Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: P-217-6B

16:29:15 0	MS LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS - "TWO MEN THAT DOMINATED THE NEWS IN 1938. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND DICTATOR OF NAZI GERMANY, ADOLPH HITLER". HE SPEAKS OF HITLER'S UNOPPOSED MARCH INTO AUSTRIA.
16:30:04 49	HITLER VISITS ROME - ABOVE VIEW MASS CROWDS IN THE SHADOW OF THE COLISEUM IN ROME, (IN B/G). MCU MUSSOLINI IN UNIQUE HELMET, MILITARY UNIFORM ON BALCONY REVIEWS MARCHING ITALIAN TROOPS ON PARADE DOING THE GOOSE STEP AS DONE BY NAZI SOLDIERS WHEN THEY MARCH.
16:30:32 77	MS MUSSOLINI AND KING VICTOR EMANUEL WAIT AT TRAIN STATION FOR HITLER. HITLER EXITS TRAIN, SHAKES WITH THE KING AND MUSSOLINI, GIVES NAZI SALUTE. VOICE OVER THOMAS NARRATES.
16:30:56 101	VARIOUS SHOTS PARADE IN ROME WITH HITLER RIDING IN ROYAL CARRIAGE WITH KING. HITLER, MUSSOLINI AND KING ON BALCONY GETTING WILD OVATION FROM CROWD.
16:31:18 123	FDR AT DESK ADDRESSING AMERICA, "DEMOCRACY HAS DISAPPEARED IN SEVERAL GREAT NATIONS, NOT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THOSE NATIONS DISLIKE DEMOCRACY, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE GROWN TIRED OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND INSECURITY ........".
16:32:28 193	LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS - "WHILE AMERICA WAS PRACTICING ISOLATIONISM, MUSSOLINI WAS ALLOWED TO TAKE OVER ETHIOPIA, MAJOR POWERS STAYED OUT OF SPAIN WHEN CIVIL WAR ERUPTED; WHEN COMMUNIST DOMINATED FORCES IN 1936 ........ FASCIST GENERAL YOUNG FRANCO REVOLTED; HITLER AND MUSSOLINI HELPED FRANCO; RUSSIAN DICTATOR STALIN GAVE AID TO THE LEFTISTS".
16:32:47 212	VARIOUS SHOTS TANKS AND OTHER MECHANIZED SUPPLIED TO FRANCO BY HITLER AND MUSSOLINI, TOO POWERFUL FOR THE GOVERNMENT FORCES, MOVE ON TO CAPTURE SEVERAL SPANISH CITIES. MS FRANCO DIRECTING HIS FORCES. VARIOUS SHOTS FEW MAINING INHABITANTS EMBRACING, GIVING FASCIST SALUTE TO ITALIAN SOLDIERS AS THEY MOVE IN. VARIOUS SHOTS GOVERNMENT FORCES PARADING AS THEY DECLARE A WAR TO THE END AGAINST FRANCO.
16:33:32 257	LOWELL THOMAS - "ROOSEVELT AGAIN CALLS FOR MORE FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO AID RECOVERY; FARM AID WAS INCREASED; FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT WAS PASSED; 40 HOUR WEEK; 40 CENTS AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE; CHILD LABOR OUTLAWED;" "REFORMS COST MONEY, THAT MEANT HIGHER TAXES, SO ROOSEVELT'S CRITICS ATTACKED, AND HE RETALIATED AGAINST WHAT HE CALLED, "BIG BUSINESS".
16:34:04 289	MS FDR MAKES SPEECH TELLING HOW A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE (RICH), WHO HONESTLY BELIEVE IN THEIR SUPERIOR RIGHT TO INFLUENCE AND DIRECT GOVERNMENT". HE SAYS THEY DON'T SEE OR WANT TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS HARMFUL ...............".
