| 00:18:52 11.67 |
"WAR CRISIS IN AFRICA"
VARIOUS BATTLE SCENES OF FALL OF TOBRUK, LIBYA TO NAZIS. NAZIS RE-TAKE MUCH OF THE TERRITORY THEY HAD LOST TO BRITISH. |
| 00:19:48 67.67 |
ANIMATED MAP OF AFRICA SHOWS SERIOUS PERIL THE
BRITISH LIFE LINE HAS BEEN PUT IN BECAUSE OF THEIR LOSS OF TOBRUK. |
| 00:19:55 74.67 |
MONTAGE BRITISH ARTILLERY MAN IS ALMOST THROWN OFF
HIS FEET EACH TIME THEY FIRE HUGE HOWITZER, WHICH JUMPS OFF GROUND AFTER EACH FIRING. EXPLODING SHELLS IN DISTANT DESERT. |
| 00:20:38 118.67 |
LONG SINGLE LINE OF AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS MARCH THROUGH
DESERT VILLAGE RIFLES, WITH BAYONETS ATTACHED, IN HAND. |
| 00:20:41 121.67 |
"INVEST IN AMERICA". "SAVE FOR DEFENSE!"
VARIOUS SCENE OF WAR BONDS AND STAMPS BEING PRODUCED ON PRINTING PRESSES AT THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING. . |
| 00:20:54 134.67 |
CU LARGE SHEET OF STAMPS OF ONE DOLLAR DENOMINATIONS,
FOR THE SMALL INVESTOR. LS HIGH ANGLE OF WORKERS PRINTING WAR BONDS. FEMALE WORKERS AT THE PRESSES. CU VIEW OF WAR BOND. |
| 00:21:11 150.67 |
SECRETARY OF TREASURY MAKES PITCH FOR SAVINGS BONDS.
CU MINUTE MAN IMAGE ON SAVINGS BOND. |
| 00:21:51 191.67 |
"HEADLINE SNAPSHOTS!" DISASTROUS FOREST FIRE IN NEW
JERSEY. AERIAL VIEW OF FIE ON EIGHT MILE STRETCH OF TIMBERLAND IN SOUTH JERSEY. HEAVY FLAMES AND SMOKE RISES ON HUGE AREA. NATURAL DISASTER. |
| 00:22:06 205.67 |
FIRE AND SMOKE RISES CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL HOME.
FIREMEN SIT IN FIRE TRUCK AND WATCH HELPLESSLY AS FIRE RAGES IN BKGD. |
| 00:22:16 215.67 |
LITTLE BOY RUNS DOWN DIRT ROAD, TOWARDS CAMERA,
THROUGH HEAVY SMOKE, PULLING WAGON FULL OF BELONGINGS, FOLLOWED BY MOTHER AND DOG. MAN PILES FURNITURE AND BEDDING ON ROAD. |
| 00:22:33 233.67 |
PAN TREES BURNING FEROCIOUSLY, WERE UNDER CONTROL THE
NEXT DAY. |
| 00:22:45 245.67 |
"SOUTH AMERICAN NEWS". "RIO DE JANEIRO"
VARIOUS SCENES BRAZILIAN FIGHTER PLANES ALL LINED UP ON AIRFIELD. VARIOUS SCENES RANKING OFFICER-PILOT SPEAKING TO YOUNG PILOTS ON AIRFIELD. VARIOUS SCENES SQUADRON OF TRAINING PLANES IN FLIGHT FORMATIONS. |
| 00:23:26 286.67 |
"THE WOMAN'S PAGE". ROOSEVELT ROMANCE
VARIOUS SCENES MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ARRIVING AT GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA BY PLANE, BEING MET AT PLANE BY SON JAMES ROOSEVELT AND HIS FIANCE, ROOSEVELT'S DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, THE JOHN BENEGERS. SOCIETY; PERSONALITIES. |
| 00:23:48 308.67 |
SCENE OF CEREMONY, BEVERLY HILLS HOME OF MR. AND
MRS. GEORGE P. CONVERT. |
| 00:23:51 311.67 |
MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT POSES WITH BRIDE, 25 YEAR-
OLD ROMELLE SNEIDER, GROOM, JIMMY ROOSEVELT, AND ROOSEVELT'S DAUGHTER |
| 00:24:12 331.67 |
GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE FILM WITH HAND-HELD
CAMERAS, OF THE BRIDE, GROOM BEING PELTED WITH RICE BY WELL-WISHERS AS THEY RUN TO LIMO. |
| 00:24:18 337.67 |
"CINDERELLA GIRL"
TWENTY-TWO YEAR OLD MARGUERITE SHARPE, NAVY DEPARTMENT WORKER IN WASHINGTON DC, CHOSEN FOR HER LOOKS AND CHARM, FROM THOUSANDS OF DEFENSE WORKERS IS TREATED TO ELABORATE DAY IN NEW YORK CITY. FASHION; CONTEST. |
| 00:24:21 340.67 |
MARGUERITE, BACK TO CAMERA, GETS VIEW OF NEW YORK
SKYSCRAPERS FROM BALCONY OF HOTEL. PRETTY MISS SHARPE REMOVES HAT AS GUST OF WIND ALMOST BLOWS IT OFF HER HEAD. |
| 00:24:33 352.67 |
PHOTOGRAPHERS FOLLOW MISS SHARPE AND TWO COMPANIONS,
TAKE SHOTS OF THREE, AS THEY SIT ON SOFA IN PENTHOUSE APARTMENT. BELLHOPS DELIVER FLOWERS. |
| 00:24:59 379.67 |
MARGUERITE IS FITTED WITH GOWN BY MARY LEWIS, SHE
MODELS GOWN AND OTHER DRESSES FOR CAMERA. |
| 00:25:17 396.67 |
"SPORTING PAGE". SWIMMING
VARIOUS SCENES OF NATIONAL DIVING CHAMPION HELEN KRALANKOVICH, SHOWS HOW SHE DEVELOPED HER PERFECT FORM IN HER BACK YARD SAND PIT. 1941. ODDITY |
| 00:25:27 406.67 |
WITH HARNESS ATTACHED TO HER WAIST, HELEN PRACTICES
VARIOUS DIVES OFF SPRING BOARD SET IN SAND BOX, IS HELD FROM HITTING GROUND BY HARNESS AROUND WAIST ATTACHED TO ROPES AND PULLEY. GROUP OF GIRLS IN SWIM SUITS WATCH IN BKGD. |
| 00:25:44 424.67 |
HELEN DOES SWAN DIVE TOWARDS CAMERA, PULLEY HOLDS HER
IN MID-AIR. |
| 00:25:48 428.67 |
MONTAGE HELEN DOES SOME REAL DIVING AS SHE
DEMONSTRATES HER FORM OFF HIGH BOARD AS CROWD WATCHES. |
| 00:26:14 453.67 |
"NEW YORK CITY". CIRCUS
VARIOUS HIGH ANGLES OF CIRCUS ACTS INCLUDING ELEPHANT ACTS IN ALL THREE RINGS, ACROBATICS DOING SENSATIONAL BALANCING, TUMBLING ACTS. MEN, WOMEN TRAPEZE ARTISTS GIVE SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCES HIGH ABOVE ARENA, WOMAN PERFORMER WITH PARASOL SLIDES FROM TOP OF ARENA TO GROUND WHILE STANDING ON TIGHT WIRE. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (?), NEW YORK CITY. ANIMALS; DAREDEVILS; ENTERTAINMENT. |
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Year: 1941
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Genre: 1940s NEWSREELS
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