- Title: P-218-18
- Summary: DECADES: NEWSREELS FROM NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1943
- Description:01:00:45 - FRANK KOVACS PLAYS TENNIS EXHIBITION IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 01:00:48 - U. S. STAR BOOSTS WAR FUND" - RECORD CROWD IN STANDS WATCH U. S. TENNIS STAR FRANK KOVACS PLAY EXHIBITION WAR FUND GAME AGAINST AUSTRALIAN STAR ADRIAN TWIST, IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA. VARIOUS ABOVE SHOTS GAME IN PROGRESS. 01:01:28 - KOVACS TEAMS UP WITH ANOTHER MEMBER TO PLAY ROUND OF DOUBLES. VARIOUS ABOVE SHOTS DOUBLES GAME IN PROGRESS. sports, tennis 01:02:36 - SEEBEES AT CAMP PEARY, VIRGINIA LEARN ABOUT MOSQUITO CONTROL 01:02:40 - "TOJO THE MOSQUITO" - CU SHOT MALARIA CAUSING MOSQUITO, CALLED TOJO, BECAUSE OF THE HARM IT DOES TO AMERICAN GIS IN SOUTH PACIFIC JUNGLES. VARIOUS SHOTS GIS BEING TREATED FOR THE MOSQUITO CARRYING DISEASE, LAIN UP IN MEDICAL TENTS IN JUNGLES. VARIOUS SHOTS NAVY MEN CARRYING SHOVELS TO CLEAN UP MOSQUITO INFECTED SWAMPS IN JUNGLES 01:03:19 - SAILOR IN KNEE DEEP MUDDY SWAMP, SPRAYS SWAMP WITH INSECTICIDE FROM TANK STRAPPED TO HIS BACK. GI SPRAYS BARRACKS WALLS WITH HAND HELD SPRAYER. CU DEAD MOSQUITO. 01:03:35 - CU MICRO PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWS GROWTH STAGES OF DISEASE CARRYING INSECT. 01:03:42 - BRAZIL BEGINS EXPLORATION OF JUNGLE TERRITORY WITH RUBBER & MINERALS AS MAIN OBJECTIVE 01:03:48 - "WAR OPENS BRAZIL'S JUNGLES" - AERIAL VIEWS PAN BRAZIL JUNGLES - MS SENOR ALBERTO, BRAZILS MINISTER OF ECONOMIC EXPLORATION MEETS IN THATCHED ROOF VILLAGE, WITH EXPLORERS TO PLAN AN ECONOMIC EXPLORATION OF UNCHARTED SOUTHERN BRAZIL JUNGLES, FOR RAW MATERIALS NEEDED IN WAR, INCLUDE GOLD, DIAMONDS, PLATINUM AND RUBBER. GREAT ABOVE SHOTS OF THICK JUNGLE. 01:04:46 - BRAZILIAN NATIVE TAPS RUBBER TREE, POURS LIQUID INTO CONTAINER. GOOD CU SHOT WILD MONKEY. EXPLORERS LED BY LOCAL NATIVES TRAVEL BY MULE INTO THICK JUNGLE. 01:04:48 - NEW WAX-DIP METHOD REMOVES FEATHERS FROM TURKEYS IN PORTLAND, OREGON AS INDUSTRY PREPARES FOR CHRISTMAS 01:04:49 - "FOR CHRISTMAS PLENTY OF TURKEYS (OR SO THEY SAY)" - GOOD CU FACE SHOT TURKEY. WORKER ALONG WITH DOG, MOVE AMID HUGE GAGGLE OF TURKEYS AT TURKEY FARM. 01:05:10 - VARIOUS GRAPHIC SHOTS MEN, WOMEN WORKERS STRIPPING TURKEYS OF FEATHERS AS THEY HANG THEM BY THEIR LEGS ON RACKS. MS TURKEY (DEAD ?) IS IMMERSED IN TANK OF HOT WAX . WHEN WAX COOLS, FEATHERS PEEL RIGHT OFF. WOMAN SHOWS DISPLAY OF HUNDREDS OF TURKEYS HANGING ON RACK. 01:05:46 - U.S. OPENS NEW FRONT. STUDY OF BATTLE OF CENTRAL PACIFIC OF WWII SOLOMON ISLAND CLEAN-UP AT BOUGAINVILLE 01:05:52 - VARIOUS SHOTS ARMY AND MARINE VETERANS STORMING BEACHES FROM LANDING CRAFT, BOMBERS POURING TONS OF BOMBS OVER JAP POSITIONS IN GILBERT, MARSHAL ISLANDS, BOUGANVILLE (NEW GUINEA). 