1919-1941WORLD WAR II
EVENTS LEADING UP TO WWII & BEGINNING OF WAR
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CU BIBLICAL SAYING: "WIDE IS THE GATE AND BROAD IS THE WAY TO DESTRUCTION" MATTHEW VII 13
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AERIAL PAN MILES OF BOMBED OUT CITY BUILDINGS (BERLIN?)
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PAN BLOCK AFTER BLOCK OF RUBBLE OF CITY BUILDINGS
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TROLLEY ROLLS BY RUBBLE
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MONTAGE FIRE RAGES IN BUILDINGS AT NIGHT
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MONTAGE SIDES OF BUILDINGS COLLAPSE
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SMOKE RISES FROM CITY
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| 00:03:16 82.6 |
MONTAGE SMOLDERING RUINS OF BUILDINGS
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VERSAILLES, 1919: CARAVAN OF LIMOS ROLL DOWN AVENUE
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| 00:03:35 101.6 |
PALACE OF VERSAILLES
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| 00:03:44 110.6 |
MONTAGE DELEGATES CROWD HALLS OF PALACE
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| 00:03:51 117.6 |
CU WILSON SIGNS WORTHLESS TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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| 00:04:01 127.6 |
CU WOODROW WILSON SEATED IN OFFICE
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| 00:04:10 136.6 |
MONTAGE HELMETED GERMAN SOLDIERS BEHIND BARBED WIRE BARRICADES IN CITY
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| 00:04:25 151.6 |
MONTAGE UNRULY MOBS IN EUROPEAN CITIES
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| 00:04:35 161.6 |
MONTAGE BLACK SHIRTED FACIST TROOPS MARCH ON ROME CARRYING FLAGS
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| 00:04:47 173.6 |
MUSSOLINI IN TUXEDO & TOP HAT WATCHES PARADE
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| 00:04:55 181.6 |
MONTAGE BUSY NYC STREETS WITH PEOPLE & TRAFFIC, 1920s
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| 00:05:07 193.6 |
CU WOMAN GETTING FACIAL TREATMENT IN SALON
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| 00:05:14 200.6 |
MAN LIGHTS UP CIGARETTE FOR WOMAN SMOKER, "THE NEW LOOK" OF ROARING 20s
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| 00:05:19 205.6 |
CU WOMAN SHOWS OFF LEGS IN SILK STOCKING
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| 00:05:24 210.6 |
WOMEN SHOWS OFF BODIES IN BATHING SUITS FOR BEAUTY CONTEST
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| 00:05:33 219.6 |
AERIAL STEEPLEJACK CLIMBS GIRDER HIGH ABOVE CITY.
DAREDEVIL |
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STEEL WORKER DRIVES RIVET INTO GIRDER
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| 00:05:43 229.6 |
MONTAGE TALL BUILDINGS, POV LOOKING UP
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| 00:05:52 238.6 |
IL DUCE MUSSOLINI HOLDS UP SWORD
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| 00:06:00 246.6 |
MONTAGE MUSSOLINI GIVES DRAMATIC ANIMATED SPEECHES
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| 00:06:07 253.6 |
CU MUSSOLINI IN BATHING TRUNKS AND BALD HEAD SPEAKS
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| 00:06:24 270.6 |
GAS-MASKED BLACK SHIRTS DRILL IN FIELD
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| 00:06:29 275.6 |
CU MUSSOLINI IN HELMET GIVES STIFF ARM FACIST SALUTE
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| 00:06:35 281.6 |
U.S. POLITICIANS WITH HAMMERS SMASH LIQUOR BOTTLES DURING PROHIBITION
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| 00:06:38 284.6 |
CU AXES SMASH 5-GALLON JUGS OF LIQUOR
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| 00:06:42 288.6 |
CU WOODEN BARRELS ARE EMPTIED INTO STREETS
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| 00:06:50 296.6 |
CU SHOT-OUT REAR WINDOW OF CAR EXAMINED BY POLICE
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| 00:06:53 299.6 |
MEN WITH HANDS UP ARE LED TO PADDY WAGON BY ARMED POLICE. GANGSTERS
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| 00:07:04 310.6 |
MONTAGE DANCING COUPLES DO CHARLESTON ON STAGE IN CONTEST
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| 00:07:22 328.6 |
CU BARTENDER MIXES DRINK IN SHAKER
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| 00:07:23 329.6 |
SCANTILY-CLAD DANCERS DANCE ON NIGHTCLUB FLOOR
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| 00:07:37 343.6 |
MONTAGE DANCING COUPLES DO FOX TROT IN NIGHTCLUB
