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ALLIES DRIVE ON IN ITALY: PLANES SMASH FOE IN AIR.
SKY IS FULL OF ALLIED BOMBERS. AERIAL BOMBS FALLING ON TARGETS FROM NETHERLANDS TO WESTERN GERMANY. EXPLOSIONS ON GROUND ALONG ROADS. AS SEEN FROM PLANE. |
| 00:41:20 44.73 |
AERIAL VIEW OF SHIP BEING STRAFED AND BOMBED AS SEEN FROM ATTACKING PLANE. ALLIED BOMBER RECEIVING DIRECT HIT. MONTAGE NAZI PLANES BURSTS INTO FLAMES, AS SEEN FROM ATTACKING PLANES CAMERAS
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| 00:42:21 105.73 |
ANIMATED MAP SHOWS ALLIED THRUST IN CASSINO, ITALY AND ANZIO BEACH HEAD. CU GENERAL MARK CLARK AND BRITISH GENERAL ALEXANDER POSE IN ITALY. MONTAGE TANK GUNS AND ARTILLERY BOMBARD NAZI POSITIONS.
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| 00:42:48 132.73 |
MONTAGE GIS FIRE RIFLES AND MACHINE GUNS FROM BEHIND ROCKS. TROOPS ADVANCE OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. GIS DUCK AS SHELL BURSTS NEARBY.
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| 00:43:13 157.73 |
GIS DUCK ALONGSIDE BUILDING AS SHELL EXPLODES IN THEIR MIDST. ONE GI DOESN'T GET UP.
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| 00:43:24 168.73 |
PLANES SPAN U.S. CONTINENT IN RECORD 6 1/2 HOURS.
2 P-51 MUSTANGS TAKE OFF FROM CALIFORNIA LAND IN NEW YORK. PILOTS ARE MET IN NEW YORK BY NEWSMEN. |
| 00:44:02 206.73 |
PILOT COLONEL PETERSON JUMPS OFF PLANE AND KISSES WIFE. NEWSMEN GREET OTHER PILOT COLONEL CARTER.
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| 00:44:27 231.73 |
1300 NEW CADET NURSES PLEDGE SERVICE TO U.S.
STUDENT NURSES MARCH TO NEW YORK'S CITY HALL FOR INDUCTION.LARETE GHROUP OF NURSES RAISE HANDS TO BE SWORN IN OUTSIDE CITY HALL. |
| 00:45:03 267.73 |
ARMY SALUTES NEW DIVISIONS READY TO SERVE OVERSEAS MONTAGE SOLDIERS MARCHING IN REVIEW.
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| 00:45:31 295.73 |
AERIAL SMOKE SCREEN AIDS FARMERS KILL PESTS.
PILOTS OF CROP-DUSTING PLANES LOOK OVER SHOULDERS OF MAN AS HE SHOWS THEM A MAP ON THE GROUND |
| 00:45:32 296.73 |
PILOTS AND GROUND CREWS LOAD BAGS OF POWERED CHEMICAL ON CROP-DUSTING BI-PLANE. CU PILOT WEARS GAS MASK BEFORE TAKING OFF. THREE BI-PLANES TAKE OFF FOR DUSTING RUN.
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| 00:45:57 321.73 |
MONTAGE PLANE SPEEDS INCHES OFF GROUND AND SPEW CLOUDS OF CHEMICAL ON CROPS.
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| 00:46:12 336.73 |
ALLIED FORCES TAKE HOLLANDIA IN NEW GUINEA. CONVOY OF WARSHIPS HEAD TOWARD HOLLANDIA. ANIMATED MAP SHOWS PATH TAKEN BY ALLIED FORCES TASK FORCE TO NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA
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| 00:46:41 365.73 |
MONTAGE NIGHT IS LIT UP BY WARSHIP BOMBARDMENT.
MONTAGE DAYTIME BOMBARDMENT BY WARSHIPS. BOMBER FORMATION OVER HOLLANDIA. AERIAL VIEW OF BOMBS EXPLODING ON BEACHES TO SOFTEN UP BEACH FOR INVASION. |
| 00:47:32 416.73 |
GENERAL MACARTHUR, WITH COTTON IN EARS, WATCHES FROM BRIDGE OF WARSHIP. LANDING CRAFT HEADING FOR SHORE, HIT BEACHES, SOLDIERS CHARGE ONTO BEACHES.
