- Title: P-218-21
- Summary: DECADES: NEWSREEL STORIES FROM MAY-JUNE, 1943
- Description:01:00:46 - STORY OF FINAL VICTORY IN TUNISIA, AFRICA, "HELL 609".VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN BOMBERS DROPPING BOMBS ON TUNIS, HAMMERING HOME THE FINAL BLOW. MAP OF NORTH AFRICA WHERE FINAL BATTLE was Won 01:01:27 - GENERAL EISENHOWER INSPECT BATTLEFIELD - AERIAL VIEW AMERICAN TANKS SPREAD OUT ACROSS BATTLEFIELD. 01:01:36 - AMERICAN VICTORY AT MATEUR WITH "HUN ON THE RUN", DESERTED BY AXIS ARMIES 01:01:49 - VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN TROOPS, TANKS, ON THE MOVE TOWARDS TUNIS GET LITTLE RESISTANCE. CU MAP SHOWING EISENHOWER STRATEGY. TROOPS ENTERING DESERTED CITIES DESTROYED BY BOMBINGS AND ARTILLERY. . 01:03:04 - AFRICA HEADQUARTERS. GENERAL IKE DEPLOYS 8TH ARMY 01:03:36 - GENERAL MONTGOMERY AT TUNISIA EAST COAST DRIVE. INSPECTS FLYING FORTRESS 01:03:54 - VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN SOLDIERS SURRENDERING. VARIOUS SHOTS DESTROYED ERMAN TANKS, ARTILLERY. 01:04:35 - CU FREE FRENCH GENERAL LECLERC AND HIS TROOPS, INCLUDING ARAB TROOPS MARCH INTO LIBERATED COLONIAL TOWNS. CROWDS CHEER AS SCOTTISH TROOPS MARCH IN WITH THEIR BAG PIPES SOUNDING. 01:05:01 - AMERICANS ROLL BACK AXIS TO SEACOAST AT FERRYVILLE 01:05:56 - TRIUMPHANT ENTRY OF AMERICAN FORCES INTO CHIEF TUNIS HARBOR AT BIZERTE 01:06:12 - AMERICANS MARCH INTO BIZERTE, CROWDS CHEER. YOUNG GIRL THROWS BOUQUET OF FLOWERS TO PASSING GIS IN TRUCK. 01:06:40 - TO 01 08 12 SHOTS OF ADOLPH HITLER, SUPER-IMPOSED OVER SHOTS OF SURRENDERING NAZI SOLDIERS, SMILING AND HAPPY TO BE OUT OF IT, WITH HITLER'S WORDS INCLUDING "FIGHT TO THE LAST BULLET" AND "FIGHT TO THE LAST CRUMB OF BREAD" SHOTS OF PRISONERS EATING AND DRINKING AS THEY WAIT TRANSFER. 175,000 GERMANS sURRENDERED, INCLUDING 16 GENERALS. 01:07:06 - ENTIRE AXIS ARMIES SURRENDER 01:08:15 - ALLIED POLITICAL & MILITARY CHIEF MEET AT WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON, DC. GOOD SHOT OF WHITE HOUSE - PAN BRITISH AND AMERICAN GENERAL STAFF LINED UP BEHIND PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL SEATED IN CHAIRS ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN, POSING BEFORE MEETING. 01:08:34 - cu GENERAL MARSHAL. MORE SHOTS MEETING AROUND TABLE INSIDE WHITE HOUSE. VARIOUS SHOTS TROOPSHIPS JAMMED PACKED WITH U. S. TROOPS. 01:09:14 - CU PAN FACE SHOTS SMILING CHURCHILL AND FDR. 01:09:18 - MARTIN BOMBER PLANE MANUFACTURERS IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND HONOR TWO PILOTS WHO SANK 11 JAPANESE SHIPS. HOME FRONT WAR INDUSTRY 01:09:24 - "THEY KEEP 'EM FLYING" - ABOVE SHOTS THOUSANDS DEFENSE WORKERS OUTSIDE PLANE PLANT. BOMBER THEY BUILT, FLIES OVERHEAD. BOMBER LANDS, PILOT WAVES FROM WINDOW OF PLANE, POINTS TO PAINTINGS UNDER