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ALLIES STUDY POST-WAR SECURITY RUSSIA'S ANDRE GROMYKO ARRIVES BY PLANE, IS MET BY UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE STETTINIUS AND OTHERS.
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DELEGATES FROM ALLIED NATIONS INCLUDING CORDELL HULL, STETTINIUS, GROMYKO POSE FOR PHOTO. BEVY OF CAMERAMEN WITH MOVIE CAMERAS ON TRIPODS TAKE SHOTS.
DELEGATES SIT AROUND U-SHAPED TABLE |
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SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL SPEAKS AS GROMYKO AND BRITISH DELEGATE SIT BY HIM. SIR ALEXANDER CADOGAN ALSO SPEAKS FOR BRITAIN.
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ICELAND BECOMES REPUBLIC HUGE TENT CITY FOR 30,000 CITIZENS OF ICELAND ATTENDING CEREMONIES. HUGE COLUMN OF ISLANDIC CITIZENS INCLUDE THE PRESIDENT & BISHOP OF ICELAND WALK ALONG RUGGED CLIFFS ON ISLANDIC SHORE TO SITE OF EVENT.
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CROWDS ASSEMBLE, INCLUDING AMERICAN GENERAL KEY WHO WATCHES CEREMONY. GROUP OF ISLANDIC CITIZENS HOLD NATIONAL FLAGS. SEATED DIGNITARIES WITH TOP HATS. NEW PRESIDENT SVEN JORGENSON POSES.
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FIRST POWER FROM MIGHTY SHASTA DAM IN CALIFORNIA.
VIEW OF DAM FROM HILLSIDE. WATER SHOOTS DOWN HUGE CONCRETE WALLS TO VALLEY BELOW. HUGE CONTROL PANEL INSIDE, GAGES AND HUGE VALVE BEING TURNED. PAN OF DYNAMOS AND VALLEY BELOW DAM. |
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PACIFIC ISLANDS CAMPAIGN JAPANESE PLANE FLYING ACROSS SKY OF SAIPAN &
BURSTING INTO FLAMES, FALLING TO SEA. |
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PLANE WITH ONE WHEEL LANDS SAFELY ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER. TRACER BULLETS FILL SKY AT NIGHT AS WARSHIPS FIRE AT PLANES. JAP PLANE EXPLODES AS IT HITS SEA NEARBY.
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WARSHIPS BOMBARD FIAK ISLAND OFF NEW GUINEA.
MARINES WADE THROUGH WAIST DEEP WATER AS THEY HEAD FOR SHORE. MARINES IN WATER UP TO THEIR NECKS. |
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MARINE WITH K-9 DOGS SEARCH FOR HIDDEN JAPANESE IN JUNGLE CAVES & VILLAGES. JAPANESE PLANE ON GROUND BURNS.
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PARATROOPS & SUPPLIES FLOAT DOWN ON AIRSTRIP ON CAPTURED JAP AIRFIELD. GROUND LITTERED WITH JAPANESE DEAD.
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AERIAL PAN DEVASTATED TOWN OF AGIN ON GUAM.
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MARINES ADVANCE UNDER HEAVY FIRE. SHELL EXPLODING NEARBY. GIS USE BLANKET TO CARRY WOUNDED BUDDY.
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AMERICAN FLAG IS RAISED AMID DEBRIS OF BATTLE-TORN AIRFIELD. MARINE LIGHTS BUDDY'S CIGARETTE WITH HIS CIGARETTE.
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LONG COLUMN OF CHILDREN, SOME WALKING NUDE, &
WOMEN. SOME CARRYING BABIES IN PAPOOSES ON BACKS FOLLOW GI TO BEACH. WOMEN & CHILDREN BATHE IN WATER AS GIS WATCH. NUDE CHILD WALKS ALONG BEACH. THREE LITTLE GIRLS, ONE HOLDING INFANT, POSE FOR CAMERA. |
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CU NATIVE GUAM MOTHER HOLDS INFANT IN HANDS. GI CARRIES SMALL GIRL IN ARMS. DOCTOR USES STETHOSCOPE ON BACK OF YOUNG NATIVE GUAM BOY.
CROWDS OF NATIVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN LINE UP AT GI CAMP, ARE GIVEN FOOD AND SUPPLIES. |
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SMALL CHILD DRINKS FROM TIN CUP.
