00:29:41 0 |
PICTORIAL REPORT NO.1 FROM OVERSEAS.
ROUND-UP OF STORIES INCLUDING HONOR GUARD, TESTING OF ARMORED VEST, BERLIN, AND WACs IN EUROPE. PLUS KMAG & THE THE FRENCH BATTALION IN KOREA. |
00:30:26 45 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF THE U.S. ARMY AROUND THE GLOBE,
INCLUDING HELICOPTERS OVER BERLIN, TRAINING OF THE KOREAN ARMY, FRENCH FORCES IN ACTION, THE NEW ARMORED VEST, A REVIEW OF THE 8TH ARMY HONOR GUARD AND A REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE ARMY WACS IN EUROPE. |
00:31:33 112 |
MS- HELICOPTER HOVERS AND LANDS BEHIND NARRATOR
LT. FRANK GRUBBS AT TEMPLEHOF AIRPORT IN BERLIN PILOT OF HELICOPTER HOPS OUT OF VEHICLE AND TELLS NARRATOR ABOUT HIS MISSION WHICH IS TO PATROL THE ALLIED SECTOR OF BERLIN. |
00:33:50 249 |
AERIAL- BRANDENBURG GATE AS SEEN FROM CHOPPER, A
MEMORIAL TO RUSSIAN SOLDIER AND A CLEAR VIEW OF RUSSIAN SECTOR WITH WWII BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS |
00:34:20 279 |
AERIAL- HELICOPTER VIEW OF A TRAIN GOING OVER A
BRIDGE, CANAL AND RAILWAY ARTERIES, ELECTRICAL POWER PLANTS. |
00:35:21 340 |
LS- KOREAN AND U.S.FLAGS FLY TOGETHER.
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00:35:39 358 |
MS- U.S.ARMY OFFICER INSTRUCTING A KOREAN OFFICER
IN THE FIELD AS A KOREAN MACHINE GUN CREW SETS UP THEIR GUN IN FRONT OF THE OFFICERS. |
00:36:08 387 |
LS- A DERRICK PICKS UP PILES OF DIRT AS A U.S
INSTRUCTOR SHOWS IT TO A ROK (REPUBLIC OF KOREA) SOLDIER. |
00:36:50 429 |
MS- AN ARMY INSTRUCTOR SHOWS A MAP TO A KOREAN
GENERAL WHO IS INTERRUPTED BY A ROK SOLDIER WHO HANDS THE GENERAL A MESSAGE. THE GENERAL GETS ON A FIELD PHONE AND ORDERS AN ACTION |
00:37:46 485 |
MS- AN ARTILLERY OFFICER GETS MESSAGE ON PHONE
AND ARTILLERY CREW LOADS THEIR CANNON AND FIRES |
00:39:00 559 |
MS- 4 FRENCH BUGLERS BLOW THEIR HORNS IN UNISON
AT A FRENCH CAMP AT KOREAN FRONT. |
00:39:36 595 |
MS- A FRENCH SOLDIER HOLDS UP A SMALL BULLSEYE IN
HIS HAND AS A RIFLEMAN SHOOTS AT IT FROM AFAR. THE SOLDIER HAND MOVES TO THE IMPACT OF THE BULLET HITTING THE TARGET. |
00:40:00 619 |
THE SOLDIER HOLDING THE TARGET GETS HIS TURN AT
FIRING AS HIS PARTNER HOLDS THE TARGET. |
00:40:06 625 |
MS- FRENCH TROOPS TRAIN RUNNING FORWARD AND
FIRING FROM THE HIP AS THEY GO. |
00:40:23 642 |
MS- FRENCH OFFICER TELLS OF THE PURPOSE OF THE
TYPE OF TRAINING SEEN. |
00:41:30 709 |
MS- ON A HILLSIDE OF KOREA, SOLDIERS OF THE 3RD
DIVISION ARE BRIEFED ON THE USE OF A NEW ARMORED VEST. MS- A VEST IS FITTED ONTO A GI. |
00:41:39 718 |
LS- A PATROL WEARING THE VEST CLIMBS A HILL.
