- Title: P-218-14
- Summary: DECADES: NEWSTORIES FROM APRIL-MAY 1942
- Description:01:00:46 - MARSHAL PETAIN BOARDS BATTLESHIP DUNKERQUE IN TOULON, FRANCE AFTER BEING REPAIRED AFTER BEING BOMBED BY BRITISH. 01:00:49 - TITLE: FRANCE UNDER FEAR!" - THE FLEET - MARSHAL PETAIN AND ADMIRAL DARLAN INSPECTS FRENCH BATTLESHIP "DUNKIRK", WHICH SHOWS SCARS FROM BRITISH ATTACK - HE GIVES MEDAL TO OFFICER, KISSES HIM ON BOTH CHEEKS.DARLAN AND PETAIN ARE MERE AXIS STOOGES UNDER THE AXIS LEANING VICHY GOVERNMENT. 01:01:34 - FRENCH AMBASSADOR HENRY-HAYE AT STATE DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON, DC AS U.S. CRACKS DOWN ON FRANCE'S AXIS COLLABORATION. 01:01:35 - WASHINGTON, D. C. FRENCH AMBASSADOR ARRIVES FOR VISITS TO STATE DEPARTMENT. HE EXITS SHORTLY AfTER HE WAS TOLD OF VIRTUAL TIES OF ALL DIPLOMATIC TIES WAS ANNOUNCED TO FRENCH ENVOY. 01:01:55 - GAS SHORTAGE IN NAZI PARIS DURING WWII 01:01:57 - GREAT SHOTS BICYCLES PULLING PEOPLE IN SMALL CARTS OF ALL TYPES (ALA RICKSHAW) BOY. PAN REAR END OF LIMO BEING DRAWN BY HORSE, WITH CHAUFFEUR ON RAISED SEAT IN REAR WIELDING WHIP FOR HORSE. VARIOUS OTHER INNOVATIVE BIKE AND HORSE DRAWN CONVEYANCES. 01:02:25 - MILK TRUCK DELIVERIES BY HORSE IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON DURING WWII GAS SHORTAGE IN U.S. 01:02:29 - "SO IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE?" - GREAT SHOTS MILK COMPANY USING HORSE TEAMS TO PULL THEIR MILK TRUCKS. GREAT SHOTS HORSE DRAWN MILK TRUCK MAKING ITS ROUNDS DOWN SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS. 01:03:07 - ADMIRAL NIMITZ PRESENTS AWARDS IN HAWAII AS NAVY HONORS PEARL HARBOR HEROES 01:03:14 - "AMERICA'S MINUTE MEN - PEARL HARBOR HEROES" - CU GOOD SHOTS CANNONS ON BATTLESHIP. VARIOUS SHOTS ADMIRAL NIMITZ AWARDING NAVY CROSS TO 25 NAVY MEN AND OFFICERS ABOARD BATTLESHIP - "ARMY" - IN LARGEST CEREMONY OF ITS KIND, 140 ARMY MEN, ARMY NURSES, SOME IN WHEEL CHAIRS, BEING AWARDED MEDALS AT HICKAM AIRFIELD, HAWAII. 01:03:31 - ARMY AIR CORP MEN DECORATED IN LARGEST CEREMONY 01:03:32 - "ARMY" - IN LARGEST CEREMONY OF ITS KIND, 140 ARMY MEN, ARMY NURSES, SOME IN WHEEL CHAIRS, BEING AWARDED MEDALS AT HICKAM AIRFIELD, HAWAII. 01:04:02 - TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE IN LUBBOCK DEVELOPS "WAR FOODS": LAWN GRASS BISCUITS & ROSE PETAL SANDWICHES. HOMEFRONT CONSERVATION 01:04:08 - MS PEOPLE FILLING THEIR DISHES FROM INVITING SMORGASBORD OF FOODS MADE FROM WARTIME GARDEN. MS GROUP OF WOMEN SCOURING THE GARDEN AND PICKING UP FLOWERS AND BULBS TO USE IN MAKING SALADS. GIRLS PICK COMMON GERANIUM BUSHES , WHICH REPLACES ORIENTAL SPICES FOR CAKE PLATES. CU GIRLS DIG UP FLOWER BULBS TO REPLACE POTATOES. CU HOUSEWIFE PREPARES SANDWICH OF ROSE PETALS. 