00:34:53 3.47 |
SIGN AT ENTRANCE TO FORT HOOD. "U.S. ARMY", "FORT
HOOD". HOME OF THE 2ND ARMORED DIVISION. |
00:35:00 10.47 |
CU DIVISION INSIGNIAS ON DISPLAY TANK ON FORT HOOD
GROUNDS. LONG COLUMN OF TANKS LINED UP SIDE BY SIDE. |
00:35:16 26.47 |
MAJOR GENERAL EDWIN H. GRIFFIN, DIVISION COMMANDER
SPEAKS TO A FEW BLACK AND WHITE TANK COMMANDERS, AT THEIR TANK, TELLS THEM OF EXERCISE. |
00:35:40 50.47 |
MONTAGE TANK CREWS PREPARE THEIR TANKS. TANK
SERGEANT GIVES MEN VERBAL ORDERS. HE GOES FROM TANK TO TANK INSPECTING THEM. |
00:36:39 109.47 |
GI IN JEEP RIDES TOWARDS CAMERA. HE STOPS TO LET
OTHER GIS CROSS STREET. |
00:37:07 137.47 |
SQUAD OF GIS MARCH ALONG BARRACKS.
|
00:37:11 141.47 |
FOUR GIS, ONE BLACK, SIT ON BARRACKS STOOP & READ
ADS, ALOUD. TROOPS IN BARRACKS GET THEIR THINGS IN ORDER BEFORE LEAVING FOR GERMANY. |
00:37:40 170.47 |
CU BOY RUNS TOWARDS CAMERA, AS HE RUNS TO HIS
SOLDIER FATHER CARRYING DUFFEL BAG OUTSIDE HOME. |
00:37:53 183.47 |
SOLDIERS TEENAGE SON, DAUGHTER AND HIS WIFE WITH
CHILD IN ARMS, ALSO APPROACH HIM TELLING HIM WHAT THEY WANT HIM TO BUY FOR THEM OVERSEAS. |
00:38:09 199.47 |
SOLDIERS RUN OUT OF BARRACKS AND LINE UP TO BOARD
BUSES. THEY EXIT BUSES AT AIR BASE & LINE UP TO BOARD PLANES, AS BIGGEST AIRLIFT IN HISTORY TAKES PLACE. |
00:38:47 237.47 |
SOLDIER GASSES UP HUGE TRANSPORT PLANE. PILOTS SIT
FOR BRIEFING. |
00:40:02 312.47 |
CU SOLDIER PLUCKS AT HIS GUITAR STRINGS, ANOTHER
PLAYS HARMONICA ON BOARD PLANE. |
00:40:21 331.47 |
GI'S EYES BEGIN TO CLOSE AS OTHERS FALL FAST
ASLEEP TO SOUND OF SOFT MUSIC. |
00:40:42 352.47 |
AERIAL FIGHTER PLANE BEING REFUELLED IN AIR. AS
SEEN FROM TANKER |
00:40:59 370.47 |
GIS IN T-SHIRTS PLAY CARDS. ONE SMOKES PIPE AS HE
PLAYS. ONE GI READS, ANOTHER SLEEPS. |
00:41:32 402.47 |
LANDING TRANSPORT PLANE HEADS TOWARDS CAMERA.
|
00:42:06 436.47 |
HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS ARE MET BY GENERALS AS THEY
EXIT PLANE IN GERMANY. |
00:42:10 440.47 |
ARMY SECRETARY CYRUS VANCE IS MET BY AIR FORCE
SECRETARY EUGENE ZUCCER ALREADY THERE. |
00:42:38 468.47 |
MEN EXITING PLANES BOARD TRUCKS TO A BIVOUAC AREA
|
00:43:15 505.47 |
PAN OF ENDLESS ROWS OF TANKS AND SUPPLIES AWAITING
THE MEN ARRIVING IN GERMANY. GIS LOAD UP TANKS WITH SHELLS AND OTHER SUPPLIES. |
00:44:43 593.47 |
MONTAGE TANKS BEGIN TO ROLL ALONG ROADS & HIGHWAYS
FORMING ENDLESS COLUMNS STRETCHING FOR MILES ON GERMAN AUTOBAHN. |
00:45:25 635.47 |
CU TANKS THREADS AS AS THEY MOVE ALONG.
|
00:45:30 640.47 |
MONTAGE AMERICAN MP'S AND GERMAN POLICE CONTROL
TRAFFIC OF MILITARY VEHICLES MOVING ACROSS AUTOBAHN. |
00:46:14 684.47 |
PROVOST MARSHALL SITS IN JEEP AND EXPLAINS HIS &
HIS MP'S ROLE IN CONTROLLING FLOW OF TRAFFIC. |
00:46:51 721.47 |
MONTAGE TANKS ROLL THROUGH SMALL TOWN, ARE GREETED
BY CHILDREN AND ADULTS. MP HOLDS UP FLOW OF TRAFFIC TO HELP 2 KIDS CROSS STREET. |
00:48:11 801.47 |
GIS LINE UP OUTDOOR AT BIVOUAC AREA FOR CHOW. CU
STEAK IS PLACED IN METAL TRAY HELD OUT BY GI. |
00:48:31 821.47 |
MAJOR CHARLES E. TERRECK TELLS OF CHALLENGE OF
FEEDING A FULL DIVISION OF TROOPS. |
00:48:58 848.47 |
GIS LINE UP OUTDOORS FOR THEIR PAYCHECKS.
|
00:49:22 872.47 |
TWO OFFICERS READ MAP SPREAD OUT ON HOOD OF JEEP.
|
00:50:14 924.47 |
MONTAGE TANKS OF THE "AGGRESSOR" FORCE MOVE INTO
POSITION DURING MANEUVERS |
00:51:14 984.47 |
TANK CREW SIT ON TOP OF TANK AND HAVE LUNCH.
|
00:51:35 1005.47 |
JET FIGHTERS ZOOM OVERHEAD.
|
00:52:10 1040.47 |
TANKS AND TROOPS MOVE INTO TOWN AND TAKE POSITIONS
|
00:52:16 1046.47 |
MILITARY OFFICIALS FROM 7 NATO COUNTRIES READ MAP
SPREAD OUT ON HOOD OF VEHICLE. |
00:52:59 1090.47 |
MONTAGE GIS WASH DOWN TANKS AND TRUCKS WITH WATER
HOSES AFTER END OF MANEUVERS. |
00:53:55 1145.47 |
THE 4 TANK CREWMEN, ONE BLACK, TAKE TOUR OF SCENIC
AREA IN GERMANY AFTER MANEUVERS END. |
00:54:26 1176.47 |
THE MEN STOP 2 GERMAN GIRLS & ASK THEM TO EXPLAIN
LANDMARK, WHICH THEY DO IN GERMAN. BLACK GI SHAKES HIS HEAD & TELLS THEM, IN GERMAN, HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND, WHEREBY THE GIRL EXPLAINS IN PERFECT ENGLISH. |
00:56:02 1272.47 |
AS JET PLANES LAND AND MECHANIZED EQUIPMENT ROLLS
ALONG THE LANDSCAPE, THE LATE JOHN F. KENNEDY'S SPEECH IS HEARD. HE SAYS, "WE NEED A STRONG ARMY WHICH IS THE POINT OF THE SPEAR" |
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