- Title: VM-818
- Summary: UNITED NEWS: RG 208 - ROLL 108
- Description:00:01:47 - U.S. PLANES ATTACK JAPAN B-29 BOMBER TAXIS AROUND FIELD & TAKES OFF FOR ATTACK ON JAPAN. SEVERAL SHOTS OF B-29 IN FLIGHT AS SEEN FROM ACCOMPANYING PLANE. 00:02:32 - AERIAL HIMALAYAN MOUNTAIN RANGE AS SEEN FROM B-29 FLYING TO JAPAN. CHINESE WORKERS USE PITCH AXES AND SHOVELS TO DIG UP GROUND FOR LANDING STRIPS ALONG RIVER. ANOTHER VIEW OF B-29 IN AIR. 00:03:16 - LIBERATION OF ROME MONTAGE U.S. TRUCKS CARRYING MEN AND ARTILLERY ON ROAD TO ROME. CU PROGRESSIVE SIGNS ON ROAD, "ROMA 23 KM", 21 KM, 20 KM, PAN TO TANKS, JEEPS AND GROUND TROOP PASSING BY, AND GERMAN PRISONERS BEING TAKEN THE OPPOSITE WAY UNDER GUARD. 00:04:21 - GENERAL MARK CLARK AND HIS GENERALS WALKING ON ROAD INTO ROME. CU CLARK SPEAKS TO NEWSMEN. HE CLIMBS INTO JEEP, IS DRIVEN AWAY, BARELY MISSING NAZI ARTILLERY ATTACK. 00:04:54 - YOUNG ITALIAN WOMEN GREET GIS IN JEEP. WOMAN SPEAKS TO GI WITH DRAMATIC FACIAL GESTURES 00:05:26 - FIRE RISES FROM TANK HIT BY GUN FIRE ALONG ROAD. GERMAN PRISONERS ARE MARCHED ALONG ROAD BY ARMED ITALIAN PARTISANS. CU- GERMAN SOLDIER GESTURES AND PLEADS DRAMATICALLY TO GIS. 00:05:49 - ITALIAN PARTISAN HOLDS PISTOL TO HEAD OF SCARED GERMAN PRISONER AS HE WALKS HIM DOWN ROAD. WOMAN WITH BABY AND OTHER ITALIAN GIRLS WAVE AS U.S. TANK ROLL BY. 00:06:25 - AMERICAN TROOPS MARCH INTO ROME 00:06:36 - GENERAL CLARK RIDES IN JEEP DOWN ROME BOULEVARD. ANCIENT ROMAN COLISEUM IN BACKGROUND. CROWDS OF ROMANS WAVE AND APPLAUD GENERAL AND HIS TROOPS. THEY MOB HIS JEEP. 00:07:13 - MONTAGE CU AMERICAN MAJOR GENERAL GRUNTHER, MAJOR GENERAL CUSTER, MAJOR GENERAL KEYES AND FRENCH GENERAL POSE AS DOES CLARK. 00:07:36 - ITALIAN GIRL GIVES BIG KISS TO AMERICAN SOLDIER IN MIDST OF CHEERING CROWD. ITALIAN PARTISANS MARCH WITH CROWD. ITALIANS CLIMB ABOARD AMERICAN TANKS AS THEY ROLL BY. 00:08:07 - MONTAGE PEOPLE TEAR DOWN GERMAN PROPAGANDA POSTERS. SMOKE RISES FROM EXPLOSION IN SQUARE, CAUSING CROWD TO DISBURSE. GI IMITATES MUSSOLINI AT BALCONY USED BY "EL DUCE". 00:08:51 - MONTAGE HUGE WAVING AND CHEERING CROWD IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE. TANK ROLLS BY COLISEUM AS CROWD CHEERS. 00:09:15 - LARGE CHURCH BELLS RINGING IN TOWER. PAN. POPE PAUL XII SPEAKS TO MASSES FROM BALCONY. GIS IN CROWD BELOW WATCH. AERIAL ENORMOUS CROWD IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE. RG 208 - ROLL 109 00:10:59 - REPUBLICANS NOMINATE DEWEY CHICAGO'S COW PALACE, SITE OF REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. GOVENOR BRICKER OF OHIO, VICE PRESIDENT CANDIDATE POSES WITH WIFE AND GROUP. 