- Title: VM-788
- Summary: MOVIETONE NEWS:
- Description:01:00:31 - REFUGEES FROM NORWAY ARRIVE IN NEW YORK "EMPRESS OF ASIA" ARRIVES IN HARBOR WITH 378 REFUGEES. 01:00:44 - GROUP OF WOMEN WITH THEIR CHILDREN POSE ON DECK & TELL OF THEIR ORIGIN. CU YOUNG NORWEGIAN MAN SAYS HE CAME FROM NAZI PRISON CAMP. 01:01:07 - FOUR BEARDED AUSTRALIAN SAILORS WHO SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THEIR DESTROYER TELL THEIR STORY AS THEY SIT SIDE BY SIDE 01:01:24 - U. S. NAVY LAUNCHES CRUISER "ATLANTA" AT CARNEY, NEW JERSEY. HEADS OF WORKERS PEER OVER BOW AS CAMERA PAND DOWN THE SLEEK BOW. 01:01:39 - AUTHOR OF "GONE WITH THE WIND", MARGARET MITCHELL SLAMS BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE AGAINST BOW AS NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR EDISON OF LOOKS ON. 01:01:57 - GERMAN PRISONERS SENT FROM SAHARA DESERT TO AUSTRALIA. GERMAN PRISONERS EXIT SHIP AT PORT OF SIDNEY. 01:02:35 - IN MEMORIAM: SARA DELANO ROOSEVELT OLD FILM SHOW SARA ROOSEVELT POSES ON BEACH WITH FAMILY INCLUDING YOUNG SON FDR. 01:03:12 - ACTRESS AND OLYMPIC SKATER SONJA HENIE MEETS WITH SARA ON 80TH BIRTHDAY. 01:03:16 - SARA, FDR, QUEEN ELIZABETH, KING GEORGE, & ELEANOR ROOSEVELT POSE ON CHAIRS OUTSIDE HOME. 01:03:40 - SARA AND HER SON FDR HAVE FIRESIDE CHAT. SARA DIES AT 86. 01:03:50 - FERRYING BOMBERS TO BRITAIN U. S. FERRY COMMAND FLIES AMERICAN BOMBERS TO CANADA. U. S. PILOTS TAKE OFF ON BOMBERS WITH BRITISH INSIGNIA 01:04:30 - BOMBERS DELIVERED TO CANADA TAKE OFF FOR ENGLAND WITH RAF PILOTS. 01:05:04 - NEW FLYING FORTRESS GETS 1ST ARMY TEST GOOD SHOTS OF THE AMERICAN FLYING FORTRESS IN FLIGHT. 01:05:23 - TENNIS MRS SARAH COOK AND PAULINE BETZ TAKE TO THE COURT AT FOREST HILLS, NEW YORK FOR WOMEN'S NATIONAL SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP. COOK WINS. 01:06:05 - FOOTBALL CADETS & MIDSHIPMEN PARADE TO STANDS AT POLO GROUNDS FOR HERALD TRIBUNE FRESH AIR FUND CHARITY GAME BETWEEN NEW YORK GIANTS & COLLEGE ALL-STARS. 01:06:10 - NEW YORK'S GOVERNOR LEHMAN & MAYOR LAGUARDIA ARE THERE AS IS THOMAS DEWEY. 01:07:05 - ALL-STAR PLAYERS JUMP TO THEIR FEET FROM BENCH AS THEIR TEAM FUMBLES ON THE 1 YARD LINE JUST SHORT OF A TOUCHDOWN. GIANTS WIN 23-3 01:07:40 - "MISS AMERICA PAGEANT" AT ATLANTIC CITY SWIM SUIT BEAUTIES WALK BEFORE JUDGES AND CROWD OF SPECTATORS. ROSEMARY LABLANCHE, "MISS CALIFORNIA", WINS TITLE. PAN FROM LEGS UP 01:09:36 - "THE WORLD SERIES" HUGE CROWD FILLS UPPER & LOWER STANDS AT YANKEE STADIUM FOR YANKEE-DODGER GAME. 01:09:48 - CONNIE MACK, CLARK GRIFFITH, BROOKLYN