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00:01:47 0
U.S. PLANES ATTACK JAPAN
B-29 BOMBER TAXIS AROUND FIELD & TAKES OFF FOR
ATTACK ON JAPAN. SEVERAL SHOTS OF B-29 IN FLIGHT
AS SEEN FROM ACCOMPANYING PLANE.
00:02:32 45.3
AERIAL HIMALAYAN MOUNTAIN RANGE AS SEEN FROM B-29
FLYING TO JAPAN. CHINESE WORKERS USE PITCH AXES
AND SHOVELS TO DIG UP GROUND FOR LANDING STRIPS
ALONG RIVER. ANOTHER VIEW OF B-29 IN AIR.
00:03:16 89.3
LIBERATION OF ROME
MONTAGE U.S. TRUCKS CARRYING MEN AND ARTILLERY ON
ROAD TO ROME. CU PROGRESSIVE SIGNS ON ROAD, "ROMA
23 KM", 21 KM, 20 KM, PAN TO TANKS, JEEPS AND
GROUND TROOP PASSING BY, AND GERMAN PRISONERS
BEING TAKEN THE OPPOSITE WAY UNDER GUARD.
00:04:21 154.3
GENERAL MARK CLARK AND HIS GENERALS WALKING ON
ROAD INTO ROME. CU CLARK SPEAKS TO NEWSMEN. HE
CLIMBS INTO JEEP, IS DRIVEN AWAY, BARELY MISSING
NAZI ARTILLERY ATTACK.
00:04:54 187.3
YOUNG ITALIAN WOMEN GREET GIS IN JEEP. WOMAN
SPEAKS TO GI WITH DRAMATIC FACIAL GESTURES
00:05:26 219.3
FIRE RISES FROM TANK HIT BY GUN FIRE ALONG ROAD.
GERMAN PRISONERS ARE MARCHED ALONG ROAD BY ARMED
ITALIAN PARTISANS. CU- GERMAN SOLDIER GESTURES
AND PLEADS DRAMATICALLY TO GIS.
00:05:49 242.3
ITALIAN PARTISAN HOLDS PISTOL TO HEAD OF SCARED
GERMAN PRISONER AS HE WALKS HIM DOWN ROAD. WOMAN
WITH BABY AND OTHER ITALIAN GIRLS WAVE AS U.S.
TANK ROLL BY.
00:06:25 278.3
AMERICAN TROOPS MARCH INTO ROME
00:06:36 289.3
GENERAL CLARK RIDES IN JEEP DOWN ROME BOULEVARD.
ANCIENT ROMAN COLISEUM IN BACKGROUND. CROWDS OF
ROMANS WAVE AND APPLAUD GENERAL AND HIS TROOPS.
THEY MOB HIS JEEP.
00:07:13 326.3
MONTAGE CU AMERICAN MAJOR GENERAL GRUNTHER, MAJOR
GENERAL CUSTER, MAJOR GENERAL KEYES AND FRENCH
GENERAL POSE AS DOES CLARK.
00:07:36 349.3
ITALIAN GIRL GIVES BIG KISS TO AMERICAN SOLDIER IN
MIDST OF CHEERING CROWD. ITALIAN PARTISANS MARCH
WITH CROWD. ITALIANS CLIMB ABOARD AMERICAN TANKS
AS THEY ROLL BY.
00:08:07 380.3
MONTAGE PEOPLE TEAR DOWN GERMAN PROPAGANDA
POSTERS. SMOKE RISES FROM EXPLOSION IN SQUARE,
CAUSING CROWD TO DISBURSE. GI IMITATES MUSSOLINI
AT BALCONY USED BY "EL DUCE".
00:08:51 424.3
MONTAGE HUGE WAVING AND CHEERING CROWD IN ST.
PETER'S SQUARE. TANK ROLLS BY COLISEUM AS CROWD
CHEERS.
00:09:15 448.3
LARGE CHURCH BELLS RINGING IN TOWER. PAN. POPE
PAUL XII SPEAKS TO MASSES FROM BALCONY. GIS IN
CROWD BELOW WATCH. AERIAL ENORMOUS CROWD IN ST.
PETER'S SQUARE.
