19421940s NEWSREELS
NEWSTORIES FROM MAY 1942
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| 01:00:46 44.2 |
ENGLISH COMMANDO TRAINING STREAMLINES THE BRITISH SOLDIER. "ASSAULT SCHOOLS" TEACH SOUND & FURY OF BATTLE
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| 01:00:50 48.2 |
"LISTEN TO WAR" - VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN COMMANDO TRAINING FOR 1ST TIME WITH LIVE AMMO. BRITISH SOLDIERS IN CLASSROOM. SOLDIERS CHARGE ACROSS "BATTLEFIELD", TRAIN IN HOUSE TO HOUSE COMBAT, IN OLD ABANDONED
HOUSES.USE HAND GRENADES, ATTACK PILL BOXES, AS LOW FLYING PLANES OVERHEAD, CRAWLING THROUGH BARBED WIRE FORTIFICATIONS, WADE THROUGH STREAMS, ETC. |
| 01:02:35 153.2 |
WAR MEASURE TO BUY COAL NOW IN SUMMER TO FREE TRANSPORTATION LINES IN WINTER. HOMEFRONT WAR EFFORT
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| 01:02:56 174.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS COAL MEN DELIVERING COAL TO HOMES. VARIOUS SHOTS TRAIN HOPPERS FULL OF COAL WHICH IS PLENTIFUL IN U. S. IN FACT GOVERNMENT URGES TO STOCK A FULL YEAR'S SUPPLY, SO RAILROADS CAN BE BETTER SERVED FOR DEFENSE PURPOSES. HUGE
DERRICKS LOADING TRAIN HOPPERS WITH COAL |
| 01:03:28 206.2 |
GOOD SHOTS CRANES AT WORK, LONG LINE OF TRAIN HOPPERS FULL OF COAL.
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| 01:03:43 221.2 |
CORNELIUS WARMERDAM SETS WORLD'S RECORD FOR POLE VALULT IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
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| 01:03:50 228.2 |
"HIGHEST FLYER" - BERKELEY CALIFORNIA - CU CORNELIUS WARMERDAM PUTS ON TRACK SHOES BEFORE ATTEMPTING WORLD RECORD POLE VAULT. BAR BEING SET BY OFFICIALS AT NEW WORLD RECORD HEIGHT OF 16' 6 7/8". WARMERDAM STARTS HIS RUN, COMPLETES THE VAULT FOR NEW WORLD RECORD. CROWD APPLAUD. VAULT IN SLOW MOTION. sports, pole vault, world record.
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| 01:04:31 269.2 |
HOME FRONT WAR EFFORT. FACTORY WORKER RIDES TO WORK ON UNICYCLE
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| 01:04:35 273.2 |
"FACTORY FRONT" SANTA MONICA, CALIF. - VARIOUS SHOTS MAN, LUNCH BOX IN
HAND, RIDING TO WORK ON UNICYCLE. WORKERS ENTERING PLANT HAVE THEIR LUNCH BOXES SEARCHED BY GUARD. |
| 01:04:55 293.2 |
WORKERS BRINGS LUNCH IN CLEAR LUCITE LUNCH BOX TO MAKING IT EASY TO INSPECT WITHOUT OPENING IT.
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| 01:05:09 307.2 |
POSTER CAMPAIGN PREACHES AGAINST FACTORY WASTE. CONSERVATION
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| 01:05:53 351.2 |
HERDS OF SHEEP IN YAKIMA VALLEY, WASHINGTON HAVE WOOL COAT SHORN FOR ARMY CLOTHING
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| 01:05:56 354.2 |
"RECRUITS - SHEEP JOIN UP" - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE HERDS OF SHEEP IN PASTURE. GREAT SHOTS WORKERS SHEERING OFF WOOL FROM SHEEP WITH ELECTRIC HAND SHEARERS.
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| 01:06:42 400.2 |
CORREGIDOR ISLAND FALLS TO JAPANESE AFTER STAND BY GENERAL WAINWRIGHT
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| 01:06:48 406.2 |
"PEARL HARBOR!, BATAAN, NOW" - "REMEMBER CORREGIDOR" - HUGE RETRACTABLE CANNON BEING FIRED AT JAPANESE ON CORREGIDOR BEFORE ITS SURRENDER.
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| 01:07:14 432.2 |
MS HUGE UNDERGROUND TUNNEL WHERE DEFENDERS HELD OUT FOR 28 DAYS. STOCKS OF SHELLS, AMMUNITION PILES, IN TUNNEL
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| 01:07:21 439.2 |
DEFENDERS AT RADIOS IN CONTROL ROOM. COMMANDER OF CORREGIDOR GENERAL WAINWRIGHT, CHECKS PLANS WITH OFFICER BEFORE HIS CAPTURE.
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| 01:07:45 463.2 |
WOUNDED AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS RETURNING TO SYNDEY FROM WWII BATTLEFRONT
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| 01:07:49 467.2 |
"AUSTRALIA'S BATTLE" - VARIOUS SHOTS AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED ARRIVING BY TRAIN IN SYDNEY. SOME CARRIED OFF IN STRETCHERS OTHER LYMPH OFF WITH CANES.
