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00:41:55 1.53
LIBERATION OF PRAGUE.
LARGE U.S., BRITISH FLAGS HANG DOWN OVER CITY'S
STREET. GERMAN SIGNS ARE TORN DOWN FROM BUILDINGS.
MAN RISKS INJURY AS HE INCHES ALONG LEDGE HIGH ON
BUILDING TO TEAR DOWN SIGN.
00:42:24 30.53
ARMED GERMAN SOLDIERS PATROL STREETS DESPITE
GERMANY'S SURRENDER. PEOPLE RUN ACROSS WIDE
STREETS AS CZECHS BATTLE GERMAN TROOPS.
00:43:00 66.53
CU CIVILIAN PUTS A CLIP OF BULLETS INTO RIFLE.
BOX OF HAND GRENADES BEING OPENED AND GRENADES
HANDED OUT. MAN WALKS ALONG TILED ROOF WITH RIFLE.
AIMING AND FIRING HIS RIFLE AT GERMANS BELOW.
00:43:16 82.53
MAN BEHIND GARBAGE PAIL FIRES SUB-MACHINE GUN.
GERMANS IN STREET YAKE COVER BEHIND TANK. THREE
SUPPOSEDLY DEAD CIVILIANS LIE FACE DOWN IN STREET.
ONE OF THEM RAISES HIS HEAD.
00:43:38 104.53
TWO ARMED CIVILIANS DRAG WOUNDED OR DEAD WOMAN,
LYING ON SIDEWALK, TO SAFETY. GERMAN ARTILLERY
SOLDIER SETS SITES ON CANNON, BOMBARDS CITY.
MONTAGE DESTROYED BUILDINGS IN PRAGUE.
00:43:56 122.53
LARGE GERMAN FLAG IS PLACED ON LARGE STREET FIRE.
TRUCKS AND TANKS LADEN WITH TROOPS OF RED ARMY
ROLL INTO PRAGUE TO CHEERS OF PEOPLE.
00:44:21 147.53
DR. EDWARD BENES, PRESIDENT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA,
ARRIVES IN PRAGUE BY TRAIN. HUGE CROWD OF CZECHS
WAVE HANDKERCHIEFS AS BENES APPEARS ON BALCONY
00:44:37 163.53
U.S. LIVESTOCK FOE WAR-RAVAGED NATIONS.
HERD OF SPECIALLY SELECTED AMERICAN CATTLE ARE
GATHERED IN PENS TO AWAIT SHIPMENT ACROSS ATLANTIC.
CATTLE CLIMB ONTO SPECIALLY ENCLOSED RAMPS TO
BOARD SHIP
00:45:29 215.53
JAMES F. BYRNES, NEW SECRETARY OF STATE.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND CROWD WATCHES AS BYRNES IS
SWORN IN ON WHITE HOUSE PORCH. FORMER SECRETARY
STETTINIUS, NOW APPOINTED TO UNITED NATIONS POST,
SHAKES HANDS WITH BYRNES.
00:46:06 252.53
CORDELL HULL SIGNS NEW WORLD SECURITY CHARTER.
CU CHARTER WITH SIGNATURES ON IT.
00:46:32 278.53
PARIS PARADE HAILS REBIRTH OF FRANCE.
AERIAL 50,000 FRENCH AND FRENCH COLONIAL TROOPS
MARCH UP AVENUE DE LA GRANDE ARMIE AND UNDER ARC DE
TRIOMPHE IN PARIS AND DOWN CHAMPS-ELYSEES.
00:47:32 338.53
GENERAL DE GAULLE AS SEEN FROM BEHIND AS HE
SALUTES THE TROOPS COMING DOWN AVENUE. PAN TO
PLANES FLYING OVERHEAD.
00:47:45 351.53
CHIANG KAI-SHEK CONFERS WITH U. S. GENERAL
WEDEMETER IN GARDEN OF CHIANG'S HOME.
