES NAP ON COT IN CARRIER SLEEPING QUARTERS.
OFFICERS EATING CHOW IN CARRIER DINING ROOM |
00:33:21 1974 |
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CU SAILOR WITH HAT OVER EYES CATCHES NAP IN CHAIR, OTHERS LOUNGE AROUND READING MAIL, SHAVING AS BOREDOM IS FELT BETWEEN MISSIONS
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00:33:40 1993 |
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MONTAGE NAVY DIVE BOMBERS, FIGHTER PLANES CIRCA 1941, TAKING OFF FROM CARRIER DECK.
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00:33:52 2005 |
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AERIAL VIEW U.S. FIGHTER PLANE FIRING AT JAPANESE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE, AS SEEN FROM GUN CAMERAS OF FIGHTER. PLANE CRASHES IN SEA FOLLOWED BY GIANT FIREBALL.
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00:34:20 2033 |
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MONTAGE CARRIER CREWS CLEAN, ASSEMBLE MACHINE GUNS, BELT 50 CALIBER SHELLS PLACE TRACER SHELL EVERY SECOND SHELL. BOMBS ARE LOADED UNDER DIVE BOMBERS.
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00:34:32 2045 |
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CU OFFICER ON PHONE, "PILOTS MAN YOUR PLANES .."
MONTAGE PILOTS FILE OUT TO FLIGHT DECK, RUN TO, BOARD PLANES. GROUND CREWS TURN STIFF PROPS BY HAND. DOZENS OF PLANES REVVING ENGINES, SOME STILL WITH FOLDED WINGS. |
00:35:11 2084 |
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PLANES TAKE OFF TO PROTECT CARRIER TASK FORCE FROM ATTACKING JAPANESE PLANES. SQUADRON IN FLIGHT.
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00:35:13 2086 |
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WARSHIP UNDER ATTACK, FLAK PUFFS IN SKY ABOVE WARSHIP. EXPLOSION ON U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN DISTANCE, AFTER BEING HIT BY BOMB.
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00:35:28 2101 |
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MONTAGE GROUND CREWS SILHOUETTED BY FLAMES AT NIGHT, WORK FEVERISHLY TRYING TO EXTINGUISH FLAMES ON PLANES CAUGHT ON DECK.
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TRACER BULLETS FILL NIGHT SKY.
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00:35:53 2126 |
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GRAPHIC VIEW OF ENEMY PLANE WITH ONE ENGINE ON FIRE HEADING TOWARDS CARRIER, HITS WATER FIRST THEN BOW AS IT EXPLODES. AS SEEN FROM DECK OF CARRIER.
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MONTAGE AERIAL COLOR SHOTS U.S. PLANES STRAFING, BOMBING JAPANESE SHIPPING, INCLUDING CARGO AND WARSHIPS, SOME EXPLODING. AS SEEN FROM GUN CAMERAS ON U.S. FIGHTERS.
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00:37:20 2213 |
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MONTAGE SHIRTLESS FLAGMEN DIRECT PLANES TO LANDINGS ON CARRIER DECK. SOME PLANES CRASH LAND ON DECK.
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00:37:35 2228 |
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PLANE WITH TAILPIECE BLOWN OFF LANDS. FIRE ENGULFS PLANE AFTER LANDING. FIRE CREW FIGHTS FLAMES.
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00:38:09 2262 |
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HIGH ANGLE CREW MEN RISKING THEIR LIVES RUN OUT TO ASSIST PILOT OUT OF PLANE WITH BURNING ENGINE.
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00:38:34 2287 |
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PLANE SWAYING FROM SIDE TO SIDE COMES IN FOR FAST LANDING IS TORN IN HALF BUT LANDS SAFELY.
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00:38:48 2301 |
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CREWMEN REMOVE BLOODIED WOUNDED FLYER FROM PLANE.
BLOOD STAINS COVER WINDSHIELD |
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PLANE WITH ONE LANDING GEAR COMES IN FOR LANDING, TOWARDS CAMERA, SLIDES TO A STOP ON DECK. ANOTHER PLANE SMASHES INTO CARRIER SUPERSTRUCTURE AFTER LANDING ON DECK.
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00:39:17 2330 |
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HIGH ANGLE GROUND CREWS, OFFICERS, WATCH WOUNDED PILOT BEING CARRIED ON STRETCHER.
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00:39:23 2336 |
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PLANE WITH ONE LANDING GEAR VEERS OFF LANDS IN WATER, SAILORS, BACK OF HEADS TO CAMERA, WATCH IN FRGD.
ANOTHER PLANE DOES BELLY LANDING ON DECK, SKIDS TOWARDS CAMERA (CU) AND SAILORS WHO BARELY GET OUT OF WAY. |
00:39:54 2367 |
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DAMAGED PLANE IS PUSHED OVERBOARD TO CLEAR DECK FOR OTHER LANDINGS. PLANE COMES IN TOO FAST LANDS ON DECK, SMASHES INTO SUPERSTRUCTURE, BREAKS UP, COMES TO REST AS PILOT SITTING IN COCKPIT, NON-CHALANTLY TAKES OFF SEAT BELT, CLIMBS OUT UN-HARMED
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00:40:27 2400 |
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FLAG-COVERED BODIES OF SEVERAL PILOTS KILLED IN BATTLE ARE LAYED OUT ON DECK FOR BURIAL AT SEA.
