00:02:02 8.53 |
"STRAC FOURTH"
OPERATING UNDER NATO, THE STRAC FOURTH ASSUMES MAJOR SHARE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE FREE WORLD CONCLUDES WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THIS FAMED UNIT'S PRESENT FORCE. -AUDIE MURPHY REVIEWS THE FAR-FLUNG NATO INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND VISITS WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE ACCOMPANIED BY LT. GENERAL ARTHUR G. TRUDEAU, FORMER CHIEF OF ARMY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. -ROLE OF THE ARMOR - AUTHENTIC COMBAT FOOTAGE FROM WWII AND KOREA IS USED TO DEPICT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARMOR FROM IT'S EARLIEST BEGINNING TO IT'S ALL-IMPORTANT ROLE IN TODAY'S ARMY. |
00:02:07 13.53 |
CU- NARRATOR HOLDS UP AN ENLARGEMENT OF THE 4TH
INFANTRY DIVISION'S ARM PATCH AND LOGO AND TELLS THE HISTORY OF THE PATCH. |
00:02:55 61.53 |
MS- ENTRANCE TO FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON STATE THE
HOME OF THE 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION |
00:03:05 71.53 |
MONTAGE- SIGNS SHOW OTHER UNITS CONNECTED TO THE
4TH AT FORT LEWIS AND THEIR LOGOS. ALL PART OF THE THE STRATEGIC ARMY CORP(STRAC). |
00:03:40 106.53 |
MS- OFFICER BRIEFS HIS MEN IN THE FIELD THEN THEY
RUN AND CLIMB INTO ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS |
00:04:15 141.53 |
MS- THE ARMORED VEHICLES DRIVES INTO A RIVER AND
SPEEDS ACROSS. MS- ON THE SHORE, THE BACK TRAP DOOR OPENS AND THE MEN COME POURING OUT. |
00:04:57 183.53 |
MONTAGE- THE STRAC FORCE FIRES RECOILLESS RIFLES
AND MORTARS. LS- HELICOPTERS LAND AND STRAC TROOPS POUR OUT ACROSS THE GRASSY FIELD. |
00:06:00 246.53 |
MONTAGE- THE IVY DIVISION(4TH),LED BY A BRASS
BAND MARCHES IN REVIEW, IN CAMP GREEN, NO. CAROLINA WHERE IT WAS FORMED IN DEC. 1917.(OLD FILM) |
00:06:08 254.53 |
MS- THOUSANDS OF TROOPS MINGLE CLOSE TOGETHER
WAITING SHIPMENT TO THE FRONT. VINTAGE TRUCKS TIGHTLY PACKED WITH DOUGHBOYS RIDE TO FRONT IN WWI. |
00:06:25 271.53 |
MS- A DOUGHBOY AIMS AND FIRES HIS SPRINGFIELD
FROM HIS TRENCH. |
00:06:38 284.53 |
MONTAGE- AS CANNONS FIRE NAMES OF BATTLE GROUNDS
FOR THE 4TH APPEAR ON SCREEN. THE MARNE, CHATEAU THIERRY, ST. MIHIEL, VERDUN AND THE ARGONNE FOREST. |
00:06:59 305.53 |
MS- GENERAL PERSHING REVIEWS THE MEN AT THE FRONT
AND GIVES OUT MEDALS. |
00:07:45 351.53 |
MONTAGE- YOUNG SERIOUS FACES OF GERMAN TROOPS
JUST PRIOR TO WWII. MS- GERMAN PARATROOPS JUMP FROM PLANE OVER POLAND. |
00:08:26 392.53 |
LS- A TANK TAKES A DIRECT HIT AND EXPLODES.
