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ROMMEL'S DEFEAT IN AFRICA
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BRITISH TROOP POSITIONS IN LIBYAN DESERT
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FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY POSES WITH AIR VICE MARSHAL CUNNINGHAM
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BRITISH TROOPS LOAD TRUCKS WITH SUPPLIES &
EQUIPMENT FOR ATTACK. SHELLS LOADED ON TANK |
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NIGHT SKY LIT UP BY BOMBARDMENT
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SQUADRONS OF ALLIED FIGHTER PLANES RAISE DUST AS THEY TAKE TO SKIES
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TANKS & TRUCKS ADVANCE THROUGH DESERT AS BOMBERS DROP BOMBS ON ROMMEL'S POSITIONS
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AERIAL BOMB EXPLOSIONS MAKE PATTERN IN SAND
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SHELL CASINGS PILE UP AS CANNONS FIRE
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BRITISH TROOPS DIVE TO GROUND AS BOMBS EXPLODE AROUND THEM
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BOMBS EXPLODE CLOSE TO BRITISH TANK
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LARGE GROUP OF GERMAN & ITALIAN PRISONERS
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SHIRTLESS BODY OF GERMAN SOLDIER LIES DRAPED ON TANK. NAZI DEAD LYING IN DESERT SAND
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U.S. TROOPS ENTER FRENCH AFRICAN PORT OF ORAN
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U.S. INVASION FORCE OFF FOGGY SHORE OF ORAN AS GIS WADE ASHORE WITH LITTLE RESISTANCE
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FRENCH WOUNDED ARE TREATED BY NAVY DOCTORS
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CU U.S. SOLDIER HOLDS LEAFLET WITH MESSAGE FROM FDR WHICH WAS DROPPED OVER ORAN BEFORE INVASION
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CROWDS OF PEOPLE JOYOUSLY GREET U.S. GIS ON CITY STREETS
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U.S. TROOPS ADVANCE ALONG ROADS BY FOOT & IN VEHICLES. DOG STANDS ON HOOD OF JEEP AS IT RIDES BY # 27
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| 00:10:49 649 |
U.S. MARINES ON GUADALCANAL PUSH BACK JAPANESE TROOPS
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| 00:11:05 665 |
U.S. BOMBERS ON GUADALCANAL AIR STRIP
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GIS PUSH CART WITH HEAVY BOMB TO MOUNT ON PLANE
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ADMIRAL NIMITZ PLACES MEDALS ON CHEST OF NAVAL OFFICERS & GIS ON BOARD SHIP
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LONG COLUMN OF U.S. TROOPS MARCH ACROSS ISLAND TO ENGAGE ENEMY
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GI SHAVES HAIR OFF COMRADE'S HEAD
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U.S. CRUISER HOME. SANK JAPANESE SHIPS
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SAILORS ON BOARD SHIP "BOISE" RAISE HANDS INDICATING 6 JAPANESE SHIPS THEY SANK IN BATTLE
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SAILOR USES RAG TO POLISH SIX JAPANESE FLAGS PAINTED ON SHIP'S WALL
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ADMIRAL SALUTES AS HE BOARDS "BOISE" TO AWARD HONORS TO CREW
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FDR GREETS GOOD NEIGHBOR
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ECUADOR'S PRESIDENT DEL RIO IS GREETED AT D.C.'S AIRPORT BY SECRETARY OF STATE HULL
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FDR IN BLACK CAP "STANDS" AGAINST HIS LIMO AS HE INTRODUCES DEL RIO TO CABINET MEMBERS
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LATEST PICTURES OF AMERICAN ARMY IN N. AFRICA
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U.S. TROOPS SALUTE OCCUPYING CASABALANCA SALUTE FRENCH GENERAL LUCAS, GOV. OF FRENCH MOROCCO
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| 00:15:25 925 |
GENERAL PATTON WALKS DOWN STEPS WITH FRENCH LEADERS AFTER MEETING AT HOTEL
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| 00:15:39 939 |
NAZI ARMISTICE COMMISSION IS LED OUT FOR EXERCISE BY GIS
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| 00:16:03 963 |