16:35:07 352	LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS - "MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SEIZES FOREIGN OIL, MOSTLY OURS; A DARING PILOT NAMED CORRIGAN, FLEW FROM NEW YORK TO DUBLIN ALL ALONE, "WRONG WAY CORRIGAN", SET HIS COMPASS BACKWARDS, ....",
16:35:23 368	LOTTERY - VARIOUS SHOTS "WHEEL OF FORTUNE" WINNERS BEING PICKED IN DUBLIN. MCU ELDERLY COUPLE, MR. AND MRS. AARON LIPSCHITZ, WINNERS OF $75,000 SPEAKS TO CAMERA, HE HOLDS HOMELESS DOG IN ARMS WHICH THEY GAVE SHELTER AND BOUGHT THE TICKET IN HIS NAME. SHE SPEAKS ABOUT IT. REPORTER ASKS THEM TO KISS THE DOG, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO. HE FINALLY, RELUCTANTLY, QUICKLY KISSES DOG. MS GROUP OF 9 GIRLS AND A MAN, WORKERS IN EMBROIDERY FACTORY, WHO ALSO WON, POSE FOR CAMERA. MCU SPOKESWOMAN SPEAKS FOR THE GROUP. WALKER H. BAS POSES OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE WITH WIFE AND TWO GIRLS. WINNERS OF $150,000. HE SPEAKS
16:37:44 509	VARIOUS SHOTS MILLIONAIRE, AVIATOR, ADVENTURER, HOWARD HUGHES, CLIMBS ONTO TWIN ENGINE PLANE. MLS PLANE TAKES OFF (BURBANK) WITH HUGHES AT CONTROLS, FOR CROSS CONTINENT HOP, PRELIMINARY TO THE BIG HOP, A TRIP TO CIRCLE GLOBE.
16:37:47 512	AERIAL SHOTS PLANE FLYING OVER NEW YORK CITY. VARIOUS SHOTS PLANE VARIOUS BEING SERVICED AT FLOYD BENNET FIELD IN LONG ISLAND.
16:38:27 552	MLS HUGHES AND 4 NOTABLES INCLUDING GROVER WHALEN, (PRESIDENT OF NY WORLD'S FAIR, SPEAK TO CROWD OF REPORTERS THEN CLIMB INTO PLANE FOR ATTEMPT TO BREAK SPEED RECORD AROUND THE WORLD. MLS HUGHES AT CONTROLS OF PLANE. MLS PLANE TAKES OFF. HE FLIES TO PARIS IN FASTEST TIME EVER. LESS THAN 1/2 TIME IT TOOK LINDBERGH TO DO IT.
16:39:08 593	IT'S MOTHER-IN-LAW DAY - VARIOUS SHOTS 1ST MOTHER-IN-LAW OF THE LAND, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, IS FETED WITH THE BIGGEST BOUQUET IN THE LAND, A CAR CARRYING GIANT BOUQUET OF 2500 ROSES ROLLS BY REVIEWING STAND DURING PARADE TO CELEBRATE THE OCCASION, FOLLOWED BY TRIBE OF INDIANS YELPING, FOLLOWED BY THE LARGEST FLOAT EVER BEAT, AND PAN 500 MOTHERS-IN-LAW WAVING FROM SIDELINES.
16:39:51 636	LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS - FOILING OF BANK ROBBERS - VARIOUS HOTS POLICE DISPATCHER GETTING MESSAGE ON TELEPHONE, CALLING IT IN ON RADIO TO POLICE IN AREA, POLICE IN CAR GETTING MESSAGE, RACING TO CRIME SCENE SIREN SCREAMING, ARRIVING AND CAPTURING THIEVES AS THEY EXIT BANK.
16:40:26 671	VARIOUS SHOTS ADOLPH HITLER STANDING IN OPEN LIMO AS IT RIDES THROUGH CROWDS. HITLER AND AIDES WALKING DOWN WIDE AISLE AT RALLY IN HUGE STADIUM AS TENS OF THOUSANDS WATCH. HITLER REVIEWING TROOPS AS THEY TAKE OVER SUDETENLAND CZECHOSLOVAKIAN.
16:41:53 758	NAZI NUMBER 2 MAN, HERMANN BEHRING GIVES NAZI SALUTE AS HE MARCHES. CU ADOLPH HITLER GIVING STIFF ARM SALUTE.
