- Title: GN-2
- Summary: NEWSREEL SHORTS: NEWSREEL SHORT SUBJECTS OF JAPANESE SURRENDER IN 1945, BRITISH AND FRENCH NAVAL BATTLE IN 1940, TRAVELOGUE OF WASHINGTON, DC, AND SILENT FILM OF 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
- Description:00:44:34 - 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. (B&W) CASTLE FILM SILENT VERSION OF THE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS POEM. 00:44:37 - GOING DOWN LAND OF SNOW COVERED TREES, POV MOVING VEHICLE (SLED) 00:44:44 - PAN TO HOUSE BURIED IN THE SNOW 00:44:50 - POV FROM INSIDE HOUSE OF ICICLE COVERED WINDOW, CHRISTMAS TREE, WORDS OF THE POEM (TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHIRSTMAS) APPEAR AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN, PAN TO EASY CHAIR 00:45:01 - FADE TO STUFFED MOUSE, RAT SITTING ON STONE STAIR 00:45:06 - FADE TO EASY CHAIR NEXT TO FIREPLACE WITH STOCKINGS HUNG AND OLD PEWTER PLATTERS, WORDS APPEAR 00:45:18 - THREE CHILDREN IN BED WITH OLD TIED QUILT, ZOOMS IN ON CHILDREN AS ANIMATED SUGAR PLUMS AND CANDY CANES DANCE OVER THEIR HEADS 00:45:39 - MS PAN OF THE CHILDREN ASLEEP 00:45:46 - MAN GOES TO BED WITH NIGHT CAP ON, OLD QUILT ON BED, JUMPS RIGHT UP AND RUNS TO WINDOW, ACTS OUT WORDS OF POEM, OPENS SHUTTERS AND LIFTS SASH 00:46:19 - ANIMATED SNOWY SCENE WITH SANTA'S SLEIGH AND REINDEER 00:46:29 - MAN AND WIFE LOOK OUT WINDOW 00:46:34 - MS OF SANTA IN SLEIGH, HOLDING REINS AND LAUGHING, MOVING BACK AND FORTH, WORDS ON SCREEN, DRIVING SLEIGH, HO HO HO 00:47:11 - ANIMATED SEGMENT OF SANTA'S SLEIGH AND REINDEER TAKING OFF, FLYING, WORDS OF POEM 00:47:23 - SANTA IN HIS SLEIGH, STOPS AND GETS OUT WITH HIS BAG OF TOYS AND DISAPPEARS BEHIND CHIMNEY, WORDS OF POEM SUPERIMPOSED 00:47:59 - BAG OF TOYS AND SANTA COME DOWN CHIMNEY INTO FIREPLACE, OPENS THE BAG AND TAKES OUT TOYS AND LOOKS AT THEM AND LAUGHS, BIG BELLY SHAKING, PUTS TOYS IN STOCKINGS NAILED TO MANTEL, LIGHTS UP HIS PIPE AND SMOKES 00:49:39 - CUT TO CHILDREN ASLEEP IN A BIG BED 00:49:42 - MS OF SANTA LOOKING AT TOY AND LAUGHING, PAN DOW TO BIG BELLY SHAKING UP AND DOWN, WORDS OF POEM CONTINUE, SANTA TURNS TO CAMERA AND WINKS 00:50:17 - WIDE SHOT OF SANTA FACING FIREPLACE, BACK TO CAMERA, FILLING STOCKINGS, TURNS TO FACE BARE CHRISTMAS TREE IN ROOM AND WAVES HIS ARMS, BARE TREE IS SUDDENLY DECORATED WITH POPCORN AND CRANBERRY GARLANDS, PAN BACK TO SANTA TOUCHING THE SIDE OF HIS NOSE, GRABS HIS BAG OF TOYS AND GOES UP CHIMNEY IN FIREPLACE 00:51:18 - CHILDREN ASLEEP IN BED 00:51:21 - SANTA EMERGES FROM CHIMNEY AND GETS INTO SLEIGH AND SWINGS THE REINS, MISTY CLOUDS FLOAT BY 00:51:44 - CHILDREN RUN DOWN STAIRS IN THE MORNING, IN PAJAMAS, AND TAKE DOWN THEIR STOCKINGS FILLED WITH TOYS, COLONIAL STYLE ROOM, WITH SPINNING WHEEL AND ROLL TOP DESK 00:51:54 - ANIMATED SANTA AND REINDEER FLY BEHIND PAINTED SNOW COVERED HILL WITH TREES AND HOUSE 00:52:05 - POV BEHIND SANTA AS HE FLYS IN SLEIGH, SANTA TURNS AND WAVES TO VIEWER, POEM CONCLUSION, "MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT" 00:52:23 - TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS ENDS, TITLE CARD CASTLE FILMS, 1946 00:52:30 - BLACK SCREEN 00:52:37 - - CASTLE NEWSREEL. 