| 00:02:30 5.25 |
"EXERCISE MOOSEHORN"
FILMED IN THE BIG DELTA REGION OF ALASKA IN MID-WINTER, THE FILM SHOWS THE 1956 WINTER MANEUVER WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO PIT THE AMERICAN SOLDIER AGAINST THE TOUGHEST POSSIBLE ARCTIC CONDITIONS. |
| 00:02:35 10.25 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF EXERCISE 'MOOSEHORN' BY
U.S. ARMY TROOPS IN ALASKA WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO SEE HOW WELL TROOPS PERFORM IN EXTREME ARCTIC CONDITIONS |
| 00:03:10 45.25 |
MONTAGE- A POPPY FIELD, A RUNNING STREAM AND A
HOME IN THE LUSH GREENERY OF ALASKA IN THE SUMMER MS- SEALS FROLIC ON THE ROCKY SHORE. |
| 00:03:57 92.25 |
AERIAL- SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINS AND BARREN PLAINS
OF ALASKA IN THE WINTER. |
| 00:04:15 110.25 |
MS- GROUPS OF ALASKAN HUSKIES, TIED TO POSTS IN
THE FROZEN GROUND, BARK AND MOVE AROUND RESTLESSLY |
| 00:04:29 124.25 |
LS- ESKIMOS ROW THEIR KAYAKS AMID THE FLOATING
ICE WHILE ESKIMO WOMEN FISH THROUGH HOLES IN ICE. |
| 00:04:35 130.25 |
MS- AS SHE PULLS UP A FISH WITH HER ROD IN ONE
HAND, SHE HITS IT WITH A STICK IN THE OTHER TO STOP IT FROM WIGGLING. SHE CATCHES MANY FISH. |
| 00:05:00 155.25 |
MS- AN ESKIMO SPEEDS BY ON HIS DOG SLED. LS- A
POLAR BEAR LUMBERS OVER THE WIND SWEPT SNOW. |
| 00:05:27 182.25 |
MS- A MAP OF ALASKA IS SUPERIMPOSED OVER A MAP OF
THE U.S. SHOWING IT'S SIZE. ANOTHER MAP SHOWS ALASKA'S PROXIMITY TO RUSSIA. 56 MILES AWAY. |
| 00:06:38 253.25 |
MS- AT A TRAINING CAMP AT CAMP HALE, COLORADO, AN
INSTRUCTOR SHOWS GIS HOW TO MAKE TURNS AND TO WALK ON SKIS. AS THE GROUP MOVES, ONE GI FALLS. |
| 00:07:35 310.25 |
LS- THE GROUP FOLLOWS THE INSTRUCTOR UP AN
INCLINE IN A STRAIGHT LINE, THEN THEY MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN |
| 00:07:44 319.25 |
MS- A GI SHOWS THE SPECIAL THERMAL SUIT HE WEARS
WITH NO LAYERS OF CLOTHING UNDERNEATH EXCEPT HIS BARE SKIN. CU- A NEW ARCTIC BOOT IS SHOWN. |
| 00:08:50 385.25 |
A TECHNICIAN TESTS THE BOOT IN A DEEP FREEZE AT A
TESTING LAB IN MASSACHUSETS. HE HITS THE OLD BOOT WITH A HAMMER SHOWING HOW STIFF IT GOT, WHILE THE NEW ONE REMAINED FLEXIBLE. |
| 00:09:19 414.25 |
MS- 2 GIS FROLIC IN ICE WATER SHOULDER DEEP OF
COLORADO STREAM, IN TEST OF THE NEW SUIT. |
| 00:09:55 450.25 |
LS- A MOBILE GENERATOR COLLECTS ICE AS IT IS
TESTED AT A COLD CHAMBER IN FORT MONMOUTH, N.J. AT 65 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. |
| 00:10:23 478.25 |
MS- LONG COLUMN OF GIS IN THEIR ARCTIC UNIFORMS