SOLDIER RUNNING OFF LANDING CRAFT FALLS ON HIS FACE IN WATER. |
| 00:48:30 474.73 |
TANKS ROLL OFF LANDING SHIP, HEAD INTO JUNGLE, GIS FOLLOW BEHIND. CU FEET OF GI WALKING THROUGH ANKLE-DEEP MUD. MACARTHUR HEADS FOR SHORE ON LANDING CRAFT. MACARTHUR WALKS ONTO BEACH. CU DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS
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| 00:49:01 505.73 |
MACARTHUR GIVES HEARTY HANDSHAKE TO MARINE GENERAL KREUGER. MARINES WATCH MACARTHUR LEAVE FOR WARSHIP IN LANDING CRAFT. HE WAVES GOODBYE RG 208 - ROLL 104
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| 00:50:12 576.73 |
ALLIED GUNS BLAST NAZIS IN ITALY. GI OBSERVER PEERS THROUGH BINOCULARS AND GIVES ORDERS TO ARTILLERY OVER PHONE. BIG CANNONS RISE INTO POSITION. CU GIS WITH HEAD PHONES GIVE ORDERS TO FIRE. MONTAGE CANNONS FIRE FROM CAMOUFLAGE POSITIONS.
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| 00:51:09 633.73 |
ITALIAN PRISONERS VOLUNTEER FOR U.S. ENGINEERS.
INSTRUCTOR USES BLACKBOARD TO INSTRUCT ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS IN OUTDOOR CLASS IN NORTH CAROLINA. |
| 00:51:41 665.73 |
GROUP OF UNIFORMED ITALIANS WATCH DEMONSTRATION OF JACK HAMMER. PRISONER TRIES IT OUT. PRISONER USES BLOCK PLANER ON OUTDOOR SHOP BENCH AS OTHERS WATCH
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| 00:52:05 689.73 |
PLATOONS OF ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS, IN U.S. ARMY UNIFORMS, MARCH SMARTLY IN REVIEW.
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| 00:52:28 712.73 |
NEW CITIZENS PLEDGE LOYALTY TO AMERICA. MONTAGE THRONG OF ONE MILLION NEWYORKERS ASSEMBLE IN CENTRAL PARK TO CELEBRATE, "I AM AN AMERICAN DAY".
WOUNDED SERVICEMEN ARE GUESTS OF HONOR. MAYOR LAGUARDIA PAYS TRIBUTE TO THEIR HEROISM |
| 00:53:25 769.73 |
THE COUNTRY'S NEWEST AMERICANS STAND AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG.
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| 00:53:49 793.73 |
U.S. TROOPS "AT HOME" IN ENGLAND. AERIAL ALLIED PLANES FLY OVER GI CAMP MADE OF HUNDREDS OF WOODEN CARGO CRATES.
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| 00:54:04 808.73 |
GI STANDS GUARD IN TWO STORY SHACK MADE OF WOODEN CRATES, WITH "SHANTY TOWN" WRITTEN ON IT.
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| 00:54:12 816.73 |
LONG BOAT IS TAKEN OUT OF CRATE, THEN GIS MOVE COTS INTO IT AND MAKE THE CRATE A HOME.
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| 00:54:26 830.73 |
TWO GIS RELAX, WRITE LETTERS AND POLISH BOOTS INSIDE THEIR LITTLE "HOME". GI STANDS OUTSIDE DOOR NEXT TO SIGN, "VINE AND HOLLYWOOD". GI PULLS LEVER NEXT TO COT AND VENTS ON WINDOW OPEN TO LET IN AIR
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| 00:54:48 852.73 |
GIS LINE UP FOR HAIRCUTS. GI BARBER CUTS HAIR OUTSIDE SHACK. MAKE-SHIFT WOODEN BARBER CHAIR IS RAISED AND LOWERED WITH LEVER MADE FROM PLANK OF WOOD.
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| 00:55:00 864.73 |
ARMY TESTS NEW WEAPONS AS INVASION LOOMS. ELS FLYING FORTRESSES DROP CLUSTERS OF BOMBS RESULTING IN HUGE ELONGATED EXPLOSIONS ON GROUND, DEVASTATING A LARGE AREA.
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| 00:55:33 897.73 |
DIVE BOMBER SWOOPS DOWN AND DROPS TORPEDO WHICH EXPLODES BEFORE HITTING WATER. CLUSTER OF BOMBS WHICH EXPLODE BEFORE HITTING GROUND, SPRAYS THE AREA WITH SHRAPNEL. TWO DIVE BOMBERS DROP GAS TANKS WHICH EXPLODE IN LARGE FIRE BALLS.