01:05:15 - BRITISH AMBASSADOR LORD HALIFAX INSPECTS RAF CADETS IN TEXAS & BECOMES HONORARY COWBOY 01:05:16 - "WARTIME PERSONALITIES" - LORD HALIFAX GOES TEXAN - BRITISH AMBASSADOR AND WIFE VISIT COLLEGE IN AUSTIN, INSPECT CANADIAN FLIERS IN TRAINING THERE. STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MAKE LORD HALIFAX HONORARY TEXAS COWBOY, GIVE HIM COWBOY HAT. HE POSES ON HORSE. 01:05:45 - BASEBALL PITCHING STAR MONTY STRATTON WEARS ARTIFICAL LIMB AS HE RETURNS TO GAME 01:05:48 - AFTER LOSING RIGHT LEG IN HUNTING ACCIDENT, MONTY STRATTON, STRATTON MANAGES TEAM IN TEXAS. VARIOUS SHOTS STRATTON EXERCISING WITH TEAM. STRATTON WHOSE PITCHING STYLE DIDN'T CHANGE, PITCHES AND STRIKES OUT PLAYER. baseball, sports. 01:06:23 - MAURICE FORD REPORTS FROM RANGOON, BURMA 01:06:39 - "LAST DAYS OF RANGOON" - MLS FLOCK PIGEONS TAKE TO AIR IN FRONT OF ANCIENT, BEAUTIFUL BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN RANGOON, BURMA. PAN OTHER GREAT TEMPLES TO BUILDINGS LEVELED TO GROUND BY JAPANESE IN LAST HOURS OF OCCUPATION. BRITISH AND INDIAN TROOPS ROLL AND MARCH INTO CITY, TOO LATE TO PREVENT DEVASTATION. GREAT SHOTS INDIAN SIKH TROOPS WITH FAMILIAR TURBAN HEAD WEAR, MARCHING INTO CITY. 01:07:03 - FLYING TIGER PILOTS OF AMERICAN VOLUNTEER FLIERS IN ACTION SHOOT DOWN JAPANESE PLANE WHICH MAKES DEATH DIVE INTO GROUND 01:07:13 - AMERICAN FLYING TIGER PILOTS RUN TO THEIR P-40 PLANES BEARING FLYING TIGER INSIGNIA. PLANES TAKE OFF AND IN FLIGHT. LS DOG FIGHT SHOWS JAP PLANE BEING SHOT DOWN. AMERICAN PILOTS AND BURMESE CIVILIANS RUN OUT TO INSPECT WRECK AND DEAD JAP (GRAPHIC) 01:07:49 - PAN HUGE SUPPLY WAR MATERIALS INCLUDING THOUSANDS OF BARRELS OIL, TIRES AND OTHER LEND LEASE MATERIALS THAT ARRIVED TOO LATE, AND HAD TO BE BLOWN UP BEFORE THE JAPS GOT IN. 01:08:11 - FAMOUS BROWN QUADRUPLETS REPRESENT ARMY, NAVY, MARINES & RED CROSS TO SPUR MIDWEST RECRUITMENTS IN FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA 01:08:16 - PAN MARINE, SAILOR, SOLDIER NURSE SEATED FACING CAMERA, EACH WITH ONE OF FOUR 14 MONTH-OLD FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA QUADRUPLES ON THEIR LAPS AS THEY POSE AS A RECRUITMENT TOOL FOR THE 4 SERVICES. 01:08:41 - ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE OF BROWN QUADRUPLETS 01:08:44 - MS PHOTOGS TAKE SHOTS THROUGH WINDOW OUTSIDE NURSERY, OF THE QUADS BEING HELD BY 4 NURSES ON DAY THE QUADS WERE BORN. VARIOUS SHOTS OF THE GROWING QUADS STANDING IN CRIBS AND BEING DIAPERED. 01:09:08 - GOOD SHOT ALL 4 BEING WASHED IN BATH TUB; IN THEIR HIGH CHAIRS EATING. 01:09:39 - CAVALRY TROOPS TRAINING IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST U.S. 01:09:40 - "CAVALRY COMEBACK" - VARIOUS SHOTS ARMY CAVALRYMEN IN WOODED AREA, SHOEING THEIR HORSES, PRACTICING CAVALRY CHARGES, JUMPING BARRIERS, CHARGING THROUGH SMOKE STREAMS. 01:10:29 - AMBASSADOR WINANT, GENERAL MARSHALL & HARRY HOPKINS ARRIVE AT WHITE HOUSE WITH BRITISH WAR REPORTS 01:10:32 - WHITE HOUSE - WAR PARLEY" - PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE PHOTOS OF GENERAL GEORGE MARSHAL, HARRY HOPKINS AND AMBASSADOR WINANT, OUTSIDE WHITE BEFORE THEY ENTER FOR CONFERENCE. SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL ARRIVES BY LIMO. 01:11:08 - TRACTORETTE TRAINING SCHOOL IN DALLAS, TEXAS WHERE WOMEN LEARN TO DRIVE TRACTORS. WWII HOMEFRONT 01:11:09 - "FARMERETTES" - DALLAS, TEXAS - VARIOUS SHOTS YOUNG WOMEN ARRIVING AT FARM TRAINING SCHOOL WHERE THEY ARE TAUGHT FARMING AND DRIVING FARM MACHINES. MS ONE WOMAN IN CLASS WITH BABY ON HER LAP. 01:11:31 - VARIOUS SHOTS PRETTY WOMEN DRIVING TRACTORS, POSING "CHEESECAKE" ON TRACTOR. WOMAN DRIVING TRACTOR PLOWS ZIG ZAG. VOICE OVER, "THERE'S ALWAYS ONE IN THE GROUP". 01:11:51 - GRADUATES FROM NAVY'S ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO SCHOOL IN CHICAGO. B&K TELEVISION STUDIOS & LABORATORIES USED AS CLASSROOMS 01:11:55 - GRADUATION DINNER FOR FIRST NAVY MEN TO COMPLETE TRAINING IN THE NEW ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO SCHOOL IN CHICAGO. 01:13:04 - LIEUT. EDWARD H. O'HARE RECEIVES CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR FROM FDR 01:13:12 - PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AWARDS O'HARE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR FROM HIS DESK IN OVAL OFFICE, AS WIFE AND OTHERS LOOK ON. 01:13:37 - O'HARE TAXIING TO A STOP IN HIS FIGHTER PLANE. WAVES TO CAMERA, POINTS TO 5 JAPANESE FLAGS PAINTED ON SIDE OF PLANE INDICATING HIS FIVE "KILLS". CLIMBS OUT OF PLANE. CU FACE SHOT. 01:14:10 - AEF IN AUSTRALIA. MARTIN BARNETT RECORDS LIFE ABOARD TROOP SHIP CONVOY EN ROUTE TO AUSTRALIA. INCLUDES STORM AT SEA 01:14:27 - MERICAN SOLDIERS, BACKS TO CAMERA, LEAN ON TROOP SHIP RAILING, LOOKING OUT TO SEA. AS THEY SAIL TO AUSTRALIA. ALL HANDS LINE UP WITH LIFE JACKETS IN ENEMY ATTACK DRILL. MACHINE GUNNERS AND DECK CANNONS FIRE IN PRACTICE. 01:15:08 - MORE SHOTS SOLDIERS MAKING THE BEST OF THE LONG TRIP. PAY IS ISSUED, ABOVE VIEW CARD GAME ON DECK. VARIOUS SHOTS TROOPSHIP REACHES AUSTRALIAN PORT. THOUSANDS WAVE TO SHORE FROM SHIP. 01:16:08 - AMERICAN DOUGHBOYS ARRIVE AT AUSTRALIAN PORT AS CONVOY ARRIVES TO REINFORCE TROOPS OF UNITED NATIONS 01:16:13 - U. S. TROOPS DEBARK FROM TROOPSHIPS. VARIOUS STREET SCENES AUSTRALIA CITIES, PEOPLE READING HEADLINES "AMERICAN TROOPS NOW IN AUSTRALIA. 