| 00:03:29 78.7 |
"YOUR ARMY REPORTS"
HOSTED AND NARRATED BY ROTC GRADUATE OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY. TELLS OF PRACTICAL USE OF THE HELICOPTER; 809TH ENGINEER BATTALION BUILDS ROADS IN THAILAND & VIETNAM, AND THE DRILL SERGEANT, SOLDIER BEHIND THE SOLDIER, TRAINING OF A DRILL SERGEANT. |
| 00:03:34 83.7 |
MONTAGE THE CHINOOK HELICOPTER IS SHOWN LANDING IN ARCTIC SNOW. 33 FULLY EQUIPPED TROOPS BOARD THE CHINOOK. JEEPS AND ARTILLERY ARE DRIVEN ONTO THE HUGE HELICOPTER.
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| 00:04:03 112.7 |
PARATROOPS JUMP FROM REAR OF HELICOPTER IN FLIGHT. CHINOOK LANDS AND FULLY ARMED TROOPS RUN OUT FROM THE REAR PLATFORM DOOR.
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| 00:05:07 176.7 |
FOLLOWING IS ANOTHER CHINOOK WHICH UNLOADS ITS CARGO OF VEHICLES AND ARTILLERY WHICH DRIVE OR ARE PULLED OUT OF REAR DOOR.
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| 00:07:00 289.7 |
AERIAL SHADOW OF HELICOPTER IS SEEN ON LANDSCAPE BELOW AS IT FLIES OVER.
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| 00:07:20 309.7 |
MONTAGE THICK JUNGLE MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HELICOPTER TO LAND.
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| 00:07:46 335.7 |
AERIAL HUGE NETTING IS LAYED ACROSS LARGE AREA OF JUNGLE TREES TO FORM A PLATFORM FOR EXPERIMENTAL, "JUNGLE CANOPY PLATFORM SYSTEM".
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| 00:08:14 363.7 |
CREW OF MEN ARE LOWERED TO THE NET WHICH LAY ACROSS THE TREE TOPS.
18 FOOT WIDE PLATFORM IS LOWERED ON TOP OF THE NET AND SECURED BY THE MEN FORMING A TREETOP HELIPORT |
| 00:09:28 437.7 |
CU HELICOPTER PILOTS HAND ON THE CONTROL STICK AS HE GENTLY LOWERS HIS CRAFT ONTO THE PLATFORM. TROOPS STORM OUT AND PROPEL THEMSELVES TO THE JUNGLE FLOOR WITH ROPES.
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| 00:10:20 489.7 |
SPECIAL LITTER TO HANDLE WOUNDED IS LOWERED TO THE JUNGLE FLOOR WHERE A "WOUNDED" GI IS PLACED AND LIFTED TO THE PLATFORM FOR EVACUATION.
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| 00:11:21 550.7 |
AERIAL PLATFORM WITH GIS STANDING ON IT AS SEEN FROM THE HELICOPTER.
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| 00:11:29 558.7 |
SCHOFIELD ARMY BARRACKS SIGN IN HAWAII. HOME OF THE 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION.
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| 00:11:39 568.7 |
SQUAD OF VOLUNTEER GIS, TRAINING AS HELICOPTER GUN CREWS DOUBLE-TIME MARCH DURING DRILL.
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| 00:12:12 601.7 |
MONTAGE MEN TRAIN IN THE USE OF MANY WEAPONS AND LEARN TO "SHOOT FROM THE HIP" OUT OF HELICOPTERS
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| 00:12:18 607.7 |
GI LIES ON GROUND AND FIRES A HEAVY-DUTY MACHINE GUN WITH DEADLY ACCURACY.
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| 00:13:02 651.7 |
TRAINEES LISTEN ATTENTIVELY AS OFFICER INSTRUCTOR
SHOWS THEM FROM INSIDE THE SIDE DOOR OF HELICOPTER |
| 00:13:13 662.7 |
TRAINEE FIRES MACHINE GUN INTO JUNGLE BELOW.
CU BANDOLEER OF BULLETS RUSH THROUGH THE GUN AS IT IS FIRED |
| 00:13:40 689.7 |
"WE LEAD THE WAY" OVER ENTRANCE TO ARMY CAMP IN VIETNAM AS NEW GUNNERS ENTER.
GUNNERS SIGN OUT FOR THEIR FLYING GEAR AS THEY SET OUT FOR THEIR FIRST COMBAT MISSION. |
| 00:14:38 747.7 |
GUNNERS ARE BRIEFED AND SHOWN MAP BY OFFICER NEXT TO THE HELICOPTER GUN SHIP.
