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00:50:32 1.27
"B-29'S BOMB TOKYO FROM NEW U.S. AIR BASE ON SAIPAN"
VARIOUS SCENES ARMY ENGINEERS BUILDING RUNWAY FOR
B-29 BOMBERS ON ISLAND OF SAIPAN.
00:50:41 10.27
LONG COLUMNS OF TRUCKS LADEN WITH CONSTRUCTION
MATERIALS, CEMENT, SAND, ROLL DOWN HILLS TO SITE OF
AIRFIELD.
00:50:45 14.27
WORKERS LAY DOWN HOT ASPHALT, LEVEL IT OFF WITH
BROOMS AND SHOVELS.
00:50:50 19.27
ARMY ENGINEER PUSHES PLUNGER ON DETONATOR, RUNS FOR
COVER. HUGE EXPLOSION RESULTS. CU STEAM ROLLER COMING
TOWARDS CAMERA, LEVELS OFF ASPHALT.
00:51:01 30.27
GENERAL "HAP" ARNOLD SHAKES WITH CREW OF B-29. WHICH
IS ON ITS WAY TO BOMB TOKYO, JAPAN.
00:51:15 44.27
GENERAL ARNOLD SELECTS BOMB FROM PILE, FROM WHICH TO
WRITE A MESSAGE TO JAPANESE. B-29 CREWMAN WRITES
MESSAGE ON BOMB WITH CHALK. "TO THE WARLORDS OF JAPAN
WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN, OUR B-29S WILL REMIND YOU
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!"
00:51:35 64.27
B-29 LANDING ON NEW AIRFIELD IN SAIPAN. CROWD OF GIS
CIRCLE THE HUGE PLANE TO GET A GLIMPSE.
00:51:55 84.27
ANIMATED MAP SHOWS PROXIMITY OF JAPAN AND CHINA TO
SAIPAN, RANGE OF OPERATIONS FROM WHICH SAIPAN ALLOWS
FOR BOMBINGS.
00:52:05 94.27
B-29S TAKING OFF AND IN FLIGHT HIGH ABOVE CLOUDS.
00:52:17 106.27
"GENERAL EISENHOWER RECEIVES CHURCHILL ON WESTERN
FRONT". VARIOUS SCENES GENERAL "IKE" AND CIGAR
SMOKING CHURCHILL WALKING AND TALKING OUTSIDE GENERAL
IKE'S HEADQUARTERS.
00:52:36 125.27
GENERAL EISENHOWER, ACCOMPANIED BY GENERAL OMAR
BRADLEY AND OTHER GENERALS, VISITS HIS TROOPS ON
FRONT IN GERMANY.
00:52:42 131.27
MONTAGE "IKE" STOPS TO SPEAK TO GIS AS HE REVIEWS
THEIR RANKS.
00:52:56 145.27
"CORDELL HULL GETS HUMANITARIAN AWARD FOR PEACE
EFFORTS"
00:53:03 152.27
HIGH ANGLE HUGE CROWD OF DIGNITARIES OF THE "MOTION
PICTURE VARIETIES CLUBS OF AMERICA", RISE FROM DINNER
TABLES AT BANQUET, APPLAUD HULL, SEATED AT DAIS.
00:53:15 164.27
SECRETARY BYRNES READS MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT FDR.
00:53:49 198.27
CLUB FOUNDER JOHN HARRIS MAKES PRESENTATION TO NEW
SECRETARY OF STATE STETTINIUS ACCEPTS PLAQUE FOR HULL
AND SPEAKS FOR HIM.
00:54:57 266.27
"SECRETARY OF STATE HULL RESIGNS; STETTINIUS SUCCEEDS
POST".
00:55:02 271.27
CORDELL HULL SITS, POSES, ON VERANDA WITH PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED BY FDR TO BE
SECRETARY OF STATE IN 1933.
00:55:13 282.27
CORDELL HULL MAKING DRAMATIC SPEECH AT PAN-AMERICAN
CONFERENCE.
00:55:45 314.27
CORDELL HULLS SITS ALONGSIDE SOVIET UNION'S FOREIGN
MINISTER MOLOTOV AT MOSCOW CONFERENCE.
00:56:04 333.27
HULL MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTERS AT DUMBARTON OAKS
ESTATE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AS UNITED NATIONS WAS
BEING FORMED.
00:56:09 338.27
CU CORDELL HULL POSES. CU STETTINIUS WHO SUCCEEDS
HULL AS SECRETARY OF STATE.
00:56:23 352.27
"FOOTBALL CHAMPS". COLLEGE FOOTBALL, 1944
00:56:26 355.27
OHIO STATE BEATS MICHIGAN 18-14, BEFORE 72,000
FOOTBALL FANS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO TO TAKE "BIG TEN"
TITLE. VARIOUS SCENES OF GAME IN PLAY
00:57:10 399.27
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEATS UCLA 40-13, AT COLISEUM
IN LOS ANGELES, BEFORE 90,000 FANS. THE BIGGEST CROWD
OF THE YEAR. VARIOUS SCENES GAME IN PROGRESS.