00:11:17 - SENATOR ROBERT TAFT, "MR. REPUBLICAN", POSES. OTHER DELEGATES POSE NEXT TO LARGE PHOTO OF DEWEY. HOUSE SPEAKER MARTIN CHATS WITH 1936 REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR LANDON WHO LOST TO FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT. 00:11:39 - WENDELL WILKIE POSES AT HIS DESK. HEAVY 1940s AUTO TRAFFIC OUTSIDE CONVENTION HALL. NEWSBOY HOLDS UP HEADLINES, "IT'S ALL DEWEY AS GOP MEETS" 00:11:53 - AERIAL VIEW OF HUGE CROWD OF DELEGATES IN HALL. 00:11:59 - CBS CASTER BROADCASTS AT CONVENTION. LARGE NBC BOOTH WITH NEWSCASTERS AT THEIR MICROPHONES. 00:12:09 - LONG LINE OF NEWSMEN SIT WITH HEADS DOWN AS THEY JOT DOWN NOTES. ALL HEADS RISE THEN FALL SIMULTANEOUSLY AS THEY JOT DOWN WHAT THEY HEAR. PAN OF MOVIE CAMERAMEN TAKING FILM. 00:12:19 - INDIAN CHIEF HOLDS UP SOUTH DAKOTA SIGN, SWEATING DELEGATE FANS HIMSELF UNDER "ALASKA" SIGN. NATIONAL CHAIRMAN SPANGLER POUNDS GAVEL. GOVERNOR EARL WARREN DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS.. 00:12:49 - GOVERNOR'S MANSION, ALBANY, NEW YORK. DEWEY SITS AT DESK, ANSWERS PHONE, POSES. 00:13:06 - NEW GOVERNMENT INSTALLED IN ROME PAN OF ROME CITYSCAPE. ROME NON-FASCIST POLITICAL PARTIES MEET TO CHOSE LEADER. CROWD OF CONCERNED ROMANS GATHER IN STREET. GATHER AROUND MAN READING NEWSPAPER. 00:13:40 - TWO GIS READ POSTER ON WALL, "FIFTH ARMY SOLEMN MASS OF THANKSGIVING, ALL ALLIED TROOPS INVITED" 00:13:44 - HUGE LINE OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS ENTER SANTA MARIA ANGELI CATHOLIC CHURCH TO HEAR MASS. 00:13:52 - GENERAL MARK CLARK EXITS CHURCH AFTER MASS. HE SHAKES WITH PRIESTS BEFORE LEAVING. 00:14:01 - ROOSEVELT SIGNS "SOLDIERS' BILL." FDR SITS AT DESK IN OVAL OFFICE AND SIGN BILL, HANDS OUT PENS TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS WHO WATCH. 00:14:35 - DISABLED GIS ENTER VETERANS HOSPITAL FOR REHABILITATION. THREE GIS LOUNGE IN THEIR ROOM IN NEW FACILITY. 00:14:49 - THERAPIST RUBS LEGS OF GI LYING IN HOSPITAL BED. SOLDIERS ENJOY FACILITY LIBRARY. OTHERS WORK IN CARPENTRY SHOP. FEMALE MODEL POSES FOR GIS IN ART CLASS. GIS TEND SHEEP AND CATTLE IN BARNYARD. 00:15:15 - CHINA BUILDS AIRFIELDS FOR B-29 BOMBERS MONTAGE 70,000 CHINESE WORKERS TOIL IN OPEN FIELD, USING HAND TOOLS, BACKS AND HANDS TO BUILD LARGE AIRFIELD. WORKER BALANCES TWO BASKETS FULL OF ROCKS ON ENDS OF POLE ON HIS SHOULDERS. 00:16:33 - GROUP OF CHILDREN SIT ON GROUND AND BREAK LARGE ROCKS INTO LITTLE ONES. OTHERS USE ALL SORTS OF PRIMITIVE CONTRAPTIONS TO CARRY THE ROCKS. FOUR WORKERS SIT AND PEDAL LIKE A BICYCLE, ATOP LARGE CONTRAPTION TO MOVE WATER TO SITE. 00:17:10 - WORKERS USE WOODEN LADLES TO MIX DIRT WITH WATER TO FORM CEMENT. WORKERS CARRY BUCKETS OF CEMENT ON POLES ACROSS THEIR SHOULDERS. 00:17:20 - WORKERS SCOOP CUPS OF RICE FROM HUGE COMMON BUCKET AS THEY BREAK FOR CHOW. WORKER EATS RICE WITH CHOP STICKS. OLD WORKER PULLS ON BEARD AS HE POSES. 00:17:40 - HUNDREDS OF WORKERS PULL 10 TON ROLLER OVER RUNWAY. 00:17:54 - B-29 BOMBER COMES IN FOR LANDING ON NEW AIRSTRIP. RG 208 - ROLL 110 00:19:04 - ALLIES LIBERATE ISLAND OF ELBA MAP SHOWS ITALY & YUGOSLAVIA AND ARROW POINTS TO ISLAND OF ELBA 00:19:21 - TRACER BULLETS FROM WARSHIP SEEM TO FLOAT TOWARDS ISLAND DURING BOMBARDMENT. MONTAGE ALLIED TROOPS WADE THROUGH WATER UP TO THEIR CHEST ON THEIR WAY TO BEACH FROM LANDING CRAFT. 00:20:00 - MULE WITH PACK ON BACK STRUGGLES IN HIGH WATER. BRITISH SOLDIER PULLS BODY OF DROWNED MULE INTO SHORE. 00:20:20 - COLUMN OF TROOPS AND PACK MULES CLIMB MOUNTAINOUS ELBA TERRAIN AS ENEMY SHELLS EXPLODE NEARBY. MONTAGE BEACH LITTERED WITH DEAD MULES & SOLDIERS. WOUNDED AND DEAD SOLDIERS ARE CARRIED THROUGH KNEE DEEP WATER, ON STRETCHERS, TO LANDING CRAFT FOR EVACUATION. 00:20:45 - AERIAL VIEW OF SMALL CITY ON ELBA. U.S. ARMY TRUCKS & TROOPS IN CITY. SMALL GOVERNMENTAL BUILDING IS USED FOR ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. 00:21:00 - WITH TITO IN YUGOSLAVIA TITO WALKS OUT OF HIS CAMOUFLAGED SECRET ARMY HEADQUARTERS FOLLOWED ALLIED CORRESPONDENTS. HE PUFFS ON CIGARETTE HOLDER WITH CIGARETTE FACING UPWARD. 00:21:43 - SMALL YUGOSLAV VILLAGE, MEN WALK ALONGSIDE LADEN HORSE-DRIVEN CART. REFUGEES SIT ALONG ROAD. FLOCK OF SHEEP IN BACKGROUND. 00:22:01 - PEOPLE WATCH YUGOSLAV WOMEN SOLDIERS USE SISSORS TO CUT PARACHUTE CLOTH INTO PIECES FOR CLOTHING. SOLDIERS GATHER AROUND FEMALE PARTISAN HERO. EXCHANGE STORIES, LAUGH. 00:22:33 - LONG COLUMN OF YUGOSLAV MALE & FEMALE SOLDIERS MARCH OUT OF VILLAGE. HUGE COLUMNS OF YUGOSLAV SOLDIERS, TRAINING IN ITALY, MARCHING TOWARDS CAMERA. CU MONTAGE FACES OF FEMALE, MALE SOLDIERS WITH MUSTACHES, TITO POSES. 00:23:38 - U.S. MILITARY CHIEF VISITS ITALIAN FRONT GENERAL MARK CLARK ACCOMPANIES GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL ON TOUR IN ITALY. MARSHALL PINS MEDAL ON FRENCH GENERAL, SHAKES HANDS WITH STRING OF U.S. OFFICERS AS CLARK WATCHES. 