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| 00:56:12 936.73 |
TROOPS TEST NEW MORTARS. EXPLODING SHELLS IN DISTANCE. MONTAGE GIS TEST NEW FLAME THROWERS ON TANKS. GROUP OF GIS IN SEMI-CIRCLE FIRE FLAME THROWERS AT CAMERA. AERIAL VIEW OF SAME SIGHT.
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| 00:56:48 972.73 |
GENERAL EISENHOWER INSPECTS AIR BASES IN ENGLAND.
IKE WALKS ONTO FIELD FOLLOWED BY HIS GENERAL STAFF. GROUND CREWS AND OFFICERS WATCH, SALUTE. |
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SMILING GROUND CREWS PEER OUT OF BARRACKS WINDOW TO GET A LOOK AT THEIR FAMED LEADER.
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| 00:57:08 992.73 |
GI BRICK LAYERS DROP THEIR BRICKS IN AWE AND GIVE IKE A SALUTE.
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| 00:57:28 1012.73 |
IKE SITS IN COCKPIT OF FIGHTER AND TEST FIRES THE WING MACHINE GUNS. GIS WATCH IN AWE. IKE STANDS ON CONING TOWER AND WATCHES BOMBERS TAKE OFF ON RAID.
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| 00:58:00 1044.73 |
MONTAGE SKY FULL OF BOMBER SQUADRONS. FLAK FILLS SKY AS BOMBERS FLY OVER TARGET. PILOT PEERS OUT OF CRACKED WINDSHIELD HIT BY FLAK. AERIAL MONTAGE BOMBS FALLING FROM BOMB BAYS, HIT GROUND IN CLUSTERS. PAN
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| 00:59:14 1118.73 |
BOMBERS RETURN TO BASE AND OTHERS TAKE OFF FOR NIGHT BOMBING RUN. AERIAL LARGE EXPLOSIONS ON GROUND LIGHT UP DARK NIGHT ON NAZI TARGETS. HUGE BLASTS OVER TARGETS.
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| 01:00:15 1179.73 |
RG 208 - ROLL 105
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| 01:00:54 1219.73 |
AMERICAN ARMY WOMEN SERVING ON ALL FRONTS MECHANIC EXPLAINS TO GROUP OF ARMY WACS SITTING ON GROUND, WORKINGS OF PLANE ENGINE LYING ON RACK, NEXT TO BOMBER, OUTSIDE HANGAR.
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| 01:01:10 1234.73 |
WOMEN MECHANICS WORKING ON ENGINES & OTHER PARTS OF THE BOMBER. 2 WACS WORK UNDER THE PLANE WHILE OTHERS WORK ON ENGINE AND INSIDE CONTROL PANELS.
WAC DISASSEMBLES THE MACHINE GUN |
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WACS WAVE TO GIS ON AUSTRALIAN SHORE FROM TRANSPORT SHIP SIGN, "WELCOME WACS" AMID BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS. MONTAGE LONG LINE OF WACS WEARING BATTLE GEAR WALK DOWN GANGPLANK OF TROOP SHIP.
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| 01:02:20 1304.73 |
WORKERS BUILD 5,000TH BOEING FORTRESS SINCE WAR.
HUGE CROWD OF WORKERS GATHER AROUND THE 5000TH FLYING FORTRESS AT BOEING AIRFIELD SEATTLE. SIGN ON TAIL OF PLANE, "SINCE PEARL HARBOR, 5000, BOEING FLYING FORTRESS". WORKERS WRITE THEIR NAMES ON SIDE OF PLANE. |
| 01:02:47 1331.73 |
WOMAN WORKER PLACES WREATH AROUND PROTRUDING FRONT MACHINE GUN
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| 01:02:57 1341.73 |
CAMERAMEN READY TO FILM INVASION. MONTAGE LARGE GROUP OF ARMY CAMERAMEN POSE FOR PHOTO HOLDING CAMERAS IN HANDS. SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND.
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| 01:03:17 1361.73 |
CAMERAMAN POSES WITH CREW AND OFFICERS IN FRONT OF B-17. CAMERAMAN WEARING PILOTS OUTFIT WINDS MOVIE CAMERA IN FRONT OF TURRET GUN OF PLANE.
