- Title: VM-803
- Summary: UNITED NEWS 208 UN 20 - 25:
- Description:01:05:28 - ROOSEVELT'S WAR TOUR OF NATION 01:05:39 - FDR & ELEANOR ARE SURROUNDED BY GRANDCHILDREN IN GARDEN IN TEXAS 01:05:51 - FDR'S MOTORCADE VISITS AIR FORCE CADETS AT RANDOLPH FIELD. PLANES & MEN LINE UP TO GREET HIM 01:06:20 - SQUADRON OF PLANES FLY IN FORMATION OVER TARGET IN TRAINING RUN 01:06:33 - AERIAL BOMBS SCORE BULLSEYE ON TARGET BELOW 01:06:42 - CU LEVER IS PULLED & BOMBS DROP OFF RACK 01:07:00 - POLISH-AMERICANS HONOR PULASKI 01:07:08 - POLISH-AMERICANS MARCH PAST REVIEWING STAND ON NY'S 5TH AVENUE 01:07:19 - WOMEN IN NATIVE COSTUME & MEN POLISH UNIFORMS 01:07:26 - CU CARDINAL SPELLMAN WATCHES FROM ST. PATRICK'S STEPS 01:07:36 - U.S. TROOPS GUARD NEW CALEDONIA! 01:07:46 - NATIVES DO WAR DANCE ON ISLAND LOCATED NEAR AUSTRALIA, AS GIS WATCH 01:08:11 - JEEP SMASHES THROUGH WOOD FENCE AT HIGH SPEED FOLLOWED BY OTHER JEEPS TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED 01:08:13 - JEEPS TRAVEL THROUGH STREAMS & BUMPY ROADS IN MANEUVERS, GIS SPLASH THROUGH STREAMS IN FAST RUN 01:08:52 - HOME TOWN HAILS AIR FORCE HERO 01:09:00 - ENTIRE TOWN COMES OUT TO GREET CAPT. ALVIN MULLER WHO ARRIVES BY TRAIN 01:09:10 - MULLER IS CARRIED ON SHOULDERS ABOVE CROWD 01:09:17 - MULER IS GREETED BY MOM & DAD AMIDST CROWD 01:09:27 - CAPT. MULLER & FAMILY MOTORCADE DOWN MAIN ST. 01:09:41 - MULLER & WIFE POSE FOR CAMERA & KISS 01:09:46 - ANTI-AIRCRAFT MARKSMANSHIP 01:10:01 - CAMOUFLAGED GUN POSITION IS REVEALED IN U.S. WESTERN DESERT FOR PRACTICE SESSION 01:10:14 - GUNNERS PRACTICE ON TARGET TOWED BY PLANE 01:10:33 - ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE AT TANK RIDING ACROSS DESERT & SCORE DIRECT HIT 01:10:53 - NIGHT IS LIT UP BY BATTERIES OF SEARCHLIGHTS, GUNFIRE & TRACER BULLETS 01:11:11 - BRAZIL GRADUATES NEW AIR OFFICERS 01:11:21 - U.S. SECRETARY OF NAVY ARRIVES IN RIO BY FLYING BOAT 01:11:33 - PRESIDENT VARGAS CONGRATULATES GRADUATING AIRMEN AS U.S. SECRETARY LOOKS ON 01:12:05 - AERIAL PAN OF RIO DE JANEIRO 01:12:11 - AMERICAN CONVOYS GIRDLE GLOBE 01:12:15 - U.S. MERCHANT MARINES ACADEMY BUILDING & GROUNDS 01:12:20 - MERCHANT MARINE CADETS AT PARADE DRESS 01:12:26 - CADETS JUMP OFF PLATFORM INTO POOL (TRAINING) & CLIMB DOWN ROPE LADDERS 01:12:33 - PLANTS PRODUCE PLANES, TRUCKS, TANKS & ARMS WHICH ARE LOADED ONTO TRANSPORT SHIPS IN HARBOR 01:13:23 - CREWMAN WALKS THROUGH SHIP'S ENGINE ROOM BELOW DECK 01:13:38 - COOK STIRS POT IN SHIP'S