1917-1957MILITARY
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"KING OF BATTLE"
A STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF FIREPOWER FROM CANNON TO ATOMIC MISSILES. |
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NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF FIELD ARTILLERY FROM BUNKER HILL TO PRESENT
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MS- THE NIGHT BEING LIT UP WITH CANNON FIRE.
LS- TANKS FIRING A CONTINUOUS BARRAGE. |
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MONTAGE- ARTILLERY CREW LOADING AND FIRING AND THE SHELLS BURSTING IN THE DISTANCE
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MS- A GI IN A BUNKER SENDS OUT A MORSE CODE MESSAGE FOR AN ARTILLERY BARRAGE TO A CENTRAL COMMUNICATION CENTER WHERE IT IS RELAYED BY GIS ON A TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD.
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MS- AN ARTILLERY COMMANDER GETS THE MESSAGE OVER THE PHONE AND A BARRAGE IS FIRED. LS- A HUGE AREA GOES UP IN SMOKE AS SHELLS EXPLODE IN DISTANCE.
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| 01:00:59 127.03 |
LS- MOVIE FILM OF COLONIAL SOLDIERS MARCHING THROUGH A CROWDED VILLAGE IN 1776. HISTORICAL RECREATION-REENACTMENT.
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MS- A 1776 MUSSLE LOADED CANNON. MS- A PAINTING OF A REVOLUTIONARY WAR ARTILLERY TEAM IN ACTION
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MONTAGE- INTENSE BATTLE SCENES OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR TAKEN FROM VARIOUS FILMS
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MS- A LONG LINE OF WEARY SOLDIERS CARRY THEIR MUSKETS ACROSS THEIR SHOULDERS AS THE TREK UP A HILL WITH TATTERED CLOTHING AND BANDAGED HEADS.
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MS- A PHOTO OF A CIVIL WAR ARTILLERY CREW BY THEIR CANNON. PAINTING OF BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
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MONTAGE- INTENSE BATTLE SCENES OF THE CIVIL WAR.
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MONTAGE- WORLD WAR I CANNON BARRAGES. U.S.
DOUGHBOYS GAS MASKS AS THEY FIRE RIFLES FROM A TRENCH. |
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MS- A SOLDIER CALLS FOR ARTILLERY OVER A PHONE IN HIS TRENCH MONTAGE- ARTILLERY IS FIRED BY MANY DIFFERENT GUN POSITIONS
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MS- DOUGHBOYS FOLLOW A LARGE WAGON CARRYING THEIR SUPPLIES DOWN A DIRT ROAD. A TRACTOR PULLS A LARGE ARTILLERY PIECE WITH SOLDIERS 'HITCHING' A RIDE SITTING ON THE BARREL.
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MONTAGE- LONG COLUMNS OF INFANTRY WALKING AND RIDING ON HORSE DRAWN WAGONS ON RAIN SOAKED MUDDY ROADS
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MS- FEET OF SOLDIERS AND HORSES AND WAGONS WALKING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS THROUGH SLIMY MUD.
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MS- SOLDIERS LAY SECTIONS OF WOOD IN FRONT OF A ARMORED VEHICLE TO KEEP IT MOVING THROUGH THICK MUDDY ROAD. TRUCKS USE CHAINS ON THEIR TIRES
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LS- A TRUCK HAS DIFFICULTY PULLING A HUGE ARTILLERY PIECE THROUGH THE MUDDY ROAD.
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LS- HUGE 16 INCH GUNS MOUNTED ON A RAILROAD TRACK FIRES. SOLDIERS GO 'OVER THE TOP' FROM THEIR TRENCHES
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MONTAGE- LARGE GUNS FIRING FROM DIFFERENT POSITIONS. CU- A HUGE CANNON POINTS INTO THE CAMERA AND FIRES. MONTAGE OF BURSTING SHELLS
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MS- REMAINS OF BUILDINGS AND DEBRIS FOLLOWING THE BARRAGE (PAN) IN 1918
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| 01:06:31 459.03 |
LS- DOUGHBOYS PATROL AND GUARD THE DEVASTATED REMAINS OF A CITY (PAN)
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CU- ADOLF HITLER WITH HIS OUTSTRETCHED ARM IN NAZI SALUTE. PAN FROM THE TIP OF HIS FINGERS TO HIS FACE
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MS- FDR SIGN OUR 1ST PEACETIME DRAFT BILL.
MONTAGE- AMERICAN TROOPS IN TRAINING (LOGGED) |
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CU- ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 A CLOCK SHOWS 1:20 AM AS JAPANESES BOMB PEARL HARBOR.
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MONTAGE- OF BATTLE SCENES IN THE PACIFIC AND IN EUROPE. (PREVIOUSLY LOGGED)
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MONTAGE- ARTILLERY BARRAGES BY GI GUN CREWS. MS-
'BANZAI' CHARGES BY JAPANESE TROOPS & INTENSE WAR SCENES IN THE JUNGLES OF THE PACIFIC. |
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MONTAGE- INTENSE BATTLE SCENES IN NORTH AFRICA AND THROUGH D-DAY AND THE BATTLE OF EUROPE
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MONTAGE- BATTLE SCENES IN KOREA AND THE HEAVY USE OF ARTILLERY THERE.
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MONTAGE- THE 280MM CANNON, 'ATOMIC CANNON' THE ULTIMATE ARTILLERY PIECE IS PREPARED AND FIRED
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MS- A 'CORPORAL' MISSILE IS ROLLED INTO POSITION MS- A GI MANS THE PORTABLE FIELD CONTROL, AIMS THE MISSILE AND FIRES IT SKYWARD.
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