MONTAGE CAMERAMEN POSE INDIVIDUALLY WITH CAMERAS |
| 01:03:45 1389.73 |
HOME TOWN HAILS AIR FORCE HERO. TWO AMERICAN AIR ACES, CAPTAIN JOHN GODFREY AND CAPTAIN DON GENTILE, TOP U. S. ACE, WALK ARM AND ARM WITH PARENTS AS THEY CROSS STREET IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
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| 01:04:14 1418.73 |
GENTILE'S HOME TOWN IN OHIO, WITH SIGN, "WELCOME TO PIQUA, A LIVE MANUFACTURING CITY, POPULATION 20,000". GENTILE'S HOME
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| 01:04:24 1428.73 |
GENTILE'S SISTER HUGS HER BROTHER FOR JOY AS CROWD OF NEIGHBORS FILL THE HOUSE. DON KISSES PROUD MOM AND DAD.
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| 01:05:07 1471.73 |
ALLIED ARMIES IN ITALY JOINED FOR DRIVE NORTH
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| 01:05:13 1477.73 |
AERIAL SHATTERED TOWN OF CASSINO. ALLIED BOMBERS DROPPING BOMBS DEEPLY INTO ENEMY LINES. AERIAL BOMBS HITTING TWO IMPORTANT BRIDGES NORTH OF ROME.
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| 01:05:52 1516.73 |
DARK NIGHT IS LIT UP BY ALLIED BOMBARDMENT.
MONTAGE BRITISH MOTORIZED UNITS SPEED FORWARD ON ROADS. LONG COLUMN OF BRITISH TROOPS MARCH ON DIRT ROAD. |
| 01:06:29 1553.73 |
AERIAL HUNDREDS OF BOMB CRATERS FILLED WITH WATER ATTEST TO ENORMOUS POUNDING OF CASSINO.
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| 01:07:17 1601.73 |
MONTAGE ALLIED TROOPS MARCH BY BUILDINGS OF DEVASTATED TOWN OF CASTLE FORTE. ITALIAN REFUGEES, MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, HERDED TOGETHER IN A RAVINE. AMERICAN SOLDIER HELPS AN OLD LADY WALK THROUGH RUBBLE. REFUGEES ON ROAD CARRY MEAGER BELONGINGS.
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| 01:08:28 1672.73 |
AERIAL HUGE NUMBER OF NAZI PRISONERS SIT ON GROUND HERDED TOGETHER. MANY OF PRISONERS SMILE FOR CAMERA, GLAD TO BE ALIVE. MONTAGE FACES OF PRISONERS SHOW FATIGUE AND BEWILDERMENT. SOME LOOK RELIEVED.
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| 01:09:08 1712.73 |
AERIAL ENDLESS COLUMN OF ALLIED VEHICLES RIDING ON ROAD NEAR SEASHORE.
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| 01:09:36 1740.73 |
RG 208 - ROLL 106
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| 01:10:20 1784.73 |
D-DAY. GENERAL EISENHOWER AND GENERAL STAFF PERUSE WALL MAP OF EUROPE AS INVASION BEGINS.
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| 01:10:40 1804.73 |
AERIAL HUNDREDS OF GERMAN SLAVE LABORERS WITH SHOVELS DIG FORTIFICATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR INVASION. MONTAGE HUGE CONCRETE FORTIFICATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION. PAN OF MASSIVE CONCRETE BUNKERS, WITH CANNONS ALONG SEA WALL
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| 01:11:33 1857.73 |
GERMAN SOLDIERS REMOVE CAMOUFLAGE NETTING &
PREPARE HUGE CANNON FOR TEST. MONTAGE CANNON AFTER CANNON RISE INTO FIRING POSITIONS. VIEW LOOKING OUT TO ENGLISH CHANNEL FROM GERMAN BUNKER. |
| 01:12:05 1889.73 |
HUGE NUMBER OF ALLIED TANKS, TRUCKS AND MILITARY VEHICLES, ARTILLERY PIECES. BOMBS, AIRPLANES AS FAR AS EYES CAN SEE LIE IN FIELDS AWAITING INVASION TO BEGIN. CRANE HELPS STOCKPILE CRATES.
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| 01:12:36 1920.73 |
GI PUSHES CARTONS ON A CONVEYOR BELT AND INTO BOX CAR. FORKLIFT RIDES BY ENORMOUS PILES OF CARTONS IN HUGE WAREHOUSE. LONG COLUMNS OF BOX CARS, TANK CARS, LOCOMOTIVES IN RAILROAD YARDS.
