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01:56:07 0.77
"1945, YEAR OF VICTORY"
"NEWSREEL REVIEW OF GREATEST YEAR IN HISTORY".
NEWS EVENTS DESCRIBING EVENTS IN THE YEAR 1945,
LEADING TO SURRENDER OF NAZI MILITARY FORCES AND
ALLIED VICTORY IN EUROPE. END OF WWII IN EUROPE.
01:56:15 8.77
MONTAGE RUSSIAN ARTILLERY CREWS FIRING POINT BLANK
AT BUILDINGS IN BERLIN.
01:56:20 13.77
FDR, CHURCHILL AND STALIN, SUMMIT MEETING IN YALTA
01:56:32 26.77
FDR'S CASKET BEING LOWERED INTO GRAVE BY HONOR
GUARD AT HYDE PARK. HE DIED BEFORE FINAL VICTORY
IN EUROPE.
01:56:39 33.77
HARRY TRUMAN BEING SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT AS KEY
CABINET MEMBERS WATCH. CU FACE SHOT OF HARRY S.
TRUMAN (HST)
01:56:49 43.77
MONTAGE SKELETAL REMAINS OF BUILDINGS IN FLAMES IN
BERLIN AS NAZI CAPITAL FALLS TO RUSSIANS.
01:56:51 45.77
MUSSOLINI, HITLER, GOERING AND OTHER IN NAZI HIGH
COMMAND GO OVER A WAR MAP ON TABLE.
01:56:59 53.77
PAN GRAPHIC VIEW ITALIAN CROWD AND THE BODIES OF
MUSSOLINI AND ANOTHER FASCIST HANGING FROM THEIR
ANKLES IN ROMAN SQUARE.
01:57:08 61.77
RUSSIAN SOLDIER GUARDS SITE WHERE HITLER'S REMAINS
WERE FOUND BURNED AFTER COMMITTING SUICIDE ALONG
WITH HIS LOVER. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS SHOW REMNANTS OF
HIS AND HER CLOTHING.
01:57:23 76.77
GERMAN FIELD MARSHAL KEITEL SIGNING SURRENDER OF
GERMAN ARMY TO RUSSIAN FIELD MARSHAL ZUKOV.
01:57:41 95.77
MONTAGE HUGE CROWD WAVING AMERICAN FLAGS AS
EISENHOWER RIDES THROUGH LONDON IN CARRIAGE.
CROWDS CHEER HIM IN MOTORCADE IN PARIS
01:57:53 107.77
GENERAL EISENHOWER WALKS DOWN PLANE STEPS WITH
ARM AROUND WIFE MAMIE. EISENHOWER IN MOTORCADE IN
AMERICA. AERIAL VIEW TICKER TAPE FALLS ON HIS
MOTORCADE AS HUGE CROWD CHEERS.
01:58:11 124.77
TWO BATTLESHIPS COMING TOWARDS CAMERA FIRING
SALVOS ON JAPANESE TARGETS IN PACIFIC AS WAR
CONTINUES THERE. AMERICAN TROOPS IN ACTION, FIRE
FROM BEHIND PALM TREES ON SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND.
01:58:26 139.77
MONTAGE SKY IS FILLED WITH FLAK FROM ANTI-AIRCRAFT
GUNS FIRING AT JAPANESE KAMIKAZE SUICIDE PLANES
ONE OF WHICH CRASHES INTO U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
01:58:36 149.77
MACARTHUR WADES INTO SHORE OF PHILIPPINES WITH
REPORTERS AND GENERAL STAFF, FULFILLING HIS
PROMISE TO RETURN. MANILA BURNING.
01:58:45 159.77
FAMOUS FILM SHOT OF U.S. MARINES RAISING FLAG ON
MOUNT IWO JIMA, WHICH LATER BECAME MODEL FOR
FAMOUS MEMORIAL STATUE.
01:58:50 164.77
MONTAGE WINSTON CHURCHILL TALKING IN MIDST OF
CROWDS DURING HIS CAMPAIGN WHICH HE LOST TO
CLEMENT ATLEE IN POLITICAL SURPRISE OF THE YEAR.
