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Newsreels: 1945 Events At Home And Abroad
Newsreels 1945 stock footage documents world events, politics and war as well as sports, fashion and entertainment for the year of 1945. Our Public Domain Stock Footage newsreels cover every major world event, the not so major events, strides in technology, the lives of public figures, fads and trends. Newsreels 1945 is an incredibly rich resource of visual history that tells the story of the year 1945. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1945 (UE45091)
OPEN PEARL HARBOR INQUIRY
Washington—The long-awaited congressional hearings on Pearl Harbor open in the Senate caucus room. The joint Investigating Committee of Congress is pledged to fix the blame, or at least reveal the steps which brought the nation into war, and calls the first witnesses to tell their stories of the nation’s worst military disaster.
ATTLEE ADDRESSES CONGRESS
Washington—Talking to a joint session of the House and Senate, the British Prime Minister looks forward to even closer cooperation between the United States and Great Britain through the United Nations organization.
MILITARY LEADER WELCOMED
Boston—General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower gets a roaring welcome in the Hub city as he returns from Europe on his way to Washington to testify on unifed command and peacetime training. Millions cheer the Supreme Commander in a parade through the city streets. (Except Minneapolis and Detroit)
THOUSAND SAWAIT VISION
New York City—Expectant crowds, estimated at 30,000 persons brave a driving rain in a vacant lot to await a religious “visitation” claimed to have been witnessed by a nine-year-old boy.
GI CHORUS ON THE RHINE
Germany-American troops raise their voices in song as they sail down the Rhine in river boat. Well trained, the men turn in a performance that would be the envy of professionals.
HOME TOWN WELCOMES SHERMAN
Port Huron Mich.—Vice Admiral Frederick C. Sherman gets a tumultuous welcome as he returns to his home town. He was the last man off the Lexington when it sank and skipper of the Big E—the Enterprise. (Detroit only)
BRITISH AID GERMAN KIDS
Berlin – Thousands of German children, faced with near starvation this coming winter, are being transported by the English to winter homes in the country areas where they can be better sheltered and fed.
TWIN CITIES HAIL HALSEY
Minneapolis St. Paul—William F. (White Horse) Halsey is the object of a spontaneous welcome by cheering thousands. Accompanied by former Governor Harold E. Stassen he faces a barrage of cheers. (Minneapolis only) |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1945 (UE45094)
PRESIDENT DECORATES MARSHALL
Washington—General George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, receives an oak leaf cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal from President Truman as he relinquishes his post to retire.
ADMIRAL HALSEY RETIRES
Long Beach, Calif.—Admiral William F. Halsey, who led the Third Fleet from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay, hauls down his four star pennant from his flagship South Dakota as he says goodbye to his men.
JAPANESE SHIPPED HOME
Seattle—More than a thousand Japanese, led by diplomats captured in Europe, leave for their homeland. Those who have been living in this country renounced thir American citizenship.
SANTA CAPTURES PHILADELPHIA
In a monster parade, old St. Nick moves in on the city and captures it without a fight. When the city’s thousands (including the younger fry) have a good look he enters a department store via a fire ladder. (Philadelphia only)
F.D.R.’S STAMPS ON SALE
New York—The comprehensive collection from the estate of Mr. Roosevelt is brought to New York for cataloguing before it goes on sale early next year. Its value is placed at $100,000.
INDIANA TRIPS PURDUE, 26-0
Bloomington, Ind.—The Hoosiers complete their first undefeated season in a half-century and take their first Big Ten title as they shut out the Purdue Boilermakers with a flashy brand of football. (Except Atlanta and New Orleans)
XMAS IS ONT EH WAY, KIDS
New York—The holiday season is officially ushered in as Macy’s parade of overstuffed balloons down the streets of Manhattan gives Gotham children a preview of Santa Claus.
Hollywood—On the other side of the continent, the film capital stages its own grand entry of THAT man from the North Pole
(Except Philadelphia)
IRISHI RALLY BEATS TULANE
New Orleans, LA.—Trailing 6 to 0 at the half, Notre Dame comes back with a rush to surge to victory before the South’s record football crowd. Tulane, the underdog, really gives the Irish a battle before going down, 32 to 6.
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1945 (UE45095)
NAZIS FACE ALLIED JUSTICE
Nuremberg—At the trial of twenty German big-wig war leader, Goering, Hess, von Ribbentrop, et al, evidence is brought out by prosecutors to show that they, with Hitler, long plotted an aggressive attack on their European neighbors.
GERMAN SPIES EXECUTED
Berlin—Three Germans who were caught behind American lines and wearing American uniforms go to their deaths before a firing squad. They were caught a half-an-hour after passing our outposts.
HANG MURDERERS OF FLIERS
Bruchsal—Five other Germans are hung after being convicted of murdering six U.S. airforce aviators who crash-landed near here. Captured, they were stoned to death as they were passing through the town.
HIROHITO ADMITS WAR LOST
Tokio—The Emperor visits the tomb of his father to “confess” to him that Japan lost the war. This is the first time that such a report to his ancestors has ever been photographed.
RIDING HIGH WITH JOE, (GI)
Tokio—It’s a rip-snortin’ show that American occupation troops stage in this Jap city as they put on a rodeo with all the state-side trimmings, including high dives from the brons’ backs.
GET OUT AND GET UNDER
Chicago—On the fiftieth anniversary of the first automobile race in the United States thirty cars, ranging from 1896 to 1910 models, stage a nostalgic parade of the jalopies grandpa used to drive. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1945 (UE45096)
THE ARMY SINKS NAVY
Philadelphia—Called the greatest team ever to take to the gridiron, the Kaydets, led by their two big guns (Blanchard and Davis) kick the Middies around. But it’s not all Army, for the boys from Annapolis, 27 point underdogs, run up two touchdowns before the game ends 32 to 13. Speaking of the Black Knights, Blanchard scored three touchdowns while Davis went over for two. More than a hundred thousand people witnessed the game recorded by our cameras.
