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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1944 (UE44031)
THE FORTUNES OF WAR AT ROME
Beneath the century old Coliseum in Rome, the Nazis are shown triumphantly parading American and British prisoners, captured in the ferocious action at Anzio.
Field Marshal Kesselring takes a good look southward through his field glasses, where the Allied drive is gaining furious momentum. A forced evacuation of Rome is ordered.
Beneath the same century old Coliseum in Rome we see Allied heavy equipment rolling in, with Gen. Mark Clark the center of attention for all the cheering Romans.
The Eternal City remains unravaged. The bells of St. Peter’s beckon the exultant crowds to an address by His Holiness Pope Pius XII. Then the new nominal head of the State, Lt. Gen. Umberto is cheered to the echo.
The Allied advance rolls through Rome, and northward we see the effects of Allied naval shelling. Nazi heavy equipment is utterly destroyed, becoming dead symbols of a dead cause.
TEXARKANA OPENS BOND DRIVE
TEXARKANA, U.S.A.—This town may be half in Texas and half in Arkansas, but it’s given the whole honor of opening the 5th War Loan Drive. The presence of many nationally known personages inspires this locality to quickly oversubscribe its quota.
SPAR RADIO OPERATORS (Exclusive)
Atlantic City, N.J.—A contingent of SPARS become graduate radio operators upon completing a five months’ radio course at this famous seaside resort.
N.Y.C. OPENS BOND DRIVE
$16,000,000,000 Fifth War Loan Drive gets off to a flying start in the big city with a mammoth military parade.
AUSSIES VS YANKS VS HORSES
Sports Ground, Sydney—The hospitable Aussies invite the Yanks to engage in a friendly rodeo. But the horses—the varmints—get so busy spilling everybody, that they spill the Aussies too.
MAIL CALL BLUES
There’s nothing particularly extraordinary about the G. I. Joe’s turning out in double quick time for mail call in the South West Pacific. But when the interviews start, their moans can be heard across the seven seas. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1944 (UE44032)
NEW REGIME IN ITALY!
Rome—The new Prime Minister, Ivanoe Bonomi confers with Count Carlo Sforza, Minister with out portfolio. All parties except Fascits, join in the popular election as liberated Italians riot as they rout out Quislings. In many Italian towns the people are destitute and fed by the AMG.
MARSHALL TITO HARRIES NAZIS
Somewhere in Yugoslavia—For the first time, Marshall Tito is photographed by the motion picture camera. His Partisans have been a thorn in the Nazis’ side since the day the Germans over ran the country.
THE 5,000TH LIBERATOR
San Diego, Calif.—Off the assembly line comes the 5,000th B-24 to go to war. This famed heavy bomber—nick named the V-Grand—is ready to be off ot the wars and further fame for the plane.
PROUD MOTHER OF 23
Ambler, Penn.—Lena, year-old Foxhound, has what’s believed to be a world record litter of puppies. With the family task what it is, tow foster mothers were called in to help out.
150,000 ATTEND HOLY HOUR
Chicago, Ill.—Crowding Soldier Field, a huge throng prays for those killed or missing in the war and for the safety of all our fighting men in service. A moving pageant of faith in our ultimate victory.
ROYALTY AT HORSE SHOW
London, Eng.—Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret perform at the Royal Windsor Horse Show before the King and Queen. Driving together, they are awarded with a prize trophy.
FLYING FISH GALORE
San Antonio, Texas—At this Aviation Cadet Center, embryo pilots go through a vigorous swimming course, designed to aid them in saving their lives if forced down at sea.
AUSSIE HEROES HOME
Australia—Veterans of many major campaigns, from the desert to Italy, case-hardened Australians come home to rest. A huge throng braves a teeming rain to cheer their arrival.
GOP IN CONVENTION
Chicago, Ill.—Delegates from all sections of the country meet in Chicago Stadium to nominate the Republican candidate for President. Overshadowing the meeting is the “Draft Dewey” movement, stronger by the minute.
AVENUE OF ALLIES
New York, N.Y.—To spur War Bond sales, New York dedicated Fifth Avenue to the Allies. Flags of the United Nations bedeck the famed street as Secretary Morgenthau cuts a symbolic tape. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1944 (UE44033)
GOP MEETS TO NAME CANDIDATE
Chicago, Ill.—With the majority of the votes pledged to Governor Dewey of New York, Republicans convene to nominate their candidate for President. Governor Earl Warren of California delivers the keynote address.