00:24:21 - ALLIED TROOPS STORM SAIPAN CONVOY OF WARSHIPS HEAD FOR SAIPAN. PAN. MAP SHOWS SAIPAN IN RELATION TO JAPAN, CHINA. MONTAGE WARSHIPS INCLUDE SEVERAL CARRIERS. 00:25:05 - MONTAGE WARSHIPS COMMENCE BOMBARDMENT OF SAIPAN TROOPS CLIMB INTO CRAFTS FROM TRANSPORT SHIPS. 00:25:49 - LANDING CRAFT HEAD TOWARD SAIPAN BEACHES. TROOPS AND TANKS HEAD INLAND FROM BEACHES. MONTAGE ARTILLERY AND TANK BOMBARDMENT. SOLDIERS ADVANCING INTO JUNGLE. 00:27:19 - PAN OF JAPANESE AIRFIELD WITH BOMBED OUT HANGARS. U.S. FIGHTER PLANE LANDING ON CAPTURED AIRFIELD. U.S. FLAG WAVING ON HIGH POLE. 00:27:50 - FOUR GIS CARRY WOUNDED ON STRETCHER. GI HOLDS BOTTLE OF PLASMA OVER WOUNDED BUDDY WHO IS ATTENDED BY MEDICS. 00:28:04 - LARGE GROUP OF JAPANESE WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE HUDDLED TOGETHER AND GUARDED BY MARINES. YOUNG GIRL CARRIES BABY IN PAPOOSE ON BACK AND WALKS WITH ANOTHER CHILD BY HER SIDE. 00:28:13 - WOMAN CARRYING HUGE BUNDLE ON HER HEAD AND VALISE IN HAND, TURNS TOWARDS CAMERA. YOUNG BOY WALKS NUDE ALONG BEACH WITH MOTHER. 00:28:20 - GI WITH BANDAGED NOSE CARRIES SMALL NATIVE BOY ALONG BEACH. MONTAGE- CHILDREN AND INFANTS ARE HANDED UP TO GIS ON TANKS, FOR EVACUATION 00:28:39 - HUGE PILES OF 5 GALLON GAS TANKS, CARTONS ARE STACKED ON BEACH BY GIS. RG 208 - ROLL 111 00:29:46 - LAST LIBERTY SHIP LAUNCHED "S. S. BENJAMIN WARNER" SITS IN DRYDOCK AT KAISER SHIPYARD IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA, READY FOR LAUNCH. 00:29:59 - HENRY KAISER AND OTHER DIGNITARIES WATCH LARGE REPLICA OF STATUE OF LIBERTY BEING UNCOVERED. EXECUTIVE WIPES TEARS FROM EYES AS SHIP IS LAUNCHED. 00:30:40 - VICE-PRESIDENT WALLACE VISITS CHINA CU CHIANG KAI-SHEK, MEETS, GREETS WALLACE AT AIRPORT. 00:31:05 - SIGN, AMERICAN RED CROSS SERVICE CLUB." WALLACE ENTERS CLUB POSES WITH GIS. SHIRTLESS WALLACE PLAYS VOLLEYBALL WITH U. S. SOLDIERS. 00:31:22 - HENRY WALLACE IS ESCORTED THROUGH ORPHANAGE BY MADAME CHIANG AND OTHER CHINESE OFFICIALS. LARGE GROUP OF CHINESE CHILDREN GIVE WALLACE A CHEER. WALLACE SITS ON DAIS FOR LUNCHEON WITH MADAME CHAING AND CHAING KAI SHEK THEY RAISE GLASS FOR TOAST. 00:32:03 - UNITED NATIONS HOLD MONETARY CONFERENCE. CROWDS OF DELEGATES ARRIVING BY TRAIN AND BUS TO BRETTON WOODS, NEW HAMPSHIRE. HALL FULL OF DELEGATES HENRY MORGANTHAU ADDRESSES MEETING. DELEGATES GATHER OUTDOORS FOR GROUP PHOTO. 