Summary

1945 UNITED NEWS 3

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Title: 1945 UNITED NEWS 3
File Number: HD-27 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 01/01/1945
Subjects: Aerials
Description: B W 1945 NEWSREELS OF 1945 TITLES IN CAPS POST WWII 00:00:28:00 B W 1945 - RG 208 # 177 00:00:55:00 B W 1945 - FIRST POSTWAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS LAUNCHED ms ws Dignitary smashes bottle against hull of USS Oriskany and sends it down the slipway to cheers of the crowd at the New York Navy Yard 00:01:33:00 B W 1945 - USS TICONDEROGA RETURNS FROM THE PACIFIC ws ms AV of the ship underway with ship's company standing formation on flight deck as she passes under the Golden Gate Bridge crowds wave and cheer as the carrier docks sailors & marines debark officer greeted by wife and young daughter as he steps from the gangway 00:02:23:00 B W 1945 - PRESIDENT RIOS OF CHILE VISITS PRESIDENT TRUMAN ms He arrives at the White Housegreeted by Truman & Byrnes military Honor Guard on the lawn Truman civilian salute to the flag 00:02:58:00 B W 1945 - BIG CATCH OF SALMON BEATS 1944 RECORD ws ms Fishing fleet underway in British Columbia, Canada schools of squirming fish caught in netswhich are hauled aboard boatand dropped into the hatch fish on conveyor beltinto cannery for slicing, cleaning, cooking and packing cans of fish floor of the busy cannery 00:04:16:00 B W 1945 - TRUMAN DEDICATES GREAT NEW KENTUCKY DAM ms ws President & young local children view of the dam at Gilbertsville (part of TVA) 00:04:54:00 B W 1945 - NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS MARKS 100th YEAR ws ms Cadet Midshipmen march & parade on the Academy grounds memorial service ceremony inside chapel outdoor ceremony cadets wear 1845 cadet uniforms West Point cadets appear at ceremonies to make a presentation (they give up the steering wheel of the battleship Maine) cadets march in review on the parade grounds 00:06:30:00 B W 1945 - TOP NAZIS AWAIT WAR GUILT TRIAL AT NUREMBERG ws ms Scenes of war ravaged, bombed out streets of the city workers construct courtroom Supreme Court Justice, Robert Jackson, chief US prosecutor at the trials, arrives in Germany prisoner quarters for the war trial defendants only name plates above the prison cell doors for Goering, Ribbentrop, Doenitz, von Papen, & Streicher, are shown 00:08:37:00 B W 1945 - RG 208 # 178 00:09:18:00 B W 1945 - A GERMAN IS TRIED FOR MURDER ms Courtroom fills at Dachau for trial of Nazi officer charged with killing captured US pilots (POW) accused Franz Strasser stands before the military court judge and pleads not guilty witness, on the stand, points his finger at the defendant and identifies himthen testifies and describes the murder of the victims prosecutor cross examines and interrogates defendant court judge sentences Nazi to death by hanging 00:13:08:00 B W 1945 - GENERAL DE GAULLE VISITS BRUSSELS ms ws Crowds wave and cheer him He appears on balcony 00:13:38:00 B W 1945 - PIERRE LAVAL IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH ws ms Inside the Palace of Justice courtroom CU cu the Vichy leader and Nazi collaborator on trial he defends himself before the court - to no avail!insults court and is removed 00:15:05:00 B W 1945 - SUBMARINE OPERATIONS REVEALED ws ms submarine underway on the ocean surface submerges in a hurry captain looks through the periscope enemy ship sighted ( camera attached to periscope records the combat action ) torpedo releasedhits and sinks Japanese merchant ship another combat footage sequence of torpedo attacks then, a sub surface attack is recorded against a patrolling Japanese fishing boat ws ms Periscope camera records torpedo attack inside Nagasaki harbor made by the Taranti on June 11, 1945 sailors & officers of the sub stand formation in ceremony honoring them with Presidential unit citation Secy of Navy, Forrestal, presents plaque 00:19:00:00 B W 