ALLIES ADVANCE IN FRANCE
With the Allies in France—Shortly after United Nation troops establish their beachhead, King George visits the front and General Charles De Gaulle is cheered by local populace. Thousands of prisoners are captured as we take Cherbourg.
FDR SIGNS GI-JOE’S BILL
Washington, D.C.—The President puts his signature to the bill of rights of the returning doughboy. The bill guarantees a veteran a year of unemployment insurance and helps pay for the completion of his schooling.
TORNADO SWEEPS TWO STATES
Pennsylvania—Roaring through Pennsylvania and West Virginia, high winds take a toll of nearly a hundred and fifty lives. Hundreds were injured and many more hundreds made homeless as the task of relief reaches staggering proportions.
WAAFS DON WAC UNIFORM
London, England—American girls, many of them veterans of the Battle of Britain as members of the ATS and WAAFS, transfer to the WAC and go through their paces under a new command. They will continue to serve the cause of freedom. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1944 (UE44034)
IT’S DEWEY AND BRICKNER
Chicago, Ill.—Governor Thomas Dewey of New York is nominated as the Republican candidate by the count of 1,056 to 1, the sole dissenting vote being cast for General MacArthur. In his acceptance speech, the Governor says he has made no promises, and that the election will bring an end to “one-man” government. Flying from Albany to Chicago to accept the nomination, Dewey is accompanied by his charming wife, and his mother is on hand to see her son receive this high honor.
ALLIES LAND ON ELBA
Veteran French commandos and colonial troops supported by American, British and French warships invade this island off the Italian coast famed as Napoleon’s home-in exile. Meeting fierce resistance, the invaders kill 500 Germans and take nearly 2,00 prisoners.
GERMANY’S “SECRET” WEAPON
England—Here are the first motion pictures of the Nazi robot bomb, launched from the French coast and scattering death and destruction over a large section of southern England. Anti-aircraft fire brings the rocket bombs down as home defenses are tightened against this new menace. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1944 (UE44035)
THE WAR ON TWO FRONTS
Saipan Island—An American task force moves in on this strategic Jap island base within near bomber range of Tokyo’s front yard. After four days of naval and air bombardment the Marines take over, suffering losses three times those at Tarawa, but Jap dead are more than ours and they lost 700 planes.
Cherbourg—Allied troops complete the conquest of the Cherbourg peninsula as reinforcements are flown in by air. 28,000 German prisoners were taken by the allies who either captured or destroyed the greater part of their equipment.
ALLIED WOMEN AT WAR
Anzio, Italy—Answering General Mark Clark’s call for more WACS in Italy, a fresh contingent arrives at this Italian port and settle into their new life quickly. Canadian CWACS and nurses are on the job, also, aiding doctors and surgeons in front line hospitals while under constant fire.
DEWEY MEETS THE PRESS
Chicago, Ill.—Governor Dewey, Republican candidate for President, holds his first conference stressing his approval of the platform and denying he will resign his office as governor. Mrs. Dewey also meets the newspapermen saying she will make no speeches and leave campaigning to her husband.
UNDERWATER TEAMWORK
Los Angeles, Calif.—A couple of nifty water nymphs, Martha and Patsy Brown, 18-year-old twins, put on an underwater aquatic act that should make swimming history. With remarkable precision they dip and rise with graceful ease. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1944 (UE44036)
THE CAPTURE OF CHERBOURG
While the British and Canadians are protecting their flank at Caen, General Bradley’s First American Army lays siege to Cherbourg, key port on the embattled French coast. Following thunderous bombardment by artillery and from the air, Doughboys filter into Cherbourg. Snipers are laid low, and thousands of Nazi prisoners are herded into prison fields, where they are fed G.I. iron rations. General von Schlieben and Admiral Hennecke present an abject pictures as they become the prisoners of war of Major General Tom Collins. Russians, who had been bearing arms with the Nazis, become Yankee prisoners over the tearful remonstrance’s of their tag-a-long Russian wives. Yanks on reconnaissance, discover camouflaged tracks form which “buzz-bombs” had been rocketed towards England. General Collins advances to city hall, where the local mayor is again restored to civil authority over this latest won prize of American arms. And various daughters of La Belle France open their arms in warm embrace, as they welcome the Doughboys to their liberated city.
YANK SHUTTLE BOMBING
Giant Flying Fortresses, based in England, roar over targets deep inside Germany. After dropping their deadly cargoes, they continue to Russia, where they are roundly greeted by their allies.