THOUSANDS OF CREW MEMBERS, PILOTS STAND ON DECK FOR CEREMONY. MARINE HONOR GUARD FIRES RIFLES AS SAILORS STAND WITH HEADS BOWED. |
00:40:44 2418 |
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The Memphis Belle
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00:40:54 2428 |
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"MEMPHIS BELLE": B-17 FLYING FORTRESS, STATIONED IN ENGLAND, GOES ON 25TH AND LAST BOMBING MISSION OVER GERMANY. (EXCERPTS FROM WILLIAM WYLER'S FILM "MEMPHIS BELLE")
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00:40:59 2433 |
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MONTAGE VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS OF B-17 FLYING FORTRESS ON ENGLISH AIRFIELD.
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00:41:09 2442 |
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GROUND CREWMEN SERVICING B-17 IN FRONT OF HANGAR. CU ONE MAN POLISHES GLASS BUBBLE ON NOSE GUNNERS WINDOW AS ANOTHER TESTS MACHINE GUN MECHANISM. CU AERIAL BOMB BEING CARRIED OUT BY GROUND CREW, TOWARDS CAMERA.
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00:41:18 2451 |
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BOMBER CREWS ENTER BRIEFING ROOM. OFFICER USES POINTER ON WALL MAP, TO DESCRIBE MISSION. PAN PILOTS TAKING NOTES.
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00:41:56 2490 |
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ENTIRE CREW OF "MEMPHIS BELLE" PILED ONTO JEEP, SOME SIT ON FRONT HOOD, SOME STAND ON REAR BUMPER FOR RIDE TO PLANE. THEY ALL PILE OUT, WALK TO "MEMPHIS BELLE", AS IT IS BEING SERVICED BY GROUND CREW.
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00:42:19 2512 |
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CAPTAIN OF THE B-17 BRIEFS HIS CREW, THEN THEY ALL CLIMB INTO PLANE. CU ENGINE OF "MEMPHIS BELLE"
REVVING UP. CU PAN ENGINES REVVING UP TO LONG LINE OF BOMBS PAINTED ON FUSELAGE, THEN TO SCANTILY CLAD PIN- UP GIRL. AND NAME "MEMPHIS BELLE" |
00:42:37 2530 |
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LONG LINE OF BOMBERS FACING CAMERA WITH ENGINES REVVING UP. MONTAGE CU VARIETY OF NAMES AND CHARACTERS PAINTED ON B-17 FUSELAGES INCLUDE: "DAME SATAN", CARTOON OF ADOLPH HITLER, SEXY PIN-UP GIRL, AND OTHERS, ALL PAINTED ON FUSELAGE OF B-17s.
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00:43:09 2562 |
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MONTAGE B-17s TAKING OFF ON MISSION. VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS SQUADRONS OF B-17 FLYING FORTRESSES IN FLIGHT.
VAPOR TRAILS FOLLOW SQUADRONS. |
00:43:33 2586 |
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VIEW OF SQUADRON AS SEEN THROUGH GUNNER'S BOMB SIGHT, TARGET SIGHT.
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00:44:29 2642 |
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CU FACE SHOT BOMBARDIER IN HELMET AND OXYGEN MASK.
AERIAL VIEW OF GROUND. |
00:44:39 2652 |
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OMINOUS PUFFS OF BLACK FLAK FILL SKY. SKY FULL OF DANGEROUS FLAK AS SEEN FROM WINDOW OF B-17. VOICE OVER PILOT TALKING TO BOMBARDIER.
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00:45:10 2683 |
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MACHINE GUNNER FIRING AT ATTACKING GERMAN FIGHTERS.
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00:45:29 2702 |
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AERIAL VIEW TARGET AS SEEN BY BOMBARDIER. MONTAGE VARIOUS VIEWS BOMBS FALLING OUT OF BOMB BAYS OF B-
17s. AERIAL VIEWS EXPLOSIONS ON GROUND. BOMBARDIER GESTURES OK SIGN. |
00:46:26 2759 |
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MONTAGE B-17 SIDE, TAIL AND NOSE GUNNERS FIRING MACHINE GUNS AT GERMAN PLANES.
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00:46:51 2784 |
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B-17 WITH ENGINE SMOKING. GERMAN PLANES ATTACKING.
B-17 ROLLS OVER, GOES INTO NOSE DIVE. CREW MEMBERS SEEN BAILING OUT. |
00:48:07 2860 |
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AIRMEN AT AIR BASE LOOK SKYWARD FOR SIGNS OF RETURNING B-17s. FEMALE WAC SITS ON STONE WALL LOOKING SKYWARD THROUGH BINOCULARS, AS DO OTHERS LEANING OUT OF CONTROL TOWER WINDOWS LOOKING SKYWARD.