00:57:59 448.27
STUDENTS IN STANDS SPELL OUT "PLAY TAPS FOR THE
JAPS", "BUY WAR BONDS".
00:58:39 488.27
"PRESIDENT TRUMAN CROSSING ATLANTIC FOR BIG THREE
PARLEY"
VARIOUS SCENES PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN ON BOARD U.S. CRUISER AUGUSTA WITH SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES ON WAY
TO BIG THREE MEETING. POTSDAM CONFERENCE. JULY, 1945
00:58:47 496.27
TRUMAN AND BYRNE WALK UNDER GUNS OF CRUISER, TOWARDS
CAMERA. AS THEY ENJOY THE GOOD CROSSING AND FAIR
WEATHER. BRITISH WARSHIP PASSES IN BKGD.
00:59:07 516.27
TRUMAN, BYRNE AND ADMIRAL LEAHY PERUSE MAP AS THEY
PREPARE STRATEGY FOR CONFERENCE.
00:59:15 524.27
TRUMAN ON CHOW LINE WITH TRAY OF FOOD, JOINS REGULAR
CREWMEN FOR CHOW. TRUMAN SITS, EATS, CHATS WITH
SAILORS
00:59:30 539.27
"SPECTACULAR FILM". SINKING BRITISH WARSHIP EXPLODES
GRAPHIC SCENES OF WARSHIP WHICH WAS STRUCK BY GERMAN
TORPEDOES TURNS OVER ON ITS SIDE WITH HUNDREDS OF
SAILORS SCRAMBLING TO GET OFF. A SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC
EXPLOSION INUNDATES THE VESSEL AND MEN TRYING TO GET
OFF. *NOTE: FILM WAS KEPT SECRET FOR FOUR YEARS.
DISASTER.
00:59:43 552.27
SINKING WARSHIP "BARRUM" (?) BEGINS TO LIST AS IT
SINKS, TURNS OVER ON ITS SIDE. MASS OF SAILORS ON
DECK, SWARM DOWN SIDE OF HULL ARE SEEN AS SHIP TURNS
OVER.
00:59:52 561.27
BRITISH CAMERAMAN JOHN TURNER, WHO FILMED THE
CATASTROPHE, IS SEEN SHOOTING FILM ON BOARD WARSHIP.
01:00:16 585.27
WITH HUNDREDS STILL MASSING ON HULL OF SHIP,
TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION, CAUSED BY EXPLOSION OF
MAGAZINE, INUNDATES THE SCENES WITH THICK SMOKE,
DEBRIS FLYING IN AIR.
01:00:40 609.27
IN CLOSER VIEW, THE CREW IS SEEN SWARMING INTO THE
WATER AS SHIP TURNS OVER, AND THE MAGAZINE EXPLOSION.
01:00:59 629.27
"U.S. FORCES SECURE OKINAWA AS BASE AGAINST JAPAN"
"MARINES CAPTURE RYUKYU ISLANDS ON FLANK OF OKINAWA"
VARIOUS BATTLE SCENES U. S. MARINES IN LANDING CRAFT
ATTACKING RYUKYU ISLANDS AS WARSHIP BOMBARD ENEMY
POSITIONS.
01:01:24 653.27
NONCHALANT GI CHEWS GUM AS HE PUSHES SERIES OF
BUTTONS THAT SET OFF SERIES OF ROCKET LAUNCHERS ON
ROCKET CRAFT.
01:01:35 664.27
MONTAGE FRIGHTENED NATIVE MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN OF
ISLANDS COME OUT OF THEIR CAVES UNDER WATCHFUL EYES
OF MARINES.
01:01:48 677.27
"ROOTING OUT DIE-HARD JAPANESE ON OKINAWA"
MARINES USE FLAME THROWERS TO ROOT OUT JAPANESE
SOLDIERS IN HIGH BRUSH. JAPANESE SOLDIERS COME OUT OF
BRUSH WITH HANDS UP. MORE JAPANESE SURRENDER ON
OKINAWA THAN EVER BEFORE. CU PAN FACES OF
SURRENDERING YOUNG JAPANESE SOLDIERS.
01:02:23 712.27
SEVERAL JAPANESE SOLDIERS STRIPPED TO THEIR
UNDERWEAR, WAVE WHITE FLAG OF SURRENDER.
01:02:34 723.27
"JAPANESE WHO SURRENDERED INTERNED IN CAMP"
VARIOUS SCENES OF LARGE PRISON CAMP CONTAINING 8,000
JAPANESE CAPTURED AT OKINAWA. A SIGN OF THE CRACKING
OF THE FANATICAL MORAL OF JAPANESE.
