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TITLE: "AMERICA FACES THE FACTS" - "THE GRIM DAYS ARE UPON US, THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE THAT CLEAR .......".
0` 05 44 WASHINGTON, D. C. VARIOUS SHOTS COMMUNICATION DIVISION OF WAR DEPARTMENT WITH MILITARY MEN SEATED AT DESKS AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES (TICKER TAPE, ELECTRONIC DEVICES SENDING AND RECEIVING MESSAGES, PASSING IT ON TO HIGHER COMMANDERS, THEN HANDING COMMUNIQUES TO NEWS REPORTERS. VARIOUS SHOTS GENERAL H. A. ARNOLD AND STAFF OF OFFICERS PERUSING MAPS. SIGNS OVER OFFICE DOORS "CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS', 'ASSISTANT CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS". HIGH RANKING OFFICERS ENTER, EXIT OFFICE LIKE REVOLVING DOOR.

TITLE: "AIR RAIDS" - "REAL AIR RAIDS IMAGINED" - AIR RAID SIRENS SOUND OVER NEW YORK CITY - PEOPLE LOOK SKYWARD. NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: "AIR RAID ALARM SOUNDED IN NEW YORK". CROWDS GATHER IN TIMERS SQUARE TO WATCH NEWS BULLETINS. CROWDS OF TENANTS EXIT APARTMENT BUILDINGS, ENTER BASEMENTS OF BUILDINGS. AIR RAID WARDENS ON ROOFS CHECK SKY THROUGH TELESCOPES.

"SEATTLE" - VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN LEGION VOLUNTEERS AND WOMEN'S RED CROSS EMERGENCY GROUPS IN MILITARY UNIFORMS GATHER TO DO THEIR PART IN WAR EMERGENCIES.

STORE WINDOWS DAMAGED BY ANGRY AMERICANS AFTER OWNERS LEFT LIGHTS BURNING AT NIGHT.

"PACIFIC COAST" - VARIOUS SHOTS ARMED SOLDIERS GUARDING IN TOWNS AND ALONG HARBOR. STATE POLICE STOP AND SEARCH CARS ALONG HIGHWAYS, ESPECIALLY IF THE OCCUPANTS ARE JAPANESE. COP CHECKS JAPANESE DRIVERS CREDENTIAL;S (RACIAL PROFILING) 1941 STYLE. JAPANESE WOMEN WORKERS RUN, SHY FROM CAMERAS AS THEY ARE HOUNDED BY NEWSMEN.

"NEW YORK CITY" - VARIOUS SHOTS ENEMY ISLANDS BEING TAKEN TO ELLIS ISLAND FOR QUESTIONING. MS WELL DRESSED JAPANESE MAN BEING QUESTIONED BY NEWSMEN.

TITLE: "WAR WITH ITALY" - VARIOUS SHOTS BENITO MUSSOLINI (IL DICE) MAKING SPEECH FROM BALCONY IN ROME, DECLARING WAR ON THE U. S. HUGE CROWD CHEERS.
MUSSOLINI POSES NEXT TO STATUE OF JULIUS CEASAR.

TITLE: "WAR UNITES THE AMERICAS" - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE ANTI AXIS DEMONSTRATION IN SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES OF COSTA RICA, (SHOTS OF PRESIDENT GUARDIAN AMID DEMONSTRATORS JAPANESE ARE ROUNDED UP AND IMPRISONED.

"BRAZIL" - VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE IN STREETS READING NEWSPAPER HEADLINES AND AND BULLETIN BOARDS - BRAZIL STANDS SOLIDLY WITH THE AMERICAS. VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN AMBASSADOR JEFFERSON CAFFERY POSING, AND VISITING BRAZIL GOVERNMENT OFFICE. CU JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO BRAZIL ACHI POSING. HE FINDS NOBODY HOMA AT THE BRAZIL GOVERNMENT OFFICE.

"MEXICO" - MS PRESIDENT COMACHO AT DESK, ORDERS 135,000 TROOPS READY AGAINST SABOTAGE. COMACHO WATCHES CROWDS ANTI-AXIS DEMONSTRATORS FROM BALCONY.

