Actors Stefan Schnabel, Fran Groseclose, Gladys Holland, Wayne Tippet, and Joan Harve sit around a table and read from Robert Sherwood's plays "Petrified Forest," "Idiot's Delight," "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," and "There Shall Be No Night." 1957. Actors Stefan Schnabel, Fran Groseclose, Gladys Holland, Wayne Tippet, and Joan Harve sit around a table and read from Sherwood's plays "Petrified Forest," "Idiot's Delight," "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," and "There Shall Be No Night." 3:55 INTRO: Sherwood's history: Born 1866, newspaperman, editor, critic and playwright. "Dramatists express their times and guide us." 3:50 SCENE 1: "The Petrified Forest" 1934. A hitchhiker and a girl are in the Arizona Desert. The man delivers a monologue while the girl just asks questions. A rich woman gave the man money so he could write. he spent eight years on the Riviera, but no artist emerges. He came to America to discover this country and to look for something to believe in, live for, and die for. Nature is the cause of the world's chaos because nature proves it can't be beat. "I am too late…" MacAndrew has said this play is about man's struggle against nature and his coming to terms with his fellowman, but this excerpt hardly proves that point. 5:15 SCENE 2: "Idiot's Delight" Irene, e mistress of a munitions manufacturer congratulates her lover on Italy's invasion of Ethiopia. All that destruction will make them rich. God is playing a game called "Idiot's Delight. She looks around the dining room (in Switzerland) and sees all the young men (Italian tourists) as soldiers killing people while the wives back home hide in air raid shelters. The man (Achille) had a first wife who left him because he manufactured poison gas. He asks,"Who's the criminal? The seller or the buyer? I give people what they want. National honor is what make people cheer… The deadliest weapons are the most merciful." 5:00 SCENE 3: "Abe Lincoln In Illinois" Abe and Ann Rutledge and Lincoln's hesitant proposal of marriage when he learns she has been jilted. Ann asks for time, and Abe is stunned at the possibility that in time she could "fill her heart with his honesty and decency." 1:00 INTRO: MacAndrew: Sherwood was anti-war, but in choice of appeasement of war he would chose war. He served Roosevelt and OWI. He wrote a bio of Roosevelt. 6:00 SCENE 4: "There Shall Be No Night" 1939 inspired by Soviet invasion of Finland. Dr. Calo uses Biblical references in scientific work because "man will find light in the mysteries of his own mid… Sad that man can only be tested b disease…epidemic of war. Man's only defense against sickness is behind the forehead, inside man's head. Men under arms today have no illusion of glory, and that's progress. Illusions make men horrible when shattered, but grim resignation makes men say this is an evil deed and I have to do it. That is consciousness. Stefan Schnabel, Fran Groseclose, Gladys Holland, Wayne Tippet, and Joan Harvey.

Dropping of U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflets on retreating Japanese troops in Burma during World War II. Wooded area of Burmese jungle showing trees. Leaflets on ground. A Japanese soldier in foxhole reads leaflet. Worlds on leaflet reads 'Burma Mail O.W.I. P.W.T. ASSAM, INDIA'. Location: Assam India. Date: April 1, 1944.

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In Brampton, participants in the Polar Chilly Golf Classic charity hosted by the Lung Association tee up on a snow and ice covered course. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.

A 34-year-old Pontiac woman is facing drunk driving charges after she slammed into an Oakland County Sheriff's department cruiser in an accident that was caught on the cruiser's dash cam.The deputies had just arrived at a home on Kenilworth to take a police report when they were hit by an oncoming Chevy Malibu. Police say that car was being driven by Tiffany Ann Jackson.Both deputies suffered injuries in the crash, but they were able to approach the Malibu. The deputies ordered Jackson to get out of the car, but she refused.Investigators say Jackson then made several statements at the scene indicating that she had been drinking.At that point she was removed from the car and taken to the hospital where her blood was drawn to determine a blood alcohol level. Investigators say the test revealed she had a blood alcohol level of .15.Jackson has been released on bond after being charged with OWI on Sunday.Both deputies were treated at the hospital. One has already returned to duty.

