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00:25:19 3.97
"ADMIRAL HALSEY SAYS GOOD-BYE TO THIRD FLEET"
ADMIRAL HALSEY TURNS OVER COMMAND OF THIRD FLEET
IN CEREMONY ON BATTLESHIP "SOUTH DAKOTA". HE MAKES
GOOD-BYE SPEECH BEFORE MANY NAVAL OFFICERS &
MARINES ON SHIP'S DECK. ADMIRAL HALSEY'S FLAG IS
LOWERED FROM MAST. HALSEY WAVES BACK FROM SPEEDING
PT BOAT TO CHEERING SAILORS, 1947.
00:26:29 73.97
"REPORTS FROM GERMANY". "REFUGEES ON THE MOVE"
THOUSANDS OF GERMAN REFUGEES STREAM OVER BRITISH
ZONE BORDER TO FLEE FROM RUSSIAN OCCUPIERS.
GERMANS STREAMING FROM ONE OCCUPIED ZONE TO
ANOTHER. DOMESTIC; ODDITY.
00:26:56 101.97
MONTAGE HUGE CROWDS OF MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN LINE
UP FOR FOOD BEING DISHED OUT BY BRITISH IN OUTDOOR
KITCHEN.
00:27:07 111.97
"SUPER GENERALS IN PRISON". GERMAN MILITARY
LEADERS BEHIND BARBED WIRE, LEARN TO TAKE CARE OF
THEIR OWN NEEDS IN PRISON CAMP.
00:27:29 133.97
GERMAN EX-GENERAL CARVES OUT SHOE OUT OF PIECE OF
WOOD AS ANOTHER USES NEEDLE AND THREAD TO SEW HIS
SOCKS.
00:27:39 143.97
GERMAN ADMIRAL, STILL IN UNIFORM, TURNS CARPENTER
AS HE USES HAMMERS TO FIX CHAIR. AIR FORCE GENERAL
HANGS CLOTHING ON CLOTHES LINE.
00:27:46 150.97
"NEWS OF THE NATION". AVIATION. "NEW P-82 TWIN
MUSTANG PLANE IS TESTED". TWO P-51 "MUSTANGS" ARE
PLACED TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE FIGHTER-BOMBER PLANE,
THE P-82, CONTAINING TWIN FUSELAGES, TWIN ENGINES,
VARIOUS SCENES OF PLANE BEING TESTED IN FLIGHT.
00:27:59 164.97
PLANE, FACING CAMERA, HAS TWO 1000 POUND BOMBS
ATTACHED UNDER WING BETWEEN THE TWO FUSELAGES AND
ONE UNDER EACH WING TIP. ONE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF
IN FLIGHT, THEN RE-STARTED.
00:28:27 191.97
"FLAT-TOPS BRING GIS HOME". VARIOUS SCENES OF
LEND-LEASE CARRIER GIVEN TO AND RETURNED BY
BRITISH ARRIVES AT PORT CROWDED WITH AMERICAN
SOLDIERS COMING HOME FROM EUROPE AT END OF WWII.
00:28:48 212.97
U.S. OFFICER RUNS DOWN GANGPLANK INTO ARMS OF
WIFE, KISSES HER PASSIONATELY, HUGS HER AND HIS
CHILD.
00:28:55 220.97
"FAMILY OF 10 TREKS CROSS COUNTRY, MISSOURI TO
CALIFORNIA, FOR REUNION WITH VET". HUMAN INTEREST;
AMERICANA.
00:29:10 234.97
PAN MOM AND NINE CHILDREN WITH SUITCASES ON GROUND
BEFORE THEM, LINE UP FROM OLDEST TO YOUNGEST, ON
TRAIN PLATFORM, TRAIN IN BKGD. THEY ALL TURN &
FILE OFF LIKE A ROW OF DUCKS, WITH TALLEST
LEADING, SHORTEST FOLLOWING.
00:29:21 245.97
FATHER OF FAMILY EXITS HIS MODEST HOME, WAVES TO
HIS APPROACHING FAMILY. HE HUGS, KISSES MOM AS
CHILDREN GATHER AROUND. HE GETS HUGS AND KISSES
FROM ALL.
00:29:40 264.97
THEY ALL POSE ON PORCH OF THEIR NEW HOME IN ORANGE,
CALIFORNIA.
00:29:45 269.97
"THE NATION GETS INTO HOLIDAY SPIRIT". "NEW YORK"
"CHILDREN'S DAY" PARADE IN NEW YORK CITY WITH
GIANT BALLOONS OF CARTOON CHARACTERS INCLUDING,
SUPERMAN, GIANT ICE CREAM CONES, PUMPKIN HEADS,
TEDDY BEAR, FLOAT HIGH ABOVE PARADERS ON BROADWAY
AND TIMES SQUARE TO CHEERS OF HUGE CROWD.
00:30:07 292.97
"HOLLYWOOD". IN SANTA CLAUSE LANE, A MILLION
PEOPLE WATCH HOLLYWOOD PARADE, WHICH INCLUDE HUGE
DECORATED FLOAT WITH SANTA ON SLED AND OTHERS.
00:30:30 315.97
"FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS". SPORTS. COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
INDIANA BEATS PURDUE, 26-0 - SOUTH CAROLINA BEATS
OREGON STATE, 34-7. PENN BEATS CORNELL, 59-6.
VARIOUS HIGH ANGLE VIEWS HIGHLIGHT PLAYS IN EACH
GAME
00:33:09 473.97
"THE BATTLE FOR GERMANY". HUGE AMERICAN ARTILLERY
GUNS, TANKS BOMBARD METZ, WHICH THEY CAPTURED BY
STORM.
00:33:31 496.97
GIS WATCH A GERMAN ARMY TRUCK BURN. BEDRAGGLED
GERMAN SOLDIER GIVES UP. GI MEDICS CARRY SOLDIER
ON STRETCHER. GERMAN DEAD SOLDIER ON GROUND.
GERMAN CIVILIAN MEN WITH HANDS UP.
00:33:53 518.97
MEDICS PLACE STRETCHER WITH GI WOUNDED ON JEEP.
00:34:02 526.97
"MOSELLE RIVER FLOODS. AERIAL VIEW OF FLOODED
BATTLE ZONES ALONG MOSELLE RIVER. AMERICAN FLYING
FIELD IS INUNDATED BY FLOOD. WING AND TOP OF SCOUT
PLANE IS VISIBLE ABOVE WATER. GIS TRY TO PUSH IT
OUT BY HAND.
00:34:21 545.97
GI PLACES FOOT ON EDGE OF ROW BOAT AND WATER POURS
OUT OF THE BOOT. ODDITY.
00:34:26 550.97
CONVOY OF ARMY TRUCKS SPLASH THROUGH FLOODED
STREETS OF TOWN.