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00:48:27 2880 |
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ONE BY ONE B-17s COME IN FOR LANDINGS. MONTAGE BLOODIED WOUNDED AIRMEN ARE HELPED TO AMBULANCES.
DEAD AIRMAN IS WRAPPED IN BLANKET. |
00:49:00 2913 |
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CREWMEN B-17 POSE BY PLANE. TILT UP TO TAIL, HALF SHOT OFF. MONTAGE PLANES WITH VARIETY OF DAMAGES.
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00:49:33 2946 |
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CU WHEELS OF "MEMPHIS BELLE" MAKE CONTACT WITH GROUND ON LANDING. LONG LINE OF AIRMEN ON GROUND WATCH "MEMPHIS BELLE" LAND. AS SEEN FROM WINDOW OF PLANE.
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00:49:53 2966 |
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MONTAGE CREWMEN WAVE FROM PLANE SIDE WINDOW NOSE GUNNERS WINDOW AFTER BEATING ODDS, COMPLETING 25 MISSIONS.
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00:50:13 2986 |
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"MEMPHIS BELLE" CREWMAN GETS OUT OF PLANE, KISSES GROUND. PILOT AND CREW ARE CONGRATULATED BY COMRADES.
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00:50:28 3001 |
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CREWMAN IS LIFTED ON SHOULDERS OF COMRADES SO HE CAN KISS "MEMPHIS BELLE" PIN-UP, PAT HER REAR END.
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00:50:33 3006 |
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Hitler at Berchtesgaden
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00:50:44 3018 |
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EXCERPTS OF HITLER MISTRESS EVA BRAUN'S COLOR HOME MOVIES AT HITLER'S RETREAT IN BERCHTESGADEN, BAVARIA.
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00:50:46 3020 |
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HITLER WITH CANE, AND UNIDENTIFIED CIVILIAN WALK ALONG SNOW COVERED TRAIL IN MOUNTAIN RETREAT.
MOUNTAIN RANGE IN BKGD. |
00:50:48 3022 |
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UNIFORMED HITLER LEANS ON CANE AS HE SPEAKS WITH THREE YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING EVA. OTHER YOUNG MEN, WOMEN JOIN IN. SNOW COVERED GROUNDS, GERMAN OFFICERS IN BKGD.
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00:50:59 3033 |
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EVA BRAUN, IN PANTS SUIT, ON ICE SKATES, CLEARS SMALL SECTION OF SNOW OFF LAKE WITH SHOVEL. DOG BRIEFLY JOINS IN. CU EVA SHOWS SOME SKILL AS SHE SKATES ON SMALL SECTION OF ICE, TOWARDS CAMERA. (COLOR HOME MOVIES)
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00:51:15 3048 |
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EVA BRAUN POSES WITH BLACK SCOTTY DOG, HOLDS IT IN ARMS. EVA, TWO SCOTTY PUPPIES ON PATIO CHAIR
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00:51:26 3059 |
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RELAXED HITLER ON PATIO. HITLER WITH UNIDENTIFIED CIVILIAN, ON VERANDA OVERLOOKING MOUNTAINS IN BKGD.
YOUNG GUESTS IN BKGD. HITLER WALKING ABOUT ON PATIO. |
00:51:48 3081 |
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HITLER, UNIDENTIFIED AIDE IN CONVERSATION, PICTURESQUE MOUNTAINS, VALLEY IN BKGD.
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00:52:06 3099 |
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HIGH ANGLE OPEN LIMO CONTAINING ARAB LEADER, GERMAN OFFICERS, PULLS UP TO LONG OUTDOOR STAIRWAY LEADING TO HITLER'S "EAGLE'S NEST" RETREAT. ARAB LEADER IN TRADITIONAL ROBES, CLIMBS LONG STEPS TOWARDS CAMERA.
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00:52:22 3115 |
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CU HITLER WALKS HAND IN HAND WITH LITTLE GIRL ON PATIO. CU HITLER PLAYING WITH CHILD. SHAKING HANDS WITH ANOTHER LITTLE GIRL, WALKS WITH HER, PATS HER ON CHEEK.
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00:52:50 3143 |
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HITLER POSES WITH LITTLE BOY AND GIRL, HOLDING THEM AFFECTIONATELY CLOSE TO HIM, FOR EVA BRAUN'S HOME MOVIE.
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00:53:06 3159 |
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CAMERAMAN STANDS WITH CAMERA, TRIPOD ON LIMO ROOF, TAKES SHOTS OF HITLER MOTORCADE. THOUSANDS ADORING GERMANS WAVE AS HITLER STANDS UP IN OPEN LIMO, GIVING STIFF ARM SALUTE
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00:53:24 3177 |
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HITLER WALKS TO, SHAKES HANDS WITH SCHOOL TEACHER, AS SMILING CHILDREN WATCH. HITLER TALKS TO CHILDREN, AFFECTIONATELY HUGS YOUNG SCHOOL GIRL TO HIS CHEST.
