19431940s NEWSREELS
NEWSREEL STORIES FROM JULY 1943
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| 01:00:45 40.03 |
FEMALE GOLFER PATTY BERG WINS WOMEN'S WESTERN OPEN 1943 GOLF TITLE IN ILLINOIS IN COMEBACK
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| 01:00:49 44.03 |
PATTY BYRD, COMES BACK
AFTER INJURY, PLAYs IN WOMAN'S SPECIAL OPEN. HER OPPONENT DOROTHY KIRBY - |
| 01:00:56 52.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS GAME IN PROGRESS - BYRD WINS MATCH. AFTER MATCH, PATTY DONS MARINE HAT, WHERE SHE WILL SERVE FOR THE DURATION. WOMWN'S GOLF.
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| 01:01:41 96.03 |
LARGEST MILITARY FIELD MASS FOR 16,000 SAILORS IN NEW YORK MARKS COMMEMORATION OF '98 VICTORY IN SANTIAGO. SAILOR LEADS ALL IN HYMN. RELIGION
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| 01:02:59 174.03 |
IN WASHINGTON, DC COLONEL HOBBY LEADS WAACS INTO ARMY, NO LONGER AUXILIARIES
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| 01:03:05 180.03 |
CU WAACS POSTER. "WAAC, NOW WAC" - WAAC WOMEN'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS IS NOW CHANGED TO WOME4N'S ARMY CORPS.
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| 01:03:38 213.03 |
MS SHOTS OF ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF GEORGE MARSHALL, CONGRATULATING OVETA CULP HOBBY, AS FIRST DIRECTOR OF THE THEN WOMEN'S AUXILIARY CORPS (WAAC).
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| 01:03:41 216.03 |
HISTORICAL DUTCH COLONIAL CASTLE IN NEW YORK BECOMES MUSEUM AT DEDICATION CEREMONY ATTENDED BY ROCKERFELLERS
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| 01:03:49 224.03 |
DEDICATION CEREMONY OF OLDEST U. S. CASTLE, AT TARRYTOWN NEW YORK. INCLUDE CASTLE VISITORS RIDING IN HAY WAGON
TO OVERCOME GAS RATIONING. |
| 01:04:03 238.03 |
MR. AND MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. ARRIVE IN VINTAGE 1902 ELECTRIC RUNABOUT AUTO. MR. ROCKEFELLER CONTRIBUTED TO CASTLE'S RENOVATION AS A MUSEUM.
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| 01:04:16 251.03 |
MS WOMEN IN COLONIAL DRESS, OPENS FRONT DOOR TO WELCOME GUESTS TO CASTLE (BUILT IN 1683).
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| 01:04:19 254.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS WOMEN IN COLONIAL DRESS RE-ENACTING SCENES BY FIREPLACE, USING HOURGLASS TO TELL TIME, WORKING ON SPINNING WHEEL. VARIOUS SHOTS, BED WHERE GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT AND OTHER SCENES.
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| 01:05:10 305.03 |
KING GEORGE OF ENGLAND VISITS ALLIED TROOPS AT FRONT IN NORTH AFRICA
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| 01:05:19 314.03 |
KING SALUTES INVASION TROOPS" - BRITISH KING GEORGE IS GREETED IN TRIPOLI BY FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY. BOTH REVIEW ARMY TROOPS POISED FOR INVASION. VARIOUS SHOTS VARIETY BRITISH TROOPS INCLUDING AUSTRALIAN, INDIAN PUNJABS AND
OTHRER COLORFUL COLONIAL TROOPS. |
| 01:05:39 334.03 |
KING GEORGE, GENERAL MARK CLARK AND GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, REVIEW AMERICAN TROOPS AND TANK UNITS. KING SITS DOWN TO ARMY CHOW, AT OUTDOOR PICNIC TABLE.
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| 01:06:05 360.03 |
KING GEORGE VISITS MALTA. - KING GEORGE ARRIVES AT MALTA BY LAUNCH, NEXT STOP ON HIS
INSPECTION TOUR. CROWDS CHEER HIS MOTORCADE. HE ADDRESSES HUGE CROWD IN SQUARE. |
| 01:06:49 404.03 |
"PACIFIC FRONT" - "GASOLINE BATTLE" - HUGE FIRES AT VITAL BASE IN NEW GUINEA AS JAPANESE BOMBERS BOMB VITAL STORE OF GASOLINE. GOOD SHOTS AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ROLL BARRELS OF GASOLINE OUT OF HARMS WAY, FIGHT HARD TO SALVAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 90 % OF SUPPLY IS SAVED. BARRELS OF GAS TO REPLACE THOSE LOST, ARE UNLOADED OFF CARGO PLANES.