BARRAGE BALLOONS PROTECT SHIPS IN IN HARBOR AGAINST LOW-LEVEL AIR ATTACKS
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BRITISH ADM. CUNNINGHAM, U.S. GENERAL MARK CLARK & GEN. EISENHOWER POSE FOR CAMERA
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ALGERIAN CROWD HAPPILY GIVES VICTORY SIGN
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AXIS SOLDIERS & LEADERS LEAVE HOTEL UNDER U.S. GUARD, CLIMBING INTO TRUCKS WITH THEIR POSSESSIONS
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ANGRY CIVILIANS SHOUT & GIVE THEM 'THE FINGER'
& 'THE ARM' AS TRUCKS PASS BY |
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CIVILIAN IN CROWD GIVES EMPHATIC 'UP YOURS'
STIFF ARM ALONG WITH OTHERS IN CROWD |
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REGIMENT OF BRITISH TROOPS MARCH IN COLUMNS AFTER DISEMBARKING OF SHIPS
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| 00:18:03 1083 |
FRENCH WARSHIPS SIT IN HARBOR OF TOULON, LATER SCUTTLED TO AVOID SURRENDER TO NAZIS #28
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BRITISH PURSUE ROMMEL IN LIBYA
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DESTROYED REMNANTS OF NAZI PLNES, TRUCKS, TANKS & GUNS STREWN ABOUT DESERT
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IN PURSUIT OF NAZIS, BRITISH TANKS & VEHICLES SPEED ACROSS ROADS FLOODED BY TORRENTIAL RAIN
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ITALIAN & NAZI PRISONERS ARE DRIVEN BEHIND LINES IN TRUCKS
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NAZI OFFICER IS SEARCHED
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NEW ROUTE LINKS U.S. & ALASKA
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CANADIAN MOUNTIES IN FUR HATS STAND AT ATTENTION AT CEREMONY OPENING YUKON TRAIL
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FIRST TRUCK CONVOY ROLLS OVER SNOWY TRAIL
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ALLIES DRIVE ON IN NEW GUINEA
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ALLIED SOLDIER SITS ON CAPTURED JAPANESE TANK
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GROUP OF AUSTRALIANS HOLD UP JAPANESE FLAG WHILE RIDING IN CAPTURED JAPANESE BOAT
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TROOPS ADVANCE THROUGH MUDDY HUNGLE ROAD
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U.S. CARRIER BEATS OFF AIR ATTACK
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ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS ON U.S. WARSHIPS FIRE AT ATTACKING JAPANESE PLANES
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BOMB EXPLODES ON U.S. CARRIER DECK
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AS CREW RUNS TO FIGHT FIRE, ANOTHER JAPANESE BOMBER FORCES THEM TO TAKE COVER
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BOMB EXPLODES CLOSE UP TO CAMERA. WHEN SMOKE CLEARS, GAPING HOLE REVEALED ON CARRIER DECK
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CARRIER CREW PULL WATER HOSES ACROSS DECK TO FIGHT FIRE WHILE UNDER ATTACK
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BIGGEST WARSHIPS LAUNCHED BY U.S.
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WOMAN SMASHES CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE TO LAUNCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER "BUNKER HILL" AT SHIPYARD
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QUEEN OF THEM ALL, BATTLESHIP "NEW JERSEY"
IS LAUNCHED WITH 26S OTHER SHIP IN ONE DAY |
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AUSTRALIAN HEROES HOME ON LEAVE
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THICK PAPER & CONFETTI POURS DOWN FROM TALL OFFICE BUILDING ON MARCHING AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
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GOV. GENERAL LORD GOURY SALUTES FROM REVIEW STAND
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AERIAL CROWD, SWEPT BY EMOTION, BREAKS FROM SIDEWALK TO JOIN & EMBRACE MARCHING TROOPS #28A
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SPEED PLANS FOR SAN FRANCISCO SECURITY MEETING
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| 00:29:38 1778 |
FEMALE CLERKS AT LARGE U.S. OFFICE IN D.C.
