Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-2085A

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00:00:25 0	"FOUR BILLION DOLLAR U.S. LOAN TO BRITAIN SIGNED BY CAPITAL". VARIOUS SCENES LORDS KEYNES AND HALIFAX OF BRITAIN SEATED WITH SECRETARIES BYRNES AND VINCENT TO SIGN LOAN PAPERS AND OTHERS INCLUDING DEAN ACHESON WATCH IN BKGD. BYRNES SPEAKS EXPLAINING TERMS OF LOAN.
00:01:32 66.27	"GENERAL EISENHOWER TAKES OFFICE AS CHIEF OF STAFF" VARIOUS SCENES EISENHOWER SPEAKING FROM HIS DESK TELLING OF HIS NEW DUTIES, GOALS, AS CHIEF OF STAFF. HE WAS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO REPLACE GENERAL GEORGE C. MARSHALL. WASHINGTON, D.C. 11/20/45.
00:02:43 137.27	"U.S. CATHOLICS OPEN FOOD DRIVE TO HELP WAR-NEEDY PEOPLE" VARIOUS SCENES ARCH-BISHOP SPELLMAN FIRST SPEAKING TO CHILDREN GATHERED AROUND HIM, THEN SPEAKING TO CAMERA OF CHILDREN BEING "ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN CAMPAIGN FOR CANNED GOODS", FOR STARVING CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. NEW YORK CITY. RELIGION; SOCIOLOGY; PHILANTHROPY
00:03:52 206.27	"NISEI HERO HONORED POSTHUMOUSLY BY GENERAL STILWELL" VARIOUS SCENES OF GENERAL STILWELL ARRIVING AT CALIFORNIA FARM HOUSE WHERE HE PRESENTS MEDAL TO SISTER OF JAPANESE AMERICAN SOLDIER, KASUWO MISUDA, KILLED IN ITALY CAMPAIGN DURING WWII. TALBERT, CALIFORNIA.
00:04:19 233.27	AS CROWD OF JAPANESE AMERICANS AND OTHERS WATCH, STILWELL PINS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS ON LAPEL OF HERO'S WIFE WHILE STANDING ON PORCH OF HOUSE WITH HERO'S PARENTS AND FAMILY IN BKGD.
00:04:27 241.27	MITSUDA'S SISTER PINS MEDAL ON DRESS OF HER ELDERLY MOTHER.
00:04:29 243.27	"HEEL AND TOE ARTISTS PACE TO A RECORD SPORTS. 15,000 METER, AAU NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WALKING RACE IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. TRACK AND FIELD; ODDITY
00:04:38 252.27	FIELD OF WALKERS DO THEIR PECULIAR, GAIT ALONG TROLLEY TRACKS OF CITY STREET, TOWARDS CAMERA. MS THREE MEN, ONE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, "SPEED" DOWN AVENUE GOING AS FAST AS RULES ALLOW WITHOUT RUNNING. CU LOOK OF FEET OF WALKER SHOWING HEEL AND TOE METHOD.
00:04:53 267.27	AT HALF-WAY TURN, TWO CONTESTANTS MAKE TURN AROUND ON TROLLEY TRACKS AROUND TWO OFFICIALS ONE ON CRUTCH.
00:05:04 278.27	MAN WEARS HANDKERCHIEF ON HEAD AS HE DOES HILARIOUS ARM SWINGING, REAR SHAKING DANCE DOWN AVENUE.
00:05:07 281.27	REAR VIEW OF RACER SHAKING REAR END, ARMS, AND WALKING AS FAST AS RULES PERMIT.
00:05:19 293.27	ELDERLY MAN SHAKES HEAD ALONG WITH HIS POSTERIOR AS HE MAKES TURN COMING TOWARDS CAMERA. CU VIEW OF HIS REAR END SHAKING AS RESULT OF HEEL AND TOE WALK.
00:05:35 309.27	GREG SHIROCCA BREAKS TAPE AT FINISH LINE TO WIN.