PRESIDENT LARRY MACPHAIL, MRS. LEO DUROCHER & MRS JOE MCCARTHY, YANKEE MANAGERS WIFE, ARE ALL IN STANDS 01:09:58 - BROOKLYN MANAGER LEO DUROCHER AND YANKEE MANAGER JOE MCCARTHY SUBMIT TO BATTERY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS. 01:10:02 - CU BASEBALL COMMISSIONER LANDIS RESTS HIS CHIN ON FOLDED ARMS OVER RAIL. 01:10:03 - ACTOR PAUL DOUGLAS SHAKES HANDS WITH MANAGER MCCARTHY. 01:10:05 - MIGHTY BABE RUTH POSES WITH BAT IN HAND & MAYOR LAGUARDIA NEXT TO HIM. 01:10:10 - DODGERS DOLPH CAMILLI & YANK'S JOE DIMAGGIO POSE WITH BATS. CU CHARLEY KELLER & PHIL RIZZUTO, TOMMY HENDRICK. PEE WEE REESE, BILLY HERMANN, PETE REISER POSE WITH BATS IN HAND. 01:10:20 - YANKEE STARTER RED RUFFING WARMS UP, AS DOES FRED DAVIS FOR BROOKLYN. 01:10:30 - YANKEE JOE GORDON CRACKS HOME RUN IN 1ST INNING. BILL DICKEY HITS A DOUBLE SCORING KELLER OF YANKEES. 01:11:20 - DODGERS MICKEY OWEN SLAMS A TRIPLE TO SCORE REESE. BASEBALL FANS STAND AND CHEER. YANKS TAKE OPENER 3-2 IN EXCITING GAME. 01:12:36 - ARMY PARACHUTE TROOPS IN MASS ASSAULT BY AIR PARATROOPS FILL AIR IN EXERCISE. 01:13:23 - ALONG BROADWAY BRILLIANT MARQUEE OF ROXY THEATER SHOWS "TYRONE POWER IN A YANK IN THE RAF". WITH BETTY GRABLE. PEOPLE WALKING BY THE THEATER ON BUSY THOROUGHFARE. 01:13:39 - ACTOR TYRONE POWER AND WIFE ANNABELLA POSE AT PREMIERE. 01:13:40 - ACTRESS CAROL LANDIS WITH ESCORT TONY MARTIN. ACTRESS KAY FRANCIS IS THERE. 01:13:54 - COLUMNIST DOROTHY KILGALLEN SPEAKS OUTSIDE ROXY AS DOES NANCY CARROLL. BETTY GRABLE & ESCORT GEORGE RAFT MAKE COMMENTS. 01:14:09 - SONJA HENIE COMMENTS AS DAN TOPPING LOOKS ON. 01:14:15 - GRACIE ALLEN AND GEORGE BURNS MAKE JOKES. 01:14:28 - PUBLIC WORKS HUGE 36,000,000 DAM NEARS COMPLETION IN TENNESSEE VALLEY. 01:14:42 - WORKERS HOSE GROUND FOR THE POURING OF CEMENT ON HUGE DAM PROJECT AS TOWERING CRANE ON TRACKS LOWERS BUCKETS FULL OF CONCRETE. 01:15:07 - 18 YEAR-OLD NEWLYWED WINS COTTON PICKING CONTEST, AND $1000 COTTON PICKERS WITH SACK SLUNG OVER THEIR SHOULDERS STOOP OVER IN ARKANSAS FIELD. CU NIMBLE FINGERS PICKING COTTON. 01:15:46 - AS MOM PICKS COTTON LITTLE BLACK CHILD GETS RIDE ON HER LONG COTTON SACK. FISHERMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI WINS WITH 130 POUNDS IN 2 HOURS. CU MORRIS WARE KISSES THE $1000 BANKROLL 01:16:01 - FASHIONS MODELS SHOW ELABORATE GOWNS MADE FROM CHANTILLY LACE. MODEL DABS EARS WITH PERFUME. 