DEWEY FAMILY PORTRAIT
Chicago, Ill.—Republican nominee, Thomas Dewey, sits for a living portrait, surrounded by the adult members of his immediate family.
S.S. “BENJAMIN WARNER”
Richmond, Calif.—The 519th Liberty ship to be built on the West Coast honors the entire motion picture industry as it is christened “Benjamin Warner.” Various members of the famous movie family participate in the Henry Kaiser launching.
LIBERATION CEREMONIES (Exclusive)
New York Harbor—The Treasury Department’s famous L.C.T. boat, “Blue Star,” climaxes a nautical bond selling tour as she takes part in patriotic ceremonies at the Statue of Liberty. Representatives from many lands awaiting complete liberation, hasten to but America’s War Bonds. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1944 (UE44037)
SUCCESS IN NORMANDY
At the Allied drive gains momentum in Normandy some very revealing sidelights on the ferocious activity, there, are seen. We watch huge flailing machines—mine beaters—as they thresh lengths of chain into roadways suspected of containing Nazi anti-personal mines. Huge streams of Nazi prisoners are marched to the rear, led by their pompous and stiff Generals. In the air, Allied aircraft display their prowess as they pin-point bomb Nazi road junctions, shoot up locomotives, and explode Nazi aircraft on the ground. The infantry is shown advancing step by step through piles of broken enemy equipment. The liberation of France proceeds.
SUCCESS IN SAIPAN
Furious artillery action, destruction of flimsy Jap headquarters, the terrific explosion of our command post—these things mark our conquest of this Jap Island. Yank planes land on the conquered air fields, fore runners of the swarms of planes that will more than repay America’s debt to the 15,000 casualties that were sustained in this bloody victory.
FDR OUT FOR FOURTH TERM
Wash., D.C.—President Roosevelt summons the newshawks of the capital to announce that he will permit his name to be placed in nomination if the sovereign will of the American people demand that he run.
TECUMSEH TITHES (Exclusive)
Tecumseh, Mich.—Henry Ford and his gracious wife journey to this ideal community where one cubic inch of “dynamic” wheat planted in 1940, has grown to 140,00 bushels of the staff of life. And religiously, a tithe (one tenth) of the crop goes to the church.
WALLACE IN WASHINGTON
V.P. Henry Wallace, upon returning from China, finds the air filled with mystery concerning his re-nomination as running mate for FDR.
THE COW GIRLS DO IT
Los Angeles, Calif.—Cow girls steal all the honors at a huge rodeo, as they ride the hide right off the horses, right side up, or wrong side down. The cow boys, well, they joined the back-to-the-earth movement, ingloriously.
STIMSON IN ITALY
U.S. Sec. of War spends the Fourth of July in Italy, inspecting Allied won positions. An unique and colorful ceremony is held in Rome.
HUMAN CANNON BALL
Palisade Amusement Park, N.J.—Victoria Zachinni, 22, carries on the human projectile business for her soldier brothers as she zooms 400 ft. out of a cannon, into a bouncing net. Then somehow, (blush) she reverses the whole trajectory and jumps right back into the cannon. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1944 (UE44038)
THE DEMOCRATS CONVENE
Chicago Stadium, Chicago—With the echoes of the GOP convention barely subsided within these walls, Chairman Robert Hannegan calls the Democratic National Convention into session. Personalities abound including Mrs. Claude Pepper of Florida, Congress-woman Mary Norton of New Jersey, Senator Jackson of Indiana (permanent chairman), Senator Scott Lucas, the old warrior James Farley and others. Mrs. Charles Tillett of North Carolina addresses the Convention—then the glamorous Helen Gahagan (ex-Broadway star, wife of film star Melvyn Douglas, and herself a candidate for Congress from California) give a thrilling speech. Finally, Oklahoma’s Chief Executive, the Honorable Robert S. Kerr, delivers the keynote address, which stirs its hearers, all the way down their spines.
INDEPENDENCE DAY IN EUROPE
In France—General Eisenhower observes General Bradley fire a giant howitzer which signals our massed artillery into a massed crescendo of fire. Behind the lines, the French string “Welcome” signs all over, improvise American flags, and a choral group of French children sing “America.” They love our moow-oon-tains.
In Rome—Old Glory is raised at the Piazza Venezia, near the Victor Emanuel Memorial, scene of Nazi retreats.
CANADIANS ADVANCE
After a well earned rest, following the landing battles in Normandy, the Canadians return to the thick of the fighting at Cariquet. So severe is the fighting that some of the Canadian camera crew were killed while filming these shots. In their sector, the Yanks are blazing through the hedge rows with grenade guns.