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00:08:31 397.53 |
MS- GERMAN TROOPS LED BY MOUNTED SOLDIERS MARCH
UNDER THE ARCH DE TRIOMPE IN PARIS. |
00:08:54 420.53 |
MONTAGE- HUNDREDS OF U.S.TROOPS MARCH FROM TRAINS
AT A RAILWAY STATION IN FORT BENNING GEORGIA. |
00:09:27 453.53 |
LS- GIS JUMP OFF PLATFORMS TO THE GROUND AND
CLIMB DOWN ROPE NETS FROM A HIGH BUILDING IN AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT TRAINING. |
00:09:43 469.53 |
MS- MEN ON DRY GROUND, TRAIN ASSAULTING A BEACH,
USING MOCK WOODEN LANDING CRAFT WHICH OPEN IN THE FRONT LIKE A REAL LANDING CRAFT. |
00:10:00 486.53 |
MS- A GI THROWS HIMSELF ACROSS A BARBED WIRE
BARRICADE USING HIS BODY FOR THE MEN TO RUN OVER. |
00:10:07 493.53 |
MS- GIS MAKE A 'LADDER' WITH THEIR RIFLES HELD AT
DIFFERENT HEIGHT SO THE MEN CAN CLIMB OVER A HIGH FENCE |
00:10:54 540.53 |
MONTAGE- TROOPS OF THE 4TH DIVISION BOARD
TRANSPORT SHIPS FOR THE INVASION ON D-DAY |
00:12:40 646.53 |
MONTAGE- THE 4TH RUSH ACROSS 'UTAH BEACH' WITH
MINIMUM CASUALTIES. |
00:14:13 739.53 |
MONTAGE GIS RUN THROUGH SMOLDERING DEBRIS OF
BUILDINGS IN CHERBOURGH IN HOUSE TO HOUSE COMBAT |
00:14:51 777.53 |
CU- A SWITCH IS THROWN AND BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS
COME CRASHING DOWN TO THE GROUND. MS- A BULLDOZER PILES DEBRIS FOR A DERRICK WHICH SCOOPS, IT UP. |
00:15:34 820.53 |
MONTAGE- TROOPS OF THE 4TH BATTLE THROUGH THE
INFAMOUS HEDGEROWS OF THE FRENCH FARMLANDS. |
00:18:00 966.53 |
MS- A NUN WITH HER BIKE STOPS TO CHAT WITH GIS IN
A TOWN. MONTAGE- GIS CAUTIOUSLY GO HOUSE TO HOUSE LOOKING FOR ENEMY IN SAINT POIS |
00:18:47 1013.53 |
LS- A FRENCH WOMAN USES A BIG POLE TO KNOCK DOWN
A GERMAN SIGN ON A BUILDING. MAN CLIMBS A LADDER TO MOUNT A FRENCH FLAG ON A BUILDING |
00:19:13 1039.53 |
MS- GIS OF THE 4TH LIE ON THE GROUND AGAINST A
WALL IN THE PARIS STREETS. |
00:20:00 1086.53 |
MONTAGE- PARISIANS CHEER IN THE STREETS.
|
00:20:26 1112.53 |
AERIAL- THE SIEGFRIED LINE (PAN)
|
00:23:06 1272.53 |
LS- TROOPS OF THE 4TH DIVISION CROWD THE DECKS OF
A TROOP TRANSPORT AS THEY ARRIVE HOME. |
00:23:13 1279.53 |
MS- GI IS GREETED HOME BY HIS 2 KIDS AND HIS
FAMILY RUSH OUT TO SEE HIM MS- A BUSY CITY STREET AND A QUIET SUBURBAN AREA. |
00:23:26 1292.53 |
MS- A MAN FISHING IN A STREAM.
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00:23:35 1301.53 |
MONTAGE- SCENES OF COMMUNIST INSPIRED RIOTS,
BLOCKADE OF BERLIN AN WORLD UNREST. |
00:24:00 1326.53 |
LS- TROOPS OF THE REACTIVATED 4TH WALK DOWN
GANGPLANK FROM A TROOPSHIP AT A EUROPEAN PORT. |
00:25:00 1386.53 |
MONTAGE- THE 4TH GOES ON MANEUVERS IN OPERATION
'ALCORN'.WHERE THE 4TH MUST STOP AN 'AGGRESSOR' FORCE COMING DOWN THROUGH CANADA. |
00:26:54 1500.53 |
MONTAGE- LANDING CRAFT RIDE OUT OF THE UNDERSIDE
OF A LANDING SHIP-DOCK AND SPEED TO THE SHORE. LS- A SMOKING MAKING CRAFT COVERS THE LANDING BOATS WITH A THICK SMOKE SCREEN. |
00:27:48 1554.53 |
MS- STRAC FORCE GI LOCATES A MINE WITH HIS
DETECTOR AND A GI CRAWLING ON HIS STOMACH WITH A BAYONET FINDS AND REMOVES THE MINE. |
00:28:04 1570.53 |
MONTAGE- THE STRAC FORCE FIRES AN IMPRESSIVE
ARRAY OF WEAPONS INCLUDING, MORTARS, SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY 'HONEST JOHN' ROCKETS, RECOILLESS RIFLES AND TANKS |
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