WINDOW, OF 6 JAPANESE WARSHIPS HE SANK 01:09:50 - GRADUATION DAY FOR THE TECHNICAL TRAINING COMMAND IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 01:09:52 - "FORTRESS FIXERS" - GRADUATION DAY AT BOEING FLYING FORTRESS SCHOOL IN SEATTLE. VARIOUS SHOTS STUDENTS WORKING ON FLYING FORTRESS PARTS. LARGE CEREMONY FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS. 01:10:12 - AIR FORCE BRIGADIER GENERAL VANAMAN BECOMES NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN CHIEF IN OKLAHOMA. GENERAL IS CROWNED WITH INDIAN CHIEF HEAD PIECE BY INDIAN CHIEF, AS CROWD APPLAUDS. 01:10:24 - VARIOUS GOOD SHOTS INDIANS DOING CEREMONIAL WAR DANCE. CU GENERAL BATTERMAN POSES WITH EAD GEAR. ETHNIC DANCE 01:10:34 - "RATS OF TOBRUK" NINTH ARMY WELCOMED HOME IN AUSTRALIA AFTER YEARS OF DESERT DUTY WITH BRITISH EIGHTH ARMY 01:10:39 - AUSTRALIA'S FAMOUS 9TH DIVISION - "THE DESERT RATS" - ARRIVE HOME AFTER 3 LONG YEARS. CROWDS AT PIER WAVE TO TROOPSHIP. BARRELS OF RUM ARE ROLLED OUT. PAN AUSSIES TOASTING AND DRINKING. 01:11:29 - LIBERIA PRESIDENT BARCLAY & PRESIDENT-ELECT TUBMAN VISIT FDR AT WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON, DC 01:11:36 - EDWIN BARKLEY, PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA AND HIS PARTY, ARE GREETED AT WHITE HOUSE BY SECRETARY OF STATE HULL. VARIOUS SHOTS OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S PREVIOUS VISIT TO LIBERIA, AND PRESIDENT BARKLEY. MS FDR, BARKLEY MEET IN WHITE HOUSE, POSE FOR SHOTS. 01:12:15 - ARMADA LANDS AT ATTU THROUGH FOGGY ALEUTIAN WATERS TO INVADE HOLTZ BAY & MASSACRE BAY 01:12:17 - (MAY 11,1943) - MAPS SHOW AREA OF AMERICAN LANDINGS ON JAP HELD ATTU ISLAND IN ALEUTIANS. JAPS TOOK ISLAND IN JUNE 1942. VARIOUS SHOTS WARSHIPS AND PLANES ATTACKING STRATEGIC ISLAND. ARMY GROUND FORCES ATTACK IN LANDING CRAFTS. 01:14:04 - AERIAL VIEWS OF AXIS PRISON CAMPS, DESTROYED HARBOR & AIR FORCE IN TUNISIA 01:14:06 - "TUNISIA - FINAL SCORE" - AERIAL PAN SOME OF 266,000 AXIS PRISONERS TAKEN IN BATTLE, AND UNCOUNTED TRUCKS, PLANES, EQUIPMENT. GOOD SHOTS OF GERMAN PLANES LEFT BEHIND. AERIAL VIEW AXIS SHIPS LEFT IN HARBOR. 01:15:46 - "SINK THOSE SUBS" - VARIOUS SHOTS AMERICAN PT BOATS, BLIMPS AND DESTROYERS DROPPING DEPTH CHARGES ON NAZI SUBMARINE POSITIONS. TITLE: "AND NOW..... THE LATESTY ANTI-SUB DEVISE ..."HELICOPTERS". SHOTS HELICOPTERS LANDING ON WARSHIP DECKS, AS SMALL AS 20 FEET SQUARE. 01:16:53 - FEMALE WORKERS AT TNT BLOCKBUSTER BOMB PLANT IN ELWOOD, ILLINOIS MAKING TWO-TON BOMBS. HOME FRONT WAR INDUSTRY 01:16:56 - GREAT SHOTS ALL FEMALE WORKERS MAKING T. N. T. ON ASSEMBLY LINE IN PLANT IN ELWOOD, ILL. WOMEN USE PADDLES TO STIR HUGE VATS OF LIQUID EXPLOSIVE. LIQUID IS POURED INTO HOLLOW BOMB SHELLS. 