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"GRASSHOPPER" PLANES ON BOUGAINVILLE GROUND CREWMAN SPINS PROP TO START SMALL RECONNAISSANCE PLANE. PLANE TAKES OFF. AERIAL PLANE FLIES OVER TREE-TOPS OF DENSE JUNGLE. AS SEEN FROM PLANE FLYING ABOVE IT. AERIAL JAPANESE POSITIONS ARE SIGHTED
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GI ARTILLERY BATTERY FIRE CANNON AFTER RECEIVING ENEMY POSITIONS FROM SPOTTER PLANE. AERIAL SHELLS EXPLODING AS SEEN FROM SPOTTER PLANE.
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GOVERNOR DEWEY HAILS LIBERATION OF PARIS.
VIEWS OF GOVERNOR'S MANSION IN ALBANY, NEW YORK. GOVERNOR THOMAS E. DEWEY ADDRESS NATION FROM HIS DESK AT MANSION. |
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ALLIES LAND IN SOUTHERN FRANCE ANIMATED MAP OF FRANCE SHOWS WHERE ALLIED MAKE LANDINGS & ADVANCE THROUGH COUNTRYSIDE. HUGE ARMADA OF ALLIED WARSHIPS AS SEEN FROM FRENCH SHORE.
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AERIAL HUGE STORES OF ARMY VEHICLES AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE. LONG LINES OF SHIPS DOCKED AT PORT. PAN ARMORED VEHICLES DRIVE INTO HUGE DOORS IN FRONT OF LANDING CRAFTS. LARGE BOMBS BEING LOADED
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TROOPS MARCH ONTO LANDING SHIPS. FEET OF GIS WALKING ON GANGPLANKS. CONVOY UNDER WAY. SECRETARY OF NAVY FORRESTAL, ADMIRAL HEWETT, GENERAL PATCH, FRENCH GENERAL DE MONIET POSE ON BOARD FLAGSHIP.
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GI SEWS AMERICAN FLAG ARMBAND ON HIS SHIRT. WOMAN SEWS ONE ON ANOTHER GI. ANIMATED MAP OF FRANCE SHOWS STRATEGY.
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ELS SKY FILLED WITH PLANES AS SEEN FROM GROUND.
SLEEPING PARATROOPERS ARE AWAKENED ABOARD PLANES & GET READY TO JUMP. SKY IS FILLED WITH PARATROOPS JUMPING FROM PLANES. |
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AMERICAN TROOPS MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN STEEP CLIFFS TO SURPRISE THE ENEMY FROM BEHIND.
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MONTAGE HUGE SMOKE SCREEN IS LAYED DOWN TO COVER SHIPS FROM ENEMY FIRE. ENEMY SHELLS EXPLODE NEAR ALLIED LANDING CRAFT. ALLIED WARSHIPS BOMBARD GERMAN POSITIONS OFF FRENCH COAST. LANDING CRAFT HEAD FOR SHORE. GIS IN LANDING CRAFT WAIT FOR RAMP TO DROP AS THEY HEAD FOR BEACH.
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GIS RUN OFF LANDING CRAFT AND ONTO BEACH UNDER FIRE. SHELLS EXPLODE NEARBY. MONTAGE GIS HEAD INLAND. GIS FIRE RIFLES DOWN COUNTRY ROAD.
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GI FIRES INTO CLOSED DOOR OF VILLAGE HOUSE.
MONTAGE GERMAN PRISONERS WITH HANDS BEHIND HEADS ARE SEARCHED AND GUARDED BY GIS. PRISONER HOLDS WHITE FLAG IN ONE HAND AND OTHER BEHIND HIS NECK. PRISONERS ARE MARCHED DOWN ROAD UNDER GUARD. |
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GIS SEARCHING GERMAN PRISONERS. GROUP OF FRENCH PARTISAN FIGHTERS CHAT WITH GIS. CU "FFI", FRENCH FORCES OF INTERIOR, ON FRENCH ARMBAND. MONTAGE FRENCH VILLAGERS CHEER AS U. S. ARMY TANKS RIDE INTO TOWN
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DISTINGUISHED VISITORS TO WASHINGTON PRESIDENT SAN MARTIN OF CUBA IS GREETED AT AIRPORT, BY SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL. SAN MARTIN REVIEWS MARINE HONOR GUARD
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CHINA'S AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN, DOCTOR WELLINGTON COO, IS MET AT AIRPORT BY STETTINIUS.