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| 01:08:06 484.2 |
WAR CORRESPONDENT LAURENCE IMPEY TELLS ACCOUNT OF JAPANESE TREACHERY
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| 01:08:07 485.2 |
TO 01 10 07 - MS IMPREY, SEATED AT DESK TELLS HIS HARROWING STORY.
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| 01:10:08 606.2 |
PRESIDENT MANUEL PRADO OF PERU GREETED BY FDR ON HIS ARRIVAL IN WASHINGTON, DC
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| 01:10:14 612.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS PRESIDENT MANUEL PRADO OF PERU ARRIVING AT WASHINGTON AIRPORT, RECEIVES 21 GUN SALUTE. SUMNER WELLS AND GENERAL MARSHAL MEET HIM ON ARRIVAL AS DOES PRESIDENT FDR.
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| 01:10:53 651.2 |
FDR, PRADO MOTORCADE DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVE.
CROWD CHEERS THEM. |
| 01:11:00 658.2 |
PRADO REVIEWS MIDSHIPMEN AT ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND
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| 01:11:22 680.2 |
PARDO ADDRESS CONGRESS AT CAPITOL THE FIRST SOUTH AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO DO SO.
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| 01:11:44 702.2 |
MASS VISIT OF MOTHERS TO ARMY CAMP ON MOTHER'S DAY
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| 01:11:46 704.2 |
"COMMUNIQUE TO "DEAR MOM" - TRAINS, BUSES ARRIVE AT ARMY CAMPS ACROSS AMERICA WITH MOTHERS ON MOTHER'S DAY 1942. SOLDIERS MEET, HUG, KISS MOMS. SOLDIERS WALK ARM IN ARM WITH MOM ON PARADE. MOM IS SHOWN AROUND BY SON IN JEEP.
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| 01:12:20 738.2 |
MOM EXAMINES GI KITCHEN, CHECKS OUT HUGE COOKING POTS. MS MOM WASHES EARS OF SON IN GI BATHROOM.
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| 01:12:38 756.2 |
WHOLE TOWN OF FLEMINGTON, N. J. THE WHOLE TOWN TURNS OUT AT RAILROAD STATION TO SEE OF THEIR YOUNG SELECTEES WHO ARE OFF TO WAR. SIGN
BEING HELD UP, "YES ADOLPH, THE YANKS ARE COMING". RED CROSS NURSES HAND OUT SNACKS TO THE YOUNG MEN. |
| 01:12:58 776.2 |
WHOLE TOWN TURNS OUT FOR MASS FAREWELL OF SELECTEES IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
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| 01:12:59 777.2 |
"BROOKLYN" - HUGE CROWDS TURN OUT, PARADE, TO CELEBRATE THEIR YOUNG
MEN WHO ARE OFF TO WAR. CU YOUNG RECRUIT PASSIONATELY KISSES HIS GIRLFRIEND, ELEVATED SUBWAY TRAIN TAKES OFF WITH RECRUITS. |
| 01:13:30 808.2 |
TESTING OF NEWEST U.S. FIGHTER PLANE, CURTISS P-40F. WARHAWK
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| 01:13:35 813.2 |
"WAR HAWK" - VARIOUS SHOTS U. S. NEWEST FIGHTER PLANE, CURTIS P-40F "WAR HAWK", BEING TESTED. MCU THREE MACHINE GUNS ON EACH WING ARE FIRED
WITH PLANE ON GROUND. MEN EXAMINE METAL TARGET WITH MANY BULLET HOLES IN IT.sHOTS PLANE TAKING OFF AND IN FLIGHT. |
| 01:14:21 859.2 |
PRESIDENT QUEZON OF PHILIPPINES ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO ENROUTE TO WASHINGTON TO ESTABLISH GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE
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| 01:14:22 860.2 |
SHOTS PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT QUEZON AND
WIFE, WHO ESCAPED JAPANESE, POSE, ARE GREETED AT THEIR APARTMENT BY U. S. OFFICIALS, IN THEIR APARTMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO. |
| 01:14:42 880.2 |
ROTARY SNOWPLOW IN CASCADE MOUNTAINS IN WASHINGTON CUTS THROUGH MOUNTAINS OF SNOW
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| 01:14:44 882.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE SNOW BLOWERS AT WORK IN
CASCADE, SHOTS OF SNOW BEING SHOT HIGH UP IN AIR BY THE HEAVY MACHINERY. GREAT SHOT CARS DRIVING THROUGH SNOW PATH MADE IN ONE COMPLETELY COVERED ROAD. |
| 01:15:13 911.2 |
TRIBUTE TO LIEUT. JOHN D. BULKELEY AS HE ENJOYS FURLOUGH WITH FAMILY. PT-BOAT EXPLOITS
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| 01:15:21 919.2 |
LIEUT JOHN D. BULKELEY - NAVY TORPEDO BOAT
COMMANDER ARRIVES BY PLANE, IS GREETED BY WIFE AND OTHERS. POSES IN LIVING ROOM WITH WIFE AND CHILD. RE-ENACTMENT OF PT BOAT AT SEA, SPEEDING.. TORPEDO FIRED AT JAPANESE FREIGHTER. FREIGHTER EXPLODING. BULKELEY SPEAKS To CAMERA. |
| 01:16:50 1008.2 |
NAVY RELIEF SOCIETY BENEFITS FROM FIRST TWILIGHT BASEBALL GAME IN BROOKLYN
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| 01:16:52 1010.2 |
SPORTS - LS GREAT SHOTS LONG LINE WAITING TO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR BASEBALL GAME IN EBBETTS FIELD IN BROOKLYN, NY.