WORK AT TELETYPE MACHINES & AT THEIR DESKS |
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SECRETARY OF STATE STATINIUS, SOVIET AMBASSADOR GROMYKO & BRITAIN'S LORD HALIFAX AT CONFERENCE
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| 00:30:18 1818 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE MACLEASH SPEAKS IN FRONT OF CHART & PLANS UNITED NATIONS
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INVASION OF OKINAWA
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| 00:30:57 1857 |
HDQ BUILDING OF ADM. CHESTER NIMITZ ON GUAM
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWS NIMITZ GAME PLAN FOR OKINAWA
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WARSHIPS & TROOPSHIPS IN CONVOY ON WAY TO OKINAWA
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| 00:31:44 1904 |
ADM. TARA & GEN. BUCKNER ON DECK OF FLAGSHIP LEAD ATTACK AS HEAVY BOMBARDMENT BEGINS
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| 00:32:20 1940 |
VOLLEYS OF ROCKETS SOFTEN UP SHORE AS LANDING CRAFT MOVE IN
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| 00:32:51 1971 |
ISLAND CIVILIANS ARE ASSEMBLED BY U.S. MILITARY AS U.S. FLAG IS RAISED
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TREMENDOUS & CONTINUOUS VOLLEYS OF ROCKETS FIRED ONTO MAIN ISLAND. BIG BOMBARDMENT
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GI DRINKS FROM BOTTLE AS LANDING SHIP NEARS SHORE. BEACHHEAD ESTABLISHED, WITH LITTLE RESISTANCE
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MANAGEMENT & LABOR SIGN FOR POST-WAR UNITY
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WILLIAM GREEN, ERIC JOHNSON & PHILLIP MURRAY SIGN AGREEMENT AT WASHINGTON DC CONFERENCE
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PARATROOPS LINE UP TO BOARD TRANSPORT PLANES, THEN TAKE OFF FROM AIRFIELD IN HUGE SQUADRON
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U.S. PARATROOPS JUMP FROM PLANES & FILL SKY WITH PARACHUTES
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| 00:37:17 2237 |
TOWPLANE PILOT CUTS LOOSE GLIDER PLANES LADEN WITH TROOPS
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| 00:37:56 2276 |
ENEMY AIRCRAFT FIRE BRINGS DOWN TRANSPORT PLANE WHICH CRASHES IN HUGE BALL OF FLAMES #29
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| 00:39:38 2378 |
MACARTHUR BLASTS JAPANESE FROM NEW GUINEA
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NATIVE TRIBESMEN RUN OUT ON AIRFIELD TO GREET U.S. TROOPS EXITING TROOPSHIPS
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NATIVES WATCH U.S. TROOPS ENTER JUNGLE &
SET UP POSITIONS |
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CU HAND GRENADES SIT NEXT TO PHOTO OF GIS ON SANDBAG
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FDR GREETS CUBAN PRESIDENT BATISTA
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| 00:41:14 2474 |
MILITARY GUARD SALUTES AS BATISTA ARRIVES BY PLANE IN U.S.
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| 00:41:29 2489 |
FDR STANDING BY LIMO SHAKES HANDS WITH BATISTA
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BATISTA SHAKES WITH VP WALLACE
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U.S. TRAINING HUGE MERCHANT MARINE
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LARGE CLASS OF MERCHANT MARINE SEAMEN PARADE AT ACADEMY
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AMERICANS IN THE NEWS
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CHICKENS RUN IN FRONT OF FARMHOUSE GROUNDS
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FARM WIFE FEEDS CHICKENS AS FARMER MILKS COW
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HUSBAND & WIFE WORK ON METAL LATHE PRODUCING PARTS FOR U.S. DEFENSE AFTER TURNING THEIR FARMHOUSE INTO SHOP
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THEIR SONS & GRANDCHILDREN WORK IN SHOP
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HIGH IN MOUNTAINS ALONG PACIFIC, GIRL OWNS &
OPERATES ONE OF BIGGEST CHROME MINES IN COUNTRY |
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SEAMAN NORMAN COMES HOME & SHOWS MOTHER HIS PAY IN WAR BONDS AFTER HE WAS DISCHARGED FOR BEING 14 YEARS OLD
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| 00:43:59 2639 |
6 FT. 1 IN. 173 LBS MARINE IS DISCHARGED FOR BEING 13 YEARS OLD
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BIG GUNS GUARD U.S. COASTLINE
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| 00:44:22 2662 |
U.S. GIS ROLL OUT HUGE SHELLS & LOAD THEM INTO HUGE DISAPPEARING GUNS ALONG U.S. COASTLINE
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| 00:44:33 2673 |
GUN LIFTS UP FROM ITS UNDERGROUND POSITION, FIRES & THEN FOLDS BACK INTO GROUND
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| 00:45:00 2700 |
BRITISH ROUTE NAZIS IN LIBYA
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| 00:45:09 2709 |
GEN. MONTGOMERY CLIMBS ONTO BRITISH TANK
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| 00:45:18 2718 |
WRECKED NAZI PLANES & GUNS LIE IN DESERT
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| 00:45:26 2726 |