01:06:29 - WARSHIPS BOMBARD ISLANDS. THOUSANDS LAND UNOPPOSED, AS JAPS REMAIN IN HIDING. CU GRAPHIC VIEW DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIER. 01:07:34 - ADMIRAL HALSEY WHO DIRECTS ATTACK, SITS AT HIS DESK IN TENT OFFICE. MS ADMIRAL NIMITZ WHO COMMANDS THE WHOLE SO. PACIFIC SHOW, SITS AT HIS DESK IN WASHINGTON (?). GREAT SHOTS WARSHIPS BOMBARDING THE ISLANDS. 01:08:18 - ARMY-NAVY FOOTBALL GAME AT MICHIE STADIUM IN WEST POINT, NEW YORK WITH ANNAPOLIS WINNING FIFTH STRAIGHT GAME. HAL HAMBERG 01:08:21 - "THE (44TH) ARMY - NAVY GAME (FOOTBALL) - "FIFTH STRAIGHT FOR ANNAPOLIS" - ABOVE PAN MICHIE STADIUM, WEST POINT, NEW YORK. MILITARY POLICE CHECK ID'S OF DRIVERS OF CIRCA 1940S CARS AS THEY DRIVE INTO STADIUM LOT 01:08:51 - ABOVE SHOTS 2500 STRONG ARMY MIDSHIPMEN PARADE SMARTLY ONTO FIELD. ARMY MULE IS RIDDEN ONTO FIELD. NAVY RIDES OUT IN JEEP WITH THEIR PET NAVY GOAT. CHEERLEADERS WARM UP CADETS IN STANDS. 01:09:38 - ABOVE VIEWS GAME IN PROGRESS - NAVY WINS:13 - 0 sports, college football. 01:11:05 - U.S.S. BLUE LAUNCHED IN STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK BY WIDOW & BABY DAUGHTER OF GUADALCANAL HERO WHOM THE SHIP IS NAMED AFTER 01:11:10 - WIDOW , TWO DAUGHTERS OF GUADALCANAL HERO POSE BEFORE LAUNCH. U. S. S. DREW, NAMED AFTER LT. COMMANDER. DREW, SLIDES DOWN WEIGHS AFTER CHAMPAGNE LAUNCH BY MRS; DREW. 01:11:32 - GRAVEYARD SHIFT WORKERS AT HOME FRONT WAR INDUSTRY PLANT GET MARRIED ON THE JOB IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. NOVELTY WEDDING 01:11:43 - MALE, FEMALE WAR PLANT WORKERS RUTH GRETCHEN BAUM AND EDWIN REARDAN DECIDE TO GET MARRIED ON THE JOB - MINISTER PERFORMS CEREMONY AS PLANT WORKERS LOOK ON AT 7 O'CLOCK IN MORNING. BRIDE, GROOM CUTS CAKE. BRIDE, GROOM, BITE INTO THEIR PIECES OF CAKE.. 01:12:20 - CHURCH BUILT IN GUADALCANAL BY NATIVES AS TRIBUTE TO ISLAND'S DEFENDERS. INCLUDES CEMETERY OF FALLEN SERVICEMEN 01:12:25 - "IMMORTAL AMERICANS" - MS QUAINT LITTLE CHURCH FOR U. S. SERVICE MEN, BUILT BY NATIVE LABOR ON GUADALCANAL. PAN CEMETERY SURROUNDING CHURCH WITH VARIETY CROSSES AND OTHER HEADSTONES OF ALL DENOMINATIONS OF AMERICANS.. 