1933-1945WORLD WAR II
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QUEENS RETURNS TO NETHERLANDS PRINCE BERNHARDT MEETS QUEEN WILHEMINA AT BELGIUM AIRPORT AS SHE ARRIVES FROM EXILE IN ENGLAND AFTER ABSENCE OF 5 YEARS.
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| 00:02:23 35.3 |
MONTAGE PEOPLE OF HOLLAND CHEER AS VINTAGE LIMO WITH QUEEN PASSES THROUGH TOWNS. QUEEN IS MOBBED BY PEOPLE AS SHE MINGLES WITH THEM.
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| 00:03:51 123.3 |
LAST RITES FOR LLOYD GEORGE STATESMAN DAVID LLOYD GEORGE DIES. ALLIES MOP UP IN GERMANY. PARLIAMENT BUILDING IN OLD LONDON.
COFFIN OF STATESMAN DAVID LLOYD GEORGE IS CARRIED FROM HOME AND PLACED ON HORSE-DRIVEN CAISSON. |
| 00:04:58 190.3 |
LARGE CROWD GATHERS AT GRAVE SITE. MINISTER GIVES EULOGY AT GRAVE SITE.
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| 00:05:08 200.3 |
GIANT FRENCH PLANE TESTED HUGE 6-ENGINE SEAPLANE IS TESTED ON TRIAL RUN.
HUGE COCKPIT WITH PILOT AND CO-PILOT SITTING AT CONTROLS. |
| 00:06:11 263.3 |
AERIAL SEAPLANE TAXIS ON WATER THEN TAKES OFF.
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| 00:06:38 290.3 |
MOPPING UP IN GERMANY ALLIED DIVE-BOMBERS ATTACK CITY OF ASCHOTINBERG BEFORE IT FALLS TO ALLIES. TOP SECTION OF TALL BUILDING CRUMBLES.
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| 00:07:28 340.3 |
MONTAGE TRUCKS, ARTILLERY AND EQUIPMENT ARE LEFT SMOLDERING ON ROADSIDE BY RETREATING AND SURRENDERING GERMANS
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| 00:07:43 355.3 |
TANKS ROLL THROUGH QUIET FARM YARD, HORSES RUN OUT OF THE WAY. FARMER HOLDING WHITE FLAG LEANS OVER HIS PORCH WATCHING TANKS ROLL BY.
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| 00:08:19 391.3 |
MONTAGE FIELDS OF TANKS ROLLING BY. SOME HALT TO BATTLE GROUPS OF RESISTING GERMANS. INFANTRYMEN SWEEP AROUND FIELD TO ENCIRCLE SMALL GROUPS OF DIEHARD DEFENDERS.
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| 00:08:43 415.3 |
FOUR GERMANS WALK TOWARDS CAMERA WITH HANDS UP.
ONE HOLDS WHITE FLAG. THEY ARE FOLLOWED BY LARGER GROUP. |
| 00:09:01 433.3 |
AMERICAN WAR PRISONERS PEER OUT FROM BEHIND CONCENTRATION CAMP, BARBED WIRE FENCES, JUST BEFORE BEING LIBERATED. JOYOUS MEN, SOME WITH CRUTCHES, POSE AND WAVE. CU GROUP SMILE INTO CAMERA.
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| 00:09:34 466.3 |
GERMAN CIVILIANS IN VILLAGE OF NOWHEIM HAVE FIELD DAY WITH GERMAN ARMY SUPPLY TRAIN, THROWING OUT STORES OF CLOTHING TO WAITING POPULACE, AS THE FACADE OF GERMAN LAW AND ORDER BREAKS DOWN.
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| 00:09:53 485.3 |
MONTAGE WOMAN WITH HER ARMS FULL OF CLOTHING AND OTHERS WALK AWAY WITH ARMS FULL.
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| 00:09:59 491.3 |
GIS WALK ALONG ROAD & UNDER BRIDGE MARKED "FRANKFURT" AS THEY ENTER THAT LARGE CITY. JEEPS, TANKS AND OTHER ARMY VEHICLES RIDE INTO FRANKFURT, THE 3RD LARGEST CITY OF GERMANY
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| 00:10:16 508.3 |
PAN OF RUBBLE AS SEEN BY GI ON JEEP SPEEDING BY.
GERMAN PROPAGANDA POSTERS ON WALLS. MONTAGE AMERICAN INFANTRY FIGHT STREET BY STREET AND HOUSE BY HOUSE. 2 GERMAN DEAD LIE IN THE STREET. |
| 00:11:05 557.3 |
POPULACE OF FRANKFURT COME OUT TO WATCH GIS PASS BY. THOUSANDS OF GERMAN PRISONERS HURDLED IN SQUARE
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| 00:12:22 634.3 |
ALLIES OVERRUN GERMANY GERMANY IS OVERRUN AS MANY SURRENDER. MAP SHOWS THE FINAL ENCIRCLEMENT.
