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  1. March of Time -- outtakes -- Tito; Yugoslavia

    LS of the village of Kumrovec with sign in FG. CU of sign. General view of the house where Marshall Tito was born (the house is open to the public); one sees the room where he came to life. MS of Tito's house entrance with visitors entering. CU of the plate reading: "To our dear chief Josip Broz Tito, Marshall of Yugoslavia, member of honor of the Motor-car club of St. Peter on the mountains." Shots of Marshall Tito at his home in Dedinje, Belgrade. Marshall in field uniform walking into his study and sitting at desk. Various shots of Marshall Tito going through his morning mail and dictati...

  2. March of Time -- outtakes -- Ruins/memorials in Warsaw

    LS, MS Polish sculptor Xawery Dunikowski carving clay for a monument to the Silesian insurgents. CU, the number 744 tattooed on his left arm (from Auschwitz). Dunikowski chiseling marble with a cigarette. LS, MS Monument to the Unknown Warrior with guard parading, some ruins in BG. MS, grave covered with flowers. MS, a marble slab fixed on a pillar with the names of the great battles in which Polish soldiers took part in the West. MS, another slab with the names of the German-Russian campaign. MS, soldier parading. LS, Warsaw with people, trams. LS, Russo-Polish monument with flowers at the...

  3. March of Time -- outtakes -- Krakow scenes; War Crimes Trial: "Butchers of Auschwitz"

    Hodgson's Poland, 1947. Krakow, Poland. LS, old market place seen from crossroads, policewoman directing traffic. MS, merchants at main square, large umbrellas opened over small carts. LS, gate of the old market. LSs, Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Mary, in FG, old market place. MS, shop window of market with dolls made in Krakow. CU, child looking at dolls. 02:03:15 "The Trial of Forty German Butchers of Auschwitz Camp," November 24-26, 1947. LS, building in which the trial of Auschwitz takes place. Market scene. MS, crowd listening to loudspeaker on steps of building. MS, crowd outside of b...

  4. March of Time -- outtakes -- Tito at Ambassador Allen's reception in Slovenia

    Reception given by US ambassador George V. Allen at his summer home, Villa Podkoron in Bled, Slovenia. For the first time in recent years, Marshal Tito was able to attend the reception. Guests included leading members of the Yugoslav Government and the Diplomatic Corps, many came to Bled specifically for the occasion. After cocktails, dinner was served to the guests, who sat a small tables in the garden. Tito left at midnight. Roll 1: Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Eduard Kardelj (wearing glasses) and Mrs. Kardelj arrive at the gates of the villa and are received by Ambassador Allen in...

  5. March of Time -- outtakes -- Presidium of Parliament in Belgrade; Committee meeting

    General view of the former Royal Palace, now Presidium of Parliament. General view of the courtyard in the middle of which is a candelabra, a remnant of the Kara Georgevich time. Same shot from another angle. Various shots of the Parliament (EXT) taken from the building opposite. In the Parliament, a meeting of the Committee for Peace Defense. Several general views. LS, MS, CUs of Milovan Djilas, secretary of the Communist Party. LS, MS, CUs of Petar Stambolic, President of the Serbian Government. LS, MS, CUs of Cedomir Minderovic, a writer and secretary of the Committee. CU sign behind Pre...

  6. March of Time -- outtakes -- British Agriculture

    Shot with Leblay camera: Richmond Park being plowed up to grow potatoes. Shots of farm being plowed by night (in Dorset) with a tractor fitted with headlights. (This is part of the effort to put an additional million and a half acres into cultivation). Various shots of London suburb dwellers on their new allotments for the producing of their own vegetables. The sites are in Brockwell, Dulwich, and Battersea Parks, in the SE suburbs of London.

  7. March of Time -- outtakes -- Home Defense

    03:13:35 Shot with Leblay camera: Barricade on road in England. Military sentry stopping passenger car to check papers. All cars going into protected area are stopped, those leaving are not. Lewis gun in FG. MS, officer stopping car. CU, driver of car handing over papers. Red Cross ambulance being passed through. Shot of improvised barricade made of farm implements and barbed wire. Cyclists are stopped. MS, troops building barricades, with bus having difficulties in passing. LS, same (control not yet established on this barricade). MS, building barricades, schoolchildren passing in BG, stop...