ISSUE_NO = 788 NO_OF_ITEMS = 2 ITEM_NO = 1 DESCRIPTION : ANOTHER STEP NEARER JAPAN - It was about the middle of June that strong American forces began the occupation of Saipan on Saipan brought out part of the Japanese navy and a sea battle inflicted heavy losses on them. CARD_FILE = 44945 CARD_TITLE : Another Step Nearer Japan (Occupation Of Saipan) SHOT_LIST : Cut story - KS. GS of convoy at sea, dawn shot, also ships line ahead. Map of Marianas, shows Saipan, Truk, etc. GS convoy, line ahead etc. Shots of battleships & cruisers, shot of two aircraft carriers. Battleships & cruisers bombard island, various shots, also CU of triple guns firing, taken from all angles. LCIs approach beaches. LS of same. LS Saipan. American troops walk along beaches. Sherman tanks stationary, on beach. American soldier digs trench. Map. Yanks machine gunning from foxhole, LS valley. Firing mortars, explosions by same. GV of island of Saipan. KEYWORDS : Ships and Boats; Navy - Active; Environment; Munitions and Armaments; Military - Active; Vehicles MATERIAL : Neg & Track 7805 Lav 7766 Indian Sound Lav 7815 OWI Dupe 7761 OWI Lav 7800 TWTD tape 67 Flemish Dupe 5885 French Dupe 5886 LENGTH_SHOT = 199 DATE_SUBD = 07/00/1944

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In Chicago the winter is so cold that not only have cars literally been frozen into place but workmen have been up trying to open up fire hydrants that have frozen solid. One of the frozen workmen notes "Tonight was just a difficult night. It's cold. It's below zero right now."

Dropping of U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflets by U.S. plane on retreating Japanese troops in Shan village, Burma during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber in flight. Aerial view of B-25 dropping leaflets over village. Pilot in cockpit of B-25. Aerial view of mountainous terrain and jungle. Location: Shan Burma. Date: April 1, 1944.

ISSUE_NO = 813 NO_OF_ITEMS = 3 ITEM_NO = 1 DESCRIPTION : MUD AND FLOODS - Rain and mud on the Fifth Army Front in Italy have produced appalling conditions, but in spite of everything the Allies have been battling on. CARD_FILE = 45393 CARD_TITLE : Mud & Floods SHOT_LIST : Cut story - American troops on roads in Italy, wade through mud, transport stuck in same. In above town rushing waters caused by torrential rains. U.S. troops endeavouring to dig mud away. Italian women walks through water up to her knees. Jeeps carries Italian children to their houses, cut ins of people watching from windows. More shots of transport crawling along muddy roads, including six-wheeled lorries. Cuts - Various shots of transport on road. In army camp small tents in muddy conditions. GIs try to clean their equipment. Deep mud ruts in roads; sign "Keep out of old ruts". KEYWORDS : Military Alliances; Military - Active; Occupied Countries; Environment; Vehicles; Weather; Buildings, Landmarks and Monuments MATERIAL : Neg 8177 Complete Lav 8158 Keys 8245 Lav Cuts 8162 OWI LENGTH_SHOT = 460 DATE_SUBD = 12/19/1944