01:17:24 - STUNT FLYER "CRACK UP" FRAKES, WITH CIGAR IN MOUTH POINTS TO "DOPEY" CARTOON CHARACTER PAINTED ON HIS SMALL PLANE AND THEN POINTS TO HIMSELF, INDICATING "THAT'S ME". BARNSTORMER 01:17:28 - FRAKES TAKES OFF ON HIS SMALL PLANE THEN PROCEEDS IN CRASHING IT INTO BARN IN A CLOUD OF SMOKE. FRAKE TAKES OFF IN A BI-PLANE & CRASHES IT INTO A SMALL HOUSE AS CROWD WATCHES. 01:18:02 - FRAKE EMERGES OUT OF THE TOTAL WRECK OF PLANE & HOUSE. CU FRAKES SMILES WITH CUTS & BRUISES ON FACE. 01:19:07 - SUPREME COURT CONVENES FOR NEW TERM JUSTICE DOUGLAS ARRIVES, CAPITOL BUILDING BEHIND HIM. JUSTICE ROBERTS, MURPHY, CHIEF JUSTICE HARLAN STONE, BYRNES, AND JACKSON ALL POSE FOR CAMERA. 01:20:02 - U. S. ARMY STAGES REALISTIC MASS WAR MANEUVERS SOLDIERS IN WWI HELMETS, BUILD A PONTOON BRIDGE. HEAVY EQUIPMENT QUICKLY CROSS IT. 01:20:37 - AS "ENEMY" DIVE BOMBERS ATTACK SOLDIERS FIRE AT THEM WITH THEIR RIFLES. 01:20:50 - MONTAGE TROOPS WEARING GAS MASKS RUN THROUGH A SMOKE STREAM. 01:21:04 - CAVALRYMEN CHARGE ACROSS A FIELD AT FULL GALLOP. 01:21:15 - WINDSORS VISIT DUKE'S RANCH IN CANADA DUKE & DUCHESS WALK OUT OF RANCH HOUSE WITH 3 LITTLE DOGS. 2 WORKERS ON HORSEBACK POSE NEXT TO THEM. 01:21:52 - BRITISH STRENGTHEN NEAR-EAST DEFENSES FROM TOBRUK TO IRAN MONTAGE DAMAGED AND SUNKEN ITALIAN SHIPS STILL LITTER HARBOR OF TROBUK. 01:22:30 - BRITISH DEFENDERS APPEAR LIKE MAGIC FROM CAVES IN HILLSIDE. ARTILLERY CREWS FIRE INTO DESERT. HUGE SMOKE CLOUD RISES AS ITALIAN OIL DUMP IS HIT 01:23:08 - MAP SHOWS BRITISH DEFENSES EXTENDING FROM LIBYA TO IRAN. PAN OF GREAT PERSIAN OIL FIELDS. HUGE OIL PIPES EXTENDING FAR INTO DESERT BEING PATROLLED BY SOLDIERS. 01:23:41 - HOSPITAL SHIP: A POIGNANT DRAMA OF WAR'S HEROISM WOUNDED AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS WALK DOWN GANGPLANK FROM HOSPITAL SHIP AFTER ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA. FAMILIES RUSH TO MEET THEM. 01:24:10 - MONTAGE EMOTIONAL SCENES ON PIER AS SOLDIERS EMBRACE THEIR LOVED ONES. 01:25:01 - SPORTS! BASEBALL: NEW YORK YANKEES WIN WORLD SERIES CROWD OUTSIDE EBBETS FIELD, BROOKLYN. 01:25:06 - BASEBALL FANS FILL SEATS AT EBBETS FIELD. PETE REISER SLAMS A HOME RUN FOR DODGERS. FANS CHEER. 01:25:41 - DIMAGGIO SMASHES SINGLE, HENDRICKS GOES TO 2ND. KELLER FOLLOWS WITH A DOUBLE SENDING IN 2. YANKS WIN 7-4 01:26:21 - DODGER PITCHER WYATT THROWS WILD PITCH SCORING KELLER IN 5TH AND FINAL GAME. 01:26:48 - DUROCHER & WYATT CHARGE THE UMPIRE AFTER A BAD CALL. 01:27:02 - TOMMY HENDRICHS HITS HOMER & YANKEES WIN SERIES. 01:27:20 - ACTOR PAUL DOUGLAS CONGRATULATES MANAGER MCCARTHY AND THE YANKEE OWNER BARROW. 