00:58:48 0 |
"SOLDIER IN EUROPE"
ARMY IN ACTION IN EUROPE, FEATURING THE 7TH ARMY: ALERT & READY FOR ANY MISSION |
00:59:50 62 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF OUR 'GUARDIANS OF THE PARAMETER
OF PEACE', THE SOLDIER IN EUROPE AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. |
01:00:02 74 |
CU- A TRANSPORT SHIP'S STEAM HORN BLOWING.
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01:00:06 78 |
AERIAL- DOUBLE DECKER BUSES SURROUNDED BY
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN LONDON ON MAY 1945, VE-DAY. CU- 2 GIS READING HEADLINES 'GERMANY SURRENDERS'. |
01:00:22 94 |
MS- HUGE CROWD FILLS THE CHAMPS-ELYSEES IN PARIS
WITH THE ARCH DE TRIOMPE IN THE FAR BACKGROUND. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WALK ARM-IN-ARM DOWN THAT AVENUE. GIS AND GIRLS DANCE IN THE STREETS |
01:01:00 132 |
MONTAGE- MPS GUARD MILITARY POSTS AND CHECK
CREDENTIALS OF PEOPLE IN CARS. |
01:01:31 163 |
CU- GENERAL WILLIAM M. HUDD SPEAKS OF THE 7TH ARMY
DEFENDING GERMANY, AND ITS HIGH CALIBER OF READINESS . |
01:03:10 262 |
MONTAGE- GIS TALKING ON PHONES IN THEIR OFFICES
ALERTING EACH OTHER IN AN EMERGENCY. AFTER BEING ALERTED THE PLATOON LEADERS GET OUT OF BED AND DRESS. |
01:03:50 302 |
LS- GIS IN BATTLE GEAR RUN OUT OF THE BARRACKS
ON THE DOUBLE AND PILE INTO TRUCKS. |
01:04:18 330 |
LS- A GI GOES FROM PUP TENT TO PUP TENT WAKING UP
GIS IN THE FIELD. GIS GET UP AND DRESS WITHOUT THE USUAL CONVENIENCES OF HOME. |
01:04:46 358 |
MS- A BLACK GI SITS ON THE GROUND AND SHAVES NEXT
TO HIS PUP TENT USING HIS HELMET TO HOLD WATER. |
01:05:20 392 |
MONTAGE- GIS DIG FOXHOLES TO SET UP MORTARS AND
MACHINE GUN NESTS. OFFICERS THEN INSPECT THE POSITIONS. |
01:06:18 450 |
MS- GI IN A FIELD TENT, USES A TYPEWRITER ON A
MAKESHIFT DESK. MS- A GI LIES ON THE GROUND AMID A BED OF LEAVES AND TALKS ON HIS WALKIE-TALKIE. |
01:06:46 478 |
MS- AS A GROUP OF GIS WATCH A COMMUNICATION UNIT
WITH ANTENNA, IS STRAPPED TO THE BACK OF ANOTHER GI BY A BUDDY. |
01:07:09 501 |
2 GIS SPREAD CLOTH PANELS ON THE GROUND TO FORM A
LETTER 'H' AS A TARGET FOR A L-19 LIGHTPLANE TO PICK UP A PACKAGE FROM THE AIR WITHOUT LANDING. |
01:07:16 508 |
LS- THE LIGHT PLANE SWOOPS DOWN BETWEEN 2 POLES
AND HOOKS THE PACKAGE. |
01:07:40 532 |
MS- AN INSTRUCTOR GIVES AN OUTDOOR CLASS IN TANK
TRAINING USING A VISUAL AID AND A POINTER. |
01:08:00 552 |
MS- THE GIS SIT ATTENTATIVELY AND TAKE NOTES.
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01:08:20 572 |
CU- A GIANT MODEL OF A RADIO TUBE IS USED TO
DEMONSTRATE THE COMMUNICATION UNIT IN A TANK. |
01:08:48 600 |
LS- TANK CREWS LINE UP IN FRONT OF DOZENS OF
TANKS, THEN SUDDENLY MOUNT THEM AND RIDE OFF IN A SINGLE LINE DOWN A ROAD. |
01:09:20 632 |
MS- TANK CREWS WITH THEIR FOOTBALL TYPE HELMETS
WATCH AS OFFICER GIVES THEM INSTRUCTION FROM MAP |
01:09:23 635 |
CU- GI TALKING OVER A WALKIE-TALKIE.
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01:10:40 712 |
MONTAGE- TANK MANEUVERS.