01:16:34 - GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MEETS WITH AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER JOHN CURTIN 01:16:35 - GENERAL MACARTHUR ARRIVES WITH WIFE AND SON. POSE IN LIMO. HAS MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN MILITARY. ARRIVES AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE, MEETS WITH PM CURTAIN. 01:17:06 - GENERAL MACARTHUR & HIS WIFE MEET PRESIDENT MANUEL QUEZON OF PHILIPPINES & HIS WIFE AS THEY ARRIVE IN MELBOURNE 01:17:16 - MACARTHUR POSSES WITH QUEZON RUMORS HAD QUEZON KILLED BY JAPANESE. 01:17:41 - MORE OF AMERICAN TROOPS LANDING. VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN WOUNDED RECOVERING IN AUSTRALIAN HOSPITALS AND WARM AUSTRALIAN SUNSHINE. 01:19:11 - HORSE JUMPING AT MARYLAND HUNT CUP IN GLYNDON 01:19:12 - "SPORTS" - NATION'S OUTSTANDING RACE FOR JUMPERS, THE MARYLAND HUNT CUP - VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS, HORSES JUMP HURDLES AS 15, 000 FANS SUN THEMSELVES WATCHING RACE.- #9 WANTON. 01:19:50 - 48TH ANNUAL PENN RELAYS IN PHILADELPHIA 01:19:51 - "PENN RELAYS - MEN'S RELAYS IN PHILADELPHIA - VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS - WINNER COLGATE UNIV. 01:20:21 - MEN'S BROAD JUMP - HERBERT DOUGLAS OF SAVIOR JUMPS IN COMPETITION WITH BOB YULE (?) OF PEN STATE YULE (?) WINS WITH 34' 5 1/2". sports, track and field 01:20:37 - POLE VAULT - RICHARD MARKHAM VAULTS WITH ONE BARE FOOT, SAYS IT HELPS GIVE HIM A WINNING LIFT. 01:20:47 - MEN'S 480 YARD HURDLE RELAY - VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS - WINNER YALE - TRAM OF FOUR, POSE. 01:21:11 - ARGENTINE TANKER "VICTORIA" & CREW REACH EASTERN PORT AFTER SURVIVING GERMAN U-BOAT SUBMARINE TORPEDO ATTACKS 01:21:14 - "TANKER HEROES" - VARIOUS SHOTS ARGENTINE TANKER "VICTORIA" MAKING PORT DESPITE TWO TORPEDO ATTACKS - MS LARGE HOLE IN TANKER SIDE. CREW POSES FOR GROUP SHOT. 01:21:37 - SENATOR TOM CONNALLY MARRIES MRS. MORRIS SHEPPARD IN NEW ORLEANS 01:21:39 - SENATE MARRIAGE - VARIOUS SHOTS 64 YEAR OLD SENATOR TOM CONNOLLY EXITS CHAPEL WITH NEW WIFE FORMER MRS. MORRIS SHEPHERD, WIDOW OF FORMER COLLEAGUE. BOTH FROM TEXAS. CU FACE SHOTS OF EACH.politics 01:22:09 - REAL-LIFE MODELS POSE IN WAR POSTER STANCES AT SALMAGUNDI CLUB IN NEW YORK CITY 01:22:12 - SALMAGUNDI CLUB, NEW YORK CITY - CROWD PERUSE WAR POSTERS AT THE SALMAGUNDI CLUB WHICH HOSTS MAN SCULPTORS AND ARTISTS. 