Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1012B

00:30:55 3.43

"TOOLS FOR A MODERN ARMY"
"OBSOLETE" FILM. REVIEW OF LATEST ARMY WEAPONS
& MACHINES

00:31:14 22.43

MS- ROCKET BATTERIES SHOOT AT RAPID FIRE. COVERING
THE AREA WITH SMOKE.

00:31:45 53.43

AERIAL- PAN OF A DESTROYED, BOMBED OUT CITY.

00:32:18 86.43

MS- ALBERT EINSTEIN AT HIS DESK WITH PIPE IN
MOUTH, WRITES ON PAPER.

00:32:48 116.43

GI NARRATOR TELLS OF HIS TAKING PART IN ATOM BOMB
TEST AT TEST SITE IN CAMP DESERT ROCK, NEVADA.

00:33:26 154.43

MONTAGE- THE DIVISION SIT ON OPEN GROUND A 'SAFE'
DISTANCE AWAY FROM EXPLOSION, WHICH LITES UP THE
AREA AT THE MOMENT OF THE BLAST.

00:33:55 183.43

MS- AN ARMY REPORTER INTERVIEWS A GI WHO
PARTICIPATED IN THE TEST.

00:35:32 280.43

CU- A GI SCANS A METAL POLE WITH A GEIGER COUNTER

00:36:10 318.43

AERIAL- HUGE 280 MM CANNON WHICH CAN DELIVER AN
ATOMIC SHELL,IS PULLED BY A SPECIAL VEHICLE AT
THE ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS. MONTAGE- THE GUN AND
IT'S VEHICLE IS SHOWN.

00:37:25 393.43

MS- MEN WORK HIGH ABOVE THE GROUND, ON THE TIP OF
A ROCKET, PERCHED IN IT'S LAUNCHER, CHECKING IT'S
ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT.

00:38:24 452.43

CU- SCOPES AND PRINT-OUT SHEETS PROVIDE DETAILS.

00:38:44 472.43

MONTAGE- CANNONS FIRE AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT THE
USE OF A LOADING CREW. LS- BOMB BURSTING IN AIR.

00:39:56 544.43

MS- SMALL SPEEDY PLASTIC ASSAULT BOATS ARE SHOWN
ALONG WITH PLASTIC PONTOONS FOR BRIDGES.

00:40:39 587.43

CU- A WELDER ENGROSSED IN HIS SPARKS AT A PLANT
MONTAGE- THE HUGE NEW AMPHIBIAN VEHICLE GOES
THROUGH ITS TESTS.

00:42:38 706.43

MONTAGE- THE USE OF TROOP DELIVERY, WIRE LAYING
AND THE TRANSPORTING OF COMPLETE ARMIES BY AIR IS
SHOWN.

00:44:13 801.43

LS- STANDS FULL OF OBSERVERS WATCH HELICOPTERS DO
THEIR STUFF. DELIVERING MEN AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT.

00:45:37 885.43

LS- A CARGO PLANE LANDS IN ARCTIC ICE AND WARMLY
DRESSED GIS DEBARK AT TEST GROUNDS IN ALASKA
WHERE TRAINING IN ARCTIC SURVIVAL AND WARFARE IS
DONE.

00:46:31 939.43

MS- THE DOG TEAM WITH TWO GIS TAKES OFF INTO THE
WILDERNESS. MS- VIEW OF RUNNING DOGS AS SEEN FROM
DRIVER.

00:47:21 989.43

LS- INFANTRY SQUAD TRAVEL ALONG A WIND BLOWN
SNOWY RIDGE ON SKIS AND SNOW SHOES. LS- VISIBILITY
IS ALMOST ZERO AS THEY SKI DOWN SMALL SLOPES.

00:48:15 1043.43

PINE NEEDLE BRANCHES ARE LAYED DOWN AS A FLOOR.
THE MEN STRIP TO THEIR UNDER SHIRTS AND CUDDLE UP
INTO THEIR SLEEPING BAGS.

00:48:55 1083.43

MS- 2 GIS IN THEIR WHITE SNOW OUTFITS WALK ON A
THREDMILL AS THEY ARE MONITORED BY INSTRUCTORS IN
A TEST LABORATORY.

00:49:30 1118.43

LS- WEARING THE NEW SUIT TWO GIS JUMP INTO THE
COLD WATER WHICH FLOATS THE MAN EVEN WITH A 26
POUND PACK ATTACHED. MS- GI READS A BOOK AS HE
FLOATS ON HIS BACK

00:50:25 1173.43

MS- COMBAT FOOD RATIONS ARE TESTED IN A
LAB-KITCHEN. MONTAGE- LAB TECHNICIANS TEST
VITAMINS AND OTHER FOOD STUFFS

00:52:00 1268.43

MS- THE GI TAKES A LARGE DRINK OF WATER FROM HIS
CANTEEN. MS- 2 GIS CRAWL ON THE DESERT SAND.
LS- A SQUAD OF SOLDIERS CHARGE AND CRAWL ALONG
THE DESERT SAND

00:53:25 1353.43

MS- GI GETTING AN X-RAY BY A GI TECHNICIAN.
CU- GERMS UNDER A MICROSCOPE. MS- A TECHNICIAN
HANDLES A BIN WITH HUNDREDS OF MICE USED FOR
EXPERIMENTS.

00:54:49 1437.43

TANKS ARE EQUIPPED WITH MEASURING DEVICES,
SPECIAL BUILDINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED AND ALL ARE
PLACED AT VARIOUS DISTANCES FROM THE BOMB BEFORE
THE BLAST.