01:28:28 - WAR WITH JAPAN JAPANESE AMBASSADORS NOMURA & KURUSU LEAVE STATE DEPARTMENT BUILDING AFTER RECEIVING SCATHING DENUNCIATION BY SECRETARY HULL. 01:29:07 - PEARL HARBOR ATTACK IS REPORTED AT TIMES SQUARE ON ELECTRONIC SIGN ON TIMES BUILDING 01:29:13 - SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL ARRIVES AT WHITE HOUSE FOR CABINET MEETING WITH FDR. SECRETARY OF WAR STIMSON AND NAVY SECRETARY KNOX ARRIVE. 01:29:42 - MONTAGE SAILORS CARRY THEIR DUFFLE BAGS AS THEY ARRIVE AT BUSY PEARL HARBOR BEFORE ATTACK. 01:29:45 - MONTAGE BOMBERS AND VINTAGE BI FIGHTER PLANE FORMATIONS IN THE AIR. 01:30:03 - AERIAL PAN OF ENDLESS GREAT WALL OF CHINA. THOUSANDS OF JAPANESE TROOPS WALK ATOP THE GREAT WALL IN ENDLESS FORMATION. 01:30:29 - JAPANESE ENVOY MATSUOKA SPEAKS AT THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS MEETING GIVING REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL. HE THEN WALKS OUT WITH DELEGATION. 01:31:07 - HUGE JAPANESE CROWD HOLDING JAPANESE FLAGS GIVE "BANZAI" CHEER AS JAPAN INSTALLS PUPPET EMPEROR IN MANCHUOKO, A CONQUERED CHINESE PROVINCE. CU THE YOUNG NEW EMPEROR STERNLY POSES FOR CAMERA. 01:31:17 - MONTAGE HUGE BOMB BURSTS IN SHANGHI FROM JAPANESE AIR ATTACK. BUILDING ON FIRE. BOMBING CHINA 01:31:33 - HUGE CROWD RUNS THROUGH THE STREETS OF SHANGHI IN PANIC. CRYING YOUNG BOY TUGS ON HIS MOTHER'S ARM AS SHE SITS AND CRIES HYSTERICALLY NEXT TO HER DEAD HUSBAND AS SHE HOLDS HER INFANT 01:31:56 - THE U. S. GUN BOAT "PANAY" RIDES ON YANGTZE RIVER SHORTLY AFTER BEING SUNK BY JAPANESE, CAUSING DIPLOMATIC AFFAIR BEFORE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK AS TENSIONS GREW BETWEEN U. S. AND JAPAN 01:32:05 - AMERICAN GUN CREW ON "PANAY" FIRE AT ATTACKING JAPANESE PLANE. WOUNDED SAILORS AND CREW ABANDON SHIP. "PANAY" LIES SINKING. 01:33:00 - JAPANESE BOMBS EXPLODING ON CHINESE COASTLINE. 01:33:14 - JAPAN ENVOY MATSUOKA MEETS WITH HITLER IN BERLIN. HUGE BERLIN CROWD CHEER HITLER AND MATSUOKA AS THE 2 APPEAR ON BALCONY. 01:33:36 - LONG FORMATION OF U. S. WARSHIPS AT SEA. MONTAGE SAILORS RUN TO BATTLE STATIONS. MONTAGE SHIPS FIRE THEIR GUNS. 01:35:53 - BATTLEGROUND OF THE PACIFIC FILIPINO TROOPS STAND AT ATTENTION AND FIX BAYONETS. 01:36:12 - CU-THEN MAJOR GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR POSES FOR CAMERA WEARING HIS FELT "STATE TROOPER" TYPE HAT AND CHIN STRAP. MACARTHUR WAS IN COMMAND OF PHILIPPINE TROOPS. 01:36:16 - PHILLIPINE TROOPS FIRE MACHINE GUNS DURING EXERCISE. 01:36:24 - AERIAL SINGAPORE, THEN A KEY BRITISH BASE NEAR PHILIPPINES. AERIAL SQUADRON OF VINTAGE BI-PLANES FLY OVER SINGAPORE. 