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00:53:41 3194 |
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HITLER SPEAKING TO TWO OFFICERS, PULLS POCKET WATCH OUT OF POCKET, TO CHECK TIME, GETS KNEE-JERK REACTION FROM OFFICERS WHO QUICKLY LOOK AT THEIR WRIST WATCHES.
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00:53:51 3204 |
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MONTAGE HITLER IN VARIETY OF UNIFORMS: BACK TO CAMERA, STROLLS WITH HANDS BEHIND BACK. CU FACE SHOT;
HITLER WALKING UP LONG STAIRS TO HIS QUARTERS, TWO NAZI GUARDS AT TOP; HITLER ON VERANDA; MOUNTAINS IN BKGD. HITLER WITH GERMAN GENERAL ON VERANDA. |
00:54:37 3250 |
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D-Day
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00:54:54 3267 |
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D-DAY: VARIOUS COLOR SCENES SAILORS, SOLDIERS, ON TROOPSHIPS SAILING TO FRANCE ON 6/5/44, DAY BEFORE INVASION. CODE NAME "OVERLORD".
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00:55:17 3290 |
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CU GI TRIMS HIS BEARD WITH SCISSORS.
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00:55:20 3293 |
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HITLER IMPERSONATOR (GI) HOLDS BLACK COMB TO UPPER LIP (MOUSTACHE), ENTERTAINS TROOPS ON DECK OF TROOPSHIP.
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00:55:34 3307 |
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CU TWO SAILORS PLACE TINY LIFE VEST ON PUPPY. CU SAILOR POSES WITH PUPPY HELD TO FACE.
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00:55:56 3329 |
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BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER, U.S. ARMY OFFICER PEER THROUGH BINOCULARS TO FRENCH SHORE PRIOR TO BOMBARDMENT ON 6/6/44.
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00:56:04 3337 |
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MONTAGE CANNONS START BOMBARDMENT TO SOFTEN BEACHES BEFORE INVASION.
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00:56:49 3382 |
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GI POSES NEXT TO DESTROYED GERMAN PILLBOX AFTER SECURING BEACH HEAD.
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00:56:53 3386 |
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES OF OBSTACLES PLACED ALONG SHORE BY GERMANS TO PREVENT LANDINGS ON SHORE.
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00:57:06 3399 |
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GIS WADE TO SHORE CARRYING BAGS OF SUPPLIES ON SHOULDERS. LANDING CRAFT UNLOAD ENDLESS TONS OF SUPPLIES ON BEACH
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00:57:25 3418 |
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PAN ENDLESS ROW OF LANDING CRAFT, SUPPLY SHIPS JUST OFF BEACH, WITH BARRAGE BALLOONS OVERHEAD PREVENTS STRAFING BY LOW FLYING GERMAN PLANES. AMERICAN TROOPS ROLL UP HILL NEAR SHORE, IN HALF-TRACKS. LST'S IN BKGD
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00:57:43 3436 |
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS FIRST GERMAN PRISONERS POSE WITH HANDS ON HEAD.
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00:57:52 3445 |
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U.S. TANKS WITH HEADS OF THREE CREW MEMBERS POPPING OUT OF TANK AT LOWER, TOP, OF TANK SPEEDS THROUGH WOODED AREA, FOLLOWED BY OTHERS.
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00:58:00 3453 |
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MONTAGE U.S. FIGHTER PLANES, INCLUDING P-38 TWIN FUSELAGE FIGHTER TAKE OFF FROM FIELD.
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00:58:25 3478 |
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GRAPHIC VIEW OF DEAD HORSE LYING BY CART. GI STOPS TO VIEW DEAD GERMAN SOLDIERS ON GROUND NEAR FARM HOUSE.
CU VIEW SEVERAL DEAD, YOUNG, GERMAN SOLDIERS. |
00:58:45 3498 |
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PAN GIS STAND BY BODIES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON EDGE OF ROAD, AS SEEN FROM MOVING CAMERA CAR. OTHER ROADSIDE SCENES INCLUDE ABANDONED GERMAN CANNON.
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00:59:03 3516 |
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ARMY TRUCK ROLLS DOWN ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA, PASSING DEVASTATED BUILDINGS.
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00:59:12 3525 |
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TWO FRENCH WOMEN WITH BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS, AND MAN, WAVE TO PASSING GI'S. BOMBED OUT VILLAGE BUILDINGS IN BKGD
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00:59:15 3528 |
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CU PORTRAIT OF ADOLPH HITLER BEING USED AS DART BOARD BY GIS.
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00:59:21 3534 |
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MONTAGE LONG COLUMN OF GERMAN PRISONERS, BACKS TO CAMERA, WALK DOWN VILLAGE STREET. SAME TOWARDS CAMERA. OFFICERS AMONG PRISONERS. GERMAN PRISONER LIES IN CART WITH WOUNDED FOOT IN AIR, IS PULLED ALONG BY COMRADES.
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00:59:58 3571 |
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MONTAGE MORE SCENES GI'S ON MOVE IN JEEPS, TRUCKS, ON ROADS, THROUGH VILLAGES. SIGN ON BUILDING: "CAEN 18K", "PARIS 240K", WITH ARROW POINTING TO DIRECTION.