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| 01:17:01 1019.2 |
BROOKLYN MANAGER LEO DUROCHER SHOWS ARRIVES AT TICKET OFFICE, FOLLOWED BY GIANT MANAGER MEL OTT AND GIANT PITCHER CARL HUBBELL.
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| 01:17:21 1039.2 |
SOLD OUT CROWD WATCH GREAT NAVY PARADE ON EBBETS PLAYING FIELD.
SAILORS SALUTE FLAG FROM THEIR SEATS IN STANDS. VARIOUS ABOVE SHOTS BASEBALL GAME IN PROGRESS. DODGERS WIN 7 - 6. |
| 01:17:57 1075.2 |
BOB HOPE & BING CROSBY PLAY BENEFIT GOLF GAME FOR ARMY RELIEF SOCIETY
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| 01:18:00 1078.2 |
BOB HOPE AND BING CROSBY TELL JOKES BEFORE MICROPHONE AT GOLF COURSE BEFORE GAME. GOOD SHOTS BOB HOPE AND BING CROSBY TEEING OFF. THEY JOKE AROUND AT EVERY HOLE ON COURSE. hollywood, moving pictures, comedy, sports.
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| 01:18:53 1131.2 |
ALSAB WINS PREAKNESS HORSE RACE IN BALTIMORE
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| 01:18:55 1133.2 |
"SPORTS - COMEBACK HORSE" - GOOD SHOT "ALSAB,," ONE OF BEST WINNING HORSES UNTIL RECENT REPEATED FAILURES. ALSAB WAS PICKED UP JUST A FEW YEARS AGO FOR ONLY $700. SHOTS OF ALSAB JUST BEFORE RACING IN PREAKNESS, AT PIMLICO RACE TRACK IN MARYLAND.
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| 01:19:15 1153.2 |
ABOVE VIEW HORSES LEAVE POST FOR START OF PREAKNESS - VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS. WINNER ALSAB IN EXCITING FINISH. horse racing - 1942 PREAKNESS
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| 01:20:01 1199.2 |
WAR MUNITIONS TRANSPORTED ON NEW "RAILER" TRAIN IN HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS. VEHICLE TRAVELS ON ROADS & RAILROAD TRACKS
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| 01:20:04 1202.2 |
'WAR WHEELS" - VEHICLE DESIGNRD TO SAFELY CARRY MUNITIONS,CONVERTS FROM TRUCK TO TRAIN. VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE TRAIN-LIKE VEHICLE, RIDES ON TRUCK TIRES, COPNVERTS TO TRAIN TRACKS WITH VARIOUS ADJUSTMENTS. GREAT SHOTS TRAIN LEAVES TRACKS AND TRAVELS ON HIGHWAY. oddity
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| 01:21:02 1260.2 |
REVIEW OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN GUATEMALA
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| 01:21:08 1266.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS U. S. TROOPS, INCLUDING HORSE CAVALRY, MARCHING IN STRATEGIC GUATEMALA
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| 01:21:32 1290.2 |
OFFICIERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
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| 01:21:37 1295.2 |
AERIAL VIEW MIAMI BEACH - LS VIEW HIGH RISE FANCY MIAMI BEACH HOTELS WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY ARMY AIR CORP REPLACEMENT CENTER. SOLDIERS GATHER AROUND MAIN LOBBY DESK. ROOM SERVICE AND ELEVATOR SERVICE HAS BEEN REMOVED. CU FEET OF GIS AS THEY CLIMB STEPS TOM THEIR ROOMS IN UPPER FLOORS.
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| 01:22:10 1328.2 |
ABSENT ROOM SERVICE GROUP GIS SWEEP, MAKE BEDS, DUST THEIR ROOM.
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| 01:22:19 1337.2 |
CU CLOCK SHOWS 6:00 AM - SOLDIERS MARCH TO GOLF COURSE WHERE THEY SIT IN
GRASS WITH BOOKS AND TAKE OUTDOOR CLASSES. CU CLOCK SHOWS 12 NOON. GIS MARCH TO FANCY LUNCH ROOM IN HOTEL, SIT TO HAVE CHOW ARMY STYLE. |
| 01:22:42 1360.2 |
U.S. ARMY TROOPS IN HAWAII PICK TYPICAL SWEETHEART IN CONTEST
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| 01:22:47 1365.2 |
HAWAII" - SOLDIERS IN HAWAII CHECK OUT PHOTOS OF GIRLS BACK HOME ON BULLETIN BOARD. THEY SELECT BEST GIRL THEY LIKE AND JUDGES THEN SELECT GI TO DATE HER. WINNING GIRL IS INFORMED THAT SHE WAS SELECTED, AND THE NAME OF GI TO BE HER DATE. SHE DRESSES FOR DATE, SITS ON COUCH, BUT
MUST WAIT UNTIL SOLDIER COMES HOME FROM WAR. |
| 01:23:10 1388.2 |
WINNERS RECEIVES NEWS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
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| 01:23:11 1389.2 |
GIRL SELECTED IS INFORMED AT WORK, THAT SHE WAS SELECTED, AND THE NAME OF GI TO BE HER DATE. SHE DRESSES FOR DATE, SITS ON COUCH, BUT
MUST WAAI UNTIL SOLDIER COMES HOME FROM WAR. |
| 01:23:36 1414.2 |
PRISON BASEBALL GAME IN SAN QUENTIN, CALIFORNIA
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| 01:23:43 1421.2 |
"SPORTS" - BASEBALL AT SAN QUENTIN PRISON - LS EXTERIOR SAN QUENTIN - PRISONERS VS VISITING TEAM. VARIOUS SHOTS GAME IN PROGRESS. PRISONER HITS ONE OVER WALL, VOICE OVER, "A BALL DEFINITELY LOST".
