1940-1953NEWSREELS
U.S. ARMY
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ARMY TRANSPORTATION CORPS.
"OBSOLETE" FILM. SUPPLY LINES FROM FACTORY TO UNIT, SHOWING VARIOUS TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION TO INCLUDE HELICOPTERS |
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NARRATOR TELLS OF THE TRANSPORTATION CORP AND THEIR TASK TO KEEP THE TROOPS SUPPLIED. IN SECOND PART HE TELLS ABOUT PARATROOP TRAINING AND ABOUT THE FAMED 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION.
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MONTAGE- MACHINE GUNS,CANNONS,MORTORS USING AMMO GIS EATING CHOW FROM TRAYS AT HE FRONT,VEHICLES BURNING, GI GIVING BLOOD PLASMA TO A FALLEN BUDDY, ALL SHOWING MATERIALS USED UP WHICH NEED REPLACING BY THE TRANSPORTATION CORP.
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LS- HUGE CRANES ON WATERFRONT AT FORT EUSTICE, VIRGINIA, THE HOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION CORP.
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LS- GIS ATTACKE CABLES AROUND A LOCOMOTIVE TO BE SHIPPED ABROAD. LS- CRANE LOWERS A HUGE CRATE INTO THE HOLD OF A SHIP AND THE GIS BELOW MOVE IT INTO PLACE ROLLING IT ON PIPES.
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MS- SERGEANT AWAKENS A GI IN HIS COT. LS-BARRACKS DOOR OPENS AND GIS RUN OUT FOR ROLL CALL.
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AERIAL- DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE PULLING A LONG STRING OF FREIGHT CARS ROLLS ON TRACK PASSING JUST UNDER THE CAMERA.
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MS- RAILROAD ENGINEER SHOWS A GI ASSIGNED TO HIM HOW TO INSPECT UNDER THE RAILROAD CARS.
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MS- THE GI ENTERS THE LOCOMOTIVE WITH THE ENGINEER WHO RIDES THROUGH A TUNNEL. THE GI TAKES THE CONTROLS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE ENGINEER.
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THE GI WAVES ON THE ENGINEER TO BRING TWO CARS TOGETHER. CU- THE TWO TRAINS LOCK TOGETHER
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LS- LARGE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE IS LOADED ONTO A SHIP BY CRANE. CU- HAND HELD CONTROL WORKS THE CRANE, AS THE LARGE LOCOMOTIVE IS GENTLY LOWERED INTO THE HOLD AT A NEW YORK PIER.
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MONTAGE- A BUSY NEW YORK PIER WITH CRANES AND BARGES AND TUG BOATS. LS- OFF SHORE SHIPS LOAD SUPPLIES ONTO LST WHO TAKE THE SUPPLIES TO THE BEACH. MS- A BULL DOZER CLEARS AN AREA ON THE BEACH FOR THE MATERIALS.
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GIS LAY A BED OF STEEL MESH ON THE SAND SO THE VEHICLES DON'T GET STUCK.
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AERIAL- GANGS OF SOLDIER STEVEDORES WORK INSIDE THE HOLD PACKING CRATES ONTO A WINCH FOR REMOVAL A GI WORKS THE WINCH HIGH ABOVE THE DECK.
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AERIAL- AS SEEN BY WINCHMAN THE LOAD IS LOWERED ONTO THE WAITING LANDING CRAFT.
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MS- GI DRIVES A FORKLIFT AND LOADS CRATES INTO A BOX CAR. CU- FORK SLIPPING AWAY AFTER PLACING A LOAD ONTO THE TRAIN.
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MS- A LOAD OF BARRELS ARE LIFTED FROM A SHIP OF THE COAST OF PUSAN, KOREA, AND ONTO A ARMY AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE (DUCK) WHICH RIDES ON THE WATER LIKE A BOAT, AND ONTO THE SHORE, LIKE A TRUCK.
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MS- THE DUCK DRIVES PUT OF THE WATER AND ONTO THE BEACH WHERE IT ACTS AS A REGULAR TRUCK.
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MS- A STEAM ENGINE PULLING FREIGHT CARS PULLS INTO A FREIGHT YARD WITH OTHER STEAM ENGINES.
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GIS OF THE TRANSPORTATION CORPS SERVICE THE ENGINES IN A YARD IN PUSAN, KOREA. MS- KOREAN WELDERS REPAIR PARTS OF THE ENGINES.
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MS- A STEAM ENGINE RIDES IN REVERSE AT THE YARD GUIDED BY A GI WITH A FLAG, UNTIL IT COUPLES WITH THE FREIGHT CARS.
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MS- AS SEEN FROM THE ENGINEERS SEAT, A LOCOMOTIVE RIDES INTO A BUSY FREIGHT YARD AND PASSES A PLATOON WAITING FOR IT AT THE STATION. MS- THE GIS, CARRYING DUFFLE BAGS, MOUNT THE TRAIN.
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LS- THE TRAIN PASSES PEOPLE ON THE TRACKS AND VILLAGES, AS SEEN FROM THE WINDOW OF THE FAST MOVING TRAIN. MS- WORKERS ROLL HEAVY 50 GALLON DRUMS OF FUEL FROM THE TRAIN AND ONTO A TRUCK.