RG 208 - ROLL 109
00:10:59 552.3
REPUBLICANS NOMINATE DEWEY
CHICAGO'S COW PALACE, SITE OF REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION. GOVENOR BRICKER OF OHIO, VICE
PRESIDENT CANDIDATE POSES WITH WIFE AND GROUP.
00:11:17 570.3
SENATOR ROBERT TAFT, "MR. REPUBLICAN", POSES.
OTHER DELEGATES POSE NEXT TO LARGE PHOTO OF DEWEY.
HOUSE SPEAKER MARTIN CHATS WITH 1936 REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR LANDON WHO LOST
TO FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT.
00:11:39 592.3
WENDELL WILKIE POSES AT HIS DESK. HEAVY 1940s AUTO
TRAFFIC OUTSIDE CONVENTION HALL. NEWSBOY HOLDS UP
HEADLINES, "IT'S ALL DEWEY AS GOP MEETS"
00:11:53 606.3
AERIAL VIEW OF HUGE CROWD OF DELEGATES IN HALL.
00:11:59 612.3
CBS CASTER BROADCASTS AT CONVENTION. LARGE NBC
BOOTH WITH NEWSCASTERS AT THEIR MICROPHONES.
00:12:09 622.3
LONG LINE OF NEWSMEN SIT WITH HEADS DOWN AS THEY
JOT DOWN NOTES. ALL HEADS RISE THEN FALL
SIMULTANEOUSLY AS THEY JOT DOWN WHAT THEY HEAR.
PAN OF MOVIE CAMERAMEN TAKING FILM.
00:12:19 632.3
INDIAN CHIEF HOLDS UP SOUTH DAKOTA SIGN, SWEATING
DELEGATE FANS HIMSELF UNDER "ALASKA" SIGN.
NATIONAL CHAIRMAN SPANGLER POUNDS GAVEL. GOVERNOR
EARL WARREN DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS..
00:12:49 662.3
GOVERNOR'S MANSION, ALBANY, NEW YORK. DEWEY SITS
AT DESK, ANSWERS PHONE, POSES.
00:13:06 679.3
NEW GOVERNMENT INSTALLED IN ROME
PAN OF ROME CITYSCAPE. ROME NON-FASCIST POLITICAL
PARTIES MEET TO CHOSE LEADER. CROWD OF CONCERNED
ROMANS GATHER IN STREET. GATHER AROUND MAN READING
NEWSPAPER.
00:13:40 713.3
TWO GIS READ POSTER ON WALL, "FIFTH ARMY SOLEMN
MASS OF THANKSGIVING, ALL ALLIED TROOPS INVITED"
00:13:44 717.3
HUGE LINE OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS ENTER SANTA MARIA
ANGELI CATHOLIC CHURCH TO HEAR MASS.
00:13:52 725.3
GENERAL MARK CLARK EXITS CHURCH AFTER MASS. HE
SHAKES WITH PRIESTS BEFORE LEAVING.
00:14:01 734.3
ROOSEVELT SIGNS "SOLDIERS' BILL." FDR SITS AT DESK
IN OVAL OFFICE AND SIGN BILL, HANDS OUT PENS TO
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS WHO WATCH.
00:14:35 768.3
DISABLED GIS ENTER VETERANS HOSPITAL FOR
REHABILITATION. THREE GIS LOUNGE IN THEIR ROOM IN
NEW FACILITY.
00:14:49 782.3
THERAPIST RUBS LEGS OF GI LYING IN HOSPITAL BED.
SOLDIERS ENJOY FACILITY LIBRARY. OTHERS WORK IN
CARPENTRY SHOP. FEMALE MODEL POSES FOR GIS IN ART
CLASS. GIS TEND SHEEP AND CATTLE IN BARNYARD.
00:15:15 808.3
CHINA BUILDS AIRFIELDS FOR B-29 BOMBERS
MONTAGE 70,000 CHINESE WORKERS TOIL IN OPEN FIELD,
USING HAND TOOLS, BACKS AND HANDS TO BUILD LARGE
AIRFIELD. WORKER BALANCES TWO BASKETS FULL OF
ROCKS ON ENDS OF POLE ON HIS SHOULDERS.