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| 01:24:10 1448.2 |
BELMONT PARK FASHION SHOW & HORSE RACE IN NEW YORK
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| 01:24:20 1458.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS MODELS SHOWING LATEST FASHIONS AT RACE TRACK.
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| 01:24:56 1494.2 |
LS START OF RACE - VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS. WINNER: POMROSE (?). sports
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| 01:25:20 1518.2 |
25TH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S BOWLING CONFERENCE IN MILWAUKEE
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| 01:25:23 1521.2 |
"MILWAUKEE - 25TH ANUAL WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS BOWLING CONTEST FOR MOMS. DAD HOLDS TWINS ON HIS LAP AS MOM MAKES STRIKES. VARIOUS
SHOTS WOMEN BOWLING AND MAKING STRIKES. sports, w WomEn's bowling. |
| 01:26:04 1562.2 |
WARTIME GASOLINE RATIONING ALONG EASTERN SEABOARD. WWII HOMEFRONT WAR EFFORT
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| 01:26:09 1567.2 |
"GASOLINE RATIONS" - AERIAL AND GROUND SHOTS MEN, WOMEN LINED UP TO GET GAS RATION COUPONS.
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| 01:26:25 1583.2 |
MCU SECRETARY OF INTERIOR HAROLD ICKES SPEAKS TO NATION ON THE NEED FOR RATIONING OF GAS
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| 01:26:36 1594.2 |
CU SHOTS CLASS "A" RATION CARD FOR PLEASURE DRIVING, ALLOWS 21 GALLONS FOR 7 WEEKS. MS MAN IN TINY CONVERTIBLE WITH THREE WOMEN IN
CAR WITH HIM, HAPPILY DRIVES UP TO GAS STATION. CU GAS PUMP REGISTERS FRACTION OF A GALLON, PRICE 9 CENTS. |
| 01:27:00 1618.2 |
CU CLASS "B-1, B-2, B-3" RATION TICKETS. INTENDED INTENDED FOR WAR PRODUCTION WORKERS, OTHERS.WHOSE LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON DRIVING 6 TO 14 MILES DRIVING PER DAY. CROWD OF WORKERS ENTERING WAR PLANT.
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| 01:27:08 1626.2 |
CU GASOLINE RATIONING COUPON "X" - UNLIMITED GAS PURCHASES - LIMITED TO DOCTORS, AMBULANCES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES. GOOD SHOT, AMBULANCE PULLING UP TO GAS PUMP.
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| 01:27:22 1640.2 |
"DON'T ......." - VARIOUS SHOTS ATTENDANT PUMPING GAS INTO TIN CANS AND THEN PUTTING IT IN TRUNK WITH OTHERS. VOICE OVER WARNS "THIS IS UNPATRIOTIC AND
DANGEROUS BECAUSE GAS IS A HIGH EXPLOSIVE". |
| 01:27:32 1650.2 |
CU MAN USES MOUTH TO SIPHON GAS FROM GAS TANK TO TIN CAN WITH PLASTIC TUBE. VOICE OVER ALSO WARNS NOT TO BUY BOOTLEG GAS AS HE SHOWS MAN SECRETLY BUYING TWO TIN CANS OF BOOTLEG GAS. VOICE OVER "IT MAY TAKE YOU ON YOUR LAST LONG MILE".
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| 01:27:50 1668.2 |
"DO -----" - "USE TRAIN" - SHOTS OF CROWDS GETTING ONTO SUBWAY TRAINS. "USE BUS LINES" - PEOPLE GETTING ON AND OFF BUSES AT BUS STOPS. "SHARE CARS GOING TO WORK. MEN WOMEN SHARING CAR IN CAR POOLS. "GET A HORSE" - MAN SHOEING HORSE IN STALL - PEOPLE RIDING IN HORSE AND BUGGY. "USE SKATES" - SHOTS CITY SALESMEN GETTING AROUND ON ROLLER SKATES - .
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| 01:28:23 1701.2 |
MAN RIDES HIS 20 MILES PER QUART GO-CART INTO GAS STATION, GETS QUART OF GAS. - RIDES HIS DATE DOWN ROAD 3 UNIFORMED WOMEN ROLL OUT THEIR BIKES.