1945 (B&W) PAPER ALL OVER THE GROUND. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SIGNS PEACE TREATY. K. SULLIVAN CHIEF OF STAFF. PLANES IN THE SKY. AIR FIELD. 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION. AMERICAN PRISONERS LIBERATED. TOKYO BAY. AMPHIBIOUS LANDING. RAISING AMERICAN FLAG. SURRENDER CEREMONY. MAKES SPEECH AT MICROPHONE. CLOSING HUGE BOOK. 00:52:37 - POV AIRCRAFT CARRIER, BUSY, PLANES TAKING OFF 00:52:43 - WWII PLANE FLYING 00:52:44 - POV PLANE, VIEW OF BOMBED FACTORIES, TOYKO WAR PLANTS BEING BOMBED, BOMBS LANDING AND SMOKE RISING 00:52:52 - MILITARY LEADERS WITH VICE ADMRIAL WILLIAM S. HALSEY LOOK AT MAPS WITH SEXTON, MEASURING, ON BOARD SHIP, HALSEY TURNS AND SPEAKS AND SMILES 00:52:59 - FOOTAGE OF ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS ON SHIPS, SHOOTING DOWN JAPANESE PLANES 00:53:08 - KAMIKAZE SUICIDE PLANE DIVING, CRASHING INTO WATER, CUT TO MEN RUNNING ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER 00:53:13 - LS OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER WITH HUGE PLUME OF SMOKE RISING 00:53:15 - AMERICAN SHIPS SHOOTING AT THE JAPANESE COAST, HALSEY? SMOKING AND LOOKING THROUGH SCOPE 00:53:29 - PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND OFFICIAL DRIVING IN AN OPEN CAR, POTSDAM, GERMANY, CUT TO HISTORIC ARCH, RUINS 00:53:32 - HARRY S. TRUMAN AND WINSTON CHURCHILL SHAKE HANDS 00:53:37 - CHURCHILL, TRUMAN AND STALIN STAND IN FRONT OF OFFICIALS IN POTSDAM, GERMANY 00:53:40 - PAN OF HUGE FACTOR IN THE DESERT? 00:53:45 - WORKERS LEAVING PLANT AFTER WORK, MEN AND WOMEN, SUNNY DAY 00:53:49 - LS OF ATOMIC BOMB EXPLODING, MUSHROOM CLOUD, FROM 6 MILES AWAY 00:54:04 - AERIAL VIEW OF ATOMIC EXPLOSION, PATRIOTIC MUSIC 00:54:10 - AERIAL SHOT OF HIROSHIMA 00:54:15 - RUSSIAN SOLDIERS MARCHING THROUGH SQUARE 00:54:24 - PRESS CONFERENCE, REPORTERS CROWDING TABLE 00:54:28 - MS OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN READS THE JAPANESE SURRENDER, ACCEPTING THE POTSDAM DECLARATION 00:54:53 - REPORTERS RUSHING AROUND, RUNNING OUT OF A DOOR 00:54:58 - TIMES SQUARE VIEWS, VJ DAY, OVERHEAD SHOTS, CROWDS, HOLDING NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, WAVING US FLAG 00:55:11 - JAPANESE DELGATION LANDS IN MANILA AND IS ESCORTED TO US HEADQUARTERS 00:55:30 - JAPANESE AND AMERICAN MILITARY MEET IN MANILA'S BATTERED CITY HALL 00:55:42 - MILITARY SHIPS AT SEA, ADMRIAL HALSEY'S FLEET 00:55:52 - ADMIRAL HALSEY WITH MAGNIFYING GLASS 00:55:55 - AMERICAN TROOPS PREPARE TO ARRIVE IN JAPAN 00:56:03 - US PLANES FLY AND LAND IN JAPAN, 11TH AIRBOURNE DIVISION 00:56:19 - US PRISONERS OF WAR SHAKE HANDS WITH LIBERATORS IN TRUCK, ONE ON CRUTCHES 00:56:23 - JAPANESE DELEGATION REPORT TO GENERAL EICHENBERG AT AIRFIELD IN JAPAN 00:56:33 - GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR ARRIVES AT JAPANESE AIRFIELD, SMOKING STRANGE PIPE, MS OF MACARTHUR 00:56:57 - ALLIED ARMADA WITH GENERAL HALSEY SALUTING SAILORS ON BATTLESHIP