00:16:33 886.3
GROUP OF CHILDREN SIT ON GROUND AND BREAK LARGE
ROCKS INTO LITTLE ONES. OTHERS USE ALL SORTS OF
PRIMITIVE CONTRAPTIONS TO CARRY THE ROCKS. FOUR
WORKERS SIT AND PEDAL LIKE A BICYCLE, ATOP LARGE
CONTRAPTION TO MOVE WATER TO SITE.
00:17:10 923.3
WORKERS USE WOODEN LADLES TO MIX DIRT WITH WATER
TO FORM CEMENT. WORKERS CARRY BUCKETS OF CEMENT
ON POLES ACROSS THEIR SHOULDERS.
00:17:20 933.3
WORKERS SCOOP CUPS OF RICE FROM HUGE COMMON BUCKET
AS THEY BREAK FOR CHOW. WORKER EATS RICE WITH CHOP
STICKS. OLD WORKER PULLS ON BEARD AS HE POSES.
00:17:40 953.3
HUNDREDS OF WORKERS PULL 10 TON ROLLER OVER RUNWAY.
00:17:54 967.3
B-29 BOMBER COMES IN FOR LANDING ON NEW AIRSTRIP.
RG 208 - ROLL 110
00:19:04 1037.3
ALLIES LIBERATE ISLAND OF ELBA
MAP SHOWS ITALY & YUGOSLAVIA AND ARROW POINTS TO
ISLAND OF ELBA
00:19:21 1054.3
TRACER BULLETS FROM WARSHIP SEEM TO FLOAT TOWARDS
ISLAND DURING BOMBARDMENT. MONTAGE ALLIED TROOPS
WADE THROUGH WATER UP TO THEIR CHEST ON THEIR WAY
TO BEACH FROM LANDING CRAFT.
00:20:00 1093.3
MULE WITH PACK ON BACK STRUGGLES IN HIGH WATER.
BRITISH SOLDIER PULLS BODY OF DROWNED MULE INTO
SHORE.
00:20:20 1113.3
COLUMN OF TROOPS AND PACK MULES CLIMB MOUNTAINOUS
ELBA TERRAIN AS ENEMY SHELLS EXPLODE NEARBY.
MONTAGE BEACH LITTERED WITH DEAD MULES & SOLDIERS.
WOUNDED AND DEAD SOLDIERS ARE CARRIED THROUGH KNEE
DEEP WATER, ON STRETCHERS, TO LANDING CRAFT FOR
EVACUATION.
00:20:45 1138.3
AERIAL VIEW OF SMALL CITY ON ELBA. U.S. ARMY
TRUCKS & TROOPS IN CITY. SMALL GOVERNMENTAL
BUILDING IS USED FOR ALLIED HEADQUARTERS.
00:21:00 1153.3
WITH TITO IN YUGOSLAVIA
TITO WALKS OUT OF HIS CAMOUFLAGED SECRET ARMY
HEADQUARTERS FOLLOWED ALLIED CORRESPONDENTS. HE
PUFFS ON CIGARETTE HOLDER WITH CIGARETTE FACING
UPWARD.
00:21:43 1196.3
SMALL YUGOSLAV VILLAGE, MEN WALK ALONGSIDE LADEN
HORSE-DRIVEN CART. REFUGEES SIT ALONG ROAD. FLOCK
OF SHEEP IN BACKGROUND.
00:22:01 1214.3
PEOPLE WATCH YUGOSLAV WOMEN SOLDIERS USE SISSORS
TO CUT PARACHUTE CLOTH INTO PIECES FOR CLOTHING.
SOLDIERS GATHER AROUND FEMALE PARTISAN HERO.
EXCHANGE STORIES, LAUGH.
00:22:33 1246.3
LONG COLUMN OF YUGOSLAV MALE & FEMALE SOLDIERS
MARCH OUT OF VILLAGE. HUGE COLUMNS OF YUGOSLAV
SOLDIERS, TRAINING IN ITALY, MARCHING TOWARDS
CAMERA. CU MONTAGE FACES OF FEMALE, MALE SOLDIERS
WITH MUSTACHES, TITO POSES.
00:23:38 1311.3
U.S. MILITARY CHIEF VISITS ITALIAN FRONT
GENERAL MARK CLARK ACCOMPANIES GENERAL GEORGE
MARSHALL ON TOUR IN ITALY. MARSHALL PINS MEDAL ON
FRENCH GENERAL, SHAKES HANDS WITH STRING OF U.S.
