- Title: P-218-20
- Summary: DECADES: NEWSREEL STORIES FROM APRIL-MAY, 1945
- Description:01:47:44 - AFRICAN-AMERICAN BLACK SOLDIERS AT FORT WARREN, WYOMING IN PRECISION DRILLING WITH ADDED BOOGIE-WOOGIE JIVE STEPS.TO COMMANDS GIVEN BY BLACK SERGEANT, GROUP DOES MANUAL OF ARMS LIKE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. BLACK HISTORY, DANCE. 01:49:25 - TO 01 50 40 TITLE: "HATS" - EASTER CREATIONS - 1943 FASHIONS - MODELS SHOW NEW UNUSUAL FASHION HATS AS DESCRIBED BY FEMALE VOICE OVER. 01:50:41 - GRIZZLY BEAR GIVES BIRTH TO 4 CUBS AT SAN FRANCISCO ZOO. 01:50:48 - "FOUR OF A KIND" - MOTHER GRISLY BEAR SPRINGS HER SURPRISE, SHOWS HER QUADRUPLETS CUBS BORN LAST WINTER AT SAN FRANCISCO ZOO, AND OUT FOR FIRST TIME. THE 4 LIVELY CUBS PUT ON A SHOW FOR PUBLIC. ANIMAL ANTICS 01:51:06 - DOROTHY LAMOUR MARRIES WILLIAM HOWARD 01:51:12 - VARIOUS SHOTS DOROTHY LAMOUR AND NEW HUSBAND CAPT. WILLIAM ROSS HOWARD III, POSE FOR SHOTS ON PATIO OF MANSION, WITH BRIDAL PARTY MEMBERS. THE COUPLE KISS AFFECTIONATELY. HOLLYWOOD, MOVIES 01:51:37 - CAPTURED FILMS OF MEETING BETWEEN HITLER & MUSSOLINI SHOW AUTHENTIC STORY OF AXIS PROPAGANDA MISTAKES 01:51:38 - "FEAR GRIPS AXIS" - "CAPTURED ENEMY FILM GIVE THE SHOW AWAY" - AXIS PROPAGANDA MISFIRES AS CAMERA REVEALS MORE THAN INTENDED". TITLE: "MUSSY RUNS TO ADOLPH" - VARIOUS SHOTS MUSSOLINI MEETING WITH HITLER, THEIR BODY LANGUAGE SAYS A LOT. 01:52:25 - HITLER SEE MUSSOLINI OFF IN TRAIN. 01:52:39 - "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" - TITLE SUPER-IMPOSED OVER FDR AND CHURCHILL SEATED IN GARDEN HAVING MEETING. 01:52:47 - CAPTURED NAZI FILMS OF GERMAN RETREAT FROM RUSSIA IN SNOW & SPRINGTIME FLOODS AND MUD 01:52:48 - TO 01 54 53 ""RETREAT FROM RUSSIA" - VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN TROOPS IN RUSSIA RETREATING IN HORRIBLE, BLIZZARD LIKE WEATHER. GERMAN TROOPS USING SHOVELS TO TRY TO DIG AIRFIELD OUT OF SNOW. FEW GERMAN P[LANES TAKE TO THE AIR. 01:53:35 - AFTER THE SNOW - THE RETREAT CONTINUES - VARIOUS SHOTS GERMANS FACE FLOODS AND MUDDY ROADS AS SPRING MELTS SNOW, TURNS ROADS INTO DEEP MUDDY MESS. 01:53:57 - RETREATING TRUCKS GET STUCK IN DEEP MUD. HALF-TRACKS AND TANKS MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS IN RUSSIAN MUD. EXPLODING ARTILLERY MAKES THINGS WORSE. GOOD SHOT GERMAN STRUGGLING IN MUD, FALLS FACE DOWN IN IT TO AVOID EXPLODING RUSSIAN ARTILLERY. 01:54:54 - "OUR INNING NOW!" - "INVASION!!!" - -VARIOUS SHOTS RUSSIAN ARTILLERY POUNDING GERMAN POSITIONS IN SNOW. LS GOOD SHOT EXPLODING BOMB BARELY MISSES RUSSIAN TANK ON THE MOVE. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS IN TRENCH DUCK AS SPEEDING THEIR OWN TANKS ROLL OVER THEIR TRENCH. 