"ABOVE THE BEST"
A STORY ABOUT ARMY AVIATION FILMED ON LOCATION
AT FORT RUCKER, ALABAMA.

MONTAGE- A GI FIRING HIS MACHINE GUN, A GI AIMING
AND FIRING HIS RIFLE, A MORTAR TEAM FEEDING SHELLS
INTO A MORTAR AND FIRING, A TANK FIRING, A GI
FIRING HIS FLAME THROWER, A MONTAGE OF VARIOUS
MISSILES BEING FIRED AND THE ATOMIC CANNON FIRING

AERIAL VIEW OF FORT RUCKER, ALABAMA, HOME OF THE
ARMY AVIATION CENTER.

BRIGADIER GENERAL CARL I. HUTTON, COMMANDANT OF
THE ARMY AVIATION SCHOOL AT FORT DRUCKER EXPLAINS
THE MISSION OF THAT UNIT.

MS- GIS IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING EXIT A CHAPEL WITH
THEIR WIVES. LS- CHILDREN FROLIC IN A POOL ON THE
FORT'S GROUNDS. MS- A GI IN SWIM TRUNKS WALKS ONTO
A DIVING BOARD AND DIVES IN.

MS- PILOT AND CO-PILOT SIT IN HELICOPTER AS ROTOR
ABOVE BEGINS TO SPIN SLOWLY. ANOTHER CLIMBS UP AND
INTO HIS CHOPPER THROUGH THE WINDOW.

MS- A MEDIC TAKES A GI'S BLOOD PRESSURE. A DOCTOR
LOOKS INTO A GI'S EARS AS ANOTHER CHECKS A GI'S
KNEE REFLEXES WITH SMALL RUBBER HAMMER

MS- INSTRUCTOR SHOUTS IN FACE OF TRAINEE THEN
ORDERS THE GI TO DO 30 PUSH-UPS. MS- THE GI DOES
THE PUSH-UP COUNTING UP TO 30 ALOUD AS THE
INSTRUCTOR CONTINUES TO INSPECT THE MEN.

LS- AFTER DAYS OF TRAINING THE TRAINEE LANDS
PERFECTLY AND THE INSTRUCTOR LETS HIM SOLO WHICH
HE DOES PROFESSIONALLY.

MS- THE TRAINEE'S BUDDIES GANG UP ON HIM AND POUR
A CAN OF BEER ON HIS HEAD. MS- THE TRAINEE GOES TO
SLEEP WITH THE LARGE WINGS ON HIS CHEST

MS- A TRAINEE ENTERS A 'SIMULATOR' WHICH TEACHES
HIM HOW TO FLY BLIND WHILE ON THE GROUND.

MS- AN L-19 LIGHTPLANE WITH WATER SKIS ATTACHED
LANDS ON WATER AND CONTINUES ONTO THE BEACH WHERE
THE WHEELS TAKE OVER.