1944WORLD WAR II
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WESTERN FRONT ALLIED FORCES PUSH FURTHER INTO GERMANY. MAP SHOWING AMERICAN FORCES PUSHING INTO GERMANY TOWARDS THE RUHR IN NORTH AND SAAR IN SOUTH.
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MONTAGE AMERICAN 3RD ARMY TROOPS MARCH OVER RUBBLE IN TOWN OF SANSAVOLD
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AMERICAN ARTILLERY CREWS FIRE CAPTURED GERMAN GUNS INTO SAARBRUCKEN. GI SHOVES SHELL INTO BREECH OF GERMAN 88MM GUN AS ANOTHER USES MEASURING INSTRUMENT TO GET RANGE, BEFORE FIRING
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STEEPLE ON CHURCH CRUMBLES UNDER SHELLING.
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LABOR LEADERS PLAN FOR FUTURE SPOKESMEN FOR WORKING PEOPLE IN ALLIED COUNTRIES MEET IN WAR-TORN LONDON TO PLAN FUTURE.
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LABOR LEADERS TOUR WAR-TORN LONDON.
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EISENHOWER TOURS FRONT GENERAL EISENHOWER AND OTHER OFFICIALS, INCLUDING CANADIAN GENERAL QUERAR WATCH POLISH ENGINEERS BUILD BRIDGE
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TANKS FLAME THROWERS SHOOT SPECTACULAR JETS OF FIRE ACROSS FIELDS. IKE VISITS WOUNDED SOLDIERS AT FIELD HOSPITAL. SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS FOR NURSES.
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CU IKE WEARS BOOTHS TO COMBAT MUD AS HE VISITS FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY. IKE & MONTY SIT & CHAT.
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ALLIES UNLOCK ANTWERP GATES FLEETS OF SHIPS ARE DOCKED AT ANTWERP HARBOR AND SUPPLIES CAN BE RUSHED TO WESTERN FRONT.
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MONTAGE BRITISH FORCES TAKE HEAVY LOSSES AS GERMAN MONSTER COASTAL GUNS TAKE HEAVY TOLL ON ALLIED LANDING CRAFT OFF VULCORAN ISLAND. POOR VISIBILITY PREVENTS PLANE SUPPORT
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BRITISH, NORWEGIAN AND BELGIAN COMMANDOS TAKE HEAVY LOSSES AS THEY WADE INTO SHORE. 2 COMMANDOS DUCK QUICKLY AS BULLETS FLY BY. OTHER COMMANDOS ARE PINNED DOWN ON BEACH
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COMMANDO RUNS FORWARD AND TOSSES HAND GRENADE AS OTHERS RUN FORWARD IN CROUCHED POSITION. FORTIFIED HOUSE ON BEACH CATCHES FIRE AND GERMANS RUN OUT WITH HANDS UP.
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MAP SHOWS IMPORTANCE OF THE ISLAND TO ALLIED SHIPPING FROM NORTH SEA TO ANTWERP.
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WELDER HELPS RESTORE PORT FACILITIES. TRUCK IS LIFTED OFF SHIP TO SHORE. OTHER SUPPLIES & CANNON ARE UNLOADED ONTO PIER.
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ROLL# 1031
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FRENCH HONOR AMERICAN HEROES GENERAL IRWIN PRESENTS DISTINGUISHED CROSS TO SERGEANT DALE REX, IN OUTDOOR CEREMONY AT METZ.
FRENCH GENERAL PINS THE CROIX DE GUERRE ON OTHER GIS OF 5TH DIVISION. |
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS REBUILD LONDON'S BOMBED HOMES PAN OF ENORMOUS DEBRIS OF BOMBED OUT HOMES. SQUADS OF ENGINEER TROOPS USE SHOVELS TO CLEAR OUT DEBRIS BEFORE REBUILDING
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MONTAGE CRANE KNOCKS DOWN SECTIONS OF BUILDINGS.
GIS WITH PICK AXES AND BULLDOZERS CLEAR OUT AREAS FOR NEW HOUSES. |
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GIS USE WHEELBARROWS TO POUR CEMENT FOR FOUNDATIONS. GI LAYS BRICK ON FOUNDATION. GIS TAKE TIME-OUT FOR HOT MEAL SERVED AT SITE.
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SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER SENDS GREETINGS.