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| 00:07:48 354.6 |
CU STREET SIGN: "WALL ST. & BROADWAY"
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| 00:07:57 363.6 |
CU PAN COLUMNS AT STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING
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| 00:08:05 371.6 |
AERIAL ACTIVITY ON STOCK EXCHANGE FLOOR
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| 00:08:09 375.6 |
MONTAGE BUSY TRANSACTIONS AT STOCK EXCHANGE
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| 00:08:21 387.6 |
MONTAGE LONG LINE OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE LOOKING FOR JOBS DURING GREAT DEPRESSION AFTER STOCK MARKET CRASH
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| 00:08:29 395.6 |
MAN SELLS APPLES AT CORNER
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| 00:08:43 409.6 |
LONG LINE OF UNEMPLOYED MARCH IN FRONT OF CAPITOL BUILDING
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| 00:08:48 414.6 |
AERIAL HORSE-MOUNTED POLICE AMID RIOTING PEOPLE IN NYC
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| 00:09:02 428.6 |
MONTAGE PEOPLE IN GERMANY RIOT IN STREETS
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| 00:09:06 432.6 |
CU HITLER'S "MEIN KAMPF" BOOK
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| 00:09:09 435.6 |
MONTAGE HITLER REVIEWS BROWN SHIRT PARADE
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MONTAGE HITLER AMID HUGE ARMY OF FOLLOWERS AT RALLY
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HITLER SPEAKS WITH HESS IN BACKGROUND
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MONTAGE HITLER STANDS IN OPEN CAR AS IT ROLLS BY CHEERING CROWDS
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HITLER WALKS DOWN AISLE IN HUGE ARENA FILLED WITH WORSHIPPERS
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| 00:10:50 536.6 |
MONTAGE CU HITLER MAKING NUMEROUS SPEECHES IN GERMAN
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| 00:11:13 559.6 |
HITLER GIVES STIFF ARM FACIST SALUTE AS CROWD SINGS PATRIOTIC SONG
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AERIAL HUGE CROWD AT RALLY
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MONTAGE NAZI BROWN SHIRTS ON OPEN TRUCKS ROLL THROUGH STREETS SHOUTING SLOGANS.
COULD READ AS KRISTALLNACHT, THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS, OR THE NOVEMBER POGROM. |
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MONTAGE SIGNS PAINTED ON STORE WINDOWS & WALLS:
"ACHTUNG JUDEN" AND JEWISH STAR WITH "JUDE" |
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PAN NAZI ON TRUCKS & PEOPLE IN STREETS CHANT SLOGANS
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| 00:11:53 599.6 |
MONTAGE NAZIS BURN BOOKS IN HUGE BONFIRE
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| 00:12:07 613.6 |
COUPLES FILE THROUGH SALUTING CROWD IN MASS MARRIAGE CEREMONY
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| 00:12:11 617.6 |
ARMY OF TROOPS MARCH CARRYING SHOVELS
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MONTAGE SPARKS FLY IN STEEL MILL
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| 00:12:23 629.6 |
WORKERS FLINCH AS PRESS SLAMS DOWN ON HOT STEEL
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| 00:12:27 633.6 |
MONTAGE BULLETS, CANNON, TANKS, PLANES ROLL OFF ASSEMBLY LINES
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MONTAGE HITLER REVIEWS GOOSESTEPPING TROOPS, TANKS &
PLANES |
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CU HITLER WITH SILLY GRIN ON FACE
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| 00:13:17 683.6 |
CU MUSSOLINI'S IMAGE TRANSPOSED OVER MARCHING TROOPS
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| 00:13:24 690.6 |
NATIVE POUND DRUM NEXT ETHIOPIAN FLAG
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| 00:13:27 693.6 |
MONTAGE ETHIOPIAN TROOPS CLAD IN WHITE SHEETS MARCH THROUGH STREET
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| 00:13:37 703.6 |
CU HALIE SELASSIE, KING OF ETHIOPIA, REVIEWS NATIVE TROOPS
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| 00:13:43 709.6 |
MONTAGE RIFLE-WAVING NATIVES DANCE IN STREETS
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| 00:13:51 717.6 |
AERIAL ITALIAN BOMBS DROP ON ETHIOPIAN LANDSCAPE
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| 00:13:56 722.6 |
NATIVES SHOT AT BOMBING PLANES WITH RIFLES
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| 00:14:01 727.6 |
NATIVES WATCH HELPLESSLY AS HUTS BURN