01:55:18 - VICTORY AT VORONEZH. BATTLE FOOTAGE FROM CLIMAX OF RUSSIAN WINTER OFFENSIVE 01:56:04 - RUSSIAN STORMAVIK DIVE-BOMBER PLANES STRAFE NAZI SUPPLY TRAINS 01:56:16 - AERIAL PAN RUSSIAN FIGHTER PLANES STRAFE GERMAN MEN AND POSITIONS ON GROUND, POV FIGHTER PLANE CAMERA. GRAPHIC VIEW GERMAN DEAD SOLDIERS, EQUIPMENT SCATTERED ON SNOWY GROUND. SOME OF THE 100,000 GERMAN PRISONERS, GUARDED BY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS, ON THE MOVE TO REAR. 01:56:54 - THOUSANDS OF NAZI POWS TAKEN 01:57:08 - U.S COAST GUARD CUTTER CAMPBELL ESCORTING CONVOY SETS OF DEPTH CHARGES & RAMS GERMAN U-BOAT SUBMARINE 01:57:13 - VARIOUS SHOTS U. S. COAST GUARD CUTTER CAMPBELL ON ATLANTIC CONVOY DUTY. LS SPOTS GERMAN U-BOAT CRASH DIVING, FIRES DEPTH CHARGES THEN GOES BACK TO CONVOY DUTY. VARIOUS SHOTS NIGHT LIGHTS UP AS CAMPBELL FIRES DEPT CHARGES AT NIGHT. 01:58:03 - MS DIVER IS SENT DOWN TO FIX DAMAGE ON CAMPBELL, RECEIVED WHILE RAMMING A SUB. MS ENTIRE CREW OF SAILORS RUN BACK AND FORTH ON "CAMPBELL" TO MAKE IT ROLL, WHICH WILL KEEP IT FROM SINKING. VARIOUS SHOTS "CAMPBELL" BEING TOWED BACK TO BASE BY TUG BOAT. 01:58:40 - BIG PUSH IN TUNISIA TO DEFEAT ROMMEL'S AFRIKA CORPS 01:58:45 - "TUNISIA - AXIS TRAP" - BRITISH 8TH ARMY COMMANDER GREETS ALEXANDER FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY AND FREE FRENCH GENERAL GIRAUD AS THEY REVIEW NATIVE GURKHA TROOPS, WHICH THE NAZIS FEAR. MCU MONTGOMERY CHECKS OUT GURKHA RAZOR SHARP KNIFE. THEIR FAVORITE WEAPON. 01:59:13 - VARIOUS SHOTS MONTGOMERY CHECKS OUT GURKHA RAZOR SHARP KNIFE. THEIR FAVORITE WEAPON. 01:59:20 - VARIOUS SHOTS 8TH ARMY ARTILLERY FIRES AND GURKHA TROOPS CHARGE AS NAZI SHELLS EXPLODE AROUND THEM. MS EXPLODING SHELL MAKES DIRECT HIT ON NAZI PILLBOX. 01:59:47 - MAP SHOWS ROMMEL FORCES TRAPPED IN CORNER OF TUNISIA, SEA TO THEIR BACKS. 01:59:52 - AMERICAN B-52 BOMBERS WITH MASCOTS PAINTED ON SIDE, MESSAGES ON BOMBS 02:00:05 - BOMBERS STRIKE ALL OVER TUNISIA 02:00:14 - AMERICAN BOMBERS FLY THROUGH NAZI FLAK AS THEY DROP BOMBS ON ROMMEL POSITIONS. AERIAL SHOTS BOMBS EXPLODING ON GROUND. VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN AND ITALIAN PRISONERS POSING. 02:01:08 - AMERICAN RED CROSS NURSES ARRIVING IN AMBULANCE PLANES. AMERICAN WOUNDED ARE CARRIED ONTO AMBULANCE PLANES. CU WOUNDED GIS ON STRETCHERS, POSE FOR CAMERA. 02:01:44 - AMERICAN TROOPS IN TRUCKS, TANKS MOVE FORWARD THROUGH BUT OF TUNISIA. TANKS MOVE FROM ROADS CHOKED WITH MUD TO ROADS CHOKED WITH DUST. 02:02:23 - LS GERMAN RECON PLAN DRAWS FIRE FROM AMERICANS, IS SHOT DOWN. LS PLANE DIVING AND CRASHING. 02:02:40 - GENERAL IKE & PATTON LEAD AMERICANS INTO GAFSA, MAKNASSY 02:02:42 - FOUR STAR GENERAL EISENHOWER VISITS FRONT LINES, WATCHES AMERICAN SOLDIERS DIG FOX HOLES ION DESERT FRONT LINES./. LT. GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, KNOWN AS "BLOOD AND GUTS" SURVEYS FRONT WITH BINOCULARS. 