MONTAGE- SOLDIERS IN VARIOUS BATTLE SCENARIOS WEAR THE VESTS. |
00:42:38 777 |
MS- A QUARTERMASTER GI EXAMINES A USED VEST AND
READS THE ACCOMPANING REPORT. CU- THE GI PROBES INTO THE VEST WITH TWEEZERS HUNTING FRAGMENTS THE VEST IS THEN REPAIRED AND RETURNED. |
00:43:39 838 |
MS- INFANTRYMAN WEARING A VEST MOVES FORWARD AND
SHOOTS HIS RIFLE FROM THE HIP. |
00:44:07 866 |
LS- PAGODA TYPE BUILDING IN KOREA. LS- AN ARMY
BAND PLAYS NEAR THE BUILDING AS A SQUAD OF SOLDIERS SMARTLY MARCH BY. |
00:44:53 912 |
AS NARRATOR SPEAKS THE SOLDIERS PUT ON A DISPLAY
OF PERFECT CORDINATION WITH RIFLE HANDLING AND DRILL. |
00:46:11 990 |
CU- HONOR GUARD OFFICER TELLS OF THE PURPOSE AND
TRAINING OF THE GUARD . |
00:47:48 1087 |
MONTAGE- UNITS OF THE HONOR GUARD BAND PLAY MARCH
MUSIC AND MARCH ON FIELD. |
00:48:21 1120 |
MONTAGE- THE DRILL GROUP MARCH AND DRILL TO THE
MUSIC IN AN EXTRAORDINARY DISPLAY OF PRECISION AND DISCIPLINE. |
00:48:52 1151 |
CU- ARM PATCHES ON THE HONOR GUARD MEMBERS SHOW
THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT UNITS INCLUDING THE 8TH ARMY, 45TH DIVISION,2 ND INFANTRY, 25TH DIVISION, 1ST CAVALRY AND 7TH DIVISION. |
00:49:21 1180 |
MONTAGE THE SQUAD LEADER CALLS OUT COMMANDS AND
THE GUARD RESPONDS WITH A DYNAMIC DRILL DISPLAY WITH THEIR RIFLES IN PERFECT CADENCE. |
00:53:00 1399 |
CU- A PRETTY WAC WEARING AN EARPHONE INTRODUCES
HERSELF AND EXPLAINS HER DUTIES IN EUROPE. |
00:53:15 1414 |
MONTAGE- WACS WORKING AT DESKS IN MEDICAL LABS,
OPERATING BUSINESS MACHINES AND DRAWING ON DRAFTING BOARDS. |
00:53:59 1458 |
MS- A GROUP OF WACS LEARN MAP READING IN A WOODED
AREA USING A COMPASS. MS- WACS MARCH SMARTLY ON PARADE GROUNDS (WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA )AT HEIDLEBURG, GERMANY. |
00:54:30 1489 |
MS- A WAC STANDS AT ATTENTION IN HER ROOM AS AN
OFFICER INSPECTS HER BED WHICH HAS HER BELONGINGS NEATLY STACKED. |
00:54:45 1504 |
MS- WACS SIT IN CLASSROOMS ALONGSIDE THEIR ARMY
MALE COUNTERPARTS LEARNING TO SPEAK GERMAN FROM A CIVILIAN MALE TEACHER.THE WAC REPEATS GERMAN WORDS SPOKEN BY THE TEACHER. |
00:55:10 1529 |
MS- A WAC SUPERVISES A GROUP OF GERMAN YOUTH IN
CRAFTS AT AN OUTDOOR CLASS. LS- WACS IN GYM CLOTHING PLAY VOLLEYBALL |
00:55:35 1554 |
MONTAGE- WACS DO SOME SIGHT-SEEING ALONG THE
PICTURESQUE EUROPEAN COUNTRYSIDE. MS- SHOPPING WACS ARE SHOWN A WALL FULL OF CLOCKS IN A STORE THE SALESMAN TAKES ONE OFF THE WALL FOR A SALE. |
00:56:26 1605 |
MS- AS UNIFORMED WACS WATCH. ANOTHER IN A DRESS
