1945WORLD WAR II
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FIRST PICTURES: STRAFING TOKYO U.S. NAVY CARRIER PLANE ATTACK ON CAPITAL OF JAPAN. AMERICAN TASK FORCE STEAMS INTO THE HOME WATERS OF THE JAPANESE & SENDS ITS PLANES TO ASSAULT TOKYO.
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MONTAGE US WARSHIPS IN VERY HEAVY SEAS OFF JAPAN
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MAN IN RAIN GEAR STRUGGLES AGAINST WIND ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER
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MONTAGE PLANES TAKE OFF FROM CARRIER DESPITE TERRIBLE WEATHER. RAIN STORMS
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AERIAL SHIPS ARE STRAFED IN TOKYO BAY. JAPANESE VESSELS ARE SUNK
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ATTACKING JAPANESE PLANE IN FLIGHT. SHOT DOWN &
EXPLODES INTO FLAMES |
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SNOW-COVERED PEAK OF MT. FUJI
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U.S. AERIAL ROCKET FIRE DEVASTATES TOKYO BUILDINGS & WAR CENTERS. AERIAL BOMBING
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AERIAL JAPANESE PLANES ON GROUND, AIRFIELD ARE STRAFED & BOMBED. PLANES DESTROYED
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VICTORY ON IWO JIMA
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MONTAGE MARINES LAND WITH SUPPLIES ON SHORE
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ELS MOUNT SURIBACHI IS SHELLED
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MONTAGE SHELL EXPLOSIONS ON MOUNTAIN
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FAMOUS SHOT OF MARINES RAISE FLAG ON MT.
SURIBACHI, IWO JIMA |
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MONTAGE AIR STRIKES & BATTLE SCENES ON IWO JIMA
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THE BATTLE OF GERMANY. THE CAPTURE OF COLOGNE
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MONTAGE GIS MARCH & FIGHT IN BOMBED-OUT RUINS OF THE FAMOUS CATHEDRAL CITY OF COLOGNE. BITTER STREET FIGHTING.
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MACHINE GUN FIRES AT FLEEING NAZI CAR
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MONTAGE GIS FIGHT IN STREETS WITH MEDIEVAL CATHEDRAL IN BACKGROUND
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GERMAN TANK IS BLASTED & HIT WITH POINT-BLANK FIRE.
NAZI SOLDIER OCCUPANTS SCURRY FOR COVER UNDER FIRE |
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MONTAGE WHITE FLAGS APPEAR IN THE STREETS &
BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN SURRENDER |
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CAPTURE OF RHINE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN
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MONTAGE TROOPS & TANKS MOVE OVER THE LUDENDORFF BRIDGE IN A SURPRISE CROSSING OF THE RHINE BY AMERICAN FORCES
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MONTAGE LONG LINES OF GERMAN PRISONERS
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U.S. INVASION OF RYUKYUS, OKINAWA
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ANIMATED MAP OF JAPAN & OKINAWA
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MONTAGE NAVAL BOMBARDMENT, PAVING THE WAY FOR LANDINGS ON THE STRATEGIC BASE OF OKINAWA.
EXPLOSIONS ON BEACHHEAD |
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CU ADMIRAL TURNER & GENERAL BUCKNER WATCH BOMBARDMENT THRU BINOCULARS
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TROOPS ON SHIP LINED UP LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS
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FOR THE FIRST TIME, LARGE LANDING CRAFT, CONVERTED TO ROCKET SHIPS, GO INTO ACTION AGAINST A HOSTILE SHORE. MONTAGE SHIP FIRES ROCKETS IN VOLLEYS
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MONTAGE GIS CLIMB INTO LANDING CRAFTS FROM TROOPSHIPS AS DEFENSE IS NEUTRALIZED & HEAD FOR SHORE.
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TROOPS IN AMPHIBIOUS VESSELS LAND ON SHORE.
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NATIVE JAPANESE CIVILIAN ISLANDERS ARE ROUNDED UP.
MOSTLY ELDERLY & YOUNG CHILDREN |
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AMERICAN FLAG IS HOISTED UP ON DEAD TREE TRUNK.
TROOPS SALUTE |
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NAZI ATROCITIES. PICTORIAL PROOF OF GERMAN BESTIALITY
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OHRDRUF:
GENERAL "IKE" EISENHOWER, OMAR BRADLEY, & PATTON VISIT CAPTURED NAZI PRISON CAMP. CONCENTRATION CAMP |
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CU GENERAL PATTON GRIMLY LOOKS AT CORPSES
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MONTAGE GERMAN CIVILIANS & NAZI OFFICERS ORDERED BY IKE TO VIEW REMAINS AT PRISON CAMP
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GERMANS LOOK AT BODIES PILED ON GROUND
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MONTAGE GERMAN CIVILIANS ARE FORCED TO ENTER MURDER SHED
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CU REMAINS OF BODIES IN PILE INSIDE SHED
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CU STRICKEN WITH HORROR, THE GERMAN CIVILIANS LEAVE SHED
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HADAMAR:
COURTYARD FIELD OF FRESH GRAVES. BODIES ARE EXHUMED |
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DOCTOR EXAMINING BODIES
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OFFICIALS OF NAZI "MURDER MILL" ARE QUESTIONED IN HEARING BY U.S ARMY. SHOWN BOTTLES OF POISON USED TO KILL PEOPLE AT CAMP THAT WAS RUN UNDER THE GUISE OF AN INSANE ASYLUM.