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AUSTRALIAN FISHERMEN MAKE RECORD CATCH FISHERMEN MEND & PREPARE NETS ON THE BEACH.
FISHERMEN SPOT SCHOOLS OF TAYLOR FISH OFF BEACH AND RIDE OUT WITH BOATS AND NETS. |
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MEN AND WOMEN PULL HUGE NETS, CONTAINING THOUSANDS OF FISH, ONTO BEACH. BOY STRUGGLES TO CONTAIN A THRASHING FISH AS BIG AS HE IS. BOY WALKS INTO SHORE, TOWARDS CAMERA, CARRYING HUGE FISH BY ITS GILLS.
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FISHERMEN PICK UP THRASHING FISH AND PLACE THEM IN BASKETS. HUGE PILE OF FISH STACKED ON BEACH
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MARINES ROUND UP NATIVE CATTLE ON PACIFIC ISLAND FORMER COWBOYS AND NOW MARINES ON HORSEBACK SET OUT TO ROUND UP STRAY CATTLE. MANY HEAD OF CATTLE ARE HERDED AMID PALM TREES, AND SEPARATED IN CORALS BY THE MARINES.
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MARINE COOKS PREPARE MEAT DINNER FOR HUNGRY COWBOYS. CU TRAY IS FILLED WITH GENEROUS PORTION OF SLICED BEEF. CU GI SITS AND ENJOYS MEAL.
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ALLIED ACTION IN BURMA FIGHTER PLANES TAKE OFF FROM AIRFIELD. ELS SQUADRON OF ALLIED PLANE PEEL OFF FOR ATTACK ON MICHANAW. AS SEEN FROM GROUND
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GENERAL JOE STILLWELL JAUNTS OFF PLANE AFTER IT LANDS, IS GREETED BY GENERAL MERRILL. "UNCLE JOE'S CHARIOT" WRITTEN ON NOSE OF PLANE.
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BRAZILIAN TROOPS WITH 5TH ARMY IN ITALY GENERAL CLARK REVIEWS CONTINGENT OF BRAZILIAN TROOPS, SHAKES SOME HANDS
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UNITED NATIONS DELEGATES VISIT JEFFERSON'S HOME.
UNDER-SECRETARY STETTINIUS ACCOMPANIES GROUP OF DELEGATES TO DUNBARTON OAKS, VIRGINIA CONFERENCE, TO JEFFERSON'S FARM. STETTINIUS AND DELEGATES SIT ON GROUND AND EAT BOXED LUNCH. |
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UNITED NATIONS DELEGATES POSE ON JEFFERSON'S FRONT STEPS FOR GROUP PHOTO. THEY GATHER AROUND JAMES MONROE STATUE IN VIRGINIA. CU JAMES MONROE STATUE.
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U. S. MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE IN RUSSIA.
U. S. ARMY TRAIN WITH SIGN, "THIS TRAIN CARRIES THE (CENSORED) TONS OF WAR FREIGHT TO BE DELIVERED TO THE RUSSIANS BY THE 3RD MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE", PULLS INTO STATION IN TEHRAN, IRAN. |
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AS CROWD OF SOLDIERS WATCH, GENERAL THEODORE OSBORNE CHRISTENS TRAIN WITH BOTTLE OF VODKA HE SMASHES AGAINST LOCOMOTIVE. TRAIN TAKES OFF FOR RUSSIA WITH FLAT CARS LADEN WITH ARMY TANKS.
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MONTAGE RUGGED IRANIAN COUNTRYSIDE & MOUNTAINOUS AREAS AS SEEN FROM MOVING TRAIN. RUSSIAN CROWD MEETS TRAIN. CEREMONY IS HELD AS TRAIN AND TANKS ARE HANDED OVER TO THE SOVIETS.
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MAJOR GENERAL DONALD CONNELLY OFFICIALLY HANDS OVER TRAIN TO RUSSIANS AT OUTSIDE CEREMONY.
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ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL MEET IN QUEBEC. CHURCHILL IN NAVAL UNIFORM MEETS ROOSEVELT ON YACHT AUGUST, 1941. CHURCHILL AND ROOSEVELT POSE FOR OUTDOOR SHOTS AS THEY MEET TO DRAW UP ATLANTIC CHARTER.
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CHURCHILL AND FDR MEET IN CASABLANCA IN JANUARY 1943 TO PLAN LIBERATION OF FRANCE.