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MS- THE TRANSPORTATION CORP TRUCK DRIVER SIGNS FOR THE LOAD OF FUEL AND DRIVES OFF. AERIAL- THE TRUCKS RIDE ALONG NARROW MOUNTAIN ROAD IN A LONG COLUMN.
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MS- AN MP MAKES A 'MOVE ALONG' GESTURE TO THE DRIVERS, WHO ARRIVE AT AN 'OASIS' (A REST AREA)
ALONG THE WAY |
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MS- MACHINE GUN CREWS, PINNED DOWN BY THE 'ENEMY'
AT A TRAINING SCENARIO AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, SUDDENLY STOP FIRING AND LOOK UP. LS- HELICOPTERS LAND AND UNLOAD TROOPS, ARTILLERY, AMMO AND VEHICLES, THUS TURNING THE TABLES ON THE ENEMY |
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LS- SEVERAL HELICOPTERS CARRYING SLINGS OF MATERIALS GENTLY LAY THEM ON THE GROUND WHILE HOVERING.
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MONTAGE- LARGE HELICOPTERS OF THE TRANSPORTATION CORPS TAKE ON ARMED TROOPS IN A FIELD FOR DELIVERY TO THE FRONT LINES. LS- SQUADRONS OF HELICOPTERS FLYING AWAY.
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MS- THE TIRE OF AN AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE CALLED 'THE BARK' DWAFTS A GI STANDING NEXT TO IT. MS-
THE HUGE 60 TON 'BARK' ENTERS THE WATER AND RIDES OUT TO SEA LIKE A BOAT. |
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MS- THE VEHICLE LEAVES A HUGE WAKE BEHIND IT AS IT CHUGS ALONG. THE HUGE VEHICLE LUMBERS SLOWLY ONTO THE SHORE WHERE THE HUGE TIRES TAKE OVER.
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LS- THE 'BARK' CARRYS A MEDIUM TANK AND A MOBILE CRANE AS IT SAILS ONTO SHORE AND DRIVES INLAND WHERE IT UNLOADS THE TANK AND THE CRANE
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"ALL AMERICAN"
82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION & ITS PROGRAM TO INSTILL ESPIRT DE CORPS IN PRESENT DAY TROOPERS |
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NARRATOR SHOWS THE PARATROOP INSIGNIA AND TELLS OF THE AIRBORNE DIVISION PARATROOPERS, THEIR TRAINING AT FORT BENNING,GEORGIA AND ALL ABOUT THE FAMOUS 82ND AIRBORND DIVISION.
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AERIAL- PARATROOPS OF THE 187 AIRBORNE BEING DROPPED ALONG WITH HEAVY VEHICLES AND SUPPLIES OVER ENEMY TERRITORY NEAR MUNSAN, KOREA
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ELS- AS SEEN FROM GROUND, TRANSPORT PLANES LEAVING A SKY FULL OF PARATROOPS AS THEY RIDE BY
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LS- AIRBORNE SCHOOL AT FORT BENNING GEORGIA WITH IT'S 2 PARACHUTE JUMP TOWERS ALA CONEY ISLAND.
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LS- TRAINEES SIT ON GROUND AS A BLACK TRAINING OFFICER LECTURES THEM. TELLS OF THE UNUSUALLY LOW INJURY RATE, BLAMING INJURY ON CARELESSNESS.
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CU- FACE OF A BLACK THEN A WHITE TRAINEE LISTENING CLOSELY TO THE INSTRUCTOR.
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| 00:33:23 1913 |
MONTAGE- SPECIALISTS STRETCH AND CAREFULLY FOLD PARACHUTES ON HUGE TABLES. BOTH FOR SAFETY AND SPEED THE PARATROOP NO LONGER PACKS HIS OWN CHUTE QUALIFIED RIGGERS NOW DO THE JOB IN LESS TIME.
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| 00:33:52 1942 |
LS- WAVES OF SOLDIERS RUN AND HOP INTO WAITING HELICOPTERS WHICH TAKE OFF EN MASSE REPLACING THE GLIDER WHICH COULD NOT LAND ON THE KOREAN TERRAIN.
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| 00:34:32 1982 |
LS- PARATROOPS HANG FROM TETTERS ON A NEW LANDING TRAINER WHICH SWING THEM IN THE AIR NEVER KNOWING WHEN IT WILL DROP HIM.
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LS- 3 SHIRTLES SQUADS OF TROOPS DOUBLE TIME IT ALONG THE GROUNDS YELLING 1,2,3,4. A SMALL BLACK DOG RUNNING ALONGSIDE OF THEM.
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MS- AN INSTRUCTOR ON A PLATFORM DOES PUSH-UPS AND IS FOLLOWED ALONG BY HIS SQUAD OF MEN ON THE GROUND BELOW HIM.
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MS- PAN (FROM BOTTOM UP) OF 30 FOOT JUMP TOWER.