TITLE: "PUZZLED NATION" - "TURKEY" - VARIOUS SHOTS TURTKEY'S ARMY MARCHING IN PUBLICAN DAY CELEBRATION PARADE CARRYING TURKEY'S NATIONAL FLAG (CU). TURKEY HAS BEEN WOOED BY ALL THE EMBATTLED POWERS. MS BRITISH AMBASSADOR HOLGERSON, IN BEMEDALLED UNIFORM AND PLUMED HAT IS AT PARADE. AMBASSADOR FROM HITLER'S GERMANY FRANZ VON POPPEN, SHAKES HANDS WITH TURKISH DIGNITARY.

MS CREW MEMBERS OF BULLET RIDDLED AIRLINER ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO AFTER EYE WITNESSING THE JAP BOMBING OF WAKE ISLAND AND RESCUED THE ISLAND'S PAN AMERICAN PERSONNEL. CREW POSES FOR CAMERA.

NEW YORK CITY" - ABOVE VIEW NEW YORK'S TIME SQUARE AREA. WITH BUSY TRAFFIC AND SHOPPING PEDESTRIANS. VARIOUS SHOTS AIR RAID WARDENS STOPPING TRAFFIC, DIRECTING PEOPLE TO AIR RAID SHELTERS. MS WARDEN DIRECTS PEOPLE EXITING CITY BUS. WARDENS CLEAR AREA IN LESS THEN 3 MINUTES. VARIOUS AERIAL SHOTS TIMES SQUARE AREA DESERTED AFTER ALERT. CU FEMALE AIR RAID WARDEN WITH METAL HELMET, ARM BAND, LOOKING SKYWARD. VARIOUS SHOTS CROWDS EXITING BUILDINGS AFTER "SALL-CLEAR" SOUNDS.

CROWDED CLASSROOM OF KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN GET AWAY FROM THEIR DESKS, FOLLOW TEACHER DOWN STAIRS TO SAFE SHELTER. SMALLER CHILDREN ARE WRAPPED IN BLANKETS BY FEMALE AIDES, NURSES, AS THEY GO INTO PRACTICE EVACUATION, DOWN FIRE ESCAPES, STAIRWAYS. WOMEN BLACK-OUT WINDOWS. CHILDREN GET UNDER BEDS AND TABLES. TUB IS FILLED WITH WATER FOR EMERGENCY FIRE-FIGHTING, GAS STOVES ARE SHUT OFF AT MAIN VALVES. PORTABLE RADIO IS PLACED IN THE STRONGEST PART OF THE HOUSE.

MS MAYOR FIORELLO LAGUARDIA OF NEW YORK CITY SPEAKS TO PEOPLE FROM HIS OFFICE.

MS BASEBALL STAR SGT. HANK GREENBERG IN UNIFORM CARRYING HIS DUFFLE BAG ON SHOULDER, TOWARDS CAMERA. MS GREEN BERG SHAKE HANDS WITH OTHER GIS OUTSIDE BARRACKS. sports, baseball.

TITLE: "PEARL HARBOR" - "NAVY SECRETARY KNOX GIVES OFFICIAL REPORT". KNOX SEATED AT DESK IS SURROUNDED BY NEWS REPORTERS - AFTER HIS TRIP TO HAWAII WHERE 2700 NAVAL OFFICERS AND MEN WERE KILLED IN THE "STAB IN THE BACK" ATTACK BY JAPANESE PLANES. SAYS THE JAPANESE OBJECTIVE WAS TO "KNOCK OUT" THE THE U.
S. BEFORE THE WAR BEGAN". ".......THE JAPANESE FAILED. HE LISTS THE LOSSES, NAMING THE BATTLE SHIPS AND OTHER WARSHIPS LOST IN RAID, BUT SAYS THAT AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS, CARRIERS, HEAVY CRUISERS, SUBMARINES, ARE UNINJURED AND AT SEA SEEKING CONTACT WITH ENEMY. "THE JAPS STARTED THIS WAR, WE ARE GOING TO FINISH IT". VARIOUS SHOTS LONG LINE OF BATTLESHIPS, AT SEA. SHIPYARDS BUILDING, LAUNCHING WARSHIPS. ABOVE VIEW U. S. WARSHIPS AT SEA.