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STALIN, CHURCHILL AND FDR POSE IN TEHRAN FOR GROUP PHOTO AS MOLOTOV, OTHERS STAND BEHIND THEM.
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CIGAR SMOKING CHURCHILL AND WIFE EXIT TRAIN AT QUEBEC STATION. CROWD FOLLOWS. CHURCHILL MEETS FDR AT HIS OPEN LIMO. CU THE TWO CHAT.
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U. S. CAPITOL RECEIVES NEW COAT OF PAINT.
CAPITOL BUILDING. WORKERS LOOK TINY ATOP CAPITOL DOME AS CLIMB LADDERS TO THEY PAINT IT. WORKERS CLIMB LADDER NEAR TOP OF DOME. |
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FOUR PAINTERS USE PAINT BRUSHES AS THEY WORK HIGH ABOVE GROUND. PAINTER BRUSHES, WASHINGTON MONUMENT IN THE DISTANCE.
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WORKER BALANCES HIMSELF ON TOP OF HEAD OF STATUE ON TOP OF CAPITOL DOME AND WAVES WITH BOTH HANDS IN DAREDEVIL STUNT.
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ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL END QUEBEC TALKS FDR, CHURCHILL, THEIR WIVES AND OTHERS SIT ON ROOF OF BUILDING OVERLOOKING CITY AND POSE FOR CAMERAMEN. DOZENS OF CAMERAMAN TAKING SHOTS AND FILM
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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT POSES WITH CANADA'S MACKENZIE KING. ELEANOR WITH, SARAH CHURCHILL & PRINCESS ALICE SIT AND CHAT. ELEANOR FEEDS TIDBITS TO HER FAMED DOG FALA.
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SARAH AND ELEANOR GREET GUESTS AT GALA LUNCHEON.
GENERAL MARSHALL AND OTHER HIGH RANKING MILITARY SHAKE HANDS WITH THE TWO WOMEN. |
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VIEW OF HUGE HALL WITH GUESTS SEATED AT TABLES
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CHURCHILL AND FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT IN ROBES, SIT AS THEY RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREES AT MCGILL UNIVERSITY. CU ELEANOR ROOSEVELT & SARAH CHURCHILL SIT FOR INTERVIEW BY WOMAN ON CANADIAN RADIO STATION.
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EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION IN ROMe 3-WHEELER TRUCK MADE FROM MOTORCYCLE, CARRIES TEN PASSENGERS DOWN ROME STREET. BICYCLE RIDER HANGS ON AS TRUCK MOVES ALONG. SMALLER VERSION CARRIES SIX.
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MONTAGE PEOPLE GOING TO WORK BOARD HORSE-DRIVEN CARRIAGES AND WAGONS.
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BRAZILIAN GENERAL CABALLO HONORS CADETS AT WEST POINT. CADET BAND PLAYS AS GENERAL'S MOTORCADE ARRIVES AT ACADEMY. BRAZILIAN GENERAL PLACES PENDANT ON ACADEMY FLAG. WATCHES CADETS ON PARADE.
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COMBAT CAMERAMEN IN PACIFIC MONTAGE ACTION SHOTS OF MARINES HITTING BEACH UNDER FIRE.
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DOZENS OF CAMERAMEN IN GI UNIFORMS SIT ON JUNGLE GROUND AND POSE WITH THEIR CAMERAS IN HAND.
CAMERAMAN ACCOMPANIES PATROL THROUGH JUNGLE. GI TAKES AIM AND FIRES RIFLE INTO JUNGLE. CAMERAMAN HOLDING CAMERA IN ONE HAND AND RIFLE IN OTHER RUNS AND DROPS BEHIND PALM TREE FOR COVER. |
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CU GRENADE EXPLODING AND CAMERAMAN NEARBY TAKING THE SHOT. CU DEAD JAPANESE BODY LIES ON JUNGLE GROUND. CAMERAMAN LYING ON GROUND TAKES SHOT OF GI STANDING AND FIRING HIS RIFLE. MORE DEAD JAPANESE.
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CAMERAMAN LIGHTS GI'S CIGARETTE AS THEY SIT IN JUNGLE FOR REST.
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NEW U. S. JET PROPULSION PLANE.
