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Military Newsreels 1945 Issue 40
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keywords: wwii, home front, us aeronautics, p-80 shooting star jet fighter, france, palace of justice, high treason trial, vichy government, marshal henri petain, okinawa, airfield construction, europe, potsdam conference, president harry s. truman, prime minister clement attlee, dictator joseph stalin, pacific theater, japan, air attacks, naval bombardment
Synopsis: WWII Jet Fighter Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Crowned World's Fastest, French Marshal Henri Petain Tried For WWII Treason, Okinawa Village Moved To Make Way For New Airfield, United States, Great Britain And Soviet Union End Berlin Meeting, Japan Homeland Blasted By Air And Sea (2007-102t.txt-39023)...(read more)
- Date: 1945
- Duration: 00:09:28
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, Europe, France, Japan, Okinawa
Post-WWII Jet Fighter Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Crowned World's Fastest
The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces USAAF and was the World's fastest aircraft. Scenes of the P-80 plane taking off as well as in flight.
French Marshal Henri Petain Tried For WWII Treason
Palace of Justice in Paris France. The former head of the Vichy Government in France, Marshall Henri Petain, is tried for treason at the Palace of Justice in Paris August 2, 1945. Edouard Daladier, French Premier at the start of WWII is prosecution witness along with former French President Albert LeBrun and Paul Raynaud, last Democratic Premier of France. Marshall Henri Petain in full military uniform enters courtroom and is charged with collaboration with the Nazis. Scenes of the courtroom proceedings.
Okinawa Village Moved To Make Way For New Airfield
An entire village on Okinawa is moved to make way for the construction of an airfield. Movement of civilians from village to new home. Civilians at work constructing airfield.
United States, Great Britain And Soviet Union End Berlin Meeting
President Harry S. Truman, Soviet Dictator Joseph Stalin, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pose for pictures at Potsdam. The three leaders join in a cordial handshake. Shows British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, Winston Churchill's successor at the conference, referred to in some older documents as the Berlin Conference. Clement Clement Attlee, Harry Truman and Joseph Stalin at conference.
Japan Homeland Blasted By Air And Sea
Scenes of U.S. Admiral Halsey’s 3rd fleet approaching Japan in WWII. Animated map shows movement of bombers from Okinawa for attack on Nagasaki Japan and carrier-based planes for attack on Tokyo Japan. Carrier-based Vought F4U Corsair planes taking off from Aircraft Carrier off coast of Japan. Carrier based Curtiss SB2C Helldiver planes from Admiral Halsey’s 3rd fleet sweep over Japan attacking ships and Tokyo land targets with rockets and machine gun fire. CU of Curtiss SB2C Helldiver planes in flight. Gun camera footage of attacks.
Battleships and Cruisers of the 3rd fleet firing 14-inch and 16-inch guns bombard Japan. Loading and firing of the Navy 16-inch guns. The naval bombardment of Japan has begun.