16:41:57 762	VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN PANZER DIVISION ON THE MOVE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. MACHINE GUN CREW IN FOX HOLE FIRING MACHINE GUN. GERMAN OFFICERS PEERING THROUGH BINOCULARS. ARTILLERY UNITS ON THE MOVE.
16:42:36 801	GERMAN NAVY ON THE MOVE;. BOMBARDMENTS. HITLER ON BOARD NAVY VESSEL.
16:43:10 835	VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH PRIME MINISTER NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN AND ITINERARY MAKES UNPRECEDENTED VISIT TO HITLER AT BERCHTESGADEN, TURNS HIS BACK ON CZECHOSLOVAKIAN.
16:43:56 881	MS CHAMBERLAIN MAKES SPEECH AFTER EMBARRASSING MEETING. MORE SHOTS OF CHAMBERLAIN IN GERMANY.
16:45:27 972	CZECH GENERAL WITH PATCH OVER EYE, VOWS TO FIGHT GERMANS, AFTER RECEIVING AND REJECTING ULTIMATUM FROM HITLER TO GIVE UP SUDETENLAND WITHIN 10 DAYS. CZECHOSLOVAKIAN SOLDIERS MARCH IN STREET, READY TO BATTLE.
16:45:52 997	MS CHAMBERLAIN ARRIVES IN BRITAIN AFTER ILL-FATED MEETING WITH HITLER. STILL THINKS HE CAN KEEP THE PEACE. VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH WORKERS BUILDING AIR RAID SHELTERS IN LONDON. VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH PEOPLE TRYING ON GAS MASKS.
16:47:20 1085	TO 16 49 00 VARIOUS SHOTS FILM, REVEALING THE HIGHLY SECRET FRENCH MAGINOT LINE. A SERIES OF FORTIFICATIONS ALONG THE GERMAN BORDER FROM BELGIUM TO SWITZERLAND, WITH RE-ENFORCED UNDERGROUND CONCRETE FORTIFICATIONS, MACHINE GUN POSTS, TANK TRAPS, ETC. AT A COST OF 14 BILLION DOLLARS.
16:49:00 1185	VARIOUS SHOTS CHARLES A. LINDBERGH AND HIS WIFE LANDING IN BERLIN IN PLANE, TO VISIT GERMANY., FOR AVIATION CONVENTION.
16:49:44 1229	PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS FROM DESK, SPEAKS OUT AGAINST PERSECUTION OF MINORITIES IN GERMANY. CU SECRETARY OF STATE CORDEL HULL ALSO SPEAKS OUT ON SUBJECT.
16:51:30 1335	MS FORMER PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER SPEAKS OUT AGAINST HITLER PERSECUTION OF JEWS AND CHRISTIANS.
16:51:39 1344	ALFRED E. SMITH, 1928 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ALSO SPEAKS OUT AGAINST GERMANY'S PERSECUTION OF JEWS AND CHRISTIANS.
16:52:40 1405	LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS "IN PALESTINE JEWS AND PALESTINIANS CONTINUE FIGHTING; IN RUSSIA, NEWS OF MORE PURGES, STALIN LIQUIDATING HIS BOLSHEVIK RIVALS, IN MANCHURIA, JAPAN AND SOVIETS REACHED AN ARMISTICE IN THAT UNDECLARED WAR; BUT THE JAPANESE ARMY ROLLED OVER CHINA; CANTON AND HANKOW FELL, CRUSHED BY ARTILLERY AND BOMBS; IN OUR COUNTRY JOINED THE COUNTRY JOINED THE PRESIDENT IN A CHRISTMAS PRAYER FOR PEACE;"
16:53:40 1465	VARIOUS WAR SCENES JAPANESE BOMBARDING CANTON AND HANKOW (CHINA'S CAPITAL) AND TROOPS ADVANCING ON THE TWO CITIES IN CHINA
16:54:11 1496	MLS PRESIDENT STANDING AT PODIUM SPEAKS IN CHRISTMAS PRAYER. "WE DESIRE PEACE, WE SHALL WORK FOR PEACE .....".
16:55:24 1569	LOWELL THOMAS CONCLUDES HIS REPORT FOR 1938.
16:56:45 1650	END