00:48:20 386.53
U.S. TAKES MANY PRISONERS IN PACIFIC WAR.
U.S. TROOPS ADVANCE THROUGH KNEE-DEEP WATER IN
SWAMPS OF LUZON. GI THROWS HAND GRENADE INTO JUNGLE
CAVE. OTHERS STAND OVER CAVE AND FIRE RIFLES
INTO IT. DEAD JAPANESE ARE PULLED OUT.
00:49:06 432.53
GI HOLDS EARS AS MORTAR IS FIRED. JAPANESE DEAD
LITTER THE JUNGLE GROUND. PAN
00:49:32 458.53
CAPTURED JAPANESE SOLDIER ANNOUNCES OVER WARSHIP
LOUDSPEAKER FOR JAPANESE ON OKINAWA SHORE TO
SURRENDER. JAPANESE APPEAR ON BEACH. SAILORS ON
SHIP WAVE THEM TO SWIM TO SHIP. JAPANESE SWIMS TO
SHIP IS TAKEN ABOARD WITH OTHERS.
00:50:07 493.53
LOUDSPEAKER IS SET UP ON OKINAWA CLIFF TO
CONCEALED ENEMY. JAPANESE SOLDIERS TRICKLE IN.
STUNNED, YOUNG JAPANESE OFFICER WITH BLOODIED
FACE, IS HELPED AS HE SHAKILY TAKES HAND OF GI.
00:50:40 526.53
LARGE GROUP OF JAPANESE PRISONERS WEARING NOTHING
BUT UNDER SHORTS, MARCH IN. GI MACHINE GUNNER IN
TOWER, OVERSEES TENT CITY OF JAPANESE PRISONERS.
00:52:14 620.53
FINAL VICTORY ON OKINAWA: ALLIES INVADE BORNEO.
ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENTS, EXPLODING SHELLS IN
DISTANT HILLS ON OKINAWA. TANKS FIRE FLAME
THROWERS INTO FORTIFIED CAVES. TUNNELS BEING
DYNAMITED. MONTAGE HUGE EXPLOSIONS.
00:53:34 700.53
FOOT SOLDIERS SLOWLY ADVANCE UP HILLS OVER ROUGH
TERRAIN. MONTAGE P-38 FIGHTERS DROP NAPALM BOMBS
ON DISTANT HILLS.
00:54:31 757.53
LT. GENERAL SIMON BOLIVAR BUCKNER WATCHES ACTION
FROM HILLTOP. MARINES LIE ON GROUND IN DISTANT
VALLEY. MARINE RUNS FOR COVER AS ACTION
INTENSIFIES.
00:55:03 789.53
GENERAL BUCKNER STAYS AT HIS POST DIRECTING ACTION
DURING HIS LAST MOMENTS ALIVE. CU BOMB EXPLODES
NEARBY WHICH KILLED GENERAL BUCKNER. CU WHITE
CROSS ON BRUCKNERS GRAVE. GI PLACES FLOWERS ON
GRAVE.
00:55:20 806.53
CU DRUM ROLL PLAYED BY ARMY DRUMMER AS FLAG IS
RAISED DURING CEREMONY.
00:55:51 837.53
MONTAGE WARSHIPS OF 7TH FLEET OPEN THREE-DAY
ARTILLERY BARRAGE ON BORNEO SHORES. AUSTRALIAN
TROOPS ON LANDING CRAFT GO FORWARD ON 1ST WAVE OF
INVASION.
00:56:25 871.53
GENERAL MACARTHUR HOPS ONTO BEACH FROM LANDING
CRAFT. SPEEDING PT BOATS SET OUT ON MISSION
AROUND ISLAND WHERE THEY ATTACK JAP OIL CENTER ON
SHORE. BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM OIL TANKS ON SHORE.
00:57:29 935.53
FLOATING DRY DOCK FOR NAVY'S DAMAGED SHIPS.