02:03:10 - COUNT FLEET WINS OPENING OF WARTIME HORSE RACING AT JAMAICA TRACK IN NEW YORK 02:03:14 - "SPORTS" - "GET A HORSE" - HORSE RACING FANS ARRIVING AT JAMAICA, N. Y. HORSE TRACK BY BUS AND TRAIN. 02:03:39 - VARIOUS SHOTS HUGE CROWD AT AQUEDUCT RACE TRACK IN JAMAICA, TO WATCH RACE, THE WOOD MEMORIAL. VARIOUS SHOTS HORSE NAMED "COUNT FLEET" IN TRAINING. OWNER'S MR. AND MRS. HERTZ WATCH RACE THROUGH BINOCULARS. 02:03:47 - LS RACE STARTS - VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS - WINNER "COUNT FLEET". MS COUNT FLEET IN WINNER'S CIRCLE. SPORTS, HORSE RACING 02:04:47 - NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS FROM CAMP ATTERBY, INDIANA REPAY VISIT OF UNION MEMBERS AT TANK & BOMBER PLANTS IN DETROIT. CADILLAC PLANT CONVERTED INTO HOME FRONT WAR INDUSTRY 02:04:53 - 80 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS FROM CAMP ATTERBURY INDIANA, REPAY VISIT BY MADE TO THEIR CAMP BY 250 UNITED AUTO WORKERS WHO VISITED THEIR CAMP A MONTH AGO. 02:05:02 - SOLDIERS WATCH WORKERS MAKING ARMY TANKS AND PLANES AT THE DETROIT PLANT. SHOTS OF CIO WORKERS WASHING DISHES AND MAKING THEIR OWN BEDS WHILE AT THE CAMP. 02:05:43 - IT'S DIFFERENT FOR THE SOLDIERS, THEY GET ROOM SERVICE BY MAIDS AND ARE SERVED BREAKFAST IN BED BY THE UNION WORKERS 02:05:52 - PRESIDENT FDR VISITS MARINES AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA 02:06:03 - "FDR'S JOURNEY AS GOOD NEIGHBOR" - PARRIS ISLAND, SO. CAROLINA - FDR IN OPEN LIMO, VISITS MARINES AT PARRIS ISLAND. PAN MARINES AT ATTENTION AND MARCHING FOR THEIR COMMANDER IN CHIEF. 02:06:27 - FDR REVIEWS EAGLE PILOTS AT MAXWELL FIELD, ALABAMA. VARIOUS SHOTS FDR IN OPEN LIMO VISITS MAXWELL FIELD ALABAMA, REVIEWS AIR FORCE TROOPS STANDING AT ATTENTION ALONGSIDE FIGHTER PLANES. HE WATCHES SQUADRONS OF FIGHTER PLANES TAKE OFF, AND IN FLIGHT. FDR WATCHES TROOPS DO CALISTHENICS ON OPEN FIELD. 02:07:15 - TROOPS PUT ON HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT DEMONSTRATION FOR FDR AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA 02:07:17 - "FORT BENNING, GEORGIA" - FDR MOTORCADE CONTINUES TO FORT BENNING, WHERE HE REVIEWS TROOPS THERE, ALSO FROM OPEN LIMO. FDR, BACK TO CAMERA, WATCHES PARATROOPERS PRACTICE FROM PARACHUTE JUMP TOWER, ALA CONEY ISLAND). 02:07:49 - AMERICANS IN FLYING FORTRESS BOMERS ON BOMBING RAIDS OVER EUROPE INCLUDING GERMANY'S SHIPBUILDING BASES & MUNITION PLANTS 02:07:57 - "FORTRESSES HIT STRIDE" - MAJOR GENERAL ABRAHAM AND MAJ. GENERAL ANDREWS VISIT AMERICAN AIR BASE SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND, TO WATCH THE START OF AIR RAID ON NAZILAND. 