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| 00:14:12 738.6 |
HAILE SELASSIE IN BLACK CAPE ADDRESSES LEAGUE OF NATIONS IN VAIN
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| 00:14:45 771.6 |
SELASSIE LEAVES PODIUM AMIDST APPLAUSE
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| 00:15:01 787.6 |
MONTAGE GERMAN TROOPS MARCH INTO RHINELAND
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| 00:15:12 798.6 |
COLUMN OF HORSEBACKED GERMAN TROOPS CROSS BRIDGE INTO AUSTRIA
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MONTAGE GERMAN TROOPS MARCH INTO AUSTRIA
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MUSSOLINI & HITLER REVIEW ITALIAN TROOPS
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HITLER & MUSSOLINI CAN'T DECIDE WHO SHOULD ENTER CAR FIRST
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| 00:16:01 847.6 |
BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER CHAMBERLAIN VISITS HITLER AT BERCHTESGADEN, BAVARIA
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| 00:16:20 866.6 |
MONTAGE HITLER, MUSSOLINI & CHAMBERLAIN SIGN PACT
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MONTAGE HITLER & MUSSOLINI WITH GENERALS INCLUDE GORING
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CHAMBERLAIN ARRIVES IN ENGLAND BY PLANE
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| 00:16:49 895.6 |
CU CHAMBERLAIN WAVES PACT. DOCUMENT PROMISES PEACE IN OUR TIME
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MONTAGE GERMAN TROOPS CROSS CZECHOSLOVAKIA AS PEOPLE SALUTE & CRY
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ROOSEVELT SPEAKS TO CONGRESS, WARNS OF FRAGILE PEACE
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| 00:18:04 970.6 |
RUSSIA'S MOLOTOV EXITS LIMO IN GERMANY ON VISITS TO HITLER
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| 00:18:12 978.6 |
MOLOTOV MEETS VON RIBBENTROP TO SIGN NAZI-COMMUNIST PACT WHICH WAS SEEN AS BETRAYAL BY FREE WORLD
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HEADLINE: "DANZIG OR WAR" WARNS HITLER
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NEW YORK POST HEADLINE: "HITLER DEMANDS RULE OF POLAND - REJECTS CHAMBERLAIN'S WARNING"
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NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINE: GERMAN ARMY ATTACKS POLAND
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HUGE BOMB EXPLOSION
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MONTAGE GERMAN BOMBERS TAKE TO SKY & DROP BOMBS ON POLAND
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GERMAN TANKS ROLL INTO POLAND
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CU BOMBS EXIT BOMB-BAY DOORS
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BOMBS EXPLODE ON GROUND
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MONTAGE ARTILLERY FIRES AT TARGETS
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CU CHAMBERLAIN DEJECTEDLY SITS AT DESK
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| 00:19:24 1050.6 |
CU CHURCHILL, WIFE & KING GEORGE ENTER BUILDING
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| 00:19:36 1062.6 |
CHAMBERLAIN & WIFE ENTER LIMO
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MONTAGE CHILDREN PREPARE TO BOARD TRAINS AT STATION WITH BELONGINGS. LEAVING CITY FOR COUNTRYSIDE
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MONTAGE CHILDREN ARE KISSED BY PARENTS BEFORE BOARDING TRAIN TO COUNTRYSIDE
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| 00:20:05 1091.6 |
MONTAGE CRYING PARENTS WAVE FAREWELL TO CHILDREN AS TRAIN LEAVES
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MONTAGE GERMAN & RUSSIAN SOLDIERS MEET, TALK ON POLISH BATTLEFIELD
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CU BARBED WIRE IN SNOW AROUND FRENCH MAGINOT LINE
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FRENCH SOLDIER TESTS FOOD FROM COOKING VATS IN MAGINOT LINE UNDERGROUND
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CU FRENCH SOLDIERS EAT MEAL UNDERGROUND
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FRENCH PATROL WITH DOG PATROL ALONG SNOW BANK HILL
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FRENCH SOLDIER CRAWLS IN SNOW AMID BARBED WIRE BARRICADES
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CU FRENCH SOLDIER WAITS FOR GERMAN ATTACK ALONG MAGINOT LINE AS CALENDAR MONTHS PEEL OFF TO MAY 10, 1940
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MONTAGE ARTILLERY FLASHES LIGHT UP NIGHT
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MONTAGE GERMAN BOMBERS DROP BOMBS