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01:00:09 3582 |
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FRENCHMEN DISPLAY HUGE FRENCH FLAG ON BALCONY OF BUILDING AS CROWD GATHERS TO WATCH IN STREET BELOW
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01:00:19 3592 |
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CU SHIRTLESS GI SITS IN SUN, WRITES LETTER HOME.
ANOTHER SITS ON GROUND, READS LETTER AS HE PUFFS ON CIGARETTE. GI SITS IN GRASS READS "LIFE" MAGAZINE. TWO OTHERS READ OVER HIS SHOULDERS. |
01:00:38 3611 |
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CU BLACK GI HANDS OUT GUM, CIGARETTES, TO GIS IN FIELD. SUPPLY OF CHESTERFIELDS & PHILIP MORRIS
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01:00:43 3617 |
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PAN ALLIED MILITARY LEADERS INCLUDING GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY, BRITISH FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY, GENERAL GEORGE PATTON, PACKING TRADEMARK PEARL HANDLE REVOLVER ENJOY MOMENT OF LEVITY OUTDOORS AT FIELD HEADQUARTERS. GI CAMERAMEN TAKE FILM SHOTS WITH HAND HELD CAMERAS IN BKGD.
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01:01:05 3638 |
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GI DIRECTS TRAFFIC. BOMBED OUT REMNANTS OF BUILDINGS IN BKGD. MONTAGE LS BUILDINGS IN UNIDENTIFIED CITY, IN RUBBLE.
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01:01:18 3651 |
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GIS SEARCH GERMAN PRISONERS. GI IN FRGD SUB-MACHINE GUN IN HAND, STANDS GUARD OVER SCORES OF GERMANS SEATED ON GROUND.
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01:01:28 3661 |
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MONTAGE SMILING GERMAN "SS" TROOPS AND OTHERS, GRATEFUL TO BE PRISONERS, RELIVED THAT THEIR WAR IS OVER. PRISONERS PILE INTO TRUCK.
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01:01:48 3681 |
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MONTAGE COLUMN OF TRUCKS LOADED WITH GERMAN PRISONERS ROLL BY.
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01:02:03 3696 |
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MONTAGE FRENCH PEOPLE FROM EACH TOWN LIBERATED COME OUT TO GREET THEIR LIBERATORS. FRENCH MAN POSES WITH SMALL SON ON HOOD OF AMERICAN JEEP, WOMEN GETS IN WITH DRIVER. ALL WAVE.
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01:02:25 3718 |
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ARMY AMBULANCE PULLS IN TO HELP AMERICAN WOUNDED. CU ARMY MEDICS WORK FEVERISHLY ON SERIOUSLY WOUNDED GI LYING ON GROUND.
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01:02:31 3724 |
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SKELETAL REMAINS OF CATHEDRAL RAVAGED BY WAR. PAN TO OTHER DAMAGED BUILDINGS.
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01:02:45 3738 |
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ARMY ENGINEERS EXAMINE AREA WHERE BRIDGES WERE BLOWN UP BY RETREATING GERMANS. GIS RIDE JEEP, TOWARDS CAMERA, ON TEMPORARY PONTOON BRIDGE BUILT BY ENGINEERS.
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01:02:55 3748 |
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LINE OF SPEEDING TRUCKS LOADED WITH GERMAN PRISONERS ROLL THROUGH FRENCH VILLAGE
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01:02:58 3752 |
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SIGN ON WALL OF FRENCH BUILDING POINTS WAY TO "PARIS".
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01:03:05 3758 |
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FRENCH WOMEN THROW FLOWERS INTO PASSING ALLIED ARMY VEHICLE PASSING THROUGH VILLAGE WITH EACH HOUSE FLYING FRENCH FLAG. MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES HAPPY, WAVING, CROWDS GREETING GIS.
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01:03:39 3792 |
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GI GRABS FRENCH SOLDIER, KISSES HIM ON BOTH CHEEKS.
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01:03:40 3793 |
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FRENCH FREEDOM FIGHTER, GI CROUCH BEHIND VEHICLES AS SNIPERS FIRE ON CELEBRATING CROWD.
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01:03:58 3811 |
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GERMAN OFFICER BEING DRIVEN AROUND IN JEEP BY GIS TO PLEA WITH SNIPERS, IS HIT ON HEAD WITH HELMET, BY PASSING GI.
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01:04:06 3819 |
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GENERAL CHARLES DEGAULLE ARRIVES IN PARIS IN LIMO, IS GIVEN HONOR OF OFFICIALLY MARCHING INTO PARIS FIRST WITH FRENCH ARMY. 8/25/44.
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01:04:21 3834 |
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MONTAGE DEGAULLE SPEAKING WITH FRENCH OFFICERS IN PARIS STREET.
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01:04:44 3857 |
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Saipan and Great Marianas
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01:04:54 3867 |
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MARIANNA ISLANDS SOUTH PACIFIC INVASION INCLUDE INVASION OF SAIPAN BY U.S. MARINES 1944. WAR IN THE PACIFIC. BOMBARDMENT OF ISLAND, AIR BATTLES. DOG FIGHTS. STRAFING AND BOMBING ENEMY INSTALLATIONS.
