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"THE ADMIRAL NIMITZ STORY"
FILM TAKES VIEWERS BACK TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY HALF-CENTRY AGO TO THE EARLY DAYS & THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR TO DEVELOP THIS BIOGRAPHY ON ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST NAVAL HEROES
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MONTAGE- TEXAS COWBOYS RIDE THE RANGE WITH THEIR CATTLE.
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MS- PHOTO OF CHESTER W. NIMITZ AS A CHILD FROM FREDRICKSBURG, TEXAS.
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MS- OLD FILM OF THE 4 MASTER SHIP CONSTELLATION WHICH WAS A TRAINING SHIP FOR MIDSHIPMEN.
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LS- OLD TIME BATTLESHIP FIRING A BROADSIDE AS SHE SPEEDS ALONG. (OLD FILM)
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MONTAGS- PRESIDENT TEDDY ROOSEVELT POSING AND MAKING DRAMATIC SPEECH
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CU- PHOTO OF NIMITZ AS A YOUNG MAN WHEN HE ENTERED THE NAVAL ACADEMY. CU- SNAPSHOT WEARING A FLOPPY SAILOR HAT
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LS- OLD FILM OF A BOXING MATCH BETWEEN 2 SAILORS BEING WATCHED BY THE CREW OF SHIP (FAST MOTION)
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LS- LONG COLUMN OF OFFICERS IN THEIR OLD FASHION FEATHERED HATS EXIT AN ACADEMY BUILDING
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MS- CADETS MARCH SMARTLY ON THE PARADE GROUNDS IN THEIR UNIFORM OF THAT DAY
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CU- NIMITZ AT TIME OF GRADUATION. HE FINISHED 7TH IN A CLASS OF 114.
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LS- SMALL EARLY SUBMARINE IS TESTED FOR THE NAVY.
SUBMERGING AND SURFACING AT A HIGH SPEED.
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MONTAGE- SUBMARINES TIED UP AND OTHERS CRUISING IN A HARBOR DURING WWI.
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MONTAGE- A LONG LINE OF WARSHIPS CRUISING IN A STRAIGHT LINE DURING THE 1920s
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LS- A BI WWI FIGHTER PLANE LANDS ON THE DECK OF A CARRIER
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LS- JAPANESE FLAG, ON FLEET ATTACKING PEARL
HARBOR, BLOWS IN THE WIND
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MS- JAPANESE PILOTS ARE BRIEFED ON DECK OF
CARRIER. PLANES REV UP AND TAKE OFF.
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LS- 3 BOMBERS EACH DROP A LARGE BOMB AS SEEN FROM JAPANESE PLANE FLYING NEARBY.
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LS- HUGE EXPLOSION ROCKS THE BATTLESHIP ARIZONA.
MONTAGE- SAILORS STAND ON THE SIDE OF A ROLLED OVER SHIP. OTHERS BATTLE FLAMES ON OTHER SHIPS.
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LS- ADMIRAL NIMITZ SPEAKS TO OFFICERS AS HE ANNOUNCES HIS TAKE OVER OF PACIFIC FLEET
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MONTAGE- WELDERS AND SHIP BUILDERS GET TO WORK AT NAVY YARDS BUILDING WARSHIPS. AS CROWD OF WORKERS WATCH A SHIP SLIDES DOWN THE RAMP INTO THE WATER.
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CU- A SUBMARINE CAPTAIN PEERS THROUGH PERISCOPE CHEWING ON A CIGAR BUTT. MS- TORPEDO SHOOTS OUT OF TUBE AS SEEN UNDER WATER.
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LS- SHIP HIT BY TORPEDO BLOWS UP. AS SEEN THROUGH PERISCOPE.
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MONTAGE- WARSHIP BOMBARDMENTS AND PLANES TAKING OFF FROM A CARRIER OF BOTH AMERICAN AND JAPANESE SHIPS AT THE BATTLE OF CORAL SEA.
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LS- SAILORS RUN IN ALL DIRECTIONS AS A BOMB HITS AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER DECK. CU- EXPLOSION AS SEEN BY CAMERA AS BOMB BLOWS UP CLOSE BY.
