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- Story Text:00:59:52:18 - WHY WE FIGHT series of newsreels. War comes to America, Information film #7. HOME FRONT. INDUSTRY.
00:59:55:17 - City street. Home front.
00:59:59:21 - Newspaper boy with newspaper and headline Nazi Spy Gang arrested.
01:00:03:23 - Crowded darkened movie theatre crowd.
01:00:05:07 - Couple in movie theatre watching intently.
01:00:07:02 - Title "Confessions of a Nazi Spy" on movie screen theatre.
01:00:10:04 - Scenes from "Confessions of a Nazi Spy" on movie theatre screen.
01:00:25:03 - Woman in movie theatre looks in horror.
01:00:28:02 - Seq of American Nazis on parade. with flags and band. giving nazi salute.
01:00:46:07 - Seq of American Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden. "Title Madison Square Garden New York City." view from ceiling. pan over crowd.
01:01:12:08 - Half dissolve of Hitler and Mussolini on Newsweek cover and scenes of Europe and industry in background
01:01:18:02 - Steel mill. Industry.
01:01:19:22 - Man breaks champagne bottle on hull of ship.
01:01:20:22 - Ship pulls away from harbor
01:01:23:23 - German soldiers in truck in parade look proud
01:01:26:06 - German tanks in parade
01:01:27:23 - Formation of German planes and flag in foreground
01:01:29:16 - Half dissolve of Japanese boy with rifle on Life cover with scenes of smokestacks and industry in background.
01:01:33:28 - Half dissolve of Japanese yen being counted and industry in background.
01:01:35:28 - Steel mill. Industry.
01:01:37:06 - Steel workers at mill. Sparks. Industry.
01:01:38:12 - Japanese steel workers hammering sheet of metal.
01:01:39:27 - Welders on ship. Industry.
01:01:41:00 - Launching of Japanese ship.
01:01:47:00 - Half dissolve seq of German soldiers marching and tanks on parade.
01:01:53:05 - Parade of Italian soldiers.
01:01:54:16 - Italian soldiers in parade goosestepping or marching.
01:01:57:26 - Italian soldiers in parade by Roman Coliseum with crowds watching. Title quote fades in "We have actually been at war since the day when we lifted the flag of our frevolution against the democratic world. Mussolini"
01:01:54:13 - Mussolini standing by Roman statue and saluting
01:02:09:12 - Quote title "The Germans are a noble and unique race to whom the earth was given by the grace of God. Hitler Mein Kampf Page 827" over night Nazi rally
01:02:16:03 - Hitler at night saluting
01:02:18:24 - Quote title "The world must come to look up to our Emperor as the great ruler of all nations. Lord Hotta. Premier of Japan. 1858." with Japanese troops marching under ancient gate in background.
01:02:28:25 - Japanese emperor and officers on horseback.
01:02:30:09 - Men bowing with flags.
01:02:32:03 - Lord Hirohito saluting on horseback.
01:02:34:02 - Crowd of Japanese with many flags waving.
01:02:35:01 - Many Nazi flags.
01:02:36:09 - Italian crowd waving
01:02:37:12 - Split screen of Hirohito, Hitler and Mussolini and crowds.
01:02:42:28 - MCU of Statue of Liberty.
01:02:46:02 - Declaration of Independence. Quote title zoom in "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal."
01:02:50:17 - Man talking to crowd with US flag behind him. Shakes fist.
01:02:53:27 - Ornate church steeples.
01:02:56:16 - Lincoln Memorial statue. German soldier comes in and smashes it. Split screen of Hirohito, Hitler and Mussoline with crowds appear.
01:03:03:19 - Gallup pollster asks men questions.
01:03:07:16 - Title "December 1938. Should the United States increase the strength of its army navy and air force?" Graphic shows vote.
01:03:16:21 - US capitol with trees in foreground and cars.
01:03:18:16 - Title "Military Affairs Committee House of Representatives" over Congress meeting hearing
01:03:21:21 - Three congressmen with title "Rep. Andrew J. May Kentucky"
01:03:25:12 - Congress meeting hearing
01:03:26:29 - Men citizens listening
01:03:28:09 - Title "House of Representatives" over Congress meeting hearing.
