- Title: VM-805
- Summary: UNITED NEWS:
- Description:01:01:28 - WORK & PLAY ON U.S. CARRIER 01:01:32 - SAILORS SWIM IN OCEAN BETWEEN CARRIER & LARGE NET, FORMING POOL IN OCEAN, PROTECTING FROM SHARKS 01:01:38 - HUNDREDS OF SAILORS IN SWIM TRUNKS SWIM IN POOL 01:01:56 - DARING SAILORS DIVE INTO WATER FROM CARRIER DECK AS HIGH AS 70 FEET 01:02:03 - SAILORS IN SWIM TRUNKS CLIMB UP HUGE CHAIN LINKS HOLDING ANCHOR ON BOW OF SHIP 01:02:27 - PILOTS PICKED UP AT SEA BY DESTROYER ARE TRANSPORTED TO CARRIER VIA BASKET ATTACHED TO BOTH SHIPS BY ROPE, WHILE BOTH SHIPS ARE UNDERWAY 01:02:45 - CU 3 PILOTS SNATCHED FROM SEA, POSE FOR CAMERA 01:03:09 - RG 208 ROLL 31 01:03:52 - LATEST FILMS WITH U.S. TROOPS IN N. AFRICA 01:04:13 - GEN. EISENHOWER SHAKES HANDS WITH GEN. MARK CLARK 01:04:43 - U.S. TROOPS GUARD OVER OLD FORT IN DESERT 01:04:57 - GIS POSE IN GROUP PHOTOS WITH LOCAL CITIZENS 01:05:15 - BLACK NATIVE SOLDIER IN FRENCH UNIFORM SHOWS HIS SHARP BOLO KNIFE 01:05:41 - U.S. TROOPS & FREE FRENCH TROOPS MARCH IN PARADE 01:06:20 - FRENCH GENERAL IS MET AT N. AFRICA AIRPORT BY U.S. GENERAL. EXPERIENCED FRENCHMAN WILL ADVISE U.S. FORCES 01:06:42 - NEW U.S. FIGHTER PLANES IN ACTION 01:06:57 - NEW P-38 LIGHTNINGS ARE UNLOADED OFF SHIP IN AUSTRALIA 01:07:08 - U.S. TECHNICIANS TUNE UP P-38 ENGINES 01:07:23 - TWIN-FUSELAGE P-38 ROARS DOWN RUNWAY & TAKES OFF 01:07:34 - BENGHAZI FALLS AS ROMMEL FLEES ADVANCING BRITISH 01:07:50 - BATTERED BUILDINGS IN BENGHAZI AS BRITISH TANKS ROLL BY 01:07:55 - CU NAZI FLAG LIES ON GROUND 01:08:02 - CU BENGHAZI YOUNGSTERS GIVE VICTORY SIGN 01:08:09 - HALF SUNKEN & SMOKING NAZI SUPPLY SHIPS IN HARBOR 01:08:31 - U.S. PLANE CARRIER WINS THRILLING SEA-AIR BATTLE 01:08:50 - U.S. WARSHIPS FORM PROTECTIVE BARRIER AROUND AIRCRAFT CARRIER AS THEY BATTLE JAPANESE FLEET 01:09:17 - WARSHIPS FIRE AT JAPANESE PLANES AS THEY ROAR BY 01:12:05 - RG 208 ROLL 32 01:12:42 - U.S. FLYERS BOMB 2 JAPANESE BASES 01:12:54 - U.S. BOMBERS TAKE OFF FROM ARCTIC BASES TO BOMB REMAINING JAPANESE ON ALEUTIANS' KISKA ISLAND 01:13:12 - AERIAL TONS OF HUGE BOMBS DROP ON TARGETS 01:13:47 - CU GEN. CHENNAULT IN CHINA EXAMINES MAP WITH AIDES 01:14:15 - AERIAL BOMBERS FLY HIGH OVER ASIAN MOUNTAINS ON THEIR WAY TO JAPANESE TARGETS IN HONG KONG 01:14:25 - AERIAL VIEW OF BOMBS FALLING ON HONG KONG 01:15:00 - BOMBERS LAND AT AIRFIELD WITH P-40 FLYING TIGERS 01:15:21 - CU U.S. PILOT BITES INTO SANDWICH UPON LANDING 01:15:25 - DANISH WINDJAMMER JOINS COAST GUARD 01:15:30 - SAILORS CLIMB HIGH INTO SAILBOAT MASTS 01:15:39 - SAILORS TUG AT ROPE TO HOIST SAILS 01:15:45 - SHIP UNDER FULL SAIL 01:15:59 - SAILOR REPAYS BLOOD BANK 01:16:11 - NURSES REMOVE SUPPLIES FROM CARAVAN ON STATION WAGONS & AMBULANCES AS THEY SET UP BLOOD BANK 01:16:18 - AS MEN & WOMEN DONORS LAY ON COTS, NURSES DRAW THEIR BLOOD 01:16:29 - YOUNG GUNNER'S