OFFICERS AS CLARK WATCHES.
00:24:21 1354.3
ALLIED TROOPS STORM SAIPAN
CONVOY OF WARSHIPS HEAD FOR SAIPAN. PAN. MAP SHOWS
SAIPAN IN RELATION TO JAPAN, CHINA. MONTAGE
WARSHIPS INCLUDE SEVERAL CARRIERS.
00:25:05 1398.3
MONTAGE WARSHIPS COMMENCE BOMBARDMENT OF SAIPAN
TROOPS CLIMB INTO CRAFTS FROM TRANSPORT SHIPS.
00:25:49 1442.3
LANDING CRAFT HEAD TOWARD SAIPAN BEACHES. TROOPS
AND TANKS HEAD INLAND FROM BEACHES. MONTAGE
ARTILLERY AND TANK BOMBARDMENT. SOLDIERS ADVANCING
INTO JUNGLE.
00:27:19 1532.3
PAN OF JAPANESE AIRFIELD WITH BOMBED OUT HANGARS.
U.S. FIGHTER PLANE LANDING ON CAPTURED AIRFIELD.
U.S. FLAG WAVING ON HIGH POLE.
00:27:50 1563.3
FOUR GIS CARRY WOUNDED ON STRETCHER. GI HOLDS
BOTTLE OF PLASMA OVER WOUNDED BUDDY WHO IS
ATTENDED BY MEDICS.
00:28:04 1577.3
LARGE GROUP OF JAPANESE WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE
HUDDLED TOGETHER AND GUARDED BY MARINES. YOUNG GIRL
CARRIES BABY IN PAPOOSE ON BACK AND WALKS WITH
ANOTHER CHILD BY HER SIDE.
00:28:13 1586.3
WOMAN CARRYING HUGE BUNDLE ON HER HEAD AND VALISE
IN HAND, TURNS TOWARDS CAMERA. YOUNG BOY WALKS
NUDE ALONG BEACH WITH MOTHER.
00:28:20 1593.3
GI WITH BANDAGED NOSE CARRIES SMALL NATIVE BOY
ALONG BEACH. MONTAGE- CHILDREN AND INFANTS ARE
HANDED UP TO GIS ON TANKS, FOR EVACUATION
00:28:39 1612.3
HUGE PILES OF 5 GALLON GAS TANKS, CARTONS ARE
STACKED ON BEACH BY GIS.
RG 208 - ROLL 111
00:29:46 1679.3
LAST LIBERTY SHIP LAUNCHED
"S. S. BENJAMIN WARNER" SITS IN DRYDOCK AT KAISER
SHIPYARD IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA, READY FOR LAUNCH.
00:29:59 1692.3
HENRY KAISER AND OTHER DIGNITARIES WATCH LARGE
REPLICA OF STATUE OF LIBERTY BEING UNCOVERED.
EXECUTIVE WIPES TEARS FROM EYES AS SHIP IS
LAUNCHED.
00:30:40 1733.3
VICE-PRESIDENT WALLACE VISITS CHINA
CU CHIANG KAI-SHEK, MEETS, GREETS WALLACE AT
AIRPORT.
00:31:05 1758.3
SIGN, AMERICAN RED CROSS SERVICE CLUB." WALLACE
ENTERS CLUB POSES WITH GIS. SHIRTLESS WALLACE
PLAYS VOLLEYBALL WITH U. S. SOLDIERS.
00:31:22 1775.3
HENRY WALLACE IS ESCORTED THROUGH ORPHANAGE BY
MADAME CHIANG AND OTHER CHINESE OFFICIALS. LARGE
GROUP OF CHINESE CHILDREN GIVE WALLACE A CHEER.
WALLACE SITS ON DAIS FOR LUNCHEON WITH MADAME
CHAING AND CHAING KAI SHEK THEY RAISE GLASS FOR
TOAST.
00:32:03 1816.3
UNITED NATIONS HOLD MONETARY CONFERENCE. CROWDS
OF DELEGATES ARRIVING BY TRAIN AND BUS TO
BRETTON WOODS, NEW HAMPSHIRE. HALL FULL OF DELEGATES
HENRY MORGANTHAU ADDRESSES MEETING. DELEGATES
GATHER OUTDOORS FOR GROUP PHOTO.