FIGHTER PLANE WITH ROCKET ATTACHED UNDERNEATH TAKES OFF LEAVING TRAIL OF SMOKE IN PRIMITIVE ATTEMPT AT JET PROPULSION. |
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ROCKET IS ATTACHED UNDER PLANE. CU PILOTS' FOOT RAISES SLOWLY TO CONTROL ROCKET. PLANE SPEEDS OFF IN CLOUD OF SMOKE.
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CHRISTMAS PACKAGES FOR WAR PRISONERS. CANADIAN MEN & WOMEN SERVICEMEN PACK CANNED GOODS AND CLOTHING INTO SMALL CARTONS FROM A LONG TABLE. PAN. SOLDIER STENCILS LARGE CRATES CONTAINING THE CARTONS, FOR SHIPMENT TO PRISONER CAMP.
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GENERALS ADDRESS AMERICAN LEGION IN CHICAGO.
CHIEF-OF-STAFF GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL TAKES PODIUM & SPEAKS. GENERAL ARNOLD ALSO SPEAKS. LARGE AUDIENCE. |
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URUGUAY CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE DAY MONTAGE PRESIDENT JUAN JOSE ARITZAGA AND OTHER DIGNITARIES WITH TOP HATS AND TAILS CLIMB STAIRS OF REVIEWING PLATFORM. U.S. AMBASSADOR GOSS IN TOP HAT IS THERE. MILITARY PARADE WITH HORSE CAVALRY, MILITARY VEHICLES. SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND ACADEMY CADETS MARCH
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THE B-29 LONG LINE OF BOEING B-29'S ON ASSEMBLY LINE AT PLANT. PAN. WORKERS ASSEMBLING WHEELS, PROPS AND OTHER PARTS.
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MONTAGE B-29'S IN FLIGHT. CHINESE TROOPS &
LABORERS WATCH AS B-29 LAND AT JUST COMPLETED AIR FIELD IN CHINA. GENERAL CURTIS LEMAY MEETS & SHAKES WITH CREW OF B-29. CHINESE WORKERS USING HAND TOOLS CONTINUE TO WORK ON RUNWAY WITH B-29 IN BACKGROUND. |
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GENERAL CLAIRE CHENNAULT SHAKES WITH CREW OF B-29 IN CHINA.
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JEEP PASSES UNDER WING OF HUGE PLANE. MANY BARRELS OF GASOLINE STACKED NEAR A B-29.
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GROUND CREWS WORK ON B-29 TURRET GUNS. PLANES TAKE OFF FOR MISSION.
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UNRRA, UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION, MEETS IN MONTREAL DELEGATES FROM ALL NATIONS MEET AT HUGE CONVENTION. CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER MACKENZIE KING WELCOMES DELEGATES TO CANADA. UNRRA DIRECTOR GENERAL HERBERT LEHMAN STATES STATES THEME OF CONFERENCE.
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THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY FLEET CADETS FROM MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY MARCH DOWN BROADWAY DOING RIFLE DRILLS. MERCHANT MARINE SAILORS MARCH AS HIGH RANKING ADMIRALS WATCH FROM REVIEW STAND.
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CHINA JOINS SECURITY TALKS CHINESE DIPLOMATS & OTHERS INCLUDING U.S.
SECRETARY CORDELL HULL, STETTINIUS, CHINESE AMBASSADOR DR. WELLINGTON POO & STETTINIUS SIT AT MEETING TABLE IN DUNBARTON OAKS, WASHINGTON, AND DISCUSS SECURITY ISSUES. |
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GENERAL JOE STILLWELL AND PRESIDENTIAL EMISSARY DONALD M. NELSON POSE WITH OTHER HIGH RANKING CHINESE MILITARY ON STEPS OF GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN CHUNGKING, CHINA
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PACIFIC OFFENSIVE MAP OF PACIFIC WITH JAPAN, CHINA AND SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS.
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AMERICAN TROOPS TREK THROUGH MUD AS THEY ADVANCE INTO NEW GUINEA JUNGLE. CU FEET OF MARINES WALKING IN MUD. MARINES WALKING THROUGH KNEE-DEEP SWAMP WATERS. PLANE FLIES LOW, DROPS SUPPLIES WITHOUT PARACHUTES. CAMERA FOLLOWS SUPPLIES SMASHING TO GROUND. GIS PICK UP THE SMALL CRATES AND PILE THEM.