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| 00:12:40 652.3 |
MONTAGE AMERICAN INFANTRYMEN RUN BEHIND COVER OF TANKS AS THEY ADVANCE TO HANOVER UNDER HEAVY FIRE.
TANKS STOP ON ROAD AND BOMBARD THE CITY. |
| 00:13:01 673.3 |
TANKS SPEED THROUGH VILLAGE WITHOUT RESISTANCE.
WOMEN ON ROADS WAVE WHITE HANDKERCHIEFS AT SPEEDING U. S. VEHICLES. |
| 00:13:19 691.3 |
MONTAGE DUTCH CROWD LINE SIDEWALKS AS BRITISH ARMOR ROLLS THROUGH. CU DOG WATCHES FROM SIDELINES. PEOPLE WAVE HAPPILY
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| 00:13:33 705.3 |
MONTAGE TRAIN LOAD OF V-2 BOMBS WITH ALL SECRETS ATTACHED, CAPTURED BY AMERICANS.
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| 00:13:51 723.3 |
P-47'S ZOOM DOWN AND BOMB TOWN BEFORE INFANTRY MOVES IN. ARMOR AND MEN OF 9TH ARMY MOVE IN.
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| 00:14:24 756.3 |
MONTAGE THE FOOT SOLDIERS RUSH INTO TOWN AND GO HOUSE TO HOUSE TO MOP UP.
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| 00:15:08 800.3 |
WORLD MOURNS ROOSEVELT FRANK DELANO ROOSEVELT DIES ON EVE OF VICTORY, HARRY S. TRUMAN BECOMES PRESIDENT. TRUMAN IS
PRESIDENT AS FDR DIES IN HOUR OF VICTORY. THE WHITE HOUSE. FDR AT HIS DESK, FACES CAMERA BEFORE MAKING SPEECH TO PEOPLE, BEFORE HIS DEATH. |
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FDR POSES ON LAWN WITH HIS WIFE, MOTHER, SONS AND GRANDCHILDREN. FDR WEARING FLOPPY HAT WAVES TO CAMERA AT AN EARLIER TIME. FDR & FAMILY WAVE FROM YACHT.
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| 00:16:25 877.3 |
ROOSEVELT TAKES OATH OF OFFICE AS HE IS SWORN AT INAUGURATION DAY MARCH 1933, DURING DEPRESSION.
CU HAND SCANS TICKER TAPE AT STOCK MARKET. CROWDS AT TELLERS WINDOWS DURING RUN ON BANKS. |
| 00:16:58 910.3 |
NRA, NATIONAL REHABILITATION ACT, FLAG IS RAISED IN WASHINGTON
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| 00:17:06 918.3 |
FDR READS BY FIREPLACE AS HIS MOTHER KNITS. FDR IN GARDEN WITH GRANDCHILDREN WHOM HE LOVED DEARLY.
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| 00:17:23 935.3 |
AERIAL ROOSEVELT RE-ELECTION FOR 2ND TERM IS ANNOUNCED TO CROWD AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HALL.
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| 00:17:36 948.3 |
FDR WAVES FROM OPEN LIMO AS HE AND MOTORCADE RIDE TO INAUGURATION FOR UNPRECEDENTED 3RD TERM IN 1941. FDR AND ELEANOR SIT IN LIMO.
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| 00:18:04 976.3 |
FDR MAKES SPEECH PRAISING WINSTON CHURCHILL &
PROMISES "GUNS, TANKS AND SUPPLIES OF ALL KIND" FDR HOLDS ONTO ARMY CAPTAINS ARM AS HE MEETS WINSTON CHURCHILL ON WARSHIP FOR MEETING. |
| 00:19:47 1079.3 |
CHURCHILL AND FDR SIT ON WARSHIP AND SING "ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS" DURING RELIGIOUS CEREMONY ON DECK.
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| 00:19:55 1087.3 |
PEARL HARBOR SCENES OF BURNING & SINKING WARSHIPS AFTER JAP ATTACK ON DECEMBER 7, 1941
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| 00:20:15 1107.3 |
FDR SPEAKS TO PEOPLE OFFERING HIMSELF FOR 4TH TERM WHICH HE WON. MONTAGE POLITICIANS CONGRATULATE HARRY TRUMAN AS NEW VICE PRESIDENT.
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| 00:21:19 1171.3 |
TRUMAN'S HOME IN INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI. TRUMAN SITS ON SOFA WITH WIFE BESS, DAUGHTER MARGARET &
READ MAIL OF CONGRATULATIONS. |
| 00:21:58 1210.3 |
SICKLY FDR SITS IN SLOWLY RIDING JEEP WITH CHURCHILL WALKING NEXT TO HIM.
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| 00:22:04 1216.3 |
FDR WEARS CAPE AS HE CHATS WITH STALIN AT YALTA CONFERENCE, CHURCHILL JOINS THEM
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