| 00:02:35 11.07 |
"PENTOMOIC 101ST"
STORY OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION FROM EARLY WWII TRAINING TO BECOMING THE ARMY'S FIRST PENTOMIC DIVISION |
| 00:02:42 18.07 |
MS- NARRATOR SERGEANT STUART QUEEN ATTENDS THE
CEREMONIES OF THE RE-ORGANIZATION AND RE-BIRTH OF THE 'NEW' 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION AT FORT GAMBLE, KENTUCKY IN PREPARATION FOR THE 'ATOMIC AGE'. |
| 00:03:20 56.07 |
MS- AT THE PARADE GROUNDS THE GIS KNEEL FOR A
FIELD PRAYER AS THOSE HOLDING THE MANY FLAGS BOW THEIR HEADS AS THE DIVISION CHAPLAIN PRAYS. |
| 00:03:33 69.07 |
MS- AS SECRETARY OF THE ARMY WILBUR M. BRUCKER
UN-SHEATHS THE COLORS, CHIEF OF STAFF, GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR STANDS AT ATTENTION. |
| 00:03:55 91.07 |
LS- OVERHEAD A MASS PARATROOP DROP GETS UNDER WAY
MS- PEOPLE IN THE STANDS LOOK SKYWARD. |
| 00:04:52 148.07 |
MS- A BALD EAGLE,THE DIVISIONS MASCOT WATCHES,
TIED TO A PERCH. LS- AN 'HONEST JOHN' ROCKET IS FIRED. LS- NEW ASSAULT TYPE AIRCRAFT, THE C-123 MAKES A LANDING USING SHORT AIRSTRIP. |
| 00:05:25 181.07 |
MS- A TRADITIONAL ARMY MULE STANDS NEXT TO A
SPECIAL CARRY-ALL VEHICLE WHICH WILL MAKE MULE OBSOLETE. A BLACK GI DEMONSTRATES THE VEHICLE. |
| 00:05:48 204.07 |
LS- A GI DEMONSTRATES THE 'FLYING PLATFORM'.
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| 00:06:07 223.07 |
MS- ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF MAXWELL D. TAYLOR MAKES A
SPEECH FROM THE REVIEWING STAND AS SECRETARY BRUCKER STANDS BY. |
| 00:08:33 369.07 |
CU- GI MEMBER OF THE 101ST STANDS AT ATTENTION
AND REMINISCES AND NARRATES. MONTAGE- SHIRTLESS GIS GO THROUGH A VIGOROUS OBSTACLE COURSE AND MOCK JUMPS FROM A HIGH TOWER IN 1942. |
| 00:09:18 414.07 |
MS- WINSTON CHURCHILL AND GENERAL EISENHOWER
DO A TOUR OF INSPECTION OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION JUST BEFORE D-DAY |
| 00:09:50 446.07 |
MS- COMMANDERS OF THE AIRBORNE GATHER AROUND A
MAP AND PLOT THE DROP ON THE CHERBORG PENNINSULAR IN FRANCE |
| 00:09:57 453.07 |
MS- GENERAL IKE CHATS WITH A YOUNG BRIGADIER
GENERAL, MAXWELL TAYLOR. MS- IKE TALKS, ONE-ON-ONE TO THE PAINTED FACED TROOPS, BEFORE THE DROP ON D-DAY. |
| 00:12:00 576.07 |
MONTAGE- SCENES OF D-DAY AT THE NORMANDY LANDING
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| 00:12:54 630.07 |
MS- A GI FIRING A GRENADE FROM HIS RIFLE INTO A
2ND STORY WINDOW AND THE ENSUING EXPLOSION. |
| 00:13:00 636.07 |
MONTAGE- WWII BATTLE SCENES AND SURRENDERING
GERMAN SOLDIERS. MS- LITTLE FRENCH KIDS HOLD BOQUETS OF FLOWERS FOR THE GIS DURING VICTORY CEREMONIES IN A FRENCH SQUARE. |
| 00:18:55 991.07 |
MONTAGE- BATTLE OF THE BULGE SCENES (PREVIOUSLY
LOGGED) |
| 00:21:30 1146.07 |
MONTAGE- FACES OF WEARY, THOROUGHLY BEATEN AND
DOWN-THRODDEN GERMAN PRISONERS. |
| 00:23:05 1241.07 |
LS- VICTORIOUS GIS OF THE 101ST LOOK OUT FROM
HITLER'S 'EAGLE NEST' INTO THE BEAUTIFUL BLACK FOREST RETREAT IN BAVARIA. |
| 00:23:23 1259.07 |
MS- GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR CONTINUES HIS SPEECH.
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| 00:24:34 1330.07 |
LS- IN A SIMULATED OPERATION A 11 MAN PARATROOP
DROP OVER ENEMY TERRITORY AND DESTROY A SMALL BRIDGE |
| 00:27:00 1476.07 |
MONTAGE- AS THE 101ST MARCH. THEIR BATTLE SONG IS
HEARD BEING SUNG BY A CHOIR. |
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Year: 1940-1957
Color: Black & White
Genre: MILITARY
Specialty CollectionGenre: MILITARY
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