- Title: P-218-1
- Summary: DECADES: NEWSREEL STORIES FROM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1941
- Description:01:00:47 - HUGE AMERICAN LEGION PARADE ON STREETS OF MILWAUKEE FOR 23RD ANNUAL CONVENTION 01:00:48 - VARIOUS SHOTS 35,000 MARCHERS FROM ALL STATES AND TERRITORIES PARADING DOWN MAIM STREET IN MILWAUKEE, INCLUDING INCLUDING ARMY AND NAVY UNITS, WW1(VETS) AMERICAN LEGIONNAIRES, WHOSE AVERAGE AGE IS 48. LEGIONNAIRE AND SMALL SON DRESSED ALIKE, MARCH DOWN AVENUE. 01:01:05 - DRUM MAJORETTE WITH BATON HAMMING IT UP AS SHE PRECEDES BRASS BAND. HUGE UNCLE SAM FLOAT, FOLLOWED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN LOOK ALIKE 01:01:20 - CONVENTION DELEGATES HEAR SECRETARY KNOX SPEECH ABOUT HOW NAVY HAS ORDERS TO CLEAR SEAS FOR LEND-LEASE SHIPMENTS TO EUROPE FOR WWII 01:02:22 - NAVY SECRETARY FRANKLIN KNOX, WEARING AMERICAN LEGION CAP ADDRESS THE CROWD FROM THEATER STAGE. HE SAYS THAT THE NAVY WILL PROTECT ALL SHIPS CARRYING LEND-LEASE SUPPLIES, AND. "THE NAVY IS ORDERED TO CAPTURE OR DESTROY, BY ANY MEANS AT ITS DISPOSAL, AXIS CONTROLLED SUBMARINES .........". "THAT IS OUR ANSWER TO MR. HITLER". 01:02:26 - ACTOR BOB HOPE SPEAKS TO LEGIONNARIES 01:02:30 - VARIOUS SHOTS MOVIE STAR, COMEDIAN BOB HOPE ADDRESSES CONVENTION, TELLS HIS JOKES. "I'M SATISFIED WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, AND I THING MY CHILDREN WILL BE TOO". MORE OF HOPE. 01:03:45 - HIGHLIGHTS OF PARADE WITH MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS STATES MARCHING 01:03:47 - VARIOUS SHOTS PARADES DOWN MAIN STREET IN MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND, NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA, WASH. D. C., AND OTHERS, TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:05:18 - TITLE: GREENWOOD LAKE, N. Y. "LOUIS (JOE) GETS DRAFT CALL" - VS TILT UP JOE LOUIS JUMPING ROPE AND HITTING PUNCHING BAG AT HIS TRAINING CAMP IN N. Y.. 01:05:38 - SELECTEES RELEASED FROM CAMP CALLAN, CALIFORNIA AS JOSEPH BOLEY BEGINS DEMOBILIZATION OF DRAFTEES OVER 28 YEARS OLD. 01:05:41 - TITLE: ARMY NOTES: "SELECTEES RELEASED". VOICE OVER "THE FIRST OF 200,000 SOLDIERS TO BE RELEASED". DRAFTEES OVER 28 YEARS OF AGE LINE UP AT BARRACKS TO SIGN AND RECEIVE HONORABLE DISCHARGE PAPERS, IN THE U. S. ARMY NEW DISCHARGE PROGRAM. CU GI HOLDS UP HIS "HONORABLE DISCHARGE" PAPERS. OFFICER DISTRIBUTES RAILROAD TICKETS. 01:06:08 - DISCHARGEES HAPPILY RUN GAUNTLET (TOWARDS CAMERA) OF SOLDIERS WISHING THEM WELL. 01:06:09 - CU MOUTH OF HUGE CANNON AS IT RISES TO FIRE. LS HUGE CANNON FIRES. SHELL IS ACTUALLY SEEN LEAVING MUZZLE. 01:06:13 - ARMY DRAFTEES PRACTICE HARBOR DEFENSE IN SAN FRANCISCO BY FIRING GIANT 16-INCH GUNS 01:06:15 - TITLE: "SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR DEFENSE" - SOLDIERS MANNING 16 INCH GUNS GUARDING SAN FRANCISCO BAY, FIRE VOLLEYS IN PRACTICE RUN. VARIOUS SHOTS GUNS BEING LOADED WITH SHELLS AND FIRING AT TARGETS 6 MILES AWAY. HUGE CANNONS FIRING. 