00:34:32 557.97
"SNOW ON WESTERN FRONT". VARIOUS SCENES OF GIS
COPING WITH SNOW AT THE FRONT, INCLUDING HUGE PLOW
CLEARING ROAD, GIS EATING WHILE STANDING, AS IT
SNOWS, GI BOMBARDING NAZI POSITIONS. GIS WARMING
UP AROUND FIRE.
00:35:09 593.97
"WAR FLASHES FROM EASTERN FRONT". "GREECE"
AERIAL VIEW OF ANCIENT GREEK PORT OF SOLONICA.
00:35:23 607.97
GREEKS PARADE IN STREETS CARRY AMERICAN FLAG
ALONGSIDE FLAG OF GREECE. HELENIC PARTISAN TROOPS
MARCH INCLUDING BAND OF WOMEN GUERRILLA TROOPS, AS
TROLLEY WITH SPECTATORS ROLLS ALONGSIDE.
00:35:40 625.97
SMASHED BUILDINGS, CRANES BY THE HARBOR, SMASHED BY
FLEEING NAZIS. MONTAGE 42 BOATS WHICH WERE SUNK
IN HARBOR TO HINDER TRAFFIC, ARE VISIBLE ABOVE
WATER
00:35:56 641.97
"YUGOSLAVIA". ALLIED SUPPLY PLANES ARE USED TO
EVACUATE WOUNDED IN YUGOSLAVIA. VARIOUS SCENES OF
INJURED PARTISAN FIGHTER BEING LOADED ON CARGO
PLANES, TAKING THEM TO HOSPITALS IN ITALY.
00:36:13 657.97
WOMEN GUERRILLA FIGHTERS CLEANING THEIR GUNS, LOAD
AMMUNITION BELTS ALONG WITH MEN AT GUERRILLA CAMP.
00:36:23 667.97
MARSHAL TITO, LEGENDARY LEADER OF PARTISANS
INSPECTS TROOPS.
00:36:32 676.97
"PIGMY FLAT-TOPS OF CANADA HELPED LICK NAZI
U-BOATS".
00:36:46 691.97
AERIAL VIEW OF DECK CREWS SHOVELLING SNOW OFF DECK
OF PIGMY AIRCRAFT CARRIER, WHICH DOUBLES AS
CARRIER AND CARGO SHIP. GRAIN IS POURED INTO HOLD
OF CARRIER FROM GRAIN ELEVATOR. CU HANDS CUPPED
TOGETHER PICK UP GRAIN AND LET IT FLOW OUT THROUGH
FINGERS.
00:36:59 704.97
AERIAL VIEW OF CONVOY ACCOMPANIED BY PIGMY
FLAT-TOP TO PROTECT AGAINST U-BOATS. VINTAGE
BIPLANE IS GUIDED TO LANDING ON DECK OF CARRIER BY
NAVY SIGNALMAN.
00:37:22 726.97
"GENERAL "IKE" EISENHOWER ASKS FOR MORE AMMUNITION"
ONE OF THE TWENTY-SEVEN FRONT LINE SOLDIERS, SENT
BY GENERAL "IKE" TO MAKE PLEA TO PEOPLE OF AMERICA
FOR MORE AMMUNITION, SPEAKS TO NATION. OTHERS
WATCH IN BKGD.
00:37:55 760.97
GROUP OF MEN LISTEN TO IKE SPEAK ON RADIO. CU
GENERAL EISENHOWER SPEAKS TO NATION FROM HIS DESK.
00:38:12 776.97
MONTAGE SOLDIERS MARCHING ON ROAD TO FRONT; BOMBS
DROPPING FROM OPEN BOMB BAY; PARADE OF ARMY TANKS;
STOCK PILES OF CANNON SHELLS; ARTILLERY CREWS
FIRING ON ENEMY POSITIONS; GIS ADVANCING THROUGH
HEDGEROWS; FACTORY WORKER MAKING SHELLS ON
ASSEMBLY LINE; WOMEN WORKERS MAKING ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT; AS VOICE OVER OF "IKE" SPEECH IS HEARD.
00:38:55 820.97
UNDER SECRETARY OF WAR PATTERSON ALSO SPEAKS.
00:39:06 830.97
"$7,000.000 FOR ARMY RELIEF FROM FILM, "THIS IS
THE ARMY". VARIOUS SCENES MOVIE PRODUCER HARRY
WARNER HANDING CHECK TO GENERAL MARSHALL AS SONG
WRITER IRVING BERLIN AND OTHERS WATCH. MOTION
PICTURES; HOLLYWOOD; THEATER
00:39:36 860.97
"HEROES OF THE WEEK". "B-29 CREW HONORED FOR FIRST
AIR PHOTO MISSION OVER TOKYO". VARIOUS SCENES OF
BOMBER CREW BEING DECORATED BY GENERAL ON ISLAND
OF SAIPAN FOR TAKING PHOTOS OF TOKYO TO BE USED
FOR SUBSEQUENT BOMBING MISSIONS.
00:39:48 872.97
GENERAL PINS DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS ON CAPTAIN
RALPH SEAKLEY, PILOT OF B-29 AND HAROLD M.
MCCOMMON WITH AIR MEDAL.
00:39:51 875.97
CU PAN OF CREW MEMBERS. CREW MEMBERS POSE UNDER
NOSE OF B-29 "TOKYO ROSE"
00:40:28 913.97
"COMMUNIQUE FROM ADMIRAL NIMITZ". CU ADMIRAL
NIMITZ SPEAKS TO NATION FROM HIS DESK ON WARSHIP.
MAKES PLEA FOR AMMUNITION BY BUYING WAR BONDS.
VARIOUS SCENES OF NAVY SHIPS IN ACTION ON PACIFIC.
WWII PROMOTIONAL FILM.
00:42:10 1014.97
"PRESIDENT TRUMAN GETS REPORT FROM HOPKINS &
DAVIES". JOSEPH E. DAVIES AND HARRY HOPKINS WHO
WERE SENT ON MISSIONS TO LONDON AND MOSCOW BY THE
PRESIDENT, REPORTS TO TRUMAN AT OVAL OFFICE, THEY
ARRANGED TRUMAN, CHURCHILL, STALIN, MEETING.
(POTSDAM CONFERENCE).
00:42:37 1042.97
"BIG FOUR GENERALS AGREE IN BERLIN ON RULE OF
GERMANY". VARIOUS SCENES OF GENERALS OF SOVIET
UNION, U.S., FRANCE, BRITAIN, SIGN AGREEMENTS TO
CONTROL CERTAIN AREAS OF GERMANY.
00:42:52 1057.97
MARSHAL ZUKOV SIGNS FOR SOVIET UNION TO CONTROL
EASTERN AND CENTRAL GERMANY
00:43:05 1069.97
GENERAL DE CASIGNY (?) SIGNS FOR FRANCE TO CONTROL
WESTERN PARTS OF GERMANY ALONG THE RINE RIVER.