SOUTH DAKOTA, GENERAL NIMITZ, JAPANESE PILOTS 00:57:16 - 4TH REGIMENT MARINES ARRIVE IN LANDING CRAFT AT TOKYO BAY 00:57:59 - AMERICAN FLAG RAISED BY MARINES 00:58:08 - SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 1945, ON BOARD THE USS MISSOURI, SURRENDER CEREMONY, JAPANESE DELEGATION 00:58:46 - MS OF GENERAL MACARTHUR, READS THE SURRENDER AT MICROPHONES 00:59:56 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF JAPANESE OFFICIALS SIGNING SURRENDER, CUTS TO MACARTHUR, ALLIES SIGN DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT PORTFOLIO IS CLOSED 01:01:48 - THE END, CASTLE FILMS, 1945 01:01:50 - BLACK SCREEN 01:01:58 - THE ETON BOYS TITLE CARD, SWEET ADELINE, BAR RESTAURANT SCENE 01:02:07 - - ETON BOYS - SWEET ADELINE MUSICAL SHORT. IN SALOON SET. BARTENDER WITH LONG MUSTACHE. QUARTET. MUGS OF BEER. ROMANTIC COUPLE. WOMAN LIES ON HAMMOCK. HE KISSES HER HAND. PLAYS CROQUET. DRINKS WATER FROM LADLE. 01:02:09 - PAN TO THE ETON BOYS IN BAR SINGING, 4 PART HARMONY, BARTENDER LISTENS, THEY HOLD MUGS OF BEER, MAN SMOKES CIGAR AND LISTENS 01:03:29 - SONG CONTINUES AS ROMANTIC COUPLE IN VICTORIAN DRESS SITS ON THE GROUND HE TRIES TO KISS HER, SHE SWINGS ON A HAMMOCK AND HE KISSES HER HAND 01:03:40 - COUPLE PLAYS CROQUET 01:03:51 - COUPLE DRINKS WATER FROM A WELL, LADLE 01:04:03 - POV BARTENDER AT THE BACKS OF THE QUARTET, THEY TURN AROUND AND SING, MEN WITH BEER MUGS SING 01:04:23 - FILM ENDS WITHOUT FINISHING SONG 01:04:28 - - ROLL #6 WASHINGTON. CASTLE FILM ABOUT WASHINGTON, DC. CASTLE FILMS TITLE CARD FOR THE WORLD PARADE-WASHINGTON, D. C. 01:04:40 - AERIAL SHOT OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING 01:04:44 - PAN OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING 01:04:49 - CAPITOL FACADE WITH CROWDS ON THE STAIRS, TRANSITION TO VIGNETTE OF CONGRESS 01:05:00 - CAPITOL BUILDING BEING CLEANED WITH HOSES, MS OF STATUE BEING SPRAYED 01:05:14 - LS OF CAPITOL 01:05:16 - AERIAL SHOT OF THE WHITE HOUSE FROM THE BLIMP, SHADOW IS CAST ON THE GROUND 01:05:20 - VARIOUS VIEWS OF THE WHITE HOUSE 01:05:41 - OLD BUILDINGS OF STATE, NAVY AND WAR DEPARTMENT, WITH TRANSITION TO CLIPS OF MILITARY AT WORK 01:06:04 - AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUPREME COURT, VIEWS OF THE BUILDING AND STATUARY 01:06:27 - TREASURY BUILDING WITH STATUE OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON 01:06:39 - PENNSYVANIA AVENUE, MILITARY PARADES 01:07:00 - SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE EXT, CHARLES LINDBERGH'S THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS ON DISPLAY INSIDE 01:07:17 - AERIAL VIEW OF THE POTOMAC RIVER AND GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN DC, TRIANGLE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING POST OFFICE, INTERNAL REVENUE AND JUSTICE AND ARCHIVES BUILDINGS 01:07:38 - COMMERCE BUILDING AND PATENT OFFICE WITH TRANSITION 01:07:50 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUILDING WITH TRANSITION OVERLAY OF FARMERS AT WORK 01:08:08 - TREASURY BUILDING WITH TRANSITION OVERLAY OF MONEY AND