GALLEY, PULLS OUT PAN FULL OF CHICKEN FROM OVEN 01:14:20 - SHIPS UNLOAD CARGO AT DOCKS IN INDIA, BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA & RUSSIA #21 01:15:37 - U.S. PACIFIC WAR HEROES DECORATED 01:15:45 - NAVAL OFFICERS LINE UP ON CARRIER DECK TO RECEIVE MEDALS FOR HEROISM 01:16:01 - CU 2 BROTHERS (SAILORS) COMPARE MEDALS PINNED TO THEIR CHESTS 01:16:05 - ARMY OFFICERS & MEN AT MIDWAY ISLAND IN LONG LINE TO RECEIVE MEDALS 01:16:14 - RED CROSS NURSES LINE UP TO RECEIVE MEDALS 01:16:24 - CANADIAN TIMBER FOR WAR PLANES 01:16:30 - 2 LUMBERJACKS SAW AWAY AT HUGE PINE, USING LONG SAW (ONE AT EACH SIDE) 01:16:37 - HUGE TREE FALLS SLOWLY TO GROUND 01:16:44 - LUMBERJACKS CHOP & SAW AWAY AT BIG TREES 01:17:04 - LONG LINE OF FLATCARS LADEN WITH LOGS ROLL THROUGH FOREST ON RAIL 01:17:08 - MICKEY MOUSE GOES TO WAR 01:17:19 - ARTIST WALT DISNEY DRAWS MICKEY MOUSE AS HE SHOWS HIS EMPLOYEES HOW TO DO IT 01:17:55 - CU ARTIST DRAWS CARTOON FIGURE IN BATTLE GEAR 01:17:58 - ARTIST DRAWS FEROCIOUS PLUTO ON SIDE OF BOMBER 01:18:11 - PACIFIC COAST DEFENSE ON ALERT 01:18:18 - GIS PLAY FOOTBALL UNDER GIANT BALLOON RAISED ALONG COASTLINE OF U.S. 01:18:26 - GIS PLOT LOCATIONS OF EACH BALLOON IN COMMAND CENTER 01:18:48 - GI PUSHES HUGE CARDBOARD HOUSE USED TO CAMOUFLAGE ANTI-AIRCRAFT POSITION 01:19:04 - ENTIRE BUILDINGS SLIDE BACK ON ROLLERS EXPOSING GUN POSITIONS 01:19:15 - TOP IS TAKEN OFF HAYSTACK EXPOSING GUN POSITION 01:19:19 - TENNIS COURT SLIDES OPEN REVEALING AA GUN 01:19:35 - BARRAGE OF BALLOONS RISE TO SKY MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR BOMBERS TO FLY LOW 01:19:44 - INDUCTION DAY FOR ARMY DOGS 01:19:51 - SLED DOGS PULL GIS ON WHEELED CARTS 01:19:56 - GROUPS OF PUPPIES IN PAILS EXAMINED BY ARMY VETS ASSEMBLY-LINE STYLE 01:20:15 - DOGS ARE PLACED 3 IN A PAIL & CARTED AWAY BY GIS 01:20:25 - U.S. WAR SUPPLIES REINFORCE CHINESE 01:20:33 - GENERAL STILLWELL & CHINESE COUNTERPART REVIEW REGIMENT OF CHINESE TROOPS TRAINED BY U.S. 01:20:50 - AMERICAN DOCTORS EXAMINE CHINESE TROOPS IN FIELD. DENTIST LOOKS IN MOUTH OF CHINESE SOLDIER 01:21:14 - U.S. OFFICERS TRAIN CHINESE IN USE OF NEWLY ARRIVED U.S. CANNONS 01:21:36 - CHINESE SOLDIERS LEARN USE OF NEW U.S. RIFLES ON TARGET RANGE. MORTARS & CANNONS FIRED 01:22:06 - GEN. STILLWELL & CHINESE GEN. NOD APPROVAL 01:22:40 - WENDEL WILLKIE VISITS CHIANG KAI CHEK & WIFE 01:22:56 - CHINESE SOLDIERS PUMP HAND-DRIVEN RAIL CAR AS WILLKIE TAKEN ON TOUR OF COUNTRYSIDE 01:23:04 - WILLKIE POSES WITH CHINESE RIFLE, AIMS AT SKY 01:23:13 - WILLKIE TOURS WITH GEN. STILLWELL & MEETS GEN. CHENNAULT, LEADER OF FLYING TIGERS 01:23:19 - WILLKIE REVIEWS GOOSE-STEPPING CHINESE SOLDIERS WEARING NAZI STYLE HELMETS #22 01:24:09 - ALLIED AIRMEN WIN NEW WINGS 01:24:30 - CANADIAN FLYERS RECEIVE WINGS AT MONTREAL STADIUM 01:24:49 - ALL FEMALE CANADIAN ARMY UNIT LOOKS ON 01:25:33 - READY-MADE HOMES FOR WAR WORKERS 01:25:40 - PLANT WORKERS ASSEMBLE PRE-FABRICATED HOMES 01:25:49 - WORKERS LIFT WALL SECTION & ATTACH WINDOWS 01:25:59 - COMPLETED SECTIONS LEAVE FACTORY IN TRUCKS, THEN QUICKLY ASSEMBLED BY BATTERY OF CARPENTERS 01:26:18 - WOMAN DOES DISHES IN MODERN KITCHEN 01:26:34 - BRITISH SAILORS AID U.S. HARVEST 01:26:42 - DOZENS OF BRITISH SAILORS JUMP OFF TRUCK & HEAD FOR VIRGINIA FARM TO HELP HARVEST CORN 01:26:53 - SAILORS REMOVE UNIFORMS, DON WORK CLOTHES, AND HEAD FOR FARM FIELDS 01:26:59 - SAILORS RAKE HAY & GATHER CORN 01:27:11 - GROUP GATHERS OUTSIDE FARMHOUSE & SLUGS BOTTLES OF BEER EN MASSE 01:27:20 - SANDS PRODUCE OIL IN CANADA 01:27:29 - GEOLOGIST SWINGS FROM ROPE & CHOPS INTO SIDE OF CLIFF WITH PICK AXE 01:27:41 - GEOLOGIST RUBS HAND INTO SAND AT SEASHORE, GETTING IT DIRTY FROM OIL IN THE SAND 01:27:46 - DYNAMITE IS PLACED IN SAND & EXPLODES 01:27:59 - WORKERS DIG DEEP INTO SAND PIT & RUN SAND THROUGH STEAMING HOT WATER IN NEARBY PLANT 01:28:17 - NATION HAILS U.S. NAVY DAY 01:28:26 - THOUSANDS OF U.S. SAILORS MARCH DOWN NEW YORK'S 5TH AVENUE 01:28:34 - CU LITTLE BOY IN NAVY HAT LOOKS ON FROM CROWD 01:28:48 - RED CROSS NURSES MARCH FOLLOWED BY UNITS OF BRITISH NAVY 01:29:11 - TEST WORLD'S LARGEST AUTOBUS 01:29:27 - UPPER DECK OF HUGE BUS SWINGS AWAY FROM LOWER DECK AS BUS TURNS CORNER 01:30:01 - AMERICA'S BATTLE IN SOLOMON ISLANDS 01:30:16 - U.S. TRANSORTS & WARSHIPS IN CONVOY RIDES THROUGH ROUGH SEAS 01:30:32 - AMERICAN SCOUT PLANE CRASHES INTO SEA. RESCUE BOAT PICKS UP PILOT 01:30:50 - MARINES RIDE TO SHORE ON LANDING CRAFT AS NAVY GUNS POUND SHORE 01:31:11 - U.S. MARINES EXAMINE SCENE STREWN WITH BODIES OF JAPANESE SOLDIERS AWAITING BURIAL 01:31:40 - U.S. SUPPLIES ARE LOADED IN CAPTURED JAPANESE TRUCKS 01:31:47 - GIS TEST CAPTURED JAPANESE MACHINE GUNS & ARTILLERY 01:32:21 - JAPANESE PRISONERS WILLINGLY WORK FOR GIS. BRIEFED BY INTELLIGENCE AGENTS #23 01:34:24 - CHUNG KING BOMBED AGAIN. FIGHT'S ON 01:34:28 - AERIAL BOMBS EXPLODE IN CHUNG KING 01:34:48 - UNDER GUIDANCE OF CHIANG KAI CHEK, HIS WIFE & SISTERS, CHINESE WORKERS REBUILD CITY 01:34:57 - BRICKLAYER LAYS BRICK 01:35:00 - NATIVES CARRY WOMAN & CHILD IN RICKSHAW UP LONG FLIGHT OF STEPS 01:35:06 - STREET SCENE WITH RICKSHAWS & PEDESTRIANS 01:35:13 - HONOR HEROES HOME FROM WAR 01:35:42 - CU COLONEL SWEENEY RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS FROM GENERAL IN CHARGE OF AIR FORCE 01:35:55 - MARINE LT. MOORE IS GREETED AT RR STATION WITH KISS FROM WIFE 01:36:11 - LT. MOORE'S WIFE PRESENTS HIM WITH BABY SON HE HAS NOT SEEN. HE FEEDS BABY WITH BOTTLE 01:36:47 - WORLD'S LARGEST TANKER LAUNCHED 01:37:06 - 22,000 TON GIANT IS CHRISTENED AT HENRY KAISER SHIPYARD AS CROWD WATCHES 01:37:20 - TURKISH NEWSMEN HONOR AMERICA'S UNKNOWN SOLDIER 01:37:31 - WELL KNOWN TURKISH NEWSMEN PLACE WREATH ON GRAVE OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY 01:38:07 - CHINATOWN HAILS CAPTURED JAPANESE SUB 01:38:14 - CROWD GETS A LOOK AT JAPANESE SUB ON DISPLAY IN STREET OF SAN FRANCISCO'S CHINATOWN 01:38:24 - CHINESE DRAGON DANCE PERFORMED IN FRONT OF SUB AS SMOKE FROM FIRECRACKERS FILLS AIR 01:38:44 - CLARK GABLE WINS ARMY PROMOTION 01:39:05 - CLARK GABLE STANDS AT ATTENTION WITH CLASS- MATES AS HE IS MADE LIEUTENANT IN AIR FORCE 01:39:24 - BRAZILIAN CONVOY FILMED AT SEA 01:39:31 - BRAZILIAN SOLDIERS HUDDLED TOGETHER ON TROOP SHIPS DISEMBARK & TAKE TRAINS TO POSITIONS ALONG COASTLINE 01:40:15 - DIONNE QUINTUPLETS AID WAR DRIVE 01:40:30 - CU 5 SUITCASES LINED UP AT TRAIN STATION 01:40:33 - FIVE GIRLS WAVE FROM REAR OF TRAIN 01:40:54 - QUINTUPLETS HAVE DINNER ON TRAIN 01:41:02 - AS ANNETTE PLAYS ORGAN, OTHER 4 GIRLS SING 01:41:20 - QUINTS SELL THEIR FIRST BOND TO CANADA'S PREMIERE 01:41:34 - MACARTHUR TOURS FIGHTING FRONT 01:41:46 - MACARTHUR ARRIVES BY BOMBER TO NEW GUINEA TO INSPECT FRONT IN A SCOUT CAR 01:42:13 - MACARTHUR HAS LUNCH IN A FIELD KITCHEN IN JUNGLE 01:42:47 - MACARTHUR CARAVAN PASSES NATIVES CARRYING SUPPLIES ALONG JUNGLE ROAD #24 01:44:05 - UNITED NATIONS ON THE MARCH 01:44:20 - U.S. PLANES DROP SUPPLIES TO AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN JUNGLES OF NEW GUINEA 01:44:29 - PAPUAN NATIVES STAND IN AWE AS SUPPLIES ARE DROPPED FROM PLANES 01:44:56 - PAPUAN NATIVES FRIGHTENED BY AWESOME SIGHT 01:45:21 - AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS SIT ON GROUND, CLEANING THEIR RIFLES 01:45:33 - LONG LINE OF AUSSIE SOLDIERS SNAKE THROUGH JUNGLE TRAIL, FIRING WEAPONS IN JUNGLE 01:48:04 - GEN. GEORGE MARSHALL HEADS CONFERENCE