00:33:37 - GENERAL DEGAULLE IN UNITED STATES. HONOR GUARD LINES UP AT AIRFIELD AS DEGAULLE PLANE LANDS AT WASHINGTON'S ARMY AIRPORT. DEGAULLE IS MET BY U. S. MILITARY. GENERAL MARSHALL, ADMIRAL KING GENERAL ARNOLD AND DEGAULLE SALUTE AS FRENCH NATIONAL ANTHEM IS PLAYED. 00:35:47 - DEGAULLE MEETS A SEATED PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, CORDELL HULL, FDR'S DAUGHTER ANN BOTTINGER, HAROLD IKES AND JAMES FORRESTAL. CU GENERAL SALUTES AS HE REVIEWS HONOR GUARD ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN. DEGAULLE PLACES WREATH AT TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER. 00:36:44 - HUGE CROWD WATCH DEGAULLE MOTORCADE IN NEW YORK. TINY MAYOR LAGUARDIA MEETS TALL DEGAULLE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. HUGE CROWD AT CITY HALL PRESS FORWARD TO SEE DEGAULLE. DEGAULLE RAISES BOTH ARMS TRIUMPHANTLY TO THE PEOPLE AS LAGUARDIA LEADS WAY DOWN CITY HALL STEPS. 00:37:18 - DEGAULLE LOOKS DOWN ON NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE FROM ATOP RCA BUILDING. CU DEGAULLE MAKING SPEECH RG 208 - ROLL 112 00:39:32 - ALLIES WIN MYITKYINA AIRSTRIP IN BURMA ELS VIEW FROM GROUND OF CARGO PLANE TOWING. VIEW OF TOW LINE & GLIDER AS SEEN FROM TOWING PLANE. CU GI HOLDS SUB-MACHINE GUN, PEERS OUT WINDOW OF GLIDER. 00:40:24 - GLIDER MAKING LANDING ON GROUND NEAR OTHER GLIDERS. MONTAGE FULLY EQUIPPED NATIVE BURMESE TROOPS EXIT U.S. CARGO PLANES. "UNCLE JOE'S CHARIOT" WRITTEN ON NOSE OF PLANE. GENERAL JOE STILLWELL ARRIVES AND IS MET BY GENERAL MERRILL 00:41:04 - CARGO PLANE SITS GROTESQUELY ON ITS NOSE WITH TAIL TO THE SKY AFTER CRASH LANDING. GIS EXAMINE IT IN ASTONISHMENT. BOMBS EXPLODE ON AIRSTRIP AS JAPANESE PLANES ATTACK. 00:41:31 - FAMOUS SURGEON COLONEL SEAGRAVE PERFORMS OPERATION ON WOUNDED GI IN OPEN FIELD. NURSES HELP. NATIVE WOUNDED IS CARRIED TO ARMY AMBULANCE ON STRETCHER. 00:41:52 - U.S. SERVICE WOMEN TOUR EGYPT LARGE GROUP OF OFF-DUTY ARMY LOOK DOWN ON EGYPTIAN CITY FROM TALL BUILDING. CU VIEW OF HEAD OF FAMED SPHINX, PAN TO GROUP OF WACS AT ITS BASE, POSING FOR ANOTHER WAC WITH CAMERA. 00:42:30 - GIRLS BOARD AND RIDE CAMELS. SPHINX AND PYRAMID IN BACKGROUND. 00:42:38 - ALL U.S. GUNS IN NORMANDY BARRAGE MONTAGE GENERAL EISENHOWER MEETS WITH OTHER GENERALS INCLUDING GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY AND GENERAL WITCH, ON NORMANDY BATTLEFIELD. GENERAL IKE TALKS WITH GENERAL "LIGHTNING JOE" COLLINS. 