1945 - RG 208 # 179 00:19:42:00 B W 1945 - RADIO PROXIMITY FUSE-WEAPON BEHIND VICTORY ms Scientists meet women in workshop assemble fuse devices radio tube fuse device fit into shell of a bomb B-25 bomber drops load of bombsbomb blasts in the sky (flak) - CU B-24s drop load of bombsbomb blasts on the ground - CU delayed action carpet bombing cu bombs released from bomb-bay and on way to the target below bombs explode just above the ground animated graphics explain bomb explosions 00:23:10:00 B W 1945 - US MARKS NAVY DAY ws ms Large formation of sailors in 'summer-whites' uniform the Hudson River in New York City with the fleet resting at anchor (looking from north to south) HA war ships at anchor Aircraft Carrier, Franklin D Roosevelt, in Brooklyn Navy Yard dry dock CU James Forrestal & Eleanor Roosevelt at ship's dedication ceremony President Harry Truman solemnizes the event flight formation of airplanes Truman salutes large crowds turnout to cheer and wave as Truman rides motorcade parade going up lower Broadway from the Battery, past Wall Street, and winding up at Central Park massive crowds fill the Great Lawn in Central Park to hear him speak to the huge crowd THAT WE DO NOT SEEK FOR OURSELVES, ONE INCH OF TERRITORY IN ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD ws ms the fleet, anchored & stretched along the Hudson President Truman piped aboard the USS Missourivisits the ship, sees the WWII surrender plaque, and signs the log he reviews the fleet from aboard the DD Renshaw sky fills with airplane formations and navy blimp President Truman salutes from bridge of the destroyer ship deck guns fire salute salvos to the President as he sails by President Truman waves his hat from the ship's bridge panoramic view of the fleet anchored in the Hudson again, the President salutes from the ship's bridge as he continues to review the fleet blimp passes at twilightwar ships anchored in the Hudson at nightfall (October 12, 1945) 00:29:58:00 B W 1945 - RG 208 # 180 00:30:38:00 B W 1945 - PIERRE LAVAL EXECUTED FOR TREASON ms ws Retrospective shot of Laval with Gestapo chief, Himmler firing squad marches to prison location for execution hearse leaves prison gates (after firing squad shots are heard offscreen) (Nazi collaborator & Vichy leader, executed on Oct 15, 1945) 00:31:33:00 B W 1945 - YAMASHITA ON TRIAL FOR WAR CRIMES ms Japanese war lords arrive at Omori prison camp to become inmates, living in cells Yamashita appears at his trial 00:33:16:00 B W 1945 - TRUMAN OPENS LABOR-INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ws ms At the meeting: Philip Murray of CIO , William Green of AFL, John L Lewis of UMW, Eric Johnston of Chamber of Commerce, and Charles Wilson of GM President Harry Truman speaks to them from the lectern and gets them startedexpects them to show industrial understanding and agreement without Government pressure 00:34:33:00 B W 1945 30,000 CAVALRY HORSES PUT ON SALE ms ws Soldiers check horses teeth & give them brands at Ft Robinson Nebraska big cross country horse roundup & drive 00:35:53:00 B W 1945 - BRITISH IN HONG KONG US MARINES IN TIENTSIN ws ms AV of the city Japanese get rid of things in bonfirethey move out as POWs to prison camps ms ws Massive cheering crowds welcome US Marines to Tientsin Young chinese boys cheer sailors on ship docked at the pier Americans throw them packs of cigarettes and a mad scramble occurs 00:37:16:00 B W 1945 - LATEST PICTURES FROM OCCUPIED JAPAN ws ms War ravaged landscape women help pull precious metals from hidden underground vaultsand US troop detail, hauls the gold bars and such away part of Japan's fleet, lies wrecked and abandoned in Kure harbor 00:39:40:00 B W 1945 - RG 208 # 181 00:40:19:00 B W 1945 - DENMARK'S KING CHRISTIAN MARKS 75th BIRTHDAY ms ws Crowds turn out to cheer the King's motorcade in Copenhagen cu CU him waving to his subjects 00:41:02:00 B W 1945 - BERLIN PREPARES FOR WINTER ws ms AV