01:06:54 - ARMY SLED DOGS END TRAINING IN WONOLANCET, NEW HAMPSHIRE BY PULLING 10-TON ARMY TRUCK 01:06:57 - TITLE: ARMY SLED DOGS - GOOD SHOTS SOLDIERS GROOMING THEIR SLED DOGS. CU FACE SHOT SLED DOG. 01:07:34 - BOXER JOE LOUIS GETS DRAFT CALL LOUIS IN GREENWOOD LAKE, NEW YORK TRAINING FOR NOVA BOUT. COMMENTS ON HIS CHANGE TO DRAFT CLASS 1-A 01:07:45 - CU JOE LOUIS SPEAKS OF HIS DRAFT STATUS - "AS FAR AS THE ARMY IS CONCERNED, I EXPECT TO GO ANYTIME THE ARMY CALLS ME". VARIOUS SHOTS JOE LOUIS IN SHORTS AND T-SHIRT, MARCHING BACK AND FORTH WITH A RIFLE. sports, boxing, black history 01:08:02 - RAID ON SPITZBERGEN AS PHOTOGRAPHED BY CANADIAN ARMY CAMERAMEN: CANADIAN RAID ON ARCTIC ISLAND AS SAPPER TROOPS DESTROY COAL & OIL DUMPS 01:08:03 - TITLE: "RAID ON SPITZBERGEN" - (PHOTOGRAPHED BY CANADIAN ARMY CAMERAMEN) - (PASSED BY BRITISH CENSORS). PAN FRIGID LAND JUST 150 MILES FROM NORTH POLE. AS SEEN FROM CANADIAN LANDING VESSELS BEFORE THEY INVADE THE NORWEGIAN ISLAND OF SPITZBERGEN. BRITISH AND CANADIAN TROOPS LAND WITH DEMOLITIONS OF VAST COAL AND OIL DEPOSITS NEEDED BY HITLER'S ARMY. VARIOUS SHOTS TROOPS CARRYING EXPLOSIVES AND INCENDIARIES ASHORE. 01:08:57 - LS SPITZBERGEN'S RADIO STATION AND RADIO TOWERS. THE FIRST OBJECTIVES FOR SOLDIER DEMOLITION. TILT DOWN HIGH RADIO TOWER TO GROUND WHERE SOLDIERS ARE PLANTING DEMOLITIONS. 01:09:12 - LS HUGH EXPLOSION AND RADIO TOWER TOPPLES TO GROUND. VARIOUS OTHER HUGE EXPLOSIONS DESTROYING OTHER STRATEGIC BUILDINGS. SOLDIER IN F/G PLUNGES DOWN ON DETONATOR, IS ALMOST CAUGHT IN THE EFFECTS OF THE HUGE BLAST. 01:09:47 - BRITISH WARSHIPS CARRY NORWEGIAN REFUGEES BACK TO ENGLAND DURING EVACUATION 01:09:51 - CIVILIAN INHABITANTS OF ISLAND, MOSTLY NORWEGIAN WHOP FLED THE GERMAN INVASION, , CARRY THEIR BELONGS ONTO BRITISH SHIPS AS THEY EVACUATE. 01:10:28 - SOLDIERS SET FIRE TO MOUNTAIN OF COAL TO KEEP IT OUT OF HANDS OF GERMANS. HUGE STRUCTURES COLLAPSE FROM FIRE. 01:11:28 - TORPEDO PRODUCTION IN FACTORY IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. HOMEFRONT WAR INDUSTRY 01:11:30 - TITLE: " NAVY TESTS BATTLE TORPEDOES!" - VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS MAKING, ASSEMBLING TORPEDOES IN PLANT IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. 01:11:49 - NAVY TESTS DEEP-SEA STINGER TORPEDOES AT PINEY POINT, MARYLAND. RANGE TEST FIRING 01:11:50 - LS TESTING BARGE ON POTOMAC RIVER, PINEY POINT, MD. WHERE TORPEDOES ARE TO BE TESTED. MS WORKERS LOADING LONG TORPEDO INTO TORPEDO TUBE. 01:12:08 - LS DUMMY TORPEDO IS FIRED FROM BARGE. LS TORPEDO IS FIRED AND FOLLOWED BY CAMERA AS IT HEADS FOR TARGET. TORPEDO IS RECOVERED BY MEN IN SMALL BOAT. VARIOUS SHOTS MORE TORPEDOES BEING FIRED FROM BARGE. 01:12:48 - 11-YEAR OLD MUSIC PRODIGY, LOREN MAAZEL, CONDUCTS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN PARK BANDSHELL IN CHICAGO 01:12:49 - TITLE: MUSIC WORLD HAILS GENIUS, AGE ELEVEN" - MS MUSICIAN UNION PRESIDENT JAMES PETRILLO SHAKES HANDS WITH YOUNG BOY MUSIC GENIUS, .LAURIN MARZELL (?). VARIOUS SHOTS 75 PIECE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PLAYING IN OUTDOOR STAGE. 01:13:10 - CU YOUNG MARZELL WITH BATON, DRAMATICALLY CONDUCTS THE 75 PIECE ORCHESTRA. MS LARGE GROUP BASE FIDDLERS IN ACTION. MS VIOLIN SECTION. CU KETTLE DRUM PLAYER. LS BOY BACK TO CAMERA, CONDUCTING ORCHESTRA. 01:14:06 - U.S. SEIZES 3 FREIGHTERS IN NEW YORK HARBOR AS A.F. OF L. (AFL) ORDERS SEAMEN STRIKE FOR WAR-ZONE BONUSES 01:14:10 - TITLE: SHIP STRIKE" - VARIOUS SHOTS FREIGHTERS TIED UP AT PIER AND ANCHORED IN NEW YORK HARBOR. ABOVE VIEW TUG BOAT MOVING FREIGHTER INTO POSITION IN HARBOR. ABOVE VIEW FREIGHTER SAILING IN HARBOR, NYC SKYLINE IN B/G. AF OF L UNION THREATENS TO HOLD UP 19 VESSELS BECAUSE OF GOVERNMENT ACTION AS EXPLAINED BY VOICE OVER. 01:14:26 - MCU SMILING MALE FAN FROM SO. CAROLINA, KISSES HIS ADMISSION TICKET. MANY WAITED NIGHT AND DAY FOR TICKETS. LAST TO GET IN TO BLEACHER SECTION AS ROLLING DOOR SHUTS BEHIND HIM. PAN WALL TO WALL FANS IN STANDS. 01:14:31 - BLACKOUT IN KANSAS CITY AS UNION LEADERS, PROTESTING INDEPENDENT UNION, PULL POWER PLANT SWITCHES & SHUT OFF POWER TO CITY DURING STRIKE 01:14:32 - TITLE: "STRIKE HALTS CITY'S LIGHT - LS KANSAS CITY SKYLINE. LS POWER PLANT WITH SMOKE STACKS. AF OF L UNION PICKETS CARRY STRIKE SIGNS IN FRONT OF POWER PLANT AFTER WALKOUT WHICH AFFECTED 400, 000 PEOPLE. 01:14:43 - SQUAD OF SOLDIERS LINE UP AFTER BEING MOBILIZED WHEN STRIKERS ACTED WITHOUT WARNING, SHUTTING DOWN SWITCHES AT MIDNIGHT FOR 4 HOURS, AFFECTING HOSPITALS AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES. VARIOUS SHOTS BUSES AND TROLLEY CARS SITTING IDLY IN FREIGHT YARDS. NURSES ATTENDING TO NEW BORN BABIES 01:15:02 - TITLE: "HEMISPHERE HIGHLIGHTS" - COSTA RICA - VARIOUS SHOTS CROWDS GATHER AS PRESIDENTE GUARDIA ARRIVES IN SAN JOSE TO WITNESS ALL DAY PROTEST AGAINST AXIS NATIONS - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE CROWDS MARCHING WITH BANNERS, TO SHOW SOLIDARITY. VARIOUS SHOTS MEN, WOMEN WITH SIGNS, IN HOLIDAY SPIRIT. 01:15:05 - ANTI-NAZI RALLY IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA 01:15:32 - CANADA PRIME MINISTER MACKENZIE KING LEADS DOMINION IN SOLEMN RECONSECRATION DURING MASS IN OTTAWA 01:15:34 - TITLE: "CANADA" - LS VARIOUS SHOTS GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING IN OTTAWA. ABOVE VIEW HUGH CROWD GATHERS FOR OUTDOOR MASS ON PARLIAMENT HILL AS PARLIAMENT OBSERVES RECONSECRATION WEEK. CROWD WATCHES PRIME MINISTER MACKENZIE KING LAYS WREATH AT MEMORIAL TO 62,000 WWI DEAD, AS CANADA ENTERS ITS 3RD YEAR AT WAR WITH NAZISM. 01:16:03 - CU CANADIAN SOLDIER, SAILOR AND AIRMAN AT ATTENTION. 01:16:11 - MEXICAN PRESIDENT COMACHO LEADS NATION IN OBSERVANCE OF INDEPENDENCE DAY IN MEXICO CITY 01:16:12 - TITLE: "MEXICO" - MOTORCADE WITH PRESIDENTE COMACHO LEAD PARADE, CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAY IN MEXICO CITO - HUGE CROWDS WATCH AS CAVALRY UNITS PARADE AS LEADERS WATCH FROM REVIEWING STAND. MLS FORMER KING CAROL OF ROMANIA WATCHES PARADE, CELEBRATING "FIESTA FOR FREEDOM" THROUGH BINOCULARS. LS PAN LIT UP SIGNS 1910 - 1941. 01:16:48 - PEOPLE CONSTRUCT HOMEMADE PUMPS IN ENID, OKLAHOMA TO PULL GASOLINE OUT OF GROUND THAT LEAKED FROM NEARBY REFINERY 01:16:49 - TITLE: "GASOLINE BONANZA!!" - FARMERS NEAR OIL REFINERY DIG WELLS ON THEIR LAND AND GET BARRELS OF FREE GASOLINE FROM UNDERGROUND GAS SPILL FROM REFINERY. FARMER USES HOLE DIGGER TO START HIS WELL, AS OTHERS DO SAME. 01:17:15 - FARM WOMAN SITS ON BOX AND PUMPS AWAY, TWO LITTLE GIRLS DOING SAME. BARRELS OF GAS PUMPED FROM IMPROVISED WELLS ARE SOLD BACK TO THE REFINERY FOR CASH. 01:17:24 - AMERICAN LEGION URGES U.S. TO BE PREPARED TO FIGHT IN WWII AS CONVENTION CLOSES IN MILWAUKEE WITH ELECTION OF NEW NATIONAL COMMANDER. "A.E.F IF NEEDED" 01:17:26 - TITLE: "A. E. F. IF NEEDED" - AMERICAN LEGION. VARIOUS SHOTS MEMBERS CARRYING SIGNS AT MEETING IN LARGE THEATER. MCU TIM CAMPBELL OF FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, ELECTED BY MORE THAN A MILLION MEMBERS WHO WERE "OVER THERE". SHAKES HANDS WITH NATIONAL COMMANDER WARNER CALLS FOR A NEW A. E. F. (AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE "TO BE PREPARED TO FIGHT HITLER "OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES". 01:18:07 - TITLE: "SPORTS" - VARIOUS SHOTS HORSE RACE AT NEW YORK'S BELMONT PARK - VARIOUS SHOTS PEOPLE IN STANDS AND ON GROUNDS. 01:18:10 - NEW YORK BELMONT PARK OPENS FALL MEETING HORSE RACING & WOMEN MODELING CLOTHING 01:18:11 - TITLE: "BROOKLYN, NEW YORK" - VARIOUS SHOTS DODGER FANS SCRAMBLING TO GET ONTO BUSES, PLANES, FOR TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA, WHERE THEIR TEAM, "BROOKLYN DODGERS" ARE PLAYING IN GAME WITH THE PHILLIES. VARIOUS SHOTS LINES OF BUSES TRAVELLING ON ROAD. GROUP OF AIRLINERS IN FLIGHT. AERIAL VIEW PHILADELPHIA BASEBALL STADIUM.sports, baseball. 01:18:23 - 1941 WOMEN'S HAT FASHIONS - VARIOUS SHOTS CU SHOTS MODELS MODELLING CLOTHING AND UNUSUAL HATS TO GO WITH THEIR OUTFITS, AT BELMONT RACE TRACK. MONTAGE MODELS SHOWING VARIETY UNUSUAL OUTFITS AND HATS. MODELS AT TRACK SIDE, REJOICE AS THEY WATCH AS HORSE "ROMAN" NO. 4 COME IN TO WIN 01:19:11 - BROOKLYN DODGERS BASEBALL 01:19:32 - BROOKLYN DODGERS PLAY IN PHILADELPHIA 01:19:43 - PAN CROWD OF 36, 000 FANS FILLING EVERY SEAT IN STANDS AT STADIUM. VARIOUS "DODGERS" SIGNS WRAPPED AROUND STEEL BEAMS OF STANDS. MS SIGN HANGING OVER STANDS WALL: "BROOKLYN DODGER BAND, GREENPORT TOTAL BOOSTERS". TWO GIRLS HOLD UP CLOTH SIGNS. 01:19:55 - CLOWNS HAMMING IT UP FOR BROOKLYN FANS. 01:19:58 - MS DODGER PLAYERS RUN OUT OF DUGOUT ONTO FIELD FOR START OF GAME. VARIOUS ABOVE VIEW SHOTS GAME IN PROGRESS. VARIOUS CROWD REACTIONS, YOUNG WOMEN CHEERING ON THEIR TEAM. sports, baseball. 01:20:21 - STUNTMAN LUCKY TEETER DONS CRASH HELMET & JUMPS CARS IN TRENTON, NEW JERSEY 01:20:22 - TITLE: "TRENTON, N. J." - CU DAREDEVIL DRIVER PUTS ON HIS HELMET AND GOGGLES BEFORE DOING CAR STUNTS FOR CROWD IN OUTDOOR STADIUM. VOICE OVER, "HE'S THE MAN WHO RISKS HIS NECK TO SHOW YOU JHOW "NOT" TO DRIVE. VARIOUS SHOTS DAREDEVIL STUNTS INCLUDING JUMPING OVER BUSS AND OTHER OBSTACLES IN HIS CAR. STUNT IN SLOW MOTION. 01:20:53 - FIRE HITS DEFENSE REFINERY IN WHITING, INDIANA 01:20:55 - AERIAL VIEW STANDARD OIL REFINERY ON FIRE IN WHITING, IND., SENDING BLACK CLOUD OF SMOKE MILES HIGH. VARIOUS SHOTS WATER HOSES ATTACKING THE HUGE FIRE FROM ALL DIRECTION. THICK SMOKE CLOUDS OBLITERATE VIEW OF SCENE. disaster. 01:21:04 - LS TWIN DESTROYERS ARE LAUNCHED AT NAVY YARD IN KEARNEY NEW JERSEY. 01:21:55 - THE CITY THAT WILL NOT DIE: CHUNGKING AS REPORTED BY ARTHUR MENKEN IN CHINA 01:22:26 - GARDEN PARTY AT SECRET HEADQUARTERS OF CHIANG KAI-SHEK 01:22:58 - BURMA ROAD AERIAL 01:23:06 - U.S SHIPS UNLOADING IN RANGOON, BURMA. TERMINAL OF BURMA ROAD 01:23:42 - AIR RAIDS WHILE ABOARD U.S. GUNBOAT TUTUILA 01:24:49 - SECRETARY KNOX PRESENT AS NEW BATTLESHIP USS MASSACHUSETTS LAUNCHED & CHRISTENED IN QUINCY. 01:24:51 - TITLE: "SHIP PROGRAM HITS HIGH" - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE CROWD WORKERS AT SHIP YARD WATCH AS NAVY SECRETARY KNOX AND WIFE PARTICIPATE IN LAUNCHING NEW WARSHIP AT NAVY YARD. MS MRS KNOX WITH BOUQUET OF RISES IN ONE ARM SMASHES BARREL OF CHAMPAIGN AGAINST HULL OF NEW SHIP. :USS MASSACHUSETTS ROLLS DOWN THE WEIGHS AND INTO WATER, "LAUNCHED 7 FULL MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE". 01:25:21 - ABOVE SHOT YANKEE BILL DICKEY GETTING DOUBLE, SCORING ANOTHER RUN. VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE CROWDS IN STANDS. 01:25:31 - LATIN AMERCIAN AIRMEN GET U.S DIPLOMAS AT RANDOLPH FIELD, TEXAS AFTER TAKING PART IN GOOD-NEIGHBOR AVIATION COURSES 01:25:34 - TITLE: "LATIN - AMERICAN AIRMEN GET U. S. DIPLOMATS" - VARIOUS SHOTS LATIN - AMERICAN AIRMEN TRAINED IN U. S. ACADEMY RECEIVE DIPLOMAS AT AIR BASE IN OUTDOOR CEREMONY. 01:26:10 - CONSTRUCTION OF FRIANT HYDRO-ELECTRIC DAM IN CALIFORNIA 01:26:11 - TITLE: "POWER FOR DEFENSE" - AERIAL PAN CALIFORNIA GREAT FRIANT DAM, DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL DEFENSE AGENCY TO SPEED UP PRODUCTION OF HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER - AERIAL SHOTS OF POWER PLANT BEING BUILT AT DAM SITE. VARIOUS SHOTS HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND HARD HAT WORKERS BUSY AT WORK 01:26:58 - DUKE & DUTCHESS OF WINDSOR ARRIVE IN FLORIDA FOR TOUR OF U.S. AND CANADA 01:27:07 - WINDSORS CROSS U. S. - LS AIRLINER WITH DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR COMING IN FOR LANDING AT WASHINGTON. DUKE AND DUCHESS EXIT PLANE, ARE MET BY DIPLOMATS. CU TWO YORKSHIRE TERRIERS ON LEASE ALSO ARRIVE. AIRLINE WORKERS LOAD UP A CART WITH MANY PIECES OF LUGGAGE, SUITABLE FOR NEEDS OF WINDS FOR A WEEK'S VACATION. LIMO IS ESCORTED AWAY FROM AIRFIELD BY MOTORCYCLEPOLICE. 01:27:38 - PEOPLE CONSTRUCT HOMEMADE PUMPS IN ENID, OKLAHOMA TO PULL GASOLINE OUT OF GROUND THAT LEAKED FROM NEARBY REFINERY (*REPEAT) 01:28:14 - LONDON AUTHORITIES RE-EVACUATION CHILDREN TO COUNTRY SCHOOLS DURING WWII BOMBING BLITZ 01:28:16 - "SCHOOL NOTE - LONDON PLAYS SAFE" - LONDON CHILDREN ARE EVACUATED TO COUNTRYSIDE BECAUSE OF NAZI BOMBING OF LONDON - VARIOUS SHOTS MOM'S AT TRAIN STATION WITH CHILDREN, LOADING THEM ONTO TRAINS. VARIOUS SHOTS TRAINS LEAVING STATION. 01:28:23 - VARIOUS SHOTS GROUPS CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL IN COUNTRY SCHOOLS WITH ALMOST PRE-WAR ROUTINE. EACH CHILD GIVES BUNCHES OF FLOWERS TO TEACH AS THEY PASS HER OUTSIDE SCHOOL. KIDS ENTHUSIASTICALLY TAKE THEIR SEATS IN CLASS. 01:28:43 - VARIOUS SHOTS LONDON SCHOOLS DESTROYED OR DAMAGED BY BOMBINGS. 01:29:13 - VARIOUS SHOTS LONDON KIDS WHO DON'T GO TO COUNTRY SCHOOLS (WHICH IS ON VOLUNTARY BASIS), PLAY IN RUBBLE OF BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS. MS LITTLE BOY KNEELS TO DRINK WATER FROM GARDEN HOSE. 01:29:34 - CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS FOR WWII & LIBERTY FLEET DAY. HOMEFRONT WAR INDUSTRY 01:29:36 - TITLE" "SHIPS! SHIPS! SHIPS! SHIPS!" - VARIOUS SHOTS SHIPYARD WORKERS BUILDING SHIPS. WELDERS, PAINTERS WORKING ON SHIPS. CROWDS, WORKERS, DIGNITARIES AT FAIRFAX, MD. SHIPYARD, WATCH LAUNCHING OF "PATRICK HENRY", # 1 OF 312 MASS PRODUCTION FREIGHTERS. MLS PATRICK HENRY SLIDES DOWN WEIGHS AFTER LAUNCH. 