00:33:37 1910.3
GENERAL DEGAULLE IN UNITED STATES. HONOR GUARD
LINES UP AT AIRFIELD AS DEGAULLE PLANE LANDS AT
WASHINGTON'S ARMY AIRPORT. DEGAULLE IS MET BY U.
S. MILITARY. GENERAL MARSHALL, ADMIRAL KING
GENERAL ARNOLD AND DEGAULLE SALUTE AS FRENCH
NATIONAL ANTHEM IS PLAYED.
00:35:47 2040.3
DEGAULLE MEETS A SEATED PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT,
CORDELL HULL, FDR'S DAUGHTER ANN BOTTINGER, HAROLD
IKES AND JAMES FORRESTAL. CU GENERAL SALUTES AS
HE REVIEWS HONOR GUARD ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN.
DEGAULLE PLACES WREATH AT TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER.
00:36:44 2097.3
HUGE CROWD WATCH DEGAULLE MOTORCADE IN NEW YORK.
TINY MAYOR LAGUARDIA MEETS TALL DEGAULLE IN FRONT
OF CITY HALL. HUGE CROWD AT CITY HALL PRESS
FORWARD TO SEE DEGAULLE. DEGAULLE RAISES BOTH ARMS
TRIUMPHANTLY TO THE PEOPLE AS LAGUARDIA LEADS WAY
DOWN CITY HALL STEPS.
00:37:18 2131.3
DEGAULLE LOOKS DOWN ON NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE FROM
ATOP RCA BUILDING. CU DEGAULLE MAKING SPEECH
RG 208 - ROLL 112
00:39:32 2265.3
ALLIES WIN MYITKYINA AIRSTRIP IN BURMA
ELS VIEW FROM GROUND OF CARGO PLANE TOWING. VIEW
OF TOW LINE & GLIDER AS SEEN FROM TOWING PLANE. CU
GI HOLDS SUB-MACHINE GUN, PEERS OUT WINDOW OF
GLIDER.
00:40:24 2317.3
GLIDER MAKING LANDING ON GROUND NEAR OTHER
GLIDERS. MONTAGE FULLY EQUIPPED NATIVE BURMESE
TROOPS EXIT U.S. CARGO PLANES. "UNCLE JOE'S
CHARIOT" WRITTEN ON NOSE OF PLANE. GENERAL JOE
STILLWELL ARRIVES AND IS MET BY GENERAL MERRILL
00:41:04 2357.3
CARGO PLANE SITS GROTESQUELY ON ITS NOSE WITH
TAIL TO THE SKY AFTER CRASH LANDING. GIS EXAMINE
IT IN ASTONISHMENT. BOMBS EXPLODE ON AIRSTRIP AS
JAPANESE PLANES ATTACK.
00:41:31 2384.3
FAMOUS SURGEON COLONEL SEAGRAVE PERFORMS OPERATION
ON WOUNDED GI IN OPEN FIELD. NURSES HELP. NATIVE
WOUNDED IS CARRIED TO ARMY AMBULANCE ON STRETCHER.
00:41:52 2405.3
U.S. SERVICE WOMEN TOUR EGYPT
LARGE GROUP OF OFF-DUTY ARMY LOOK DOWN ON EGYPTIAN
CITY FROM TALL BUILDING. CU VIEW OF HEAD OF FAMED
SPHINX, PAN TO GROUP OF WACS AT ITS BASE, POSING
FOR ANOTHER WAC WITH CAMERA.
00:42:30 2443.3
GIRLS BOARD AND RIDE CAMELS. SPHINX AND PYRAMID
IN BACKGROUND.
00:42:38 2451.3
ALL U.S. GUNS IN NORMANDY BARRAGE
MONTAGE GENERAL EISENHOWER MEETS WITH OTHER
GENERALS INCLUDING GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY AND
GENERAL WITCH, ON NORMANDY BATTLEFIELD. GENERAL
IKE TALKS WITH GENERAL "LIGHTNING JOE" COLLINS.