WACS SEE EGYPT
Vacationing from Italy a group of WACS live the life of Cleopatra. After tip-toeing through a Mosque, they ride some miles on some camels getting an eyeful of the Sphinx and the Pyramids. Then they drift down the river in dhows. Wotta life.
THE BLACK WIDOW
Hawthorne, Calif.—Uncle Sam reveals the Black Widow, the largest and most powerful pursuit plane in the world. It has the power of a Deisel locomotive, carries tremendous armament, and like the owl, it is a night flyer. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1944 (UE44039)
DEMOCRATS NAME F.D.R. AND TRUMAN
The Stadium, Chicago—Excitement mounts at the Democratic National Convention as Senator Alben Barkley accredits President Roosevelt with the outstanding virtues of many of our previous presidents, then places his name in nomination. Pandemonium breaks loose. From a West Coast Naval Station, Mister Roosevelt accepts the nomination. His clear cut speech, citing some of the high spots in his three administrations, rings out over the huge Chicago assembly. Nominations for the Vice-Presidency are opened. Henry Wallace, Paul McNutt and Scott Lucas jockey into position but—the hand of destiny which has been guiding U. S. Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri, projects him into the number two spot on the Democratic ticket.
“COMING BACK” AT CAPRI
Convalescent U. S. Airmen live a luxurious life at this resort island near Naples. Ice cream, baseball, bathing and dancing capricious steps with beautiful young ladies—that’s the ticket at Capri.
THE AQUATENNIAL
Minneapolis stages its beautiful annual Aquatennial as exceptional floats monopolize attention in a gigantic parade. And Rollo, weight about 450 lbs., unsuccessfully aspires to be Queen.
HARVESTING IN THE HILLS
Walla Walla, Wash.—20 horses pull giant combine harvester over the rolling hills of the Miller Bros. Ranch, cutting, threshing and sacking thousands of bushels of wheat. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1944 (UE44040)
RUSSIA SMASHES THE NAZIS
Russia’s armies continue their sledge-hammer drives on the entire Eastern front. In scenes typical of the entire blazing offensive, we watch Red mortars and tanks blasting paths through the crumbling German lines. Building blow up, snipers are mowed down . . . hand grenades and machine guns finish the job.
An army of Nazi prisoners trudges rear-ward, to oblivion.
RETURN OF THE REFUGEES
In Normandy, scores of refugees climb through piles of ruined buildings, seeking refuge and food. They find both at their church. The children are so hungry they swab their plates clean.
TRUMAN AT HOME
Independence, Mo.—We drop in on Senator Harry Truman, Democratic running mate to President Roosevelt, finding him at his Midwest mansion with his lovely wife and daughter.
WAC DECORATED
Fort Meyer, VA.—Pfc. Mary Jane Ford, WAC, is awarded the Soldier’s Medal for her efforts in attempting to save a soldier from drowning.
TRIMMING THE TRAITORS
Cherbourg—French women, who had consorted with the Nazis to the detriment of France, are speedily shorn of their tresses—with good old fashioned clippers.
GEN. ROOSEVELT DIES
The popular leader, Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt is shown taking his last tour through the French area held by his command. A week later he is dead of pneumonia. We watch his military funeral.
DIAPER STEEPLECHASE
Palisades Amusement Park, N.J.—Arms full of tots, clad in diapers, engage in athrilling steeplechase over a 50 ft. course, in commemoration of Diaper Services’ anniversary. Denis Docatis rolls across the line, the winner.
DEWEY-BRICKER MEETING
Albany, N.Y.—Gov. Dewey, N.Y., and Gov. Bricker, Ohio, GOP nominees for Pres. And Vice-Pres. Respectively, meet to plan their campaign.
G.I. “STAR” BASEBALL
Central Pacific—Joe DiMaggio, and other Big League stars now starring in khaki, stage a 15 inning 1—0 game for a stadium full of G.I. Joes.
BASTILLE DAY—‘44
The liberated French parade to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as they spiritedly celebrate their nation’s Natal Day. DeGaulle and the Allies are singled out for special attention.
BURMA GETS A BATH (Exclusive)
Philadelphia, PA.—To provide respite from the torrid weather, zoo attendants turn the hose on Burma, a 6 yr. old elephant, chasing her plumb into a pool. She churns and chugs, then tries to pull the hose in too, with the keeper on the end of it. |
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