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| 01:28:37 1715.2 |
GREAT SHOT RICH MAN SEATED ON BACK SEAT OF TANDEM BIKE, SMOKES CIGAR AND READS PAPER AS HIS CHAUFFEUR IN FRONT SEAT RIDES HIM TO OFFICE.
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| 01:29:12 1750.2 |
RAF ROSTOCK REPORT. BRITISH BOMBERS SWEEP NAZI WAR PLANTS
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| 01:29:18 1756.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS R. A. F. BOMBERS IN FLIGHT AERIAL VIEW OF DAMAGE DONE TO ROSTOCK, GERMANY, WHERE 800 TONS OF BOMBS WERE DROPPED DURING AIR RAIDS.
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| 01:29:49 1787.2 |
PRODUCTION OF HALIFAX FIGHTER-BOMBERS. WWII HOMEFRONT WAR PRODUCTION
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| 01:29:49 1787.2 |
"MEMO FOR HITLER" - VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH HALIFAX BOMBERS IN MASS
PRODUCTION AT WAR PLANT. HALIFAX BOMBER AT AIRFIELD TAKING OFF.AND IN FLIGHT. |
| 01:30:30 1828.2 |
BIRDS AT OUTDOOR AVIARY AT BRONX ZOO IN NEW YORK. PENGUINS
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| 01:30:36 1834.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS FLAMINGOS, BEING PREENED AT HUGE
OUTDOOR CAGE AT BRONX ZOO. |
| 01:30:49 1847.2 |
GREAT SHOTS TRAINER TAKING GROUP OF PENGUINS
FOR WALK S ON FAIRGROUNDS OF ZOO. PENGUINS WALK UP LONG FLIGHT OF STEPS AT ZOO |
| 01:31:22 1880.2 |
CHIMP & CHUMP AT DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL PARK. CHIMPANZEES DRESSED LIKE SOLDIERS
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| 01:31:23 1881.2 |
GREAT SHOTS TWO CHIMPS IN WAR HELMETS AND RIFLES TAKE SHOTS AT PICTURE OF JAPANESE ENEMY.animal antics
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| 01:31:44 1902.2 |
CENSORS GOING THOUGH SACKS OF MAIL FROM OVERSEAS IN NEW YORK CITY
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| 01:31:49 1907.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS SOME 2500 EMPLOYEES AT NEW YORK OFFICE ALONE, AT DESKS EXAMINING 350,000 PIECES OF MAIL EACH DAY. MAIL
WORKERS EMPTY SACKS OF MAIL ONTO LARGE TABLES. VARIOUS SHOTS MAIL BEING EXAMINED. USE SPECIAL POWDER TO REVEAL HIDDEN MESSAGES. |
| 01:32:51 1969.2 |
MRS. OVETA CULP HOBBY SWORN IN AS MAJOR TO COMMAND NEW WOMEN'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORP (WAACS) IN WASHINGTON, DC
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| 01:32:52 1970.2 |
"FIRST COMMANDER OF WOMAN'S ARMY CORP" - OVETA CULP HOBBY IS SWORN IN AS WAR SECRETARY SIMPSON AND GENERAL MARSHAL LOOK ON.
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| 01:33:13 1991.2 |
WOMEN'S ARMY VOLUNTEER CORP MARCHING. VARIOUS SHOTS VOLUNTEERS WITH
BINOCULARS CHECK SKY FOR ENEMY BOMBERS, DOING ARMY WORK WHICH RELIEVE MEN FOR COMBAT DUTY. THE CORP WILL NUMBER 150, 000. MS MRS HOBBY SPEAKS |
| 01:33:44 2022.2 |
CHINESE ARMIES UNDER GENERAL STILLWELL IN ACTION IN BURMA
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| 01:33:49 2027.2 |
"BURMA RETREAT" - VARIOUS SHOTS CHINA'S LAST DITCH BATTLES BEFORE THEY LDST BURMA. INDIAN TROOPS WITH THEIR FAMILIAR TURBANS AID CHINESE IN BATTLES, IN HOUSE TO HOUSE SKIRMISHES.
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| 01:34:21 2059.2 |
GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK & WIFE VISIT BATTLEFIELDS & SEE U.S. EQUIPMENT
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| 01:34:25 2063.2 |
MS TROOPS STAND AT ATTENTION AS CHIANG KAI SHEK AND WIFE ARRIVE, MEET WITH BRITISH AND AMERICAN GENERALS INCLUDE GENERAL STILLWELL. MS STILLWELL. PAN AMERICAN SUPPLY OF TRUCKS AND JEEPS THAT ARRIVED TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE.
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| 01:34:58 2096.2 |
OIL FIELDS IN BURMA
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| 01:35:01 2099.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS BURMA'S OIL WELLS AND HUGE PIPE LINES GOING CROSS COUNTRY AND ACROSS BRIDGES.