01:36:34 - BI-PLANE SWOOPS DOWN AND DROPS TORPEDO DURING PRACTICE. TORPEDO BOUNCES BEFORE ENTERING WATER MONTAGE FILIPINO ANTI-AIRCRAFT CREWS FIRE GUNS 01:37:00 - AERIAL BI SEAPLANE FLYING OVER HONG KONG AS SEEN FROM PLANE FLYING ABOVE BOTH. BRITISH TROOPS FIRE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FROM HILLTOP FORTIFICATIONS DEFENDING HONG KONG. 01:37:22 - DUTCH AVIATORS SCRAMBLE TO THEIR PLANE NEATLY LINED-UP AT AIRFIELD. DUTCH SHIPS AND SUBS ARE SHOWN IN PROPAGANDA FASHION TO BOOST MORALE DURING TELLING TIME. 01:38:04 - STOP! KILL THAT RUMOR, DONT GOSSIP FILM SHOWS THE NO-NO'S OF GOSSIP DURING WARTIME. 01:38:10 - TWO COUPLES AT SMALL DINNER TABLE STRETCH FORWARD TO LISTEN TO ONE OF THEM GOSSIP. 01:38:14 - WOMAN SITS ON SOFA AND MAKES PHONE CALL. 01:38:20 - SIGN: "DON'T HELP THE ENEMY! CARLESS TALK MAY GIVE AWAY VITAL SECRETS". 01:38:25 - BARTENDER STRETCHES FORWARD FROM BEHIND BAR TO WHISPER TO 2 MEN PATRONS. ONE OF PATRONS WALKS OVER TO 2 OTHERS AND PASSES ON MESSAGE. RUMORS 01:38:34 - DRAWING OF HITLER WITH BIG EAR & "BEWARE" HE WANTS TO KNOW YOUR UNITS NAME, ETC. 01:38:43 - WAITRESS WHISPERS IN EAR OF WOMAN CUSTOMER. ANOTHER LEANS OVER TO LISTEN. 01:38:46 - MAN IN STREET WHISPERS MESSAGE TO CAB DRIVER. 01:38:49 - BARBER WHISPERS IN EAR OF CUSTOMER IN HIS CHAIR AS MANICURIST DOING HIS NAILS LEANS OVER TO LISTEN 01:38:57 - CU DRAWING OF LOCK ON WOMAN'S LIPS. 01:39:09 - ANIMAL ANTICS DOG WITH PILOTS HEADGEAR SITS IN TRAINING PLANE RIDING AROUND AT END OF CENTRIFUGE IN AUSTRALIA. THE K-9 JUMPS INTO MINIATURE ARMY TANK AND POPS UP WEARING AN ARMY HELMET. 01:39:29 - TANK ROLLS OVER HILLS AND FIRES ITS GUNS AS DOG SITS IN DRIVERS SEAT BARKING. 01:39:40 - SPECTACULAR FILMS OF HUGE ALASKAN GLACIER BREAK-UP AT LAKE GEORGE, ALASKA. HUGE SECTION OF A CLIFF OF ICE COLLAPSES & TUMBLES INTO WATER. AVALANCHE. MASSES OF FLOATING ICE FROM THE BREAK-UP 01:40:24 - SECTIONS AS HIGH AS SKYSCRAPERS TUMBLE DOWN. 01:40:45 - SPORTS CHAMPIONS OF 1941 BASEBALL: ENTIRE YANKEE TEAM POSES FROM THEIR DUGOUT DURING WORLD SERIES. TEAM SHOT OF THE BROOKLYN DODGERS. 01:41:07 - JOE DIMAGGIO CHEWS GUM WHILE AT BAT. HE WAS CHOSEN "ATHLETE OF THE YEAR". 01:41:34 - GOLF: 39 YEAR-OLD GREG WOOD WINS U. S. OPEN CROWN. GESSI WINS PBA CHAMPIONSHIP AND BUD WALL WINS AMATEUR CHAMP. 01:42:03 - BETTY HICKS NEWELL WINS WOMEN'S NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. 01:42:14 - BOXING: HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP JOE LOUIS TUMBLES AROUND WITH SPARING PARTNER AND HITS PUNCHING BAG DURING TRAINING. 