BRITISH SOLDIER WALKING IN MUDDY DESERT USES BAYONET RIFLE TO LOOK UNDER ROCK FOR MINE
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| 00:45:31 2731 |
BRITISH BOOT SINKS SLOWLY INTO MUD
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| 00:45:38 2738 |
NAZI GENERAL LED TO REAR LINES AFTER CAPTURE MET BY MONTGOMERY, EXCHANGE SALUTES
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| 00:45:53 2753 |
BRITISH ENGINEERS SWEEP GROUNDS WITH METAL DETECTORS
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| 00:46:23 2783 |
BRITISH SOLDIERS HIT GROUND AS SHELLS EXPLODE
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| 00:47:18 2838 |
THOUSANDS OF AXIS PRISONERS MARCH THROUGH DESERT TO REAR LINES. GERMAN FLAG LOWERED
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#29A
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| 00:48:19 2899 |
WAR ENDS IN EUROPE
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| 00:48:21 2901 |
HUGE CROWDS IN STREETS WAVE JOYOUSLY
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| 00:48:29 2909 |
YOUNG MAN ATOP STANTION HUGS POST HOLDING TIMES SQUARE & BROADWAY STREET SIGNS WAVES TO CAMERA
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| 00:48:37 2917 |
TREMENDOUS CROWD FILLS TIMES SQUARE AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE
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| 00:48:46 2926 |
CROWDS ENTER CATHEDRALS TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD
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| 00:48:58 2938 |
ELDERLY WOMEN SIMUTANEOUSLY MAKE SIGN OF THE CROSS AS THEY SIT IN CHURCH PEW
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| 00:49:01 2941 |
CU PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN SPEAKS TO NATION
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| 00:50:40 3040 |
U.S. & RUSSIAN TROOPS JOIN & CELEBRATE AT RIVER ELBE. GENERALS MEET & SHAKE HANDS
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| 00:50:59 3059 |
GERMAN GENERAL IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES SIGNS PAPER SURRENDERING ITALY TO ALLIED FORCES
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| 00:51:29 3089 |
HUGE NAZI SWASTIKA ATOP STADIUM AT NUREMBERG
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| 00:51:38 3098 |
HUGE AMERICAN FLAG RAISED TO BLOT OUT SWASTIKA
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| 00:51:56 3116 |
GIANT EXPLOSION DESTROYS SWASTIKA EMBLEM
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| 00:52:23 3143 |
HUGE CROWD OF INDIANS BOW TO ALLAH IS SQUARE #30
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| 00:53:38 3218 |
AMERICA REPORTS ON AID TO ALLIES
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| 00:53:50 3230 |
SECRETARY OF STATE STATINIUS REPORTS TO FDR
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| 00:54:04 3244 |
WORKER ROLLS OUT WHEEL TRUCK STACKED WITH CARTONS OF GOODS TO ALLIES
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| 00:54:16 3256 |
RAILROAD CARS CARRY HUGE CARTONS TO WAITING SHIP, LARGE CRATES HOISTED ABOARD
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| 00:55:05 3305 |
NEWEST WAR PLANES BREAK ALL RECORDS
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| 00:55:13 3313 |
CANADA'S NEWEST LIGHT BOMBER "MOSQUITO" IS ON DISPLAY AT AIRFIELD
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| 00:55:31 3331 |
TEST PILOT DEHAVILAND TEST FLIES ALL-WOOD PLANE. MILITARY MEN WATCH IT BUZZ FIELD
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| 00:56:17 3377 |
NEW ARMY SCOUT PLANE NEEDS SMALL TAKE-OFF SPACE
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| 00:56:46 3406 |
U.S. HERO SHIP WELCOMED HOME
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| 00:56:50 3410 |
TUG BOAT PUSHES U.S. CRUISER "SAN FRANCISCO"
INTO PORT |
| 00:57:19 3439 |
ADMIRAL KING AWARDS YOUNG COMMANDER THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
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| 00:57:35 3455 |
ALASKAN RAILROAD RE-OPENED BY ARMY
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| 00:58:00 3480 |
YUKON RAILROAD CHUGS THROUGH TOWNS & SNOW COVERED MOUNTAIN RANGES OVER WOODEN BRIDGES
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| 00:58:35 3515 |
U.S. HIGH COMMAND HOLDS WAR PARLEY
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| 00:58:57 3537 |
CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL MARSHAL MEETS WITH ADMIRAL KING & OTHERS AT LUNCH TABLE
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| 00:59:11 3551 |
CU ADMIRAL LEAHY, FDR'S CHIEF OF STAFF, SITS AT HEAD OF TABLE
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| 00:59:50 3590 |
U.S. SHIPYARDS HIT ALL-TIME RECORD
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| 00:59:59 3599 |
SHIP AFTER SHIP SLIDES DOWN WAYS
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| 01:00:34 3634 |
HENRY J. KAISER, SHIPBUILDER, ASSEMBLES SHIP MODEL IN LARGE PRE-FABRICATED SECTIONS
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| 01:01:01 3661 |
WOMAN LAUNCHES KAISER SHIP BUILT IN 4 DAYS
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