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| 01:35:22 2120.2 |
U.S. AID REACHES SUEZ CANAL. CONVOYS UNLOAD U.S.-MADE SUPPLIES & ARMS AT SOUTHERN TERMINAL
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| 01:35:23 2121.2 |
"SUEZ" - VARIOUS SHOTS SUPPLIES BEING LOADED AND UNLOADED BY NATIVE
WORKERS ALONG VITAL SUEZ CANAL ROUTE. |
| 01:35:51 2149.2 |
NATION MARKS "I AM AN AMERICAN" DAY
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| 01:35:57 2155.2 |
AMERICA PLEDGES".- HUGE OUTDOOR CROWD IN SAN FRANCISCO, CELEBRATE "I AM AN AMERICAN DAY" AS AMERICAN FLAG IS PARADED BY
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| 01:36:08 2166.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS CROWD IN
CHICAGO WATCH PARADE. GROUPS YOUNG GIRLS, YOUNG BLACK KIDS, ADULTS POSE. |
| 01:36:19 2177.2 |
BOSTON - CROWDS WATCH NURSES ON PARADE CARRYING U. S. FLAGS. FLOATS WITH MAN WORKING ON LATHE, HORSE AND BUGGY FULL WITH RUBBER TIRES. ALL CEREBRATE "I AM AN AMERICAN DAY".
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| 01:36:38 2196.2 |
NEW YORK CITY - 150, 000 IN CENTRAL PARK DO SAME. SGT. JOE LOUIS ADDRESSES CROWD.
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| 01:36:57 2215.2 |
"AMERICANS EVERYWHERE" - MONTAGE - U. S. TROOPS LANDING IN AUSTRALIA,
DEBARK FROM TROOP SHIP. SOLDIERS, ARMY NURSES MARCHING OVERSEAS. HUGE SHIP BEING BUILT IN SHIPYARD. WELDERS WITH SPARKS FLYING, WORKERS IN DEFENSE PLANT. MEN ON LINE BUYING BONDS;BOY SCOUT DOOR TO DOOR, PICKING UP PAPERS. VOICE OVER, "THESE ARE AMERICANS". |
| 01:37:39 2257.2 |
HUGE CROWD AT WASHINGTON MONUMENT RECITING PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH
STATUE OF LIBERTY, CONSTITUTION SUPER-IMPOSED OVER THEM. OTHER SYMBOLS INCLUDE COVERED WAGONS ON MOVE, MOUNTAIN RANGES, WHITE HOUSE |
| 01:38:17 2295.2 |
MCU PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MAKES SPEECH TO NATION.
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| 01:38:40 2318.2 |
TEENAGE BOYS & GIRLS IN TACOMA, WASHINGTON SIGN UP WITH U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE FOR WORK ON FARMS
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| 01:38:43 2321.2 |
"YOUNG AMERICA DIGS IN" - VARIOUS SHOTS HUNDREDS HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS MARCHING OUT OF SCHOOL CARRYING SHOVELS, PLOWS ON SHOULDERS, GET
ONTO BUSES, WHERE THEY SPEND THEIR VACATIONS PLOWING, WEEDING, HARVESTING. GREAT SHOTS KIDS WORKING IN FIELDS CULTIVATING CROPS |
| 01:39:13 2351.2 |
DAREDEVIL AERIAL TRAPEZE ARTISTS PERFORM HIGH ABOVE GROUND IN YONKERS, NEW YORK TO HELP SELL WAR BONDS
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| 01:39:14 2352.2 |
AERIAL STUNT PERFORMER FANNY FOX DOES HER BIT TO SELL BONDS BY CLIMBING UP 200 FOOT POLE AND DOING AERIAL
STUNTS ATOP POLE, AS CROWD WATCHES BELOW. LS VIEW FANNY JUMPS ROPE ON TINY PLATFORM ATOP POLE. SHE THEN DOES DANCE ATOP POLE WITH MALE PARTNER. |
| 01:40:06 2404.2 |
NOVELTY ITEM: IMITATION FLOWERS MADE FROM WAR BOND STAMPS IN CHICAGO
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| 01:40:09 2407.2 |
"SAY IT WITH STAMPS" - WOMEN MAKE FLORAL CORSAGES, STYLISH HATS, LEIS, OUT OF WAR STAMPS. TREASURY DEPT IS DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT THIS PROJECTS BECAUSE IT DOES BOOST STAMP SALES. VARIOUS SHOTS PRETTY GIRLS MODELING THE PRODUCT. 1942 fashions. oddity.