02:08:11 - GOOD SHOTS FLYING FORTRESSES BEING LOADED WITH BOMBS. PILOTS POSE BEFORE RAID. CAMERA IS LOADED ON PLANE TO MAKE FIRST MOTION PICTURES, TAKEN FROM FLYING FORTRESS. 02:08:24 - VARIOUS SHOTS SQUADRON OF FLYING FORTRESSES TAKING OFF FROM FIELD AND IN FLIGHT. 02:08:49 - GOOD SHOTS BOMB BAYS OPENING. PAN BOMBS SHOWERING DOWN OF NAZI U-BOAT BASE. HUGE EXPLOSIONS ON GROUND, POV PLANE. VARIOUS SHOTS WOUNDED BEING TAKEN OFF PLANE AFTER BOMBING RUN. SHOTS OF DAMAGE DONE TO PLANES. ONLY TWO PLANES WERE LOST. PILOTS AND CREWMEN GATHER AND TALK ABOUT THE ACTION. 02:10:34 - FDR & MEXICAN PRESIDENT MANUEL AVILA CAMACHO EXCHANGE "GOOD NEIGHBOR" PLEDGES IN MONTERREY, MEXICO IN CEREMONY OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF NEIGHBORING REPUBLICS 02:10:43 - HUGE CROWDS GREET PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S MOTORCADE AS IT ROLLS DOWN STREETS OF MONTEREY. PEOPLE WAVE FROM BALCONIES. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND PRESIDENT CAMACHO REVIEW MILITARY PARADE FROM STEPS OF PALACE. 02:11:28 - FDR SEES WACS ON REVIEW AT FORT OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA 02:11:29 - TO 02 13 00 "FORT OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA" - ROOSEVELT INSPECTS, WAVES FROM OPEN LIMO, TO 4000 WAACS AS THEY PASS IN REVIEW. WAAC CORP DIRECTOR, OVETA CULP HOBBY, RIDES IN LIMO WITH FDR. 02:12:00 - SURPRISE INSPECTION VISIT OF CAMP FORREST, TENNESSEE 02:12:02 - "CAMP FORREST, TENNESSEE" - FDR RISING IN LIMO, REVIEWS TROOPS AT ARMY NURSES, AT CAMP FORREST. AN IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY OF ARMY 155MM BIG RIFLES CANNONS) 02:12:25 - FDR DRIVES THROUGH AIRPLANE FACTORY IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA. HOME FRONT WAR INDUSTRY. FDR MOTORCADES THROUGH PLANT WITH WORKERS STANDING AT ATTENTION AT ASSEMBLY LINES. IS GIVEN MODEL OF NEW A-26 BOMBER. 02:12:45 - FDR INSPECTS TROOPS CAMP GRUBER, OKLAHOMA. FDR TOUR OF INSPECTION CONTINUES TO CAMP GRUBER. REVIEW OF TROOPS FROM LIMO. 02:13:02 - STORY OF DOOLITTLE BOMBING OF TOKYO FROM WAR CORRESPONDENT JOE JAMES CUSTER WHO SAW BOMBERS TAKE OFF FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIER HORNET, PRESIDENT'S "SHANGRI-LA" 02:13:23 - TITLE: "TOKYO WRITES ITS DOOM" - FILM SHOTS OF THE SECRET PLANNING, DARING BOMBING, OF TOKYO AND OTHER JAPANESE CITIES BY LT.COLONEL (LATER GENERAL) DOOLITTLE AND HIS PILOTS, FROM DECKS OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER "HORNET".. 02:14:49 - MAP SHOWING THE PLAN, WHICH STARTS WITH PRECARIOUS FLIGHT OFF DECK OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER HORNET, BOMBS THE CITIES, THEN CONTINUES ON TO CHINA, WHERE THEY WILL LAND. 02:15:45 - LS AMERICAN WARSHIP FIRES UPON AND SINKS JAPANESE PATROL BOAT. THIS CAUSED CONCERN THAT THEIR PRESENCE WAS REPORTED TO JAPAN BY THE PATROL BOAT BEFORE IT WAS SUNK. CU ,MAP SHOWS ONLY 300 MILES TO GO FOR DOOLITTLE. 