STAMP MAKING 01:08:34 - PAN OF DUPONT CIRCLE AND FOREIGN EMBASSIES 01:08:48 - LS OF LINCOLN MEMORIAL WITH REFLECTING POOL, BLIMP FLIES OVER HEAD, WITH VIEW CUT TO VIEWS INSIDE AND TO THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, LINCOLN STATUE 01:09:13 - BOYS SAIL MODEL BOATS ON THE REFLECTING POOL , PAN TO VIEW OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT 01:09:25 - AERIAL FOOTAGE OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, VIEWS WITH CHERRY BLOSSOMS 01:09:36 - WASHINGTON DC WITH CHERRY BLOSSOMS BLOOMING 01:09:52 - CONGRSSIONAL LIBRARY WITH THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, NEPTUNE'S COURT STATUARY WITH FOUNTAIN 01:10:16 - PAN OF PAN AMERICAN UNION BUILDING, PATIO WITH AZTEC GARDENS 01:10:34 - WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL 01:10:46 - FORD'S THEATER AND THE HOUSE THAT LINCOLN DIED IN 01:11:09 - ROCK CREEK PARK, WOMEN ON HORSEBACK, 1940S CARS DRIVE THROUGH FJORD WITH, DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER, DUCK PONDS 01:11:46 - WOMEN SIT AT A POOL, MAN ON DIVING BOARD 01:11:56 - POV MOVING CAR OF TENNIS COURTS WITH THE CAPITAL BUILDING IN THE DISTANCE 01:12:02 - CARS TRAVEL OVER THE ARLINGTON BRIDGE, OVER THE POTOMAC, TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER, ARLINTON CEMETERY, AMPHITHEATER DURING OCCASION WITH PROCESSION WITH FLAGS 01:12:39 - FLAGS AT SOLDIER'S GRAVES 01:12:43 - LS OF CUSTIS MANSION, ROBERT E. LEE 01:12:54 - PAN OF MOUNT VERNON, WITH VISITORS, TOMB OF GEORGE AND MARTHA WASHINGTON 01:13:17 - VIEWS OF WASHINGTON IN THE WINTER WITH SNOW 01:13:52 - WASHINGTON AT NIGHT 01:13:58 - CASTLE FILMS, END 01:14:03 - BLACK SCREEN 01:14:13 - ROLL #5. NEWS PARADE NEWSREEL. CASTLE FILM. 01:14:17 - TITLE CARD: AFRICAN SUPER THRILL, PINK HIPPOS 01:14:25 - HIPPOS AT ZOO MAKE A SPLASH, LET OUT OF CRATE FROM AFRICA, PEOPLE WATCH THEM, FRIGHTENED ANIMALS CHASE EACH OTHER, WOBBLY ON THEIR LEGS, ANNOUNCER MAKES SILLY COMMENTARY 01:15:47 - TITLE CARD: NAVAL HISTORY FILMED UNDER FIRE 01:15:52 - TITLE CARD: RE: BRITISH AND FRENCH BATTLE AT ORAN, ALGERIA 01:16:02 - JULY 1940 IN ALGERIA, FRENCH AND BRITISH NAVY SHIPS, BATTLESHIP PETAIN SURRENDERS. BRITISH AND FRENCH NAVY. 01:16:31 - SMALL TENDER APPROACHES NAVAL BATTLE SHIP, CUTS TO CREW WATCHING 01:17:02 - HUGE SIGNAL LIGHT ABOARD SHIP BLINKS 01:17:07 - FRENCH SAILORS RUNNING ON DOCK, CALLED TO BATTLE STATIONS, CU FEET RUNNING. 01:17:18 - CREWS RUSH TO POSITIONS AND BATTEN DOWN HATCHES AND CLOSE PORTHOLES CLOSING PORT-HOLES AND DOORS. PREPARE FOR BATTLE. 01:17:37 - NAVAL BATTLE, BRITISH WAR SHIPS OPEN FIRE ON THE FRENCH OFF THE COAST OF ALGERIA, SHIP IS HIT AND GOES UP IN FLAMES, DUNKIRK IS SINKING, UNDER ATTACK 01:18:40 - TITLE CARD: NOT SINCE NAPOLEON'S TIME HAVE THE BRITISH AND FRENCH NAVAL FORCES FOUGHT SUCH A TERRIBLE ENGAGEMENT! 01:18:48 - SAILORS ON BOARD SCRAMBLING TO HELP ON DAMAGED SHIP 01:18:56 - PAN OF WRECKAGE IN HARBORSHIP, DESTROYED SHIPS, FIRE HOSES 01:19:14 - SAILORS ESCAPING IN DINGHIES 01:19:24 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: GN-2