01:29:57 - DEFENSE FREIGHTER SHIP PATRICK HENRY IS LAUNCHED FROM FAIRFAX, MARYLAND 01:30:09 - ALCOA POLARIS LAUNCHED IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 01:30:10 - "LONG BEACH, CALIF." - VARIOUS SHOTS SHIP BEING LAUNCHED SIDEWAYS. "CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, FREIGHTER "SURPRISE" IS LAUNCHED BY WIFE OF GEORGIA SENATOR PAULA S. GEORGE. AT "WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, FREIGHTER PETER L. LYKES" IS LAUNCHED SIDEWAYS. LS GREAT WAVE FROM SIDEWAY LAUNCH HITS THE OPPOSITE SHORE OF HARBOR. 01:30:18 - FREIGHT SURPRISED CHRISTENED IN CHESTER PENNSYLVANIA 01:30:26 - SHIP LYKES LAUNCHED IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 01:30:57 - TWIN NAVY DESTROYERS ARE LAUNCHED AT KEARNY, NEW JERSEY INCLUDES USS HAMILTON 01:31:16 - NAVY'S GIANT MARTIN BOMBER OUTSIDE HANGAR IN BALTIMORE 01:31:17 - TITLE: "SKYSHIP" - - NEW NAVY "BATTLESHIP[P OF THE AIR" IS ROLLED OUT OF HANGAR BY NAVY HUGE SEAPLANE MAKES A 13 TON BOMBER LOOK LIKE A TOY ALONGSIDE. THE HUGE SEAPLANE CAN CARRY 8 RAILROAD BOXCARS. oddity. 01:31:41 - TITLE: "WINDSORS FACE U. S. CAMERAS" - MS DUKE OF WINDSOR CLIMBS ABOARD AMERICAN STREAMLINE TRAIN ALONGSIDE ENGINEER, PEERS OUT WINDOW AS STREAMLINER SPEEDS ALONG. MS DUKE AND DUCHESS EXIT GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D. C. WITH LARGE ITINERARY, TOWARDS CAMERA. LARGE GROUP AMERAMEN TAKE SHOTS. 01:31:41 - DUKE OF WINDSOR BOARDS TRAIN IN MIAMI, RIDES IN CAB OF STREAMLINED TRAIN 01:31:55 - DUKE & DUCHESS OF WINDSOR THANKS NATION FOR AID TO BRITAIN DURING WWII IN WASHINGTON, DC. WALLIS SIMPSON 01:32:12 - DUKE AND DUCHESS ARRIVE AT STATE DEPARTMENT IN LIMO. THEN TO THE WHITE HOUSE. 01:32:24 - ROYAL COUPLE ARRIVE BY TRAIN IN CHICAGO GREETED BY CROWDS OF PEOPLE 01:32:45 - DUKE AND DUCHESS RELAX IN PATIO CHAIRS IN GARDEN, POSE FOR SLEW OF CAMERAMEN. 32 02 MCU DUKE OF WINDSOR SPEAKS TO CAMERA ABOUT THE WAR, THANKS U. S. FOR AID. 01:33:15 - OWNER LARRY ,MCPHAIL AND MANAGER LEO DUROCHER SIT ON BACKREST OF CONVERTIBLE LIMO AND WAVE TO CROWDS DURING MOTORCADE. MORE OF BROOKLYN WALL TO WALL FANS IN STREETS. 01:33:19 - FIRST PICTURES OF RUSSIAN & BRITISH TROOPS UNITED: SOVIET MOTORIZED UNITS & INDIAN TANK CORPS MEET AS ALLIES TAKE OVER IRAN 01:33:21 - TITLE: "RUSSIAN - BRITISH TROOPS UNITED" - RUSSIAN TROOPS MET BRITISH TROOPS IN IRAN, SHAKE HANDS AND SHARE HEADQUARTERS IN CAPITAL BUILDING IN TEHERAN. CROWDS IRANIANS WATCH RUSSIAN AND BRITISH MECHANIZED UNITS ROLL IN. 01:33:46 - TITLE: "SALUTE BORDER PEACE" - CANADIAN AND AMERICAN FLAGS FLY TOGETHER AT THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE ARCH IN BLAME, WASHINGTON. VARIOUS SHOTS MAN IN UNCLE SAM COSTUME AND WOMAN SYMBOL OF CANADA SALUTE TOGETHER. SQUADS OF CANADIAN TROOPS IN SCOTTISH KILTS MARCHING UNDER THE PEACE ARCH TOWARDS CAMERA. TWO MEN, ONE CANADIAN AND ONE AMERICAN TRADE THEIR COUNTRY'S FLAGS UNDER THE ARCH. 01:34:10 - AVERELL HARRIMAN ARRIVES IN LONDON & JOINS LORD BEAVERBROOK FOR ANGLO-AMERICAN AID TALKS IN MOSCOW 01:34:12 - TITLE: "ENGLAND" - PLANE WITH AMERICA'S AVERIL HARRIMAN ARRIVING IN ENGLAND. HARRIMAN WHO BRINGS AID TO RUSSIA, IS MET BY LORD BEAVERBROOK AND OTHERS. HARRIMAN 01:34:22 - RUSSIAN OFFICERS LOOK OVER BRITISH MADE ANTI-AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT 01:34:32 - BRITISH SOLDIER SHOWS RUSSIANS HOW ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN WORKS. VARIOUS SHOTS INSIDE BRITONS HIDDEN DEFENSE PLANTS WORKERS BUILD TANKS. TANKS FOR RUSSIA ROLL OFF ASSEMBLY LINE, EXIT PLANT. LS VIEW LARGE STOCKPILE OF TANKS AND OTHER MECHANIZED VEHICLES IN OPEN FIELD. 01:34:35 - KING GEORGE SEES MASS TANK REVIEW 01:34:56 - KING GEORGE IS IMPRESSED BY THE STOCKPILE OF TANKS. PAN TANKS LINED UP IN FIELD, AND ON THE MOVE. 01:35:20 - MICHIGAN DEFEATS MICHIGAN STATE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL 01:35:24 - TITLE: "SPORTS" - COLLEGE FOOTBALL - MICHIGAN STATE VS MICHIGAN - ABOVE VIEW GAME IN PROGRESS - - ABOVE VIEW MICHIGAN STATE HALFBACK JACK (?) TAKES THE BALL, WITH EXCELLENT BLOCKING FROM HIS TEAM, 74 YARDS FOR MICHIGAN STATE TOUCHDOWN. LS HUGE CROWD IN STANDS CHEERS. 01:36:11 - ABOVE SHOT LARGE CROWD FRESHMEN FANS RUN ONTO FIELD AND RUN WILD. 01:36:24 - ABOVE VIEW 2ND HALF STARTS AFTER FANS ARE CONTROLLED. VARIOUS SHOTS 2ND HALF IN PROGRESS. MICHIGAN SCORES. RESULTS: MICHIGAN 19 - MICHIGAN ST. 7. 01:36:45 - BOXERS JOE LEWIS & LOU NOVA 01:36:47 - TITLE: NEW YORK CITY" - VARIOUS SHOTS HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMP JOE LOUIS SPARING ION RING AT OUTDOOR TRAINING CAMP, FLOORS SPARRING PARTNER WITH LEFT HOOK. 01:36:59 - MS VARIOUS SHOTS LOU NOVA (THE COSMIC PUNCH KID) DOING WEIRD EXERCISES BEFORE HE BECAME JOE LOUIS' 19TH KO VICTIM. CU SHOT JOE LOUIS WITH TOWEL OVER HEAD AFTER WINNING FIGHT. sports, boxing, brown bomber. 01:37:09 - BROOKLYN DODGERS & THEIR FANS ANTICIPATE WORLD SERIES WITH MASSIVE PARADE & CELEBRATIONS 01:37:10 - TITLE: "BROOKLYN, NEW YORK" - MS GROUP PHOTO BROOKLYN DODGERS BASEBALL TEAM - MANAGER LOU DUROCHER AMID FELLOW DODGERS, WAVES TO CAMERA. 01:37:22 - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE CROWDS ADORING DODGER FANS CELEBRATE IN STREETS OF NYC, CARRYING SIGNS "DUROCHER FOR MAYOR". CLOWNS DANCE IN STREETS, POLICE TRY TO HOLD BACK CROWDS DODGER FANS AS THEY CELEBRATE THROUGH THE NIGHT. 01:37:49 - VARIOUS SHOTS CROWDS LINE STREETS AS MOTORCADE WITH DODGER PLAYERS RIDE THROUGH CITY STREET. PAN SOME OF ESTIMATED ONE MILLION FANS. 01:38:46 - CANADIAN & U.S. FLAGS AT PEACE ARCH IN BLAINE, WASHINGTON SALUTE CENTURY OF BORDER PEACE TOGETHER 01:39:14 - DESTROYERS BRING IN SURVIVORS OF S.S. SESSA TO REYKJAVIK, ICELAND. AMERICAN-OWNED VESSEL SUNK BY NAZI U-BOAT SUBMARINE 01:39:17 - TITLE: "TORPEDOED OFF ICELAND" VARIOUS SHOTS DESTROYERS BRING 3 AMERICAN SURVIVORS TO ICELAND AFTER THEIR SHIP "SESSA" WAS SUNK BY NAZI SUBMARINE. MCU CRATE WITH BARRELS WHICH HELPED KEEP THE THREE AFLOAT BEFORE RESCUE.- CU WODEN STICK USED BY SURVIVOR TO KEEP TRACK OF THE DAYS AFLOAT BEFORE RESCUE. A NOTCH WAS PUT IN STICK FOR EACH DAY ALIVE. 