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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 |
| 01:03:41 58 |
MONTAGE- TEXAS COWBOYS RIDE THE RANGE WITH THEIR
CATTLE. |
| 01:04:02 79 |
MS- PHOTO OF CHESTER W. NIMITZ AS A CHILD FROM
FREDRICKSBURG, TEXAS. |
| 01:04:15 92 |
MS- OLD FILM OF THE 4 MASTER SHIP CONSTELLATION
WHICH WAS A TRAINING SHIP FOR MIDSHIPMEN. |
| 01:04:26 103 |
LS- OLD TIME BATTLESHIP FIRING A BROADSIDE AS SHE
SPEEDS ALONG. (OLD FILM) |
| 01:04:33 110 |
MONTAGS- PRESIDENT TEDDY ROOSEVELT POSING AND
MAKING DRAMATIC SPEECH |
| 01:04:49 126 |
CU- PHOTO OF NIMITZ AS A YOUNG MAN WHEN HE
ENTERED THE NAVAL ACADEMY. CU- SNAPSHOT WEARING A FLOPPY SAILOR HAT |
| 01:05:10 147 |
LS- OLD FILM OF A BOXING MATCH BETWEEN 2 SAILORS
BEING WATCHED BY THE CREW OF SHIP (FAST MOTION) |
| 01:05:25 162 |
LS- LONG COLUMN OF OFFICERS IN THEIR OLD FASHION
FEATHERED HATS EXIT AN ACADEMY BUILDING |
| 01:05:35 172 |
MS- CADETS MARCH SMARTLY ON THE PARADE GROUNDS IN
THEIR UNIFORM OF THAT DAY |
| 01:05:58 195 |
CU- NIMITZ AT TIME OF GRADUATION. HE FINISHED 7TH
IN A CLASS OF 114. |
| 01:06:10 207 |
LS- SMALL EARLY SUBMARINE IS TESTED FOR THE NAVY.
SUBMERGING AND SURFACING AT A HIGH SPEED. |
| 01:07:06 263 |
MONTAGE- SUBMARINES TIED UP AND OTHERS CRUISING
IN A HARBOR DURING WWI. |
| 01:07:20 277 |
MONTAGE- A LONG LINE OF WARSHIPS CRUISING IN A
STRAIGHT LINE DURING THE 1920s |
| 01:07:41 298 |
LS- A BI WWI FIGHTER PLANE LANDS ON THE
DECK OF A CARRIER |
| 01:07:51 308 |
LS- JAPANESE FLAG, ON FLEET ATTACKING PEARL
HARBOR, BLOWS IN THE WIND |
| 01:07:55 312 |
MS- JAPANESE PILOTS ARE BRIEFED ON DECK OF
CARRIER. PLANES REV UP AND TAKE OFF. |
| 01:08:29 346 |
LS- 3 BOMBERS EACH DROP A LARGE BOMB AS SEEN FROM
JAPANESE PLANE FLYING NEARBY. |
| 01:08:32 349 |
LS- HUGE EXPLOSION ROCKS THE BATTLESHIP ARIZONA.
MONTAGE- SAILORS STAND ON THE SIDE OF A ROLLED OVER SHIP. OTHERS BATTLE FLAMES ON OTHER SHIPS. |
| 01:09:22 399 |
LS- ADMIRAL NIMITZ SPEAKS TO OFFICERS AS HE
ANNOUNCES HIS TAKE OVER OF PACIFIC FLEET |
| 01:10:00 437 |
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. |
| 01:10:23 460 |
CU- A SUBMARINE CAPTAIN PEERS THROUGH PERISCOPE
CHEWING ON A CIGAR BUTT. MS- TORPEDO SHOOTS OUT OF TUBE AS SEEN UNDER WATER. |
| 01:10:34 471 |
LS- SHIP HIT BY TORPEDO BLOWS UP. AS SEEN THROUGH
PERISCOPE. |
| 01:11:15 512 |
MONTAGE- WARSHIP BOMBARDMENTS AND PLANES TAKING
OFF FROM A CARRIER OF BOTH AMERICAN AND JAPANESE SHIPS AT THE BATTLE OF CORAL SEA. |
| 01:11:46 543 |
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. |
| 01:12:19 576 |
LS- A HUGE EXPLOSION OBLITERATES AN AMERICAN
WARSHIP. MS- 3 SAILORS, ONE WITH LONG BEARD, WEAR PURPLE HEARTS ON THEIR CHEST |
| 01:12:45 602 |
MS- NIMITZ AND MACARTHUR PLOT STRATEGY ON MAPS
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| 01:13:30 647 |
MONTAGE- NIMITZ VISITS THE FRONT LINES.