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| 01:40:48 2446.2 |
FEDERAL FIXED PRICES ACROSS NATIONAL RETAIL STORES
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| 01:40:50 2448.2 |
"FIXED PRICES, FOR THE DURATION" - TILT DOWN LARGE DEPARTMENT STORE (GIMBELS ?), IN NEW YORK CITY. - VARIOUS SHOTS CAR PULLING INTO GAS STATION, WOMAN WITH CHILD IN HAND ENTERING GROCERY MARKET, CROWDS SHOPPERS IN
DEPARTMENT STORE BUYING |
| 01:41:08 2466.2 |
MERCHANT BERNARD GIMBEL ADDRESSING HUGE CROWD OF EMPLOYEES IN HUS NY
DEPARTMENT STORE, ABOUT THE FIXED PRICES. |
| 01:41:21 2479.2 |
CU NOTICE IN STORES EXPLAIN ITEMS THAT WILL BE FIXED. PRICES MAY GO DOWN, BUT NOT UP. VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE IN DEPARTMENT STORE AT COUNTERS BUYING
JEWELRY, CLOTHING, HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES. |
| 01:41:43 2501.2 |
GOOD SHOTS VEGETABLE BINS IN FOOD MARKET, INCLUDES BAKERY AND LARD
COUNTERS. PILES OF EGGS. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS ITEMS WHICH ARE AND ARE NOT CONTROLLED. |
| 01:42:02 2520.2 |
PRICE ADMINISTRATION EXECUTIVE SYLVAN L. JOSEPH APPEALS FOR COOPERATION BY PUBLIC &
RETAILERS IN SPEECH FROM NEW YORK CITY |
| 01:42:23 2541.2 |
FUTURE QUEEN ELIZABETH II CELEBRATES 16TH BIRTHDAY IN LONDON BY REVIEWING HER OWN REGIMENT OF SOLDIERS MARKING HER FIRST PUBLIC CEREMONIAL APPEARANCE
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| 01:42:29 2547.2 |
"A PRINCESS GROWS UP" - VARIOUS SHOTS 13 YEAR OLD PRINCESS ELIZABETH, WITH QUEEN MOTHER, REVIEWS TROOPS ON PALACE GROUNDS ON HER FIRST OFFICIAL CEREMONY. MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS PRINCESS ELIZABETH GROWING UP, POSING WITH KING, QUEEN. ELIZABETH AND GENERALS REVIEWING TROOPS.
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| 01:43:20 2598.2 |
MAHATMA GANDHI ASKS FOR BRITISH WITHDRAWAL FROM INDIA AS INDIA'S INDUSTRIES STEP UP FOR CRISIS. INDIA HOMEFRONT WAR EFFORT
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| 01:43:33 2611.2 |
GOOD SHOTS GANDHI EXITING LIMO IN HIS UNIQUE SHEET LIKE WEAR, SITS AND MEETS WITH BRITISH AMBASSADOR. GANDHI TELLS BRITISH TO GET OUT OF INDIA.
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| 01:43:47 2625.2 |
VARIOUS INDIAN STREET SCENES WITH HUGE CROWDS IN STREETS. SHOTS OF
INDIA'S PITIFULLY SMALL ARMY. SHOTS OF INDIAN WORKERS WITH PRIMITIVE TOOLS. CU FACE SHOTS INDIAN MAN, WOMAN, WORKING AT HAND CRAFTS. |
| 01:44:31 2669.2 |
SIR STAFFORD CRIPP'S PARLEY AT DELHI
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| 01:44:38 2676.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS PUNDIT NEHRU WHO DISAGREES WITH GANDHI. BRITISH EDUCATED, HE FAVORS COMPROMISE.
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| 01:45:15 2713.2 |
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| 01:45:15 2713.2 |
LOUIS JOHNSON, AMERICAN SPECIAL OBSERVER MEETS WITH BRITISH GENERAL WAVE LL ON THE SUBJECT. JOHNSON WITH GANDHI, WHO ATTACKS ALL INTERVENTION. diplomacy
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| 01:45:27 2725.2 |
TRIBUTE TO JIMMY DOOLITTLE AS AMERICAN BRIGADIER-GENERAL RECIEIVES CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR FROM FDR FOR TOKYO RAID
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| 01:45:29 2727.2 |
"AMERICA'S MINUTE MEN - JIMMY DOOLITTLE" - PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT DESK IN OVAL OFFICE, GIVES CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO DOOLITTLE, WHO BOMBED
TOKYO, AS GENERAL MARSHAL AND OTHERS LOOK ON. |
| 01:45:55 2753.2 |
"WHERE IS SHANGRI-LA?" - ANIMATED MAP SHOWING VARIOUS PLACES IN FAR
PACIFIC WHERE POSSIBLE LOCATIONS WHERE SECRET AIR BASE SHANGRI-LA, WHERE JIMMY DOOLITTLE TOOK OFF ON DARING BOMBING RUN ON TOKYO |
| 01:46:20 2778.2 |
JAMES DOOLITTLE TELLS WHAT HAPPENED ON FIRST RAID TO BRING WAR TO JAPANESE SOIL
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| 01:46:30 2788.2 |
GENERAL DOOLITTLE SPEAKS OF BOMBING BUT DOES NOT REVEAL FROM WHERE HE
TOOK OFF. TELLS OF THIS DANGEROUS VOLUNTEER MISSION. VARIOUS SHOTS BOMBERS BEING LOADED WITH BOMBS AND TAKING OFF. VOICE OVER, "GENERAL DOOLITTLE, LEAD THE WAY". |
| 01:47:49 2867.2 |
REPRESENTATIVES OF 14 NATIONS AT AIR TRAINING CONFERENCE IN OTTAWA, CANADA. JOINT COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZING TRAINING METHODS IS FORMED WITH HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON.
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| 01:48:10 2888.2 |
VARIOUS CU SHOTS MILITARY LEADERS
FROM U. S., AUSTRALIA, FREE NORWAY, FREE POLAND, CHINA AND FRANCE ALL POSE IN THEIR COUNTRY'S UNIFORM. |
| 01:48:27 2905.2 |
AIRMEN FROM ALL OVER GLOBE TRAIN IN CANADA - FIGHTER PLANES TAKING OFF AT AIR TRAINING SCHOOL AIRFIELD. SQUADRONS IN FLIGHT.