  8. March of Time -- outtakes -- Church patriarch elected; Exarcat leads mass at Church

    1150 W: Election of the patriarch of "Czech Church," Prague, Czechoslovakia, June 29, 1946. Priests and laymen elect patriarch of Czech Church. The liturgical service is sung in Czech. LS and CU of Christ hanging on the wall behind the altar. Several shots taken during the Office of three bishops who pray/sing in front of the Assistance. Several shots of the Assistance. MS lifting the host. CU lifting the ciborium and the host (the ciborium is the coat of arms of the Czech Church). CU the Holy Communion. LS and CU of the Assistance. Priests on the left and laymen on the right. LS of the Pre...

  9. March of Time -- outtakes -- Josef Tiso in prison; airline; UNRRA supplies eggs

    1150 AA: LS, EXT of the jail called Kraiska Sud of Bratislava. LS warden opens Dr. Josef Tiso's cell (Tiso was a Monseignor of the Catholic Church and ex-prime minister of Slovakia; he was imprisoned for collaboration with the Nazis). CU the name "Josef Tiso" written on the door of Tiso's cell. MS Tiso at a little desk in the bottom of his cell reading or writing his memoirs. CU Tiso reading or writing and taking a book. LS Tiso leaving his cell at the side of a warden. LS Tiso walking in the courtyard of the jail. Several shots of Tiso walking around courtyard of jail. Warden in the courty...

  10. March of Time -- outtakes -- Resettlement of Germans

    Shots of the Allied Commission entering the camp in Karlovy Vary and being received by the Commandant of the camp at the entrance. LS the Czech-American Commission arriving at the camp and watching the unloading of the luggage. Dr. Kuchera, representative of the Minister of Interior; American Lt. Col. Fye; Miss Jinda Cermakova; Lt. Schoenbrunn; Col. Monzer walking to a place were German luggage is loaded. MS Commission speaking to Germans and looking at luggage. LS Germans loading luggage on lorries. LS distribution of milk to the German mothers for their babies in the camp. CU Mother with ...

  11. March of Time -- outtakes -- Masaryk; Prague; destruction

    VSs, the late Thomas G. Masaryk, father of Czechoslovakia, at his desk signing a document presented to him by his secretary, Dr. Samal. MSs, CUs, same as above. CU, Masaryk talking with Edvard Benes. VSs, Masaryk in his library. HAS, pan of Prague. Pan, Prague Square with statue in picture at all times. Tracking shots of streets of old Prague. HASs, bridges in Prague. Tracking shots, statues in Prague. Tracking shots, street scenes in Prague. HAS, part of the city. MS, people walking on the street. LS, city, wipes to HAS of park. MS, from rear, people on park bench. LS, city, wipes to LS of...

  12. March of Time -- outtakes -- Destruction of Prague

    LS, war wrecked buildings in Prague, debris in FG, gutted windows of building, wrecked wall of church. LS, cathedral framed through building debris, destroyed rooftops. HAS, destruction in Prague. Pan, square with people walking. Pan, shots of devastation of buildings in Prague, steel skeletons. CU, workmen picking up shovels to clean up. CUs, picks, shovels, electric drills used to clear piles of debris. Men using torches to break down girders, tossing building bricks. Crane dragging broken concrete. Workers constructing factory, bricklayers, carpenters, skylight. CUs, machine tools.

  13. March of Time -- outtakes -- National Assembly meets; Nationalization Decree signed

    (Czech Newsreel Material) EXT shot of the raising and lowering of the Czech flag over Czech Palace. Two shots of voting tickets being collected from members of Parliament in Vladislav Hall at the castle. Travelling shot of Edvard Benes entering Czech Parliament, mounts rostrum and bows to applauding members of the National Assembly. MS of Benes on rostrum of Parliament, during the playing of the Czech anthem. Shots of members of the Czech Parliament standing at attention. MS of President Benes getting into his car at Town Hall Square. EXTs of Czech Cathedral, people entering by stairway, fl...

