FOCUS ON THE 1940s
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MS Italian soldiers on parade, goose-stepping; MS BENITO MUSSOLINI speaking from balcony. Low angle MS Japanese tanks rolling on parade; MSs EMPEROR HIROHITO riding white horse, inspecting troops. Low angle traveling shot passing underneath long Nazi banner; MSs ADOLF HITLER arriving at Nazi rally, watching marching SS soldiers.
DO NOT USE Still of WINSTON CHURCHILL meeting w/ FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
MS of the two sitting at military ceremony, singing (at Atlantic charter summit).
DO NOT USE Stills people listening to radios in their homes (black and white). Stills FDR.
Newsreel of the 1944 Democratic National Convention (delegates on floor, waving pro-FDR placards). Cut to CU FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT speaking to camera: "What is the job before us in 1944? First, to win the war, to win it fast, to win it overwhelmingly. Secondly, to farm worldwide organizations and to arrange to use the armed forces of the sovereign nations of the world to make another world war impossible."
Newsreel of Yalta Conference, 1945, Churchill, Roosevelt & JOSEPH STALIN meeting, sitting outdoors for press op (FDR looks tired, haggard, weak).
1945 Newsreel of FDR funeral march in Washington (horse-drawn carriage holding flag-draped coffin being led through street, Capitol Dome in misty BG; black & white mourners crying, waving handkerchiefs). Cut to newsreel of HARRY S. TRUMAN being sworn in as President.
Cut to MS Mr. Truman speaking to cam, announcing Germany's surrender: "This is a solemn but glorious hour. I wish that Franklin D. Roosevelt had lived to see this day. General Eisenhower informs me that the forces of Germany have surrendered to the United Nations. The flags of freedom fly all over Europe. Much remains to be done. The victory won in the West must now be wonin the East."
DO NOT USE Stills of General DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER meeting w/ GIs.
D-Day Invasion, VO of Eisenhower address to the people of Europe: panning LS flotilla Allied naval vessels in water, barrage balloons flying overhead; MS General OMAR BRADLEY climbing ropes, boarding ship; MS Gen. Bradley and Gen. Eisenhower meeting, talking on deck of ship; MSs Field Marshal BERNARD MONTGOMERY boarding ship, meeting w/ Gen. Eisenhower & Admiral Sir BERTRAM HOME RAMSAY.
MS General DOUGLAS A. MACARTHUR standing dramatically at door of U.S. military plane, pipe in mouth, surveying the area. 1945 newsreel of Japanese formal surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri: LS battleship; MS's Japanese & American photographers; CU Mac speaking, "We are gathered here representative of the major warring powers to conclude a solemn agreement whereby peace may be restored. I now invite the representative of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government and the Japanese Imperial General HQ to sign the instrument of surrender at the places indicated," C/As sailors watching on, the Japanese representatives standing & waiting; MSs Japanese reps signing document of surrender; CU Mac, "The Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers will now sign on behalf of all the nations at war w/ Japan", followed by MS Mac signing the doc, followed by MSs Mac resuming the mic, saying, "These proceedings are closed"; CU document book being closed.
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Female singer. "I'll Be Around"