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MONTAGE CITY BUILDINGS BLOW UP, FIRES RAGE &
BUILDINGS COLLAPSE |
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DAZED FRENCHMAN WITH BERET & CANE WALKS AMID RUBBLE
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AERIAL PARATROOPS DROP FROM PLANES
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PARATROOPERS POUR OUT OF GERMAN PLANES SEEN FROM PLANE'S POV
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PARATROOPERS DROP ON CITY
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MONTAGE PARATROOPERS ON GROUND RUN TO PICK UP EQUIPMENT ALSO DROPPED
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| 00:23:00 1266.6 |
GERMAN ARTILLERY SHOOTS POINT BLANK INTO BUILDING
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MONTAGE BRITISH TROOPS PASS FLEEING REFUGEES
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| 00:23:21 1287.6 |
MONTAGE REFUGEE FAMILIES WITH ALL THEIR GOODS WALK ALONG ROAD. BELGIAN REFUGEES
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BOY WITH PEG-LEG & CANE WALKS HAND-IN-HAND WITH BOY &
WOMAN |
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NAZI TANKS & MEN DRIVE THROUGH FIELDS
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STOOPING GERMANS RUN BEHIND COVER OF TANK
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AERIAL STUKA DIVE-BOMBERS ATTACK MAGINOT LINE
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| 00:23:57 1323.6 |
ECU EXPLODING BOMB PICKS UP GROUND DIRT
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| 00:24:09 1335.6 |
FRENCH SOLDIERS EXIT FORTIFICATION WITH HANDS UP IN SURRENDER
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| 00:24:13 1339.6 |
ECU FRENCH SOLDIER'S FACE SHOWS DESPAIR
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| 00:24:43 1369.6 |
MONTAGE BELEAGURED BRITISH TROOPS MARCH THROUGH CITY STREETS TO DUNKIRK BEACH
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| 00:24:48 1374.6 |
MONTAGE SOLDIERS WADE INTO SEA AT DUNKIRK BEACH
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| 00:25:02 1388.6 |
MONTAGE RAF BATTLE ATTACKING GERMAN PLANES IN DOG FIGHTS
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| 00:25:08 1394.6 |
MONTAGE PLANES EXPLODE IN AIR, GUNNER'S POV
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MONTAGE TROOPS SCRAMBLE ONTO RESCUE SHIPS AT DUNKIRK
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GERMAN SOLDIERS ON BICYCLES RIDE INTO DUNKIRK
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MONTAGE TRUCKS & EQUIPMENT LEFT ALONG ROADS BY FLEEING ALLIED TROOPS
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GERMAN TROOPS MARCH THRU RUBBLE OF DUNKIRK
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| 00:26:14 1460.6 |
CU HAPPY HITLER GESTURES OVER FALL OF FRANCE IN COMPEIGRE
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| 00:26:33 1479.6 |
GERMAN TROOPS MARCH THRU ARC DE TRIOMPHE
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| 00:26:43 1489.6 |
MONTAGE THOUSANDS OF GERMAN SOLDIERS MARCH TOWARD CAMERA
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LEVAL & MARSHAL PETAIN PUT IN CHARGE OF VICHY GOVERNMENT BY GERMANY
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PETAIN MEETS WITH HITLER
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MONTAGE FACES OF CRYING FRENCHMEN
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MONTAGE GERMAN PLANES OVER ENGLAND IN BLITZ
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MONTAGE BURNING BUILDING OF ENGLAND
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BRITISH FIREFIGHTERS WITH HOSES SILHOUETTED AGAINST BURNING BUILDINGS
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BUILDING COLLAPSES
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PAN RAGING INFERNO OF BURNING BUILDINGS
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| 00:28:57 1623.6 |
MONTAGE PEOPLE GATHER & SLEEP IN SUBWAY BOMB SHELTER
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| 00:29:24 1650.6 |
MONTAGE OF SMOKING, SMOLDERING BUILDINGS & RUBBLE AFTER ATTACK
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| 00:29:36 1662.6 |
MONTAGE FIREFIGHTERS & PEOPLE PICK THRU RUBBLE FOR SURVIVORS
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MONTAGE SURVIVORS & DEAD ARE CARRIED OUT OF RUBBLE
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CHURCHILL WALKS DOWN STREET FOLLOWED BY AIDES &
PEOPLE |
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CHURCHILL ADDRESSES HIS CABINET WITH DYNAMIC SPEECH
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