00:43:14 2487.3
CU PILE OF ARTILLERY SHELLS WITH FIRST NAMES OF
TOP GERMANS WRITTEN ON THEM. "ADOLPH, HERMAN,
JOSEF, ERWIN". U.S. OFFICER HOLDS TIME CLOCK IN
HAND, GI ARTILLERY MEN HOLD SHELLS IN HAND AS THEY
AWAIT FIRING ORDERS.
00:43:26 2499.3
GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY FIRES FIRST CANNON AS
BOMBARDMENT STARTS. MONTAGE CANNONS OF ALL SIZES
FIRE IN CONTINUOUS BARRAGE.
00:43:47 2520.3
CROWD OF VILLAGERS CIRCLE AROUND TOWN SQUARE AS
AMERICAN AND FRENCH FLAGS ARE RAISED. ELDERLY MAN
CONDUCTS CHILDREN CHOIR SINGING "MY COUNTRY TIS'
OF THEE".
00:44:38 2571.3
FINAL STAGES OF SAIPAN BATTLE
U.S. FIGHTER PLANES LANDING AT CAPTURED SAIPAN
AIRFIELD. GAS TRUCK ROLLS OUT TO REFUEL PLANES,
THEY TAKE OFF FOR ANOTHER RUN.
00:45:37 2630.3
HUGE SMOKE CLOUD RISES FROM EXPLOSION OF JAPANESE
AMMO DUMP HIT BY U.S. BOMBERS. TANKS AND TROOPS
ADVANCING ON DIRT ROADS SENDING UP CLOUDS OF DUST.
FAMED MARINE COLONEL EVANS COLLINS DIRECTS
PROGRESS OF BATTLE FORM HILL.
00:46:49 2702.3
CU MARINE HANDS HANDLING MORTAR SHELLS. GI PEERS
THROUGH RANGE FINDER. MONTAGE MORTARS FIRES AT
ENEMY POSITIONS. MONTAGE EXPLOSIONS SEEN IN
DISTANT HILLS. TROOPS ADVANCE IN OPEN FIELD.
00:48:08 2781.3
ANIMATED MAP SHOWS CLOSE PROXIMITY OF SAIPAN TO
JAPANESE MAINLAND. RUGGED, SHIRTLESS MARINES JOKE
AND SMILE AS THEY HOLD CAPTURED JAPANESE FLAG
RG 208 - ROLL 113
00:49:45 2878.3
NEW SERVICE SPEEDS MAIL TO U.S. TROOPS
WOMAN IN LIVING ROOM WRITING LETTER TO HUSBAND IN
SERVICE. HIS PHOTO ON TABLE.
00:49:54 2887.3
ANIMATED MAP OF WORLD SHOWS DIRECTIONS OF V-MAIL
FROM U.S. TO ALL PARTS OF WORLD. BOMBER LANDS IN
ITALY, V-MAIL IS UNLOADED INTO JEEP AND TRUCKS BY
GIS.
00:50:16 2909.3
SOLDIER STAND BY HUGE SACKS OF V-MAIL, OPENS ONE,
UNROLLS TAPE OF MICROFILM CONTAINING THOUSANDS OF
LETTERS ON ONE TAPE. TAPE IS PLACED IN ENLARGING
MACHINES.
00:50:30 2923.3
GIS TRANSFER MICROFILMED LETTERS ONTO LARGE ROLLS
OF PAPER. EACH LETTER IS CUT OUT FROM LARGE ROLL
INTO INDIVIDUAL LETTERS, LETTERS ARE PLACED INTO
ENVELOPES BY MACHINERY.
00:50:38 2931.3
LONG LINE OF GIS SORT MAIL INTO PIGEON HOLES ON
WALL. OTHERS SIT AND READ LETTERS FOR CENSURE
GI CENSOR READS LETTER SMILES AND PLACES IT BACK
IN ENVELOPE, STAMPS IT FOR DELIVERY
00:51:05 2958.3
GIS IN TENT CAMP GATHER AROUND MAIL MAN. MONTAGE
SOLDIERS IN DIFFERENT PLACES READING LETTERS.
00:51:24 2977.3
U. S. WHEAT HARVESTED FOR ALLIED FORCES
HARVESTER OPERATING IN WHEAT FIELD. SIXTEEN MULE
TEAM PULLING HARVESTER IN FIELD. WHEAT IS
HARVESTED AND SACKED BY HARVESTER.
