1954MILITARY
"THE QAURTERMASTER STORY"
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARMY'S QUARTERMASTER
CORPS
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARMY'S QUARTERMASTER
CORPS
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| 01:02:21 0.17 |
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 |
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 |
CU SQUEEZE TUBES CONTAINING A CHICKEN DINNER AND
A DESSERT FOR OUTER SPACE TRAVELERS. ASTRONAUT FOOD |
| 01:03:50 89.17 |
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 |
ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOW HOW THE FOOD IS PASSED ON
CONVEYER BELT AND RADIATED, REVOLUTIONIZING FOOD STORAGE FOR THE MILITARY. |
| 01:05:55 214.17 |
RAGGED SOLDIERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, SOME IN
COONSKIN HATS, MARCH DOWN A ROAD TO BATTLE. |
| 01:06:15 234.17 |
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 |
MONTAGE U.S. DOUGHBOYS ON BOARD SHIPS TO EUROPE
A TREMENDOUS QUARTERMASTER UNDERTAKING. |
| 01:07:14 293.17 |
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 |
TROOPS WADE INTO SHORE UNDER HEAVY FIRE AT
NORMANDY, ON D-DAY OF WWII. |
| 01:08:09 348.17 |
MONTAGE TONS OF SUPPLIES ARE UNLOADED OFF SHIPS
DURING WWII. |
| 01:08:20 359.17 |
THOUSANDS OF CRATES OF CHERRIES, APPLES & TOMATOES
PILED HIGH ON A PIER. |
| 01:08:25 364.17 |
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 |
GI WEARS BODY ARMOR IN THE FIELD IN KOREA.
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| 01:09:15 414.17 |
MONTAGE SUPPLIES ARE ROLLED BY CONVEYOR ONTO A
CARGO PLANE FOR PARACHUTE DROP IN KOREA. |
| 01:09:21 420.17 |
LONG LINE OF FLAG DRAPED COFFINS ARE HONORED
BEFORE BURIAL AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY. |
| 01:09:49 448.17 |
FORT LEE, VIRGINIA, HOME OF THE QUARTER MASTER
CORP AND SCHOOL. |
| 01:10:18 477.17 |
SERGEANT SHOWS STUDENT GIS A SEWING MACHINE.
BUTCHER SHOWS A CLASS DIFERENT CUTS OF BEEF |
| 01:11:11 530.17 |
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 |
GIRLS AT THEIR TELETYPE MACHINES (PAN). MONTAGE
PUNCH CARDS BEING SORTED BY MACHINE. |
| 01:12:00 579.17 |
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 |
BLACK WORKER ADEPTLY MOVES SUPPLIES WITH HIS
FORKLIFT. |
| 01:12:46 625.17 |
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 |
MONTAGE MEN AND WOMEN TEST THE DURABILITY OF
GOODS ON SPECIAL MACHINES. |
| 01:13:17 656.17 |
CU MECHANICAL LEG BENDS AND UNBENDS AT THE KNEE
TESTING PANTS FOR DURABILITY. |
| 01:13:22 661.17 |
CU PAN OF HUNDREDS OF TOOLS AND UTENSILS HANDLED
BY QUARTERMASTERS. |
| 01:13:30 669.17 |
PAN OF ROW UPON ROW OF SHELVES CONTAINING PARTS OF
ALL TYPES AND NEEDS IN A HUGE WAREHOUSE |
| 01:13:50 689.17 |
NEW HEAVY DUTY FORKLIFT TRUCK THAT MOVES EASILY ON
A BEACH AND LIFTS LARGE LOADS. |
| 01:14:00 699.17 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
GI PATROLS AND CHECKS A PIPELINE RUNNING THROUGH A
FOREST |
| 01:15:11 770.17 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
MONTAGE SOLDIERS AND HOUSEWIVES SHOP AT AN ARMY
SUPERMARKET-COMMISSARY. |
| 01:18:08 947.17 |
CONVEYOR MOVES BREAD SLICES, IN PLASTIC WRAPPERS,
UNDER AN IRRADIATION MACHINE |
| 01:18:12 951.17 |
MALE AND FEMALE GI CHECKS MANNEQUINS WEARING
VARIOUS SERVICE UNIFORMS. |
| 01:18:40 979.17 |
WORKER SEWS FABRICK ON A SEWING MACHINE ANOTHER
CUTS A PATTERN WITH A CUTTING MACHINE. |
| 01:19:12 1011.17 |
WOMEN AT SEWING MACHINES IN A PLANT.
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| 01:19:28 1027.17 |
TAILOR FITS A GI WITH A CUSTOM UNIFORM.
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| 01:20:11 1070.17 |
AERIAL WORKERS AT THEIR MACHINES AT THE LAUNDRY
AND DRY CLEANING PLANT OF THE QUARTERMASTER CORP |
| 01:20:16 1075.17 |
BLACK GI TAKES HIS CLOTHING OUT OF THE WASHER AND
PUTS IT IN A DRYER. |
| 01:20:27 1086.17 |
TWO WOMEN WORKERS STACK SHEETS. BLACK GI SPRAYS A
CHEMICAL BEFORE PRESSING A GARMENT |
| 01:20:57 1116.17 |
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 |
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 |
FLASH FIRE BURNS THE CLOTHING OFF ONE DUMMY BUT
LEAVES THE OTHER UNSCATHED. |
| 01:23:50 1289.17 |
GI IN AN ALUMINIZED PAPER SUIT WALKS INTO BLAZING
FIRE AND PUTS IT OUT WITH A HOSE. |
| 01:24:51 1350.17 |
BULLET FIRED BY A GI IS REMOVED FROM NYLON VEST
AFTER IT SUCCESSFULLY PREVENTED IT'S PENETRATION. |
| 01:25:38 1397.17 |
NEW BOOT IS TESTED UNDER ARCTIC CONDITIONS.
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| 01:26:00 1419.17 |
MONTAGE FEET OF GIS WALKING THROUGH ARCTIC SNOW
AND TROPICAL SAND. |
| 01:26:32 1451.17 |
GI STRIPS TO THE WAIST AND PLACES HIS SHIRT
THROUGH A MACHINE TO TEST FOR ATOMIC FALL-OUT. |
| 01:27:28 1507.17 |
SKILLED CHEMIST WORKING IN A QUARTERMASTER
RESEARCH LAB TESTS INSECTICIDE ON A FISH TANK FILLED WITH CRAWLING COCKROACHES. |
| 01:28:09 1548.17 |
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 |
HUGE LOAD OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES ARE
ROLLED OUT OF THE BACK OF A CARGO PLANE & DROPPED WITH PARACHUTES. |
| 01:29:12 1612 |
SERGEANT STUART QUEEN DISCUSSES QUARTERMASTER'S DUTIES AND ENDS PROGRAM
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| 01:29:43 1642.17 |
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