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| 01:08:21 496.03 |
ALLIED BASE PANTELLERIA BEATS OFF SURPRISE DIVE-BOMB ATTACK RAID BY NAZI STUKAS
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| 01:08:24 499.03 |
"PANTELLERIA - AXIS RAID FAILS" - MAP OF STRATEGIC PANTELLERIA, OFF COAST OF SICILY, WHICH BECAME AN ALLIED BASE WITHIN MONTHS OF ITS CAPTURE.
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| 01:08:44 519.03 |
SHOTS OF UNDERGROUND HANGARS THAT ONCE SHELTERED AXIS PLANES ARE NOW USED BY ALLIES. ELS POV GROUND. VARIOUS SHOTS AXIS DIVE BOMBERS MAKING RAIDS ON ISLAND. LS BOMBS EXPLODING HARMLESSLY IN WATER. VARIOUS SHOTS OVER 100 AXIS PLANES SHOT DOWN.
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| 01:09:45 580.03 |
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF FRENCH FORCES IN AFRICA, GENERAL GIRAUD, ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON, DC FOR MILITARY DISCUSSIONS WITH FDR. MS GIRAUD AND FDR.
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| 01:10:24 619.03 |
PRINCESS MARGRIET FRANCISCA, THIRD DAUGHTER OF CROWN PRINCESS JULIANA OF NETHERLANDS IS BAPTIZED IN OTTAWA, CANADA
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| 01:10:29 624.03 |
CROWD GREETS NETHERLANDS PRINCESS JULIANA AS SHE ARRIVES, BABY IN ARMS, TO HAVE LITTLE PRINCESS MARGARET CHRISTENED.
QUEEN WILHELMINA AND TWO OTHER LITTLE PRINCESSES SIT IN CHURCH AS CHRISTENING TAKES PLACE. VARIOUS SHOTS CEREMONY.GOD PARENTS INCLUDE QUEEN OF ENGLAND, FDR, AND OTHER DIGNITARIES. |
| 01:11:27 682.03 |
ALLIED AMPHIBIAN FORCES BEGIN DRIVE ON NEW GEORGIA ISLAND IN SOLOMON ISLANDS. INCLUDES NIGHT BOMBARDMENT IN PRELUDE TO ATTACK ON JAPANESE BASES ON KULA GULF
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| 01:11:33 688.03 |
WAR MAPS, AERIAL VIEWS WARSHIP BOMBARDMENTS, LANDING CRAFT SCENES. FIERCE NIGHT BOMBARDMENTS, ETC
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| 01:13:58 833.03 |
BOB HOPE "ROAD TO LONDON" USO TOUR OF ARMY CAMPS IN ENGLAND, IRELAND & AFRICA
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| 01:14:05 840.03 |
"THE ROAD TO LONDON. BOB HOPE VISITS HIS GRANDFATHER IN LONDON, WHERE BOB WAS BORN, 37 YEARS AGO. BOB ARRIVES BY TRAIN IN LONDON, WITH HIS TROUPE OF ENTERTAINERS. THIS IS THE MAJOR STOP OF HIS USO TOUR TO ENGLAND, IRELAND AND AFRICA. CROWD WATCHES AS BOB GREETS HIS GRANDPA WHO IS 99 YEARS OLD. BOB KISSES HIM AFFECTIONATELY ON HIS BALD HEAD. HOLLYWOOD, COMEDY, MOVIES.