MAKES-UP IN FRONT OF A MIRROR IN HER ROOM, THEN STANDS AND MODELS HER DRESS TO HER ROOMMATES. |
00:56:39 1618 |
MS- WACS AND GIS SIT AT A TABLE IN A GERMAN PUB
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00:59:20 1779 |
"FOLLOW ME". TRAINING OF INFANTRYMEN AT FORT
BENNING. PLUS A LOOK AT BENNING'S RANGER SCHOOL. |
00:59:20 1779 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF OFFICER TRAINING AT FORT
BENNING, GEORGIA AND THE APPLICATION OF THE TRAINING IN KOREA AS A PLATOON LEADER |
01:00:04 1823 |
MS- A PLATOON TREKS ON A ROAD AMID THE SNOW
COVERED HILLS OF KOREA. MS- MEMBERS OF THE PLATOON SIT ALONG THE ROAD AND RELAX, CHATING AND SMOKING CIGARETTES |
01:01:04 1883 |
MS- TRAIN ARRIVES AT COLUMBUS, GEORGIA STATION,
HOME OF FORT BENNING. CU- FEET OF GI'S EXITING STEPS OF TRAIN. MS- GIS,CARRYING THEIR DUFFLEBAGS, GET ON BUS TO THE FORT |
01:02:00 1939 |
LS- CANDIDATES SIT ON GROUND IN NEAT LINES AS
REGIMENTAL COMMANDER ADDRESSES THEM FROM A PLATFORM. WELCOMES THEM TO THE INFANTRY OFFICER'S SCHOOL TELLS THEM OF THEIR TRAINING. |
01:04:00 2059 |
CU- A SERGEANT BARKING INSTRUCTION AND SCHEDULES
TO THE MEN. MS- SQUAD OF CANDIDATES MARCH QUICK TIME ALONG THE BARRACKS BUILDINGS AS THE VIGOROUS TRAINING BEGINS. |
01:04:37 2096 |
MS- MEN STAND AT ATTENTION IN A LINE AND KEEP A
REGULATED DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER AS THEY WAIT FOR SUPPLIES OUTSIDE QUARTERMASTER SHACK. |
01:04:42 2101 |
MS- 2 GIS SIT ON BARRACK'S STEPS AND SEW ON
THEIR PATCHES. CU- CANDIDATE GETS A PEELED ONION HAIRCUT FROM BARBER AS, 2 OTHERS LOOK ON GRIMLY |
01:05:27 2146 |
MS- CANDIDATES SIT ON COTS AND LOOK DEJECTEDLY
AT ALL THE GEAR ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THEM. THEY START CLEANING UP. |
01:05:56 2175 |
MS- CANDIDATE CLEANS DIRTY WINDOWS, AS SEEN FROM
OUTSIDE. MS- AS MEN STAND AT ATTENTION IN FRONT OF THEIR BUNKS, AN OFFICER WEARING A WHITE GLOVES INSPECTS THEIR QUARTERS. |
01:06:43 2222 |
CU- WHITE GLOVE SHOWING DIRT AFTER OFFICER WIPES
IT ON LOCKER, HE VERBALLY DISCIPLINES THE GI. |
01:07:29 2268 |
MONTAGE- CANDIDATES RUN AND SCALE AN 8 FOOT WALL
CRAWL UNDER LOGS, JUMP BARRICADES AND CLIMB ROPE NETS AT OBSTACLE COURSE. MS- BAYONET TRAINING |
01:08:20 2319 |
CU- YELLING CANDIDATE CHARGES THE CAMERA WITH HIS
BAYONET. |
01:08:47 2346 |
LS- CANDIDATES CRAWL ON GROUND UNDER BARBED
WIRE AS MACHINE GUNS FIRE 18 INCHES ABOVE THEIR HEADS. INSTRUCTION IS GIVEN OVER MICROPHONES. |
01:09:52 2411 |
MS- A BLACK AND WHITE CANDIDATE SIT ON GROUND AND
HAVE A SMOKE AFTER THE GRUELING COURSE. |
