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This Universal newsreel focuses on four topics, as follows. Reel 1, Confiscated films from the private collection of Eva Braun show scenes of Nazi life at Berchtesgaden. Reel 2, The International Convention of Variety Clubs presents its humanitarian awards. James F. Byrnes is guest of honor. Reel 3, A Dutch tulip festival and parade in Holland, Mich. Reel 4, A chimp circus at the St. Louis Zoo.
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This Universal newsreel focuses on a Nazi SA parade. Berlin, Germany: An unprecedented display of power and organization by the brown-shirted forces of the German Chancellor marks the final pre-election activities of the Social Democrats, with long columns of uniformed men in spirited procession down Unter den Linden from Brandenburg Gate to the Lustgarten, with Swastika banners fluttering over the Praetorian Guard, the Storm Battalions that back...
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers strike Germany. 2. The destroyer Sullivan is launched. 3. Tanks are tested over an obstacle course. 4. Madame Chiang Kai-shek speaks in the Hollywood Bowl. 5. An Army rescue squad uses a life boat to rescue airmen. 6. Paratroopers jump in practice mission carrying their mascots, boxer pups. 7. Canadian artillery units practice.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Soviet artillery, tanks, infantry, and ships in action. 2. Canadian soldiers on furloughs to mine coal for the war effort. 3. Supplies delivered via parachute to remote Allied military outposts in India and Burma. 4. A homecoming parade for Australian infantry, rugged veterans of the North African campaign. 5. America bringing aid to war refugees in North Africa. 6. Liberator bombers...
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Courtroom scenes at Dachau, Germany, where a Nazi officer is judged guilty of murdering a prisoner of war. 2. General de Gaulle reviews a parade in Brussels. 3. Scenes of the trial of Pierre Laval in Paris. 4. A U.S. submarine sinks Japanese ships in the Pacific.; Secretary of the Navy Forrestal decorates the submarine commander.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Flying Forts bomb Germany. 2. Generals Stilwell and Somervell and Lord Mountbatten arrive in India. 3. Scenes in Naples after the German retreat; a bomb explodes in a post office building, killing several. 4. The liner Normandie is moved to be refitted. 5. Americans vote in several cities. 6. Australian troops advance in New Guinea.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. General Eaker supervises the preparation of flying fortresses for a bombing mission. 2. A mailman is awarded an "M" award for home manufacturing of steering gear parts for cargo vessels. 3. U.S. troops land unopposed in the Aleutian Islands. 4. President Roosevelt sees tanks manufactured and tested at the Chrysler Tank Arsenal in Detroit, tours the Ford bomber plant with Henry Ford...
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. Allied planes bomb Abbeville and Rennes, France. 2. Generals Eisenhower, Patton, and Montgomery confer in the field; Italian POWs. 3. College women plant potatoes in Maine. 4. General Chennault receives gifts from the people of China. 5. Biggest motor bus carries 250 soldiers. 6. Amphibious assault on Munda in the Solomons.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. R.A.F. Boston bombers strike war plants in Europe. 2. Delegates from 40 nations meet for a labor conference. 3. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. 4. Airplane propellers are tested in a wind tunnel. 5. The aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard is launched. 6. 37th Division troops move inland on Bougainville.
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This Universal newsreel focuses on eight topics, as follows. Reel 1, Reims, France: Nazi General Jodl and U.S. General W. B. Smith sign the surrender document ending World War II in Europe. Reel 2, N.Y.C.: 3,000 Nazi prisoners arrive in America--the last who will be sent to this country. Reel 3, Milan, Italy: An indignant mob kicks at the bodies of Mussolini and his mistress. Later, their corpses dangle head downward, high above the crowds. (Graphic!)...
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. The execution in Germany by firing squad and hanging of Nazi spies and prison camp personnel. 2. Emperor Hirohito prays at his father's grave. 3. Nazi war criminals are tried at Nuremberg (Hermann Goering, Rudolph Hess, Franz von Papen, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg); U.S. chief prosecutor Justice Robert H. Jackson.
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. 8th Air Force planes bomb Hamburg by day and fight off German fighters on their return to England; Royal Air Force planes prepare for a night mission. 2. The aircraft carrier Wasp is launched. 3. Volo Song wins at Goshen, New York. 4. Scenes at the Quebec Conference (Roosevelt; Churchill; Admirals King and Mountbatten; Generals Marshall, Arnold, and Portal; T. V. Soong; Mackenzie King....
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This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. German troops retreat through the streets of Rome as U.S. troops enter and clear out snipers; Germans are captured. 2. Newly opened air raid shelters in London. 3. German positions near Cherbourg are bombed; U.S. troops liberate French villages. 4. Pope Pius XII blesses U.S. troops at the Vatican.