dash cam video from Portage County. That's where authorities say a woman led them on a high speed chase on March 15.Court documents show Shirley Hogrefe admitted to driving the wrong way on purpose. At times, giving other cars she passed a "thumbs up". Those records reveal she told authorities she did not want to live anymore.A terrifying situation unfolds on a Portage County interstate. In dash cam video from the Portage County Sheriff's Department, you can see an officer pulled over, facing south of I-39.That's when a car flies by, going the wrong direction.Officials say 62-year-old Shirley Hogrefe was in a white Dodge Dynasty, driving the wrong direction on the interstate.The chase lasted for several minutes, as multiple squad cars followed Hogrefe. Court documents say she admitted to drinking too much, and that she no longer wanted to live.Officials say the chase ended after Hogrefe hit multiple cars. They say none of those drivers was seriously injured.This is not the first time Hogrefe has been in this situation. She is currently facing four charges, including her fifth OWI.The District Attorney's office says there are multiple 911 calls from people that say Hogrefe passed them. An assistant DA says those are part of the investigation and they are not being released at this time.Hogrefe is currently being held in the Portage County jail on a $25,000 cash bond. Her attorney did not wish to comment. Hogrefe is scheduled to appear in court next month.

ISSUE_NO = 807 NO_OF_ITEMS = 4 ITEM_NO = 2 the civilian population. The only transport out was the single-track railway and the station was soon packed with potential travellers, some waited more than three days before they boarded a train. CARD_FILE = 45248 CARD_TITLE : Kweilin Evacuated SHOT_LIST : Cut story - KS. GV terrain, etc. Various street scenes of Chinese evacuating, pillboxes in streets. Chinese used all types of conveyance, CU child being fed with rice. Crowds gather at single track railway station, one child sound asleep, almost impossible to wake him. Various shots of goods train, loaded with luggage etc., & population, steams out of station; the train is packed with people, anywhere they can get, & luggage. Cuts - Various shots of types of civilians, & activity as evacuation proceeds. Irrawaddy Patrol - In the vicinity of Myitkyina, rafts with outboard motors make their way up stream, with shells etc. Shot of Burmese natives carrying same on the rafts. Various shots of patrols on river. KEYWORDS : Japan; Environment; Evacuations; Buildings, Landmarks and Monuments; Indigenous People; Children; Munitions and Armaments; Vehicles; Transport; Railways; Food, Drink and Cooking; Military - Active; Ships and Boats; Displaced Persons MATERIAL : Lav 8068 Indian Sound Lav 8089 Lav Cuts 8082 OWI LENGTH_SHOT = 665 DATE_SUBD = 11/03/1944

Preparation and dropping of U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflets by U.S. plane on retreating Japanese troops in Burma during World War II. U.S. army jeep crosses airfield to waiting U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber in Assam. Crew being briefed on mission. Leaflets are being unloaded from jeep and loaded aboard B-25. Pilot in cockpit of plane. Two U.S. officers talk outside a building. Location: Assam India. Date: April 1, 1944.

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department is releasing dash cam video of a man suspected of driving a wheelchair drunk.The video shows the man in the wheelchair traveling in heavy fog along the Marquette Interchange in the early morning hours last Friday.According to the Sheriff's Department, 35-year-old Daniel Samplaski had a blood alcohol level of .23, or three times the legal limit.The man told deputies that he had injured his ankle and his friend loaned him the motorized scooter.This is his 5th OWI offense.

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Two people toboggan down a snowy slope then cut to tobogganer POV of the world blurring by then back to people sliding down the slopes having winter fun.