00:43:14 - CU PILE OF ARTILLERY SHELLS WITH FIRST NAMES OF TOP GERMANS WRITTEN ON THEM. "ADOLPH, HERMAN, JOSEF, ERWIN". U.S. OFFICER HOLDS TIME CLOCK IN HAND, GI ARTILLERY MEN HOLD SHELLS IN HAND AS THEY AWAIT FIRING ORDERS. 00:43:26 - GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY FIRES FIRST CANNON AS BOMBARDMENT STARTS. MONTAGE CANNONS OF ALL SIZES FIRE IN CONTINUOUS BARRAGE. 00:43:47 - CROWD OF VILLAGERS CIRCLE AROUND TOWN SQUARE AS AMERICAN AND FRENCH FLAGS ARE RAISED. ELDERLY MAN CONDUCTS CHILDREN CHOIR SINGING "MY COUNTRY TIS' OF THEE". 00:44:38 - FINAL STAGES OF SAIPAN BATTLE U.S. FIGHTER PLANES LANDING AT CAPTURED SAIPAN AIRFIELD. GAS TRUCK ROLLS OUT TO REFUEL PLANES, THEY TAKE OFF FOR ANOTHER RUN. 00:45:37 - HUGE SMOKE CLOUD RISES FROM EXPLOSION OF JAPANESE AMMO DUMP HIT BY U.S. BOMBERS. TANKS AND TROOPS ADVANCING ON DIRT ROADS SENDING UP CLOUDS OF DUST. FAMED MARINE COLONEL EVANS COLLINS DIRECTS PROGRESS OF BATTLE FORM HILL. 00:46:49 - CU MARINE HANDS HANDLING MORTAR SHELLS. GI PEERS THROUGH RANGE FINDER. MONTAGE MORTARS FIRES AT ENEMY POSITIONS. MONTAGE EXPLOSIONS SEEN IN DISTANT HILLS. TROOPS ADVANCE IN OPEN FIELD. 00:48:08 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWS CLOSE PROXIMITY OF SAIPAN TO JAPANESE MAINLAND. RUGGED, SHIRTLESS MARINES JOKE AND SMILE AS THEY HOLD CAPTURED JAPANESE FLAG RG 208 - ROLL 113 00:49:45 - NEW SERVICE SPEEDS MAIL TO U.S. TROOPS WOMAN IN LIVING ROOM WRITING LETTER TO HUSBAND IN SERVICE. HIS PHOTO ON TABLE. 00:49:54 - ANIMATED MAP OF WORLD SHOWS DIRECTIONS OF V-MAIL FROM U.S. TO ALL PARTS OF WORLD. BOMBER LANDS IN ITALY, V-MAIL IS UNLOADED INTO JEEP AND TRUCKS BY GIS. 00:50:16 - SOLDIER STAND BY HUGE SACKS OF V-MAIL, OPENS ONE, UNROLLS TAPE OF MICROFILM CONTAINING THOUSANDS OF LETTERS ON ONE TAPE. TAPE IS PLACED IN ENLARGING MACHINES. 00:50:30 - GIS TRANSFER MICROFILMED LETTERS ONTO LARGE ROLLS OF PAPER. EACH LETTER IS CUT OUT FROM LARGE ROLL INTO INDIVIDUAL LETTERS, LETTERS ARE PLACED INTO ENVELOPES BY MACHINERY. 00:50:38 - LONG LINE OF GIS SORT MAIL INTO PIGEON HOLES ON WALL. OTHERS SIT AND READ LETTERS FOR CENSURE GI CENSOR READS LETTER SMILES AND PLACES IT BACK IN ENVELOPE, STAMPS IT FOR DELIVERY 00:51:05 - GIS IN TENT CAMP GATHER AROUND MAIL MAN. MONTAGE SOLDIERS IN DIFFERENT PLACES READING LETTERS. 00:51:24 - U. S. WHEAT HARVESTED FOR ALLIED FORCES HARVESTER OPERATING IN WHEAT FIELD. SIXTEEN MULE TEAM PULLING HARVESTER IN FIELD. WHEAT IS HARVESTED AND SACKED BY HARVESTER. 