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| 01:14:57 892.03 |
BOB HOPE COMMENTS ON THE TRIP, MAKES JOKES. USES MOVING PICTURE CAMERA TO
JOKINGLY TAKE FILM SHOTS OF FRANCES LANGFORD. MORE JOKES ABOUT BING CROSBY. SINGS IN HARMONY WITH LANGFORD AND 2 OTHER MALE MEMBERS OF TROUPE THEY ALL SING HIS THEME SONG "THANKS FOR THE MEMORY". |
| 01:16:51 1006.03 |
SWEDISH RUNNER GUNDER HAGG SMASHES 2-MILE MARK IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. "SPORTS" - "HAAG SMASHES 2 MILE MARK" - HUGE CROWD AT LOS ANGELES COLISEUM, WATCH WORLDS FAMOUS RUNNER, GUNTER HAAG OF SWEDEN, IN 2 MILE RUN.
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| 01:17:04 1019.03 |
START OF RACE - VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS. HAAG WINS IN RECORD 8:53.9 A WORLD RECORD. SPORTS, TRACK AND FIELD, W0RLD RECORD
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| 01:17:48 1063.03 |
FEMALE NAVY WAVES GRADUATE IN NEW YORK TO START ACTIVE DUTY IN NAVY STATIONS. LARGE CLASS OF GRADUATES POSE
FOR GROUP SHOT OUTSIDE COLLEGE ENTRANCE. MALE NAVAL OFFICER SPEAKS TO THEM FROM STEPS OF COLLEGE. |
| 01:18:51 1126.03 |
ARMY NURSES PASS INFILTRATION TRAINING COURSE WHICH FEATURES LIVE AMMUNITION. VARIOUS SHOTS NURSES SHOWING OFF THEIR NEW UNIFORMS. NURSES WITH HELMETS AND FATIGUES GO THROUGH OBSTACLE COURSE, CRAWLING UNDER BARBED WIRE AS MACHINE GUNNER FIRES LIVE AMMUNITION OVER THEIR HEADS AS IS DONE WITH MALE SOLDIERS.
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| 01:19:54 1189.03 |
GENERAL GIRAUD VISITS U.S SHRINES OF TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER, MEMORIAL STATUE OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE & MOUNT VERNON IN WASHINGTON, DC VISIT
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| 01:20:25 1220.03 |
GENERAL GIRAUD AND GENERAL DEGAUL MEETS BRITISH KING GEORGE, AND REVIEW TROOPS. MOTORCADES TO MT VERNON, VISITS GEORGE WASHING HOME.
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| 01:20:50 1245.03 |
"INVASION" - "SICILY - BATTLE FOR EUROPE UNDERBELLY" - JULY 9, 1943. . BATTLE MAP. ALLIED HIGH COMMAND AIR MARSHAL REDDICK (?), ADMIRAL CUNNINGHAM, GENERAL EISENHOWER AND ALEXANDER SALUTE TROOPS.
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| 01:22:46 1361.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS TROOPS FROM ALL ALLIED COUNTRIES. STANDING IN FORMATION, INCLUDE NORWEGIAN, BATTLE HUNGRY
CZECHS, CANADIANS,. MONTGOMERY SPEAKING TO HIS BRITISH 8TH ARMY SOLDIERS. FACE SHOTS YOUNG AMERICANS. |
| 01:23:12 1387.03 |
LAST PRE-WAR FILMS TO LEAVE SICILY INCLUDE FOOTAGE OF MUSSOLINI
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| 01:23:14 1389.03 |
"THE ENEMY" - VARIOUS SHOTS SOME OF THE 400,000 AXIS TROOPS ON MARCH IN SICILY, INCLUDE TANK unit S AND ITALIAN TROOPS. CROWDS CHEERING" IL DUCE" RIDING AND STANDING IN OPEN LIMO. PAN HUGE CROWDS WILDLY CHANTING "DUcE!, DUCE!", AS HE SPEAKS TO THEM FROM PODIUM.
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| 01:23:45 1420.03 |
TRAINING IN CANADA FOR COMMANDO-TYPE INVADERS AS THEY ESTABLISH INVASION BRIDGEHEADS
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| 01:23:49 1424.03 |
PAN HUGE INVASION SMOKE SCREEN BEING LAIN DOWN OVER COAST OF SICILY, BY
LOW FLYING ALLIED PLANES. LANDING CRAFTS HIT BEACHES UNDER AXIS FIRE, AS VOICE OVER, FDR, CALLS FOR "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER". |
| 01:24:48 1483.03 |
ALL-STAR BASEBALL GAME AT PHILADELPHIA'S SHIBE PARK WON WITH HOME RUN FROM DOERR
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| 01:24:57 1492.03 |
LS HUGE CROWDS FILL STANDS IN PA. STADIUM, TO SEE 11TYH ANNUAL BASEBALL ALL-STAR GAME BETWEEN AMERICAN AND NATIONAL LEAGUE.SPORTS, BASEBALL.