01:02:57 746.27
"U.S. WAR EQUIPMENT IN EUROPE SHIPPED TO PACIFIC
FRONT"
VARIOUS SCENES TRUCK TIRES, MACHINE GUNS, AUTO
ENGINES, RADIO EQUIPMENT AND OTHER WAR MATERIALS
BEING REPAIRED, LOADED FOR SHIPMENT FROM EUROPE TO
PACIFIC THEATER.
01:03:00 749.27
MONTAGE TRUCK TIRES BY THE THOUSANDS, BEING UNLOADED
OFF TRUCKS AND PILED IN NEAT ROWS BY WORKERS. WORKERS
UNLOAD MACHINE GUNS AND STACK THEM.
01:03:12 761.27
WORKERS REPAIRING AUTO ENGINES BEFORE SHIPPING THEM.
01:03:14 763.27
GERMAN WAR PRISONERS REPAIR RADIO AND COMMUNICATION
EQUIPMENT. ITALIAN WORKERS REPAIR RIFLES, PACK THEM
IN WOODEN CRATES.
01:03:34 783.27
CRATED EQUIPMENT BEING LOADED ON SHIP BY WINCH.
01:03:38 787.27
"WATER SPORTS": DIVING
10TH OPEN DIVING MEET IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
01:03:48 797.27
DIVING CHAMP NORMAN EXECUTES PERFECT RUNNING FORWARD
2 1/2 OFF HIGH PLATFORM
01:03:56 805.27
JOHNNY REILLY PERFORMS BACK 1 1/2 LAYOUT OF HIGH
PLATFORM IN SLOW MOTION.
01:04:11 820.27
SAMMY LEE DOES 3 1/2 SOMERSAULT IN SLOW MOTION. HE
DOES IT AGAIN WITH A VARIATION
01:04:32 841.27
NORMAN SPEAR DOES A MAGNIFICENT 1 1/2 WITH FULL
TWIST, ALSO IN SLOW MOTION.
01:04:40 849.27
"AUSTRALIA"
PAN PRETTY AUSTRALIAN GIRLS ON BEACH. LARGE GROUP OF
MEN SWIMMERS RIDE THE WAVES WITH HANDS TIED BEHIND
THEIR BACK IN AUSTRALIAN VERSION OF HAWAIIAN HOCK-A
-DOOLA. ROLLING WAVES CARRY THEM ONTO BEACH. CU
AUSTRALIAN SAILOR LOOKS ON, ENJOYS ACTION.
01:05:18 887.27
LARGE GROUP OF SWIMMERS RIDE WAVES TO SHORE ON SMALL
SURFBOARDS CALLED "JEEPS". MS GIS LOOKING ON
01:05:29 898.27
AUSTRALIAN LIFE GUARDS SHOW HOW TO RIDE LIFEBOAT INTO
SHORE ON WAVES. WAVE CRASHES INTO BOAT, PICKS IT UP,
THROWS ONE OF THE LIFEGUARDS OUT OF HIS SEAT.
01:06:30 959.27
"PROBLEM OF ATOMIC ENERGY GIVEN TO UNITED NATIONS
ORGANIZATION (UNO) COMMISSION". SECRETARY BYRNES
ADDRESSES UNITED NATION DELEGATES, LEAVES CHALLENGING
MESSAGE. "WE WHO HAVE FOUGHT TOGETHER FOR FREEDOM,
MUST SHOW WE ARE WORTHY OF THE FREEDOM WE HAVE WON".
01:07:47 1036.27
"ARMY SCIENTISTS REACH THE MOON WITH RADAR"
"MAN SMASHES CHAINS THAT BUND HIM TO EARTH". VARIOUS
SCENES RADAR TOWER AT BELMAR; NEW JERSEY WHERE ARMY
SCIENTISTS HERBERT KAUFMANN AND HOWARD WEBB, FIRST TO
SEE "MIRACLE", STARTS EQUIPMENT WHICH SENDS RADAR
SIGNALS TO MOON AND BACK. VARIOUS SCENES KAUFMANN
STARTING UP THE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. VARIOUS
ANIMATED SCENES SHOW HOW IT IS DONE. SCIENCE;
DISCOVERY
01:08:55 1104.27
LIEUTENANT COLONEL DEWITT, HEAD OF SIGNAL CORP
PROJECT SPEAKS, LOOKS TO FUTURE.