00:05:45 319.27	"WILD FINISH MARKS CHAMPIONSHIP HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL" SPORTS.WEST CATHOLIC VS. SOUTHERN IN QUAKER CITY HIGH SCHOOL FINAL. VARIOUS SCENES OF HIGH SCHOOL TEENAGERS PLAYING TO SOLD OUT CROWD AT FRANKLIN FIELD, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. 1945.
00:05:55 329.27	BOY FROM EACH TEAM HOLD FINGER ON FOOTBALL AS MAYOR SAMUELS MAKES A TERRIBLE KICK. BALL JUST ROLLS ALONG GROUND, TOWARDS CAMERA.
00:06:15 349.27	YOUNG CROWD IN STANDS AND PLAYERS JUMP TO THEIR FEET, CHEER WILDLY AS SPEED JOE COLLO OF SOUTHERN MAKES LONG GAIN.
00:06:30 364.27	BOBBY SOX CHEER LEADERS AND TEEN-AGES AS WELL AS ADULTS IN STANDS GOES WILD AGAIN AND RUNS ONTO FIELD AS COLLO MAKES A TOUCHDOWN IN LAST MINUTES OF GAME.
00:07:05 399.27	HIGH ANGLE OF HUGE CROWD ON FIELD, CROWD PULLS DOWN GOAL POSTS AS POLICE ON HORSEBACK TRY TO CONTROL CROWD AND CONTINUE THE GAME WHICH STILL HAS A FEW MINUTES DURATION.
00:07:12 406.27	AERIAL VIEW OF KICK OFF AS GAME RESUMES. SOUTHERN WINS 19-13.
00:08:24 478.27	"RUSSIANS CAPTURE WARSAW". "CAPITAL OF POLAND FREED FROM NAZIS IN SOVIET SWEEP TO THE GERMAN BORDER". VARIOUS SCENES LS PAN SMOKE RISING FROM WARSAW WHICH IS DEVASTATED BY SOVIET BOMBARDMENT. VARIOUS SCENES SOLDIERS, PEOPLE WALKING ALONG STREETS WITH GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS, STILL SMOLDERING FROM BATTLE. RUBBLE FROM BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS. WARSAW. POLAND, 1/17/45. SOCIOLOGY
00:09:15 529.27	"POLISH REFUGEES FIND A HAVEN" VARIOUS SCENES SHIP LOAD OF REFUGEE POLISH YOUNGSTERS, ON BOARD SHIPS AS THEY LAND IN NEW ZEALAND WHERE THEY WILL BE HOUSED UNTIL THEY CAN GO BACK TO POLAND. RED CROSS NURSES, AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ASSIST THEM.
00:09:39 553.27	MONTAGE CHILDREN ARE HELPED ONTO TRAINS WHERE THEY ARE TAKEN TO HOMES ON THE COUNTRYSIDE. MS CHILDREN FILL SEATS INSIDE TRAIN, FACING CAMERA. CROWDS OF ADULTS WAVE THEM OFF. LITTLE BOYS DRINK SMALL BOTTLES OF MILK THROUGH STRAWS
00:09:51 565.27	CHILDREN ARE GIVEN HARDY DINNER CAFETERIA STYLE. CU BOY EATING WITH FORK. TINY BOY USES KNIFE AND FORK.
00:10:01 575.27	"ALLIES SMASH JAPS IN BURMA TO OPEN CHINA SUPPLY ROAD" VARIOUS SCENES CHINESE TROOPS PUSHING THROUGH JUNGLES AND ACROSS RIVERS WITH SUPPLIES ON HORSEBACK AND BACK PACKS
00:10:17 591.27	CHINESE TROOPS USE RUBBER BOATS TO CROSS RIVERS. HORSES WADE IN NECK-HIGH WATER.
00:10:24 598.27	CHINESE SOLDIERS UNLOAD CANNON BARREL FROM ROW BOAT, ASSEMBLE IT ON SHORE. CHINESE BOMBARD JAPANESE POSITIONS AS ALLIED BOMBERS FLY OVER, DROP BOMBS JUST IN FRONT OF ADVANCING CHINESE TROOPS. BOMBS BURST A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY.