ODD-LOOKING LARGE SHIP WITH TWO HUGE TOWERS IS
LAUNCHED SIDEWAYS AT SHIPYARD. THE STRANGE LOOKING
VESSEL WHICH IS A FLOATING DRY DOCK, SAILS WITH
CONVOY TO AN ASSEMBLY BASE IN PACIFIC.
00:58:13 979.53
THE ASSEMBLED DOCK SUBMERGES TO RECEIVE A DAMAGED
CRUISER. WITH CRUISER SAFELY INSIDE THE DRY DOCK
RISES AGAIN LIFTING CRUISER OUT OF WATER. SAILORS
PAINT AND REPAIR SIDE OF SHIP.
00:59:00 1026.53
GENERAL EISENHOWER PAYS TRIBUTE AT ROOSEVELT GRAVE
IKE CARRIES FLORAL WREATH AS HE AND MRS. ROOSEVELT
WALK TO GRAVE SITE AT HIS HOME IN HYDE PARK, N. Y.
00:59:32 1058.53
U.S. TROOPS ON THE MARCH FROM EUROPE TO PACIFIC.
QUEEN ELIZABETH LINER WITH 15,000 U. S. TROOPS
PULLS INTO NEW YORK HARBOR. SOLDIERS WAVE FROM
SHIP. TWO WOMEN ON SHORE WAVE BACK. GIS CARRY
DUFFEL BAGS DOWN GANGPLANK. CADRE OF JAPANESE
DIPLOMATS CAPTURED IN GERMANY ARE AMONG THOSE
LEAVING SHIP.
01:01:12 1158.53
THOUSANDS OF HARDENED U.S. TROOPS WHO FOUGHT IN
EUROPE BOARD SHIPS AT SAN FRANCISCO FOR ACTION IN
PACIFIC
01:02:53 1259.53
HUGE FLYING SHIP "HAWAII MARS" IN TRIAL RUN.
MANY WORKERS STANDING ON 200 FOOT WING SPAN OF
HUGE PLANE. 10 MEN STANDING ON EACH SIDE OF THE
TAIL ASSEMBLY LOOK DWARFED.
01:03:05 1271.53
JEEPS STAND SIDE BY SIDE UNDER WING TO SHOW HOW
BIG IT IS. JEEPS DRIVE IN CIRCLE AROUND PLANE.
NORMAL SIZE SEAPLANE IS ROLLED UNDER THE HUGE
PLANE LOOKING LIKE A TOY MODEL IN COMPARISON.
01:03:24 1290.53
WOMAN LAUNCHES SEAPLANE WITH BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE.
PLANE SLIDES INTO SEA. THE "MARS" TURNS INTO TAKE
OFF POSITION AND TAKES OFF, LANDS.
01:04:19 1345.53
REPORT FROM THE RYUKYUS.
LANDING BARGES OF 2ND MARINE DIVISION LAND ON
RYUKYU UNOPPOSED. CIVILIAN COMES OUT FROM TUNNEL
UNDER BRIDGE WITH HANDS UP. OTHER MEN AND WOMEN
COME OUT OF HIDING PLACES. GI TENDS TO INJURED
LITTLE GIRL SITTING SHIVERING ON GROUND.
01:05:13 1399.53
ON OKINAWA, MARINE HITS DECK AS HAND GRENADE
HE THREW INTO CAVE, EXPLODES. OTHER EXPLOSIONS
OCCUR IN MOP-UP OPERATION. JAPANESE SOLDIER COMES
RUNNING OUT OF BRUSH, SURRENDERS.
01:05:51 1437.53
MONTAGE FLAME THROWING TANKS BURN UP CANE FIELDS.