00:43:11 1075.97
FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY SIGNS FOR BRITAIN TO
CONTROL NORTH WESTERN GERMANY.
00:43:20 1084.97
GENERAL EISENHOWER SIGNS FOR U.S. TO CONTROL
SOUTHERN GERMANY.
00:43:27 1092.97
ALL FOUR GENERALS POSE FOR GROUP SHOT.
00:43:37 1102.97
"EXPLORING HITLER'S MOUNTAIN HIDEOUT AT
BERCHTESGARDEN". VARIOUS SCENES OF A GI GOING
THROUGH MAZE OF SECRET UNDERGROUND ROOMS FORTIFIED
BY METAL DOORS, AND HITLER'S BEDROOM, WHICH WAS IN
TUMBLED DISORDER. HE LOOKS THROUGH ART GALLERY OF
LOOT.
00:44:41 1166.97
"AIRFIELD FOG KILLER REVEALED AS BRITISH MIRACLE
IN THE WAR". VARIOUS SCENES OF FOG SHROUDED
AIRFIELD WHICH WAS GREATEST PROBLEM FOR ALLIED AIR
POWER. VARIOUS SCENES OF BRITISH SOLDIER RUNNING
WITH TORCH IN HAND, TOWARDS CAMERA, LIGHTING FIRE
FED THROUGH GAS OR OIL PIPES RUNNING LENGTH OF BOTH
SIDES OF AIRFIELD CREATING INTENSE HEAT WHICH
BURNS UP THE FOG. BRITAIN. SCIENTIFIC INVENTION
00:45:20 1204.97
AERIAL VIEW OF AIRFIELD WHICH IS LIT UP BY THE FOG
KILLING HEATERS, CREATING VISIBLE PATH FOR
LANDINGS. HUNDREDS OF ALLIED BOMBERS WERE LOST
UNTIL SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED THIS SECRET.
00:45:45 1230.97
"BATTLE REPORT FROM PHILIPPINES". "MINDANAO".
AERIAL VIEW OF B-25 BOMBERS BOMBING JAPANESE
POSITIONS IN MINDANAO. AERIAL BOMBS RAINING ON
TARGETS BELOW. POV BOMB BAY. AERIAL SHOCK WAVES
FILL THE AREA AS BOMBS EXPLODE. BOMBERS AS SEEN
FROM PLANE FLYING ALONGSIDE. AERIAL SPECTACULAR
EXPLOSIONS ON GROUND, POV PLANE.
00:46:25 1269.97
"LUZON". AMERICAN TROOPS STAND READY ON HILL IN
WOODED AREA AS SURRENDERING JAPANESE SOLDIERS
STAND AND STRIP OFF THEIR CLOTHING TO BE SURE THEY
DON'T CONCEAL WEAPONS.
00:46:52 1297.97
AMERICAN SOLDIER DRAWS OUT PRISONER'S BONZAI SWORD
FROM ITS SCABBARD, AS JAPANESE OFFICER STRIPS
00:47:03 1307.97
AERIAL VIEW OF IPO DAM, SOURCE OF MANILA WATER
SUPPLY SHOWS TALL BUILDING ON ONE SIDE, NOW FLYING
AMERICAN FLAG.
00:47:14 1318.97
"DON'T TRAVEL! VACATION AT HOME". VARIOUS SCENES
OF SOME OF THE FOUR MILLION GIS RETURNING HOME
FROM EUROPE WHICH IN TURN WILL BE GOING CROSS
COUNTRY FOR TRIP TO PACIFIC TO FIGHT JAPANESE,
THUS OVER BURDENING U.S. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
COLONEL JOHNSON, HEAD OF DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION,
URGES AMERICANS TO STAY HOME FOR VACATION SO AS TO
NOT FURTHER OVERBURDEN THE SYSTEM.
00:47:21 1325.97
GIS WAVE FROM TRANSPORT SHIP AS IT ARRIVES IN
PORT. GIS WAVE AT STATUE OF LIBERTY AS THEY ARRIVE
IN NEW YORK CITY HARBOR.
00:47:31 1335.97
CROWDS OF GIS CARRYING DUFFLE BAGS ON SHOULDERS
BOARD RAILROAD TRAINS, HANG OUT WINDOWS AND WAVE.
GIS SEATED IN CROWDED TRAIN.
00:47:37 1341.97
ARMY AMBULANCES PARKED ALONGSIDE PASSENGER TRAIL
AS GIS IN STRETCHERS ARE LOADEN ONTO TRAINS FOR
TRIP TO HOSPITALS. NURSE "TUCKS IN" WOUNDED GI.
00:47:46 1350.97
COLONEL JOHNSON SPEAKS TO NATION. POSTER IN BKGD,
"VACATION AT HOME".
00:48:08 1372.97
"GIS RELAX IN VENICE". VARIOUS SCENES OF AMERICAN
SOLDIERS RIDING IN GONDOLAS IN NARROW CANALS IN
VENICE. SOME IN GROUPS OF MEN, OTHERS WITH WOMEN,
AND BEING SERENADED BY MAN WITH ACCORDION. ARMY
DICKS TAKES LARGER GROUPS OF SOLDIERS FOR TOUR IN
NARROW CANAL AND INTO GRAND CANAL.
00:48:43 1407.97
"WEDDING BELLS FOR AIR HERO GAMBRESHI". VARIOUS
SCENES WEDDING CEREMONY OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL
FRANCIS GAMBRESHI, WHO SHOT DOWN 28 NAZI PLANES,
GETS MARRIED IN CHURCH AT PRAIRIE DU CHIEN,
WISCONSIN.
00:49:01 1425.97
GAMBRESHI AND BRIDE TO BE CATHERINE COCHRAN TAKING
VOWS AS BRIDAL PARTY STAND ALONGSIDE. CU BRIDE AND
GROOM POSE CHEEK TO CHEEK.
00:50:16 1501.97
"JAPAN'S DOOM. "RUSSIA ENTERS WAR AGAINST THE
JAPANESE"
00:50:27 1512.97
HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN, STALIN,
BRITAIN'S ATTLEE & THEIR FOREIGN MINISTERS SEATED
ON ROUND TABLE AT POTSDAM CONFERENCE, WHERE SOVIET
UNION AGREED TO ENTER THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN. ALSO
AT TABLE IS SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNE, SOVIET
FOREIGN MINISTER MOLOTOV AND OTHERS.
00:50:46 1531.97
TRUMAN, STALIN AND ATTLEE POSE WITH THEIR FOREIGN
MINISTERS IN BKGD.
00:51:02 1546.97
STALIN AND OTHERS WATCHING HUGE MILITARY PARADE IN
MOSCOW SQUARE FROM KREMLIN WALL. ENDLESS LINES OF
TANKS, MILITARY VEHICLES.
