| 00:29:33 1.4 |
INTRODUCTION. SERGEANT AT DESK. NARRATOR TELLS OF THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION "OLD
HICKORY", NATIONAL GUARD DIVISION OF WWI AND WWII. ALSO SHOWN WILL BE THE COMBAT WEAPONS AND THE COMBAT RATIONS A GI CARRIES TO BATTLE. |
| 00:30:46 74.4 |
THE 30TH DIVISION - LS- 2 FARMERS HOLD PLOWS AS 2
WORKHORSES PULL A SYMBOL OF THE 'WORKHORSE' DIVISION AS THE 30TH IS ALSO KNOWN. |
| 00:31:09 97.4 |
CU- THE ARM PATCH OF THE 30TH DIVISION.
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| 00:31:17 105.4 |
MS- DOUGHBOYS PATROL THROUGH A THICK FORREST IN
WWI. LS- WWI ARTILLERY CREW FIRE THEIR CANNON. LS- THE 'BIG BERTHA' CANNON BEING FIRED. |
| 00:31:36 124.4 |
AERIAL- DOUGHBOYS GO 'OVER THE TOP' FROM THEIR
TRENCHES AS BOMBS EXPLODE AROUND THEM. |
| 00:32:07 155.4 |
MS- A SHIRTLESS RECRUIT IS INTERVIEWED BY AN ARMY
RECRUITER FOR WWII. |
| 00:32:12 160.4 |
MS- MAJOR GENERAL LELAND COBBS, COMMANDER OF THE
30TH DIVISION, TALKS TO HIS TROOPS. |
| 00:32:31 179.4 |
MONTAGE- WEARING PRE-WWII HELMETS THE 30TH TRAINS
IN THE FIELD. MS- A GI THROWS A HAND GRENADE AND DUCKS AS IT EXPLODES ON GROUND. |
| 00:32:46 194.4 |
LS- THE 30TH MARCH TO A TROOP SHIP AND BOARD ON
THEIR WAY TO EUROPE IN WWII. |
| 00:33:39 247.4 |
MONTAGE- THE 30TH HITS THE NORMANDY BEACHHEAD ON
D-DAY PLUS 3. |
| 00:34:00 268.4 |
MS- ENGINEERS REMOVE EXPLOSIVES PLANTED BY THE
GERMANS ON A SMALL BRIDGE AND USE MINE DETECTORS TO SCAN THE ROAD. |
| 00:34:16 284.4 |
MONTAGE- GIS FIGHT THROUGH THE INFAMOUS
HEDGEGROVES IN FRANCE AND THEN ON TO SAINT LO. |
| 00:34:50 318.4 |
MS- GIS CRAWL OVER AND THROUGH HEDGEGROVES AS THE
BATTLE THE GERMANS YARD BY YARD. |
| 00:35:14 342.4 |
THE 30TH DIVISION MARCHES INTO SAINTLO. MS- FRENCH
WOMEN RUN TO TOUCH THE GIS ENTERING IN TRUCKS. KISSES AND HUGS FOLLOW. |
| 00:36:10 398.4 |
MS- GERMAN TANKS LINE UP AS THEY ARE INSPECTED BY
A TANK COMMANDER RIDING BY IN HIS TANK. CU- A GERMAN GENERAL PLOTS ON HIS MAP FROM HIS CAR. |
| 00:36:57 445.4 |
CU- A GI- HAS HIS JAW BANDAGED BY MEDICS. MONTAGE-
ARTILLERY GUNS FIRING REPEATEDLY FROM UNDER NETTED CAMOUFLAGE. |
| 00:37:57 505.4 |
MS- A STONE MEMORIAL TO 1800 30TH DIVISION AT
MORTAIN, FRANCE. |
| 00:38:22 530.4 |
MONTAGE- TRUCKS OF THE 30TH DIVISION RIDE
THROUGH TOWN AFTER TOWN IN FRANCE. CHILDREN HOLDING FLORAL BOQUETS WATCH ALONG THE ROADS AND CROWDS GATHER IN THE TOWNS. MONTAGE- WAVING CROWDS 00 38 51 AERIAL VIEW OF THE SEGFREID LINE. MS- TANKS OF THE 30TH DIVISION CROSS THE SEGFREID CONCRETE BARRICADES INTO GERMANY. |
| 00:39:00 568.4 |
MS- A GI FIRES A BAZOOKA INTO A GERMAN PILLBOX.