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01:11:38 770 |
MS- GIS LOAD A TRUCK WITH FOOD PRODUCTS,
INCLUDING EGGS AND BUTTER FROM DENMARK AND LOAVES FRESH BAKED BREAD. THE TRUCKS THEN ROLL OUT TO THE GIS IN THE FIELDS. |
01:12:19 811 |
LS- GIS LINE UP AT THE TRUCKS AND GET THEIR CHOW
WHICH IS EATEN IN A STAND UP POSITION ON WOODEN TABLES IN A WOODED AREA RESEMBLING PICNIC GROUNDS |
01:12:39 831 |
MS- A CHAPLAIN SAYS MASS AT AN OUTSIDE ALTAR
FOR CATHOLIC GIS, THEN SERVES THEM HOLY COMMUNION MS- A CHAPLAIN HOLDS SERVICES FOR JEWISH GIS AS DOES A PROTESTANT MINISTER. |
01:13:32 884 |
MS- GIS SIT ON GROUND AND READ THE BIBLE DURING
PROTESTANT SERVICES. |
01:14:00 912 |
MS- A WALL CLOCK ON OUTSIDE A BARRACKS SHOWS
6 AM AND BUGLE IN THE BACKGROUND SOUNDS WAKE-UP. |
01:14:04 916 |
CU- A SERGEANT LOOKS AT HIS WRIST WATCH AS HE
WAITS, ALL ALONE, ON THE PARADE GROUNDS. LS- THE DOORS TO THE BUILDING OPENS AND SOLDIERS RUN OUT AND LINE UP FOR ROLL CALL. |
01:14:49 961 |
MS- AFTER ALL ARE PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR, THEY
ARE DISMISSED. THE MEN TURN AND RUN OFF. MS- THE DAY BEGINS WITH THE BOOM OF A CANNON. MS- CANNON CREW STAND AT ATTENTION AS CANNON FIRES. |
01:15:00 972 |
LS- ALL AT ATTENTION AS A LARGE FLAG IS RAISED
WHILE REVEILLE IS SOUNDED. LS- THE MEN DO EARLY MORNING CALISTHENICS. |
01:15:41 1013 |
CU- AT A MESSAGE CENTER GIS DO PAPER WORK, STAMP
AND PIGEON HOLE THEM. MS- A LONG LINE OF BLACK AND WHITE GIS BUSY AT SWITCHBOARDS |
01:15:59 1031 |
CU- A GI WITH EARPHONE PLUGS IN HIS JACKS ON THE
SWITCHBOARD. MS- ANOTHER GROUP OF GIS AT RADIO TELEGRAPH UNITS. CU- GI WORKS HIS TELEGRAPH UNIT TAPPING OUT MORSE CODE. |
01:16:26 1058 |
MS- A GI WORKS A TELETYPE MACHINE,AS OTHERS CODE
AND DE-CODE MESSAGES AT THE TELETYPE MACHINES. CU- A MESSAGE COMES OUT ON A TICKER-TAPE. |
01:17:06 1098 |
MONTAGE- GIS IN BASEBALL UNIFORMS PLAY A GAME AS
GIS WATCH IN THE STANDS. MS- A PLAYER IS TAGGED OUT AS HE SLIDES INTO THIRD BASE. MS- BLACK PLAYER IN THE DUGOUT SHOWS HIS DISGUST AT THE DECISION |
01:17:28 1120 |
MS- A GI BAND PLAYS CLASSICAL MUSIC IN AN OUTDOOR
PARK WATCHED BY GERMAN BOYS AND GIRLS. MS- A FLOCK OF FLAMINGOS ALSO LISTEN. |
01:17:52 1144 |
CU- GI CONDUCTOR USES HIS BATON WITH ENTHUSIASM.
CU- THE TROMBONE SECTION AND THE TRUMPET SECTION SOUND OFF. LS- A GI CHORAL GROUP SING A BEAUTIFUL VERSION OF THE 'OUR FATHER' (THE LORD'S PRAYER) AT A CHURCH ALTAR. |
01:19:39 1251 |
MONTAGE- A GI EQUESTRIAN GROUP JUMP THEIR
HORSES OVER HURDLES |
01:20:14 1286 |
MS- GIS STOP AT A SPECIAL SERVICES BUILDING AND
GIVEN A GUIDED TOUR BY A GERMAN WOMAN TOUR GUIDE. MS- 2 SOLDIERS AND A SAILOR VISIT THE RUINS WHERE HITLER ONCE VACATIONED IN THE BAVARIAN ALPS AND LOOK OUT AT THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW (PAN) |
01:21:11 1343 |
MS- GIS SCRUB AND CLEAN UP THE RUINS OF THREE
OLD CHURCHES IN BAVARIA. CU- THEY USE BRUSHES AND SCRAPERS THEN APPLY A COAT OF PAINT. |
01:21:58 1390 |
MS- PEOPLE AND GIS ATTEND MASSES AT THE
REFURBISHED CHURCH. |
01:22:24 1416 |
MS- GENERAL HODD DEDICATES THE CHURCH AND MAKES
A SPEECH. |
01:23:25 1477 |
MONTAGE- NATO UNITS OF SEVERAL COUNTRIES WEARING
DIFFERENT UNIFORMS ARE SEEN WORKING IN THE FIELDS TOGETHER FOR A COMMON PURPOSE. |
01:24:08 1520 |
MS- A GI SCANS THE ROAD WITH HIS MINE DETECTOR.
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01:24:48 1560 |
MS- RETREAT IS SOUNDED AT SUNRISE AS THE FLAG IS
LOWERED AND A CANNON IS AGAIN FIRED. |
01:24:56 1568 |
CU- A BLACK SOLDIER BLOWS RETREAT ON HIS BUGLE.
THE FLAG IS FOLDED. |
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