00:52:16 3029.3
NEW GUN CARRIER MEETS ARMY TEST. SEVERAL ARMORED
GUN CARRIERS SPEED THROUGH TESTING GROUNDS, RIDING
AT FULL SPEED THROUGH ROUGH TERRAIN, WATER
HAZARDS. ARMORED VEHICLE SPINS LIKE TOP TO SHOW
ITS MANEUVERABILITY, VEHICLE SPEEDS UP AND DOWN
HIGH HILL.
00:53:06 3079.3
PENICILLIN DRUG SAVES ALLIED LIVES. MILK BOTTLES
MOVING ON CONVEYOR BELT ARE HALF-FILLED WITH
CHEMICAL FROM WATER TAP BY WOMEN WORKERS.
00:53:31 3104.3
ROCKS FULL OF THE BOTTLES CONTAINING CLOTH COVERS
ARE PLACED IN LARGE INCUBATOR. WOMAN TECHNICIAN
WEARING SURGICAL MASK INJECTS EACH BOTTLE WITH
HAND-HELD SPRAY GUN TYPE INJECTOR. CU BOTTLE
CONTAINING MOULD-LIKE SUBSTANCE USED TO MAKE
PENICILLIN MOVES ALONG CONVEYOR.
00:53:49 3122.3
CHEMICAL IS POURED INTO VAT CONTAINING FOAMY
SUBSTANCE. CU SMALL BOTTLE OF PENICILLIN.
00:53:56 3129.3
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELY RE-NOMINATED FOR FOURTH TERM.
AERIAL VIEW OF CONVENTION WITH WALL-TO-WALL
DELEGATES. SENATOR ALBIN BARKLEY SPEAKS TO
DELEGATES, ANNOUNCES ROOSEVELT'S' NOMINATION.
00:54:35 3168.3
MONTAGE DELEGATES RAISE HUNDREDS OF PLACARDS,
WITH "ROOSEVELT AND VICTORY" AND "ROOSEVELT AND A
LASTING PEACE"
00:54:45 3178.3
VIEW OF ROOSEVELT'S PASSENGER TRAIN AT STATION.
CU ROOSEVELT MAKES ACCEPTANCE SPEECH TO NATION
FROM INSIDE TRAIN AS CAMERAS ROLL. MONTAGE
DELEGATES AT CONVENTION LISTEN TO ROOSEVELT
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH OVER LOUDSPEAKERS. CU FDR
CONTINUES SPEAKING
RG 208 - ROLL 114
00:58:18 3391.3
U. S. PREPARES MORE PARATROOPS FOR BATTLE
TRAINEES FALL FROM GIANT PARACHUTE JUMP WHICH
PULLS THEM UP ON CABLES, RELEASES THEM AT TOP.
TRAINEES DROP GRACEFULLY TO EARTH.
00:58:48 3421.3
PLATOON OF PARATROOPS MARCH. CU FEET OF TROOPS
MARCHING TOWARDS CAMERA. LONG SINGLE LINES OF
PARATROOPERS RUN TO, BOARD CARGO PLANES. TROOPS
SEATED INSIDE GET LAST MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS.
MONTAGE PARATROOPS JUMP FROM PLANES, FILL SKY
00:59:43 3476.3
GENERAL DEGAULLE DECORATES FIFTH ARMY COMMANDER.
DEGAULLE ARRIVES IN OPEN PASTURE IN CHAUFFEUR
DRIVEN CONVERTIBLE. DEGAULLE PINS MEDAL ON
GENERAL MARK CLARK, KISSES HIM ON BOTH CHEEKS.
CLARK POSES WITH DEGAULLE. DEGAULLE DRIVES AWAY
01:01:00 3553.3
HUGE NAVAL SALVAGE CRANE IN ACTION. CRANE MOUNTED
ON HUGE BARGE. DIVER IN WATER ATTACHES CRANE HOOKS
TO UNDERWATER OBJECT TO BE RAISED BY CRANE.
SPECTATORS.
01:01:47 3600.3
WAVES CELEBRATE SECOND BIRTHDAY
PLATOON OF WAVES MARCH FROM BUILDING. LARGE GROUP
OF WAVES BOARD TRUCK FOR TRIP TO CORNFIELD. WAVE
PULLING CORN FROM STALK. WAVE DRIVES HARVESTER
WITH FARMER.