JAPANESE SOLDIERS COME OUT WITH HANDS UP. STRIPPED
TO UNDER SHORTS, JAPANESE COME OUT IN LARGER GROUPS
01:06:32 1478.53
BARBED-WIRE ENCLOSED TENT CITIES HOLD THOUSANDS OF
JAPANESE PRISONERS. TRUCKS LOADED WITH PRISONERS
COME INTO THE CAMP AS WORD SPREADS OF THE GOOD
TREATMENT AFFORDED POWS.
01:07:04 1510.53
TRUMAN, STALIN, CHURCHILL MEET IN BERLIN.
TRUMAN WAVES HAT FROM CRUISER AUGUSTA AFTER 8 DAY
ATLANTIC CROSSING, DOCKING IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM.
U. S. AMBASSADOR SAWYER, GENERAL EISENHOWER AND
ADMIRAL STARK BOARD CRUISER TO GREET TRUMAN. IKE &
TRUMAN CHATTING. ADMIRAL LEAHY AND SECRETARY OF
STATE BYRNES ARE ON BOARD.
01:08:13 1579.53
TRUMAN TURNS AND WAVES HAT AS HE BOARDS PLANE TO
BERLIN FOR MEETING WITH STALIN AND CHURCHILL.
SECRETARY OF WAR STIMSON, SECRETARY BYRNES ARE
WARMLY GREETED BY SOVIET'S GROMYKO AT BERLIN
AIRPORT. TRUMAN EXITS PLANE.
01:08:50 1616.53
ARMY CONVOY TAKES TRUMAN ON BRIEF TOUR OF
SHATTERED BERLIN. MONTAGE BUILDING RUINS AS SEEN
BY TRUMAN FROM MOTORCADE. PAN. LARGE PHOTOS OF
TRUMAN, STALIN, CHURCHILL ON DISPLAY.
01:09:21 1647.53
STALIN MEETS TRUMAN FOR 1ST TIME. STALIN SHAKES
WITH CHURCHILL, LIGHTS UP CIGARETTE. ALL GATHER,
SIT AROUND ROUND TABLE.
01:10:12 1698.53
TRUMAN INSPECTS 2ND ARMORED DIVISION LINED UP ON
AN AUTOBAHN OUTSIDE BERLIN. TRUMAN ADDRESSES
TROOPS IN OUTDOOR SPEECH AT FLAG RAISING CEREMONY.
01:11:56 1802.53
GENERALS EISENHOWER AND PATTON SALUTE, TRUMAN
HOLDS HAT TO CHEST AS STAR-SPANGLED BANNER IS
PLAYED.
01:13:20 1886.53
ALLIES INVADE BALIKPAPAN, BORNE0.
GENERAL MACARTHUR ON BRIDGE OF WARSHIP DIRECTS
INVASION. ROCKET LAUNCHER SHIP AND OTHER WARSHIPS
FIRES FIERCE BOMBARDMENT. MACARTHUR WATCHES.
01:14:13 1939.53
HEAVY BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM SHORE IN DISTANCE.
LANDING CRAFTS HEADING FOR SHORE. AUSTRALIAN
SOLDIERS ON LANDING CRAFT. TROOPS HIT BEACHES,
POUR ONTO SHORE. DEAD JAPANESE.
01:15:17 2003.53
AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AND TANKS PUSH INLAND UNDER
HEAVY FIRE. MACARTHUR WALKS JAUNTILY ON SHORE
WITH ENTOURAGE. BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM BURNING OIL
STORAGE TANK.
01:15:48 2034.53
BOMBER CRASHES INTO NEW YORK SKYSCRAPER.
FOG OBLITERATES VIEW OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AND
OTHER SKYSCRAPERS IN NEW YORK, CAUSING B-25
MITCHELL BOMBER TO CRASH INTO THE EMPIRE STATE
BUILDING TRYING TO REACH NEARBY AIRPORT.
01:16:08 2054.53
PEOPLE AND TRAFFIC GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS IN
FOGGY AVENUE, SLOW PAN UP EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
SHROUDED IN FOG. FIREMEN HOSE DOWN WRECKED ROOM ON
79TH FLOOR.