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| 01:13:59 676 |
MS- AS MACARTHUR AND PRESIDENT FDR WATCH, NIMITZ
USES POINTER ON WALL MAP. MACARTHUR THEN TAKES OVER THE POINTER AS ROOSEVELT WATCHES. |
| 01:15:51 788 |
LS- NIMITZ MAKES SPEECH TO NAVAL COMMANDERS AND
NAVAL WORKERS AT A NAVY YARD. |
| 01:16:41 838 |
MS- NIMITZ CHATS WITH ADMIRAL 'BULL' HALSEY ON A
WARSHIP |
| 01:17:05 862 |
MONTAGE- WARSHIPS BOMBARD THE PHILIPPINES PRIOR
TO IT'S INVASION. U.S. TROOPS STORM THE BEACHES |
| 01:17:32 889 |
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 |
| 01:17:56 913 |
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 |
| 01:19:00 977 |
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. |
| 01:19:37 1014 |
MS- A SAILOR ON U.S.WARSHIP BLOWS 'TAPS' AS U.S.
SAILORS ARE BURRIED AT SEA |
| 01:20:20 1057 |
MONTAGE- JAPANESE SUICIDE 'KAMIKAZE' PLANES TAKE
OFF FROM JAPANESE CARRIER. |
| 01:20:40 1077 |
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 |
| 01:21:46 1143 |
LS- A DAMAGED U.S. FIGHTER PLANE DOES A BELLY
LANDING ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. |
| 01:21:58 1155 |
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. |
| 01:22:25 1182 |
MONTAGE- BOMBARDMENT AND LANDING ON OKINAWA.
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| 01:24:30 1307 |
LS- NIMITZ WALKS THROUGH RUBBLE ON OKINAWA.
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| 01:25:11 1348 |
LS- A SMILING MACARTHUR GREETS NIMITZ AS HE WALKS
OFF PLANE . |
| 01:25:41 1378 |
MS- AS MACARTHUR,HALSEY AND OTHERS LOOK ON, NIMITZ
SIGNS THE SURRENDER DOCUMENT ON BOARD THE USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY. |
| 01:25:53 1390 |
LS- NIMITZ SITS ON BACKREST OF SEAT OF LIMO AS HE
IS GREETED BY CROWDS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. |
| 01:26:40 1437 |
LS- NIMITZ ADDRESSES A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.
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| 01:27:45 1502 |
MS- MS- NIMITZ WEARS INDIAN CHIEF HEADGEAR AS HE
SMOKES A PEACE PIPE |
| 01:27:56 1513 |
MS- NIMITZ RECEIVES A BRIEFING FROM ADMIRAL
RICHARD BIRD PRIOR TO BIRD'S NAVAL EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH POLE IN 1946 |
| 01:28:08 1525 |
MS- NIMITZ RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE AT COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY IN 1947. MS- NIMITZ WITH NEFRU OF INDIA |
| 01:28:23 1540 |
MS- NIMITZ SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS FOR MEMBERS OF THE
JAPANESE DIET WHO VISIT IN HIS OFFICE. LS- NIMITZ POSES WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND OTHERS |
| 01:29:09 1586 |
LS- NIMITZ'S HOME IN BERKELEY HILLS, CALIFORNIA.
LS- A WEATHER VANE WITH A SUBMARINE AND 5 STARS |
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Year: 1947
Color: Black & White
Genre: NEWSREELS
Specialty CollectionGenre: NEWSREELS
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Keywords: military