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LS- A HUGE EXPLOSION OBLITERATES AN AMERICAN WARSHIP. MS- 3 SAILORS, ONE WITH LONG BEARD, WEAR PURPLE HEARTS ON THEIR CHEST
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MS- NIMITZ AND MACARTHUR PLOT STRATEGY ON MAPS
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MONTAGE- NIMITZ VISITS THE FRONT LINES.
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MS- AS MACARTHUR AND PRESIDENT FDR WATCH, NIMITZ USES POINTER ON WALL MAP. MACARTHUR THEN TAKES OVER THE POINTER AS ROOSEVELT WATCHES.
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LS- NIMITZ MAKES SPEECH TO NAVAL COMMANDERS AND NAVAL WORKERS AT A NAVY YARD.
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MS- NIMITZ CHATS WITH ADMIRAL 'BULL' HALSEY ON A WARSHIP
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MONTAGE- WARSHIPS BOMBARD THE PHILIPPINES PRIOR TO IT'S INVASION. U.S. TROOPS STORM THE BEACHES
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MONTAGE- JAPANESE FILM SHOW JAPANESE SOLDIERS AT ATTENTION AND THEN RAISING THEIR ARMS AND YELLING 'BONSAI'! CU- A JAPANEWE CUPS HIS HANDS TO HIS MOUTH AND YELLS
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MS- 2 U.S. BATTLESHIP CREWMEN MOVE HUGE SHELLS, ALMOST AS BIG AS THEY ARE, INTO FIRING POSITION CU- GUNNER AIMS, PULLS A TRIGGER AND CANNONS FIRE
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LS- ELS- THICK BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM A JAPANESE WARSHIP HIT IN THE BATTLE LS- JAPANESE SEAMEN CLING ON TO DEBRIS IN THE WATER PRIOR TO BEING PICKED UP BY U.S. WARSHIPS.
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MS- A SAILOR ON U.S.WARSHIP BLOWS 'TAPS' AS U.S.
SAILORS ARE BURRIED AT SEA
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MONTAGE- JAPANESE SUICIDE 'KAMIKAZE' PLANES TAKE OFF FROM JAPANESE CARRIER.
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MONTAGE- KAMIKAZE PLANES BEING SHOT OUT OF THE AIR BY HEAVY U.S. WARSHIP FIRE, & A BLAZING JAPANESE PLANE AFTER IT HIT THE DECK OF A U.S. CARRIER
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LS- A DAMAGED U.S. FIGHTER PLANE DOES A BELLY LANDING ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
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ELS- CAMERA FOLLOWS A SUICIDE PLANE AS IT DIVES INTO A U.S. CARRIER CAUSING A HUGE EXPLOSION AND ANOTHER AS IT CRASHES INTO A WARSHIP.
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MONTAGE- BOMBARDMENT AND LANDING ON OKINAWA.
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LS- NIMITZ WALKS THROUGH RUBBLE ON OKINAWA.
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LS- A SMILING MACARTHUR GREETS NIMITZ AS HE WALKS OFF PLANE .
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MS- AS MACARTHUR,HALSEY AND OTHERS LOOK ON, NIMITZ SIGNS THE SURRENDER DOCUMENT ON BOARD THE USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY.
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LS- NIMITZ SITS ON BACKREST OF SEAT OF LIMO AS HE IS GREETED BY CROWDS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
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LS- NIMITZ ADDRESSES A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.
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MS- MS- NIMITZ WEARS INDIAN CHIEF HEADGEAR AS HE SMOKES A PEACE PIPE
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MS- NIMITZ RECEIVES A BRIEFING FROM ADMIRAL RICHARD BIRD PRIOR TO BIRD'S NAVAL EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH POLE IN 1946
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MS- NIMITZ RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN 1947. MS- NIMITZ WITH NEFRU OF INDIA
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MS- NIMITZ SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS FOR MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE DIET WHO VISIT IN HIS OFFICE.
LS- NIMITZ POSES WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND OTHERS
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LS- NIMITZ'S HOME IN BERKELEY HILLS, CALIFORNIA.
LS- A WEATHER VANE WITH A SUBMARINE AND 5 STARS
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