CU FACE SHOT OF CLEMENT ATLEE, NEW PRIME MINISTER
OF BRITAIN
01:59:01 174.77
NEW PRIME MINISTER OF BRITAIN CLEMENT ATTLEE,
NEW PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. HARRY TRUMAN & STALIN OF
SOVIET UNION MEET AT SUMMIT IN POTSDAM WHICH
FORMULATED AN ULTIMATUM WHICH DEMANDED
UNCONDITIONAL OF JAPAN AND SOVIETS ENTRY INTO WAR
AGAINST JAPAN. SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES AND
FOREIGN MINISTER MOLOTOV IN BKGD.
01:59:15 188.77
ELS ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION. AERIAL VIEW OF ATOMIC
BOMB EXPLODING IN NAGASAKI, JAPAN.
01:59:36 209.77
PRESIDENT TRUMAN, SURROUNDED BY CABINET IN OVAL
OFFICE, ANNOUNCES SURRENDER OF JAPAN AND THE END
OF WWII. CU TRUMAN READING FROM DOCUMENT.
01:59:48 222.77
AERIAL VIEW OF HUGE CROWD IN NEW YORK'S TIMES
SQUARE CELEBRATING END OF WAR IN JAPAN AND END OF
GLOBAL WAR. WILD SCENE ON GROUND, WITH LOTS OF
CONFETTI, SAILORS, GIRLS CRUSHING CROWDS ALL
HILARIOUSLY HAPPY.
02:00:01 235.77
MAN IN AUSTRALIAN CITY STREET HOPPING & SKIPPING
THROUGH CONFETTI STREWN STREET, PASSING ANOTHER
MAN HOLDING UP NEWSPAPER HEADLINE. "PEACE". ODDITY.
02:00:10 244.77
GENERAL MACARTHUR READS THE TERMS OF SURRENDER TO
JAPANESE DIPLOMATS ON BOARD DECK OF BATTLESHIP
"MISSOURI". CU JAPANESE GENERAL; SIGNING DOCUMENT.
02:00:23 257.77
AERIAL U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER WITH DECK CROWDED
FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER WITH AMERICAN TROOPS
RETURNING HOME FROM WAR. COMING TOWARDS CAMERA.
AERIAL TRANSPORT SHIP WITH EACH DECK CROWDED WITH
RETURNING TROOPS.
02:00:32 266.77
SAILOR, GIRL FRIEND IN EMBRACE AT DOCK. OTHER
WOMEN WATCH, WAIT. SAILOR EMBRACES WIFE AND YOUNG
SON.
02:00:46 280.77
PRESIDENT TRUMAN ADDRESSES UNITED NATIONS IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
02:01:06 300.77
"IN WAR'S WAKE: TRIAL & EXECUTION OF LAVAL IN
FRANCE, QUISLING IN NORWAY, AND THE TRIAL &
EXECUTION OF GENERAL YAMASHITA IN JAPAN.
02:01:12 306.77
PIERRE LAVAL, ARCH COLLABORATIONIST, STANDS &
WAVES HIS FISTS IN DEFIANCE DURING TRIAL.
02:01:17 311.77
QUISLING LISTENING TO HIS LAWYER DURING HIS TRIAL
FOR TREASON.
02:01:23 317.77
JAPANESE GENERAL YAMASHITA IS LED TO CELL WHILE ON
TRIAL FOR MASS ATROCITIES IN PHILIPPINES.
02:01:32 326.77
HIGH ANGLE VIEW OF COURTROOM, WITH NAZI DEFENDANTS
SEATED IN GROUP AT NUREMBERG TRIALS. GOERING,
HESS, OTHER NAZIS SIT AND LISTEN WITH EARPHONES.
02:01:43 337.77
"MOST SPECTACULAR PICTURES OF 1945"
SMOKE COVERS TOP HALF OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
AFTER IT IS HIT BY ARMY B-25 BOMBER DURING FOG.
VARIOUS SCENES FIREMEN AT INSIDE SITE OF CRASH
POURING WATER ON FLAMES.
02:02:02 356.77
NAZI V-2 MISSILE BEING LAUNCHED BY BRITISH IN
DEMONSTRATION. ROCKET IN FLIGHT.
02:02:30 384.77
EXPLOSION OF AMERICAN MUNITION SHIP MAKES
MUSHROOM-LIKE CLOUD AFTER EXPLODING AT SEA.