  14. March of Time -- outtakes -- Stamping passports/visas, crowds

    01:01:15 568 S: Official at desk. Well-dressed men and women waiting to have their passports checked, visa?, immigration? Group of men standing/talking. Official recording passport information on a chart. Official at door checking eye color and visas. 01:05:18 568 U: Various shots of a group of men, waving hats. (staged)

  15. March of Time -- outtakes -- Chamberlain returning from Germany

    (Leblay camera) Neville Chamberlain's trip to Berchtesgaden to see Hitler, 09/15/1938. VAR, Chamberlain at Heston Aerodrome, walking towards plane, delivering a speech into microphones. VAR, Lord and Lady Halifax, Herr Kordt, German Charge d'Affaires, and others. Chamberlain gets into plane. Plane taking off. (Leblay camera) Chamberlain returns to Heston Aerodrome from Berchtesgaden, 09/16/1938. Crowds of press awaiting Chamberlain's arrival. Lord and Lady Halifax awaiting arrival. Shots of plane arriving, Chamberlain getting out, reading King's message, delivering speech, surrounded by pre...

  16. March of Time -- outtakes -- British cabinet meets at Downing St

    Intertitle: "The German Situation: Ministers attend hastily summoned cabinet meeting at 10 Downing St." Count Hailshman. British Cabinet crisis on Hitler's Austrian grab. Chamberlain, Eden, Simon, Hoare, Hailsham, etc. arriving at 10 Downing St. for cabinet meeting. Photographers.

  17. March of Time -- outtakes -- Bodleian Library; Ashmolean Museum

    Bodleian Library; Ashmolean Museum. Bell being rung in Bodleian Library to announce closing time. CU Sir William Patrick reading large book. Men walking down aisle between book shelves. Students reading. VAR people studying. CU man reading ancient MSS. CU MSS. Foundation of building. Men digging sand away for foundations. Men waterproofing a wall. Men at work with barrows, shovels. General view of excavation, showing Sheldonian Theatre in BG. Old Ashmolean Museum: Shot of elaborate silver microscope made for George III. CU card describing microscope, with picture of George Adams, the maker....

  18. March of Time -- outtakes -- German marks; Der Stuermer; newspaper headlines; maps

    563 AA (02:01:14) Studio scenes. Exchanging US dollars and German marks. Drawing: "Design for Summer Camp, German American Bund, Fritz Kuhn, National Chairman." Der Stuermer, CUs of antisemitic drawings. Reading "Mein Kampf." Newspaper clippings re: zoning code for Bund Camp (September 1937). Christmas ornaments of a Jew hanging. More US newspaper clippings, CUs headlines, antisemitic caricatures. 563 EE (02:09:08): Maps of Africa, US, Germany, and Western Europe.

  19. March of Time -- outtakes -- State Department Library; Passport office; Div of Communication and Records

    665 NN (02:10:57) Various shots in the State Department library. Man with books. CUs document, treaties signed by officials. People in library, CUs books. Pan right to card catalog. Sign, "Library - US Department of State - For the use of the Department - Not open to the Public." CUs treaty. 665 OO (02:14:48) Men typing at desks, telegrams with Secretary of State emblem. Office in Paris? Sign, "Passports Applications and Information. Renewal and Amendments." Passport office. CUs woman filling out paperwork, passport application. Sign, "Division of Communications and Records." INT, office, m...

  20. March of Time -- outtakes -- Diplomatic mail section; Div of Near Eastern Affairs; Div of Far Eastern Affairs; Div of European Affairs

    665 PP (02:20:15) Sign, "Diplomatic Pouch and Mail Section." Man carrying bundle to mail section. Sorting packages and mail. CU, Buenos Aires, Rome, Berlin, and Shanghai bins. CUs mail. Woman at gate. Sign, "Positively No Admittance." Men gather at desk, looking at map. Interamerican Highway highlighted on map. "Division of Near Eastern Affairs" sign. Man pointing at map. CUs, map, Ethiopia. 665 QQ (02:27:02) "Division of Far Eastern Affairs." Men at desk, in office, talking. CU, draft telegram for Shanghai. Men in office. Department of State Division of European Affairs notebook. Telegraph...