FIERCE FIGHTING. VIEW AFTERMATH OF LAST DITCH SUICIDE CHARGE BY 4500 JAPANESE SOLDIERS. ALL KILLED. CIVILIAN SUICIDES. |
01:05:16 3889 |
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BOW, GUNS OF WARSHIP ARE VISIBLE IN FRGD, AS IT FOLLOWS CARRIERS IN DISTANCE. HEAVY SPRAY OF WATER SPLASHES FROM ROUGH PACIFIC SEA.
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01:05:33 3906 |
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MONTAGE ALLIED WARSHIPS BOMBARDING SAIPAN. WITH HEAVY GUNS DIVE FIGHTER PLANES AND DIVE BOMBERS TAKE OFF FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
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01:05:57 3930 |
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CU VIEW OF CARRIER DECK CROWDED WITH CREW, AS SEEN FROM PLANE AS IT LIFTS OFF CARRIER DECK. TAIL OF PLANE SEEN.
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01:06:12 3945 |
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MONTAGE GREAT COLOR SHOTS OF SOME OF MORE THAN 300 JAPANESE PLANES SHOT DOWN IN DOG FIGHTS AS SEEN FROM WING CAMERAS OF U.S. FIGHTER PLANES. ENEMY PLANES WERE NO MATCH FOR NEW U.S. PLANES. BATTLE WAS LATER REFERRED AS "A TURKEY SHOOT".
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01:08:22 4075 |
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RETURNING FIGHTER PLANES LAND ON CARRIER DECK. SOME NOT TOO SOFT.
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01:08:34 4087 |
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SMILING PILOT PEELS OFF STENCIL, AFTER PAINTING JAPANESE FLAG ON FUSELAGE, ALONG WITH TWO OTHERS, INDICATING 3 JAPANESE "KILLS". CU HAND WITH SPRAY GUN SPRAYING PAINT ON STENCIL.
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01:08:43 4096 |
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MONTAGE AERIAL VARIOUS SCENES OF ALLIED PLANES STRAFING, BOMBING JAPANESE POSITIONS, AIRFIELDS AS SEEN FROM PLANE'S WING CAMERAS.
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01:10:00 4173 |
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SOME OF THE 20,000 U.S. TROOPS MARCH ON ROAD IN SAIPAN. TROOPS IN FIELD, BOMB EXPLODING NEAR THEM.
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01:10:10 4183 |
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GROTESQUE VIEW DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIER ON GROUND.
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01:10:20 4193 |
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TANK CREWMAN WITH HEAD POPPING OUT OF FRONT GUN POSITION. GROUP OF GIS FOLLOW CLOSE BEHIND SLOW MOVING TANK IN DENSE JUNGLE.
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01:10:32 4205 |
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GIS POSE OVER DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS. CU DEAD ENEMY SOLDIER.
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01:10:43 4216 |
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GI WITH RIFLE READY, ENTERS JAPANESE BUNKER. GIS IN FRGD, BACKS TO CAMERA, RIFLES POISED, WATCH ANOTHER GI FIRE FLAME THROWER INTO JUNGLE. FLAME THROWER TANK LIGHTS UP LARGE AREA OF JUNGLE WITH FLAMES
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01:10:56 4230 |
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GROTESQUE REMAINS OF CHARRED BODIES OF DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS. BODIES STILL SMOLDERING
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01:11:05 4238 |
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CU GRIM FACED GI WITH BEARD. CU SAME GI TAKES SHAVE TO REMOVE BEARD.
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01:11:17 4250 |
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GI STANDS ON DESTROYED JAPANESE TANK. FOUR GIs HOLD UP HUGE CAPTURED JAPANESE FLAG.
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01:11:43 4276 |
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MONTAGE AMERICAN FIGHTER PLANES TAKE OFF FROM FORMER JAPANESE AIRSTRIP ON SAIPAN.
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01:11:52 4286 |
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PAN OF BATTLE FIELD WHERE 4300 JAPANESE SOLDIERS MADE DESPERATE LAST DITCH SUICIDE CHARGE AT ALLIED POSITIONS. ALL WERE KILLED.
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01:11:59 4293 |
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PAN GRAPHIC VIEW OF DEAD BODIES OF JAPANESE SCATTERED OVER LARGE AREA, GROTESQUE BLACKENED BODIES, KILLED BY FLAME THROWER.
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01:12:29 4322 |
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JAPANESE SOLDIER WITH MICROPHONE PLEADS WITH FRIGHTENED CIVILIANS TO COME OUT OF HIDING. CIVILIAN NATIVES, TOLD BY JAPANESE THAT ALLIED SOLDIERS WOULD RAPE, MURDER WOMEN AND CHILDREN, START TO DRIBBLE OUT.
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01:12:43 4336 |
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CU WOMAN SITS ON GROUND WITH HER FOUR CHILDREN.