01:03:33:09 - Title "Charles Edison Secretary of Navy" over man talking at Congress meeting hearing
01:03:38:06 - Congress meeting hearing
11:03:40:10 - Man talking at Congress meeting hearing
01:03:43:26 - Graphic of U.S. Military Budget
01:03:59:23 - Graphic of Europe with Nazi swastika. Title "March 14th 1939". German soldiers in silhouette march goosestep across.
01:04:08:23 - MCU Hitler smiling.
01:04:12:02 - Title "April 7th 1939"
01:04:14:06 - Church in New York City
01:04:17:06 - Church???
01:04:19:06 - Inside stain glass windows
01:04:21:03 - Choir singing
01:04:23:00 - Roof and columns of church
01:04:25:02 - Newspaper man/boy with newspaper and headline Italy Attacks Albania
01:04:28:18 - Ships firing
01:04:31:10 - Seq of Italian troops - Italian troop ship, leaving marching from ship, with bicycles on road, on trucks, tanks and troops.
01:04:42:04 - White House
01:04:45:01 - FDR signing paper
01:04:54:16 - Seq of Hitler addressing speaking to many other German officers. Goehring sits behind him. Large Nazi flag and swastika and eagle. Goehring nodding. Cutways of officers nodding heads, saluting, clapping.
01:05:32:08 - Title "September 1st 1939" then Poland invaded headline over marching goosestepping boots
01:05:38:12 - German troops soldiers crossing river on wooeden bridge
01:05:40:16 - German artillery firing
01:05:41:24 - Explosion on road
01:05:42:21 - German troops soldiers crossing open field
01:05:44:02 - Stuka bombers
01:05:45:24 - "Warsaw" title
01:05:48:02 - Polish crowd reading headlines. See headline Wojna War.
01:05:51:03 - Air raid siren alarm
01:05:52:11 - Polish people civilians running in streets
01:05:55:27 - Seq of German JU-88s planes bombers dropping bombs. cutaway of German gunner and pilot.
01:06:01:11 - German bombers planes Stukas fly over smoke covered city. See people civilians running
01:06:02:16 - German soldier throws grenade and it explodes
01:06:04:20 - German soldiers running charging into town also on horses
01:06:07:20 - Old woman holds head in hands. Depression
01:06:09:05 - Baby gets bandage on head
01:06:11:21 - Group of men put dead bodies civilians on side of road.
01:06:13:27 - Old woman looks depressed.
01:06:15:09 - Dead bodies civilians on side of road.
01:06:16:20 - US flag by radio tower.
01:06:18:23 - Montage of Group of men around radio and couple by radio with women knitting and man reading newspaper. Home front.
01:06:34:02 - Title "London September 3rd 1939" house of parliament and big ben behind title
01:06:35:22 - British London crowd civilians in front of Big Ben and house of parliament
01:06:37:11 - Chamberlain looks tired depressed
01:06:40:22 - Headline "Imminent peril of war - Premier"
01:06:43:00 - Sign "City of Westminster Downing St. S.W." Pan down to long line of british civilians people
01:06:47:17 - Cat walks behind british policeman
01:06:50:02 - Digging air raid shelter. British Men shovel dirt while woman and baby watch. civilians
01:06:52:08 - Old british woman, couple and baby try on gas masks.
01:07:06:10 - Dirigibles ballons float above London
01:07:09:06 - Montage of British soldiers troops marching. Kids on bicycles alongside, in trucks, smile faces thumbs up
01:07:18:24 - Couple in bed listen to radio. HOME FRONT.
01:07:27:05 - Seq of Maginot Line - French troops soldiers walking by "Caserne Maginot" sign, in tunnel, French guns firing
01:07:36:12 - German artillery firing
01:07:39:18 - Galllup pollster asking man question.
01:07:41:17 - Title "September 1939. What country do you consider responsible for causing this war?" Graphic showing vote.
01:07:48:19 - Home front. Neighors reading newspaper, talk.
01:07:55:26 - US capitol donw with trees.
01:07:57:09 - Seq of Congressmen shaking hands and meeting
01:08:02:25 - Seq of Congress listening to FDR. FDR speaking.
01:08:13:29 - US capitol. low-angle.
01:08:15:19 - Congressmen meeting
01:08:19:21 - Title "Sen. Gerald P. Nye North Dakota" under him talking
01:08:30:09 - Title "Sen. Elbert D. Thomas Utah" under him talking
01:08:42:18 - Home front. Men arguing, sitting around reading paper, Kirk Douglas clip with pollster.
01:08:50:24 - Title "October 1939 Should we change the neutrality act so we can sell war supplies?" Graphic showing vote.
