00:04:34 5.8 |
"THIS IS OUR STRENGTH"
A GRANDSTAND SEAT FOR TV VIEWER WITH PRESIDENT KENNEDY, JFK, AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA TO APPRAISE THE STRENGTH OF 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION |
00:04:39 10.8 |
CU ZOOM IN OF ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION
WHICH DESCRIBES HOW TO ELECT PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT'S POWERS & DUTIES, INCLUDING "COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMY & NAVY OF THE U.S., ETC." |
00:05:19 50.8 |
THE WHITE HOUSE. WILSON AT HIS DESK SIGNING BILL.
BLINDFOLDED WILSON PICKS NAME OUT OF A FISH BOWL FOR THE WWI DRAFT. |
00:05:44 75.8 |
WILSON IN FUR COAT AND TOP HAT ON REVIEWING STAND
WITH GENERAL PERSHING AND OTHER MILITARY. |
00:05:50 81.8 |
PRESIDENT FDR SITS & CHATS WITH GENERAL MARSHALL
AS OTHER MILITARY AND CIVILIAN LEADERS BEHIND THEM WATCH |
00:05:56 87.8 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN SITS IN REVIEWING STANDS WITH HIS
GENERALS. |
00:06:21 112.8 |
GENERALS AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MCNAMARA PRECEDE
JFK OFF PRESIDENTIAL PLANE AS THEY ARRIVE AT FORT BRAGG |
00:06:54 145.8 |
PAN OF 14,000 TROOPS OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION
STANDING FOR REVIEW BY PRESIDENT JFK AT THE AIRFIELD AT FORT BRAGG, N.C. |
00:07:10 161.8 |
JFK SHAKES AND CHATS WITH HIS GENERALS BY THE
PLANE. |
00:07:43 194.8 |
JFK SITS ON BACKREST OF SEAT ON CONVERTIBLE AS HE
WAVES AT CROWD ALONG THE ROUTE TO THE REVIEWING STANDS. |
00:08:41 252.8 |
EVERYONE STANDS AT ATTENTION AS "HAIL TO THE
CHIEF" IS PLAYED BY ARMY BAND. |
00:09:57 328.8 |
JFK SITS IN HIS CONVERTIBLE & REVIEWS THE HUGE
CONTINGENT OF "STRIKE"TROOPS. |
00:11:16 407.8 |
JFK MAKES SPEECH HONORING THE TROOPS. AFTER WHICH
HE REVIEWS THE ENTIRE DIVISION AS IT ROLLS BY IN TRUCKS AND JEEPS. |
00:13:41 552.8 |
JFK LOOKS SKYWARD AS JET PLANES SWOOPED DOWN IN
NAPALM ASSAULT DEMONSTRATION, FOLLOWED BY HUGE PARATROOP DROP FROM THE AIR |
00:16:10 701.8 |
GIS PUT ON A DEMONSTRATION FIRING OF NEW M-14
RIFLE, M-60 MACHINE-GUN AND OTHER WEAPONS. |
00:17:31 782.8 |
REMOTE CONTROL PROJECTILE IS SEEN AS IT HITS &
DESTROYS A TANK IN THE DISTANCE. |
00:17:37 788.8 |
BACKS OF CIVILIANS IN FOREGROUND WATCHING FLAME
THROWING TANK IN THE DISTANCE. |
00:18:05 816.8 |
JFK WATCHES THROUGH BINOCULARS AS TANKS & HEAVY
SELF-PROPELLED GUNS SHOW THEIR FIRE POWER, INCLUDING ONE WITH A VERY LONG BARREL. |
00:19:00 871.8 |
MONTAGE SQUADRONS OF HELICOPTERS UNLOAD TROOPS &
VEHICLES ONTO THE FIELD & OVER ALL TYPES OF TERRAIN |
00:20:00 931.8 |
HELICOPTERS HOVER JUST OFF THE GROUND & OPEN UP
WITH THEIR ELECTRONIC GATTLING GUNS AND ROCKETS |
00:20:19 950.8 |
HELICOPTER LOWERS A "LITTLE JOHN" MISSILE WITH
IT'S LAUNCHER, TO THE GROUND. "HAWK", "PERSHING" & OTHER MISSILES ARE FIRED. |
00:21:52 1043.8 |
MILITARY OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS STAND AT ATTENTION
ON "U.S. ARMY SPECIAL WARFARE SCHOOL" FLOAT AS IT, & OTHER COUNTER INSURGENCY FLOATS PASS STANDS, FOR JFK'S REVIEW. |
00:22:09 1060.8 |
FLOAT DEPICTS PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE SCENES.
ANOTHER FLOAT DEPICTS CLASSROOM WITH STUDENT SOLDIERS FROM MANY COUNTRIES AND THEIR FLAGS. |
00:22:36 1087.8 |
SPECIAL FORCES GIS WITH THEIR BERETS, RIDE IN
RUBBER BOATS IN "ENEMY" TERRITORY DURING TRAINING. |
00:23:10 1121.8 |
MONTAGE SPECIAL FORCES GIS TRAIN IN HAND-TO-HAND
COMBAT, KICKING THEIR OPPONENTS VIGOROUSLY WHEN THEY ARE DOWN. |
00:23:39 1150.8 |
RANGER SOLDIER CLIMBS UP A HIGH WALLED TOWER &
PROPELS HIMSELF DOWN ON A ROPE; ANOTHER SLOWLY "WALKS" DOWN THE SHEER WALL |
00:25:25 1256.8 |
AMPHIBIOUS "LARK 5" & THE LARGER "LARK 15", MOVES
TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT ACROSS STREAMS & ON LAND, BOTH MADE OUT OF ALUMINUM. |
00:26:24 1315.8 |
AN ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER HAS TWO "WEIRD"
BALLOON TIRES TRAILING BEHIND IT WHICH ARE FILLED WITH FUEL |
00:26:32 1323.8 |
THE "HUSKY" AMPHIBIOUS CARGO CARRIER, IS
DEMONSTRATED. GI IN A FLYING BELT JETS ACROSS STREAM AT HIGH SPEED, BUCK ROGERS STYLE. ROCKET PACK |
00:27:20 1371.8 |
SPECTATORS WATCHING FROM THE STANDS GIVE HIM A
ROUND OF APPLAUSE. |
00:27:31 1382.8 |
MONTAGE JFK MEETS AND CHATS WITH GIS GIVING THE
SHOW. |
00:29:00 1471.8 |
JFK BOARDS HIS PLANE WITH A QUICK WAVE GOODBYE.
THE PRESIDENTIAL PLANE TAKES OFF |
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