01:17:26 - GIRLS FILL 2000 POUND BLOCKBUSTER BOMBS WITH THE LIQUID, WHICH IS PATTED DOWN WHEN IT HARDENS. GIRL PLACES KISS OF DEATH ON BOMB AS IT ROLLS OUT OF PLANT. VARIOUS SHOTS, THOUSANDS OF "BLOCK BUSTER" Bombs PILED UP IN STOCK YARD. 01:17:56 - MINNIE THE CAT NURSES LITTER OF SKUNKS IN NEW JERSEY 01:17:57 - "HELP WANTED, FEMALE" - "7 ORPHANS NEED FOSTER MOTHER" - CU LARGE LADY SKUNK NIBBLES ON FOOD ON GROUND. 01:18:15 - MS SEATED FEMALE CAT LICKING, GROOMING, LITTER OF 7 TINY BABY SKUNKS LYING IN CHILD'S WAGON. TWIN LITTLE GIRLS PULL WAGON WITH BABY SKUNKS IN IT. PICK THEM UP AND POSE WITH SKUNKS IN THEIR ARMS. ANIMAL ANTICS, ODDITY 01:18:49 - ALL-CHIMPANZEE CIRCUS SHOW AT ST. LOUIS ZOO. CROWD CHILDREN AND PARENTS ARE ENTERTAINED BY CHIMPANZEES ON STAGE AT ST. LOUIS ZOO. CHIMPS RIDE ON BACKS OF PONIES GOING ROUND IN CIRCLE ON STAGE. DO ACROBATICS, BALANCING ACTS. 01:19:48 - PARAMARINE CHAPLAIN JOSEPH MANNION GRADUATES WITH MARINE PARATROOPERS AT CAMP LE JEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA. PARACHUTING PRIEST 01:19:52 - MS MARINE PACKING HIS PARACHUTE - IS REALLY FATHER JOSEPH MANNION, CATHOLIC PRIEST IN CAMP LEGUME, NO CAROLINA. MS FATHER MANNION ON ALAR HEARING MASS. HE IS THE FIRST PARACHUTE TRAINED CHAPLAIN. GOOD SHOTS PARATROOPS JUMPING OUT OF CARGO PLANE, FLOATING TO EARTH. GENERAL PINS WINGS ON CHEST OF JUMPING PADRE. RELIGION. 01:20:49 - LAST NAZI SNIPERS SHOT IN TUNIS, NORTH AFRICA. VARIOUS SHOTS ALLIED SQUADS WIPING OUT THE LAST GERMAN SNIPERS 01:21:23 - ITALIAN GENERAL GIOVANNI MESSA SURRENDERS JUST HOURS BEFORE MUSSOLINI MADE HIM FIELD MARSHAL. 01:21:31 - GERMAN PRISONERS ARRIVE IN ENGLAND INCLUDING GENERAL VON ARNIM WITH HIS BAGGAGE 01:21:38 - SUPER PRIZE, IS GERMAN GENERAL VON HARDEN WHO ARRIVES BY PLANE TO SURRENDER TO ALLIES. VON HARDEN WAS GIVEN COMMAND OF GERMAN FORCES IN AFRICA AFTER ROMMEL FLED. LOADS OF LUGGAGE BELONGING TO THE GENERAL IS UNLOADED FROM PLANE. 01:22:05 - CELEBRATIONS AS CIVILIANS GREET ALLIED VICTORS IN TUNIS 01:22:08 - HUGE CROWD IN TUNIS TAKE TO STREET TO CELEBRATE. MOBS CHEER ENTERING ALLIED TROOPS. FRENCH GENERAL GIRAUD AND U. S. GENERAL EISENHOWER ARE THERE. 01:22:47 - U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER SPENCER SINKS NAZI U-BOAT SUBMARINE IN ATLANTIC WHILE GUARDING CONVOY 01:22:54 - VARIOUS SHOTS, COAST GUARD CUTTERS PROTECTING CONVOY DROP DEPTH CHARGES. 01:23:19 - DAMAGES SUBMARINE SURFACES, IS ATTACKED BY DECK GUNS ON SUB CHASER. GERMANS SURRENDER. SUB IS BLOWN UP. 01:23:38 - STORM AT SEA AS COAST GUARD RESCUE SAILORS WASHED OVERBOARD 01:24:29 - GENERALS IKE & GIRAUD REVIEW LONG LINES OF VICTORIOUS FRENCH, BRITISH & AMERICAN TROOPS IN TUNIS 01:24:46 - PARADES INCLUDE FRENCH COLONIAL TROOPS ON HORSEBACK, ARAB, SCOTTISH, BRITISH, INDIAN PUNJAB TROOPS MARCHING SMARTLY DOWN STREETS TO CHEERS OF CROWD. ARTILLERY AND TANKS IN PARADE. SQUADRONS OF PLANES FLY OVERHEAD. 