GENERAL EISENHOWER DRIVES UP TO A GROUP OF SOLDIERS FROM ALL ALLIED COUNTRIES & MAKES SPEECH IN BEHALF OF UNITED NATIONS, THANKING THEM & WISHING THEM A MERRY CHRISTMAS. |
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DELEGATION OF CONGRESSMEN VISIT WESTERN FRONT.
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES INSPECT FRONT. 17 U.S. CONGRESSMEN ARRIVE BY CAR TO INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS ALONG GERMAN BORDER. |
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GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON SPEAKS TO THE GROUP ABOUT 3RD ARMY DRIVE. CONGRESSMEN PAGAN, FERRINGTON &
CLARE BOOTH LUCE, SPARKMAN, COSTELLO & THOMAS WHO SERVE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ARE ALL THERE. LUCE SHAKES HANDS WITH GENERAL PATTON. |
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CONGRESSIONAL GROUP WATCHES TANKS ROLL BY TO FRONT. LUCE HOLDS EARS AS ARTILLERY IS FIRED.
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WESTERN FRONT REACHES RHINE CU GI'S HAND FEELS POINTED & JAGGED METAL RODS STICKING OUT OF GROUND ON OUTER RING OF NAZI DEFENSE SYSTEM ALONG SIEGFREID LINE
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PILLBOXES WITH SUBTERRANEAN GALLERIES. PAN
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GIS PEER OUT OF PEEP HOLES IN THE PILLBOXES.
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CU FACES OF GERMAN PRISONERS INCLUDE GERMAN SCHOOL BOYS AND SENIOR CITIZENS.
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MEN AND TANKS MOVE INTO VILLAGE AND FACE HEAVY RESISTANCE. WOUNDED GI LIES ON GROUND. RIFLEMAN MOVES CAUTIOUSLY ALONG DESTROYED NAZI TANK
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GI KICKS A DOOR OPEN AND WITH RIFLE READY MOVES INTO BUILDING. GI HOLDS UP HEAVY MACHINE GUN &
FIRES INTO BUILDING. SOUNDS OF BULLETS RICOCHETTING AND CHATTER OF MACHINE GUNS. |
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ARTILLERY CREWMAN SHOVES SHELL INTO BREECH. GI SETS RANGE FINDER ON MORTAR AND FIRES. REPEATEDLY.
CANNONS FIRE ON PORT OF KELL. SHELLS ARE SEEN EXPLODING ON THE PORT. |
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ROLL# 1032
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AMERICAN SUB RESCUES AIRMAN SUB PULLS ALONGSIDE STILL FLOATING PLANE AND TAKES OFF ITS CREW. FLOATING DAMAGED PLANE IS SUNK BY SUB'S GUNS.
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AMERICANS FIGHT FLYING BOMBS ELS GERMAN V-1 FLYING BOMB PLUMMETS TO EARTH. SIDE OF APARTMENT HOUSE IN LONDON CRUMBLES TO GROUND IN HUGE CLOUD OF DUST.
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V-1 ROCKET SPEEDS ACROSS SKY. MONTAGE U.S.
ARTILLERY CREW FIRE AT V-1 IN EXTRAORDINARY RAPIDITY. V1 ROCKET IS HIT, TRAILS CLOUD OF SMOKE. ANOTHER BLOWS UP IN SKY. |
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MONTAGE GIS DIG THROUGH RUBBLE, BY HAND, FOR SURVIVORS. CU MEDIC BANDAGES WOMAN'S FACE
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PORTABLE PIPELINES GI USES HOSE TO PUMP GASOLINE FROM TRUCK INTO AIRPLANE. CU GAS POURS TOWARDS CAMERA, AS SEEN AS THOUGH CAMERA WAS INSIDE TANK LOOKING OUT.
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GIS DROP SECTIONS OF PIPE ONTO GROUND FROM TRUCK AS IT SLOWLY ROLLS ALONG. CU PIPE PIECES ARE CONNECTED AND EXTENDED TO COAST. TANKERS PUMP THROUGH PIPES FROM SEACOAST TO FIGHTING LINES.
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CU GI TURNS VALVE STARTING THE FLOW.
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ACTION ON WESTERN FRONT MAP SHOWING ALLIED FORCES DRIVING INTO GERMANY.
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SIGN: "YOU ARE NOW ENTERING GERMANY THRU COURTESY 95TH INF. DIV".