OF JOINT ALLIED WAR COUNCIL IN WASHINGTON DC 01:48:38 - CU MAP OF EUROPE & AFRICA. POINTER SHOWS WAR ZONES IN NORTH AFRICA 01:48:44 - AERIAL BOMBS FALL ON TARGETS IN AFRICAN DESERT BOMBING ROMMEL'S SUPPLY LINES 01:49:05 - BRITISH SOLDIERS CHARGE THROUGH SMOKESCREEN IN DESERT FOLLOWED BY FAST RIDING TANKS 01:49:15 - LONG LINE OF AXIS PRISONERS WALK DOWN DESERT ROAD 01:49:32 - GEN. EISENHOWER USES POINTER ON MAP TO PLAN STRATEGY 01:49:42 - GEN. DOOLITTLE POSES FOR CAMERA 01:49:51 - FDR MAKES SPEECH IN FRENCH TO FRENCH PEOPLE UNDER NAZI RULE 01:50:00 - FRENCH PEOPLE LISTEN TO BROADCAST (SUB-TITLES SHOW FDR'S SPEECH) 01:50:56 - FRENCH CHILDREN WAVE U.S. FLAGS, DRINK U.S. MILK & EAT U.S. FOOD 01:51:22 - PAN OF HUGE CONVOY OF SHIPS ON WAY TO INVADE NORTH AFRICA 01:51:34 - AFTER BOMBARDMENT BY WARSHIPS, GIS LAND & SWARM ASHORE FROM LANDING CRAFT 01:52:29 - CRACK UNITS OF FRENCH-LED ARABS, BERBERS, & HORSEBACK UNITS MARCH IN DESERT 01:53:01 - GEN. DEGAULLE SPEAKS TO NAVAL OFFICERS ON WARSHIP 01:53:28 - #25 01:54:08 - HUGE ANTI-AXIS RALLY STIRS CHILE 01:54:21 - CROWD CARRIES POSTERS & SIGNS IN STREETS OF SANTIAGO & LISTEN TO SPEECHES 01:55:02 - UNITED NATIONS SMASH JAPANESE IN S. PACIFIC 01:55:13 - U.S. WARSHIPS FIRE BIG GUNS AT JAPANESE FLEET TRYING TO RE-TAKE GUADALCANAL 01:55:18 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWS PATH TAKEN BY JAPANESE FLEET 01:55:43 - ADMIRAL NIMITZ, WHO DIRECTS U.S. STRATEGY OF ATTACK, SITS AT HIS DESK 01:55:50 - ADMIRAL HALSEY PERUSES MAP ON HIS FLAGSHIP 01:56:35 - GEN. MACARTHUR, WHO DIRECTS ACTION ON LAND FRONT, IS GREETED BY DIPLOMAT 01:56:44 - U.S. TROOPS WEAR DUST MASKS AS THEIR VEHICLES SPEED DOWN ROAD RAISING CLOUDS OF DUST 01:57:46 - SHIRTLESS GIS FEED SHELLS INTO CANNON 01:58:12 - GIS WALK THROUGH JUNGLE PATHS & STREAMS IN TRAINING MANEUVERS 01:58:27 - GIS PULL & PUSH HEAVY ARTILLERY THROUGH SWAMP AS TROOPS WALK THROUGH ANKLE-DEEP STREAMS 01:58:46 - U.S. TROOPS LAND IN NORTH AFRICA 01:58:58 - HUNDREDS OF U.S. TROOPS CARRY DUFFLE BAGS ONTO TROOPS SHIPS, ALONG WITH TRUCKS & WEAPONS, AS THEY JOIN HUGE CONVOY AT SEA ON WAY TO AFRICA 01:59:57 - AERIAL HUNDREDS OF GIS HUDDLED TOGETHER ON TROOPSHIP DOCK WAVE TO CAMERA 02:00:18 - GIS DO CALISTHENICS ON SHIP DECK. WARSHIPS PATROL AROUND THEM 02:02:10 - U.S. LANDING CRAFT LAND TROOPS ON SHORE OF AFRICA. U.S. SOLDIER SPEAKS TO ARABS WHO WILLINGLY HELP GIS UNLOAD GAS CANS FROM CRAFT
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-803