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| 01:25:06 1501.03 |
MANAGER OF NATIONAL LEAGUE ALL-STARS BILLY SOUTHWORTH (ST. LOUIS CARDINALS MANAGER), AND AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL-STARS MANAGER JOE MCCARTHY OF THE NY YANKEES, SHAKE HANDS
BEFORE START OF GAME. MS COMMISSIONER LANDIS LOOKS ON FROM STANDS. VARIOUS SHOTS GAME IN PROGRESS. WINNER: AMERICAN LEAGUE 5 TO 3. |
| 01:26:19 1574.03 |
NON-PARTISAN MACARTHUR-FOR-PRESIDENT CLUB IN CHICAGO
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| 01:26:25 1580.03 |
ABOVE SHOT HUGE CROWD GATHERED OUTDOORS FOR POLITICAL RALLY. PEOPLE CASTING BALLOTS AND ENTERING BEHIND CURTAIN TO CAST BALLOTS
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| 01:26:39 1594.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE ASSEMBLRED AT "CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS FOR 1ST MACARTHUR FOR PRESIDENT CLUB". PRESIDENT OF CLUB JOSEPH P. SAVAGE, SPEAKS
ON MACARTHUR'S BEHALF. "WE HAS NO AFFILIATION WITH ANY PARTY ORGANIZATION". |
| 01:27:14 1629.03 |
U.S. LAUNCHES BIGGEST WAR BOND DRIVE CAMPAIGN IN WASHINGTON, DC WITH SLOGAN "FOR EVERY FIGHTING MAN, TEN BOND BUYERS".
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| 01:27:17 1632.03 |
GOOD SHOTS WAR STAMPS AND BONDS ROLLING ON THE PRESS. CU WAR BONDS AND STAMPS.
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| 01:27:28 1643.03 |
MAJOR GENERAL JIMMY DOOLITTLE BUYS LIBERTY BOND WHILE ON DUTY IN NORTH AFRICA
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| 01:27:49 1664.03 |
ALLIED BOMBERS ATTACK PORT OF MESSINA, SICILY CUTTING OFF AXIS SUPPLY LINES
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| 01:27:50 1665.03 |
"MESSINA UNDER BOMBS" - MAP SHOWING MESSINA IN CICILY. VARIOUS SHOTS
SQUADRONS AMERICAN B-24'S TAKING OFF FROM AFRICAN AIRFIELDS.BOMBS BEING DROPPED. AERIAL VIEW BOMBS EXPLODING ON MESSINA HARBOR. |
| 01:28:40 1715.03 |
OFFICIAL AIR FORCE FILMS OF INVASION REHEARSAL WITH PARATROOPERS & AIRBORNE INFANTRY
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| 01:28:49 1724.03 |
"MILITARY SECRET UNVEILED" - "INSIDE STORY OF SICILY" - CU FACE SHOT GENERAL DWIGHT EISENHOWER POSING
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| 01:28:57 1732.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN TROOPS TRAINING FOR
INVASION OF SICILY. BATTLE HARDENED YANKS BOARDING GLIDERS, PARATROOPS BOARDING CARGO PLANES. GREAT SHOTS PARATROOPS JUMPING OUT OF PLANES; SKY FULL OF PARATROOPS FLOATING TO EARTH, LANDING. LANDING CRAFTS HITTING BEACHES. TROOPS PRACTICE HOUSE TO HOUSE BATTLES. PATRIOTIC MESSAGE AFTERWARD. |
| 01:32:30 1945.03 |
FILIPINOS SOLIDER TRAINEES GET BOLO KNIVES AT CALIFORNIA CAMP
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| 01:32:38 1953.03 |
FILIPINO TROOPS TRAINING IN CALIFORNIA, ARE HANDED BOLO KNIVES BY THEIR OFFICERS. JAPANESE SOLDIERS FEARED THE FILIPINO TROOPS BECAUSE OF THEIR (FILIPINO) SKILLFUL USE OF WEAPON. PLATOON FILIPINO STAND AT ATTENTION, DRAW THE BOLO KNIVES FROM SCABBARDS, HOLD THEM UP HIGH.