01:23:23 - VARIOUS SHOTS MALE MODELS IN ARMY, NAVY UNIFORMS POSE IN ACTION SHOTS FOR SCULPTORS AND ARTISTS. VARIOUS SHOTS RESULTING POSTERS. MAN POSES AS UNCLE SAM FOR ARTIST. CU GOOD SHOT UNCLE SAM POSTER HE POSED FOR 01:23:26 - CROWDS VIEW LIONS AT BRONX ZOO IN NEW OUTDOOR ENCLOSURE IN NEW YORK CITY 01:23:32 - HUGE CROWDS ENJOYING OUTDOORS AT ZOO. GREAT SHOTS KIDS ATOP TALL STOCKADE FENCE THROWING DOWN MEAT CHUNKS TO LIONS IN OPEN PEN AT ZOO. MS LIONS RELAXED ON GROUND, EATING THE MEAT, THEN YAWNING AND FALLING TO SLEEP, CONTENTED animal antics 01:23:49 - RAVENS BUILD BIRD NESTS ON TELEPHONE POLES IN COLORADO 01:23:51 - VARIOUS SHOTS LARGE FLOCK RAVENS FLYING ABOVE NEST ON TELEPHONE POLE IN COLORADO. MS WORKER WITH LADDER CLIMBS HIGH UP ONTO HIGH TENSION ELECTRIC WIRE POLE TO SLOWLY, CAREFULLY, REMOVE RAVEN'S NEST SITTING BETWEEN WIRES. 01:24:22 - QUINTUPLET GOATS BORN IN WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS 01:24:23 - MS VARIOUS SHOTS 5 NEWBORN RARE BLACK AND WHITE GOAT KIDS IN HAY LINED CRIB, MADE INTO WAGON IN OUTSIDE FARM CORAL AT FARM IN MASS. GREAT SHOTS KIDS RUNNING, FROLICKING AROUND FARM, BEING FED WITH BABY BOTTLE BY FARMER'S WIFE. oddity 01:24:54 - NEW RUBBER LIFEBOAT EQUIPMENT TESTED BY MARINES FOR SURPISE ATTACKS 01:25:05 - MARINES ON BOARD WARSHIP PRACTICE WITH NEW RUBBER BOATS (RAFTS). MS MARINES INFLATE THE BOATS WITH TIRE PUMPS, LOWER THEM ALONG SIDE OF BOATS, CLIMB IN AND ROW ASHORE WITH CANOE PADDLES. 01:25:27 - LS DOZENS RUBBER BOATS EACH WITH ABOUT 10 MARINES ROWING ASHORE FROM WARSHIP. MARINES ROW RIGHT ONTO BEACH, THEN CHARGE ASHORE. 01:25:43 - ELEANOR ROOSEVELT GIVES ONE MILLIONTH FREE THEATRE TICKET TO SOLDIER AT DEFENSE RECREATION COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY 01:25:52 - MRS ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AND MAYOR LAGUARDIA AT DESK HELP DISTRIBUTE THE ONE MILLIONTH FREE TICKET TO SERVICEMEN WHO LINE UP TO RECEIVE THEM. personalities, politics, morale. 01:26:04 - SPECIAL TRAIN LEAVES HOLLYWOOD AS FILM STARS EMBARK ON TOUR TO SELL WAR BONDS & STAMPS WITH HOLLYWOOD VICTORY CARAVAN. 01:26:08 - PAN DOZENS HOLLYWOOD ACTRESSES, ACTORS, POSING SIDE BY SIDE AT TRAIN STATION BEFORE A NATIONWIDE TOUR FOR ARMY, NAVY, RELIEF FUND. HOLLYWOOD, MOVIES. 01:26:16 - AMONG THE PERSONALITIES PAN, CARY GRANT, RISE STEVENS, CHARLES BOYER, DESI ARNAZ, CLAUDETTE COLBERT, AND MANY OTHERS. jERRY COLONNA AND FRANCES LANGFORD JOKE AROUND AS HE BOARDS TRAIN.CELEBRITIES WAVE FROM REAR OF LEAVING TRAIN. Hollywood, movies, theater, comedy 01:26:50 - AMERICAN MEN REGISTER FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE 01:26:51 - TITLE" "MANPOWER (SUPER-IMPOSED OVER STATUE OF MINUTEMAN) - "13,000,000 AMERICANS" 01:26:59 - LETTER ASKING AMERICANS AND ALIENS 45 TO 64 YEARS OLD TO SIGN UP FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE, ON SATURDAY APRIL 25 1942,, TO WORK AS SKILLED AND UNSKILLED LABOR, TO WORK FOR, "THOSE WHO FIGHT". IN THE WAR EFFORT. 