01:09:29 1138.27
"GOUIN BECOMES NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT; PICKS HIS
CABINET"
VARIOUS SCENES CROWDS CONTROLLED BY POLICE OUTSIDE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE. VARIOUS SCENES CHARLES DEGAULLE AT
VACATIONING AT SEA SHORE, AFTER RESIGNING AS
PRESIDENT. VARIOUS SCENES SOCIALIST FELIX GOUIN,
BEING SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT, VARIOUS SCENES OF GOUIN
POSING WITH HIS CABINET MEMBERS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT
HOUSE. 8 ARE SOCIALIST, 8 COMMUNISTS, 6 REPUBLICAN
POPULAR MOVEMENT PARTY. FOREIGN GOVERNMENT; POLITICS. 01 11 48 "PRESIDENT TRUMAN LEADS MARCH OF DIMES TRIBUTE TO
FDR"
01:10:34 1203.27
PRESIDENT TRUMAN, HIS WIFE BESS, DAUGHTER MARGARET
WITH BABY ON LAP, SIT AND POSE FOR GROUP SHOT WITH
LARGE GROUP OF HOLLYWOOD ACTORS AND ACTRESSES,
INCLUDING VAN JOHNSON, CEASAR ROMERO, EDDIE BRACKEN;
MARGARET O'BRIEN, WILLIAM BENDIX, REGINALD DENNY,
ZACHARY SCOTT, COLUMNIST DOROTHY KILGALLEN AND
OTHERS. PHILANTHROPY; BENEFIT; HOLLYWOOD; MOTION
PICTURES
01:10:39 1208.27
MARGARET TRUMAN CUTS AND SERVES PIECE OF CAKE TO VAN
JOHNSON AND MARGARET O'BRIEN. BESS TRUMAN SERVES
PIECE TO WILLIAM BENDIX AS OTHERS GATHER. CROWD
WATCHING, WAVES. DAPPER CEASAR ROMERO IS SERVED CAKE BY BESS TRUMAN.
01:11:01 1230.27
POST MASTER GENERAL BOB HANNIGAN PRESENTS PRESIDENT
TRUMAN WITH NEW ROOSEVELT STAMP.
01:11:10 1239.27
PRESIDENT TRUMAN ADDRESSES NATION ON BEHALF OF
INFANTILE PARALYSIS, "AN UNFINISHED TASK OF FRANKLIN
DELANO ROOSEVELT, IT MUST AND SHALL BE CARRIED TO
COMPLETE VICTORY".
01:11:23 1252.27
"PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS"
"LEWIS WELCOMED BACK TO A. F. OF L., BY GREEN"
VARIOUS SCENES JOHN L. LEWIS WHO BOLTED UNION 10
YEARS AGO, RETURNS TO THE FOLD.
01:11:41 1270.27
GREEN AND LEWIS SPEAK.
01:11:57 1286.27
"GENERAL DONOVAN HONORED BY CATHOLIC CHURCH"
CARDINAL-ELECT SPELLMAN, ON BEHALF OF POPE PIUS XII
(PHOTO IN BKGD), BESTOWS ORDER OF SAINT SYLVESTER
MEDAL ON STRATEGIC WAR CHIEF DONOVAN SPELLMAN SPEAKS
AS HE BESTOWS MEDAL. RELIGION; ROMAN CATHOLIC
01:12:42 1331.27
"GENE TIERNEY'S PRINTS PLACED IN CEMENT"
VARIOUS SCENES ACADEMY AWARD WINNER JEAN TIERNEY
PLACING HER HAND PRINTS, FOOT PRINTS AND SIGNATURE IN
SID GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATER "WALK OF FAME". ELDERLY
SID GRAUMAN HELPS HER. RECOGNITION FOR STAR OF MOVIE
"LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN". MOTION PICTURES, HOLLYWOOD;
THEATER.
01:13:08 1357.27
"SUMMER SPORTS IN AUSTRALIA". "HEAT WAVE DOWN UNDER"
01:13:14 1363.27
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CROWD THE BEACH. MONTAGE VARIOUS
SCENES OF PRETTY GIRLS, COUPLES LOUNGING ON BEACH
CLOSE TOGETHER.
01:13:29 1378.27
YOUNG MAN RUNS IN PLACE ON LARGE WHEEL WHICH SPINS AS
FAST AS HE RUNS. HE FALLS INTO OCEAN BELOW. ANOTHER
YOUTH LAYING ON STOMACH ON WHEEL DIVES INTO OCEAN AS
WHEEL IS TURNED.
01:13:37 1386.27
GROUP OF YOUNG SWIMMERS STANDING ON ROCKS ARE THROWN
INTO SEA BY WAVES WHICH INUNDATE THE ROCKS.
01:13:46 1395.27
"OCEAN SAILING RACE"
VETERAN YACHTSMEN IN SAILBOATS, LEAVE SIDNEY SHORE,
HEAD OUT TO SEA FOR RIGOROUS 600 MILE RACE. VARIOUS
SCENES OF YACHTS SAILING THE WAVES.
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Year: 1944-1946  Color: Black & White
Genre: 1940s NEWSREELS

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