LANDING CRAFT AND SHIPS OF ALL SIZES SIT IDLE IN HARBOR AWAITING CALL FOR INVASION. |
| 01:13:22 1966.73 |
GIS SMACK BRACES WITH SLEDGE HAMMERS AND LANDING CRAFTS SLIDE OFF FREIGHTER AND INTO WATER WITH A BIG SPLASH. CU OLD SOLDIER WITH PIPE WATCHES.
MONTAGE- ALL TYPES OF LANDING CRAFT AND SMALL BOATS WAIT IN HARBOR. |
| 01:13:59 2003.73 |
MONTAGE SHIPS, LARGE AND SMALL. TAKE OUT TO SEA ON ENGLISH CHANNEL.
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| 01:14:11 2015.73 |
MONTAGE THOUSANDS OF ALLIED SOLDIERS WITH FULL GEAR LINE UP TO BOARD TRANSPORT SHIPS. MONTAGE TANKS, JEEPS, ARTILLERY, ROLL ONTO LANDING CRAFT.
CU TANK THREAD ROLLS TOWARD CAMERA. |
| 01:14:50 2054.73 |
LANDING CRAFT FULL OF ALLIED SOLDIERS SAIL OUT TO LARGE TRANSPORT SHIPS IN HARBOR, BOARD THEM.
SOME CLIMB ONTO SHIP USING CARGO NETS AS LADDERS. |
| 01:15:19 2083.73 |
MONTAGE CONVOY OF INVASION SHIPS HEAD TOWARDS FRANCE. MONTAGE SOLDIERS CLIMB DOWN NET LADDERS AND INTO LANDING CRAFT AS INVASION BEGINS. AERIAL LANDING CRAFT CIRCLE AROUND TRANSPORT SHIP BEFORE HEADING FOR THE BEACHES.
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| 01:16:13 2137.73 |
ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF FRANCE TO ENGLAND AND ARROWS POINT TO LANDING AREA ON NORMANDY. SQUADRONS OF CARGO PLANES WITH PARATROOPS FILL SKY. MONTAGE PARATROOPERS JUMPING FROM PLANE.
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| 01:16:27 2151.73 |
CU PARATROOPER WITH HAND HELD CAMERA CATCHES EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE AS HE DROPS AND CHUTE JARS HIM AS IT OPENS. MONTAGE SEVERAL VIEWS OF TROOPS JUMPING FROM PLANES IN HUGE NUMBERS. CHUTISTS GENTLY FALLING TO EARTH BY THE THOUSANDS. PAN
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| 01:17:22 2206.73 |
MONTAGE ARTILLERY CREWS BOMBARD ENEMY POSITIONS, FROM LANDING CRAFT, AS THEY APPROACH BEACH.
WARSHIPS AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS BOMBARD BEACH FROM DISTANCE. HUGE EXPLOSIONS ON THE BEACH |
| 01:18:00 2244.73 |
ALLIED PLANE LAYS DOWN SMOKE SCREEN TO COVER LANDING CRAFT APPROACHING BEACH. LANDING CRAFT HIT THE BEACH, SOLDIERS RUN OUT. VIEW OF ALLIED SOLDIERS RUNNING THROUGH THE SURF TOWARDS BEACH.
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| 01:18:46 2290.73 |
SOLDIERS CLIMB UP RUGGED SEA WALL. GI PLANTS DYNAMITE CHARGE IN BURNING PILLBOX AND RUNS TO TAKE COVER. EXPLODING PILLBOX.
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| 01:19:07 2311.73 |
BARRAGE BALLOONS HOVER OVER SHIPS ON BEACH TO PROTECT AGAINST LOW FLYING ENEMY BOMBERS.
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| 01:19:20 2324.73 |
RG 208 - ROLL 107
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| 01:20:00 2364.73 |
NAVY PLANES DOWN JAPS IN PACIFIC BATTLE. CONVOY OF U.S. WARSHIPS IN PACIFIC. SHIRTLESS SAILOR WITH HELMET SIGNALS OTHER SHIP WITH FLAGS.
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| 01:20:15 2379.73 |
JAPANESE PLANES ATTACKING AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
BATTERY OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS ON CARRIER FIRE AT ATTACKING PLANES. ELS TRACER BULLETS AND PUFFS OF FLAK FOLLOW AN ATTACKING JAPANESE PLANE. ELS JAPANESE PLANE IS HIT. BURNING PLANE TUMBLES TO SEA. |
| 01:20:48 2412.73 |
PLANE CRASHING TO THE SEA. FLAMES RISE FROM SEA WHERE PLANE CRASHED. FLAMING PLANE FALLS TO SEA.
BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM SEA. WHERE IT CRASHED |
| 01:21:22 2446.73 |
EISENHOWER'S' SON IN WEST POINT GRADUATION. AERIAL GRADUATION CLASS SIT IN HUGE AUDITORIUM AWAITING DIPLOMAS. SPECTATORS AND FAMILIES ALSO.
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| 01:21:55 2480.73 |
GENERAL SOMERVILLE CONGRATULATES YOUNG JOHN EISENHOWER, HANDS HIM DIPLOMA. JOHN POSES WITH PROUD MOM, MAMIE EISENHOWER.
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| 01:22:24 2508.73 |
MONTAGE CROWD WATCHES GRADUATING CADETS PUT ON MARCHING REVIEW..
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| 01:22:39 2523.73 |
U.S. INDIANS HOSTS TO YOUNG CHINESE PILOTS.
CHINESE AIR CADETS WITH PARACHUTES ON THEIR BACKS BOARD DC-3 CARGO PLANES IN NEW MEXICO. |
| 01:22:58 2542.73 |
NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS DO A WAR DANCE AS GROUP OF CHINESE PILOTS WATCH AT AIRSTRIP. FEATHERED INDIANS DANCING. CU CHINESE PILOTS WITH BROAD GRINS ON FACE, ENJOY THE SHOW.
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| 01:23:22 2566.73 |
COLORFULLY DRESSED INDIAN SQUAW DOES DANCE TO BEAT OF DRUMS
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| 01:23:30 2574.73 |
PARADE OPENS FIFTH WAR BOND DRIVE. MONTAGE GOOD SHOTS OF THOUSANDS OF HELMETED GIS MARCHING DOWN FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY, TOWARDS CAMERA IN PERFECT FORMATION. VIEW OF MARCHERS AS SEEN FROM ABOVE.
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| 01:24:04 2608.73 |
PLATOON OF ARMY WACS PARADE DOWN AVENUE, FOLLOWED BY SAILORS AND NAVY WAVES. AERIAL VIEW OF HUGE PARADE.
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| 01:24:35 2639.73 |
ITALY, GENERAL MARK CLARK REVIEWS PLATOON OF ARMY WACS IN ITALY. PINS MEDAL ON BLACK WAC. WACS SIT AT LONG OUTDOOR PICNIC TABLE AND EAT MEAL.
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| 01:25:00 2664.73 |
TWO WACS PLAYING PING PONG OUTSIDE THEIR TENT. WAC SPRAWLS ACROSS GROUND ATTENDING HER VICTORY GARDEN IN FRONT OF TENT.
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| 01:25:15 2679.73 |
GI BARGAINS WITH ITALIAN WOMAN STREET VENDOR. SHE USES HAND GESTURES, HE SCRATCHES HIS HEAD TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
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| 01:25:32 2696.73 |
ITALIAN WAITER BRINGS WRONG ITEM TO GI SEATED AT OUTDOOR TABLE WITH OTHERS, HE JOKINGLY SENDS HIM BACK.
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| 01:25:35 2699.73 |
LITTLE ITALIAN BOY USES SIDE OF BOMBER AS BLACKBOARD AS HE STANDS ON TABLE WITH POINTER AND TEACHES BOMBER CREW, SEATED ON GROUND, THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE. BOY DISMISSES CLASS.
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| 01:26:10 2734.73 |
AIRBORNE FORCES PLAY BIG ROLE IN BATTLE OF EUROPE SQUADRONS OF GLIDERS LINE UP AT AIRFIELD IN ENGLAND. FULLY EQUIPPED AMERICAN SOLDIERS RUN ACROSS TO BOARD GLIDES. JEEPS AND ARTILLERY PIECES ARE ALSO LOADED ON GLIDERS.
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| 01:26:42 2766.73 |
GI ATTACHES TOWING CABLE TO GLIDER AND DC-3 PLANE TOWS IT TO SKY.
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| 01:27:20 2804.73 |
SUPPLIES ARE DROPPED FROM SKY PRIOR TO GLIDERS LANDING. MONTAGE- GLIDERS LANDING IN FIELD SEND UP A CLOUD OF DUST. GIS COME POURING OUT.
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| 01:28:46 2890.73 |
DC-3 CARGO PLANE SWOOP LOW AND PICK UP GLIDERS WITH GRAPPLING HOOKS, ON APPARATUS SET UP BETWEEN TWO POLES.
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| 01:29:00 2904.73 |
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