01:27:03 - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE BLOCK LONG LINES OF WORKERS WAITING TO SIGN UP IN NEW YORK CITY AND ACROSS THE NATION. 01:27:13 - ABOVE VIEW AMERICAN LEGION WWI VETERANS MARCHING IN PARADE. CU INTERESTING FACE SHOTS OF MEN WITH BEARDS, ORIENTALS, MIDDLE AGED MEN WHO SIGNED UP. 01:27:24 - NEW YORK CITY MAYOR LAGUARDIA REGISTERS 01:28:01 - MS SGT. ALVIN YORK OF WW1 FAME, NOW 55, EXITS HIS MODEST TENNESSEE FARM HOUSE TO GO SIGN UP. 01:28:13 - OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INCLUDING PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, SIGN UP. 01:28:30 - FDR SIGNS UP 01:29:08 - CANADA OK'S OVERSEAS DRAFT. VOTERS LIFTING DRAFT BAN IS PERSONAL VICTORY FOR PRIME MINISTER MACKENZIE KING IN OTTAWA 01:29:15 - CU HAMD OF VOTER MAKING "X" MARK ON BALLOT AS HE VOTES IN "YES" COLUMN. MILLIONS WENT TO POLL.MS PRIME MINISTER MCKENZIE CASTS HIS BALLOT. 01:29:47 - CANADIAN SOLDIERS LINE UP TO CAST THEIR BALLOT, WHICH IS SECRET. THEY MAIL THEM IN. 01:30:05 - CHINESE WORKERS PUTTING DOWN AMERICAN RAILROAD TIES IN MANDALEY TO RUSH OPENING OF BURMA ROAD SUPPLY ROUTE. 01:30:14 - VARIOUS SHOTS SHEER CHINESE MANPOWER BUILDING ROADS, LAYING TRACK. GOOD SHOT WOMAN WORKER WITH BABY IN PAPOOSE ON BACK, SEATED ON GROUND CRUSHING ROCKS INTO GRAVEL WITH HAMMER. CHINESE TROOPS MOVING ALONG ROAD IN TRUCKS. 01:31:05 - BRITISH WARSHIPS ESCORTING CONVOY BATTLE ITALIAN CRUISERS & NAZI PLANES IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA BATTLE NEAR MALTA 01:31:12 - CONVOY OF BRITISH SHIPS AND WARSHIPS ON WAY TO MALTA, BEING ATTACKED BY ITALIAN WARSHIPS. VARIOUS SHOTS NAVAL BATTLE AS GERMAN PLANES JOIN IN ATTACK. ONE ITALIAN BATTLESHIP IS SUNK AS ENEMY IS FINALLY DRIVEN OFF. 01:32:39 - INSPIRING MESSAGE SPEECH FROM FDR TO THE HOME FRONT TOPICS INCLUDE 7 POINTS OF ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT, EFFECT OF WAR PROGRAM ON JOE CITIZEN, NEED FOR TEAMWORK, LESSON OF THE SQUALUS 01:32:50 - MCU PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AT HIS DESK, ADDRESSES PEOPLE OF THE U.S. VARIOUS SHOTS WAR DEVASTATION SCENES, BATTLES, U.S. WARSHIPS AT SEA, U. S. WARPLANES IN FLIGHT, TROOPS ON MANEUVERS THROUGH SMOKE SCREENS, GENERAL MACARTHUR POSING, PEOPLE ON LINES JOINING WAR EFFORT, ETC., AS FDR VOICE OVER IS HEARD. 