01:42:27 - BASKETBALL: LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY BEATS OHIO BUCKEYE "BOBCATS" TO TAKE NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNEY AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. 01:42:39 - ROWING: WASHINGTON "HUSKIES" SWEEPS VICTORY IN 4-MILE REGATTA. 01:42:51 - BILLIARDS: WILLIE HOPPE WINS WORLDS 3 CUSHION BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR 2ND TIME. HOPPE SHOWS HIS STUFF. 01:43:04 - SKI JUMPING: AL FAINGAN WINS COMBINED JUMPING TITLE AS TORGA TORKEL WINS FOR LONGEST JUMP. BOTH SHOW THEIR FORM. 01:43:22 - DOG CHAMPION: COCKER SPANIEL WINS "BEST IN SHOW" AT WESTMINSTER CLUB DOG SHOW. HE POSES FRO CAMERA 01:43:30 - HORSE RACING: TROTTER "BILL GALLON" WINS "HAMBLETONIAN" AT GOSHEN, NEW YORK 01:43:47 - "ALSAM" RIDES AROUND TRACK DURING TRAINING, IS YEARS LEADING MONEY WINNER. 01:43:56 - TRAINER HOLD "WHIRLAWAY" BECOMES 5TH HORSE IN HISTORY TO COP CLASSIC TRIPLE. 01:44:12 - WATER SPORTS: HELEN KOLENKOVICH IS WOMEN'S PLATFORM AND SPRING DIVER OF THE YEAR FOR 1941. 01:44:20 - GLORIA KALEM WINS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP & POSES IN GOWN AS SHE ALSO PASSES SCREEN TEST. 01:45:32 - CHURCHILL'S ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS CONGRESSMEN STAND AND APPLAUD AS CHURCHILL TAKES THE PODIUM. CHURCHILL SPEAKS OF HITLER AND MUSSOLINI AND THE JAPANESE. GETS STANDING OVATION 01:50:05 - HOMEFRONT: INDIANA BLACK SMOKE POURS FROM FACTORY STACKS & LOCOMOTIVES COMPLETELY OBLITERATING THE VIEW. A SUPPOSED METHOD OF PROTECTING AGAINST ENEMY BOMBERS. NO THOUGHT TO THE TREMENDOUS POLLUTION. 01:50:38 - AERIAL BLACK SMOKE COMPLETELY COVERS THE VIEW FROM ABOVE. SMOKE-SCREEN 01:50:46 - OHIO THOUSANDS OF AUTO & TRUCK TIRES PILED UP BY WORKERS AT PLANT. TO BE USED ONLY FOR WAR USE & NOT AVAILABLE FOR CIVILIAN USE. 01:51:03 - WORKER RE-CAPS AN OLD TIRE BY HAND. TIRE IS SOLD TO CIVILIAN. 01:51:26 - PACIFIC COAST SHIP LOADED WITH LUMBER IS TOWED INTO SHORE AFTER SURVIVING HIT BY ENEMY TORPEDO. PAN OF SURVIVING CREW POSING FOR CAMERA. 01:52:20 - SURVIVOR WITH ARM BANDAGED SPEAKS FROM HOSPITAL BED. 01:52:28 - SOCIETY WEDDING GLORIA VANDERBILT & NEW HUSBAND PAT PACHECO WALK OUT OF OLD SANTA BARBARA MISSION IN CALIFORNIA. BEST MAN IS ACTOR BRUCE CABOT. GROOM IS 32, BRIDE 17. 01:53:02 - SPORTS! TENNIS: FRANKIE KOMAX AND DON BUDGE SHAKE BEFORE GAME AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. KOVACS WINS IN 3 SIZZLING SETS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1941
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-788