00:51:12 1557.97
THOUSANDS OF SOVIET SOLDIERS MARCH WITH RIFLES
HELD IN FRONT OF THEM POINTED TO SOLDIER'S HEADS
IN FRONT OF THEM
00:51:24 1569.97
SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES SPEAKS FROM DESK, WARNS
JAPANESE TO SURRENDER BEFORE IT IS FURTHER
DESTROYED
00:51:53 1598.97
"PRESIDENT TRUMAN VISITS KING GEORGE"
TRUMAN, BYRNE ARRIVE AT BRITISH WARSHIP BY MOTOR
LAUNCH, MEETS WITH KING GEORGE VI. PRESIDENT
TRUMAN PRECEDES KING IN REVIEWING HONOR GUARD ON
SHIP.
00:52:31 1636.97
"PRESIDENT TRUMAN". "ATOMIC BOMB". SPEAKS TO
NATION FROM ON BOARD WARSHIP ON WAY TO AMERICA,
ANNOUNCES USE OF ATOMIC BOMB ON HIROSHIMA,
THREATENS FURTHER DESTRUCTION IF THEY DO NOT
SURRENDER.
00:52:52 1657.97
CU "A SHORT TIME AGO AN AMERICAN PLANE DROPPED 1
BOMB ON HIROSHIMA AND DESTROYED ITS USEFULNESS TO
THE ENEMY".
00:53:14 1678.97
CU "WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO DESTROY MORE RAPIDLY AND
COMPLETELY EVERY PRODUCTIVE ENTERPRISE THE
JAPANESE HAVE IN ANY CITY." TRUMAN EXPLAINS WHAT
THE "ATOMIC BOMB" IS.
00:54:22 1746.97
BRITISH LABORATORY EXPERIMENT SHOWING LAB CREATED
LIGHTNING BOLT MADE DURING EXPERIMENT TO PRODUCE
BOMB, WHICH FAILED. NUCLEAR SCIENCE; PHYSICS;
LABORATORY
00:54:44 1769.97
DR. LAWRENCE, BACK TO CAMERA, SITS AT CONTROL
PANEL CHECKING GAUGES. HE DEVELOPED CYCLOTRON, THE
ATOM SMASHING MACHINE, AND THE EXPERIMENT
SUCCEEDED.
00:55:06 1790.97
DOCTOR HAROLD YURI IN THE LAB, IS ONE OF THE
GALAXY OF BRILLIANT SCIENTISTS ENLISTED FOR A-BOMB
PROJECT.
00:55:14 1798.97
ITALIAN PHYSICIST DOCTOR ENRICO FIRMI CHECKS
GADGETS IN LAB. HE WAS ONE OF THE ATOMIC BOMB
CREATORS.
00:55:25 1809.97
DOCTOR ARTHUR COMPTON, SEEN IN LAB, WAS ALSO ONE
OF THE WIZARDS OF THE BOMB.
00:55:36 1821.97
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AND PRIME MINISTER
CHURCHILL SIT AND CHAT ON BOARD WARSHIP DURING
EARLY DAYS OF WAR. THEY LAID PLANS FOR TWO BILLION
DOLLAR PROJECT TO DEVELOP THE ATOM BOMB.
00:55:40 1825.97
MONTAGE AERIAL VIEW OF GIANT SECRET TECHNICAL
PLANTS AT OAKVILLE, TENNESSEE. MLS MALE FEMALE
WORKERS WALK GROUNDS OF THE HUGE PLANTS.
00:56:02 1846.97
AERIAL VIEW OF ANOTHER PLANT IN RICHLAND,
WASHINGTON.
00:56:12 1856.97
CU MAJOR GENERAL LESLEY GROVES, IN CHARGE OF THE
ENTIRE ATOM BOMB PROGRAM SPEAKS AS ADVISOR DOCTOR
VANDERVAR BUSH & DOCTOR RICHARD COLEMAN SIT AT
TABLE WITH HIM.
00:57:16 1920.97
AERIAL VIEW OF HIROSHIMA, JAPAN BEFORE BLAST.
00:57:34 1938.97
SQUADRON OF B-29 BOMBERS IN FLIGHT AS SEEN FROM
BELOW.
00:58:08 1972.97
"THE FIGHTING ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT". "GERMAN
ATTACK IN LATVIA". SEIZED ENEMY FILMS, SHOW GERMAN
TANK UNITS & ARTILLERY UNITS POUNDING RUSSIAN
POSITIONS IN METZ. HOW THE WAR LOOKS THROUGH
GERMAN SIGHTS.
00:59:07 2031.97
SOVIET CAPTURE OF VILNA IN LITHUANIA, AS SEEN FROM
RUSSIAN SIDE. VARIOUS SCENES OF RUSSIAN ARTILLERY
CREWS BOMBARDING GERMAN POSITIONS IN DISTANT CITY.
VARIOUS SCENES OF RUSSIAN TROOPS ADVANCING DOWN
ROAD TO VILNA. VARIOUS SCENES RUSSIAN TROOPS
FIGHTING HOUSE TO HOUSE IN VILNA. VARIOUS SCENES OF
BUILDINGS BURNING IN CITY OF DEVASTATION.
01:00:07 2092.97
LONG COLUMNS OF 5000 GERMAN PRISONERS WALKING
THROUGH TOWN UNDER RUSSIAN GUARDS ON HORSEBACK.
01:00:12 2097.97
"NIGHT BOMBING OF REICH". AERIAL VIEW BOMBS
FALLING, POV PLANE. AERIAL GROUND ALL LIT UP BY
PYRO-TECHNIC FLARE OF EXPLOSIONS. AERIAL
TERRIFYING INCANDESCENT OF NAZI WAR CENTER UNDER
OBLITERATION BOMBING IN DARK OF NIGHT
01:00:47 2132.97
"PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS". "STATE DEPARTMENT
AIDES SWORN IN". VARIOUS SCENES JOSEPH P. GREW
BEING SWORN IN AS UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE. AS
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES WILLIAM A CLAYTON, ARCHIBALD
MACLEASH, NELSON ROCKEFELLER AND JAMES P. DUNN,
ARE SWORN IN BY SUPREME COURT JUSTICE REED.
SECRETARY OF STATE STETTINIUS MAKES SPEECH.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
01:01:46 2191.97
"FILM MEN AID MARCH OF DIMES". LARGE GROUP OF
LEADERS OF FILM INDUSTRY EXIT WHITE HOUSE, POSE.
NICHOLAS SHANK CHAIRMAN OF THE INFANTILE PARALYSIS
DRIVE AND BASIL O'CONNOR OF THE NATIONAL
FOUNDATION SHOW DOCUMENT SIGNED BY PRESIDENT FDR.
PAN 80 FILM INDUSTRY LEADERS POSING IN FRONT OF
WHITE HOUSE.
01:02:24 2229.97
"BRITISH WOMAN CHEERS GIS". VARIOUS SCENES OF MRS.