02:02:45 399.77
BRITISH BATTLESHIP "BARA", ROLLS OVER ON ITS SIDE
THEN IS FOLLOWED BY HUGE EXPLOSION.
02:02:55 409.77
"CUTEST STORY OF THE YEAR"
GIS ADOPT SMALL CHINESE BOY, RECRUIT HIM IN ARMY.
SOCIOLOGY; HUMAN INTEREST. CHILDREN.
02:03:10 424.77
GIS GIVING THE WAIF A SHOWER, DRESSING HIM IN ARMY
UNIFORM.
02:03:13 427.77
LITTLE BOY REPORTS TO COMPANY COMMANDER, GIVES A
SALUTE. THE BOY LEARNS HOW TO SALUTE.
02:03:22 436.77
LITTLE BOY STANDS ALONGSIDE HIS ADOPTED PARENTS
AT ROOL CALL. HE SNEEZES WHILE AT ATTENTION.
02:03:25 439.77
COMPANY MARCHING IN DRILL, FOLLOWED SEVERAL STEPS
BEHIND, BY THE BOY.
02:03:30 444.77
"BEST NEWSREEL LAUGHS OF 1945"
VARIOUS SCENES MRS. HARRY TRUMAN TRYING TO BREAK A
BOTTLE OF CHAMPAIGN AGAINST THE FUSELAGE OF A
BOMBER. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES AND MUCH LAUGHTER, AN
ARMY OFFICER TAKES BOTTLE FROM HER &
EMBARRASSINGLY FAILS TO BREAK IT ALSO. COMEDY;
GOOD SAMARITAN. PERSONALITIES; ODDITY
02:04:03 476.77
NEW YORK'S MAYOR FIORELLO LAGUARDIA SITS AT HIS
DESK AND READS THE COMIC STRIPS OF THE NEWSPAPER
"DAILY NEWS" OVER RADIO MICROPHONES TO THE PEOPLE
DURING A NEWSPAPER STRIKE IN THE CITY.
02:04:12 485.77
CU THE MAYOR READS THE COMIC STRIP "DICK TRACY",
DRAMATICALLY TAKING THE PARTS OF THE VARIOUS
CHARACTERS, INCLUDING MAKING THE DIFFERENT SOUND
EFFECTS. POLITICS; PERSONALITIES; COMEDY. ODDITY.
02:05:20 554.77
"NEWS OF THE DAY": "STRIKE CRISIS CONFRONTS NATION"
02:05:33 567.77
"WISCONSIN". ARMY OF CIO STRIKERS CARRY AMERICAN
FLAG AND UNION FLAG AS THEY MARCH TOWARDS CAMERA
TO THE "ALICE CHALMERS" PLANT IN MILWAUKEE. HELD
UP, DESPITE WASHINGTON'S ORDERS, IS $45.000,000 OF
KEY DEFENSE SUPPLIES.
02:05:53 587.77
POLICE HOLDING BACK STRIKERS, HAVE HANDS FULL
KEEPING STRIKERS FROM BLOCKING THE GATES.
02:06:04 597.77
GOVERNOR HYLE OF WISCONSIN SPEAKS TO STRIKERS OVER
HAND-HELD MICROPHONE, BUT TO NO AVAIL.
02:06:18 611.77
VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT IN STREET AS A THREE TON
ARMORED VAN PULLS IN. THE VAN IS PELTED WITH EGGS
AND PAINT.
02:06:35 629.77
TEAR GAS AND WATER HOSE FINALLY STOP THE STRIKERS.
LS STRIKERS THROW ROCKS OVER PLANT GATES.
02:07:23 676.77
"SAN DIEGO". UNLIKE MILWAUKEE, WORKERS OF SOLAR
AIRCRAFT PLANT POSE FOR CAMERA AS THEY SIGN MUTUAL
AGREEMENT IN ADVANCE, WITH MANAGEMENT, FOR
ENDURING INDUSTRIAL PEACE FOR DEFENSE. WORKER'S
REPRESENTATIVE READS AGREEMENT. WORKERS CHEER.
02:08:06 719.77
"LATE WAR NEWS". "MOPPING UP IN AFRICA". BENGHAZI,
LIBYA. PAN BENGHAZI. VARIOUS SCENES OF BRITISH
TROOPS ENTERING CITY IN TRUCKS
02:08:29 742.77
BRITISH SOLDIER RAISES BRITISH FLAG ON BALCONY OF
HOTEL.
