00:30:29 7.41 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF THE ROLE OF TELEVISION IN
BATTLE 'COMMUNICATION BY SIGHT'. SOMETHING THE FIELD COMMANDER NEVER HAD BEFORE AND THE SCOPE OF WHICH TELEVISION MAY ONE DAY BRING TO THE BATTLEFIELD. |
00:31:10 48.41 |
MONTAGE- GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY AND OTHER HIGH
RANKING OFFICERS AND INDUSTRIAL LEADERS ARRIVE AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND TO VIEW THE 1ST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF THE TACTICAL USE OF TELEVISION |
00:31:47 85.41 |
GI SHOWS A MAP OF THE PLAN TO THE VIEWERS THEN COUNTS OFF THE TIME FROM 10 DOWN FOR THE SHOW TO START.
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00:31:59 97.41 |
MS- A SIGNAL CORP TV CAMERA STARTS TAKING THE
ACTION IN THE FIELD WHICH IS TELEVISED OVER A TV SCREEN SEEN BY THE COMMANDERS IN THE FIELD, GIVING THEM INSTANT KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACTION. |
00:32:38 136.41 |
MONTAGE- SCREENING FROM A PLANE AND OTHER SCENES
(PREVIOUSLY LOGGED) ARE SHOWN. |
00:35:54 332.41 |
MS- PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERROGATION OF A
PRISONER IS DONE BY COMMANDING OFFICER MILES AWAY THE SHOULDER PATCH OF THE 'PRISONER' IS SHOWN OVER THE SCREEN. |
00:37:02 399.41 |
MS- GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY SPEAKS AT THE
CONCLUSION OF THE DEMONSTRATION. |
00:39:44 562.41 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF THE JOB OF PATROLLING THE
BORDERS OF THE FREE WORLD FROM THE SOVIET ORBIT AND TELLS OF THE TYPICAL DAY'S ACTIVITY OF THE PATROL. |
00:39:57 575.41 |
MS- A PATROL SQUATS ON THE GROUND OF A CLEARING
IN THE FOREST AND LISTEN TO THEIR LEADER AS HE PERUSES A MAP ON THE GROUND. THE PATROL GET INTO 2 JEEPS AND RIDE INTO THE FOREST NEAR BERLIN. |
00:41:29 667.41 |
LS- CHILDREN WAVE AT THE PATROL AS IT PASSES
THROUGH A VILLAGE. A FARMER BROADCASTING SEED WAVES. THE JEEPS BACK UP AS A FARMER WITH OXEN PULLING A CART BLOCKS THE STREET. |
00:42:16 714.41 |
MS- A GROUP OF GIRLS RUN OUT TO TALK TO THE
PATROL WHEN IT STOPS ON THE ROAD. MS- GI GETS OUT OF THE JEEP AT A SMALL BRIDGE AND LOOKS ACROSS WITH BINOCULARS THEN MOVES ON PASSING 2 OXEN PULLING A CART WITH THE FARMER. |
00:43:30 788.41 |
LS- GI SPEAKS ON HIS PHONE TO A LIGHTPLANE THAT
PASSES OVERHEAD. THE PATROL CHECKS BORDER CROSSINGS (SIGN IN GERMAN) ALONG THEIR WAY. |
00:47:16 1013.41 |
MS- A GERMAN ATHLETIC INSTRUCTOR SHOWS OFF DUTY
GIS HOW TO THROW A DISCUS. THE GI THROWS ONE. A GI JOINS A CIVILIAN HUNTER WHO WEARS A FEATHERED HAT, IN THE THICK BRUSH TO HUNT DEER. |
00:48:20 1077.41 |
LS- A DEER IS SPOTTED WITH BINOCULARS. CU- GI
TAKES AIM THROUGH HIS TELESCOPTIC SIGHT AND FIRES HIS CIVILIAN PARTNER SIGNIFIES A 'HIT'. |
00:49:04 1121.41 |
MS- BRITISH, FRENCH AND AMERICAN GIS COMPETE IN A
3 WAY 'TUG-O-WAR. MONTAGE- ALL SIDES PULL AND STRAIN ON THE ROPE. LS- MILITARY BAND MARCHES. |
00:50:34 1212.41 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF THE CERMONY OF 'RETREAT' WITH
ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE COMPOSED BY THE ARMY BAND. |
00:50:59 1237.41 |
MONTAGE- DRAWINGS DEPICTING SOLDIERS SALUTING THE
FLAG AS RETREAT IS SOUNDED. THE HISTORY OF THE RETREAT IS SHOWN ON DRAWINGS GOING BACK 900 YEARS TO THE CRUSADE WITH THE SAME MUSIC USED TODAY |
00:52:10 1308.41 |
NARRATOR EXPLAINS MEANING OF RETREAT AS USED BY
ENGLAND AND DRAWINGS SHOWING IN THE 16TH CENTURY WHEN IT WAS CALLED 'THE WATCH SETTING |
00:53:34 1392.41 |
MS- DRAWINGS OF PEOPLE DANCING AND DRINKING IN
AN INN, THE SOCIAL CENTER OF THE DAY. |
00:53:39 1397.41 |
MS- DRAWING OF DRUMMER AND 2 SOLDIERS MARCHING
THROUGH TOWN SOUNDING 'REVEILLE' OR 'TATTOO' AS IT WAS ALSO CALLED, SIGNALING TIME TO CLOSE DOWN. |
00:55:30 1507.47 |
MS- DRAWING SHOWS FIFE AND DRUM CORP MARCHING
THROUGH THE STREETS OF AMERICA SOUNDING 'REVEILLE' IN COLONIAL DAYS. |
00:56:49 1586.6 |
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