CARLOTTA OPPENHEIMER ENTERTAINING SEVERAL AMERICAN
SOLDIERS AT HER COUNTRY ESTATE. HOSPITALITY THAT
IS TYPICAL OF BRITISH FRIENDLINESS. PHILANTHROPY;
HUMAN INTEREST
01:02:25 2230.97
MRS. OPPENHEIMER LOOKS OVER HER STOCK OF PRESERVES
IN CUPBOARD. SEVERAL GIS DRINK TOAST TO HER IN
LIVING ROOM.
01:02:37 2242.97
GIS POUR BASKETS OF PRODUCE, GROWN AT THE ESTATE,
IN TRAILER ATTACHED TO JEEP AND RIDE OFF
01:02:45 2250.97
"PHILIPPINE CHILDREN GO BACK TO SCHOOL IN
LIBERATED LEYTE"
JEEP-LOAD OF CHILDREN, DRIVEN BY GI, ARRIVING AT
SCHOOL, ARE GREETED BY DOZENS OF OTHER CHILDREN
WAITING AT ENTRANCE TO SCHOOL. EAGER CHILDREN, WHO
WERE FORBIDDEN BY JAPANESE PROHIBITED THE TEACHING
OF ENGLISH OR ANY EDUCATION, HELP TO GET THEIR
SCHOOL ROOM READY.
01:03:09 2273.97
WORKERS SORTS HUNDREDS OF BOOKS, WHICH WERE BROUGHT
OUT OF HIDING PLACES WHERE THEY WERE CONCEALED
FROM JAPANESE.
01:03:17 2281.97
SCHOOL CHILDREN SIT AROUND LARGE TABLE AS CATHOLIC
NUNS GIVE INSTRUCTIONS. RELIGION; EDUCATION.
01:03:29 2294.97
NUN, BACK TO CAMERA, WRITES, "GOD BLESS AMERICA",
ON BLACKBOARD. YOUNG STANDS UP TO READ THE MESSAGE.
01:03:41 2306.97
"NEW FIGHTING LADY GOES DOWN THE WAYS TO SINK THE
JAPANESES"
VARIOUS SCENES CROWD WATCHING NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER
"BOXER", WHICH WAS BOUGHT WITH WAR BOND MONEY,
BEING LAUNCHED & SLIDING DOWN THE WAYS. MRS. RUTH
OVERTON LAUNCHES CARRIER WITH BOTTLE OF CHAMPAIGN.
01:04:09 2333.97
CU HUGE HULL OF CARRIER AS IT STARTS DOWN WAYS AND
INTO THE WATER EMBLAZONED WITH FLAGS AND SIGNS,
"HERE WE GO TO TOKYO" AND "HELP TO SINK THE RISING
SUN". CU WAVING U.S. FLAG.
01:04:21 2345.97
"DARING RAF RAID ON NAZI SHIPS IN NORWEGIAN FJORD"
AERIAL SPECTACULAR SHOTS OF BRITISH FIGHTER BOMBERS
ATTACKING NAZI SHIPS WITH MACHINE GUN FIRE &
ROCKETS, THE ULTRA-MODERN WEAPON, AS SEEN BY
CAMERA PLANE FLYING HIGH ABOVE THE ATTACKERS AND
THE ATTACKED.
01:04:29 2354.97
BRITISH PLANES TAKE OFF FOR STRAFING RUN, FLY LOW
LEVEL, JUST ABOVE SEA TO AVOID DETECTION. PLANES
ARE SEEN FLYING OVER THEIR TARGETS AND FIRING AT
SHIPS FROM CAMERA PLANE FLYING HIGH OVER BOTH,
GETS SPECTACULAR VIEW.
01:05:57 2442.97
"THE SEA EPIC OF CARRIER FRANKLIN". "HEROIC U.S.
WARSHIP SURVIVES BLAZING HOLOCAUST CAUSED BY
JAPANESE AIR ATTACK"
SPECTACULAR FILM SHOWS JAPANESE KAMIKAZE PLANE
CRASHING INTO CARRIER "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN", HITTING
THE DECK CONTAINING MANY PLANES LOADED WITH BOMBS.
MANY SECONDARY EXPLOSIONS & HUGE CLOUD OF SMOKE
OCCURS AS SHIP ERUPTS LIKE VOLCANO. SPECTACULAR
SHOTS TAKEN BY PHOTOGRAPHER ON DECK, JUST AS
JAPANESE KAMIKAZE (SUICIDE) PLANE STRUCK.
DISASTER; HEROISM. FIRE FIGHTERS
01:06:30 2474.97
JAPANESE PLANE IS CAUGHT ON CAMERA AS WING RIPS
OFF AFTER BEING HIT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE FROM
WARSHIPS. HALF OF ANOTHER JAPANESE PLANE TAILSPINS
INTO THE OCEAN DROPPING NEAR WARSHIP.
01:06:50 2495.97
SHOWER OF TRACER BULLETS FAIL TO STOP JAPANESE
PLANE AS IT DIVES TOWARDS THE "FRANKLIN". IT HITS
& EXPLODES WITH TREMENDOUS FORCE.
01:06:59 2504.97
CU NAVY CAMERAMAN ON BOARD "FRANKLIN" FILMS THE
EXPLOSION AS PLANE HITS. CAMERA STILL ROLLS AS
CAMERAMAN FELLED BY EXPLOSION, GETS UP, CONTINUES
FILMING THE CHAOS.
01:07:12 2516.97
CREWMEN WITH HOSES FIGHT FIRE ON DECK DESPITE HUGE
SECONDARY EXPLOSIONS.
01:07:18 2522.97
MONTAGE ENORMOUS EXPLOSIONS AND BLACK CLOUDS RISE
FROM "FRANKLIN" AS TONS OF BOMBS, ROCKETS, BURST
INTO WEIRD FIREWORKS AS SHIP IS ROCKED BY INTERNAL
EXPLOSIONS.
01:07:38 2542.97
DESPITE HUNDREDS KILLED, DECK CREWS NEVER FLINCH
AS THEY CONTINUE BATTLING SMOKE AND FIRE ON DECK,
TRYING TO SAVE THE SHIP. MONTAGE MORE EXPLOSIONS,
HUGE CLOUDS OF SMOKE AS SEEN FROM DISTANT WARSHIP.
01:08:55 2619.97
CRUISER "SANTE FE" RISKS DANGER AS IT COMES CLOSE
TO "FRANKLIN", DESPITE CONTINUED EXPLOSIONS, TO
RESCUE CREWS ON BOARD STRICKEN SHIP.
01:09:21 2645.97
CRUISER "SANTE FE", NOW ALONGSIDE "FRANKLIN" POURS
TONS OF WATER ON STRICKEN CARRIER.
01:09:28 2652.97
LINES ARE THROWN TO MEN TRAPPED ON FANTAIL OF
CARRIER, BY CREW OF DESTROYER "HITCHCOCK" IN F/G.