00:52:16 - NEW GUN CARRIER MEETS ARMY TEST. SEVERAL ARMORED GUN CARRIERS SPEED THROUGH TESTING GROUNDS, RIDING AT FULL SPEED THROUGH ROUGH TERRAIN, WATER HAZARDS. ARMORED VEHICLE SPINS LIKE TOP TO SHOW ITS MANEUVERABILITY, VEHICLE SPEEDS UP AND DOWN HIGH HILL. 00:53:06 - PENICILLIN DRUG SAVES ALLIED LIVES. MILK BOTTLES MOVING ON CONVEYOR BELT ARE HALF-FILLED WITH CHEMICAL FROM WATER TAP BY WOMEN WORKERS. 00:53:31 - ROCKS FULL OF THE BOTTLES CONTAINING CLOTH COVERS ARE PLACED IN LARGE INCUBATOR. WOMAN TECHNICIAN WEARING SURGICAL MASK INJECTS EACH BOTTLE WITH HAND-HELD SPRAY GUN TYPE INJECTOR. CU BOTTLE CONTAINING MOULD-LIKE SUBSTANCE USED TO MAKE PENICILLIN MOVES ALONG CONVEYOR. 00:53:49 - CHEMICAL IS POURED INTO VAT CONTAINING FOAMY SUBSTANCE. CU SMALL BOTTLE OF PENICILLIN. 00:53:56 - PRESIDENT ROOSEVELY RE-NOMINATED FOR FOURTH TERM. AERIAL VIEW OF CONVENTION WITH WALL-TO-WALL DELEGATES. SENATOR ALBIN BARKLEY SPEAKS TO DELEGATES, ANNOUNCES ROOSEVELT'S' NOMINATION. 00:54:35 - MONTAGE DELEGATES RAISE HUNDREDS OF PLACARDS, WITH "ROOSEVELT AND VICTORY" AND "ROOSEVELT AND A LASTING PEACE" 00:54:45 - VIEW OF ROOSEVELT'S PASSENGER TRAIN AT STATION. CU ROOSEVELT MAKES ACCEPTANCE SPEECH TO NATION FROM INSIDE TRAIN AS CAMERAS ROLL. MONTAGE DELEGATES AT CONVENTION LISTEN TO ROOSEVELT ACCEPTANCE SPEECH OVER LOUDSPEAKERS. CU FDR CONTINUES SPEAKING RG 208 - ROLL 114 00:58:18 - U. S. PREPARES MORE PARATROOPS FOR BATTLE TRAINEES FALL FROM GIANT PARACHUTE JUMP WHICH PULLS THEM UP ON CABLES, RELEASES THEM AT TOP. TRAINEES DROP GRACEFULLY TO EARTH. 00:58:48 - PLATOON OF PARATROOPS MARCH. CU FEET OF TROOPS MARCHING TOWARDS CAMERA. LONG SINGLE LINES OF PARATROOPERS RUN TO, BOARD CARGO PLANES. TROOPS SEATED INSIDE GET LAST MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS. MONTAGE PARATROOPS JUMP FROM PLANES, FILL SKY 00:59:43 - GENERAL DEGAULLE DECORATES FIFTH ARMY COMMANDER. DEGAULLE ARRIVES IN OPEN PASTURE IN CHAUFFEUR DRIVEN CONVERTIBLE. DEGAULLE PINS MEDAL ON GENERAL MARK CLARK, KISSES HIM ON BOTH CHEEKS. CLARK POSES WITH DEGAULLE. DEGAULLE DRIVES AWAY 01:01:00 - HUGE NAVAL SALVAGE CRANE IN ACTION. CRANE MOUNTED ON HUGE BARGE. DIVER IN WATER ATTACHES CRANE HOOKS TO UNDERWATER OBJECT TO BE RAISED BY CRANE. SPECTATORS. 01:01:47 - WAVES CELEBRATE SECOND BIRTHDAY PLATOON OF WAVES MARCH FROM BUILDING. LARGE GROUP OF WAVES BOARD TRUCK FOR TRIP TO CORNFIELD. WAVE PULLING CORN FROM STALK. WAVE DRIVES HARVESTER WITH FARMER. 01:02:37 - CU WAVE POSES BITING INTO COB OF CORN. MONTAGE THOUSANDS OF WAVES MARCHING IN REVIEW BY NEW YORK CITY MAYOR FIORELLO LAGUARDIA AND TWO ADMIRALS. 