THEN ENTERING IT. |
| 00:40:25 653.4 |
MONTAGE- PATROLS WALK THROUGH THE RUBBLE STREWN
STREETS OF ARKEN WHERE THEY BATTLED HOUSE TO HOUSE. |
| 00:40:36 664.4 |
MS- GROUP OF GIS COMB THEIR HAIR SHAVE THEIR
FACES AND PLAY PING PONG AND DARTS AS THEY FINALLY GET A REST. |
| 00:40:45 673.4 |
CU- A HELMETED GI BLOWS THE FOAM OFF A MUG OF
BEER TOWARDS THE CAMERA AND DRINKS. MONTAGE- BACK INTO THE TRUCKS AND AN ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT. |
| 00:41:23 711.4 |
MS- GROUP OF GIS GATHER AROUND A PORTABLE RADIO
LYING ON A JEP HOOD AND LISTEN TO 'AXIS SALLY' A GERMAN PROPAGANDA BROADCASTER. |
| 00:41:40 728.4 |
CU- GERMAN GENERAL VON RUNDSTED SPEAKS TO AN AIDE
AND EXAMINES A MAP AT THE FRONT. MONTAGE- GERMAN SOLDIERS RIDE ON TANKS, MS- GERMAN PILOT AND CO-PILOT MAKE COUNTING GESTURES WITH THEIR FINGERS BEFORE DROPPING BOMBS AS THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE STARTS . |
| 00:42:28 776.4 |
MONTAGE- INFANTRYMEN MOVE THROUGH SNOW BOUND
WOODED AREAS AND ROADS AS GERMAN PANZER UNITS MOVE UP. MS- GERMAN SOLDIERS CROUCH AS THEY RUN FORWARD. |
| 00:43:33 841.4 |
LS- A CHAPLAIN READS A BIBLE AS HE BENDS OVER THE
BODIES OF GIS WHO WERE KILLED AFTER BEING CAPTURED AT MALMADIE. THEIR HANDS WERE BOUND BEHIND THEIR BACKS. |
| 00:44:11 879.4 |
MS- GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY AND OTHER TOP GENERALS
MEET IN A SNOW COVERED WOODED AREA. |
| 00:44:39 907.4 |
MONTAGE- ENDLESS LINES OF GERMAN POWS MARCH WITH
THEIR HANDS UP. |
| 00:44:52 920.4 |
MS- GIS LOITER AROUND IN THE WOODS AROUND SMALL
FIRES TO CHAT AND KEEP WARM. |
| 00:45:09 937.4 |
MONTAGE- ARTILLERY CREWS CONTINUOUSLY FEED SHELLS
TO THE CANNONS AS THE BIGGEST BARRAGE AT THE WESTERN FRONT IN WWII BEGINS. |
| 00:45:38 966.4 |
MS- GENERAL SIMPSON, COMMANDER OF THE 30TH, PLOTS
ON A WALL MAP. |
| 00:46:09 997.4 |
LS- A LONG PONTOON BRIDGE IS BUILT ACROSS THE
RHINE RIVER WHICH THE GERMANS VOWED WILL NEVER BE CROSSED. TANKS SLOWLY ROLL ACROSS. |
| 00:46:37 1025.4 |
LS- A GI RUNS ACROSS A CITY STRET AS OTHERS COVER
HIM. |
| 00:46:41 1029.4 |
MONTAGE- 30TH INFANTRY MEET UP WITH RUSSIAN
SOLDIERS, THEY HUG AND KISS |
| 00:46:55 1043.4 |
MS- GIS STAND AT ATTENTION AS THEY RECEIVE MEDALS
AT THE FRONT. |
| 00:47:16 1064.4 |
MS- 2 GIS READ A NEWSPAPER WITH HEADLINES:
"GERMANY SURRENDERS". |
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Year: 1940-1953
Color: Black & White
Genre: MILITARY
Specialty CollectionGenre: MILITARY
Description: U.S. ARMY INFANTRYMEN.
Keywords: foot soldier