01:10:03 2688.97
FAMED FILM SHOWS CHAPLAIN LT. COMMANDER
O'CALLAHAN, GIVING LAST RITES TO SAILOR LYING ON
DECK, EVEN AS EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE AND SAILORS
FIGHT BLAZE IN BKGD. O'CALLAHAN WAS RECOMMENDED
FOR MEDAL OF HONOR WHICH HE LATER RECEIVED.
RELIGION. HEROISM.
01:10:15 2700.97
INJURED MAN IN STRETCHER IS MOVED FROM CARRIER TO
WARSHIP ALONGSIDE ON ROPES AND PULLEYS. NARRATOR
USES OPPORTUNITY OF DISASTER BY MAKING WAR BOND
PITCH.
01:10:38 2723.97
SAILORS, TRAPPED ON FANTAIL OF "FRANKLIN", JUMP
INTO THE SEA TO ESCAPE FIERY HEAT. CU CREWMEN OF
SHIP CLOSE BY, IN F/G ENCOURAGE THEM, EVEN THOUGH
THE JUMP IS FROM HIGH UP. MONTAGE SAILORS JUMPING,
CLIMBING DOWN ROPES, SWIMMING IN SEA.
01:11:24 2769.97
PAN DESPITE WRECKED HUGE DAMAGE, SEVERE LISTING,
THE FRANKLIN IS SAVED, RIGHTED, SAILS FOR HOME. A
MIRACLE.
01:11:46 2791.97
CU PRIEST SAYS CATHOLIC MASS ON BOARD DECK OF
SHIP. NEXT PROTESTANT SERVICES ARE HELD. RELIGION.
01:12:02 2806.97
CARRIER "FRANKLIN" PASSES THROUGH PANAMA CANAL ON
WAY TO HOME PORT IN BROOKLYN NAVY YARD.
01:12:11 2815.97
CARRIER "FRANKLIN" PASSES IN FRONT OF STATUE OF
LIBERTY IN NEW YORK CITY HARBOR. STATUE OF LIBERTY
IN DISTANCE, IS FRAMED BY DAMAGED SECTION ON
CARRIERS DECK
01:12:22 2827.97
CARRIER "FRANKLIN" PASSES BEFORE NEW YORK CITY
SKYLINE.
01:12:22 2827.97
AERIAL 114 NAVY OFFICERS AND MEN STAND AT ATTENTION
ON DECK OF SHIP, DOCKED AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD, TO
RECEIVE NAVY DECORATIONS. VICE ADMIRAL FITCH
PRESENTING MEDALS. FAMILY MEMBERS, MOSTLY WOMEN
SIT AND WATCH.
01:13:08 2872.97
HEROIC CHAPLAIN O'CALLAHAN AND CAPTAIN OF CARRIER
POSE. TATTERED AMERICAN FLAG ON CARRIER MAST
FLUTTERS IN WIND.
01:15:40 3025.97
"STASSEN. PAULEY CLASH ON "INSIDE" MARKET TRADING"
VARIOUS SCENES, HAROLD STASSEN TESTIFYING BEFORE
GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, CLAIMING EDWIN PAULEY'S USE
OF INSIDE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION IN BUYING AND
SELLING COMMODITIES TO MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS,
COINCIDED WITH GOVERNMENT ACTIONS EFFECTING
PRICES, A "PATTERN". CRIMINAL JUSTICE; INSIDER
TRADING; STOCKS AND BONDS; SECURITIES.
01:16:26 3070.97
PAULEY, ASSISTANT TO SECRETARY OF ARMY AND FRIEND
OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN, IS SWORN BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE. STASSEN IS CAMPAIGNING FOR REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENCY, & PAULEY CHARGES
"PERSONAL AMBITION". HE BLAMES STASSEN FOR
"FALSEHOODS AND UNFOUND CHARGES".
01:17:05 3109.97
"MISS AMERICA CONTEST OF 1947". VARIOUS SCENES OF
BEAUTIES PARADING ON RUNWAY IN ALL-ALIKE SWIM
SUITS. MISS DETROIT, MISS "NEW YORK" AND MISS
MINNESOTA. MS WINNER IS MISS BEATRICE LILY SHOTT
(?). SHE IS CROWNED BY LAST YEARS WINNER WHO MAKES
SHORT SPEECH AS SHE CROWNS NEW "MISS AMERICA".
BEAUTY PAGEANT; ENTERTAINMENT
01:17:39 3143.97
"U.S. SENATE PROBES MARKET TRADING BY "INSIDERS"
HAROLD STASSEN, PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL, CHARGES
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WITH GAMBLING IN FOOD
MARKETS, "IN ACCESS OF 20 MILLION DOLLARS".
GOVERNMENT; CORRUPTION; CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
01:17:46 3150.97
STASSEN IS SWORN IN BY COMMITTEE. STASSEN MAKING
CHARGES AGAINST "ADMINISTRATION INSIDERS", "DEALT
IN COMMODITIES TO EXTENT OF TEN MILLION DOLLARS
AND PROFITED TO EXTENT OF FOUR-MILLION DOLLARS".
01:18:36 3200.97
GENERAL GRAHAM, PRESIDENT'S AIDE, WHO WAS ACCUSED
BY STASSEN AND MADE $6,000 IN COMMODITIES SPEAKS
TO COMMITTEE, DENIES HE DID ANYTHING WRONG, GIVES
EVERYONE A LAUGH IN HIS DOWN-TO-EARTH TESTIMONY.
01:18:55 3220.97
"NEWS OF THE NATION". "SHRINER CONVENTION AT
ATLANTIC CITY"
HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF SHRINERS IN THEIR PECULIAR
TASSELLED HATS & "ARABIAN NIGHTS" COSTUMES, MARCH
ON BOARDWALK OF ATLANTIC CITY AS CROWDS WATCH.
THEY DO A PRECISION OF TRICK MARCHING STEPS AS
THEY MARCH TOWARDS CAMERA. SHRINERS ON HORSEBACK
DO SERIES OF CAVALRY MANEUVERS ON BOARDWALK,
SHOWING DISPLAY OF DISCIPLINED HORSEMANSHIP.
PARADE; ENTERTAINMENT
01:19:55 3279.97
"301 CADETS GRADUATE FROM WEST POINT"
VARIOUS SCENES OF CADETS MARCHING, RECEIVING
DIPLOMAS FROM SECRETARY OF ARMY FORRESTAL, AND THE
TRADITIONAL WEST POINT CHEER, FLIPPING OF HATS IN
AIR.
01:20:29 3314.97
NEW ARMY OFFICER AND BRIDE WALK THOUGH ARCH OF
SWORDS, TOWARDS CAMERA, IN TRADITIONAL MILITARY
POMP OF WEST POINT WEDDING. GROOM GIVES BRIDE
LONG, PASSIONATE KISS. SCENE IS REPEATED WITH
ANOTHER COUPLE.