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NORDHAUSEN:
MONTAGE HUNDREDS OF BODIES COVER GROUND, VICTIMS OF CONCENTRATION CAMP |
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HALF DEAD EMACIATED PRISONERS, SURVIVORS
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U.S. MEDICAL AID MEN WITH STRETCHERS HELPING TO SAVE THE LIVES OF SURVIVORS WHO WERE TORTURED, MALTREATED & STARVED. RED CROSS AMBULANCE LOADED WITH PATIENTS
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GERMAN CIVILIANS ARE FORCED TO CLEAN UP THE CONCENTRATION CAMP. MONTAGE GERMANS WALK ON ROAD WITH SHOVELS ETC. PICKING UP BODIES, ETC
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LONG TRENCH USED AS MASS GRAVE
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BUCHENWALD:
BODIES OF VICTIMS. |
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CU CLUB USED TO BEAT PRISONERS TO DEATH
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CREMATORIUM OVENS WITH REMAINS OF BODIES INSIDE
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NAZI VICTIMS ATTACK NAZI GERMAN OFFICER
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U.S. WAR PRISONERS
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MONTAGE BADLY TREATED & EMACIATED US PRISONERS ARE TREATED. BANDAGED, ETC. PRISONERS OF WAR. POW
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GIS EMACIATED BODY IS SHOWN BY NURSES
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OPENING OF WORLD PEACE CONFERENCE AT SAN FRANCISCO DELEGATES SITTING IN AUDITORIUM
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U.S SECRETARY OF STATE STETTUNIUS OPENS THE MEETING. HITTING GAVEL
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CU TRUMAN SPEAKS TO UNITED NATIONS DELEGATES FROM WASHINGTON, DC. SOUND BYTE "RIGHT HAS MIGHT". IN AN APPEAL FOR COOPERATION, HE CONCLUDES WITH "IF WE DO NOT WANT TO DIE TOGETHER IN WAR, WE MUST LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE"
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SECRETARY OF STATE STETINIUS SPEAKS FROM PODIUM (ALGER HISS SITS BEHIND HIM).
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SAN FRANCISCO PEACE PARLEY GOES TO WORK DELEGATES FROM EVERY PART OF THE WORLD ATTEND THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION TO FORMULATE PLANS FOR WORLD PEACE &
SECURITY. CHAIRMANSHIP OF CONFERENCE SHARED BY THE BIG FOUR (U.S, CHINA, RUSSIA, & GREAT BRITAIN). |
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MONTAGE RUSSIA'S MOLOTOV, U.S. STATE SECRETARY STETTINIUS, BRITAIN'S EDEN, NELSON ROCKEFELLER, GENERAL SMUTS OF SOUTH AFRICA, MEXICAN, CHINESE &
OTHERS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE |
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STETINIUS ADDRESSES CONFERENCE AS WELL AS CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER TV SOONG; RUSSIA'S FOREIGN COMMISSAR MOLOTOV; & ENGLAND'S FOREIGN SECRETARY ANTHONY EDEN.
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BENITO MUSSOLINI, WOULD-BE CAESAR, MEETS HIS FATE
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS OF ITALY'S FASCIST OVERLORD, IL DUCE, BEFORE HIS DEATH
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LAST HITLER-MUSSOLINI MEETING
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MONTAGE BODY OF MUSSOLINI & WOMAN IN STREET AFTER BEING SHOT, EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD.
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FIERCE BATTLE RAGES FOR OKINAWA U.S. WARSHIPS BOMBARD JAPANESE DEFENSES IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS.
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MONTAGE AMERICAN TROOPS, USING ARMOR, FLAME THROWERS & GRENADES, SMASH ENEMY STRONG POINTS.
FIRE FLAMES INTO JAPANESE POSITIONS |
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MONTAGE SALVOS FROM WARSHIPS & ARTILLERY
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MONTAGE NATIVE OKINAWANS SURRENDER TO AMERICANS
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GI CARRIES NAKED BABY
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AMERICAN WOUNDED CARRIED INTO AIRPLANES
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GI TOSSES EXPLOSIVE THEN RUNS. EXPLOSION
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GIS CRAWL UNDER FIRE
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GI TOSSES GRENADE INTO CAVE & RUNS - EXPLOSION
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JAPANESE CRAWLS OUT OF CAVE, IS CAPTURED
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GI FIRES RIFLE, JAPANESE BODY SLIDES DOWN HILL
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WORLD CRIMINAL HITLER DEAD AS BERLIN FALLS
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MONTAGE SHOTS OF HITLER DURING HIS RISE TO POWER
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THE SURRENDER OF GERMANY
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BRITAIN'S FIELD MARSHALL MONTGOMERY SITS AT HEAD OF TABLE IN LUNEBERG, GERMANY & TELLS GERMAN HIGH COMMAND, ALSO SEATED, CONDITIONS OF SURRENDER
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REIMS, FRANCE: GERMAN CHIEF OF STAFF COL. GENERAL JODL SIGNS UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF GERMANY.
GERMAN OFFICERS SIGN SURRENDER |
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MONTGOMERY EXITS & SPEAKS TO CAMERAMEN & HIS TROOPS
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GENERAL EISENHOWER SPEAKS OF "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER". HAILS VICTORY OF UNITED NATIONS
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GRUESOME END OF BENITO MUSSOLINI
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MONTAGE CROWDS JAM SQUARE WHERE BODIES OF MUSSOLINI & MISTRESS ARE DISPLAYED IN MILAN, ITALY
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TWO BODIES LAY ON GROUND WITH OTHER BODIES
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BODIES ARE STRUNG UP BY THEIR FEET FOR ALL TO SEE
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MEETING OF RUSSIAN & AMERICAN FORCES. ALLIED FORCES U.S & RED ARMIES MEET ON THE ELBE RIVER.
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GI & RUSSIAN SOLDIER DRINK A TOAST & CLINK GLASSES
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