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| 01:48:57 2935.2 |
PILOTS OF UNITED NATIONS IN AIR COMBAT. FOOTAGE OF GERMAN PLANE SHOT DOWN
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| 01:48:58 2936.2 |
"ACTION OVER THERE" - PILOTS IN BRITAIN TAKE TO THEIR FIGHTER PLANES.
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| 01:49:12 2950.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS DOG FIGHT WITH ACTION TAKEN FROM WING CAMERA. GERMAN PLANE BEING SHOT DOWN. VOICE OVER, "YESTERDAY'S AIR SCHOOL GRADUATES, TODAY;S VICTORY'S FLIERS".
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| 01:49:36 2974.2 |
FLASH FLOODS CAUSE NATURAL DISASTER IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
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| 01:49:44 2982.2 |
MAP SHOWING AREA OF PENNSYLVANIA AND
POINTS EAST WHERE SPRING FLOODS OCCURRED. |
| 01:49:51 2989.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS WATER IN RIVER FLOWING JUST FEET BELOW BRIDGE. RESCUERS USE ROW BOATS TO EVACUATE PEOPLE FROM FLOODED HOMES. MAN PLACES SHOVEL IN WATER SHOWING HOW HIGH FLOOD REACHED.
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| 01:50:18 3016.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS DESTRUCTION LEFT BY FLOODS. CARS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AMID DAMAGE. MARE THAN 300 DEAD. disaster
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| 01:50:45 3043.2 |
DEMONSTRATIONS PRECEDE OFFICIAL WAR SESSIONS AS MEXICO ACTS ON AXIS TORPEDOING OF TWO OF HER MERCHANT SHIPS
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| 01:50:47 3045.2 |
"MEXICO'S AXIS SHOWDOWN" - MS MEXICAM NEWSBOY RUNS TO DELIVER PAPER. HEADLINE: "GUERRA" (WAR).PRESIDENT CAMACHO OF MEXICO HAVING MEETING WITH CABINET AT PRESIDENTIAL PALACE TO CONSIDER FORMAL WARE DECLARATION. MS BEVY
PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING FLASH SHOTS. |
| 01:51:16 3074.2 |
HUGE ANTI-AXIS CROWD WITH BANNERS AND FLAGS, DEMONSTRATE OUTSIDE PALACE AS COMACHO AND OTHER WATCH FROM
BALCONY. politics, foreign government |
| 01:51:25 3083.2 |
WAACS IN WASHINGTON, DC MODEL NEW UNIFORMS FOR FEMALE SOLDIERS
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| 01:51:28 3086.2 |
"OFFICIAL - STYLE FOR SOLDIERETTES". 3 MODELS SHOW 3 DIFFERENT UNIFORM STYLES FOR WOMEN IN VARIOUS SERVICES.
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| 01:51:59 3117.2 |
MARITIME DAY CELEBRATIONS AS U.S. SALUTES MEN & SHIPS OF OCEAN TRANSPORT FLEETS. FUTURE OFFICERS AT MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY IN NEW YORK CITY SALUTE HEROS OF FREIGHTER SERVICE LOST IN BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
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| 01:52:23 3141.2 |
WREATH IS THROWN INTO WATER OFF DOCK IN NEW YORK CITY. MERCHANT MARINE MEN, ALL WEARING WHITE CAPS, MARCH TO NEW YORK CITY HALL.
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| 01:52:27 3145.2 |
AT NEW YORK CITY HALL MERCHANT SAILORS WHO SURVIVED ATTACKS BY NAZI U-BOAT SUBMARINES ARE HONORED WITH MEDALS FOM MAYOR LAGUARDIA.
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| 01:52:50 3168.2 |
ADMIRAL LAND MAKES SPEECH FROM WASHINGTON, DC CALLING FOR LARGEST MERCHANT FLEET
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| 01:53:13 3191.2 |
TWENTY-SEVEN CARGO CARRIER SHIPS LAUNCHED IN ONE DAY ACROSS NATION
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| 01:53:15 3193.2 |
VARIOUS SHOTS SHIPS AT NAVY YARDS BEING BUILT FROM MAINE TO CALIFORNIA IN GREATEST MASS LAUNCHING IN ONE DAY. VARIOUS SHOTS OF LAUNCHING S IN MAINE, CALIFORNIA, MARYLAND OREGON, EACH WITH WOMAN SMASHING BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE AGAINST HULLS.
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| 01:54:50 3288.2 |
AMERICA'S FIRST ZOO THEATRE AT ST. LOUIS ZOO (*STORY DAMAGED*)
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| 01:54:51 3289.2 |
"ANTHROPOIDS HIT BIG TIME" - KIDS WATCH SHOW AT ST. LOUIS ZOO WITH CHIMPS AND PONIES. GOOS SHOTS CHIMPS DANCING ON LA CONGA LINE. CHIMPS JUMP ONTO PONIES AS THEY RIDE IN CIRCLE. CHIMPS BALANCE ON ROLLING BARREL AND BEACH BALL. animal antics
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