00:11:35 669.27	AMERICAN GENERAL SULTAN WITH CHINESE AND AMERICAN ENTOURAGE INSPECTS FRONT.
00:11:43 677.27	SOLDIERS WALK PAST ANCIENT RELIGIOUS SHRINES, FIGURES RACKED WITH BULLET HOLES
00:11:49 683.27	"GENERAL WEATHER TAKES A HAND IN THE WAR" "TYPHOON IN PACIFIC". VARIOUS SCENES U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER WITH DECK FULL OF PLANES BATTLES TYPHOON. DECK CREWS LASH DOWN PLANES TO SECURE AGAINST HEAVY WINDS AND WAVES OFF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
00:12:30 724.27	"WINTER IN ITALY" SNOW BOUND ARMY TENTS SOME DRIPPING WITH ICICLES LOOK LIKE SCENE IN ARCTIC NORTH. GIS BRUSH OFF ICICLES AND SNOW FROM TENTS, VEHICLES, CANNONS, WITH THEIR HANDS.
00:13:01 755.27	ARMY SUPPLY TRUCK WITH WHEELS TURNED IN DIRECTION OF SKID, SKIDS SIDEWAYS, OUT OF CONTROL, ON ICY ROAD. OTHERS FOLLOW WITH MOTIONLESS WHEELS. WEATHER
00:13:22 776.27	"COAST GUARD ON THE JOB" "ICEBREAKER CLEARS THE WAY" ICEBREAKER "MACKANAW" CLEARS WAY FOR THREE SHIPS WHICH WERE BUILT AT DULUTH AND NEEDED FOR WAR USE AT CHICAGO.
00:13:31 785.27	THREE SHIPS SAIL THROUGH PATH IN ICE MADE BY ICEBREAKER. AS SEEN FROM ICEBREAKER.
00:13:40 794.27	LIGHTHOUSE ON GREAT LAKE IS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY SNOW AND ICE AS IS THE LAKE. PEOPLE WITH THEIR CARS PARKED NEARBY WATCH FROM "SHORE"
00:13:50 804.27	BIZARRE VIEW OF THREE MEN WALKING ON ICE COVERED LAKE, SEEM LIKE THEY ORE WALKING ON WATER.
00:13:59 813.27	CU HUGE ICE CHUNKS BREAKING UP UNDER ICEBREAKERS HULL. POV ICEBREAKER.
00:14:03 817.27	TUB BOAT WITH STACK SMOKING HEAVILY TOWING SHIP, HEADS FOR OPEN DRAW BRIDGE IN CHICAGO HARBOR. CHICAGO SKYLINE SEEN THROUGH SMOKE FROM TUG.
00:14:11 825.27	"SEA RESCUE BY HELICOPTER" VARIOUS SCENES DEMONSTRATION OF PILOT BEING LIFTED WITH LINE AND HARNESS, FROM DISABLED PLANE FLOATING IN WATER, BY HOVERING HELICOPTER. OTHER HELICOPTER HOVERS ALONGSIDE. VARIOUS SCENES OF "RESCUED" FLYER BEING LOWERED TO GROUND ON CHICAGO SHORE. SPECTATORS.
00:14:48 862.27	"MARCH OF DIMES". "DRIVE OPENS TO AID NATION'S VICTIMS OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS" VARIOUS SCENES OF MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (ELEANOR) STARTS DRIVE BY PLACING SEVERAL DIMES IN A ROW ON A RACK TO START MOTION PICTURE THEATER'S "MILE OF DIMES". 1945. DISABLED; PHILANTHROPY.
00:15:08 882.27	MEN, WOMEN EMPTY LARGE MAIL BAGS WITH THOUSANDS OF LETTERS CONTAINING DIMES. CU DIMES PILE UP ON TABLE AS WORKERS EMPTY ENVELOPES. CU DIMES POUR OUT OF ENVELOPES AND THE PILE GETS LARGER.