02:08:40 754.77
LONG LINE OF GREEK, RELEASED FROM ITALIAN CAMP,
MARCH INTO GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL
AND HOLD A SOLEMN SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING.
02:08:44 758.77
PRIEST HOLDS MASS, BLESSES THE MEN. RELIGION
02:08:55 769.77
PAN SUNKEN, WRECKED SHIPS IN HARBOR OF BENGHAZI.
02:09:02 775.77
"THE WOMAN'S PAGE". "EASTER PARADE PRE-VIEW".
1940s FASHIONS. LADY MODELS PARADE EASTER FASHIONS
IN STUDIO IN NEW YORK CITY. LACE FOR DAY & EVENING
WEAR IS MODELLED.
02:10:10 844.77
"ARMY TESTS MECHANIZED MIGHT OF U.S. AT FORT KNOX
KENTUCKY. PRE-WWII MANEUVERS (?)
02:10:16 850.77
AERIAL VIEW OF HUNDREDS OF TANKS, TRUCKS, RIDING
ACROSS OPEN FIELD DURING MANEUVERS. FIGHTER PLANES
FLY OVERHEAD, TOWARDS CAMERA, TO PROVIDE AIR COVER.
02:10:34 868.77
AERIAL LS HUNDREDS OF TROOPS ON MOTORCYCLES RIDE
ACROSS THE FIELD. MLS CYCLISTS SPEED OVER HILLY
GROUNDS
02:10:40 874.77
COMMANDING GENERALS CHAFFEE AND MCGRUDER PERUSE
WAR MAP ON FIELD.
02:10:46 880.77
TROOPS, UNDER SIMULATED FIRE, CROSS STREAM IN
LARGE ROW BOATS AND PONTOON BRIDGES. TANKS ARE
FERRIED OVER ON PONTOON BARGES. MS VINTAGE ARMY
TANKS SPEED INTO ACTION.
02:11:31 925.77
CU VIEW OF BOTTOM OF ARMY TANK AS IT RIDES OVER
CAMERA. VIEW FROM INSIDE TANK RIDING THROUGH AND
CRUSHING SMALL TREES AND BRUSH.
02:11:40 934.77
ARMY TANK CRASHES THROUGH OLD BARN HOUSE,
DEMOLISHING IT.
02:12:05 959.77
NEWS OF THE DAY". PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT VISITS FORT
JACKSON, SOUTH CAROLINA IN MOTORCADE.
02:12:13 967.77
FDR IN OPEN LIMO, FOREGROUND, WATCHES HUNDREDS OF
TROOPS GOING THROUGH DRILLS. FDR IN LIMO WITH
OTHERS.
02:12:29 983.77
CAMERAMAN STANDING ON ROOF OF LAST CAR IN
MOTORCADE, BACKS TO CAMERA, TAKES SHOTS, LONG LINE
OF SOLDIERS STAND AT ATTENTION ALONG ROUTE.
02:12:33 987.77
"SPORTING PAGE". HORSE RACING. AGUA CALIENTE
MEXICO. "BEACON HILL HANDICAP". SPORTS
02:12:40 994.77
HUGE STANDING CROWD OF MALE, FEMALE RACING FANS
CHECKING THEIR SCRATCH SHEETS, AWAIT START OF RACE.
02:12:43 997.77
WOMAN CHECKS HER SCRATCH SHEET AS SHE SITS AT
PATIO TABLE, UNDER UMBRELLA. CAR-CROWDED PARKING
LOT
02:12:47 1001.77
LONG LINE OF FANS CHECKING SCRATCH SHEETS AS THEY
LEAN ON RAIL. "THEY'RE OFF!" CAMERA FOLLOWS HORSES
RACING AROUND TRACK, JUMPING HURDLES. HORSE,
JOCKEY, TAKE TERRIBLE SPILL.
02:13:06 1020.77
THREE HORSES, JOCKEYS RIDE NECK-IN-NECK. AT HURDLE
ON TAKES A SPILL.
02:13:48 1062.77
"NAPOLEON" TAKES THE LAST HURDLE, COMES IN TO WIN
STEEPLECHASE.
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Year: 1941-1945  Color: Black & White
Genre: 1940s NEWSREELS

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