BOXING - NEW YORK CITY - HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION JOE LOUIS SIGNS FOR A RETURN BOUT WITH CHALLENGER BUDDY BAER. CU FACE SHOTS JOE LOUIS AND BUDDY BAER. CU PROMOTER MIKE JACOBS HAS DECIDED TO GIVE ALL PROFITS TO THE NAVAL RELIEF SOCIETY. MS BOTH FIGHTERS SIGN FOR THE MATCH pro boxing, celebrities.

"SKIING" - NACHES PASS, WASHINGTON - "CHAIR SKIS" - VARIOUS SHOTS YOUNG SKIERS GOING DOWN SLOPES ON CHAIRS ATTACHED TO SKIS. VARIOUS SHOTS GROUPS GOING DOWN SLOPE IN CHAIRS, SOME TAKE SERIOUS TUMBLES, ALL SURVIVE. sports, oddity.

VARIOUS SHOTS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS BLACKED OUT AT NIGHT. VOICE OVER, "BUT THERE IS NO BLACKING OUT OF WORK FOR VICTORY".

LONG LINE OF SPY SUSPECTS EXIT PADDY WAGON (VAN), ARE ESCORTED IN CUFFS TO COURTHOUSE. MS UNITED STATES STATE'S ATTORNEY, HAROLD M. KENNEDY POSES AT DESK. TILT UP REAMS OF EVIDENCE WHICH WAS COMPILED BY FBI BEFORE ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS.

YOUNG WOMAN IN UNIFORM SLIDES DOWN FIREMAN POLE AS THEY LEARN THE ROPES FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. VARIOUS SHOTS GIRLS REMOVING LONG FIRE LADDER FROM FIRE TRUCK, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF FIREMEN, THEN CLIMB UP AERIAL LADDER, HIGH ABOVE GROUND AS CROWD WATCHES.

NEW OFFICERS IS PASSIONATELY KISSED BY TWO PRETTY WOMEN. MS PRETTY GIRLFRIEND PLACES THE GOLD BAR ON NEW OFFICER'S SHOULDER, THEY THEN KISS PASSIONATELY

KIDS WAVING TO BEARS IN ZOO. MS YOUNG 6 YEAR OLD BEAR SEATED IN HABITAT, FACING CAMERA, WAVES BACK AT KIDS. CU SAME. animal antics, oddity.

MS VARIOUS SHOTS CARS RIDDLED WITH MACHINE GUN BULLET HOLES. VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS, MACHINERY BUILDING EMERGENCY SHELTERS, HOWEVER TOO LATE.

VARIOUS SHOTS DAMAGE DINE TO AIRFIELD FACILITIES AND PLANES CRIPPLED BEFORE THEY COULD LEAVE THE GROUND. FIREMEN FIGHT FIRES AFTER ATTACK. GUSHING WATER MAIN AFTER BEING HIT BY ATTACKERS.

TITLE: "SPORTS" - COLLEGE BASKETBALL - VARIOUS SHOTS NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE VS OKLAHOMA AGGIES - VARIOUS SHOTS GAME IN PROGRESS (NOTE: ALL-WHITE PLAYERS)
NY CITY COLLEGE WINS 39 - 30.

LS BRAZILIAN NAVY WARSHIPS AT SEA. FIRE THEIR GUNS DURING NAVAL MANEUVERS.

TITLE: "ARMY RUSHES MOUNTS" - ARMY COWBOYS GATHER HERDS OF WILD HORSES AND CORAL THEM AT FORT RENO, OKLAHOMA. GIS GROOM AND SHAVE HAIR OFF HORSES.

TITLE: "MEN OF DESTINY" - ANNAPOLIS - VARIOUS SHOTS 500 GRADUATES AT NAVAL
ACADEMY FILING INTO THEIR SEATS AT AUDITORIUM TO RECEIVE THEIR GRADUATE CERTIFICATES. NAMES OF GRADUATES ARE CALLED OUT AND RECEIVE DIPLOMAS FROM NAVY SECRETARY KNOX

ABOVE VIEW NEW CADETS GIVE CUSTOMARY THREE CHEERS, THEN THROW THEIR HATS INTO THE AIR.