02:16:15 - VARIOUS SHOTS B-25 MITCHEL BOMBERS GETTING READY TO TAKE OFF FROM DECK OF HORNET. VARIOUS SHOTS OF PLANES TAKING OFF FROM DECK, AND IN FLIGHT.. 02:17:36 - MCU GENERAL HAP ARNOLD, COMMANDER OF ARMY AIR FORCE SPEAKS TO HIS MEN TO REMEMBER THOSE MEN THAT WERE ON THAT MISSION. AERIAL VIEW BOMBS DROPPING ON TOKYO. VOICE OVER GIVES PATRIOTIC PEP TALK. 02:18:26 - MARINES TRAINING IN CALIFORNIA SHOW COMBAT TRAINING, OBSTACLE COURSE. VARIOUS SHOTS NEW MARINE RECRUITS DOING TOUGH SUPER PUSH-UPS. THEN PLAY TOUGH "JOHNNY ON THE PONY"FREE FOR ALL, , AT PEMBLETON, CALIFORNIA. 02:18:51 - LS GROUPS OF MARINES PRACTICE JUMPING OFF TROOPSHIP, JUMP OFF HIGH PLATFORM INTO WATER, 25 FEET BELOW. ABOVE VIEW, LS MARINES JUMP 33 FEET INTO WATER FILLED WITH CORK DEBRIS. MS VARIOUS SHOTS MARINES WITH FULL 50 POUND PACK, JUMP INTO WATER, SWIM OUT TO SHIP AND CLIMB ABOARD ROPE LADDERS TO DECK. 02:19:29 - DRAKE RELAYS AT DES MOINES, IOWA. TRACK & FIELD EVENTS WITH SPRINTERS & HURDLERS. SPORTS, TRACK AND FIELD ABOVE SHOTS MEN'S 100 YARD DASH - VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS - WINNER: JOE (?) WAACS IN STANDS GIVE HIM STANDING OVATION. 02:19:58 - ABOVE VIEW MEN'S 120 YARD HIGH HURDLES - VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS - WINNER: RALPH TATE IN 14.6.SPORTS, TRACK AND FIELD 02:20:17 - PENN RELAYS AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA WHERE BRITISH, AMERICAN & FRENCH SAILORS RACE IN HALF-MILE RELAY. FRANKLIN FIELD GAMES. LS HEWLET P. (?), MAKES LEAP OF 24' 1" TO WIN BROAD JUMP 02:20:37 - UNITED NATIONS 1/2 MILE RELAY - NAVY MEN FROM U. S. BRITAIN, FRANCE, POSE FOR SHOT BEFORE START OF RACE. RACE STARTS - VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS - WINNERS U. S. A. ANCHOR MAN MCGOWAN TAKES IT IN. SPORTS, TRACK AND FIELD 02:21:16 - LADY EAGLES, ARMY'S FIRST WOMEN FERRY PILOTS GRADUATE IN TEXAS. FAMOUS FEMALE FLYER JACQUELINE COCHRAN, INSPECTS CLASS OF FEMALE FLYERS AT THE AVENGER FIELD IN SWEETWATER TEXAS. 02:21:31 - THE CLASS OF GIRLS, ALL WEARING PARACHUTES, RUN TO THEIR PLANES AFTER INSPECTION. YOUNG GIRL STANDS ON WING, KISSES MOM IN COCKPIT, BEFORE TAKEOFF. PLANES IN FLIGHT. 02:21:51 - GIRLS MARCH SMARTLY IN FRONT OF THEIR PLANES, TO CEREMONY HELD AT ELLINGTON FIELD, HOUSTON TEXAS. THEY RECEIVE THEIR SILVER WINGS AND DIPLOMAS FROM MISS COCHRAN AND MAJ. GENERAL GRANT 02:22:02 - RECRUITING DRIVE FOR FEMALE MARINES IN NEW YORK CITY HIGHLIGHTED BY SUMMER UNIFORM FASHION SHOW OUTSIDE HUNTER COLLEGE. 