01:25:35 - AMERICAN ORDINANCE EXPERTS INSPECT ACRES OF GERMAN GUNS, TRUCKS & PANZER TANKS ABANDONED BY AXIS TROOPS 01:26:09 - BRITISH DESTROYERS PICK UP NAZI RAFTS AT SEA NEAR CAPE BON & IMPRISON THOUSANDS OF POWS IN FAILED DUNKIRK-TYPE OF MISSION 01:26:21 - VARIOUS SHOTS GERMAN SOLDIERS OF ALL RANKS SMILING HAPPILY AS THEY ARE BEING LED TO INTERNMENT CAMPS AFTER SURRENDERING. MOST ARE HAPPY WAR IS OVER FOR THEM. VARIOUS SHOTS BRITISH NAVY ROUNDING UP AXIS TROOPS IN WATERS OFF BON, AS THEY TRY TO ESCAPE. 01:27:06 - MARY PICKFORD DONATES BUNGALOW HOUSE IN TORONTO, CANADA IN PUBLIC AUCTION TO RAISE MONEY FOR WAR EFFORT RELIEF DRIVE 01:27:14 - MARY PICKFORD GOES TO HOME TOWN IN CANADA WHERE A $15,000 WAR FUND IN HONOR OF MISS PICKFORD IS AUCTIONED OFF AT $1.00 A SHARE. LS VIEW PICKFORD'S HOME IN CANADA. MISS PICKFORD SITS IN CHAIR IN LIVING ROOM TO AUTOGRAPH ONE OF THE SHARES.PICKFORD SITS BEFORE MIRROR IN BEDROOM, FIXES HER HAIR. HOLLYWOOD, SILENT MOVIES, "AMERICA'S SWEETHEART" 01:28:00 - GENERAL LEAR, ACTING CHIEF OF U.S. ARMY GROUND FORCES, WITNESSES DEMONSTRATIONS IN CAMOUFLAGE AT CAMP DAVIS, NORTH CAROLINA 01:28:09 - TEMPORARY COMMANDER OF AMERICAN GROUND FORCES, SEES MILITARY MAGIC AT CAMP DAVIS, NO. CAROLINA HE SEES LATEST TRICKS OF COMBAT CAMOUFLAGE. VARIOUS SHOTS VARIETY CAMOUFLAGE USED BY ARMY. 01:28:40 - FORMER GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA, HAROLD STASSEN, BEGINS DUTIES AS NAVY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER IN NEW YORK. BEGINS TRAINING AT FORT SKYLER, N. Y. SHOTS OF STASSEN AT 1940 REPUBLICAN NATIONSL COMMITTEE, WHERE HE NOMINATED WENDELL WILLKIE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAINST FDR. 01:29:06 - LT. COMMANDER STATTEN SPEAKS TO CAMERA. 01:29:37 - MELVINA KEMPEL, AMERICAN'S FIRST WOMEN ZOO KEEPER IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 01:29:40 - "HEADLINE PEOPLE" - "BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS" - FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN ZOO KEEPER, 18 YEAR OLD MELVINA TEMPLE - VARIOUS SHOTS MISS TEMPLE HANDLING HUGE PARROT, FONDLING SMALL MONKEY IN ARMS. SAYS, "MONKEYS ARE THE LOVELIEST PEOPLE". 01:29:40 - "BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS" - FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN ZOO KEEPER, 18 YEAR OLD MELVINA TEMPLE - VARIOUS SHOTS MISS TEMPLE HANDLING HUGE PARROT, FONDLING SMALL MONKEY IN ARMS. SAYS, "MONKEYS ARE THE LOVELIEST PEOPLE". 01:29:59 - MS MISS TEMPLE USES LARGE HACK SAW TO CUT INTO LARGE SIDE OF BEEF, THEN WEIGHS IT ON SCALE. MS MISS TEMPLE FEEDS BEEF TO BIG CATS AND SMALLER ANIMALS. CARRIES ARM FULL OF HAY TO FEED ELEPHANT. SHE PETS ELEPHANT. ANIMAL ANTICS 01:30:24 - AMERICAN PLANES RAID LAST REMAINING JAPANESE BASE AT KISKA IN ALEUTIAN ISLAND. FORCES ON ATTU & AMCHITKA ENCIRCLE ISLAND 01:30:28 - SHOTS AMERICAN PLANES RAIDING ISLAND OF KISKA IN ALEUTIANS. MAP SHOWS STRATEGIC LOCATION. VARIOUS SHOTS LIBERATOR BOMBERS AND P-38 LIGHTNING FIGHTERS TAKING OFF FOR RAIDS. AERIAL VIEWS BOMBS DROPPING ON KISKA. 