01:03:25 - U.S. ADMIRALS VISIT SAIPAN ADMIRAL NIMITZ & OTHERS ARRIVE IN SAIPAN BY PLANE. EXAMINE OLD JAPANESE FORTIFICATIONS AND CANNONS. 01:04:08 - NEW VOLCANO ERUPTS IN MEXICO SMOKE AND ASH RISES FROM ERUPTING VOLCANO. MAP SHOWS SITE OF VOLCANO IN MEXICO. PEOPLE EVACUATE VILLAGES CLOSE BY AS MOLTEN LAVA ROLLS IN. PAN OF SMOLDERING DESTRUCTION. 01:05:21 - MONTAGE LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURES TUMBLE AS MOLTEN LAVA OVERPOWERS THE TOWN. RG 208 - ROLL 115 01:06:43 - U.S. SOLDIERS BECOME CITIZENS AT BATTLE FRONT MEN & WOMEN SOLDIERS OF VARIED NATIONALITIES LINE UP IN ITALY TO BE SWORN IN AS CITIZENS BY GENERAL MARK CLARK. EACH RECEIVES DOCUMENT. 01:08:09 - GENERAL CLARK HONORS DIVISION OF JAPANESE-AMERICAN SOLDIERS FOR THEIR BRAVERY IN ITALIAN CAMPAIGN. CU FACE OF JAPANESE-AMERICAN GI. 01:08:29 - LAST RITES FOR PRESIDENT QUEZON OF PHILIPPINES. MONTAGE SHOTS OF QUEZON PRIOR TO HIS DEATH. AMERICAN SOLDIERS STAND GUARD OVER FLAG-DRAPED CASKET AT FUNERAL. NUNS ARE AMONG THOSE VIEWING BODY OF QUEZON. 01:09:05 - MARCHING AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND SAILORS FOLLOW CAISSON WITH FLAG-DRAPED COFFIN. 01:09:27 - IN OLD FILM PRESIDENT QUEZON IS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT AS THOUSANDS OF PHILIPPINE PEOPLE WATCH. GENERAL MACARTHUR CONGRATULATES HIM. 01:09:41 - GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL AND OTHER TOP MILITARY LEADERS HOLD HATS TO CHEST AS QUEZON IS PUT TO REST. HONOR GUARD FIRE INTO AIR. 01:09:59 - U. S. FORCES LAND ON GUAM ELS SQUADRONS OF PLANES FLY IN FOR ATTACK. ELS CONVOY OF WARSHIPS START BOMBARDMENT. EXPLOSIONS ON ISLAND. 01:11:03 - MONTAGE LARGE NAVAL GUNS FIRING ON ISLAND. GUN CREWS CARRYING SHELLS. MONTAGE- LANDING CRAFT AND ARMORED AMPHIBIANS HEADING FOR BEACH UNDER INTENSE FIRE BY JAPANESE GUNS. 01:12:51 - MONTAGE AMERICAN LANDING CRAFT BEING HIT BY INTENSE JAPANESE FIRE. AMERICAN SOLDIERS LAY WITH HEADS DOWN ALONG BEACH. 01:13:37 - SOLDIERS WADE INTO SHORE IN WAIST DEEP WATER. 01:14:12 - GIS HEAD INLAND TOWARDS HILLS. THEY ADVANCE SLOWLY UNDER HEAVY FIRE. 01:14:59 - DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIERS ON JUNGLE GROUND. GI HELPS LIMPING BUDDY WALK. WOUNDED CARRIED ON STRETCHERS. 01:15:29 - ANIMATED MAP SHOWS GUAM IN RELATION TO JAPAN AND PHILIPPINES.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1945
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-818