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PICTORIAL REPORT NO. 26
"OBSOLETE" FILM. A VIRGINIA (GALAX) TOWNSHIP
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. A TRIP TO FORT HUACHUCA,
ARIZONA, FOR A LOOK AT THE ARMY'S ELECTRONIC
PROVING GROUND.
00:59:00 25.27
NARRATOR TELLS OF THE PRE-WWII U.S. ARMY WHICH WAS
UNDERFUNDED, ILL-EQUIPPED AND ANTIQUATED. THE
PRIVATE'S PAY WAS $21 A MONTH.
00:59:20 45.27
LS- HUNDREDS OF SOLDIERS,SOME WITH DIFFERENT
UNIFORMS, DO CALISTENICS AT AN ARMY CAMP. MS- THEY
MARCH AND YELL IN CADENCE.
00:59:46 71.27
MS- THE ILL-EQUIPPED SOLDIERS STAND AT EASE AT A
TRAIN STATION AS OTHER SQUADS MARCH IN FRONT OF
THEM.
01:00:17 102.27
MS- ANTIQUATED TANKS ARE UNLOADED OFF A RAILROAD
FLAT CAR. MS- HORSEBACK CAVALRY REGIMENT RIDES BY
01:00:42 127.27
MS- A GROUP OF GIS STRUGGLE PUTTING UP AN OLD
FASHION TENT.
01:00:51 136.27
LS- SOLDIERS RUN THROUGH OPEN FIELD WEARING WWI
HELMETS DURING THE CAROLINA MENUEVERS
01:01:17 162.27
LS- A HORSE DRAWN ARTILLERY GUN ACCOMPANIED BY A
HORSE DRAWN WAGON CARRYING THE ARTILLERY CREW.
01:01:21 166.27
MS- A MACHINE GUN CREW SET UP A 'MACHINE GUN'
MADE OF A PIECE OF PIPE.
01:01:25 170.27
MS- BAGS OF FLOUR 'EXPLODE' ON AN ADVANCING TANK
INDICATING A 'HIT'.
01:01:29 174.27
MS- A 2-MAN MACHINE GUN CREW FIRE AT A JEEP WITH
A WOODEN MACHINE GUN
01:01:40 185.27
MONTAGE- GIS WEARING THE NEW HELMETS AND UNIFORMS
SCAMPER OVER A HIGH WOODEN FENCE DURING TRAINING
AS AMERICA 'WAKES UP' TO A WORLD AT WAR.
01:02:04 209.27
A NEWSPAPER HEADLINE "JAPS WAR ON U.S., ETC." IS
SUPER-IMPOSED OVER THE FAMED FILM OF THE JAP
ATTACK OF PEARL HARBOR.
01:02:42 247.27
NARRATOR TELLS OF THE ARMY ELECTRONIC PROVING
GROUNDS IN HUACHUCA, ARIZONA.
01:02:51 256.27
AERIAL- VAST INSTALLATION AT FORT HUACHUCA,
ARIZONA
01:03:19 284.27
MS- A TEACHER SHOWS GI A MATHMATICAL FORMULA ON
A BLACKBOARD
01:03:39 304.27
MS- A SCIENTIST COMPARES A LARGE VACUUM TUBE, A
LATER SMALLER ONE WITH A TRANSISTER HELD IN PALM
OF HIS HAND.
01:03:57 322.27
LS- A SMALL PILOT-LESS DRONE PLANE IS LAUNCHED
INTO THE SKY. CU- THE RECONNAISSANCE ROBOT PLANE
IS MOUNTED WITH A CAMERA.
01:04:32 357.27
MS- THE DRONES PROP IS STARTED WITH A LAWN MOWER
TYPE ENGINE PULL CORD.
01:05:06 391.27
AERIAL- PAN OF THE LANDSCAPE AS SEEN BY THE
DRONE'S CAMERA. MS- A GI ON THE GROUND FOLLOWS AND
CONTROLS THE DRONES FLIGHT WITH A TRACKING DEVICE
AS ANOTHER GI TRACKS IT WITH A RADAR ANTENNA
01:05:49 434.27
ELS- THE DRONE IS PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND AFTER
IT'S ENGINE IS SHUT DOWN.
01:06:59 504.27
LS- A L-19 ARMY LIGHTPLANE TAKES OFF ON A
RECONNAISSANCE MISSION WITH CAMERA ATTACHED TO
IT'S WING
01:09:45 670.27
CU- A NEW MINIATURE RADIO WITH AN EAR PLUG IS
DEMONSTRATED BY A GI. HE COMPARES IT'S SIZE WITH
A CIGARETTE.
01:10:12 697.27
MS- A GI ON THE FIELD DEMONSTRATES A HELMET
CONTAINING A RADIO. HE SPEAKS THROUGH A TINY MIC
AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SQUAD LISTEN THROUGH
THEIR HELMET RADIOS.
01:11:27 772.27
MS- ARMY SCIENTISTS EXPERIMENT WITH AN
ALL-WEATHER FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM THAT 'SEES' IN
THE DARK USING A RADAR GUIDANCE DEVICE. (AFCAN)
01:14:40 965.27
NARRATOR TELLS HOW A NEW ARMY RESERVE, THE 928TH
QUARTERMASTER COMPANY IS ORGANIZED IN A SMALL
TOWN IN VIRGINIA.
01:15:06 991.27
AERIAL- THE LITTLE TOWN OF GALAX, VIRGINIA. NAMED
BY QUAKERS 100 YEARS AGO. 'GALAX' WRITTEN ON A
BUILDING'S ROOF
01:16:00 1045.27
MS- 2 ARMY OFFICERS MEET WITH A YOUNG HEAD OF THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF GALAX WITH A PREPOSAL TO
FORM A ARMY RESERVE TRAINING COMPANY IN GALAX.
01:17:17 1122.27
MS- THE 2 GIS VISIT PRIVATE HOME AND SIT IN THE
LIVING ROOM WITH THE FAMILY AND GET INPUT INTO
THE IDEA.
01:18:44 1209.27
MS- A MAN AND WOMAN TYPING INTERVIEW A YOUNG
RECRUIT TO THE NEW RESERVE UNIT OF GALAX.
01:19:56 1281.27
MS- BRIGADIER GENERAL PHILIP F. LINDERMANN SPEAKS
TO THE NEW RESERVE UNIT AFTER IT IS SWORN IN
01:21:24 1369.27
MS- THE TOWNS BAND LED BY A MAJORETTE MARCH DOWN
STREET AT THE TOWN'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. MS-4
SWIM SUIT BEAUTIES RIDE ON A FLOAT MARKED '1956
MODELS', BEHIND IT ARE 3 '1906 MEN MODELS'.
01:21:38 1383.27
MS- A 'HILLBILLY LAYING DOWN WITH HIS RIFLE READY
RIDES IN A FLOAT 'DOWN WITH WHISKEY'.
01:21:47 1392.27
MS- MULES PULL A WAGON FULL OF MEN. MS- PEOPLE
DRESSED IN CLOTHING ORIGINALLY WORN BY THE
FOUNDERS, MARCH SIDE BY SIDE
01:22:16 1421.27
CU- A HEAVILY BEARDED POLICEMAN IN UNIFORM OF THE
PERIOD. MAN AND WOMAN ON A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO
01:22:49 1454.27
CU- A MODEL-T FORD RIDES TOWARDS THE CAMERA
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Year: 1940  Color: Black & White
Genre: MILITARY

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Keywords: military


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