MS- THE INSTRUCTOR POINTS TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER IN THE BACKGROUND AND INSTRUCTS THE MEN. |
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MS- THE INSTRUCTOR BARKS OUT ORDERS ON A MIC AS THE MEN CLIMB THE STAIRWAYS TO THE TOP. AS SEEN FROM THE GROUND LOOKING UP AT THE TOWER WITH THE INSTRUCTOR'S BACK TO CAMERA.
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MONTAGE - ON THE INSTRUCTORS COMMAND THE TRAINEES JUMP OUT OF THE TOWER AND SLIDE DOWN ON A CABLE DANGLING FROM A HARNESS. THE MEN ARE CRITIQUED BY THE INSTRUCTOR ONE AT A TIME.
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MONTAGE- GROUPS OF MEN HANG IN 'SUSPENDED AGONY'
FROM THEIR CHUTES AND ARE SHOWN HOW TO CONTROL THE CHUTE IN MID-AIR. |
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LS- TOP TO BOTTOM PAN OF THE PARACHUTE JUMP TOWER
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LS- THE PARATROOPER IS LIFTED UP THE 250 FOOT TOWER AND IS THEN DROPPED IN A CONTROLLED FREE FALL UNTIL YOU HIT THE GROUND.
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AERIAL- VIEW OF THE SURROUNDING AREA FROM TOP OF TOWER INCLUDING THE MEN BELOW WHO GET SMALLER AS YOU CLIMB HIGHER.
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ELS- INSTRUCTORS CALL OUT TO 4 TRAINEES IN CHUTES AT TOP OF TOWER AND INSTRUCT THEM AS THEY DROP.
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MONTAGE- TRAINEES LINE UP IN FULL GEAR, FOR THEIR FIRST JUMP FROM A PLANE. THE INSTRUCTOR CAREFULLY INSPECTS EACH PERSONS EQUIPMENT.
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THE TRAINEES HOOK UP TO THE CABLE IN THE PLANE ON COMMAND OF THE INSTRUCTOR, THEIR EQUIPMENT IS AGAIN CHECKED AND THEY JUMP FROM 1000 FEET UP, BEING INSTRUCTED FROM THE GROUND ON A PA SYSTEM.
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MS- THE TRAINEES ALL BUNCHED TOGETHER, TELL HOW MUCH THEY ENJOYED THE THRILL OF THE JUMP. MS- A BLACK SOLDIER TELLS OF THE EXCITEMENT.
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LS- GRADUATION DAY IS COMPLETE WITH MARCHING BAND AND A PARADE OF THE GRADUATES. MS- EACH IS GIVEN THEIR PARATROOP WINGS PIN.
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NARRATOR TELLS OF THE ALL-AMERICAN 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION OF WWII FAME AND SHOWS IT'S PATCH.
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MS- FORT BRAGG, NO. CAROLINA SIGN. THE HOME OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE.
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LS- MEN JUMP FROM THE MOCK-UP TOWERS DANGLING FROM THEIR HARNESS AND SLIDING DOWN CABLES.
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MONTAGE- 82ND AIRBORNE TRAINEES DOING PUSH-UPS AND JOGGING DOUBLE TIME .
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MS- GENERAL JOHN HIGGINS, COMMANDER OF THE 82ND SPEAKS FROM HIS DESK AT FORT BRAGG. TELLS OF THEIR PREPAREDNESS TO MOVE AT SHORT NOTICE.
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MS- A COMPANY GETTING READY TO MOVE OUT IS BRIEFED BY AN OFFICER WHO SHOWS THEM A MODEL OF THE AREA THEY WILL DROP, EXPLAINS THE TERRAIN AND THE THE OBJECTIVE.
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LS- AFTER BRIEFING, THE MEN RUN INTO THEIR BARRACKS TO GEAR UP. CU- STREET SIGNS AT FORT BRAGG ARE NAMED FOR MEMBERS OF 82ND KILLED IN WWII.
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NARRATOR WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE 82ND DURING WWII SPEAKS AS THE NAMES OF MEN KILLED IN ACTION ARE SHOWN ON PLAQUES.
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MONTAGE- AFTER GIVEN ORDERS TO MOVE THE TROOPS
PILE INTO WAITING TRUCKS AND DRIVEN TO MARSHALING AREAS. |
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MS- AN OFFICER AT THE MARSHALING AREA SHOWS THEM A MAP OF THE DROP ZONE AND BAIL OUT INSTRUCTION.
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LS- IN A MOCK-UP PLANE THEY ARE AGAIN GO THROUGH A REHEARSAL OF THE JUMP.
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MS- TWO DOG MASCOTS WATCH.
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LS- THE MEN LINE UP IN FRONT OF TRUCKS AND ARE HANDED THEIR PARACHUTES AND OTHER GEAR.
THE PARATROOPS PUT ON THEIR GEAR AND ARE HELPED BY RIGGERS WHO FOLD THE CHUTES AND ARE EXPERT. |
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MS- MEN MAKE SMALL TALK AS THEY SIT ON THE GROUND ALL GEARED UP, AITING FOR THE GO SIGN.
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LS- SKY FULL OF PARATROOPS GLIDING SLOWLY TO THE GROUND.
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