01:13:00 - SWEDISH SHIP GRIPSHOLM IN RIO DE JANEIRO WITH 1200 AMERICANS WHO WERE JAPANESE POWS 01:13:07 - AERIAL VIEW SWEDISH RELIEF SHIP GRISHOLM CRUISING IN HARBOR OF RIO DE JANEIRO BEFORE ARRIVING IN NEW YORK. CROWD ON SHORE WAVE TO SHIP AS IT COMES IN TO DOCK. ABOARD ARE 1236 AMERICANS, MOST OF WHOM WERE IN JAPANESE PRISON CAMPS. 01:13:35 - GOOD SHOTS LITTLE CHILDREN WITH MOMS. ELDERLY, WALK DOWN GANGPLANK TO SHORE. NUN IS HUGGED BY ANOTHER NUN. CU LITTLE KIDS POSE. ELDERLY NEW YORK TELEPHONE MAN SPEAKS TO CAMERA. SAYS, " .......JAPANESE ARE YET NOT CONVINCED THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WIN THIS WAR .....". 01:14:20 - HITLER RESCUES MUSSOLINI AFTER FALL OF ITALY. HISTORIC FOOTAGE OF HITLER & MUSSOLINI MEETINGS THROUGH-OUT WWII 01:14:24 - CAPTURED GERMAN FILM SHOW ISOLATED HOTEL IN MOUNTAINS, ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY CABLE CAR, WHERE MUSSOLINI WAS HELD CAPTIVE AND RESCUED BY DARING GERMAN COMMANDO PARACHUTISTS. 01:14:45 - MCU SOMBER FACED MUSSOLINI, DRESSED IN BLACK HAT AND COAT WITH COLLAR TURNED UP, PEERS AT CAMERA. 01:14:52 - SHOTS OF HITLER MEETING MUSSOLINI (EL DUCE) FOR FIRST TIME IN 1934 01 15 09 HITLER WAITS AS GERMAN PLANE WITH MUSSOLINI ARRIVES AT SECRET HEADQUARTERS. TWO SHAKE HANDS, CHAT. MUSSOLINI'S SON VITTORIO EMBRACES HIM. 01:15:49 - AFTER BRIEF VISIT WITH HITLER, MUSSOLINI TAKES OFF IN GERMAN PLANE TO SECRET DESTINATION ONLY HITLER KNOWS. 01:16:13 - DAREDEVIL DISPATCH RIDERS PUT THEIR MOTORCYCLES THROUGH AMAZING EXHIBITIONS OF DRIVING THROUGH BATTLE-LIKE CONDITIONS IN CAMP BORDEN, CANADA 01:16:17 - 90 CANADIAN MOTORCYCLE DISPATCH RIDERS GO THROUGH FINAL FIELD RUN BEFORE GOING OVERSEAS. VARIOUS SHOTS DRIVING IN FORMATION ON ROAD TO TRAINING GROUNDS 01:16:31 - GREAT SHOTS CYCLISTS RIDING THROUGH RUGGED WOODS, CLIMBING UP HILLS, THROUGH ROUGH WOODED TERRAIN, THROUGH STREAMS, AND SPEEDING THROUGH OPEN AREA WITH ARTILLERY FIRE EXPLOSIONS GOING OFF ALL AROUND THEM. daredevils. 01:17:01 - LT. GENERAL VANDEGRIFT SUCCEEDS LT. GENERAL HOLCOMB AS NEW COMMANDER OF MARINE CORPS 01:17:09 - LT. GENERAL VANDERGRIFF ACCEPTS NEW MARINE COMMAND FROM SECRETARY KNOX, SUCCEEDING LT. GENERAL HOKUM IN SECRETARY'S OFFICE IN WASHINGTON. NEW COMMANDER SPEAKS. 01:17:40 - BOB HOPE AS REFEREE IN BOXING MATCH FOR WAR WORKER'S CHILDREN IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD 01:17:53 - BOB HOPE HOPEFULS HOP HOPE" - BOB REFEREES BOXING MATCH BETWEEN LITTLE CHILDREN OF WAR WORKERS. - CROWD OF SCREAMING KIDS WATCH HOPE REFEREE THE BOUT. 01:18:20 - BOB TRIES TO GET BETWEEN THE WILDLY SWINGING BOXERS, IS CAUGHT BY PUNCH, GOES DOWN .BOB SIGNS AUTOGRAPH AS HE IS FLAT ON BACK. movies, hollywood, comedy, theater, radio. 01:18:34 - MEETING IN EGYPT OF FDR, CHURCHILL & CHIANG KAI-SHEK 01:18:39 - "VICTORY MEETINGS" - "CHIANG, CHURCHILL, ROOSEVELT" BOVE VIEW PYRAMIDS, SPHINX, IN EGYPT, COUNTRY WHERE THREE LEADERS MEET. 01:18:56 - WORLD MAP SHOWS ROUTES EACH LEADER HAD TO TAKE TO ARRIVE IN EGYPT. CHURCHILL FROM LONDON BY SEA, 2400 MILES. ROOSEVELT BY PLANE VIA BRAZIL, 5800 MILES. CHIANG KAI SHEK AND MADAM CHIANG, FROM CHUNKING BY PLANE, 4400 MILES. 01:19:30 - HIGH RANKING OFFICERS INCLUDING STILLWELL, MOUNTBATTEN, SOMMERVILLE AND OTHERS POSE WITH CHIANG AND WIFE. 01:19:34 - CU PAN TWO SHELVES OF HIGH RANKING OFFICERS ATTENDING MEETING. MAP SHOWING CHINA, JAPAN AND SOUTH PACIFIC WHICH WAS DISCUSSED AT MEETING. 01:19:51 - CONFERENCE WITH STALIN IN PERSIA 01:19:52 - "DILEMMA FOR HITLER" - VARIOUS SHOTS ALLIED MEETING IN IRAN (ANCIENT PERSIA). MS CHURCHILL, STALIN AT PREVIOUS MEETING. SHOTS OF CHURCHILL, ROOSEVELT, MEETING, RIDING IN LIMO. 01:20:38 - CU NAZI PROPAGANDA MINISTER GOEBBELS AT MICROPHONE. COMIC HITLER LOOK-ALIKE WORRIEDLY LOOKS AT GLOBE OF WORLD, THEN HUGS IT AS HE PUZZLINGLY SEES IT SLIP AWAY. 01:20:55 - REPORT OF MARINES LANDING AT TARAWA 01:21:01 - GREAT ARMADA WITH MARINES OFF SHORES OFF STRATEGIC ISLAND OF TARAWA. 01:21:08 - OFFICERS WITH POINTER, SURROUNDED BY MARINES REVIEWS TACTICS ON LARGE MAP LAIN OUT ON DECK OF TROOPSHIP. MARINES ATTEND MASS ON SHIP BEFORE ATTACK. 01:21:20 - ZERO HOUR, NIGHT BARRAGE FROM WAR SHIPS 01:21:21 - BOMBARDMENT OF TARAWA LIGHTS UP SKY AT NIGHT, CONTINUES INTO DAY AS JAPANESE RESISTANCE IS MUCH STRONGER THAN EXPECTED. 01:21:51 - LS FIRST WAVE OF MARINES GO IN ON LANDING CRAFT, AS MOST SAVAGE AND COSTLY BATTLE IN PACIFIC BEGINS. GRAPHIC SHOTS MARINES PASSING DEAD BODIES OF JAP SNIPERS. 01:22:47 - SCENES TESTIFY TO THE FURY OF THE ATTACK. 01:23:05 - BULLDOZER PULLS DIRT OVER SNIPERS PILLBOX, THEN USE DYNAMITE ON IT. DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS (GRAPHIC). OUR CASUALTIES AT TARAWA, MORE THAN 1000 MARINES KILLED, 2500 WOUNDED. THE MOST DEADLY BATTLE OF PACIFIC WAR. 01:24:17 - NEW YORK GIANTS BEAT WASHINGTON REDSKINS IN FOOTBALL GAME AT POLO GROUNDS IN NEW YORK. EX-RAMBLIN' WRECK OF GEORGIA TECH BILL PASCHEL PLAYS FOR GIANTS 01:24:37 - VARIOUS HOTS GAME IN PROGRESS. BOB MASTERSON MAKES TD FOR RED SKINS. GIANTS BILL HASKELL MAKES 2 TDS FOR GIANTS, GIANTS WIN 14 - 7, DESPITE DESPERATE TOSSES BY SAMMY BAUGH. sports, pro football. 