- Title: VM-1107C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:02:43 - "THE ADMIRAL NIMITZ STORY" FILM TAKES VIEWERS BACK TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY HALF-CENTRY AGO TO THE EARLY DAYS & THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR TO DEVELOP THIS BIOGRAPHY ON ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST NAVAL HEROES 01:03:41 - MONTAGE- TEXAS COWBOYS RIDE THE RANGE WITH THEIR CATTLE. 01:04:02 - MS- PHOTO OF CHESTER W. NIMITZ AS A CHILD FROM FREDRICKSBURG, TEXAS. 01:04:15 - MS- OLD FILM OF THE 4 MASTER SHIP CONSTELLATION WHICH WAS A TRAINING SHIP FOR MIDSHIPMEN. 01:04:26 - LS- OLD TIME BATTLESHIP FIRING A BROADSIDE AS SHE SPEEDS ALONG. (OLD FILM) 01:04:33 - MONTAGS- PRESIDENT TEDDY ROOSEVELT POSING AND MAKING DRAMATIC SPEECH 01:04:49 - CU- PHOTO OF NIMITZ AS A YOUNG MAN WHEN HE ENTERED THE NAVAL ACADEMY. CU- SNAPSHOT WEARING A FLOPPY SAILOR HAT 01:05:10 - LS- OLD FILM OF A BOXING MATCH BETWEEN 2 SAILORS BEING WATCHED BY THE CREW OF SHIP (FAST MOTION) 01:05:25 - LS- LONG COLUMN OF OFFICERS IN THEIR OLD FASHION FEATHERED HATS EXIT AN ACADEMY BUILDING 01:05:35 - MS- CADETS MARCH SMARTLY ON THE PARADE GROUNDS IN THEIR UNIFORM OF THAT DAY 01:05:58 - CU- NIMITZ AT TIME OF GRADUATION. HE FINISHED 7TH IN A CLASS OF 114. 01:06:10 - LS- SMALL EARLY SUBMARINE IS TESTED FOR THE NAVY. SUBMERGING AND SURFACING AT A HIGH SPEED. 01:07:06 - MONTAGE- SUBMARINES TIED UP AND OTHERS CRUISING IN A HARBOR DURING WWI. 01:07:20 - MONTAGE- A LONG LINE OF WARSHIPS CRUISING IN A STRAIGHT LINE DURING THE 1920s 01:07:41 - LS- A BI WWI FIGHTER PLANE LANDS ON THE DECK OF A CARRIER 01:07:51 - LS- JAPANESE FLAG, ON FLEET ATTACKING PEARL HARBOR, BLOWS IN THE WIND 01:07:55 - MS- JAPANESE PILOTS ARE BRIEFED ON DECK OF CARRIER. PLANES REV UP AND TAKE OFF. 01:08:29 - LS- 3 BOMBERS EACH DROP A LARGE BOMB AS SEEN FROM JAPANESE PLANE FLYING NEARBY. 01:08:32 - LS- HUGE EXPLOSION ROCKS THE BATTLESHIP ARIZONA. MONTAGE- SAILORS STAND ON THE SIDE OF A ROLLED OVER SHIP. OTHERS BATTLE FLAMES ON OTHER SHIPS. 01:09:22 - LS- ADMIRAL NIMITZ SPEAKS TO OFFICERS AS HE ANNOUNCES HIS TAKE OVER OF PACIFIC FLEET 01:10:00 - MONTAGE- WELDERS AND SHIP BUILDERS GET TO WORK AT NAVY YARDS BUILDING WARSHIPS. AS CROWD OF WORKERS WATCH A SHIP SLIDES DOWN THE RAMP INTO THE WATER. 01:10:23 - CU- A SUBMARINE CAPTAIN PEERS THROUGH PERISCOPE CHEWING ON A CIGAR BUTT. MS- TORPEDO SHOOTS OUT OF TUBE AS SEEN UNDER WATER. 01:10:34 - LS- SHIP HIT BY TORPEDO BLOWS UP. AS SEEN THROUGH PERISCOPE. 01:11:15 - MONTAGE- WARSHIP BOMBARDMENTS AND PLANES TAKING OFF FROM A CARRIER OF BOTH AMERICAN AND JAPANESE SHIPS AT THE BATTLE OF CORAL SEA. 01:11:46 - LS- SAILORS RUN IN ALL DIRECTIONS AS A BOMB HITS AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER DECK. CU- EXPLOSION AS SEEN BY CAMERA AS BOMB BLOWS UP CLOSE BY. 01:12:19 - LS- A HUGE EXPLOSION OBLITERATES AN AMERICAN WARSHIP. MS- 3 SAILORS, ONE WITH LONG BEARD, WEAR PURPLE HEARTS ON THEIR CHEST 01:12:45 - MS- NIMITZ AND MACARTHUR PLOT STRATEGY ON MAPS 01:13:30 - MONTAGE- NIMITZ VISITS THE FRONT LINES. 