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CU FIRE SET BY GIS IN RUBBLE OF BUILDING HEATS UP GI'S TIN CUP AND RATIONS. GI SITS IN RUBBLE AND EATS HIS HEATED RATIONS. LIVE HENS WALK AMID RUBBLE.
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GI GUN CREW RAMRODS HUGE SHELL INTO CANNON & FIRE A "LONG TOM" GIS FIRE RIFLES & MACHINE GUNS FROM BEHIND BUILDING REMAINS. AMERICAN TANK IS HIT, CATCHES FIRE.
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GIS CARRY WOUNDED ON STRETCHER & LOAD HIM ON JEEP.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES REACH 250,000 SINCE D-DAY. NAZI PRISONERS CARRY THEIR WOUNDED. |
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CHRISTMAS 1944 MONTAGE GIS AT FRONT READ MAIL. GI CUTS CAKE FROM HOME AND SHARES IT. ST. NICHOLAS AND 2 CHILDREN "ANGELS" IN COSTUMES, RIDE INTO LUXEMBOURG IN JEEP DRIVEN BY GI.
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MONTAGE LARGE GROUP CHILDREN ARE LED IN SONG BY NUN. CHRISTMAS WHICH WAS BANISHED BY NAZI, RETURNED IN 1944. CU SMILE ON BOYS FACE. GIS HAND OUT GIFTS TO THE CHILDREN.
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CHILDREN WATCH IN AWE AS THEY ARE LED INTO ROOM WITH TABLE FULL OF PASTRIES AND CAKES. GIS CUT THE CAKES AND HAND THEM OUT TO WOMEN WHO GIVE THEM TO CHILDREN. EACH IS GIVEN BAG OF GOODIES.
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CHILDREN IN FRANCE SING CAROLS TO MEN OF 9TH AIR FORCE. FRENCH VERSION OF SANTA GIVES OUT GIFTS TO CHILDREN EACH SPONSORED BY GI.
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MONTAGE FACES OF GIS PROUDLY LISTENING TO CHILDREN SINGING FOR THEM.
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ROLL# 1033
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CHURCHILL IN ATHENS ARCHBISHOP DOMASKINOS. FRENCH, AMERICAN & RUSSIAN OFFICIALS ARRIVE FOR MEETINGS OVER GREECE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.
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ANTHONY EDEN AND FIELD MARSHAL ALEXANDER WAIT FOR CHURCHILL TO ARRIVE. CHURCHILL ARRIVES IN ARMORED VEHICLE. CIGAR IN MOUTH, HE GIVES VICTORY SIGN.
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ALERT SOLDIERS FIND LARGE CACHE OF DYNAMITE IN SEWERS ALONGSIDE HOTEL MEETING PLACE. THEY ARE GERMAN IN ORIGIN.
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EPIC STRUGGLE ON WESTERN FRONT ALLIED SOLDIERS & VEHICLES TRAVEL ON FOG SHROUDED ROADS. AIR POWER IS TEMPORARILY GROUNDED.
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MAP SHOWS GERMAN OFFENSIVE WHICH LED TO BATTLE OF THE "BULGE", WHICH PUSHED RIGHT THROUGH ALLIED LINES IN BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG.
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MONTAGE GERMAN FILM SHOW GERMAN "ROYAL TIGER"
TANKS & SOLDIERS PUSHING FORWARD. GERMAN SOLDIER GIVES GO AHEAD PUMPING GESTURE WITH HIS ARM. |
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MONTAGE GERMAN SOLDIERS IN THEIR LONG WINTER COATS RUN FORWARD, PASSING BURNING AMERICAN VEHICLES &
TANKS. |
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GROUP OF GERMAN SOLDIERS SHARE AND ENJOY CAPTURED AMERICAN CIGARETTES. REFUGEES MOVE OUT IN CARTS, CLOGGING ROADS TO SEEK SAFETY ON AMERICAN SIDE.
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MONTAGE ALLIED SOLDIERS HELP REFUGEES ONTO TRUCKS.
LITTLE GIRL CRIES. M. P.'S CHECK CREDENTIALS FOR ENEMY INFILTRATION. |
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CU GI WRAPS DYNAMITE AROUND TREE IN FOREST TO CAUSE TEMPORARY ROAD BLOCK IF NECESSARY. ANTI-TANK MINES ARE PLACED UNDER LEAVES. GI BAZOOKA MAN LEANS AGAINST TREE, WAITING FOR GERMAN TANKS.