01:26:09 - GARY COOPER, PHYLLIS BROOKS & UNA MERKEL PUT ON SHOW FOR SOLDIERS IN NORTHERN NEW GUINEA 01:26:13 - ACTOR GARY COOPER, PHILLIS BROOKS, STAGE OUTDOOR SHOW FOR SOLDIERS IN NEW GUINEA. THEY DO LIVE SCENE, KISS PASSIONATELY ON STAGE, PHILLIS BROOKS PASSES OUT IN HIS ARMS. HOLLYWOOD,MOVIES 01:26:49 - GOOD SHOTS GARY COOP[ED FORCES HIS 6FT 3 FRAME INTO REAR SEAT OF P-38 FIGHTER, THEN HAS HARD TIME GETTING OUT WHEN THEY REACH DESTINATION. movie 01:27:15 - PACIFIC CHARTER MEETING IN EGYPT WITH FDR, CHURCHILL, CHIANG KAI-SHEK & MADAME CHIANG 01:27:36 - "PACIFIC CHARTER" - THE DECISIONS: 1. SPEED JAPAN'S SURRENDER - 2. DISSOLVE JAPAN'S EMPIRE. NOW - CAIRO PICTURES" - VARIOUS SHOTS PAN CHIANG KAI SHEK, ROOSEVELT, CHURCHILL AND MADAM CHIANG SEATED FACING CAMERA, WITH HIGH RANKING MILITARY LINE UP BEHIND THEM, AS GROUP DISCUSS THESE QUESTIONS. GENERAL ARNOLD AND MARSHAL POSE. 01:28:15 - MEETING IN TEHERAN, IRAN OF BIG THREE FDR, CHURCHILL & STALIN 01:28:23 - "DRAMA AT TEHERAN" - "THE DECISIONS" - 1. CRUSH GERMANY WITH THREE FRONT ASSAULT. 2. COOPERATION FOR AN ENDURING PEACE 01:28:31 - VARIOUS SHOTS SUMMIT MEETING CHURCHILL, STALIN, ROOSEVELT IN TEHERAN - CHURCHILL AND STALIN ARRIVE AT RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN TEHERAN - SHOTS OF BIG THREE SEATED IN CHAIRS OUTSIDE EMBASSY. HIGH RANKING MILITARY ALL AROUND THEM. 01:29:24 - STALIN RECEIVES MAGNIFICENT SWORD OF STALINGRAD ORDERED BY KING GEORGE OF ENGLAND 01:29:28 - VARIOUS SHOTS DRAMATIC CEREMONY WITH CHURCHILL AWARDING STALIN WITH THE STALINGRAD SWORD". DEEPLY MOVED STALIN, REVERENTLY KISSES THE SWORD. SEATED PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, INSPECTS THE SWORD. CU TILT UP SWORD SCABBARDON DISPLAY 01:30:23 - RETINUE OF MILITARY & POLITICAL ADVISERS JOIN THE BIG THREE 01:31:12 - WAR FILM BULLETIN NO.7. "SAVE WASTE PAPER". CONSERVATION LESSON<br />PAPER SALVAGE. HOME FRONT WAR EFFORT 01:31:19 - MS MAN COLLECTS PAPER AND CARDBOARD AROUND HOUSE, P;ACES IT IN CONTAINER AND BURNS IT. 01:31:44 - MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS SHOWS MANY REASONS WHY PAPER SHOULD BE SAVED BECAUSE OF ITS USE IN WAR EFFORT, INCLUDE CONTAINERS FOR K-RATIONS, CONTAINERS FOR HAND GRENADES, TARGETS FOR RIFLE PRACTICE., PACKETS DROPPED BY PLANES FOR "SOFT BOMBING, TONS OF CHARTS AND WAR-TIME RECORDS ALL REQUIRE PAPER. CARTONS NEEDED FOR SHIPPING SUPPLIES FOR WOUNDED SERVICE MEN, V-MAIL PAPER, RATION BOOKS AND COUPONS, VARIETY WAR POSTERS SHOWN. 