01:08:58:29 - Congress listening to FDR president. Half dissolve title "Arms Embargo repealed arms for sale but come and get them."
01:09:05:16 - Graphic showing US production industry and shipping lanes
01:09:15:05 - US freighter
01:09:18:25 - Graphic map of china
01:09:21:15 - Montage of Jap artillery firing. See shell explode
01:09:28:28 - Jap troops in street.
01:09:30:29 - Jap cannon firing
01:09:33:11 - Chinese crowd people civilians running
01:09:34:24 - Jap machine gunner
01:09:35:14 - Chinese women civilians running fear
01:09:37:06 - Jap soldier shoots POW in back
01:09:37:29 - Chinese woman civlian crying
01:09:39:13 - Dead chinese baby
01:09:40:28 - Crying chinese child boy
01:09:43:00 - Dead chinese baby child
01:09:44:21 - Pollster asking woman question
01:09:50:06 - Title "September 1937 In the present fight between Japan and china are your sympathies with either side?" Graphic shows vote.
01:10:11:05 - Seq of busy Shipyard. Jap freighter.
01:10:17:07 - jap asian americans carrying embargo japan signs
01:10:19:22 - Sign "Mr. Acheson Assistant secretary of State."
01:10:23:23 - Dean Acheson talking
01:11:31:22 - Title "April 9th 1940" Title fades out. Hitler with generals pointing to map planning plotting
01:11:36:00 - Graphic showing swastika over Europe.
01:11:41:20 - Title "May 10th 1940" over marching goosestepping boots.
01:11:44:24 - Graphic of swastika over Europe.
01:11:48:07 - Old couple and old man and child boy listening to radio. Home front.
01:11:54:05 - Civilians evacuating towns
01:11:56:07 - German Stuka dive bombers planes
01:11:58:11 - German stuka dive bombers planes attack bomb civilians fleeing on road
01:12:01:12 - Group of men listening to car radio. Home front.
01:12:03:26 - Radio.
01:12:10:26 - Woman at typewriter listening to radio.
01:12:12:13 - Men farmers listening to radio. Home front.
01:12:18:24 - German dive Stuka planes bombers attacking troops evacuating on shore. Who are trying to leave. Explosions. Swimming to ship. Dieppe.
01:12:22:26 - Crowd people listening to radio. Home front.
01:12:29:03 - Man getting haircut reading newspaper headline Italy Enters war.
01:12:33:09 - Radio.
01:12:35:27 - FDR speaking at podium.
01:12:44:10 - Title "June 22nd 1940"
01:12:45:29 - Man in front of wires and circuits. Early radio. twisting dial.
01:12:48:10 - People listening to radio. Bad transfer.
01:12:56:17 - Seq of signing of French signing armistice with Germany
01:13:24:05 - German flag unfurled.
01:13:28:14 - Family listening to radio. Home front.
01:13:40:10 - Eiffel tower in distance.
01:13:42:15 - German flag in wind at Eiffel tower???
01:13:44:15 - German soldier laughing
01:13:45:15 - Empty french sidewalk cafe
01:13:48:04 - German troops soldiers marching under Arc De Triomphe
01:13:54:17 - Old french men looking depressed, crying.
01:13:58:07 - German train carrying Hitler.
01:14:00:17 - Hitler looking out window of train and saluting.
01:14:03:18 - German car touring empty streets of Paris. Arc de Triomphe
01:14:18:29 - Hitler with other officers at Eiffel tower.
01:14:32:14 - ELS from rooftop of German troops soldiers marching down French road stret.
01:14:42:29 - Graphic of swastika on France
01:14:47:29 - Bad transfer
01:14:57:20 - Big German artillery cannons firing
01:14:58:20 - Graphic of swastikas and German colonies in caribbean and africa
01:15:21:20 - Title "Brazil" with city in background
01:15:23:17 - Seq of German civilians in Brazil. Old man smoking pipe, man sewing, little girls children, sign "deutsche schule", classroom and students, german newspapers and mastheads in brazil.
01:15:34:23 - Glider coming out of hanger with VAE sign. CUs showing German name.
01:15:38:24 - Jap store on street in Brazil.
01:15:40:14 - Sign on Jap store.
01:15:41:15 - Jap in Brazil???
01:15:44:04 - Graphic of swastika in Ecuador
01:15:47:28 - Sign of "Sedta Ecuador" Seq of German airplanes in Ecuador.