MATE WHOSE LIFE WAS SAVED BY 8 TRANSFUSIONS LIES ON COT & GIVES BLOOD 01:16:40 - CANADIAN WOMEN LEAD WORLD IN MAKING MUNITIONS 01:16:50 - CROWD OF WOMEN FILE INTO CANADIAN PLANT 01:16:56 - AERIAL OF MUNITION PLANT, WOMEN AT MACHINES 01:17:25 - WOMEN AT ASSEMBLY LINE SIT & HANDLE MILLIONS OF BULLETS 01:17:38 - WOMAN POSES WITH BAND OF MACHINE GUN BULLETS DRAPED OVER HER SHOULDERS 01:17:46 - WOMEN & MEN WORK OVER HUGE POTS IN FACTORY KITCHEN 01:18:07 - CU CANNON FIRES SHELLS ON FACTORY PROVING GROUNDS 01:18:15 - BRAZILIAN NAVY GUARDS SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST 01:19:03 - BRAZILIAN BOAT LAYS MINES ALONG COAST & SAILORS LAY DOWN ANTI-SUB NETS 01:19:36 - NAZI WAR FACTORY WRECKED BY RAF 01:19:50 - CU PICTURE OF FACTORY MADE BY RECONNAISSANCE PLANE (RADIO EQUIPMENT PLANT) 01:20:01 - RAF PLANES OVER CHANNEL AT LOW RANGE 01:20:58 - FACTORY IS SEEN & FIRED UPON BY LOW-FLYING PLANE 01:21:10 - AERIAL BOMBS EXPLODING OVER TARGET 01:21:36 - DAMAGED BOMBER LIES ON ITS BELLY AFTER MAKING CRASH LANDING ON RETURN 01:21:49 - CU OFFICIAL PICTURE OF NAZI PLANT AFTER RAID RG 208 ROLL 33 01:22:34 - JAPANESE SHIPS SMASHED AT GUADALCANAL 01:22:43 - AERIAL OF HENDERSON AIRFIELD AT GUADALCANAL 01:23:13 - AERIAL JAPANESE TRANSPORTS, DAMAGED AFTER U.S. ATTACK, LIE NEAR SHORE OF ISLAND 01:23:33 - GIS PUSH FORWARD IN JEEP ON GUADALCANAL ROAD AS INFANTRYMEN LINE ROADS 01:24:05 - AMERICAN FREIGHTER BATTLES OIL FIRE OFFSHORE. THICK BLACK SMOKE RISES HIGH IN SKY 01:24:21 - AMERICAN INDIANS AID WAR EFFORT 01:24:31 - INDIAN WOMEN CARRY BASKETS OF FRUIT & DISH OUT TO U.S. SAILORS AT RAILROAD STATIONS 01:24:38 - SAILORS REACH OUT FROM TRAIN WINDOWS TO GRAB FRUIT FROM BASKET CARRIED ON WOMAN'S HEAD 01:24:49 - INDIAN WOMAN POINTS TO HUGE HONOR ROLL OF INDIAN MEN SERVING IN ARMED FORCES 01:24:58 - NAVAJO WOMEN MAKE GIFTS & GAMES IN WORKSHOPS 01:25:17 - CU NAVAJO CHIEF, WHOSE THREE SONS SERVE IN ARMY, POSES FOR CAMERA 01:25:20 - GIANT U.S. PLANE IN MAIDEN FLIGHT 01:25:32 - HUGE AIR TRANSPORT PLANE "CONSTELLATION" IS ROLLED OUT OF HANGAR & TEST FLOWN 01:25:50 - P-38 FIGHTER LOOKS LIKE A TOY NEXT TO THE "CONSTELLATION" 01:26:20 - NEW STEEL MILL FOR VICTORY SHIPS 01:26:38 - HENRY KAISER SETS OFF EXPLOSION, STARTING OFF NEW BLAST FURNACE IN STEEL MILL 01:26:58 - U.S. ARMY TRAINS DISPATCH RIDERS 01:27:04 - DISPATCH RIDERS ON MOTORCYCLES MANEUVER THROUGH ROUGH TERRAIN & STREAMS 01:27:27 - RIDERS FALL OFF BIKES TRYING TO CLIMB BUMPY HILLS 01:27:33 - WAR NEWS FROM NORTH AFRICA 01:27:49 - TRACER BULLETS & FLARES LIGHT UP NIGHT SKY 01:28:08 - NAZI PRISONERS, MANY OF THEM FLYERS, LOADED ONTO SHIPS FOR TRANSPORT TO PRISON CAMPS 01:28:20 - DAMAGED & DESTROYED NAZI EQUIPMENT 01:28:40 - U.S. & CHINA SIGN NEW TREATY 01:28:56 - CU CORDEL HULL & CHINA AMBASSADOR SIGN TREATY 01:29:15 - CHINESE TROOPS BOARD U.S. TRANSPORT