01:13:59 - MS- AS MACARTHUR AND PRESIDENT FDR WATCH, NIMITZ USES POINTER ON WALL MAP. MACARTHUR THEN TAKES OVER THE POINTER AS ROOSEVELT WATCHES. 01:15:51 - LS- NIMITZ MAKES SPEECH TO NAVAL COMMANDERS AND NAVAL WORKERS AT A NAVY YARD. 01:16:41 - MS- NIMITZ CHATS WITH ADMIRAL 'BULL' HALSEY ON A WARSHIP 01:17:05 - MONTAGE- WARSHIPS BOMBARD THE PHILIPPINES PRIOR TO IT'S INVASION. U.S. TROOPS STORM THE BEACHES 01:17:32 - MONTAGE- JAPANESE FILM SHOW JAPANESE SOLDIERS AT ATTENTION AND THEN RAISING THEIR ARMS AND YELLING 'BONSAI'! CU- A JAPANEWE CUPS HIS HANDS TO HIS MOUTH AND YELLS 01:17:56 - MS- 2 U.S. BATTLESHIP CREWMEN MOVE HUGE SHELLS, ALMOST AS BIG AS THEY ARE, INTO FIRING POSITION CU- GUNNER AIMS, PULLS A TRIGGER AND CANNONS FIRE 01:19:00 - LS- ELS- THICK BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM A JAPANESE WARSHIP HIT IN THE BATTLE LS- JAPANESE SEAMEN CLING ON TO DEBRIS IN THE WATER PRIOR TO BEING PICKED UP BY U.S. WARSHIPS. 01:19:37 - MS- A SAILOR ON U.S.WARSHIP BLOWS 'TAPS' AS U.S. SAILORS ARE BURRIED AT SEA 01:20:20 - MONTAGE- JAPANESE SUICIDE 'KAMIKAZE' PLANES TAKE OFF FROM JAPANESE CARRIER. 01:20:40 - MONTAGE- KAMIKAZE PLANES BEING SHOT OUT OF THE AIR BY HEAVY U.S. WARSHIP FIRE, & A BLAZING JAPANESE PLANE AFTER IT HIT THE DECK OF A U.S. CARRIER 01:21:46 - LS- A DAMAGED U.S. FIGHTER PLANE DOES A BELLY LANDING ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. 01:21:58 - ELS- CAMERA FOLLOWS A SUICIDE PLANE AS IT DIVES INTO A U.S. CARRIER CAUSING A HUGE EXPLOSION AND ANOTHER AS IT CRASHES INTO A WARSHIP. 01:22:25 - MONTAGE- BOMBARDMENT AND LANDING ON OKINAWA. 01:24:30 - LS- NIMITZ WALKS THROUGH RUBBLE ON OKINAWA. 01:25:11 - LS- A SMILING MACARTHUR GREETS NIMITZ AS HE WALKS OFF PLANE . 01:25:41 - MS- AS MACARTHUR,HALSEY AND OTHERS LOOK ON, NIMITZ SIGNS THE SURRENDER DOCUMENT ON BOARD THE USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY. 01:25:53 - LS- NIMITZ SITS ON BACKREST OF SEAT OF LIMO AS HE IS GREETED BY CROWDS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 01:26:40 - LS- NIMITZ ADDRESSES A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS. 01:27:45 - MS- MS- NIMITZ WEARS INDIAN CHIEF HEADGEAR AS HE SMOKES A PEACE PIPE 01:27:56 - MS- NIMITZ RECEIVES A BRIEFING FROM ADMIRAL RICHARD BIRD PRIOR TO BIRD'S NAVAL EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH POLE IN 1946 01:28:08 - MS- NIMITZ RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN 1947. MS- NIMITZ WITH NEFRU OF INDIA 01:28:23 - MS- NIMITZ SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS FOR MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE DIET WHO VISIT IN HIS OFFICE. LS- NIMITZ POSES WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND OTHERS 01:29:09 - LS- NIMITZ'S HOME IN BERKELEY HILLS, CALIFORNIA. LS- A WEATHER VANE WITH A SUBMARINE AND 5 STARS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1947
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1107C