PRELUDE TO WAR

ISSUE_NO = 791 NO_OF_ITEMS = 3 ITEM_NO = 3 DESCRIPTION : AS THE NAZIS GO BACK - REPORT FROM ITALY - The Pope, who remained in the Vatican City during the battle for Rome, gave a blessing to the Allied troops after the occupation. When the Allies entered Rome they found evidence of Nazi savagery in the hundreds of graves of massacred civilians in the catacombs. CARD_FILE = 44986 CARD_TITLE : As The Nazis Go Back Pope Addresses Allied Troops & Nazis Evacuate Rome SHOT_LIST : Cut story - KS. Interior shot of Pope carried through hall of crowded Allied troops. Troops push their hands forward to be shaken by the Pope. Pope addresses troops. MS & CU of same. Pope speaks in English. Pope carried out of Hall again. Nazis leave Rome, various shots of German infantry, armour, etc. leave by all means of conveyance, handcarts, barrows, cycles etc. Tanks & guns rumble through streets, taken from all angles, one shot passing Colosseum. Sherman tanks enter Rome, shots of crowds gathered round transport, crowds follow American troops shooting out snipers, from various buildings, CU Yank machine gunning balcony. Italian women visit Catacombs, various shots of same, also notice saying "320 massacred by Germans". AFU - Signpost "Ancona" & transport passing, also under bridge on outskirts of town. LS of Bucine small town, with shell bursts all around same. Sherman tanks make way up hill. Sherman tanks make way across open country covered with gorse etc. Tank lost in dusk to finish. Cuts - Wyand - Pope arrives on throne, all repetition shots as used in cut story. AFU - Shots of Canadian tanks climbing hills on outskirts of Arezzo. Infantry & tanks move forward. LS RAF dive bombing Chiana, West of Arezzo. Brazilian troops arrive at Naples. CU types of Brazilian troops. Troops disembark, lined up on quay. Brazilian officers greeted by American Army officers. American Guard of Honour on quay. Various shots of Brazilian troops marching off, to band playing. AFU - Square of Ancona, shows statue bearing Polish flag. Polish transport on move through streets. Various shots of Ancona. Bombed Harbour area. Ancona signboard, also station. Wrecked railway stocks etc. LS shelling Lucine, most of which was used in reel. Tanks pass through town, Scammell transporters pass through town. Tanks off transporters ready for road. Various shots of tanks through streets. OWI - German troops used all kinds of conveyance to get out of Rome. Few Italians watch Gerrys leave. Various shots of the Fifth army entering Rome. Crowds cheer & show them where snipers nests are etc. Yanks make friends with the kids. Italians visit Catacombs. Various shots. KEYWORDS : Personalities - Religious; Pope Pius XII; Religion and superstition; Ceremonies - Religious; Buildings, Landmarks and Monuments; Military Alliances; Military - R&R; Munitions and Armaments; Military - Active; Vehicles; Environment; Aviation; Airforce - Active; Air Raids and War Damage; Ships and Boats; Military - Ceremonial; Music and Dance; Railways; Children; Celebrations - Victory COMMENTS : Paul Wyand recalled filming the Pope in _Useless If Delayed_ (London, 1959), pp.124-8. MATERIAL : Lav 7512 Can 7907 Indian Lav 7919 Flemish Dupe 5888 Keys 8288 Odd Sec. Sound Lav 8192A French Dupe 5888 AFU: A.769/2, A.769/1/3-4, A.771/1/3-4-5 Cuts: Lav 7826 OWI Cuts 7825 Universal - Pope with troops AFU A.769/2: Uncut Brazils 7826 Cuts 7825 AFU - Pope Cuts 7827 AFU - A.771-5-45 Sound Neg 7873 Wyand LENGTH_SHOT = 342 DATE_SUBD = 07/00/1944

Dropping of U.S. OWI (Office of War Information) leaflets by U.S. plane on retreating Japanese troops in Burma during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber parked on airfield in Burma. Propellers turning. B-25 taxis and takes off from airstrip. B-25 flies over Burmese jungle. Location: Assam India. Date: April 1, 1944.

A World War II documentary titled 'Boomtown DC', a part of 'This is America' series, compares Washington DC to an industrial boomtown where the big business is government. 1930's and 1940's cars parked along a tree-lined street in a Washington DC neighborhood with homes visible. A cat jumps down from a wall behind a neighborhood home, with the U.S. Capitol seen in the background. Scene changes to U.S. Capitol building exterior close up. Close up views of souvenir stand trinkets in Washington DC, including banners, snow globes, and postcards of buildings and monuments of the city. View on the National Mall in Washington DC toward the Lincoln Memorial, interrupted by temporary wartime elevated walkways erected between buildings of the rapidly expanding Navy Department on either side of the National Mall. Smoke stacks from the chimneys of a factory superimposed over various images of buildings in the city. A woman exiting a voting booth, followed by a man entering the same voting booth and closing the curtain. A US Army guard standing outside the White House. Exterior of the newly built Pentagon War Department building in Arlington Virginia. Sign "War Department" on the War Department building at 21st and Virginia Avenues. Exterior view of a Navy Department building, then exterior view of the Treasury Department building. Close up view of hands holding and flipping through a stack of IRS individual tax return documents, then of hands sorting through a stack of U.S. government bonds. View of the Justice Department, and then view of sign on the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Scientists in a laboratory operate various equipment and run tests. A scientist near some beakers and test tubes in the lab. Scientists look through microscopes. View of underground rifle range in the FBI building as personnel practice marksmanship. View toward shooters on the range during firing, and toward targets. US Army guard in front of the State Department building. Exterior view of the Department of Labor building and sign. View of the U.S. Office of War Information building (OWI) with sign "US Information" inscribed in large letters on the top of the building (possibly the "Temporary V Building" of the OWI?) Exterior view of the Supreme Court Building. View of Declaration of Independence document on display. Exerior view of U.S. Capitol, then view of House of Representatives in session. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt seated at a desk signs a document. Citizens and workers walking on streets of Washington DC. Sopme people enter the Department of Agriculture building. Men and women enter the Office of War Information. Civilian and military hats being hung on a hat rack. Hand reaches for a 1940's era telephone. Women filing papers, views of filing cabinets. Close-up of 1940s era typewriters in use. Location: Washington DC USA. Date: 1943.

OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION ( OWI ) FILM MADE DURING WORLD WAR II, OBTAINED FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. RG 174.4 REEL 1 THIS HISTORICAL FILM EXAMINES THE ROLE OF WOMEN WORKING IN THE WAR EFFORT. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cue in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 01:51:30 B&W VS WOMEN WORKING. 01:51:35 WOMEN IN MILITARY / WACS OR WAVES MARCHING IN FORMATION. 01:51:57 B&W SHOTS FOR WOMEN WORKING IN AN AIRPLANE FACTORY. 01:52:42 WOMEN INSTALL AIRPLANE ENGINES. 01:52:59 WOMEN WORK IN JEEP ASSEMBLY LINE. 01:53:14 WOMEN MAKE GUN CARTRIDGES. 01:53:53 WOMEN WORK IN SHIPYARD A LA ROSIE THE RIVETER. 01:54:11 WOMEN EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE WORKING IN THE WAR EFFORT. 01:54:44 VS US EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AS THEY INTERVIEW WOMEN FOR VARIOUS JOBS AT FACTORIES AND OTHER NON TRADITIONAL JOBS. SHOTS OF WOMEN WORKING IN AN OFFICE. 01:55:18 WOMEN RECEIVE FREE JOB TRAINING. WOMEN IN CLASSROOM. 01:55:52 WOMEN WORK IN BLUEPRINT DRAFTING ROOM. 01:56:02 WOMEN WELDING WITH ARC TORCHES, LATHES, DRILL PRESSES. 01:56:52 WOMAN GUIDES PLANES ON THE TARMAC. 01:57:09 WOMEN WORKING ON RAILROAD. 01:57:22 WOMAN BUS DRIVER. 01:57:36 WOMEN OPERATE ELEVATORS, DELIVER MILK, OPERATE TRACTORS ON FARMS AND DRIVE MULE TEAMS. 01:58:11 MEN SAY THEY ARE WORRIED THAT WOMEN WILL HAVE ALL THE JOBS WHEN THEY RETURN. 01:58:35 VARIOUS SCENES FROM WORLD WAR I WHEN WOMEN WORKED IN THE WAR EFFORT AND INDUSTRY. VARIOUS SHOTS OF YEOMANETTES FROM WORLD WAR I, WOMEN SERVING IN THE MILITARY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cue out ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~