01:33:44 - TARAWA BATTLE REPORT FROM MARINE CORP 01:34:10 - "BATTLE REPORT" - TARAWA - SHOTS BATTLE HARDENED MARINES POSING IN GROUPS. VARIOUS SHOTS SEA AND AIR BOMBARDMENT OF TARAWA. INVASION AND BATTLE FOR BLOODY TARAWA. 01:34:47 - GRAPHIC SCENES HEAVY TOLL DEAD, INJURED, SUFFERED BY FIRST WAVE OF MARINES TO HIT BEACH. MANY INTENSE BATTLE SCENES. POINT BLANK FIRING OF JAPS ON THE RUN. 01:35:36 - WOUNDED ARE BROUGHT BACK ON STRETCHERS TO WAITING BOATS DURING BATTLE 01:36:54 - MARINE SOLDIERS PENETRATE ISLAND BY RIFLE, MACHINE-GUN & FLAMETHROWER. MARINES KNOW ENEMY WON'T GIVE UP UNTIL THEY ARE DEAD. 01:37:26 - ANNIHILATION OF ENEMY PILLBOXES 01:37:29 - MARINES ATTACK ENEMY PILLBOX FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. USE HAND GRENADES AND FLAME THROWERS, RIFLE FIRE. 01:38:57 - POINT-BLACK FIRING ON RUNNING JAPANESE SOLDIERS. GRAPHIC 01:39:48 - VICTORY ON TARAWA, AFTERMATH OF BATTLE. DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS 01:39:49 - PAN DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS - GRAPHIC. 01:39:55 - MS ONE OF FEW DEFENDERS STILL ALIVE, SURRENDERING. PAN VAST DESTRUCTION TO ISLAND. OVER 4000 JAPANESE WERE KILLED ON THE TINY ISLAND. GRAPHIC VIEW JAP DEAD. 01:40:33 - MS MARINE REMOVES HIS HELMET, CHECKS OUT GAPING HOLE IN IT. 01:40:36 - MARINE FINDS KITTEN CAT & GIVES IT WATER 01:40:48 - LARGE GROUP OF KOREAN SLAVE LABORERS. THEIR JAPANESE BOSSES ARE DEAD. GATHERED BY MARINES. 01:41:18 - CEREMONY OF RAISING OF AMERICAN FLAG OVER TARAWA 01:41:41 - VOSPER PT BOATS. DISPLAY OF TORPEDO BOATS IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND BEFORE BEING DELIVERED TO BRITAIN & RUSSIA 01:41:42 - "NEW SEA POWER - "VOSPER PT BOATS" - GREAT SHOTS VOSPER PT BOATS AT SEA GOING AT HIGH SPEEDS. VOICE OVER, "WE ARE BUILDING THEM IN GREAT NUMBERS FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA". 01:42:26 - "SALUTE THE WAC" DAY AT MOODY FIELD, GEORGIA. FEMALE SOLDIERS 01:42:31 - "SALUTE THE WACS" - SALUTE THE WAS DAY AT RUDY FIELD GEORGIA. WACS PARADE SMARTLY TOWARDS CAMERA WITH BOMBER FACING FORWARD IN B/G. WACS IN FATIGUES WORK ON AIRPLANE ENGINE OUTSIDE HANGAR. WAC SGT. IN CONTROL TOWER SPEAKING THROUGH HAND HELD MIC. 01:43:05 - WELLESLEY COLLEGE GIRLS MAKE DOLLS FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED KIDS 01:43:09 - VARIOUS SHOTS WESLEY COLLEGE GIRLS DRESSING HUNDREDS SMALL DOLLS FOR UNDER PRIVILEGED CHILDREN. JANET MCMASTERS WORKS ON CUBAN DOLL WITH RHUMBA DRESS. ANOTHER DRESSES ESKIMO DOLL. GIRLS PLACE DOLLS IN CHRISTMAS STOCKING ON FIREPLACE. MONTAGE VARIETY OF DOLLS DRESSED IN VARIETY COSTUMES. 