of the city from airplane flying overhead ground level views of war ravaged, bombed out city streets and wrecked houses Germans salvage among the rubble and try to rebuild destroyed parts of the city homeless Germans carry all their belongings with them INT shabby, bug infested home quarters of German family just after the war 00:42:47:00 B W 1945 - 24,000,000 VOTE IN FRENCH ELECTIONS ms People votingentering voting boothscasting ballots in boxes Paul Reynaud waits on line to voteLeon Blum votes (De Gaulle unanimously elected President on Nov 13, 1945) 00:44:05:00 B W 1945 - WORLD'S LARGEST MORTAR ms Two ton shell fitted into the muzzle of the Little David, a 36 cannonbarrel is calibrated into firing positionand ws fired by remote control switch big blast blasted targets get inspected 00:45:32:00 B W 1945 - MOTHERLESS BABY FLIES TO US FROM ENGLAND ms Airline hostess holds baby boy grandmother hugs baby at the airport, just as stewardess brings it out of the airplane 00:46:27:00 B W 1945 - ANCIENT PEIPING SURRENDERED BY JAPANESE ws ms Huge crowds in Beijing gather to witness ceremony of Japanese surrendersamurai swords are turned over and papers signed then are marched away through the shouting crowd as POWs 00:47:47:00 B W 1945 - PRIME MINISTER ATTLEE VISITS PRESIDENT TRUMAN ms He is greeted at airport by Secy of State, James Byrnes then HST greets him at the the White House Truman & Attlee lead ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington sailor Honor GuardTruman places a wreathhe salutes Truman & Attlee piped aboard yacht Sequoiafor a short sail and conference (Nov 11, 1945) 00:49:32:00 B W 1945 - RG 208 # 182 00:50:14:00 B W 1945 - US CARRIER ROOSEVELT LEAVES NAVY YARD ws Aircraft Carrier Monterey passes underneath the Brooklyn Bridgethen the Franklin D Roosevelt passes under the bridge with its crew standing formation on the flight deck excellent view of the carrier entering the Upper Bay with lots of tugboats followingand very good view of the city's skyscraper skyline 00:51:08:00 B W 1945 - US ARMY SCHOOL RETRAINS FORMER GERMAN SOLDIERS ms Classroominstructor crosses out GESTAPO on blackboard graduation exercises 00:52:11:00 B W 1945 - WORKMEN REPAIR FAMOUS NEW YORK CATHEDRAL ws ms EXT St Patrick's Cathedral overlayed w scaffolding HA shot looking down at the roof and spires of the church building camera peers over the rooftop to look down at stone workers on the tower's ledge, precariously at work, as traffic passes along the street far below CU shots of the steeplejacks high above the city streets walking around & perched on narrow ledges, & getting ready to take a break for a smoke 00:53:09:00 B W 1945 - PRESIDENT VARGAS OF BRAZIL RESIGNS ms Soldiers in Rio guard Presidential Palace with tanks and machine guns new successor arrives to take overposes with military & politicians 00:54:18:00 B W 1945 - PRIME MINISTER ATTLEE ADDRESSES US CONGRESS ws ms Speaks to joint session (audio) and gets applause (about the world's entering the New Age of the Atomic Bomb!!) Truman, Attlee & Canadian Prime Minister MacKenzie King, plus other officials - pose for CAM ( they met to talk about having an Atomic Energy Commission) 00:56:40:00 B W 1945 - NEIGHBORS BUILD HOME FOR WAR HERO ms He takes his wife for a walk around the half constructed housethen they enjoy a country barbecue with the guests Secy of Agriculture, Clinton Anderson, showed up to make the award 00:57:36:00 B W 1945 - NEWS EVENTS FROM INSIDE DEFEATED JAPAN ms ws Warlord leaders, including Tojo, shown eating their lunch in the Omori prison camp while waiting to go on trial soldiers dig up silver ingots hidden around a barnyard cu precious silver ingot bricks constructed like a pyramid US soldiers blow up trove of Japanese tanks at a supply depot Japanese officers surrender their swords in ceremony held in sloshy, slushy, mud splattered field in Malaya
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