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| keywords: u.s. navy warplanes, washington d.c., 50 years of film, airborne troops, paratroops, parachutists |
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Synopsis: U.S. Navy Planes Attack Japanese Ships, Celebration Of Spring In Washington D.C., Cinema Celebrates 50 Years Of Film Making, Airborne Troops Make Practice Drop In England... (read more) |
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Information: 1944 10 min BW |
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U.S. Navy planes bomb Japanese ships in the South Pacific. Gun camera footage of American planes attacking Japanese ships. Air to sea combat.
U.S. Servicewomen hail Spring from coast-to-coast. Servicewomen view the cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. and the daffodil harvest in Washington State. Shows a wedding service in a field of flowers. An Army Chaplain marries the couple.
50th birthday of cinema recalls historic films. Shows Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford filming. Mrs. Edison displays the Kinescope her husband perfected in 1894. Shows lower Broadway in New York City in 1896, Theodore Roosevelt and the “Rough Riders” returns from the war in Cuba, Theodore Roosevelt in the inaugural parade in 1905, Shows the working girl and a beauty parade at the turn of the century. Shows Lillian Russell, a horseless carriage, Market Street San Francisco, CA in the early 1900’s. William S. Hart appearing in an early movie. Shows Clara Kimball Drew and Sydney Drew in an early screen drama. Pearl White and Ruth Rowland performing hair-raising stunts.
Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower see airborne troops ready for test as they watch parachute drop in England. Troops load onto aircraft, planes take to air, fleets of C-47 transports in flight with airborne troops, shows paratroopers seated in plane, and jump out of door. Hundreds of paratroopers jump. Hundreds parachutes fill the sky. Excellent airborne paratrooper footage.
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