01:43:57 - WORLD'S LARGEST BUTADIENE PLANTS NEARS COMPLETION IN PORT NECHES, TEXAS. HOME FRONT WAR INDUSTRY RUBBER PLANT 01:44:03 - CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, ""BIG THREE SETS ZERO HOUR", ""3 FRONT OFFENSIVE POISED" ALLIES READY FOR TRIPLE STAB AT NAZIS". 01:44:09 - "MORE RUBBER" CU WHEELS OF TRAILER TRUCK SPINNING AS IT SPEEDS ON HIGHWAY. VARIOUS SHOTS EXTERIOR VIEW LARGEST SYNTHETIC RUBBER PLANT IN WORLD, IN TEXAS. TILT UP HUGE STACKS. 110,000 TONS O RUBBER A YEAR IS PRODUCED HERE. 01:44:33 - HIGH OCTANE GASOLINE PLANT IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 01:44:38 - "MORE GASOLINE" - EXTERIOR VIEWS NEW GASOLINE REFINERY IN BALTIMORE IS DEDICATED. TITLE: "MORE STEEL" - MLS HUGE NEW ELECTRIC MACHINES THAT UNLOAD IRON ORE FROM BARGES AND SPEED IT ON TO PLANTS. VARIOUS SHOTS BUCKET OF MACHINE DUMPS 17 TONS IN ONE SCOOP, INTO RAILROAD HOPPER CAR. PAN LONG STRINGS HOPPER CARS FULL OF COAL. GOOD SHOTS INSIDE STEEL MILL IN PITTSBURGH. 01:44:51 - NEW ELECTRIC MACHINES THAT UNLOAD IRON ORE FROM LAKE BARGES IN MIDWEST SPEED UP PRODUCTION AT STEEL MILLS 01:46:11 - FDR SEES U.S. TROOPS AT CAMP AMIRABAD, IRAN 01:47:09 - "MAKE, DO & MEND" WARTIME HAND-ME-DOWNS IN LONDON, ENGLAND. CLOTH CONSERVATION 01:47:17 - GREAT SHOT BUSTLING LONDON, DOUBLE DECKER BUSES AND FAMOUS HARRODS, LONDON DEPARTMENT STORE. EXTERIOR VIEW HARRODS, WHERE THERE IS A PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF CONSERVATION, OF MAKING OLD MATERIALS DO FOR WAR SCARCE COMMODITIES.. 01:47:30 - VARIOUS SHOTS INSIDE HARRODS.SIGN: "MAKE DO AND MEND". WITH MORE BABIES BORN DURING WARTIME, SALESGIRLS SHOW HOW TO MAKE AN OLD BASSINET FROM, OLD BURLAP BAGS. WARTIME FASHION SHOW MODELS SHOWING HOW OLD QUILT WAS MADE INTO GARMENT AS WELL AS OTHER MATERIALS. 01:48:49 - FUNNY SCENE MAN WALKS OUT OF HOME IN MORNING WITH UMBRELLA ON ARMS, SHIRT, TIE AND ONLY LONG JOHNS. PANTS WAS ACCIDENTALLY USED TO MAKE ANOTHER GARMENT BY HIS WIFE. VOICE OVER, "A BIT DRAFTY, WHAT?".
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1943
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: P-218-18