00:15:34 908.27	CU CHILDREN VICTIMS OF POLIO, SEATED IN WHEELCHAIRS, POSE FOR CAMERA.
00:16:10 944.27	"WASHINGTON NEWS". "FRANCE JOINS UNITED NATIONS" FRENCH AMBASSADOR BONET SIT NEXT TO SECRETARY OF STATE STETTINIUS WHO SPEAKS AT UNITED NATIONS MEETING, AS OTHER DELEGATES LISTEN IN BKGD. BONET SIGNS TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL.
00:16:57 991.27	"79TH CONGRESS CONVENES" MINORITY LEADER MARTIN CONGRATULATES MAJORITY LEADER AND SPEAKER OF HOUSE RAYBURN WHO THEN SWEARS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBERS, EN MASSE. POLITICS; GOVERNMENT
00:17:23 1017.27	SENATOR TAYLOR OF IDAHO, HIS WIFE AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN, SIT ON THEIR SUITCASES ON STEPS OF CAPITAL BUILDING AND SING AS HE STRUMS BANJO TO TUNE OF "HOME ON THE RANGE". HE CHANGES THE WORDS TO INCLUDE, "OH, GIVE US A HOME, NEAR THE CAPITOL DOME.", AS HE NOW FACES HOUSING SHORTAGE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. MUSIC; ODDITY
00:17:54 1048.27	"RED ARMY CAPTURE OF LUBLIN, POLAND, IN FIERCE BATTLE" VARIOUS SCENES SOVIET SOLDIERS BOMBARDING LUBLIN FROM CITY'S OUTSKIRTS. VARIOUS SCENES SOVIET TANKS IN STREETS OF LUBLIN FIRING POINT BLANK INTO BUILDINGS. SOVIET TROOPS FIGHT IN THE STREETS FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE.
00:18:25 1079.27	GRAPHIC SCENE OF GERMAN SOLDIER LAYING DEAD IN FRGD AS SOVIET SOLDIERS FIRE ARTILLERY PIECE NEARBY. SOVIET SOLDIERS RUNNING FROM STREET TO STREET, SHOOTING AS THEY GO.
00:18:47 1101.27	PEOPLE WELCOME THE SOVIET TROOPS AS THEY RIDE DOWN MAIN STREET. UNITS OF POLISH TROOPS, SERVING WITH RED ARMY MARCH TRIUMPHANTLY DOWN STREET.
00:19:17 1131.27	"TWO NAZI SPIES, LANDED BY SUB, SEIZED BY FBI" VARIOUS SCENES OF NAZI SPIES ERIC GIMPEL, A GERMAN, AND AMERICAN ERNEST KOLPOL WHO WERE LANDED IN MAINE BY NAZI SUBMARINE, POSE IN FBI NEW YORK OFFICE. CU VIEW OF FALSE IDENTIFICATION, $60,000 OF AMERICAN MONEY PISTOLS TINY CAMERAS AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT FOUND ON THEM WHEN CAPTURED. NEW YORK CITY. FOREIGN INTRIGUE; SABOTAGE
00:20:05 1179.27	"UTAH TRAIN CRASH TAKES TRAGIC TOLL OF LIVES" DISASTER. AERIAL VIEW OF "WORST TRAIN WRECK OF 1944", WITH PASSENGER CARS AND LOCOMOTIVES SCATTERED ON AND OFF TRACKS ALONG SHORE OF THE GREAT SALT LAKES.
00:20:28 1202.27	GROTESQUE SCENE OF REAR OF PASSENGER CAR SITTING ON FRONT SECTION OF LOCOMOTIVE. OTHER VIEWS OF TANGLED WRECKAGE OF PASSENGER CARS AND LOCOMOTIVES, WHERE 50 PERSONS WERE KILLED, SCORES SERIOUSLY INJURED. GREAT SALT LAKES, UTAH. 1944
00:20:53 1228.27	WORKERS FORM DAISY CHAIN TO REMOVE MAIL BAGS FROM WRECK AND LOAD IT ONTO ANOTHER TRAIN.