01:15:57:22 - Title "Argentina" with city in background
01:15:59:11 - Sign of German tennis club
01:16:01:23 - Germans running and throwing discus. sports.
01:16:06:03 - German stores and banks in South America Argentina
01:16:09:16 - Title "Havana Conference for the defense of the Americas July 22, 1940."
01:16:13:02 - Seq of conference. delegates
01:16:20:25 - Cordell Hull Secretary of State speaking with title
01:16:35:22 - South American flags
01:16:39:06 - Conference building
01:16:41:17 - Graphic of world showing fence around Americas
01:16:49:08 - Seq of Congress listening to president FDR
01:16:57:20 - bad transfer
01:17:09:02 - Busy Shipyard. industry. U.S. Navy yard Portsmouth, N.H.
01:17:13:21 - Shipyard workers riveting, hammering, welding,
01:17:16:23 - busy shipyard.
01:17:20:01 - Men drawing up plans in office. Architects. designers.
01:17:25:01 - Bad transfer
01:17:40:26 - Seq of GIs training with wooden guns.
01:17:47:15 - US tank in training exercise being hit with paint.
01:17:50:06 - Seq of putting sign "tank" on side of trucks and training
01:17:54:27 - GI machine gunners training with wooden gun.
01:17:58:29 - GI machine gunners firing in training
01:18:00:26 - US artillery cannons being towed by trucks
01:18:04:02 - US tanks on maneuvers training
01:18:07:27 - Seq of artillery training with beer cans.
01:18:14:25 - Seq of GIs marching going off to training war
01:18:21:14 - GIs in Grand Central station
01:18:22:04 - GI kisses woman
01:18:23:16 - GIs march into train
01:18:26:08 - Seq of lottery process. man puts numbers in barrel, men listening to radio home front, man writing number on chalkboard, Half dissolve of number 158 with POV of draftee,
01:18:59:16 - FDR saying draft lottery numbers
01:19:07:18 - Two horses on farm
01:19:08:11 - taxi driver
01:19:14:24 - mechanic
01:19:16:17 - CU of order to report for induction
01:19:18:14 - Black mom and son at table. Son reading draft notice.
01:19:20:07 - Man in suit saying goodbye to family.
01:19:22:12 - Man putting "Closing up Drafted" sign in window.
01:19:24:00 - Seq of draftees going through physical examination process
01:19:35:23 - Draftees raising their right hand.
01:19:37:21 - Draftees walking down street in parade. One holds sign "Goodbye Philly, hello Ft. Meade"
01:19:40:12 - Seq of draftees GIs training learning how to march
01:19:52:19 - German bombers planes JU-87 Stukas
01:19:55:18 - German bomber planes JU-88 takeoffs
01:19:58:27 - Graphic of Swastika attacking pounding England
01:20:02:07 - Edward R. Murrow
01:20:05:28 - Planes in distance
01:20:07:16 - German plane Junkers bomber
01:20:09:09 - Seq of AAA
01:20:13:18 - ELS of plane shooting down dirigible
01:20:16:25 - Sign "Public air raid shelter"
01:20:18:19 - British civilians in shelter look up
01:20:20:13 - Seq of burning city and British firemen
01:20:25:24 - Street sign of Walnut Street and Main street. Home front.
01:20:27:08 - Man stops and reads newspapers of news of war. Home front.
01:20:34:10 - Battleship
01:20:35:15 - Sailor looks through binoculars
01:20:36:16 - Biplane takes off from aircraft carrier
01:20:38:27 - Half dissolve of swastika over German ships
01:20:45:06 - Half dissolve of British union jack flag over battleship
01:20:48:18 - Seq of Lend Lease program. US ships in row, sailors marching towards ships, British and American sailors,
01:21:05:17 - Winston Churchill signing Lend Lease
01:21:12:21 - Graphic showing wall protecting Panama Canal
01:21:24:05 - Title "Berlin"
01:21:26:26 - Japs meeting Hitler
01:21:31:04 - Sign "Mr. Berle assistant secretary of state."
01:21:35:02 - Berle talking
01:21:53:29 - Title "Pact of Berlin Sept. 27, 1940"
01:21:55:12 - German and Jap banners and crowd waving
01:21:59:02 - Hitler meeting Jap dignitaries
01:22:10:25 - Joachin von Ribbentrop signing paper with title
01:22:21:15 - Jap dignitary??? Hirohito???