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| 01:33:10 1985.03 |
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING SOLDIERS IN COLORADO. GOOD SHOTS SOLDIERS CLIMBING SHEER C LIFTS, USING MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS TOOLS AND METHODS. ARMY CLIMBERS SHOW HOW WOUNDED IS SAFELY LOWERED TO GROUND BY ROPE, FROM MOUNTAIN
CLIFF. |
| 01:34:05 2040.03 |
WEST POINT ACADEMY SOLDIERS STAGE INVASION MANEUVER WAR GAMES IN NEW YORK
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| 01:34:10 2045.03 |
LS THOUSANDS WEST POINT CADETS ON PARADE GROUNDS, IN SNAPPY DRESS UNIFORMS.
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| 01:34:17 2052.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS SAME CADETS IN ARMY FATIGUE UNIFORMS, HELMETS, IN REALISTIC WAR GAMES TRAINING, CARRY BOATS
THROUGH WOODS, USE THEM TO CROSS STREAMS. ROW THROUGH THICK SMOKE SCREENS. HOUSE TO HOUSE WARFARE. BLOWING UP PILLBOXES, USING FLAME THROWERS, ETC |
| 01:35:00 2095.03 |
"JOIN THE NURSES AND SEE THE WORLD" - "INDIA" - ARMY TROOPS AND NURSES
LANDING IN INDIA. NURSES SHOPPING IN INDIAN BARGAIN BASEMENTS. NURSES THUMB A RIDE BACK TO CAMP, ARE PICKED UP BY ARMY JEEP. NURSES WASHING EACH OTHERS HAIR OUTSIDE QUARTERS. NURSES WASH CLOTHING IN STREAMS AS NATIVES DO. |
| 01:35:56 2151.03 |
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR ICKES DEDICATES "BIG INCH" OIL PIPELINE IN PHOENIXVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA WHICH WILL CARRY OIL FROM TEXAS TO EAST COAST
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| 01:36:02 2157.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS PIPE LINE BEING LAID 1500 MILES
CROSS COUNTRY. MAP SHOWS LOCATION FROM TEXAS FIELDS TO EAST COAST. PIPE LINE WILL DELIVER AS MUCH AS 300,000 BARRELS A DAY. |
| 01:36:21 2176.03 |
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR HAROLD ICKES, WATCHES LAST SECTION OFOIL PIPE BEING LAIN.
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| 01:36:36 2191.03 |
"WINNING THE SEAS" -VARIOUS SHOTS B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER TAKING OFF FROM PACIFIC BASE. AERIAL VIEW SPOTS JAPANESE FREIGHTER AT SEA, ATTACKS AND SINKS IT. VARIOUS SHOTS BOMBER DROPPING BOMBS ON FREIGHTER. MACHINE GUNNERS ON B-24 STRAFING THE SHIP, BOMBS MAKING DIRECT HITS. HEAVY SMOKE RISING FROM SINKING SHIP..
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| 01:37:50 2265.03 |
GERMAN U-BOAT SUBMARINES ATTACKED & SUNK BY AMERICAN PLANES IN ATLANTIC OCEAN
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| 01:37:55 2270.03 |
AERIAL VIEW HUGE ALLIED CONVOY CARRYING MEN AND
WEAPONS OF INVASION. LS PERISCOPE OF U-BOAT IS SPOTTED, U-BOAT SURFACES, FIGHTER PLANES ATTACK AS SUB SUBMERGES. DEPT CHARGES DROPPED, CONVOY SAILS ON. 2ND U-BOAT IS SPOTTED AND ATTACKED BY PLANES. VARIOUS SHOTS FROM PLANE WING CAMERAS. BOMBS DROPPED. |
| 01:39:12 2347.03 |
HOME FRONT WAR INDUSTRY BUILDING SHIPS
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| 01:39:33 2368.03 |
VARIOUS ABOVE SHOTS SHIPYARD BUSTLING WITH NEW SHIP BUILDING. THOUSANDS OF SHIPYARD WORKERS COMING TO THEIR JOBS, GOING HOME DURING SHIFT CHANGE AT IN BETHLEHEM SHIPYARD NEAR BALTIMORE. SHOTS . BUSTLING SHIPYARD AT NIGHT.