01:02:37 3650.3
CU WAVE POSES BITING INTO COB OF CORN. MONTAGE
THOUSANDS OF WAVES MARCHING IN REVIEW BY NEW YORK
CITY MAYOR FIORELLO LAGUARDIA AND TWO ADMIRALS.
01:03:25 3698.3
U.S. ADMIRALS VISIT SAIPAN
ADMIRAL NIMITZ & OTHERS ARRIVE IN SAIPAN BY PLANE.
EXAMINE OLD JAPANESE FORTIFICATIONS AND CANNONS.
01:04:08 3741.3
NEW VOLCANO ERUPTS IN MEXICO
SMOKE AND ASH RISES FROM ERUPTING VOLCANO. MAP
SHOWS SITE OF VOLCANO IN MEXICO. PEOPLE EVACUATE
VILLAGES CLOSE BY AS MOLTEN LAVA ROLLS IN. PAN OF
SMOLDERING DESTRUCTION.
01:05:21 3814.3
MONTAGE LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURES TUMBLE AS MOLTEN
LAVA OVERPOWERS THE TOWN.
RG 208 - ROLL 115
01:06:43 3896.3
U.S. SOLDIERS BECOME CITIZENS AT BATTLE FRONT
MEN & WOMEN SOLDIERS OF VARIED NATIONALITIES LINE
UP IN ITALY TO BE SWORN IN AS CITIZENS BY GENERAL
MARK CLARK. EACH RECEIVES DOCUMENT.
01:08:09 3982.3
GENERAL CLARK HONORS DIVISION OF JAPANESE-AMERICAN
SOLDIERS FOR THEIR BRAVERY IN ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.
CU FACE OF JAPANESE-AMERICAN GI.
01:08:29 4002.3
LAST RITES FOR PRESIDENT QUEZON OF PHILIPPINES.
MONTAGE SHOTS OF QUEZON PRIOR TO HIS DEATH.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS STAND GUARD OVER FLAG-DRAPED
CASKET AT FUNERAL. NUNS ARE AMONG THOSE VIEWING
BODY OF QUEZON.
01:09:05 4038.3
MARCHING AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND SAILORS FOLLOW
CAISSON WITH FLAG-DRAPED COFFIN.
01:09:27 4060.3
IN OLD FILM PRESIDENT QUEZON IS SWORN IN AS
PRESIDENT AS THOUSANDS OF PHILIPPINE PEOPLE WATCH.
GENERAL MACARTHUR CONGRATULATES HIM.
01:09:41 4074.3
GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL AND OTHER TOP MILITARY
LEADERS HOLD HATS TO CHEST AS QUEZON IS PUT TO
REST. HONOR GUARD FIRE INTO AIR.
01:09:59 4092.3
U. S. FORCES LAND ON GUAM
ELS SQUADRONS OF PLANES FLY IN FOR ATTACK. ELS
CONVOY OF WARSHIPS START BOMBARDMENT. EXPLOSIONS
ON ISLAND.
01:11:03 4156.3
MONTAGE LARGE NAVAL GUNS FIRING ON ISLAND. GUN
CREWS CARRYING SHELLS. MONTAGE- LANDING CRAFT AND
ARMORED AMPHIBIANS HEADING FOR BEACH UNDER INTENSE
FIRE BY JAPANESE GUNS.
01:12:51 4264.3
MONTAGE AMERICAN LANDING CRAFT BEING HIT BY
INTENSE JAPANESE FIRE. AMERICAN SOLDIERS LAY WITH
HEADS DOWN ALONG BEACH.
01:13:37 4310.3
SOLDIERS WADE INTO SHORE IN WAIST DEEP WATER.
01:14:12 4345.3
GIS HEAD INLAND TOWARDS HILLS. THEY ADVANCE SLOWLY
UNDER HEAVY FIRE.
01:14:59 4392.3
DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS ON JUNGLE GROUND. GI HELPS
LIMPING BUDDY WALK. WOUNDED CARRIED ON STRETCHERS.
01:15:29 4422.3
ANIMATED MAP SHOWS GUAM IN RELATION TO JAPAN AND
PHILIPPINES.
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Year: 1945  Color: Black & White
Genre: 1940s NEWSREELS

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