01:16:42 2088.53
PAN OF EXTENT OF DESTRUCTION AS SEEN FROM OUTSIDE
BUILDING. PAN TO STREET FAR BELOW. MAN CARRIES
INJURED VICTIM TO AMBULANCE. FIREMEN CARRY INJURED
MAN ON STRETCHER.
01:17:12 2118.53
GAPING HOLE IN WALL AS SEEN FROM INSIDE. PARTS OF
PLANE JAMMED INTO WALL. PAN OF WRECKED OFFICE.
VIEW OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING SILHOUETTED AGAINST
SKYLINE.
01:17:46 2152.53
WORKERS ON SCAFFOLD HIGH ABOVE CITY BELOW, BEGIN
REPAIRS ON BUILDING. PAN TO STREET.
01:17:52 2158.53
U.S. SOLDIERS GO DIRECT TO PACIFIC FROM EUROPE.
AERIAL ACRES OF MILITARY VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT
AT STAGING AREA IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. TROOPS
BOARDING TRUCKS, FOR RIDE TO DOCK AT MARSEILLES
01:18:23 2189.53
TROOPS WAITING TO BOARD SHIPS ARE GIVEN
REFRESHMENTS BY RED CROSS WOMEN. SOLDIERS WAVE
FROM RAILINGS OF TROOPSHIP AS THEY DEPART.
01:18:38 2204.53
EUROPE'S STRANDED MILLIONS BEGIN EMIGRATION HOME.
HORDES OF MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN BOARD TRUCKS FOR
TRIP TO THEIR HOMELANDS. FULL TRUCKS PULL OUT.
01:19:09 2235.53
RUSSIAN FAMILY SIT ON BUNDLES OF THEIR BELONGINGS
AWAITING TRANSPORTATION. DISPLACED PEOPLE, MOSTLY
WOMEN AND CHILDREN POSE AT DOOR OF BOXCAR BEFORE
TRIP. CU STEAM SPURTS OUT OF MOUTH OF LOCOMOTIVE
ENGINE AS TRAIN TAKES OFF. AERIAL PEOPLE WAVE
FROM OPEN GONDOLAS.
01:19:42 2268.53
MONTAGE PEOPLE WITH LUGGAGE STREAM ACROSS BORDERS
AND OVER BRIDGES INTO RUSSIA. MEN SING AS ONE
PLAYS GUITAR.
01:19:57 2283.53
U.S. CARRIERS FIGHT ENEMY SUICIDE ATTACK.
TRACER BULLETS AND FLAK FROM U. S. WARSHIPS FIRE AT
ATTACKING KAMIKAZE PLANES. KAMIKAZE PLANE SCORES
DIRECT HIT ON USS NEVADA. TWO CREW MEMBERS ROLL
WHEELS OF KAMIKAZE PLANE FROM DEBRIS ANOTHER HOLDS
JAPANESE FLAG FOUND IN WRECK.
01:20:47 2333.53
MEN STOOPS OVER AMERICAN DEAD WRAPPED IN SHEET FOR
BURIAL.
01:21:23 2369.53
KAMIKAZE PLANE DIVES STRAIGHT INTO CARRIER
"TICONDEROGA". HUGE EXPLOSION. SMOKE ENVELOPS THE
SHIP. IN ANOTHER VIEW PLANE IS SEEN DIVING
STRAIGHT INTO CARRIER.
01:22:12 2418.53
CREWMEN WITH AXES CHOP HOLES INTO DECK TO CONTROL
FIRE, WHICH IS BROUGHT QUICKLY UNDER CONTROL.
MONTAGE DAMAGED PLANES ARE DUMPED OVERBOARD.
MONTAGE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO CARRIER IS SHOWN.
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Year: 1945  Color: Black & White
Genre: WORLD WAR II

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