HEAVY GUNS STAND POISED. |
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MONTAGE AMERICAN TROOPS AND TANKS PASS ALONG ROADS & TANKS ON WAY TO FRONT. MONTAGE ARTILLERY BARRAGES FIRE.
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TWO GI LOOK OVER BODY OF GERMAN SOLDIER IN SNOW, THEN WALK ON. GIS EXAMINE GERMAN TANK.
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MONTAGE GI MORTAR CREWS LOB SHELLS INTO GERMAN POSITIONS. GIS PASS GERMAN BODIES IN A TOWN.
GERMAN SURRENDERS TO GIS TAKING COVER BEHIND BUILDING. HIS FACE SHOWS FEAR AS HE HOLDS HIS HANDS UP. MEDICS CARE FOR GERMAN WOUNDED |
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ELS VAPOR TRAILS SHOW AMERICAN BOMBERS IN SKY AS WEATHER CLEARS. MONTAGE GERMAN INTERCEPTORS BEING SHOT DOWN, AS SEEN FROM PLANES CAMERA.
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AERIAL FIGHTER PLANE STRAFES GERMAN GROUND TARGET WHICH BLOWS UP IN A HUGE FLAME. FIGHTER PLANE RIDES THROUGH FLAMES.
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ROLL# 1034
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THE YEAR 1944: EVENTS COVERING THE YEAR
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FDR, STALIN &CHURCHILL POSE AT MEETING IN TEHERAN, IRAN.
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MONTAGE AMERICAN TROOPS STORMING BEACHES &
FIGHTING IN JUNGLES OF KWAJALEIN, MARSHALL ISLANDS, ENIWETOK, PALAU, BIAK, SAIPAN, GUAM, |
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GENERAL MACARTHUR WATCHES BOMBARDMENT WITH COTTON IN HIS EARS.
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GI HELPS BLINDED SOLDIER SLOSH THROUGH MUD.
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MONTAGE RUSSIAN TANKS SPEED THROUGH SNOWY FIELDS OF UKRAINE AND SWEEP 300 MILES TO ROMANIA
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MONTAGE HUGE MASSES OF TANKS, ARTILLERY, SHELLS, PLANES & STACKS OF SUPPLIES STAND READY IN ENGLAND FOR INVASION ON D-DAY. MONTAGE GIS LOUNGE AROUND AWAITING CALL.
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MONTAGE TROOPS FROM ALL ALLIED NATIONS EMBARK AT BRITISH PIERS FOR TRIP TO FRANCE.
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GENERAL IKE AND ALLIED GENERALS PERUSE LARGE WALL MAP.
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MONTAGE HUGE ARMADA OF SHIPS START THEIR JOURNEY ON JUNE 5TH, 1944. MONTAGE ALLIED SOLDIERS CLIMB DOWN INTO LANDING CRAFTS FROM TROOP SHIPS. ATTACK PLANES FILL SKY AS DO PARATROOPERS.
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MONTAGE BOMBARDMENT BEGINS AND TROOPS HIT BEACHES ON D-DAY. ACTION SCENES ON BEACHES.
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CU GOOD SCENE OF BOMB EXPLODING IN CAMERA'S FACE.
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWS GERMANY'S CONTROL OF EUROPE SHRINK DRAMATICALLY AFTER D-DAY.
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CU HUGE CHURCH BELL RINGING. MONTAGE JOYOUS PEOPLE CELEBRATE AS 1/2 DOZEN COUNTRIES ARE LIBERATED.
ROME: JUNE 5, 1944; PARIS: AUGUST 22, 1944; BUCHAREST: AUGUST 31, 1944; BRUSSELS: SEPTEMBER 3, 1944; BELGRADE: OCTOBER 20, 1944; ATHENS: OCTOBER, 13, 1944 |
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UNITED NATIONS MEETS IN DUNBARTON OAKS, WASHINGTON, D. C.
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STEAM ENGINE PULLS INTO QUEBEC, CHURCHILL GETS OFF IS MET BY FDR.
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FDR IS ELECTED FOR 4TH TERM FEEBLE FDR WAVES FROM WHEELCHAIR AS HE WINS RE-ELECTION FOR 4TH TIME. JOYOUS CONVENTIONEERS WAVE FDR PLACARDS.
