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Post-WWII - 1945: European Summary; Eisenhower on G.I. Joe; Pacific Atrocity; V-E Day Celebration

Reel Number: 300194

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s,1945

Country: Germany,Japan,USA

Location: DC,Leipzig,Magdeburg,New York City,Nuremberg,Okinawa,Pacific,RYUKU ISLANDS,Seattle,Times Square,Washington

TC Begins: 01:00:08

TC Ends: 01:07:05

Duration: 00:06:57

Post-WWII - 1945: European Summary; Eisenhower on G.I. Joe; Pacific Atrocity; V-E Day Celebration Intertitle: Funeral Pyres of Nazidom. Aerials over destroyed Leipzig . Magdeburg & Bismark statue overlooking Krupp tank factory w/ destroyed assembly line & rail yard. Tanks still on assembly line. 01;00:46 Nuremberg w/ massive ruins & US tanks moving thru. Stone eagle above dead bodies; Stadium w/ U.S. flag raised to cover Swastika. 01;01:20 Flashback of stadium w/ Nazi troops parading. 01:01:25 MS of Swastika. MLS Swastika blown up w/ debris flying. 01;01:40 US troops reviewed among ruins in city square. Rubble alongside. Destruction; wreckage. 01:02:02 Intertitle: Eisenhower Calls GI’s Real Heroes. Ike speaks to camera: “The United Nations will gratefully remember Tedder, Montgomery, Spaatz, Bradley, de Lattre & many others. But all these agree w/ me in the selection of the truly heroic man of this war. He is G.I. Joe and his counterpart in the air, the navy & the Merchant Marine of everyone of the United Nations. He has braved the dangers of U-boat infested seas; he has surmounted charges into desperately defended beaches. He has fought his tedious, patient way thru the ultimate fortified zones; he has endured cold, hunger, fatigue. His companion has been danger; death has dogged his footsteps. He & his platoon commanders have given us an example of loyalty, devotion to duty and indomitable courage that will live in our hearts as long as we admire those qualities in men”. 01:03:13 Intertitle: Japanese Suicide Pilot Dives on Hospital Ship. Huge hole in side of hospital ship above large Red Cross flag where Kamikazee pilot dove into USS Comfort 60 miles off Okinawa after strafing it first. 29 killed & 31 wounded. Wounded carried to military ambulances on dock. 01:03:57 Cemetery w/ dead arriving for burial service; flag-draped coffins carried to graves; nurses & soldiers at attention at funeral. Line of coffins; bugler. Flag flying over many wooden crosses in military cemetery. 01:04:31 Intertitle: Iwo Flag to be Symbol of 7th Loan. Honor Guard facing Capitol building as three survivors of flag raising on Iwo Jima in CUs as Ira Hayes, Gagon, Bradley, for 7th Liberty Loan, raise tattered flag from Mt. Suribachi over Capitol 01:05:06 Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau speaks to camera telling why we should buy bonds so that war will finally end. 01:05:35 Intertitle: Nation Hails V-E Day. Interior of Boeing plant in Seattle & wheeling out an extra B-29 among crowd of workers. Sign on bomber: On To Tokyo. Workers waving. 01:06:05 Capitol dome lighted for first time since Pearl Harbor. 01:06:15 Times Square at night fully lighted. Movie Marquees w/ lights. Celebrating crowds & sailor mimicking Hitler. Statue of Liberty turned on. People waving. Post-WW2; Homefront Activities; Celebrations;

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