00:20:54 1229.27	"HIGHLIGHTS OF 1944 BOWL GAMES". COLLEGE FOOTBALL
00:20:59 1234.27	"ROSE BOWL" SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEATS TENNESSEE 25-0 IN SUNNY PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. VIEW OF 91,000 FOOTBALL FANS WATCHING GAME. PLAYS MADE BY SO. CAL'S JIM HARDY
00:21:33 1267.27	"COTTON BOWL" OKLAHOMA A & M BEATS TEXAS CHRISTIAN 34-0 IN DALLAS, TEXAS. PLAYS MADE BY BOB FENIMORE OF OKLAHOMA
00:22:06 1300.27	"ORANGE BOWL" TULSA BEATS GEORGIA TECH 26-12 AT MIAMI, FLORIDA. PLAYS MADE BY TULSA'S BOBBY MOSS AND FRANKIE BOYLE OF GEORGIA.
00:22:41 1335.27	"SUGAR BOWL" DUKE BEATS ALABAMA 29-26 AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. PLAYS FROM GEORGE CLARK OF DUKE, AND HARRY GILMER AND HUGH MORROW OF ALABAMA.
00:24:33 1447.27	"U.S. NAVY FORCE ATTACKS TRUK" MARCH 27, 1944, TRUK ISLAND, CAROLINE ISLANDS; SAIPAN, MARIANA ISLANDS. SAILORS ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER. AIRPLANE TAKING OFF. TRACER BULLETS HITTING JAPANESE PLANES, POV U.S. PLANE. EXPLOSION. AERIAL VIEW TRUK. FIRING ON JAPANESE INSTALLATIONS. STRAFING SHIP. BOMB FALLING NEAR JAPANESE DESTROYER. VARIOUS SCENES BOMBING JAPANESE DESTROYERS. SEAPLANES IN AIR BEING SHOT AT, CARGO SHIP BEING STRAFED. PLANE EXPLODING IN DISTANCE.
00:26:22 1556.27	"ATTACKING SAIPAN IN THE MARIANAS" PLANE TAKING OFF FROM CARRIER. BOMBARDMENT OF JAPANESE AIRFIELD. DIVE BOMBERS HITTING AXIS AIRCRAFT & SHIPS. U.S. PLANE LANDING ON DECK OF CARRIER WITH ONE LANDING GEAR. DECK. WOUNDED PILOT BEING CARRIED AWAY FROM DAMAGED PLANE
00:27:18 1612.27	"DRAMATIC PICTURES AS PRISON SHIP RUNS ON ROCKS OFF ITALY". MARCH 1944.
00:27:26 1620.27	AMERICAN LST LOADED WITH NAZI PRISONERS FROM ANZIO, IS THRUST AGAINST ROCKS BY RAGING WAVES AND WINDS. GERMAN CAPTIVES & U.S. SAILORS IN LIFE BOATS. MEN JUMPING ONTO ROCKS. SAILOR BEING PULLED TO SAFETY. SHIP HITTING AGAINST ROCKS, BEGINS TO BREAK IN TWO. THIRTEEN DIED WEATHER; RESCUE
00:28:39 1693.27	"FILM FLASHES OF THE WAR". "BIGGER & BIGGER BOMBS FOR HITLER". BRITAIN, MARCH 28, 1944. VARIOUS SCENES ALLIED SOLDIERS HANDLING TWO TON BOMB, FOUR TON BOMB, FINALLY ALLIES INTRODUCE 6 TON FACTORY BUSTER BOMB DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR BOMBARDMENT OF GERMAN WAR PLANTS. 12,000 POUND IS COMPARED TO OLD 1,000 POUND WEAPON. TRANSPORTING HUGE BOMBS. ON TRUCKS, LOADING ON HUGE BOMBER.