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LANDING CRAFT DOOR DROPS OPEN, MARINES RUN ONTO BEACH. IN LARGE GROUPS. SOLDIERS MARCHING ALONG BEACH AND INTO JUNGLE. CU DEAD JAPANESE.
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWS ARROW HEADING TOWARDS PALAU WHICH LIES BETWEEN NEW GUINEA AND PHILIPPINES.
GUN CREWS ON WARSHIP POUR FIRE INTO ISLAND. WARSHIPS BOMBARD ISLAND. AMPHIBIAN VEHICLES HEAD TOWARD PALAU SHORE. SMOKE RISES FROM BOMBARDMENT |
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CU FACES OF GIS READY TO LAND ON BEACH UNDER FIRE MONTAGE SHIRTLESS ARTILLERY MEN POUR SHELLS INTO ENEMY POSITIONS. GI RIFLEMAN FIRES INTO JUNGLE AS SEEN FROM BEHIND HIS SHOULDER. MACHINE GUNNER FIRING. GI FIRING BAZOOKA. MARINES RUN FORWARD UNDER JAPANESE FIRE.
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MARINE HELPS LIMPING BUDDY TO AID STATION. CU MEDICS ATTENDING WOUNDED GI. 4 GIS CARRY WOUNDED BUDDY ON STRETCHER AND ONTO LANDING CRAFT FOR EVACUATION.
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COLUMN OF GIS RUN BEHIND A MOVING TANK
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U. S. BOMBER MISSION IN VISIT TO CHILE.
ELS BOMBER SQUADRON FLIES OVER SANTIAGO, CHILE, AS SEEN FROM GROUND. LAND AT AIRPORT IN SANTIAGO. GENERAL GEORGE FRET IS GREETED ON GROUND BY CHILEAN MILITARY OFFICIALS AND HONOR GUARD. |
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GOOSE-STEPPING HONOR GUARD PARADES BEFORE U. S.
GENERAL AND BOMBER CREWS. SOLDIERS WEAR NAZI-TYPE HELMETS. |
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FUNERAL SERVICE FOR AL SMITH CU SMILING AL SMITH IS SEEN IN 1920s BEFORE.
POSES WITH WIFE & GREAT DANE PET DOG. SHE WEARS 1920s STYLE HAT. CIGAR PUFFING SMITH, WITH FAMOUS BROWN DERBY, EXITS TRAIN, WAVES. AL SMITH MOTORCADE IS GIVEN TICKER TAPE TREATMENT IN NEW YORK CITY DURING ELECTION |
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AL SMITH RECEIVES MEDAL FROM CATHOLIC CARDINAL.
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HUGE LINES OUTSIDE NEW YORK'S ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL WHERE SERVICES ARE HELD. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ARRIVES FOR SERVICES AS DOES NEW YORK'S HERBERT LEHMAN AND WIFE. LONG LINES OF PEOPLE VIEW BODY IN FRONT OF ALTAR.
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PALL BEARERS CARRY FLOWER-DRAPED COFFIN FROM CHURCH. CROWD AT CEMETERY.
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GUADALCANAL VICTORY GARDEN GI RIDE IN COLUMN OF TRACTORS AMID PALM TREES ON ISLAND OF GUADALCANAL
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SHIRTLESS ISLAND NATIVE THROWS WATERMELON TO ANOTHER NATIVE FILLING TRUCK. SHIRTLESS MARINES PLACE WATERMELONS AND OTHER LARGE FRUIT IN CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS, COVER THEM, ATTACH PARACHUTES TO THE CONTAINERS, LOAD THEM ON PLANES.
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PLANE CREW PUSH CONTAINERS OUT OF PLANE OVER AMERICAN POSITION. ENTHUSIASTIC GIS ON GROUND RUN OUT TO COLLECT THE PACKAGES.
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GIS OPEN PACKAGES AND GRAB THE WATER MELONS. THEY OPEN THEM WITH KNIVES AND FEAST ON THEM. CU GI FEEDS WATERMELON TO PET DOG.
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PRINCESS MARTHA AT NORWEGIAN GUNNERY SCHOOL.
PRINCESS ARRIVES BY LIMO TO TRAVERS ISLAND, PELHAM NEW YORK. IS GIVEN BOUQUET OF FLOWERS. GREETED BY U.S. & NORWEGIAN MILITARY. FLAGS OF BOTH NATIONS FLY. NORWEGIAN SAILORS STAND AT ATTENTION AS THEIR FLAG IS LOWERED. |
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LEHAVRE, BOULOGNE FALL; CALAIS IS STORMED.