ABOVE VIEW BEARS "MR. FORWARD PASS HIMSELF" SID LUCKMAN, COMPLETES A PASS, LEADING TO TOUCHDOWN BY MCABEE ON NEXT PLAY. BEARS WIN 37 - 9. sports, pro football

VARIOUS SHOTS SOLDIERS DOING PAINTINGS AND OTHER ARTS AND CRAFTS PROJECTS TO SEND HOME AS GIFTS ON CHRISTMAS.

TITLE: "CHRISTMAS IN FAITH" - VARIOUS ABOVE SHOTS CHOIRS IN CHURCHES AND CATHEDRAL SINGING CHRISTMAS AND PATRIOTIC HYMNS TO HUGE GATHERINGS OF FAITHFUL. VARIOUS SHOTS CHURCH BELLS RINGING. VARIOUS SHOTS CHAPELS AND CATHEDRALS IN SMALL TOWNS AND BIG CITIES., AS SOUNDS OF SINGING CHOIRS S ARE HEARD.

TITLE: "U. S. CENSOR CHIEF - WASHINGTON, D. C. - BYRON IESS, ASSOCIATED PRESS EXECUTIVE, POSES AND MEETS WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL BIDDLE AND POSTMASTER GENERAL WALKER BEFORE BEING SWORN IN AS TO LEAD THE NEW OFFICE OF CENSORSHIP. VARIOUS SHOTS LARGE STAFF MEN, WOMEN OF WORKERS CHECKING OUT PACKAGES. MAIL, OTHER ITEMS AT HUGE FACILITY.

TITLE: "FOR 1942" - "WHAT CAN I DO FOR MY COUNTRY" - "EVERY AMERICAN, YOUNG OR OLD WANTS TO HELP WIN THIS WAR. HERE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS .......".

"FOR FATHERS ....... VARIOUS SHOTS OLDER MEN BUYING WAR BONDS AND STAMPS AND KEEP ON PAYING TAXES ....".

SCHOOL ROOMS TURNED INTO WORKSHOPS AS YOUNG GIRLS SEATED AT SCHOOL ROOM
DESKS KNITTING. BOY HOLDS REAMS OF WOOL AS GIRLS KNIT. MCU YOUNG BOY KNITTING AT RAPID PACE. SHOWS HOW IT IS DONE. BOYS AND GIRLS FILL UP BOXES WITH TIN CANS AND TIN FOIL THEY COLLECTED. CU LITTLE BOY BREAKS PIGGY BANK WITH HAMMER SO HE CAN BUY U. S. DEFENSE STAMPS. VOICE OVER, "ITS THE PENNIES AND NICKLES THAT MAKE THE DOLLARS, AND THE DOLLARS THAT BUY THE GUNS THAT WILL WIN THE WAR".

MS SIGN ON OFFICE DOOR: "U. S. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION ROOM - VARIOUS SHOTS SKILLED WORKERS LINED UP AT CIVIL SERVICE OFFICE TO APPLY TO WORK AT PEARL HARBOR. CU FACE SHOTS WORKERS INCLUDE MIDDLE AGED WORKERS.

"FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ...... - VARIOUS SHOTS BOY SCOUTS GOING DOOR TO DOOR COLLECTING BUNDLES OF NEWSPAPER WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO MONEY WHICH WILL HELP THE RED CROSS. BOYS SCOUTS ON TRUCK FULL OF NEWSPAPERS THEY COLLECTED GIVE THE "V" FOR VICTORY SIGN WITH THEIR FINGERS.

DRAWING WITH GERMAN SOLDIERS WITH TITLE "TODAY GERMANY, TOMORROW THE WORLD VOICE OVER GROUP CHORUS .. "OH, YEAH?" MS POSTER OF AMERICAN EAGLE, WITH SLOGAN "REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR".

VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH CROWDS GATHER TO SEE AND HEAR CHURCHILL "THE PEOPLE'S MAN". LS CHURCHILL SPEAKING TO HUGE CROWD. WAVING TO CROWD FROM LIMO, AND VISITING NAVAL UNITS ON WARSHIPS.