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GERMANS TRY COUNTER-ATTACK AND BATTLE OF BULGE RESULTS. GERMAN TANKS AND MEN COUNTER-ATTACK AND STRIKE BACK ON 16TH OF NOVEMBER 1944 TO BEGIN INFAMOUS BATTLE OF BULGE. AS YEAR ENDS, ALLIES STRIKE BACK
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AS 1944 COMES TO CLOSE SO DOES JAPANS IN PACIFIC THEATER. ANIMATED PACIFIC MAP SHOWS JAPANESE CONQUEST AREA SHRINK AS ALLIES TAKES GUADACANAL, TARAWA, PALAU, ADMIRALTIES, MARIANAS, MARAKEI, PHILIPPINES.
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MONTAGE KAMIKAZE PLANES ATTACK AMERICAN WARSHIPS.
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LOW FLYING JAPANESE PLANE IS HIT. CATCHES FIRE AND BARELY MISSES CARRIER AS IT CRASHES IN SEA.
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AMERICAN TROOPS STORM BEACH AT LEYTE IN PHILIPPINES.
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GENERAL MACARTHUR AND HIS STAFF WADES INTO SHORE FROM LANDING CRAFT
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LITTLE PHILIPPINE GIRL DRINKS FROM CANTEEN THEN STICKS HER TONGUE OUT.
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ROLL# 1035
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YANKS HELP REPAIR FRENCH RAILROADS
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MONTAGE PAN OF LOCOMOTIVES & FREIGHT CARS WRECKED BY FRENCH UNDERGROUND FORCES ON SECRET ORDERS FROM ALLIES ON D-DAY. MONTAGE PAN OF RAILROAD YARDS, BRIDGES WRECKED BY GERMANS AS THEY RETREATED.
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MONTAGE FRENCHMEN USING SHOVELS BEGIN TO CLEAN UP THEIR GOOD WORK OF WRECKING. MONTAGE WORKERS BEGIN REPAIRING BRIDGES. AMERICAN GI SALVAGE CREWS CLEAR AWAY DEBRIS FROM DYNAMITED BRIDGES UNDER SUPERVISION OF ARMY ENGINEERS.
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FRENCH WORKERS REPAIR HUGE RAILROAD STOCK. LONG LINE OF RAILROAD TANK CARS, SHIPPED FROM AMERICA, ROLL FROM BEACHHEAD TO TRACKS. LARGE LOCOMOTIVE IS LIFTED BY GIANT CRANE FROM SHIP TO PIER. BOX CARS ROLL OUT OF LANDING CRAFT
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SKILLED REPAIRMEN WAVE FROM OUT OF BOX CARS AS THEY ARE TRANSPORTED TO FORWARD LINE TO MAINTAIN STOCK. GIS PLACE RAILROAD TIES IN PLACE FOR TRACK WHICH IS LAYED ON TOP.
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HUGE RAILROAD CROSSING TRACK SECTION IS MOVED INTO PLACE BY FRENCH WORKERS. SWITCH IS THROWN AND GI AT THROTTLE MOVES TRAIN.
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STEAM ENGINE SLOWLY PASSES OVER RECENTLY REPAIRED BRIDGE. HOSPITAL TRAIN SPEEDS ALONG NEW TRACKS.
STEAM SPOUTS FROM LOCOMOTIVE AS IT PULLS LONG LINE OF TANK CARS TO FRONT. |
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MONTY TAKES OVER AS BATTLE RAGES GENERAL EISENHOWER MEETS WITH FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY, GIVES HIM COMPLETE COMMAND OF NORTHERN SECTOR. GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY IN COMMAND OF SOUTH IS THERE
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ALL THE GENERALS POSE FOR CAMERA.
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SQUADRON OF CARGO PLANES RUSH SUPPLIES TO TRAPPED AMERICAN TROOPS IN BASTOGNE, WHO HEROICALLY HOLD OUT.
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AERIAL GLIDERS LAND IN SNOW WITH DOCTORS & MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR TRAPPED GIS WHO REFUSE EVERY GERMAN OFFER TO SURRENDER. FOOD & AMMUNITION DROPPED BY PARACHUTE LIES IN SNOW.
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DEAD AND FROZEN GERMAN DEAD LIE SCATTERED ALONG ROAD.
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GENERAL MCAULIFFE WHO REFUSED SURRENDER TO GERMANS, GREETS GENERAL TAYLOR, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF RELIEF COLUMN, IN BASTOGNE.