INCENDIARY TARGET MARKERS FROM ALLIED PLANES, RAIN DOWN ON GERMAN POSITIONS. |
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NAZI TANK BURNS FIERCELY. MONTAGE SMOLDERING RUBBLE REMAINS OF LEHARVE
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CRANE LIFTS HUGE SHELL TO BE LOADED IN LARGE CANNON, WHICH WAS MOVED BY RAIL. BRITISH ARTILLERY CREW FIRES THE HUGE CANNON. ANOTHER SHELL IS SLID INTO THE BREECH AND FIRED. MONTAGE CANNON FIRING REPEATEDLY
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PAN OF A DESTROYED CITY OF LEHAVRE. LARGE GROUP OF ROAD SIGNS POINTING TO MANY TOWNS. LARGE GROUP OF GERMAN PRISONERS SMILE AND EAT, GLAD TO BE OUT OF WAR. CU SMILING PRE-TEENAGE GERMAN PRISONER.
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AERIAL MONTAGE BOMBERS DROPPING BOMBS OVER FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE. LONG CLUSTERS OF EXPLOSIONS BELOW.
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PACIFIC ADVANCE CONTINUES MAP SHOWING ISLAND OF FORMOSA OFF CHINA COAST.
B-29'S IN FLIGHT. |
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ADMIRAL NIMITZ AND GENERAL MACARTHUR PLOT STRATEGY ON MAP ON TABLE AND ANOTHER ON WALL.
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWS PHILIPPINES WHICH IS TARGETED BY MACARTHUR. INVASION SHIPS HEAD TOWARDS PHILIPPINE SHORE. LONG COLUMNS OF U. S. TROOPS WADE THROUGH KNEE-DEEP WATER TO SHORE AS THEY PILE OUT OF LANDING CRAFT
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GI STRUGGLES TRYING TO WALK IN THE KNEE DEEP MUD AND WATER ON SHORE. AMPHIBIAN VEHICLES GET STUCK IN MUDDY SHORE. TRUCKS ARE PULLED ASHORE WITH CABLES. MACARTHUR WALKS ASHORE AND INSPECTS NEWLY WON MORATAI. CU MACARTHUR IN SUN GLASSES.
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TWO MEDICS RUNNING ON BEACH IN PALAU, ONE RUNNING WITH STRETCHER ON SHOULDER PASSES BURNING AMERICAN AMPHIBIAN VEHICLE. HEAVY SMOKE POURS FROM VEHICLE
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| 01:18:52 4732 |
MARINE LYING ON GROUND POINTS MEDICS TO DIRECTION OF WOUNDED GI. MEDICS APPLY PLASMA TO WOUNDED MAN
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| 01:19:06 4746 |
CU 4 MARINES GATHER CLOSE TOGETHER TO LOOK AT MAP. ONE GIVES INSTRUCTION. MARINE TALKING ON FIELD PHONE. THESE PICTURES WERE LAST TAKEN BY CAMERAMAN DAVID FERER.
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| 01:19:22 4762 |
MARINES RUNNING TO AND FRO IN HEAT OF BATTLE FIRING RIFLES, MACHINE GUNS AND SMALL CANNON FIRES POINT BLANK INTO JUNGLE.
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| 01:20:04 4804 |
STANDING MARINE WAVES ON BUDDIES WITH HAND.
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| 01:20:23 4823 |
"FIGHTING 92ND" WITH FIFTH ARMY IN ITALY.
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| 01:20:35 4835 |
CROWDS OF CHEERING ITALIANS MAKE WAY AS 92ND DIVISION GIS RIDE THROUGH TOWN. AS SEEN FROM TANK AS IT MAKES WAY THROUGH CROWD.
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| 01:20:50 4850 |
GI HOLDS BOOTS IN HANDS AS HE LIMPS ALONG, PAN TO BARE FEET WALKING. WEARY SOLDIERS SIT ON SIDE OF ROAD FOR NEEDED REST. CU BLACK GI SITS ON GROUND AND SHAVES HIS FACE, ANOTHER READS LETTER FORM HOME.
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| 01:21:09 4869 |
GIS TAKE COVER IN ON SIDE OF HILL. CU BLACK GI AIMS HIS RIFLE AND FIRES ANOTHER FIRES BAZOOKA.
