OFFICIAL FILMS NEWS REVIEW OF 1945

[Music] typhoon in the Pacific mountainous Seas threaten Admiral Ball's third Fleet the wind reaches an intensity of 138 mph as the Heavy Cruiser Pittsburgh nears the typhoon Center waves 100 ft High smashed down upon her Cru punishing her bow the Pittsburgh's crew is orted back from the weakened bow suddenly as a great wave hits deck plat Buckle torn off by the Thunder Seas the Cruisers bow 104 ft long floats free in the water still full of fight the Pittsburgh rides out the storm without her [Music] bow the Essex class carrier Enterprise in action last May off the [ __ ] home island of kushu anti-aircraft guns and up a heavy flaque barrage as kamakazi planes try to get through to the [Music] [Music] carrier the carrier is hitting [Music] loaded with bombs the jab plane hits the flight de All Hands turn [Applause] two in 17 minutes the fire is under control colonel General Alfred yodel Nazi Chief of Staff arrives at General Eisenhower's Schoolhouse headquarters in Reams France to surrender all of the remaining German Armed Forces to the [Music] Allies General yodel with Admiral fredberg at his left and Major General vilhelm oxenius right signs the instrument of surrender the delegates of four powers America Russia Britain and France now sign the document and now in the early hours of the 7th of May the war in Europe is over the brutal costly eastern half of the most horrible worldwide war in human history is now within minutes of ending for good General macur speaks I now invite the representatives of the emperor of Japan and the Japanese government and the Japanese Imperial General headquarters to sign the instrument of surrender at the places indicated the time is 9:05 a.m. the Japanese have been on board exactly 10 minutes the final United Nations victory has been won the war is over peace is here [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] for 62-year-old General way wght defender of American soil against overwhelming odds a deserve tribute from the world's largest [Music] [Applause] city in the park Spectators cheer as M LaGuardia declares the Admiral and honorary New Yorker high point of a ceremony such has been accorded only the nation's highest Heroes of the war [Music] [Applause] [Applause] in animation a contact bomb explodes like this a delayed action bomb makes a big hole but it has little effect on the man in the Foxhole and the Jeep behind the barrier but the next bomb bursts in the air it's equipped with a proximity fuse VT in use against personnel and gun positions it was devastating in Airborne rockets and in anti-aircraft VT produced Sensational results its first air use was at eima the rocket is fired a short distance away the fuse mechanism automatically begins operating and the radio sends out signals setting up a zone of sensitivity of over 3,800 Square ft when the enemy plane comes within the Zone the proximity fuse sets off the Rockets any substantial object interrupting this radio area would get the same punishment over land and water alike the proximity fuse spreads explosive Fury produces terrific destruction it stopped Germany in the Battle of the Bulge it shot down 79% of Nazi Buzz bombs in the last week over London it broke up the Japs kamakazi core radar highfrequency radio waves sent by radar go out at sufficient intervals to allow each pulse to hit its Target and return before the next is sent reading the pattern on the scope the distance and speed of an approaching plane are charted and followed [Music] in a Navy Scout plane detects the presence of an enemy Fleet on its radar screen our own fleet's guns could destroy these ships from great range without ever actually seeing them the jet propelled plane after 3 years of British and American experiment this important Allied weapon is shown for the first time here the first American jet propelled aircraft the p-59 era Comet two turban engines beneath the ship's body using gasoline or kerosene for fuel give This Plane its speed and high power it is a joint product of Bale aircraft and General Electric American jet propelled planes now in mass production are probably fastest in the world with a speed bettering 700 [Music] [Applause] mph Mr Truman inspects the plaque on the Missouri's mirand deck marking the spot where World War II ended the Destroyer renor leader of a party of four reviewing ships comes alongside the president boards her to go down river and pass by the entire fleet in line as he goes by The Guns of each ship Roar out the 21 gun presidential salute overhead 12200 Navy planes Wing fast in a formation 12 M long Veterans of Pearl Harbor of Midway of gadle canal the Coral Sea terwa sapan the Philippines iojima and Okinawa these are the ships and PLS that brought victory for the United Nations over Japan they were manned by men from every city and town in America they were built by American hands and paid for by United States war bonds be proud of this Mighty Navy