01:35:31 - ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE OF SINKING & RAISING OF SUBMARINE SQUALUS IN 1939 01:39:08 - FDR ENDS SPEECH. 01:39:09 - AMERICAN TOWNS HOLD VICTORY MEETINGS & PARADES 01:39:13 - "LISTEN, MR. PRESIDENT - AMERICA RESPONDS" - VARIOUS SHOTS PATRIOTIC PARADES IN SMALL TOWNS IN AMERICA, 01:39:34 - HANNIBAL, MISSOURI CELEBRATIONS & WAR EFFORT ACTIONS 01:39:59 - NUNS AND CHURCH IN HANNIBAL(TOWN OF TOM SAWYER, WOMEN KNITTING, BOY SCOUTS COLLECTING NEWSPAPER DOOR TO DOOR. BOYD DRESSED AS TOM SAWYER PAINT FENCES, SELL WAR STAMPS AND BONDS. WOMAN HANGS BANNER WITH 4 STARS INDICATING 4 SONS IN SERVICE. 01:40:53 - AMENIA, NEW YORK CELEBRATIONS 01:40:54 - IN ARMENIA, NEW YORK TOWN CRIER SOUNDS BELL AND YELLS, "TOWN MEETING TODAY. VARIOUS SHOTS MEN CLOSING STORES, FARMER LEAVING TRACTOR IN FIELD, FAMILIES LEAVING HOMES FOR THE TOWN MEETING, WHERE FLAG IS RAISED AND ALL PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG. 01:42:30 - U.S. ARMY COLLECTS FISH AT MIDDLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS HERRING RUN 01:42:33 - TITLE: "FISH FOR SOLDIERS" - AT MIDDLEBORO, MASS. FISHERMEN PULL NETS, SCOOP UP TENS THOUSANDS HERRING AND FILL UP TANKS WITH THE FISH. NETS LIFT THEM OUT OF WATER AND DROP THEM INTO TANKS FOR USE BY U. S. ARMY. 01:43:08 - TRANSCONTINENTAL AIRPLANE CRASHES IN WASATCH RANGE, UTAH 01:43:13 - VARIOUS SHOTS REMNANTS OF PLANE AFTER CRASH. AMONG THOSE KILLED WERE ARMY AND NAVY OFFICERS AND A ONE YEAR OLD CHILD. DISASTER 01:43:33 - MAYOR LAGUARDIA INAUGURATES CAMPAIGN FOR "I AM AN AMERICAN" DAY, MAY 17TH IN NEW YORK 01:43:37 - HUGE "I AM AN AMERICAN" POSTER IN TIMES SQUARE, WITH GIRL THAT POSED FOR POSTER AND ARTIST THAT PAINTED IT POSE FOR CAMERA. MAYOR LAGUARDIA CLIMBS UP TALL LADDER TO PUT FINISHING TOUCHES TO POSTER. VOICE OVER, "THE PRESIDENT HAS ASKED US ALL TO OBSERVE "I AM AN AMERICAN DAY" 01:44:04 - TRIBUTE TO CAPTAIN HEWITT T. WHELESS 01:44:11 - MS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT DESK FACING CAMERA. VARIOUS SHOTS RE-ENACTMENT OF BOMBER COMMANDER WHELESS BEING ATTACKED BY 18 JAPANESE FIGHTER PLANES AND STILL ABLE TO BRING HIMSELF AND CREW BACK TO BASE. CU FDR ANNOUNCING THE AWARD OF DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS FOR THE HERO. American hero 01:45:02 - FOUR DESTROYER SHIPS ARE LAUNCHED IN KEARNY, NEW JERSEY WITHIN ONE HOUR 01:45:05 - WARSHIPS BEING LAUNCHED AT NAVY YARD AT WORLD RECORD PACE. VARIOUS SHOTS 4 DESTROYERS BEING LAUNCHED WITHIN 50 MINUTES AT NAVY YARD. GOOD SHOTS SMASHING CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE AGAINST HULLS BY WOMEN, THEN SHIPS SLIDING DOWN THE WEIGHS. 