PLANES FOR FLIGHT ACROSS MOUNTAINS WHICH FORMERLY TOOK MONTHS 01:29:39 - FDR REPORTS TO NEW CONGRESS 01:30:03 - FDR SPEAKS AT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 01:31:30 - CONGRESSMEN STAND & GIVE FDR OVATION AFTER STIRRING SPEECH RG 208 ROLL 34 01:32:18 - WAR NEWS FROM SOUTH PACIFIC 01:32:27 - ARMY NURSES WAVE FROM HOSPITAL SHIP ARRIVING IN AUSTRALIA 01:32:41 - AUSSIE TROOPS CARRY WOUNDED ON STRETCHERS ONTO HOSPITAL SHIP 01:32:54 - U.S & AUSTRALIAN NURSES DISEMBARK FROM SHIP & ARE DRIVEN IN TRUCKS TO FIELD HOSPITALS 01:33:15 - JAPANESE AVIATORS CAPTURED AT GUADALCANAL ARE DRIVEN IN MOTOR LAUNCH TO PRISON CAMPS 01:33:51 - CU U.S. MARINES COUNT TRUNKFUL OF JAPANESE MONEY 01:34:31 - ARTILLERY BLASTS JAPANESE ON GUADALCANAL 01:34:53 - ARMY TAKES OVER U.S. UNIVERSITIES 01:35:08 - 3000 OFFICER CADETS MARCH INTO YALE UNIVERSITY TO COMPLETE TRAINING 01:35:30 - ARMY TEACHERS TRAIN MEN IN CLASSROOM 01:35:44 - CADETS FILL HUGE UNIVERSITY MESS HALL & EAT 01:35:50 - LARGE GROUP OF WOMEN DO FLOOR EXERCISES PRESCRIBED BY ARMY 01:36:02 - GIRLS ROLL UNDER BARRICADES ON OBSTACLE COURSE IN SNOW 01:36:21 - LONG LINE OF WOMEN CLIMB SNOWY HILL ON SKIS & THEN SPEED DOWN 01:36:28 - CU GIRLS SPREAD LEGS AS THEY SKI OVER CAMERA 01:36:35 - NAVY FLYERS TEST FREE BALLOONS 01:36:44 - NAVY DIRIGIBLE PILOTS CIRCLE LARGE BALLOON AS IT EXPANDS WITH AIR 01:36:52 - PILOTS WALK OUT ONTO FIELD HOLDING LARGE BALLOON OVERHEAD 01:37:05 - AERIAL LARGE BALLOON WITH BASKET FULL OF NAVY MEN FLOATS HIGH OVER LANDSCAPE 01:37:17 - BALLOON LANDS IN CENTER OF HIGHWAY 01:37:49 - AERIAL BALLOON LANDS & COLLAPSES GENTLY AS SHADOW OF DIRIGIBLE PASSES OVER IT 01:37:59 - CLARK GABLE WINS AIR GUNNERS' WINGS 01:38:11 - GUNNERS FIRE MOUNTED MACHINE GUNS AT TARGETS FIRED INTO THE AIR MECHANICALLY 01:38:46 - CLARK GABLE STANDS IN LINE AT ATTENTION WITH HUNDREDS OF GRADUATING GUNNERS. GABLE IS THE ONLY ONE IN LIEUTENANT UNIFORM 01:38:54 - GABLE WALKS UP TO PODIUM, SALUTES COMMANDING OFFICER WHO PINS WINGS ON GABLE'S CHEST 01:39:09 - GABLE FIRES MACHINE GUNS AT TARGEST FLIPPED INTO AIR 01:39:26 - U.S. PARATROOPS IN NORTH AFRICA 01:39:36 - U.S. PARATROOPS REST ON LANDING FIELD IN ALGERIA, THEN FILE ONTO TRANSPORT PLANES 01:40:37 - TROOPS BAIL OUT OVER TARGET & TAKE POSITION ON GROUND RG 208 ROLL 35 01:42:00 - WEST POINT SENDS 409 NEW OFFICERS INTO ARMY 01:42:06 - CADETS LINE UP TO RECEIVE DIPLOMAS 01:42:42 - CLASS RISES & APPLAUDS JUBILANTLY 01:42:48 - GRADUATING CLASS PARADES IN COURTYARD IN HEAVY RAIN 01:43:43 - ELEANOR ROOSEVELT LAUNCHES NAVY'S NEWEST CARRIER 01:44:03 - ELEANOR HEARTILY SMASHES CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE AGAINST HULL OF NEW CARRIER "YORKTOWN" 01:44:31 - INVASION TACTICS TOUGHEN TROOPS 01:44:37 - SEVERAL GROUPS OF 6 GIS LIFT LARGE TIMBERS OVER HEADS & FLIP TO OTHER TRAINING GROUPS 