01:32:05 - GUNDAR HAGG, SWEDISH DISTANCE RUNNER ARRIVES IN NEW YORK CITY TO APPEAR IN WAR RELIEF BENEFIT RACES 01:32:10 - "RUNNER OF THE YEAR" - "GUNDAR HAGG" - MS SWEDISH RUNNER,GUNDAR HAGG, IS WELCOMED TO N. Y. BY AMERICAN RUNNING STAR GREGG RICE. GREAT SHOTS PHENOMENAL RUNNER GUNDER HAAG OF SWEDEN, RUNNING IN TRAINING. SPORTS, TRACK AND FIELD 01:32:57 - COUNT FLEET WINS BELMONT PARK HORSE RACE. 01:32:58 - "RACE HORSE OF THE YEAR" - "COUNT FLEET" - MS TRAINERS GROOMING "COUNT FLEET" IN STALL. MS JOCKEY JOHNNY LONGDEN GETTING DRESSED INTO HIS JOCKEY OUTFIT. GETS ON SCALE TO BE OFFICIALLY WEIGHED FOR RACE. LONGDEN AND TWO OTHER JOCKEYS WALK TOGETHER TO THEIR HORSES. SPORTS, HORSE RACING 01:33:22 - ABOVE VIEW THREE HORSES TAKE OFF FOR RACE AT BELMONT RACE TRACK - VARIOUS SHOTS RACE IN PROGRESS - WINNER: "COUNT FLEET" BY A PHENOMENAL 30 LENGTHS. "COUNT FLEET IN SLOW MOTION". 01:33:56 - BRIEF CASE MACHINE GUN DEMONSTRATED AT FORT MYER, VIRGINIA. 9 POUND M-3 SUB-MACHINE GUN FIRES 450 ROUNDS PER MINUTE. CU SOLDIER FIRING AT TARGET. SOLDIER HOLDS GUN UP WITH OUTSTRETCHED HANDS AND FIRES WITH PRACTICALLY NO RECOIL. 01:34:54 - SECRETARY OF INTERIOR ICKES PLEDGES MINES WILL BE OPEN AS MINERS RETURN TO WORK AFTER STRIKE 01:35:04 - MINERS RE-ENTER PIT ON ELEVATOR, AFTER FDR AND UNION BOSS JOHN L. LEWIS, ORDERED THEM BACK TO WORK. SHOTS OF STEEL MILL COAL FIRING FURNACE MELTING STEEL. HOUSE PASSES BILL THAT WOULD HAVE JAILED JOHN L. LEWIS IF HE CONTINUED TO LEAD STRIKE. MCU JOHN L. LEWIS. 01:35:32 - MCU AFL PRESIDENT WILLIAM GREEN AND CIO PRESIDENT WILLIAM MURRAY, POSES WITH OTHERS OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE. THEY VOW TO STAND BY THE "NO-STRIKE" PLEDGE. 01:35:49 - MINE OPERATOR, HICKEY, SPEAKS TO CAMERA, TELLS MINERS OF THEIR PATRIOTIC DUTY NOT TO STRIKE IN TIME OF WAR. unions. 01:36:02 - WOMEN NAVY WAVES TAKE JUJITSU MARTIAL ARTS COURSE IN WASHINGTON. VARIOUS SHOTS WAVES PRACTICING JU JITSU, FLIP MEN ON FLOOR MAT AS OTHERS WATCH HOW IT'S DONE.. GIRLS TRY IT ON EACH OTHER. CU WAVE FLEXES HER MUSCLE. 01:36:45 - FIRST JAPANESE PRISONERS BROUGHT IN AS ARMY & NAVY END JAPANESE RESISTANCE AT ATTU IN ALEUTIAN ISLANDS.. VARIOUS SHOTS ARTILLERY FIRE INTO JAP POSITIONS IN SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAIN RANGE. GIS CHECK OUT FOX HOLES. GRAPHIC VIEWS JAPANESE DEAD. 01:37:46 - ALLIED FORCES BOMB ITALY & MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS FROM NORTH AFRICA BASES CAPTAIN EDDIE RICKENBACKER TALKS TO PILOTS & SEES