01:39:56 - BABY HIPPO BORN IN BROOKFIELD ZOO, CHICAGO 01:39:59 - TITLE: "BIRTH WEIGHT - 40 POUNDS!" - VARIOUS SHOTS MOTHER AND TINY BABY HIPPOS WADE IN WATER AT CHICAGO ZOO AFTER BIRTH OF NEW BORN. GOOD SHOT AND COMPARATIVE SIZE OF MOM AND BABY OUT OF WATER. 01:40:28 - FIRST PICTURES OF MODEL OF SEA OTTER, REVOLUTIONARY CARGO SHIP DEVELOPED TO OFFSET SUBMARINE SINKINGS 01:40:31 - TITLE: "RUSH MYSTERY SHIPS" - MS MAN SHOWS MODEL OF "SEA ODDER" CARGO SHIP DEVELOPED BY NAVY TO OFFSET SUBMARINE SEA SINKING. EQUIPPED WITH ANTI- AIRCRAFT GUNS AND SPECIAL PROPELLER MAKING IT HARDER TO HIT BY TORPEDOES. ABOUT 1/5TH THE SIZE OF REGULAR CARGO SHIPS, IT CAN CARRY A LOAD OF 1500 TONS. 16 ORDINARY ENGINES SUPPLY THE POWER. LS VARIOUS SHOTS OF THE CARGO SHIP IN HARBOR WHERE IT IS BUILT IN ORANGE, TEXAS. 01:40:44 - FIRST SEA OTTER SHIP BEING CONSTRUCTED IN ORANGE, TEXAS 01:41:05 - NEW YORK CITY AQUARIUM, HISTORIC BATTERY LANDMARK SHUTS ITS DOORS TO MAKE WAY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BROOKLYN-BATTERY TUNNEL. FISH BEING MOVED TO NEW HOME 01:41:09 - TITLE: "EVACUATION - FOR FISH" - EXTERIOR NYC HISTORIC AQUARIUM AT BATTERY PLACE, EVACUATES ITS FISH AND CLOSES ITS DOOR TO MAKE WAY FOR BUILDING MANHATTAN TO BROOKLYN BATTERY TUNNEL. ALSO TO GO IS ARMY PORT, OPERA HOUSE, IMMIGRATION STATION AND AQUARIUM. 01:41:36 - MANAGERS DUROCHER (DODGERS) AND MCCARTHY POSE FOR CAMERA. 01:41:47 - MCU HUGE SHARK IN AQUARIUM FACING CAMERA. CU VARIOUS OTHER SCHOOLS OF FISH. MS WORKER SCOOPS UP SMALL FISH OUT OF TANK WITH NET, PLACED IN TANKS CONTAINING SEA WATER ON TRUCKS. EXTERIOR OF AQUARIUM, TILT DOWN TO TRUCK. 01:42:06 - SECOND ARMY VS. THIRD ARMY WAR GAMES MANEUVERS WHICH INCLUDES TANKS, PARACHUTE TROOPS & DIVE BOMBER ATTACKS 01:42:09 - TITLE: "LOUISIANA DAY-RIDE" "A CAMERAMAN AT WAR GAMES" - VARIOUS SHOTS U. S. 3RD ARMY VS 2ND ARMY WAR GAMES (MANEUVERS) WITH TANKS, TROOPS, AIRPLANES. 01:42:24 - MS OFFICIAL OBSERVERS AT THE GAMES, GENERALS MCNAIR AND HUGH DRUM POSE AT THE SITE. VARIOUS SHOTS CAVALRY UNITS, MECHANIZED UNITS, TANKS AND INFANTRY ON THE MARCH. 01:43:02 - LS PLANES DROPPING PARACHUTE TROOPS POV GROUND. PARATROOPS AND EQUIPMENT ON PARACHUTES FLOAT TO GROUND. AERIAL VIEW TROOPS CHARGING ACROSS FIELD. 01:44:07 - 1941 WORLD SERIES (WITH GREAT GRAPHICS) BETWEEN NEW YORK YANKEES & BROOKLYN DODGERS, "NICKEL SERIES". FIRST GAME AT YANKEE STADIUM WITH JOE GORDON SLAMMING OUT FIRST HOME RUN OF SERIES. 01:44:22 - MLS PAN EXTERIOR YANKEE STADIUM AND PARKING LOT. ABOVE VIEW LONG LINES FANS WAITING TO BE LET IN. 01:44:38 - CU RIVAL SLUGGERS DOLPH CAMILLI AND JOE DIMAGGIO POSE. 01:44:40 - BAE RUTH POSES WITH MAYOR LAGUARDIA. BABE WITH BAT IN HAND. 01:44:47 - MS BASEBALL COMMISSIONER JUDGE LANDIS, THROWS OUT 1ST BALL, TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:44:52 - MS YANKEES JOE GORDON AT BAT HITTING HOME RUN IN 2ND INNING. 01:45:36 - LS DODGERS BREAK THE ICE WITH ABOVE VIEW DODGERS MICKEY GETTING HIT DRIVING IN PEEWEE REESE FOR 1ST DODGER RUN. 01:45:58 - ABOVE VIEW GORDON KNOCKING IN ANOTHER RUN FOR YANKEES, MAKING SCORE 3 TO 1 YANKS. MORE OF GAME IN PROGRESS. YANKS WIN 3-2.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1941
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: P-218-1