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01:12:52 4345 |
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WOMEN, CHILDREN HIDING IN CAVE UNDER ROCKS ARE TOLD IT IS SAFE TO COME OUT. GI FEEDING THE CHILDREN.
NATIVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN PILE ONTO ARMY TRUCK. |
01:13:11 4364 |
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YOUNG WOMAN CARRIES HER CHILD PIGGY-BACK THROUGH FIELD. OTHER MEN WOMEN FOLLOW.
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01:13:17 4370 |
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GRAPHIC VIEW TERRIFIED WOMAN, JUMPS OFF CLIFF TO HER DEATH. BODY FLOATING IN WATER.
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01:13:32 4385 |
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CAPTURED JAPANESE SOLDIERS (?), NOSES, MOUTHS COVERED WITH CLOTH TO AVOID STENCH, USE SHOVELS TO PLACE DEAD ONTO STRETCHER.
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01:13:34 4387 |
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GIS CARRY BODY IN LARGE BLANKET, DUMP IT INTO METAL HOPPER.
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01:13:43 4396 |
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Iwo Jima
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01:13:50 4403 |
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BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: "THE BLOODIEST ASSAULT IN HISTORY OF U.S. MARINES".
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01:13:58 4411 |
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BEAUTIFUL COLOR SHOT OF SUN GOING DOWN OVER HORIZON IN PACIFIC OCEAN. PAN TO ISLAND OF IWO JIMA. PAN OF ISLAND AND VOLCANIC MOUNT SURIBACHI
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01:14:30 4443 |
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SHIRTLESS SAILORS SIT ON DECK OF WARSHIP RELAX PLAYING CARDS.
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01:14:41 4454 |
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PAN WARSHIP CANNONS, MUSSELS CAPPED, GROUP OF SAILORS, MUSICIANS PLAYING BLUE GRASS COUNTRY MUSIC WITH GUITARS, VIOLIN, MANDOLIN ON DECK UNDER CANNONS.
CU VIOLIN PLAYER. |
01:15:00 4473 |
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HIGH RANKING NAVAL OFFICERS IN DISCUSSION ON DECK.
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01:15:04 4477 |
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CHAPLAIN HOLDS SERVICES ON DECK. SEA IN BKGD
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01:15:14 4487 |
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BOW OF WARSHIP IN FRGD, SAILING TOWARD CLOUD COVERED MOUNT SURIBACHI IN DISTANCE.
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01:15:15 4488 |
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WARSHIP FIRING SALVO. SHELL BURSTS SEEN AT TOP OF MOUNT SURIBACHI. MONTAGE VARIOUS ANGLE SCENES WARSHIPS FIRING SALVOS, INCLUDING SAILORS FIRING ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS INTO ISLAND.
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01:15:58 4531 |
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U S. PLANES TAKE OF FROM CARRIER. SQUADRON OF PLANES IN AIR START TO PEEL OFF ONE BY ONE FOR BOMBING ATTACK.
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01:16:23 4556 |
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HUNDREDS OF LANDING CRAFTS (LST'S) CARRYING 60,000 MARINES TWO MILES TO SHORE OF IWO, EACH KICKING UP A WAKE. SPECTACULAR AERIAL VIEW OF THE MANY CRAFT HEADING TO SHORE.
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01:16:43 4576 |
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CU MONTAGE VIEW INSIDE LANDING CRAFT AS SEEN BY MARINES AS IT HEADS FOR SHORE. CU FACE SHOTS MARINES.
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01:17:25 4618 |
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VIEW INSIDE LANDING CRAFT AS FIRST WAVE HIT THE BEACH. DOOR DROPS DOWN, MARINES, BACKS TO CAMERA, RUSH OUT, HEAD FOR HILL OF BLACK VOLCANIC ASH.
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01:17:52 4645 |
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MARINES LAY FACE DOWN IN SOFT ASH HILL. CU MARINE WITH FACE IN BLACK ASH.
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01:18:03 4656 |
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DEAD MARINE HALF BURIED IN THE SOFT ASH. MARINES MOVE OVER THE SOFT HILL.
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01:18:13 4666 |
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INVASION SHOPS OFF SHORE, MT. SURIBACHI IN BKGD.
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01:18:30 4683 |
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MONTAGE MEDICS CARRY MARINE WOUNDED ONTO LST FOR TRIP TO HOSPITAL SHIP OFF SHORE. CU MEDIC TREATS WOUND ON MARINE'S KNEE.
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01:19:39 4752 |
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CU MEDIC HOLDS UP PIECE OF PAPER SHOWING NUMBER OF MEN ONE LST CARRIED FROM SHORE TO HOSPITAL SHIP AS 226.
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01:19:46 4759 |
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WINCH LIFTS STRETCHERS WITH 2 WOUNDED MARINES ONTO HOSPITAL SHIP.
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01:20:03 4776 |
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ENGINE OF JAPANESE KAMIKAZE PLANE PROTRUDES FROM SUPERSTRUCTURE OF WARSHIP. CU BULLET HOLES IN WARSHIP. HIGH ANGLE CARRIER CREW GATHER AROUND GAPING HOLE IN DECK MADE BY KAMIKAZE ATTACK.