02:22:30 - VICE-PRESIDENT WALLACE VISITS PERU & GETS TICKER TAPE PARADE. AMIGO "WALLACE" - VICE PRESIDENT WALLACE AND PERU PRESIDENT MANUEL PRADO UGARTECHE, REVIEW PERUVIAN MILITARY IN HUGER PARADE IN LIMA. WALLACE AND PERU LEADER RODE IN HORSE AND CARRIAGE TO CHEERS OF THOUSANDS. 02:23:06 - WALLACE IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA. WALLACE ARRIVES IN BOLIVIA BY PLANE, MOTORCADES TO PRESIDENTIAL PALACE TO WILD CHEERS BY CROWDS. MEETS WITH LEADER, GENERALENRIQUE PENARANDA. 02:24:01 - ALL-GREEK BATTALION TRAINING IN COLORADO. MCU GREEK-AMERICAN SOLDIER WITH FIXED BAYONET POINTED AT CAMERA, WALKS THREATENINGLY FORWARD. VARIOUS SHOTS GREEK-AMERICAN GIS, ALL OF WHICH HAD FAMILY OR FRIENDS KILLED BY NAZIS, IN TRAINING IN COLORADO. 02:24:23 - JAPANESE-AMERICANS RECRUITED IN HAWAII TRAIN IN MISSISSIPPI 02:24:26 - 2500 JAPANESE AMERICANS RECRUITED IN HAWAII, TRAINING IN MISSISSIPPI. PAN FACE SHOTS JAPANESE-AMERICANS SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS. THEY WERE THE FIRST TO ENLIST WHEN THE ARMY WAS OPEN FOR AMERICANS OF JAPANESE DESCENT. 02:24:40 - FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION SAIL FOR TUNISIA, AFRICA. VARIOUS SHOTS FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION TROOPS MARCHING IN PARADE, JOIN ALLIES. LEGION TROOPS BOARD TROOPSHIP FOR TUNISIA AND BATTLE. 02:24:54 - FREE FRENCH UNITS MOVE UP AGAINST ROMMEL. GOOD SHOTS BLACK SENEGALESE TROOPS BOARD TROOPSHIP TO FIGHT NAZIS IN AFRICA. BLACK SOLDIER BALANCES HIS PACK ON HIS HEAD AS HE CLIMBS GANGPLANK. 02:25:18 - AMERICAN TROOPS & EQUIPMENT ARRIVE IN TUNISIA FOR E EUROPE INVASION. AMERICAN TROOPS WAVE FROM TROOPSHIP, AS THEY ARRIVE IN AFRICA. MARCH OFF SHIP AND DOWN PIER. GIS ASSEMBLE HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON DOCK. 02:26:02 - PRESIDENT FDR RETURNS TO WHITE HOUSE AFTER INSPECTION OF U.S. CAMPS & VISIT TO MEXICO 02:26:05 - PRESIDENT ARRIVES TO CAPITOL IN OPEN LIMO, AFTER HIS 7,700 MILE TOUR OF NATION'S MILITARY BASES AND DEFENSE PLANTS. TO DEAL WITH COAL STRIKE. 02:26:12 - FDR INSPECTS MARTIN BOMBER PLANT IN OMAHA. HOME FRONT WAR INDUSTRY. VARIOUS SHOTS FDR IN OPEN LIMO , SURROUNDED BY SECRET SERVICE MEN ON FOOT, RIDES THROUGH GIANT PLANE PLANT IN OMAHA. 02:26:26 - NORWEGIAN SKI TROOPS IN REVIEW AT CAMP CARSON, COLORADO. PRESIDENT REVIEWS TROOPS AT CARSON. WATCHES THEM IN TRAINING, DOES SAME AT FORT RILEY, KANSAS. 02:26:54 - FDR ATTENDS CHURCH SERVICES AT FORT RILEY, KANSAS 02:27:02 - FDR WITH HIS LITTLE DOG "FALA" AT HIS SIDE AS HE REVIEWS TROOPS FROM BALCONY. PRESIDENT JOINS 15,000 TROOPS FOR OUTDOOR RELIGIOUS SERVICE AT THE BASE. 02:27:25 - TORNADO HITS CLEVELAND, OHIO.VARIOUS SHOTS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HOMES, SOME LIFTED FROM FOUNDATIONS AN, DONE BY TORNADOES IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. DISASTER, WEATHER. 