01:20:47 3332.97
"FOURTEENTH OLYMPIC GAMES AT WIMBLEY STADIUM IN
LONDON, SUMMER, 1948"
01:20:54 3339.97
HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF SPORT'S CROWD OF 82,000
WATCHING FROM STANDS. SHAH OF IRAN AND QUEEN
ELIZABETH WATCH FROM STANDS, AS DOES PRINCESS
MARGARET ROSE.
01:21:05 3349.97
KING GEORGE STANDS AND WELCOMES CONTENDING
COUNTRIES, IN HIS CAPACITY OF HOST NATION.
01:21:09 3354.97
ATHLETES OF EACH NATION PARADES ONTO FIELD TO
CHEER OF THOUSANDS. EACH CARRIES THEIR NATION'S
FLAG. POV UPPER STANDS. VARIOUS GROUND LEVEL AND
OTHER ANGLE VIEWS OF ATHLETES AS THEY PARADE.
01:21:43 3388.97
THOUSANDS OF PIGEONS ARE RELEASED FROM CAGES AND
CIRCLE FIELD AS SYMBOL OF GAME BEGINNING.
01:21:49 3394.97
ATHLETE RUNS ONTO FIELD WITH TORCH LIGHTED AT
MOUNT OLYMPUS IN GREECE. HE LIGHTS THE TORCH OF
1948 OLYMPIAD.
01:22:04 3408.97
MICHELINE OSTERMEYER OF FRANCE TOSSES DISCUS, WINS
WOMEN'S DISCUS THROW.
01:22:09 3413.97
DOZENS OF RUNNERS TAKE OFF IN 10,000 METER RACE.
EMIL ZATAFEC OF CZHECOSLOVAKIA, TAKES LEAD, WINS,
IN RECORD TIME. DESPITE SEVERE STOMACH ACHE.
01:22:29 3434.97
HIGH ANGLE VIEW AMERICAN AFRICAN AMERICAN HURDLER HARRISON
DILLARD, RUNS OUT OF HIS SPECIALTY AND WINS 100
METER DASH. CU POSES
01:22:49 3454.97
AMERICA'S LEROY COCHRAN WINS 100 METER HURDLES. CU
POSES
01:23:03 3467.97
OHIO STATE'S MAL WHITFIELD WINS 800 METER RUN.
ANOTHER OLYMPIC RECORD. CU HE POSES
01:23:17 3481.97
WYNN SMITH OF SAN FRANCISCO WINS POLE VAULT
EVENT. POSES.
01:23:29 3494.97
CU WALLY REESE POSES IN POOL AFTER WINNING FREE
STYLE EVENT.
01:23:38 3503.97
BRUCE HARLAN FACES CAMERA ON DIVING BOARD MAKES
DIVE, SHOWN IN SLOW MOTION. POV TOP OF BOARD.
SMITH WINS FOR U.S.
01:24:15 3539.97
"JAPANESE SUICIDE ATTACKS". "ENEMY PILOTS FLY TO
DEATH IN PLANE "KAMIKAZE" RAIDS ON U. S. WARSHIPS"
VARIOUS SCENES OF U.S. PLANES FLYING OFF AIRCRAFT
CARRIER, WHICH IS PART OF TASK FORCE SUPPORTING
CONQUEST OF OKINAWA. VARIOUS SCENES OF U.S. PLANES
ATTACKING JAPANESE SHIPPING AND KAMIKAZE PLANES ON
GROUND IN JAPAN. VARIOUS SCENES OF JAPANESE
"KAMIKAZE" PLANES UNDER INTENSE FIRE BY GUNS OF
U.S. WARSHIPS. MANY ARE SHOT DOWN BUT SOME GET
THROUGH, CRASH INTO WARSHIPS.
01:24:39 3564.97
SEVERAL JAPANESE PLANES AS SEEN FROM AMERICAN WING
CAMERAS AS THEY ARE FIRED UPON AND SHOT DOWN.
AERIAL SHIPS BEING STRAFED BY AMERICAN PLANES, POV
PLANE.
01:25:19 3603.97
AERIAL VIEW OF AMERICAN PLANES STRAFING "KAMIKAZE"
PLANES ON GROUND AT AIRFIELD IN KUYUSHU, JAPAN.
01:25:35 3619.97
JAPANESE VINTAGE BI-WING WARPLANE IS FIRED UPON BY
U.S. PLANE AND EXPLODES, AS SEEN THROUGH PLANE'S
WING CAMERA.
01:25:43 3628.97
MONTAGE SPECTACULAR ABOVE SCENES OF AMERICAN
PLANES MAKING CRASH LANDINGS ON CARRIER DECK,
INCLUDING PLANE MAKING BELLY LANDING, SKIDDING
ACROSS DECK.
01:25:48 3633.97
PLANE MISSES HOOK THAT CHECKS LANDING SPEED, ROLLS
ACROSS DECK, CRASHES AND DESTROYS ANOTHER PLANE AS
IT CRASHES INTO SEA.
01:25:58 3643.97
PLANE SWERVES OFF DECK, BUT BEFORE IT HITS WATER,
PILOT RECOVERS ALTITUDE AND FLIES OFF.
01:26:10 3654.97
PLANE DROPS BELLY TANK AS IT LANDS. TANK EXPLODES,
ENGULFS PLANE IN FLAMES. PILOT SURVIVES
01:26:19 3663.97
PILOT OF ANOTHER PLANE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, IS SEEN
MOVING, STRUGGLING TO GET OUT, HE FINALLY DOES AS
FIRE GOES OUT. PILOT, SUFFERING FROM BURNS, IS
HELPED BY GROUND CREW.
01:26:42 3687.97
MONTAGE LS "KAMIKAZE" PLANES ATTACKING WARSHIPS
STREAK ACROSS THE SKIES AS INTENSE TRACER BULLETS
AND FLAK FROM WARSHIPS FILL SKY. MANY ARE SHOT OUT
OF SKY, CRASH IN OCEAN.
01:26:52 3697.97
"KAMIKAZE" PLANE MAKES SUICIDE DIVE INTO WARSHIP,
LARGE EXPLOSION ENSUES.
01:27:22 3726.97
CREWMAN IN F/G, ON DECK CARRIER WATCHES,
"KAMIKAZE" PLANE JUST MISS HIS SHIP AND CRASH IN
SEA NEAR HIM.
01:27:47 3751.97
SPECTACULAR SHOT OF KAMIKAZE PLANE HIT BY GUNFIRE
MANAGES TO CRASH INTO AIRCRAFT CARRIER DECK,
FLAMING PLANE SKIMS ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF
DECK.