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01:20:15 4788 |
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AERIAL VIEW OF MASS BURIAL AT SEA OF OVER THREE HUNDRED SAILORS KILLED BY SUICIDE PLANES. DOZENS OF BODIES WRAPPED IN BODY BAGS LIE IN NEAT LINES OF ABOUT A DOZEN EACH, AWAITING TURN TO BE BURIED AT SEA, AS FIRST GROUP IS DUMPED OUT OF FLAG DRAPED SLABS, NEXT GROUP IS READIED
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01:20:30 4803 |
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES GIS DROPPING SHELLS IN MORTAR, FIRING ONTO JAPANESE POSITIONS.
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01:20:40 4813 |
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MARINES CLIMB ONTO ASH COVERED MOUNT SURABACHI TO FLUSH OUT INTRENCHED JAPANESE THE HARD WAY, WITH GRENADES AND FLAME THROWERS. CU CAVE ENTRANCE WITH PROTECTIVE STEEL BARS MANGLED AFTER ASSAULT.
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01:20:56 4830 |
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MONTAGE BURSTS OF YELLOW FLAME SHOOT OUT OF FLAME THROWER ON DISTANT HILL.
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01:21:12 4845 |
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TWO MARINES WALK WOUNDED COMRADE ALONG RUGGED HILL TO AIDE STATION.
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01:21:19 4852 |
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CU MARINE PEERS THROUGH HUGE TELESCOPE (RANGE FINDER ?). TOWARDS CAMERA.
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01:21:24 4857 |
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COLOR FILM OF FAMED SCENE, U.S. MARINES RAISE AMERICAN FLAG ON MOUNT SURIBACHI
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01:21:33 4866 |
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VIEW FROM MOUNT SURIBACHI OF MARINE LANDING AREA.
LST'S AND OTHER SHIPS ALONG COASTLINE. |
01:21:37 4870 |
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PAN CAPTURED IWO JIMA AIRFIELD, WITH MARINE TENTS, CARGO PLANES OTHER ACTIVITIES. B-17 BOMBER TAKING OFF FROM AIRSTRIP, FOLLOWED BY P-51 MUSTANG FIGHTER. U.S.
PLANES CAN NOW BOMB JAPAN ESCORTED BY FIGHTERS. |
01:22:03 4896 |
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MARINE GENERALS USE MAP TO PLAN TAKING OF NORTHERN PART OF IWO JIMA.
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01:22:06 4899 |
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MONTAGE MARINES RUNNING THROUGH ROCKY TERRAIN UNDER FIRE BY SNIPERS AND MORTARS.
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01:22:17 4910 |
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GROUP OF MARINES CARRYING WOUNDED BUDDY, RUN FOR COVER AS THEY HEAR SCREECHING SOUND OF MORTAR.
MARINES DROP INJURED MARINE, DIVE HEAD FIRST INTO FOX HOLE. CU EXPLODING SHELL, RIGHT IN THE FOX HOLE (?). |
01:22:25 4918 |
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MEDIC BANDAGES WOUNDED MARINES SHOULDER. MEDIC TENDS A STOMACH WOUND OD ANOTHER GI.
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01:22:34 4927 |
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MOONSCAPE LOOK OF IWO JIMA WITH MOUNT SURIBACHI IN DISTANCE.
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01:22:37 4930 |
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MARINES FIRE RIFLES AT HIDDEN ENEMY ENTRENCHED AMID BURNED OUT BRANCHES, TREE STUMPS
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01:22:44 4937 |
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MONTAGE VARIOUS ANGLE VIEWS MARINES FIRING FLAME THROWERS INTO SUSPECTED JAPANESE POSITIONS. 10,000 GALLONS FLAM THROWER OIL WAS USED UP DURING EACH DAY OF BATTLE.
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01:22:59 4953 |
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SMOLDERING BODY OF JAPANESE SOLDIER LIES ON GROUND.
MARINE RUNS PAST SMOKING CORPSE. |
01:23:11 4964 |
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MARINE GUARD WATCHES CAPTURED JAPANESE SOLDIER DIGGING WITH SHOVEL. MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES JAPANESE PRISONERS IN THEIR BARBED WIRE ENCLOSED COMPOUND.
ONLY 1000 SURVIVED FROM 25,000 DEFENDERS OF IWO JIMA. |
01:23:37 4990 |
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JAPANESE, CIGARETTE IN MOUTH, POSES.
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01:23:39 4992 |
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WHITE CROSSES RISE FROM GRAVES AT MILITARY CEMETERY ON IWO JIMA. CU TWO MARINES CARRY WRAPPED BODY OF FALLEN MARINE ON STRETCHER TO SITE FOR BURIAL WITH MANY OTHERS.
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01:23:51 5004 |
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PAN WRAPPED BODIES OF DEAD LAY ON STRETCHERS AS MARINES DIG GRAVES TO BURY THEM. BULLDOZERS IN BKGD LEVELING LAND FOR EXTENDED CEMETERY.
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01:24:05 5018 |
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