01:10:42 2461 |
MONTAGE- THE CANDIDATE FIRES HIS SIDE ARM, A RIFLE
AND A MACHINE GUN IN PRACTICE. ALSO PRACTICES WITH MORTORS, RECOILLESS RIFLES AND FLAME THROWER |
01:11:35 2514 |
MS- CANDIDATE REPORTS TO HIS TAC OFFICER WHO
GIVES HIM A VERBAL LASHING. |
01:12:21 2560 |
MONTAGE- CANDIDATES DRILL SQUADS OF MEN BARKING
ORDERS AT THEM UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF THE TAC OFFICER. |
01:14:16 2675 |
MS- CANDIDATES MARCH DOUBLE-TIME INTO THE
CLASSROOM. LS- OFFICER STANDS ON STAGE AND SPEAKS TO THE MEN SITTING RIGIDLY IN THEIR SEATS. |
01:14:52 2711 |
MS- CANDIDATES LEARN ABOUT ENGINES FROM MECHANIC
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01:14:59 2718 |
LS- CANDIDATE RIDES JEEP UP NARROW RAMP INTO A
CARGO PLANE. MS- SMALL GROUPS OF MEN GET INSTRUCTION ON FIELD PHONES AS OTHERS ARE SHOWN HOW TO USE A COMPASS ON A GIANT SIZED ONE. |
01:15:44 2763 |
MS- GROUPS OF CANDIDATES SIT ON GROUND AND LEARN
TO READ MAPS. MS- AS MEN SIT ON BENCHES TAC OFFICER TEACHES TACTICS USING A MINIATURE MODEL BATTLEFIELD ON THE GROUND AND GIVING HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS AND PROBLEMS TO BE RESOLVED. |
01:18:04 2903 |
LS- SQUAD OF CANDIDATES CROSS A RIVER IN A RUBBER
BOAT AS TNT CHARGES GO OFF CREATIND REAL BATTLE CONDITIONS. |
01:19:27 2986 |
MS- CANDIDATES RIGIDLY WAIT IN LINE OUTSIDE CHOW
HALL AND ON THE CHOW LINE INSIDE. THEY SIT AT TABLES AND EAT AND CHAT. |
01:20:04 3023 |
MS- CANDIDATES RECEIVE NEW HELMETS AND SHOULDER
PATCHES AS THEY PROGRESS. THEY ARE SALUTED BY UNDER CLASSMEN. MS- GROUP RELAXES AND READS. |
01:21:13 3092 |
MS- A CANDIDATE SITS AND RATES HIS FELLOW
CANDIDATE ON A QUESTIONAIRE. |
01:21:27 3106 |
MS- CANDIDATE PLEADS HIS CASE BEFORE A BOARD.
OFFICERS DISCUSS AND EVALUATE A CANDIDATE. |
01:22:18 3157 |
LS- CANDIDATES RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS AND ARE
SWORN IN AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT AND TAKE AN OATH |
01:24:00 3259 |
MONTAGE- BUILDINGS ON THE CAMPUS OF THE INFANTRY
SCHOOL AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA. |
01:24:31 3290 |
MS- GARDUATE STOPS AT MONUMENT OF A CRIPPLED DOG
CALLED 'CALCULATOR' WHOSE SPUNK AND DETERMINATION IS REMEMBERED. CU- WALKING FEET OF THE GRADUATE AND GIS' FEET WALKING IN THE MUD OF KOREA. |
01:25:29 3348 |
CU- NARRATOR HOLDS UP A COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE.
THE MARK OF A SOLDIER THAT SAW ACTION. |
Description: U.S. ARMY. "OBSOLETE" FILMS
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