01:22:23:00 - Galleazzo Ciano signing paper with title
01:22:28:24 - Saburo Kurusu signing paper with title
01:22:34:21 - Berle talking
01:22:41:07 - Title "Tokyo"
01:22:40:27 - Japs meeting Germans in Tokyo seq
01:22:45:27 - Jap crowd with flags
01:22:49:18 - Title "Rome" with massive Italian crowd in
01:22:52:16 - Mussolini Il Duce addressing crowd
01:22:55:29 - Title "Berlin" and seq of German crowd saluting with Jap flags. Hirohito. Jap and German banners.
01:23:05:13 - Seq of London bombing. London at night. AAA batteries waiting. searchlight. German planes Junker bombers. British civilians people sleeping in Leicester Square subway. AAA firing. bombs. city on fire.
01:23:28:27 - Charles A. Lindbergh with title.
01:23:36:20 - Wendell Willkie with title.
01:23:40:26 - Seq of morning after bombing in London. Rubble. Firemen civil defense people with dummy from store. British flags.
01:23:53:16 - Pollster asking two men questions
01:23:55:16 - Title "January 1941." Should we keep out of war or aid Britain...even at the risk of war?" Graphic showing vote.
01:24:04:29 - Troops soldiers and troops on road.
01:24:07:14 - Jap soldiers troops on road with smiles
01:24:09:01 - Pollster asking man question
01:24:10:23 - Graphic
01:24:25:24 - Seq FDR addressing speaking to Congress
01:24:55:10 - Graphic showing ships transporting goods to allies
01:24:59:28 - Seq of American tranport ships, British bomber plane, tank???, large artillery gun, foodstuffs being loaded on ships.
01:25:07:19 - title "Lend-lease Act passed"
01:25:12:06 - Half dissolve of title over congress in session. "Lend lease arms for those fighting aggression but come and get them."
01:25:21:04 - Goosestepping marching boots. Title "April 6th 1941"
01:25:25:06 - Graphic of swastika moving into yugoslavia and greece
01:25:30:14 - Goosestepping marching boots. Title "June 22nd 1941"
01:25:35:18 - Graphic of swastika moving into Russia
01:25:42:10 - German troops in pontoon boat cross river
01:25:43:28 - German tanks on road head toward battlefield
01:25:46:22 - German artillery firing with soldier with shirt off
01:25:48:16 - Peasants civilians with picks and shovels digging
01:25:54:27 - Graphic of shipping lanes
01:25:59:09 - Shipyard
01:26:00:26 - fuselage of plane and barrels being loaded on ship
01:26:03:01 - Men loading boxes marked USA for ship
01:26:05:25 - Seq of boxes freight being offloaded ships by allies natives
01:26:10:01 - Trucks on winding road
01:26:13:21 - Boxes freight stacked high in shipyard.
01:26:18:27 - "Hammer and Sickle 'em V" on side of railroad car
01:26:21:16 - Masses of american trucks in ship yard
01:26:25:06 - Masses of boxes stacked high in shipyard
01:26:27:05 - Natives allies rolling tires and pulling Chevrolet box
01:26:33:18 - Chinese workers carrying barrels
01:26:37:27 - Stacks of Western Electric
01:26:40:27 - Homefront. Dentist with patient.
01:26:42:13 - Men talking giving their opinions citizens speaking
01:26:47:11 - Quote title over Hitler speaking "Two worlds are in conflict...two philosophies of life...one of these two worlds must break asunder. Hitler."
01:26:54:24 - MS of Statue of LIberty
01:27:01:25 - Graphic of globe with US in between Jap flag and german flag with question mark
01:27:06:15 - graphic of swastika on britain, USSR, china and how world will be divided between Germany and Japan and how they have numerical and industrial superiority.
01:28:54:09 - US Capitol with flag
01:28:56:10 - Graphic of US with No arms for sale then arms for sale
01:29:00:13 - Montage of mass equipment in yards - bulldozers, palettes, and logs, trucks
01:29:09:12 - ships freighter on rough seas
01:29:12:13 - deck of freighter being swamped by water on rough seas
01:29:13:27 - freighter next to iceberg iceland greenland
01:29:16:19 - graphic showing greenland and iceland
01:29:19:20 - GIs on boats getting on big boats
01:29:23:27 - Graphic of swastikas on greenland and iceland