TAKE OFF OF RAID AGAINST SICILIAN PORTS 01:37:59 - CARTOON OF MUSSOLINI WITH BIG OPEN MOUTH. SHOTS OF IL DUCE 01:38:17 - "NORTH AFRICA" - SHOT GENERAL JIMMY DOOLITILE ADDRESSING HIS MEN. VARIOUS SHOTS CAPT. EDDIE RICKENBACKER ADDRESSING BOMBER CREWS BEFORE THEIR TAKE OFF. BOMBERS TAKING OFF, IN FLIGHT. AERIAL DROPPING BOMBS ON AXIS POSITIONS IN ITALY. LS VIEW AMERICAN BOMBER WITH TAIL SHOT OFF. POV GROUND. DAMAGED BOMBER AFTER CRASH LANDING. 01:39:48 - LARGEST GRADUATION IN HISTORY OF NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS. LARGE CLASS MIDSHIPMEN, MARCH IN REVIEW, AS FAMILY MEMBERS WATCH WITH PRIDE. ACADEMY SUPERINTENDENT AND "COLORS GIRL" MARILYN SANFORD OF CHICAGO, DO PRESENTATION OF COLORS. 01:40:24 - ABOVE VIEW HUGE GRADUATION CLASS CUSTOMARILY FLIP THEIR HATS INTO THE AIR AFTER GRADUATION. MS GRADUATING CADET GETS KISS FROM MOTHER AND GIRL FRIEND. MS WEDDING CEREMONY WITH BRIDE AND GROOM WALKING UNDER SWORDS HELD UP BY CLASS MEN. 01:40:57 - GENERAL DE GAULLE & GENERAL GIRAUD MEET IN ALGIERS TO OUTLINE FUTURE OF FRENCH REPUBLIC 01:41:37 - GENERAL IKE RECEIVES FRENCH GRAND CROSS OF LEGION OF HONOR FROM GENERAL GIRAUD 01:42:03 - AMERICAN REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR DEVASTATED AREAS OF NORTH AFRICA BEGINS. SPANISH REPUBLICANS WHO WERE INTERNED IN FRENCH AFRICAN CAMPS GET CLOTHING SENT BY LEHMAN COMMITTEE 01:43:07 - MINERS IN THE ARMY RETURN TO MINES DURING COAL SHORTAGE CRISIS IN CANADA 01:43:12 - VARIOUS SHOTS PLATOONS OF CANADIAN SOLDIERS, MEN, WHO ARE FORMERLY MINERS, SHOWN MARCHING IN UNIFORM. SOLDIERS CHANGE INTO MINERS GEAR AFTER VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE IN COAL MINES. 01:43:52 - VARIOUS SHOTS MEN USING PICKS ON WALLS OF MINES, PICKING UP CHUNKS OF COAL. CU GOOD FACE SHOT DIRTY FACED, SMILING MINER. 01:44:33 - DAREDEVIL PEEJAY RINGENS HIGH DIVES FROM BICYCLE INTO TANK OF WATER IN PALISADES PARK, NEW JERSEY 01:44:42 - 60 YEAR OLD DAREDEVIL PERFORMER, P. J. RINGHAM, CLIMBS LADDER TO 200 FOOT TOWER, A BIKE IS LIFTED UP TO HIM. P.J. RIDES BIKE SHORT WAY DOWN NARROW RAIL, DIVES OFF BIKE INTO A 3 FOOT DEEP POOL AS CROWD WATCHES. SAME SHOTS SEEN IN SLOW MOTION. SAME SHOT DONE BACKWARDS. 01:45:40 - CAMERA ATTACHED TO BIKE SHOWS P. J.'S VIEW OF RIDE AND DIVE. 01:45:52 - FIRST PICTURES OF REPUBLIC AVIATION'S P-47 THUNDERBOLT SUPER-FIGHTER AIRPLANE FOR AIR FORCE 01:46:00 - AIRPLANE PLANT, ENGINEERS AT DRAWING BOARDS, WORKERS IN ASSEMBLY LINE, TELL STORY OF NEW MYSTERY "THUNDERBOLT" FIGHTER IN PRODUCTION. THUNDERBOLT REOLLS OUT OF ASSEMBLY PLANT. WING MACHINE GUNS ARE TESTED. TEST PILOT CLIMBS ABOARD AND FLIGHT TESTS PLANE.. PLANES TAKING OFF AND IN FLIGHT
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1943
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: P-218-21