BOARD PLANES TO FORT GREELEY, ALASKA FOR OPERATION 'MOOSEHORN'. MANEUVERS IN ARCTIC CONDITIONS |
| 00:11:15 530.25 |
AERIAL- AS PLANE FLIES OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS
ALASKA A WEATHER REPORT OF THE AREA IS HEARD ON THE RADIO |
| 00:11:36 551.25 |
MS- FORT GREELY SIGN STICKS UP FROM THE SNOW
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| 00:12:25 600.25 |
MONTAGE- AS TROOPS DEBARK FROM THE TRANSPORT
PLANES IN ALASKA REPORTS OF THE 'ENEMY' FORCES IS ANNOUNCED. |
| 00:13:13 648.25 |
MS- GIS UNLOAD DRUMS OF GASOLINE FROM THE PLANE
ONTO TRUCKS. |
| 00:15:18 773.25 |
MS- GIS PACK A SPECIAL PLASTIC SLED WITH TENTS
'C' RATIONS AND EQUIPMENT THEN LASH IT ALL DOWN CU- A GI CHECKS SPECIAL SMALL ITEMS TO CARRY SUCH AS SUNGLASSES, CHAPSTICK AND SUNBURN CREAM. |
| 00:16:15 830.25 |
MS- GIS ZIP UP THEIR WARM CLOTHING TAKE THEIR
RIFLES AND SKIS AND GO OUT INTO THE COLD. LS- THE TROOPS WALK SINGLE LINE ON THEIR SKIS TO THE BATTLE AREA 45 MILES AWAY. |
| 00:17:30 905.25 |
LS- SNOW COVERED TANKS AND ARMORED VEHICLES
THREAD THROUGH THE SNOW. MS- GIS WALK THROUGH THE SNOW PULLING THEIR PLASTIC SLEDS BEHIND THEM |
| 00:18:29 964.25 |
MS- GIS DOUBLE TIME IT ON THEIR SKIS THROUGH
WOODED AREA. |
| 00:18:45 980.25 |
LS-AN ARMY 'WEASEL' PULLS A LONG COLUMN OF TROOPS
ON SKIS HOLDING ON TO ROPES. THE MEN DROP THEIR LINES AND RUN ON THEIR SKIS. |
| 00:21:43 1158.25 |
LS- HIGH WINDS LASH THE CAMPING GIS TENTS AND
EQUIPMENT MAKING VISIBILITY DIFFICULT. |
| 00:22:01 1176.25 |
MS- MEN IN THE 10-MAN TENT EAT A HOT HOT MEAL
THEY COOKED UP. MS-A GI WASHES HIS FACE WITH SNOW WHILE ANOTHER SHAVES. |
| 00:22:37 1212.25 |
MS- A SNOWPLOW PULLS SUPPLY SLEDS THROUGH THE
DEEP SNOW. MS- GIS ON SKIS WATCH AND WAIT AS TRANSPORT PLANES DROP SUPPLIES BY PARACHUTE. |
| 00:23:30 1265.25 |
LS- PAN OF A LARGE AREA OF PARACHUTES AND
SUPPLIES LYING IN THE SNOW. THE SUPPLIES ARE PICKED UP BY BULLDOZER PULLING HUGE SUPPLY SLEDS |
| 00:25:12 1367.25 |
LS- GIS UNLOAD DRUMS OF GASOLINE OFF THE SLEDS.
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| 00:25:41 1396.25 |
MS- GIS SCRAMBLE OUT OF THEIR TENTS AND GRAB
THEIR RIFLES. OTHERS RUN TO THEIR ARTILLERY PIECES MONTAGE- GIS FLOP DOWN IN THE SNOW AND AIM THEIR RIFLES AND START FIRING AS THE BATTLE BEGINS. |
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Year: 1956
Color: Black & White
Genre: NEWSREELS
Specialty CollectionGenre: NEWSREELS
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Keywords: Alaska