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| 01:40:05 2400.03 |
GOOD SHOT HARD HAT WORKER FLIPPING RED HOT RIVET TO WORKER ON PLATFORM, WHO CATCHES IT IN BUCKET. SPARKS FLY AS WELDER WORKS AT NIGHT.
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| 01:40:26 2421.03 |
AMERICAN & AUSTRALIAN PILOTS IN SOUTH PACIFIC BOMB JAPANESE NEW GUINEA BASES
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| 01:40:42 2437.03 |
B-24 LIBERATORS TAKE OFF
FOR BOMBING RUNS OVER ENEMY STRONG POINTS IN NEW GUINEA. AERIAL VIEW BOMBS RAINING DOWN ON JAP POSITIONS. AERIAL PAN HUGE EXPLOSIONS ON GROUND. |
| 01:41:29 2484.03 |
LEND-LEASE SUPPLIES FROM INDIA GO BY DONKEY THROUGH TIBET TO CHINA
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| 01:41:36 2491.03 |
GREAT SHOTS NATIVE CHINESE MOVING WAR SUPPLIES ON JOURNEY OF 1000 MILES ACROSS SNOW BOUND MOUNTAINS, ROUGH TERRAIN, ON MULES. JOURNEY IS SO SEVERE, THE MULES MAKE ONLY ONE TRIP ANNUALLY. GOOD SHOTS MULES LADEN WITH HEAVY BUNDLES, STRUGGLING THROUGH HIGH SNOW.
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| 01:42:13 2528.03 |
NEW AEF ARRIVALS IN INDIA FOR BURMA FRONT PUSH. VARIOUS SHOTS NEW AEF (AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE) ARRIVING IN INDIA.
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| 01:42:43 2558.03 |
GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KIA-SHEK REVIEWS UNITED NATIONS PARADE IN CHINA CAPITAL CITY OF CHUNGKING
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| 01:43:37 2612.03 |
OFFICIAL ARMY SIGNAL CORPS & COAST GUARD FILMS OF INVASION OF SICILY. AMERICAN, BRITISH & CANADIAN TROOPS LAND ON BEACH FRONT AFTER CROSSING MEDITERRANEAN SEA
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| 01:43:48 2623.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS MORE THAN 2000 SHIPS, HISTORY'S
GREATEST ARMADA, HEADING FOR AN ISLAND NO BIGGER THAN VERMONT, TO OPEN 2ND FRONT ON FORTRESS EUROPE. AMERICAN, CANADIAN TROOPS JAM TROOPSHIP DECKS. VARIOUS FRAGMENTED SHOTS BEACH LANDINGS, TROOPS PICKING THEIR WAY INLAND. |
| 01:44:36 2671.03 |
AMERICAN UNDER LT. GENERAL PATTON LAND AT GALA & LACATA. WHILE CANADIANS UNDER GENERAL MONTGOMERY LAND NEAR SYRACUSE AS ACTIVE 8TH ARMY.
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| 01:45:23 2718.03 |
AMERICANS ABOARD SHIPS LEARNING OF THEIR DESTINATION FOR FIRST TIME. GENERAL GEORGE ("OLD BLOOD AND GUTS" PATTON, SPEAKS TO HIS MEN ON SHIP
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| 01:45:44 2739.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS START OF BOMBARDMENT BY WARSHIPS. LANDING CRAFT SAIL TOWARDS SHORE. 100 MILES OF SHORE WAS WON THE 1ST DAY. VARIOUS SHOTS DESTROYED ENEMY PLANES AND CAPTURED EQUIPMENT.
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| 01:47:08 2823.03 |
GRAPHIC PAN AXIS DEAD SOLDIERS LITTER GROUND. VARIOUS SHOTS BOMBED OUT
INLAND TOWNS. |
| 01:47:58 2873.03 |
AMERICAN SPITFIRES TAKE OFF ON SICILIAN BASED RAIDS
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| 01:48:31 2906.03 |
VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE OF SICILY WARMLY GREETING AMERICAN TROOPS. "VOICE
OVER, "IT'S THE END OF THE BEGINNING FOR ALLIES, THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR AXIS". . |
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