00:29:25 1739.27	"ALLIED HQ IN A WINE CELLAR. MARCH 1944" VARIOUS SCENES OFFICERS WALKING INTO SAND BAG PROTECTED ENTRANCE, AS GUARD STANDS OUTSIDE. DESCENDING STEPS. TELETYPE ROOM. MONEY FOR SOLDIERS PAY STACKED ON TABLE WITH OFFICER HANDLING BILLS. PIN UP GIRLS ON WALLS. SOLDIER TYPING WITH PICTURES IN BACKGROUND. WIRES. DARK. NETTUNO, ITALY.
00:29:59 1773.27	"COAST GUARD DISPLAYS 10 MEN IN A JEEP" JONES BEACH, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, MARCH 28, 1944, VARIOUS SCENES SOLDIERS IN MIRACLE JEEP GOING THRU MUD & WATER, OVER SAND DUNES ALONG BEACH. JEEP SUBSTITUTES AS TROOP CARRIER.
00:30:24 1798.27	"SPORTS". "TITLE BASKETBALL". MARCH 28, 1944. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY. IN NATIONAL COLLEGIATE TOURNAMENT, UTAH DEFEATS DARTMOUTH, 42 TO 40. GAME SCENES. CROWD. BUNCH OF SKINNY WHITE GUYS PLAY BASKETBALL. CONCERNED COACH. CU EXCITED FEMALE FAN. COLLEGE BASKETBALL.
00:31:28 1862.27	"GIRL LIFESAVERS". JANUARY 23, 1944, TERRIGAL BEACH, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. VARIOUS SCENES WOMEN LIFEGUARDS TRAINING. CU LEGS. PUSHING BOAT. ROWING. WOMEN CARRYING ROPE. DIVING WITH ROPE LINE. CU PULLING ROPE. CARRYING DROWNING VICTIM. EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE. RUNNING. BATHING CAPS.
00:32:44 1938.27	"POPE CREATES 32 CARDINALS" VARIOUS SCENES OF POPE PIUS XII AMID SCENES OF SOLEMN CEREMONY AND ANCIENT PAGEANTRY AT ST. PETER'S BASILICA CREATING 32 NEW CARDINALS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING FOUR FROM THE U.S. MANY WORLD RELIGIOUS DIGNITARIES IN ATTENDANCE. NO NEW CARDINALS WERE NAMED DURING WWII. ROME, ITALY 1946.
00:34:28 2042.27	POPE PIUS IS CARRIED DOWN AISLE OF ST. PETERS' BASILICA ON THRONE. POPE PIUS ON THRONE WITH PRIESTS AT EITHER SIDE.
00:35:26 2100.27	OVERHEAD VIEW OF NEW CARDINALS REPRESENTING 19 NATIONS ENTER AND WALKING DOWN AISLE TO POPE ON THRONE.
00:35:41 2115.27	CARDINAL OF ARMENIA APPROACHES THRONE, BOWS AND KISSES PAPAL SLIPPER AND RING, IS EMBRACED BY POPE. CARDINAL STRITCH OF CHICAGO, CARDINAL MOONEY OF DETROIT, DO SAME.
00:37:05 2199.27	CARDINAL GLENNON OF ST. LOUIS APPROACHES POPE, KNEELS. FLAT HAT IS PLACED ON HIS HEAD IN SYMBOLIC GESTURE. POPE READS FROM ANCIENT SCRIPTURES.
00:38:27 2281.27	CARDINAL SPELLMAN OF NEW YORK APPROACHES, AND RED HAT IS HELD OVER HIS HEAD SYMBOLICALLY.
00:38:54 2308.27	POPE SINGS OUT PENTECOSTAL BENEDICTION. BLESSES APPLAUDING CROWD AS HE LEAVES THRONE. HE IS THEN CARRIED OUT ON ANOTHER THRONE, WHERE HE IS LIFTED ON SHOULDERS OF PRIESTS AND CARRIED OUT OF ST PETERS'.
00:40:08 2382.27	NEW CARDINALS PROSTRATE THEMSELVES IN FRONT OF ALTAR. UPON RISING THEY ARE CONGRATULATED BY OLDER CARDINALS.
00:40:45 2419.27	POPE BLESSES AUDIENCE AS HE IS CARRIED OUT ON HIS THRONE.