01:28:10 3774.97
CU VIEW AS KAMIKAZE HITS CARRIER DECK, AS SEEN FROM
CAMERAMAN ON BOARD. CREWMEN RUNNING WITH HOSES TO
PUT OUT FIRE. CREWMEN WHO JUMPED OVERBOARD OR
THROWN OFF BY FORCE OF EXPLOSION, FLOAT AROUND IN
SEA. ON SWIMS TO LINES. GROUP ON LIFE RAFT GRAB
SAFETY LINES THROWN TO THEM.
01:29:35 3859.97
MONTAGE VARIOUS SCENES FIRE FIGHTERS ON CARRIER
FIGHTING FIRE WHILE UNDER ATTACK.
01:29:54 3878.97
CARRIER "BUNKER HILL" ENGULFED IN BLACK SMOKE AND
EXPLOSIONS. MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED ATTACK. "BUNKER
HILL" IN DRY DOCK. CAME HOME UNDER HER OWN POWER.
MONTAGE VIEWS OF TREMENDOUS DAMAGE DONE BY THE
"KAMIKAZE" PLANES
01:31:20 3965.97
CU COMMANDER OF "BUNKER HILL" CAPTAIN SYKES,
POSES, AS SHIP IS PUT BACK IN ACTION AGAIN. CREW
OF THOUSANDS ON DECK, GIVE OUT HUGE CHEER.
01:32:06 4010.97
"THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN". "ENGLISH CONVOY SHELLED"
AERIAL VIEW OF ENGLISH CONVOY BEING SHELLED BY
HUGE NAZI GUNS ON SHORE OF FRANCE, A DISTANCE OF
TWENTY MILES. SHELLS EXPLODE ALL AROUND THE
CONVOY, BUT NO HITS ARE MADE. DESTROYERS LAY
BLACK SMOKE SCREEN TO CONCEAL VIEW FROM GUNNERS ON
SHORE.
01:33:13 4077.97
"CITY OF LONDON BOMBED". VARIOUS SCENES OF EFFECTS
OF FIRST TIME BOMBING OF THE HEART OF LONDON BY
NAZIS IN EARLY DAYS WWII.
01:33:18 4082.97
FIREMEN POUR WATER ON STILL SMOKING BOMBED OUT
BUILDINGS. PAN TO SKELETAL REMAINS OF BUILDINGS.
01:33:30 4095.97
STATUE OF POET MILTON, WHICH WAS BLOWN OFF
PEDESTAL, LIES ON GROUND OUTSIDE CHURCH.
01:33:33 4098.97
"SOUTHEAST COAST AREA"
PAN BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS IN TOWN OF RAMSGATE.
01:33:43 4108.97
BRITISH PLANE FALLING TO EARTH AFTER BEING SHOT
DOWN BY OVER ENGLAND ENEMY. PILOT FLOATS DOWN IN
PARACHUTE.
01:33:56 4121.97
SPEEDBOATS RACE TO RESCUE PILOT WHO PARACHUTED TO
SEA. NEW ZEALAND PILOT IS WRAPPED IN BLANKET, IS
HELPED WALK ALONG BY RESCUERS.
01:34:06 4130.97
FLATBED TRUCK CARRIES PART OF NAZI PLANE, SHOT
DOWN OVER ENGLAND, INTO SCRAP METAL YARD
CONTAINING HUGE PARTS OF OTHER NAZI PLANE PARTS.
WORKERS REMOVE ENGINES, SALVAGE THE REST OF THE
PARTS WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO BRITISH ARMAMENT.
PAN HUGE PILES OF SCRAP PARTS.
01:34:29 4154.97
"NEWS OF THE NATION". SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
HENRY WALLACE ACCEPTS DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR
VICE PRESIDENT AT CONVENTION IN DES MOINES, IOWA.
SPEAKS AT PODIUM. 1940
01:35:31 4215.97
"WORLD'S FAIR". DAREDEVIL DRIVERS RIDE THROUGH
FIRE LOOPS, FLY OVER RAMPS AND INTO PARKED CARS
AND OTHER STUNTS, IN EVENT AT NEW YORK'S 1939
WORLD'S FAIR. SHOWN IN SLOW MOTION & IN REVERSE
01:35:35 4220.97
AUTO RIDES THROUGH FLAMING BARRIER, TOWARDS
CAMERA, IN SLOW MOTION.
01:35:41 4226.97
VINTAGE "JALOPY" RIDES AVER RAMP WITH SIDE WHEELS
CAUSING IT TO TURN OVER ON ITS SIDE, LANDING
UPRIGHT. THE SCENE IS SHOWN IN REVERSE MOTION.
01:35:54 4239.97
AUTO SPEEDS ONTO RAMP CAUSING IT TO BECOME
AIRBORNE & PLUNGES INTO PARKED JALOPY. GROUND
CREWS RUN TO RESCUE, BUT DRIVER CLIMBS OUT UNHURT.
SCENE IS SHOWN IN SLOW-MOTION. DAREDEVILS JIMMY
LYNCH, BUDDY TOUMEY, POSE WITH GROUND CREW.
SPORTS; ENTERTAINMENT.
01:36:37 4281.97
"SPORTS". PROFESSIONAL-COLLEGE FOOTBALL. GREEN BAY
PACKERS PLAY THE COLLEGE ALL-STARS IN THE CHICAGO
TRIBUNE CHARITY CLASH. RECORD 84,500 FOOTBALL FANS
WATCH. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
01:36:51 4296.97
HIGH ANGLE VIEW SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S ANDREW
SCHITLER TAKES IT OVER FOR TOUCHDOWN FROM 10 YARD
LINE.
01:36:55 4300.97
GREEN BAY'S, HUTTON CATCHES LONG PASS THROWN BY
ISBEL FOR TOUCHDOWN.
01:37:08 4312.97
ISBEL THROWS ANOTHER LONG TOUCH DOWN PASS FOR
PACKERS. ANDREW YOUREMAN TAKES PASS FROM ISABEL
AND DOES SOME FANCY RUNNING, DODGING FOR ANOTHER
TOUCHDOWN FOR GREEN BAY.
01:37:32 4336.97
ALL-STARS MAKE ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN BUT LOSE 45-28.
01:37:43 4347.97
SPORTS. HORSE RACING. $43,000 "HOPEFUL STAKES", AT
SARASOTA, ON MUDDY TRACK BY FOUR WELL KNOWN HORSES.
01:37:47 4351.97
CU WORKER MAKES EFFORT TO SMOOTH MUDDY TRACK WITH
BACK OF RAKE.
01:37:52 4357.97
HORSES MAKE TURN WITH JOCKEY JOHNNY COCHRAN TAKING
LEAD ON LEGENDARY "WHIRLAWAY". IN EXCITING MOMENT
"ATTENTION" GOES HEAD AND HEAD WITH "WHIRLAWAY"
BUT "WHIRLAWAY WINS.
01:38:17 4381.97
MUDDY FACED JOCKEYS, SADDLES IN HAND, ARE WEIGHTED
AFTER RACE.
01:38:32 4396.97
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