1944-19461940s NEWSREELS
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"PRESIDENT TRUMAN TALKS TO NATION ON INCREASE IN WAGES"
TRUMAN SPEAKS FROM DESK IN OVAL OFFICE ABOUT WAR WORKERS HAVING TO TAKE CUT IN SALARY AMOUNTING TO 25% OF THEIR SALARIES. TELLS INDUSTRY TO RAISE WAGES AND UNIONS NOT TO ASK FOR TO MUCH. "THERE IS NO ROOM FOR UNFAIR DEALING, OR FOR GREEDY INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS ON EITHER SIDE" WASHINGTON, D.C. LABOR UNIONS. INDUSTRY. |
| 00:42:50 108.77 |
"BYRNES ANNOUNCES CHARTER OF UNITED NATIONS IN EFFECT"
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| 00:43:02 120.77 |
SECRETARY BYRNES AT HIS DESK, SIGN PROTOCOL CERTIFYING THAT ALL NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS HAVING BEEN MET, THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS IS NOW IN FORCE. CU VIEW OF SIGNED PROTOCOL. BYRNES SPEAKS.
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| 00:43:48 166.77 |
"VICTORY LOAN DRIVE OFF TO GOOD START THROUGHOUT NATION"
VARIOUS SCENES OF CROWD LOOKING ON OUTSIDE HOME OF LATE PRESIDENT FDR, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AND SECRETARY OF TREASURY MORGENTHAU HAND CHECK TO COLONEL DEVEREAU, HERO OF WAKE ISLAND, A FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT "E" VICTORY BOND. THE WAR ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE FOR MOVIE PICTURE INDUSTRY PARTICIPATES. |
| 00:44:11 189.77 |
FILM STAR MERLE OBERON AND COLONEL DEVEREAUX SIT AT TABLE ON LAWN OF ESTATE AND SELL BONDS TO CRUSHING CROWD. MOTION PICTURES; HOLLYWOOD; BOND DRIVE.
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| 00:44:23 201.77 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN HANDS BUYS THE FIRST OF THE $200 VICTORY BOND FROM SUPREME COURT JUSTICE VINSON. CU HOLDS IT UP TO CAMERA.
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| 00:44:32 210.77 |
"JAPANESE GENERAL YAMASHITA ON TRIAL FOR WAR ATROCITIES"
VARIOUS SCENES OF COURT CONVENING WITH MILITARY COMMISSION BEING SWORN IN. VARIOUS SCENES JAPANESE GENERAL YAMASHITA ENTERING COURT WITH HIS AMERICAN AND JAPANESE LAWYERS. YAMASHITA PLEADS "NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATROCITIES. MANILA, PHILIPPINES, 1946. WAR CRIMES; CRIMINAL JUSTICE. |
| 00:45:44 282.77 |
"HOMELESS GERMANS CREATE PROBLEM OF WAR AFTERMATH"
VARIOUS SCENES OF GERMAN RAILROAD STATION JAMMED WITH HOPELESS, DRIFTING PEOPLE. VARIOUS SCENES TRAINS TAKING OFF FROM STATION WITH PEOPLE HANGING ON A "RUNNING BOARD ON SIDE OF PASSENGER CARS. SOME SIT ON TOP OF TRAIN, IN COAL CAR, ON ENGINE, JUST WISHING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. GERMANY. |
| 00:46:17 315.77 |
"BRITISH WIVES OF GI'S ASK TO JOIN THEIR HUSBANDS IN U.S."
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| 00:46:33 331.77 |
HIGH ANGLE OF CROWD OF WOMEN, SOME WHEELING BABY CARRIAGES MARCHING DOWN STREET, TOWARDS CAMERA,
SHOUTING "WE WANT BOATS", AS THEY TRY TO GET SHIP PASSAGE TO U.S. |
| 00:46:39 337.77 |
WIFE OF GI AND SPOKESWOMAN FOR GROUP SAYS. "I WANT ALL YOU GIRLS TO KNOW THAT THE GENERAL CAN DO NOTHING AT ALL UNTIL ALL REPATRIATED SOLDIERS RETURN TO THE STATES". CU ANOTHER WOMAN SOBS AS SHE SAYS, "WE DON'T WANT TO GO TO AMERICA FOR ALL THE GLAMOUR WE SEE ON THE MOVIES", WE WANT TO BE WITH THEM BECAUSE WE LOVE THEM". ENGLAND.
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| 00:47:13 371.77 |
"AL SMITH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NATIONAL DRIVE LAUNCHED"
ARCH-BISHOP SPELLMAN, CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE FOR THE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SPEAKS AS OTHER MEMBERS WATCH IN BKGD. MAYOR LAGUARDIA CUTS THE HUGE BROWN DERBY CAKE TO LAUNCH THE CHARITY. POSTMASTER GENERAL FARLEY GETS FIRST SLICE |
| 00:48:09 427.77 |
MAYOR LAGUARDIA ACTS AS CONDUCTOR, USING KNIFE AS BATON, AS FAMED SINGER, KATE SMITH AND OTHERS, SING "THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK", AL SMITH'S THEME SONG.
MUSIC; SINGING |
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