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MONTAGE SMILING, BLACKENED FACES OF THE MEN IN BASTOGNE WHO REFUSED TO SURRENDER. PAN
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RED ARMY DRIVES ON RUSSIAN GENERALS SIT AT TABLE AND PLOT ON MAP.
MONTAGE NIGHT IS LIT UP BY ENORMOUS BARRAGE OF ARTILLERY AND FLASHING ROCKETS ACROSS THE SKY. |
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BURNING NAZI TANK. RUSSIAN PLANE SQUADRONS FILL SKY. EXPLODING BOMBS IN DISTANT FIELDS. TANKS SPEED BY WITH EXPLODING NAZI SHELLS ALL AROUND THEM. MONTAGE RUSSIAN INFANTRY RUN FORWARD.
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RUSSIAN MARSHAL ROFOSOFSKY, OF STALINGRAD FAME.
VISITS BATTLEFIELD HEADQUARTERS. HE PUFFS ON SLIM CIGAR. |
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SOVIET TROOPS ADVANCE THROUGH STREETS OF PRAGDA, POLAND, IN FIERCE FIGHTING. POLISH TANKS & TROOPS MARCH IN WITH SOVIETS.
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ROLL# 1036
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WINTER GRIPS WESTERN FRONT ARMY TRUCKS SLIDE ACROSS SNOW & ICE ON ROADS. TANK STAY IN ONE PLACE AS WHEELS TURN & SLIDE IN PLACE, IN SNOW.
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LONG COLUMN OF TANKS MOVE SLOWLY ON ICY ROADS. ONE SKIDS SIDEWAYS ,UNCONTROLLABLY, AS IT TRIES TO TURN. AMERICAN INFANTRY WALK ICY ROADS AND THROUGH SNOWY FORESTS TOWARDS BATTLE.
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SMALL OBSERVATION PLANE TAKES OFF FROM ICY RUNWAY.
MONTAGE TANKS AND ARTILLERY FIRE. NAZIS WEARING PARTS OF AMERICAN UNIFORMS SURRENDER. |
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ALLIES HONOR BRITISH HERO SIR BERTRAM RAMSEY IS SEEN PLOTTING ON MAPS WITH FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY BEFORE HIS DEATH.
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RAMSEY WALKS AND CHATS WITH GENERAL EISENHOWER.
GENERAL IKE AND LONG PROCESSION OF ALLIED GENERALS WALK BEHIND CAISSON BEARING COFFIN OF RAMSEY. |
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RUSSIANS LIBERATE WARSAW RUSSIAN FORCES TAKE WARSAW, POLAND AS GERMAN CONTROL OF EUROPE SHRINKS DRAMATICALLY. MONTAGE SILHOUETTE OF SOVIET BIG GUNS FIRING AT NIGHT.
ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL IS SILHOUETTED IN NIGHT SKY IN WARSAW. AERIAL BURNING WARSAW |
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SMILING ADOLPH HITLER AND HIS GENERALS AS HE WATCHES GERMAN BOMBARDMENT OF WARSAW BEFORE NAZI OCCUPATION. POLISH GENERAL SURRENDERS TO NAZI OFFICERS. (OLD FILM)
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LONG COLUMN OF POLISH SOLDIERS MARCH INTO CAPTIVITY.
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MONTAGE IN SEPTEMBER 1944, SKY IS LIT UP BY FLASHING SOVIET ROCKETS BOMBING NAZIS IN WARSAW.
ON JANUARY 17, 1945 WARSAW WAS LIBERATED. |
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SOVIET MARSHAL ZUKOV AT DESK PLOTTING ON MAP.
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STALIN IS SEEN IN KREMLIN.
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BOMBERS POUND GERMAN TARGETS 9TH AIR FORCE "MAURADERS" TAKE OFF IN SNOW. FROM BASE IN ALLIED TERRITORY. FLAK FILLS SKY AS BOMBERS FLY OVER GERMAN POSITIONS.
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ALLIED PLANE IS HIT AND TOPPLES TO GROUND. OTHERS GO ON. AERIAL GROUND BELOW IS SATURATED WITH BOMBS. MONTAGE BOMBER GUNNERS FIRE AT ATTACKING NAZI PLANES.
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ELS FLYING FORTRESS IS ON FIRE, CREW BAILS OUT.
AERIAL MONTAGE GERMAN PLANES BEING SHOT DOWN, AS SEEN FROM PLANE CAMERA. |
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