02:28:12 - U.S. MINT DIRECTOR ROSS SEES FIRST MELTING OF SILVER DOLLARS IN PHILADELPHIA TO SAVE ON COPPER & ALLOYS. 02:28:20 - WORKERS AT THE PHILADELPHIA MINT REMOVE SACKS FULL OF OLD AND MUTILATED SILVER DOLLARS TO BE MELTED DOWN AND THE MINT WILL RETAIN 1/4 MILLION POUNDS COPPER, NEEDED FOR WAR INDUSTRY. 02:28:46 - U.S. MINT IN DENVER MELTING OLD CARTWHEEL SILVER DOLLARS.CU SHOTS OLD SILVER DOLLARS. MS FORMER WYOMING GOVERNOR MRS. NELLIE CATO ROTH SCOOPS UP THE FIRST BATCH OF WORN AND MUTILATED SILVER DOLLARS AND POURS THEM INTO SMELTER. 02:28:49 - VARIOUS SHOTS FAR WESTERN STATES WHERE SILVER DOLLARS ARE VERY MUCH IN CIRCULATION, SHOWS PEOPLE USING SILVER DOLLARS TO PAY FOR GAS, EGGS, ETC. ONLY OLD SILVER DOLLARS ARE BEING WITHDRAWN. 02:29:02 - VARIOUS SHOTS COINS BEING MELTED AT DENVER MINT, COPPER WITHDRAWN AND OLD SILVER IS RECAPPED INTO INGOTS, PLACED INTO MACHINES AND BECOME QUARTERS, DIMES AND 1/2 DOLLARS. 02:29:30 - FIRST U.S. ARMY NURSES ARRIVE IN SOLOMON ISLANDS IN GUADALCANAL AS AMBULANCE PLANES START SERVICE REMOVING WOUNDED FROM ISLANDS. 02:29:39 - AERIAL VIEW SOLOMON ISLANDS. VARIOUS SHOTS FIRST AMERICAN WOMEN TO LAND ON GUADALCANAL. MS PAN ARMY NURSES, LINE UP FOR INSPECTION.. NURSES TAKE CARE OF GUADALCANAL WOUNDED ON HOSPITAL PLANES WHILE IN FLIGHT TO HOSPITALS. 02:30:11 - JOE E. BROWN ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA TO ENTERTAIN TROOPS AT AEF HOSPITALS 02:30:12 - COMEDIAN JOE E. BROWN VISITS TROOPS ON PACIFIC ISLANDS, PUTS ON COMEDY SHOW FRO TROOPS. MS JOE E. BROWN IMITATES ADOLPH HITLER TO GET LAUGHS. DOES CRAZY DANCE ON OPEN STAGE. HOLLYWOOD, MOVIES, COMEDY. 02:31:26 - KING GEORGE VI INSPECTS SHIP OF HOME FLEET IN NORTH ENGLAND 02:31:37 - BRITAIN'S KING GEORGE VISITS BRITISH FLEET AT SEA, INSPECTS CREWS 02:32:04 - AUSTRALIAN BEEF HERDS IN NEW SOUTH WALES ROUNDED UP FOR AMERICAN TROOPS. "STEAKS FOR MACARTHUR" - AUSTRALIAN COWBOYS TAKING CARE OF HERDS OF CATTLE, WHICH WILL BE USED FOR FEEDING AMERICAN TROOPS DOWN UNDER. 02:32:38 - VERNET WITHAM RETURNS TO ARMY SHIRT FACTORY IN ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY AFTER WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION RULES HER FAVORITE JOB IN PRETZEL FACTORY IS NON-ESSENTIAL TO WAR EFFORT 02:32:45 - "SHIRTS OR PRETZELS" - MISS BERDETT WITHAM POSES WITH ARMY SHIRTS IN ONE HAND AND HAND FULL OF PRETZELS IN OTHER. VARIOUS SHOTS MISS WITHAM AT TABLE WITH BENDING PRETZELS WITH OTHER WOMEN WORKERS. 02:32:54 - CU MISS WITHAM ADEPTLY BENDING DOUGH INTO PRETZELS. WHEN SHE WASTOLD PRETZEL BENDING WAS NON ESSENTIAL, SHE WENT BACK TO MAKING ARMY SHIRTS. MCU SHE SPEAKS ABOUT IT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1943
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: P-218-20