BRITISH FLEET MANEUVERS Part 1

Description

Summary: LS, aircraft carrier. MSs, British sailors on deck at anchor. ELS, AV, British battleships. ELS, AV, carrier. MLS, bow of carrier. LS, plane takes off from carrier. MCU, British sailor with binoculars. LS, battleship(Duke of York). LS, bow of moving battleship. LS, wake of ship. ELS, airview of fleet. Sun on water. BRITAIN HONORS FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT. ELS, LS, monument and ceremony from above. MLS, MS, King of England and Mrs Roosevelt walk to monument. Mrs Roosevelt pulls string. LS, monument is un- veiled. MSs, guards at attention. MCU, statue of FDR(profile). Tilt down. CU, inscription: "FDR, 1882-1945". MLS, King of England places wreath. MS, front view of statue. MS, Attlee, Mrs Roosevelt and Queen Elizabeth. MLS, MS, Mrs Roosevelt and officials. MS, Winston Churchill and wife, Queen Elizabeth and the Princesses. MCU, Churchill looking at monument. MCU, statue of FDR. LONDON'S WORST FOG. LS, train under way in fog. LS, traffic in fog. MS, man lights lamp. LSs, traffic in London fog. MS, English bobby with flashlight. GENERAL LUCIUS D CLAY TALKS: Washington DC. MLS, Gen Lucius Clay steps down from plane. CU, Gen Clay talking about Berlin Blockade. GENERAL EISENHOWER SPEAKS ON ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY AT WASHINGTON, DC: Washington DC. MCU, Cu Gen Dwight D Eisonhower speaking at desk. EUROPE IS TEMPTING TARGET FOR REDS. MCU, Gen Eisonhower (civvies) at desk signs Declaration of Freedom. CU, Declaration of Freedom. LS, MS, Gen Eisonhower speaking. LS, audience. CU, sign: "OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER AND MILITARY GOVERNOR - MR JOHN J MCCLOY". MCU, CU, John J McCloy speaking at desk. BERLIN RED YOUTH RALLY, GERMANY: Germany. LS, Brandenburg Gate and signs. MLS, British soldiers on armored vehicles behind barbed wire. US troops in bg. CU, soldier at gun. LS, MLS, truckloads of German girls. LS, arch, youth band playing. MLS, young people cleaning dishes at trough. MS, young girls washing at trough. ELS, stadium with maneuvers and marching. LSs, parading in stadium. MS, Red leader before mike. LSs, MS, parade in street with large picture of Stalin, banners, etc. MCU, spectators. CU, cartoon "Yankee, Go Home" (and reference to Marshall Plan). LS, girls holding up dozens of portraits of Mao Tse tung Chinese Red leader. LS, German youth in Russian uniforms. MS, spectators cheer. LS, banners, etc. MSs, Russian soldiers marching. MS, lay wreath on monument. MLS, people carrying wreaths. CU, young Russian soldier on guard. CU, wreath (In memory of Soviet Dead.) JOINT ALLIED MANEUVERS IN GERMANY: Germany. MS, US officers chatting. MS, French and US officers saluting. MLS, General Mark W Clark & unid Major General. LS, truck moving over ponton bridge, MS, tank (M-26) moving. LS, MS, soldiers marching. MS, troops with various kinds of equipment (portable communications, guns, etc). MS, multiple antiaircraft gun with .50 cal air-cooled machine guns. CU soldier behind gun reading Stars and Stripes with headline: "UN advances on Seoul".

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities