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1954MILITARY
"THE QAURTERMASTER STORY"
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARMY'S QUARTERMASTER
CORPS

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NARRATOR STUART QUEEN SHOWS A BOOT WHOSE SOLE IS
MOULDED ON IN MANUFACTURE TO LAST FOR THE LIFE OF
THE SHOE.
01:03:17 56.17 thumbnail
CU CONTOUR PACKAGING SHOWS HOW A BUNDLE OF
CLOTHING IS COMPRESSED INTO A PLASTIC CONTAINER
TAKING UP A FRACTION OF SPACE AS THE UNPACKAGED.
01:03:26 65.17 thumbnail
CU SQUEEZE TUBES CONTAINING A CHICKEN DINNER AND
A DESSERT FOR OUTER SPACE TRAVELERS. ASTRONAUT
FOOD
01:03:50 89.17 thumbnail
SCALE MODEL OF A SOLAR OVEN. CU THICK STEEL PLATE
WITH A HOLE BURNED THROUGH IT BY SOLAR ENERGY. CU
IRRADIATED FOOD STUFFS WRAPPED IN PLASTIC WHICH
DOES NOT SPOIL IS SHOWN. (PAN)
01:04:52 151.17 thumbnail
ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOW HOW THE FOOD IS PASSED ON
CONVEYER BELT AND RADIATED, REVOLUTIONIZING FOOD
STORAGE FOR THE MILITARY.
01:05:55 214.17 thumbnail
RAGGED SOLDIERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, SOME IN
COONSKIN HATS, MARCH DOWN A ROAD TO BATTLE.
01:06:15 234.17 thumbnail
MONTAGE DRAWINGS DEPICTING THE WAR OF 1812, THE
CIVIL WAR AND THE WAR WITH SPAIN. EACH HAVING IT'S
QUARTERMASTER CORP PROBLEMS.
01:06:50 269.17 thumbnail
MONTAGE U.S. DOUGHBOYS ON BOARD SHIPS TO EUROPE
A TREMENDOUS QUARTERMASTER UNDERTAKING.
01:07:14 293.17 thumbnail
LONG COLUMNS OF TROOPS, HORSES & WAGONS PASSING
THROUGH A FRENCH VILLAGE IN WWI. AERIAL HUGE TENT
CITY WITH THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS
01:07:51 330.17 thumbnail
TROOPS WADE INTO SHORE UNDER HEAVY FIRE AT
NORMANDY, ON D-DAY OF WWII.
01:08:09 348.17 thumbnail
MONTAGE TONS OF SUPPLIES ARE UNLOADED OFF SHIPS
DURING WWII.
01:08:20 359.17 thumbnail
THOUSANDS OF CRATES OF CHERRIES, APPLES & TOMATOES
PILED HIGH ON A PIER.
01:08:25 364.17 thumbnail
CU GI CUTS A PIECE OF MEAT IN HIS METAL DISH AS HE
SITS ON THE GROUND AND EATS A HOT MEAL.
01:08:46 385.17 thumbnail
GI WEARS BODY ARMOR IN THE FIELD IN KOREA.
01:09:15 414.17 thumbnail
MONTAGE SUPPLIES ARE ROLLED BY CONVEYOR ONTO A
CARGO PLANE FOR PARACHUTE DROP IN KOREA.
01:09:21 420.17 thumbnail
LONG LINE OF FLAG DRAPED COFFINS ARE HONORED
BEFORE BURIAL AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY.
01:09:49 448.17 thumbnail
FORT LEE, VIRGINIA, HOME OF THE QUARTER MASTER
CORP AND SCHOOL.
01:10:18 477.17 thumbnail
SERGEANT SHOWS STUDENT GIS A SEWING MACHINE.
BUTCHER SHOWS A CLASS DIFERENT CUTS OF BEEF
01:11:11 530.17 thumbnail
CIVILIAN WORKER SITS AT A HUGE COMPUTER AT
QUARTERMASTER BUILDING. ANOTHER WINDS UP ROLLS OF
RECORDING TAPE. CU ROLLS SPIN AS THEY RECORD
01:11:30 549.17 thumbnail
GIRLS AT THEIR TELETYPE MACHINES (PAN). MONTAGE
PUNCH CARDS BEING SORTED BY MACHINE.
01:12:00 579.17 thumbnail
PILES OF 'C' RATIONS IN A WAREHOUSE UP TO IT'S
HIGH CEILING. CU WORKER STENCILS A NUMBER ON THE
CRATES
01:12:35 614.17 thumbnail
BLACK WORKER ADEPTLY MOVES SUPPLIES WITH HIS
FORKLIFT.
01:12:46 625.17 thumbnail
MONTAGE PILES OF OBSOLETE MACHINERY AND A DEPOT
FILLED WITH OBSOLETE TRUCKS ARE SOLD BY
QUARTERMASTER FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
01:13:00 639.17 thumbnail
MONTAGE MEN AND WOMEN TEST THE DURABILITY OF
GOODS ON SPECIAL MACHINES.
01:13:17 656.17 thumbnail
CU MECHANICAL LEG BENDS AND UNBENDS AT THE KNEE
TESTING PANTS FOR DURABILITY.
01:13:22 661.17 thumbnail
CU PAN OF HUNDREDS OF TOOLS AND UTENSILS HANDLED
BY QUARTERMASTERS.
01:13:30 669.17 thumbnail
PAN OF ROW UPON ROW OF SHELVES CONTAINING PARTS OF
ALL TYPES AND NEEDS IN A HUGE WAREHOUSE
01:13:50 689.17 thumbnail
NEW HEAVY DUTY FORKLIFT TRUCK THAT MOVES EASILY ON
A BEACH AND LIFTS LARGE LOADS.
01:14:00 699.17 thumbnail
AERIAL HUGE QUARTERMASTER DEPOT IN GERMANY. BLACK &
WHITE GIS SIT AT DESKS DOING THE VAST PAPERWORK
NEEDED TO MOVE SUPPLIES.
01:14:19 718.17 thumbnail
HUGE STOCK OF PETROLEUM 50 GALLON DRUMS AT OUTDOOR
DEPOT WITH CRANE LOADING THEM ON TRUCKS. GERMAN
WORKERS FILL TANK CARS WITH PETROLEUM WITH HOSE
FROM A PIPELINE.
01:14:42 741.17 thumbnail
HUGE FLEXIBLE HOSE IS PULLED ON DOLLIES TO OIL
TANKER IN HARBOR. AS WORKERS CONNECT THE HOSE TO
SHIPS PIPELINE, A GI TURNS ON A HUGE VALVE.
01:15:00 759.17 thumbnail
GI PATROLS AND CHECKS A PIPELINE RUNNING THROUGH A
FOREST
01:15:11 770.17 thumbnail
GI FOOD SPECIALISTS GATHER IN MEETING ROOM TO
DISCUSS MENUS. GI CRITICS SIT IN BOOTHS AND TASTE
FOOD SAMPLES AND JOT DOWN THEIR THOUGHTS.
01:15:25 784.17 thumbnail
GI CHECKS SIDES OF BEEF HANGING IN FREEZER. LIVE
FISH ARE DUMPED INTO BINS FROM HUGE NETS. CU
BASKETS FULL OF POTATOES, PEPPERS, STRING BEANS,
CUCUMBERS AND OTHER PRODUCE.
01:15:49 808.17 thumbnail
MANY CHEFS WORKING IN KITCHEN. CU CHEF PULLS
ROASTED HAM OUT OF OVEN TO CHECK IT. ANOTHER ADDS
SPICE AND STIRS FOOD IN A LARGE PAN
01:16:19 838.17 thumbnail
MONTAGE HANDS OF CHEFS DECORATING DISHES TO
STIMULATE THE APPETITE. 4 GIS SIT AT TABLE TO
EAT FROM THEIR GENEROUS TRAYS OF FOOD.
01:16:55 874.17 thumbnail
TWO BAKERS WATCH A MACHINE CHURN A HUGE GLOB OF
DOUGH. GI BAKER ROLLS OUT DOUGH FOR BREAD & PLACE
THEM IN PORTABLE OVENS AT A FIELD BAKERY
01:17:20 899.17 thumbnail
MONTAGE SOLDIERS AND HOUSEWIVES SHOP AT AN ARMY
SUPERMARKET-COMMISSARY.
01:18:08 947.17 thumbnail
CONVEYOR MOVES BREAD SLICES, IN PLASTIC WRAPPERS,
UNDER AN IRRADIATION MACHINE
01:18:12 951.17 thumbnail
MALE AND FEMALE GI CHECKS MANNEQUINS WEARING
VARIOUS SERVICE UNIFORMS.
01:18:40 979.17 thumbnail
WORKER SEWS FABRICK ON A SEWING MACHINE ANOTHER
CUTS A PATTERN WITH A CUTTING MACHINE.
01:19:12 1011.17 thumbnail
WOMEN AT SEWING MACHINES IN A PLANT.
01:19:28 1027.17 thumbnail
TAILOR FITS A GI WITH A CUSTOM UNIFORM.
01:20:11 1070.17 thumbnail
AERIAL WORKERS AT THEIR MACHINES AT THE LAUNDRY
AND DRY CLEANING PLANT OF THE QUARTERMASTER CORP
01:20:16 1075.17 thumbnail
BLACK GI TAKES HIS CLOTHING OUT OF THE WASHER AND
PUTS IT IN A DRYER.
01:20:27 1086.17 thumbnail
TWO WOMEN WORKERS STACK SHEETS. BLACK GI SPRAYS A
CHEMICAL BEFORE PRESSING A GARMENT
01:20:57 1116.17 thumbnail
MONTAGE GI VOLUNTEERS ARE PLACED IN TROPICAL AND
ARCTIC CHAMBERS TO TEST CLOTHING AND IT'S EFFECTS
ON THEIR PHYSICAL CONDITION.
01:22:53 1232.17 thumbnail
GIS WEARING SPECIAL PANCHOS CRAWL ON WET SURFACES
AND ROLL ON SANDBAGS TO TEST THE MATERIAL. GROUPS
OF GIS WALK ON MAN-MADE ROUGH SURFACES DESIGNED TO
AGE THE SHOES
01:23:29 1268.17 thumbnail
FLASH FIRE BURNS THE CLOTHING OFF ONE DUMMY BUT
LEAVES THE OTHER UNSCATHED.
01:23:50 1289.17 thumbnail
GI IN AN ALUMINIZED PAPER SUIT WALKS INTO BLAZING
FIRE AND PUTS IT OUT WITH A HOSE.
01:24:51 1350.17 thumbnail
BULLET FIRED BY A GI IS REMOVED FROM NYLON VEST
AFTER IT SUCCESSFULLY PREVENTED IT'S PENETRATION.
01:25:38 1397.17 thumbnail
NEW BOOT IS TESTED UNDER ARCTIC CONDITIONS.
01:26:00 1419.17 thumbnail
MONTAGE FEET OF GIS WALKING THROUGH ARCTIC SNOW
AND TROPICAL SAND.
01:26:32 1451.17 thumbnail
GI STRIPS TO THE WAIST AND PLACES HIS SHIRT
THROUGH A MACHINE TO TEST FOR ATOMIC FALL-OUT.
01:27:28 1507.17 thumbnail
SKILLED CHEMIST WORKING IN A QUARTERMASTER
RESEARCH LAB TESTS INSECTICIDE ON A FISH TANK
FILLED WITH CRAWLING COCKROACHES.
01:28:09 1548.17 thumbnail
GIS PUT TOGETHER PARACHUTE MATERIALS & FOLD THEM.
GIS TIE DOWN JEEPS AND CANNONS FOR SAFE SHIPPING.
THEN LOAD THEM ON TRUCKS.
01:29:05 1604.17 thumbnail
HUGE LOAD OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES ARE
ROLLED OUT OF THE BACK OF A CARGO PLANE & DROPPED
WITH PARACHUTES.
01:29:12 1612 thumbnail
SERGEANT STUART QUEEN DISCUSSES QUARTERMASTER'S DUTIES AND ENDS PROGRAM
01:29:43 1642.17 thumbnail
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