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| 01:21:15 4875 |
GENERAL MARK CLARK VISITS WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN TENT HOSPITAL. SHAKES HANDS WITH ONE IN COT.
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| 01:21:29 4889 |
WENDELL WILLKIE, WORLD CITIZEN MONTAGE HUGE CROWD OF DELEGATES AT REPUBLICAN CONVENTION WHERE WILLKIE IS NOMINATED TO RUN AGAINST FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. WILLKIE ADDRESSES CONVENTION IN 1940.
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| 01:21:52 4912 |
WILLKIE WITH HANDS OUTSPREAD SITS, ON TOP OF SEAT IN MOTORCADE, DURING HIS CAMPAIGN. WAVES TO CROWD.
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| 01:22:09 4929 |
WILLKIE ADDRESSES HUGE OUTDOOR THRONG.
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| 01:22:15 4935 |
WENDELL WILLKIE POSES WITH WINSTON CHURCHILL OUTSIDE 10 DOWNING STREET, DURING NAZI BOMBING OF LONDON. BRITISH AIR-RAID WARDENS AND OTHER PEOPLE CHAT TO WILLKIE IN UNDERGROUND SHELTER DURING AIR RAID.
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| 01:22:39 4959 |
WILLKIE SHAKES HANDS WITH CHIANG KAI SHEK, ON VISIT TO CHINA. SHAKES WITH MADAME CHIANG. CU WENDELL WILLKIE LOOKS INTO CAMERA POSING.
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| 01:22:57 4977 |
STETTINIUS SUMMARIZES SECURITY TALKS AT DUNBARTON OAKS DELEGATES FORM ALL ALLIED NATIONS SIT AROUND TABLE DURING WORLD SECURITY MEETING. STETTINIUS MAKES SPEECH.
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| 01:24:04 5044 |
CHINESE TAKE TENGCHUNG ON BURMA ROAD CHINESE ARTILLERY CREW FIRE OLD-TYPE CANNON ON WHEELS INTO ANCIENT CITY OF TENGCHUNG. SHELLS
EXPLODE IN DISTANCE TOWN. CU CHINESE SOLDIER FIRES TOMMY GUN FROM BEHIND SAND-BAGGED TRENCH. ANOTHER FIRES BAZOOKA. |
| 01:24:28 5068 |
CHINESE SOLDIER DROPS HUGE MORTAR SHELL INTO MORTAR AND RUNS OUT OF THE WAY AS IT FIRES. AS MORTAR SHELL EXPLODES, CHINESE SOLDIERS CHARGE FORWARD.
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| 01:24:40 5080 |
CHINESE SOLDIERS USE WOODEN LADDERS TO CLIMB OVER OLD FORT WALLS. WOUNDED BEING CARRIED ON MAKE-SHIFT STRETCHER. WOUNDED SOLDIER WITH HAND BANDAGED IS TREATED AS HE LIES ON GROUND.
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| 01:25:09 5109 |
DEAD JAPANESE INSIDE BUNKER, ANOTHER LIES SPRAWLED AT ENTRANCE TO TUNNEL. CHINESE SOLDIER TAKES JAPANESE FLAG FROM POCKET OF DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIER.
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| 01:25:16 5116 |
CHINESE WOMEN SQUAT ON GROUND AMID DEBRIS SEARCH FOR USABLE ITEMS.
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| 01:25:19 5119 |
PLOIESTI OIL FIELDS IN ROMANIA DEVASTATED BY ALLIED BOMBING. AERIAL BOMBERS FLY LOW OVER OIL FIELDS, THROUGH BLACK SMOKE OF BURNING OIL.
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| 01:25:34 5134 |
HUGE BELLOWS OF BLACK SMOKE BLACKEN THE SKY. PAN OF BURNING OIL FROM GROUND LEVEL. MONTAGE GERMAN SOLDIERS POUR WATER ON FLAMES IN HOPELESS ATTEMPT TO CONTROL FIRES. FIRES CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT.
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| 01:26:44 5204 |
PAN OF STILL SMOKING ROWS OF RAILROAD TANK CARS, DEVASTATION OF AREA IS SEEN AFTER FIRE IS PUT OUT.
HUGE COLUMN OF SMOKE RISES FROM STUBBORN OIL FIRE IN DISTANCE. |
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