01:45:46 - USS SUBMARINE PETO LAUNCHED IN MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN 01:45:49 - GREAT SHOTS SUBMARINE BEING LAUNCHED SIDEWAYS. 01:46:19 - HOLLYWOOD VICTORY CARAVAN AT WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON, DC AS MOVIE STARS RAISE MONEY FOR ARMY-NAVY RELIEF FUND 01:46:21 - "VICTORY CARAVAN ROLLS ALONG" - MRS. ROOSEVELT GREETS HOLLYWOOD TROUPE, WHICH IS TOURING THE NATION FOR ARMY AND NAVY RELIEF SOCIETY, TO WHITE HOUSE WHERE THEY GATHER ON LAWN, ENJOY DRINKS AND SNACKS. GREAT GROUP SHOT OF THE CELEBRITIES POSING, INCLUDE BOB HOPE, CARY GRANT, CLAUDETTE COLBERT, AND DOZENS OTHERS. . MS GREAT SHOT BOB HOPE ENJOYING DRINK. PAT O'BRIEN POSES. 01:46:47 - THEATER MARQUE TELLS OF PERFORMANCE AS CELEBRITIES ARRIVE FOR 1ST PERFORMANCE. ADMIRAL HEPBURN, MRS. ROOSEVELT OTHER DIGNITARIES ARRIVE DRESSED IN FINEST. 01:46:55 - VICTORY CARAVAN SHOW AT BOSTON GARDEN 01:46:57 - GREAT SHOT BOSTON THEATER STAGE POV BALCONY, WHERE CELEBRITIES PERFORM. ABOVE VIEW COMEDIENNE CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD PERFORM. HER COMEDIC DANCE. 01:47:18 - JOAN BLONDELL RUNS OUT TO STAGE TO PERFORM. Hollywood, theater, comedy, movies. 01:47:24 - AMERICA'S EAST COAT WAR FRONT WHERE AMERICAN TANKERS BATTLE WITH NAZI SUBMARINE U-BOATS 01:47:25 - AERIAL VIEW AMERICAN TANKER ON FIRE AFTER SUBMARINE ATTACK. MAP OF U. S. SHOWS STRATEGIC AREA ALONG SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COAST WHICH IS VULNERABLE TO SUB ATTACK. VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN TANKER WITH HUGE HOLE ON ITS SIDE WHICH MANAGED TO MAKE IT TO PORT. 01:48:01 - MEN SIGNING UP AT STANDARD OIL OFFICES FOR DUTY ON TANKERS 01:48:09 - MS VARIOUS FACE SHOTS, MEN LINE UP TO WORK ON TANKERS AT STANDARD OIL AND OTHER HIRING HALLS. MS ABOARD SHIP. 01:48:31 - SAILORS PUT ON LIFE SAVING RUBBER COVERALLS THAT HAVE HELPED SAVE HUNDREDS IN ATLANTIC. CREW PRACTICE LIFE BOAT DRILLS. JUMP IN WATER TO TEST THE RUBBER SUITS. VARIOUS SHOTS WORKERS AT THEIR JOBS ON OIL TANKER AT SEA. 01:48:45 - FOOTAGE ABOARD TANKER AS IT TRAVELS ATLANTIC OCEAN 01:49:51 - VARIOUS SHOTS SHOWS HOW SHORE LIGHTS, WHICH CAN BE SEEN 12 MILES OUT TO SEA, SILHOUETTE A TANKER SEEN FROM SUBMARINE PERISCOPE, AND MAKE TANKER EASY TARGET. 01:50:38 - KENTUCKY DERBY OF 1942 IN LOUISVILLE WITH SHUT OUT AS WINNER 01:51:06 - ABOVE VIEW START OF RACE - VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS - WINNER: "SHUT OUT". sports, horse racing.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1942
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: P-218-14