01:44:55 - GIS DO PUSH-UPS IN DIFFICULT POSITION 01:45:04 - UPON COMMAND OF INSTRUCTOR, CLASS LEANS BACK OVER LOG & POUNDS ON THEIR STOMACHS IN SIT-UPS 01:45:20 - GI CLIMBS TREE & SLIDES LONG WAY DOWN ON ROPE 01:45:36 - GIS JUMP OVER STREAM AS DYNAMITE EXPLODES UNDER THEM 01:45:45 - GIS CRAWL THROUGH GULLY AS REAL MACHINE GUN BULLETS ARE FIRED OVER THEIR HEADS 01:46:04 - GIS CRAWL ON BACKS UNDER BARBED WIRE AS MACHINE GUNNER FIRES OVER THEIR HEADS 01:46:11 - BRITISH 8TH ARMY TAKES TRIPOLI AS NAZIS FLEE LIBYA 01:46:38 - AERIAL BOMBS FALL ON PORT OF TRIPOLI 01:46:59 - AS GEN. MONTGOMERY WATCHES, BRITISH FLAG IS HOISTED OVER PORT OF TRIPOLI 01:47:11 - BRITISH SOLDIERS REPAIR DAMAGED NAZI PLANES & REPAINT THEM WITH BRITISH INSIGNIA 01:47:31 - BRITISH TROOPS SLOWLY & CAREFULLY SWEEP MINE DETECTORS OVER DESERT GROUND 01:47:51 - MINE IS LOCATED & DUG OUT 01:47:59 - THOUSANDS OF MINES LINED UP ON DESERT FLOOR 01:48:18 - BRITISH ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FIRE AT ATTACKING NAZI PLANES 01:48:35 - NAZI PLANE PLUMMETS TO EARTH 01:49:29 - CANADA HAILS 3RD YEAR OF EMPIRE AIR TRAINING 01:49:55 - YOUNG PILOTS FROM ALL OVER BRITISH EMPIRE TRAIN AT CANADIAN ACADEMY 01:50:18 - WITH PARACHUTES DANGLING BEHIND THEM, PILOTS CLIMB INTO TRAINING PLANES & TAKE OFF 01:50:44 - PILOTS LINE UP AT AIRFIELD TO RECEIVE WINGS RG 208 ROLL 36 01:52:01 - CHINESE ENVOY INSPECTS CANADA'S WAR INDUSTRIES 01:52:14 - CU WOMEN SIT AT TABLES SORTING OUT BULLETS 01:52:37 - CHINESE AMBASSADOR WATCHES TANKS ROLL OFF LINE. HE CLIMBS ATOP TANK & TAKES A RIDE 01:52:54 - 3RD BABY GIRL BORN TO PRINCESS JULIANA IN CANADA 01:53:16 - PRINCE BERNHARDT CARRIES INFANT OUT OF HOSPITAL 01:53:47 - PRINCE BERNHART WALKS IN SNOW WITH OTHER 2 PRINCESSES & THEIR DOG 01:53:59 - PRINCE PULLS SLED WITH 2 PRINCESSES. ONE FALLS OFF 01:54:03 - FDR & CHURCHILL MEET IN NORTH AFRICA 01:54:11 - AERIAL CASABLANCA WHERE THEY MEET 01:54:59 - AERIAL MILITARY GUARD SURROUND FDR'S VILLA 01:55:21 - FDR RIDES IN ARMY JEEP DOWN ROAD LINED BY U.S. TROOPS & TANKS. SALUTING PASSING COLORS 01:57:16 - CASABLANCA'S ANFA HOTEL WHERE MEETING HELD 01:57:29 - FDR & CHURCHILL SIT IN ARMCHAIRS OUTDOORS, SURROUNDED BY GENERAL STAFF 01:58:11 - HIGH U.S. & BRITISH STAFF TALK FACE TO FACE ACROSS CONFERENCE TABLE 01:58:48 - WREATH IS PLACED BY GENERALS AT CEMETERY WHERE U.S. TROOPS FELL 01:59:08 - GENERAL GIRAUX OF FRANCE MEETS WITH FDR IN OUTDOOR SETTING 01:59:40 - FDR, CHURCHILL, GIRAUX & DEGAULLE MEET 02:00:20 - WAR CORRESPONDENTS SURROUND FDR & CHURCHILL & TAKE NOTES AS BOTH LEADERS SPEAK 02:00:47 - FDR REVIEWS U.S. BLACK TROOPS AFTER LANDING IN LIBERIA 02:01:19 - FDR SITS WITH PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL VARGAS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1942
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-805