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| 00:14:55 764.7 |
GUNNER HOLDS HIS WEAPON IN HAND AT EDGE OF OPEN HELICOPTER DOOR AS THEY TAKE-OFF.
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| 00:15:18 787.7 |
DOZENS OF HELICOPTER GUN SHIP READY TO TAKE OFF
FROM OPEN FIELD RICE PADDY. GUNNER STANDS BY GUN AS TROOPS BOARD HIS HELICOPTER. THEY ARE DROPPED OFF IN A MOUNTAIN AREA WHERE THEY SPREAD OUT. |
| 00:17:15 904.7 |
BLACK SOLDIER HOLDS HIS RIFLE READY AT HIS POSITION ON A HILL.
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| 00:18:12 961.7 |
AERIAL ROAD BEING BUILT BY THE 809TH ENGINEER BATTALION IN THAILAND.
GI RIDES TRACTOR WITH A ROAD LEVELER ATTACHED. |
| 00:18:39 988.7 |
GI SUPERVISORS A NATIVE WORKER AS HE USES A HAND POWER SAW AT THE SITE.
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| 00:18:52 1001.7 |
BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM STACKS FROM AN ASPHALT PLANT BUILT AND RUN BY THE ENGINEER BATTALION.
DERRICK POURS ROCK INTO A HOPPER |
| 00:19:10 1019.7 |
GI TURNS WHEEL WHICH FEEDS ASPHALT INTO DUMP TRUCKS LINED UP UNDER IT.
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| 00:19:21 1030.7 |
ASPHALT LAYING MACHINE IS FOLLOWED BY A STEAM
ROLLER SMOOTHING OUT THE ROAD. MS- CIVILIAN BUSES AND PRODUCE TRUCKS RIDE ALONG THE NEW ROAD. |
| 00:20:30 1099.7 |
MONTAGE TROOPS AND VEHICLES LAND ON A VIETNAM BEACH FOLLOWED BY ENGINEERS WITH THEIR ROAD BUILDING VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT
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| 00:21:29 1158.7 |
CIVILIAN WORKERS WITH THEIR STRAW HATS BUILD WOODEN FRAMED BUILDINGS.
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| 00:21:41 1170.7 |
LONG DRILL BITS MAKE HOLES IN MOUNTAINSIDE FOR THE PLACEMENT OF TNT WHICH WILL PROVIDE A SUPPLY OF CRUSHED STONE WHEN EXPLODED. GI PUSHES PLUNGER AND EXPLOSION OCCURS.
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| 00:22:00 1189.7 |
GI OPERATES HANDLES IN HIS MECHANICAL SHOVEL AS HE SCOOPS UP THE CRUSHED ROCK. CRUSHED ROCK BEING DUMPED FROM A DUMP TRUCK ONTO A ROAD.
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| 00:23:47 1296.7 |
SERGEANT ADJUSTS THE SALUTING HAND OF A GI AS HE SHOWS THE PROPER SALUTE.
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| 00:24:10 1319.7 |
DRILL SERGEANT WEARING BROAD BRIMMED CAMPAIGN HAT SHOWS GIS HOW TO STAND AT ATTENTION.
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| 00:24:34 1343.7 |
DRILL SERGEANT TEACHES OTHER SERGEANTS AT A DRILL SERGEANT SCHOOL
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| 00:24:40 1349.7 |
NEW DRILL SERGEANTS ARE HANDED A DIPLOMA AND A CAMPAIGN HAT BY OFFICER ON GRADUATION DAY.
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| 00:25:34 1403.7 |
MONTAGE TRAINEES ARE GIVEN BAYONET PRACTICE, GRENADE THROWING, FIRST AID AND MILITARY COURTESY AND CUSTOM CLASSES.
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| 00:26:17 1446.7 |
TRAINEES EXIT CHEMICAL WARFARE BUILDING AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH. TO CLEAR THEIR LUNGS.
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| 00:26:46 1475.7 |
TRAINEES DO PUSH-UP AND CALISTHENICS AT OUTDOOR CLASS. RECRUITS SQUARE OFF IN TWOS AND DO BATTLE WITH POGO STICKS WITH RUBBER ENDS.
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| 00:27:00 1489.7 |
MONTAGE RECRUITS RUN THROUGH OBSTACLE COURSE AND GO THROUGH A GROUND SPEED CRAWLING TEST.
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Year: 1966
Color: Color
Genre: MILITARY
Specialty CollectionGenre: MILITARY
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Keywords: military