DISCUSS ATOM CONTROL
Washington—Maj.-Gen. Leslie R. Groves, the man who controlled the development of the atomic bomb, looks forward to its peacetime uses before a Senate committee. He testifies with other scientists and asks for a commission to supervise the use of atomic energy.
150 YEARS OF MARRIAGE
Long Beach, Calif.—Three sisters who were married on the same day in 1895 celebrate their golden anniversaries together. All have had fifty years of happy married life and cut a cake to prove it.
BELGIANS HAIL CHURCHILL
Brussels—The former Prime Minister of England, who saw the allies through to victory, is acclaimed by the Belgians on a tour fo their country—a nation liberated by an Allied victory.
GEORGIA TECH
Atlanta, GA.—Led by Charlie Trippi, Georgia sweeps to a 33 to 0 victory. Capacity was the keynote as thirty two thousand people witnessed the Bulldog win over Georgia Tech. (Atlanta Only) |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1945 (UE45097)
NUREMBERG SIDELIGHTS
As the trial of the twenty Nazi war criminals proceeds we take you behind the scenes to show the inner workings of how the news goes to the world through switchboard batteries and special telegraph wires. Meanwhile the evidence piles up against Goering & Co. as the British prosecutor reads further accusations.
BLAST NAZI PLANT
Ebenhausen—The huge I.G. Farben plant that produced tons of nitrocellulose daily for German war use is blown up. This is part of a systematic Allied campaign to destroy every vestige of factories used for war.
CHILDREN DIE IN BUS
Chelan, Wash.—Fifteen children and the bus driver are drowned when a school bus plunges off the road into a lake during a blinding snowstorm. Only five children and a woman escaped from the bus.
GI’S HOME ON BIG “E”
New York—The great carrier Enterprise arrives home from Southampton with thousands of soldiers aboard. At the English port this war heroine was honored by the Lord Mayor of the city.
U.S. TO PARIS IN 16 HOURS
Washington—The world shrinks still more as Constellation planes inaugurate this route for TWA. Madame Bonnet, wife of the French Ambassador, christens the first plane with a compressed air gun.
“UNITY,” ASKS NAM HEAD
New York—As the National Association of Manufacturers convenes, F. C. Crawford, Executive Committee chairman, says management labor peace and full productivity can prevent inflation and raise living standards.
BASKETBALL SEASONON
New York—In the season’s curtain raiser at Madison Square Garden, Long Island University’s Blackbirds win 60 to 40 over Valparaiso before 18,000 spectators who thrill to fast, snappy ball handling. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1945 (UE45098)
ACROSS U. S. IN 5 HOURS
The Mixmaster, an experimental medium bomber, with contra-revolving propellers in the tail, makes the dash from Long Beach, Cal., to Washington, D.C., in five hours and seventeen minutes. The engines of this radical plane are buried in the fuselage . . . The navy unveils a scout bomber similarly equipped. It uncorks a speed of four hundred fifty miles plus and can do almost any type of fighting.
XMAS IN THE AIR
A bumper crop of Christmas trees is gathered for the first postwar Yule season. Across the nation shoppers throng the stores. As usual, Santa Claus is in evidence and—whee!—he has electric trains this year.
DEAD NISEI HONORED
Talbert, Cal.—General “Vinegar” Joe Stilwell journeys to this small town to present the Distinguished Service Cross to Mary Masuda whose Japanese-American brother died heroically near Cassino, Italy.
“IKE” TAKES OVER
Washington—General Eisenhower assumes his new post as chief of staff. He has high praise for his predecessor, General Marshall, and pleads for strong national defense.
PLEA FOR WAR HUNGRY
New York—Archbishop Spellman urges American children to collect canned goods for children of Europe. All Catholic parishes will act as receiving centers.
REDSKINS TAKE TITLE
Washington—The Washington Redskins vanquish the New York Giants, to gain their fifth Eastern championship in the National Football League. The score 17 to 0. |
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NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS OF 1945 (UE45100)
RESCUE SHIP BRINGS GI’S
After adventurous sea trips, 1,100 GI’s arrive in New York aboard the U.S.S. Saturnia. The soldiers were taken from vessels disabled in mid-ocean and towed to Bermuda. It was a close call, making home before Christmas.
NEW YORK HAILS HALSEY
New York—The fighting commander of the Third Fleet is accorded one of New York’s traditional welcomes and travels the “Avenue of Heroes.” Gotham gains another distinguished honorary citizen, as a snowstorm and a paper storm greet him.
MOTORIZED GLIDER
Los Angeles—Gliding and soaring enthusiasts now have a machine that takes the work out of the sport. A 16-horsepower motor gets the glider off the ground and back home in case of adverse winds.
PILOTLESS AIRCRAFT
Atlantic City, N.J.—For the first time the Navy reveals a radio controlled Hellcat and a PBY flying boat equipped with a winged bomb steered by remote radio. Both were used effectively against the Japs.
JAPS LEAVE CINE
Shanghai—First group of repatriates leave Shanghai. Civilians and military alike are carefully searched for weapons and contraband. None are allowed to take more than 100 pounds of personal belongings back to Japan.
RAMS WIN GRID TITLE
Cleveland—The Rams win a thriller 15 to 14 from the Washington Redskins to take the National Professional Football Championship. A conversion kick that hit the cross bar and wobbled over, was the margin of victory, as 32,000 frigid fans yelled. |
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