00:02:20 51 |
"HISTORIC FORT MONROE"
"OBSOLETE" FILM. ACTIVITIES AT FORT MONROE, VIRGINIA, WHERE THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY'S CONTINENTAL ARMY COMMAND IS LOCATED. |
00:02:25 56 |
NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF FORT MONROE, VIRGINIA,
HEADQUARTERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY COMMAND. |
00:02:57 88 |
AERIAL HISTORIC FORT MONROE ON THE EXTREME TIP
OF VIRGINIA PENINSULAR IS SURROUNDED BY A MOAT |
00:03:35 126 |
LS THE CONTINENTAL ARMY COMMAND BUILDING AT FORT
MONROE. CU COMMANDING GENERAL, WILLARD G. WYMAN, TELLS THE HISTORY OF THE FORT AND IT'S MISSION. |
00:05:18 229 |
MS NARRATOR QUEEN STOPS AT A PLAQUE TELLING THE
HISTORY OF FORT MONROE, BUILT IN 1609 AND CALLED FORT ALGERNOURNE BY THE BRITISH. |
00:05:27 238 |
MS QUEEN PASSES A LARGE FROM THE CIVIL WAR AND
THEN ANOTHER WITH THE CANNON BALLS PILED UP. |
00:06:23 294 |
MS SERGEANT QUEEN STOPS OUTSIDE THE FORT'S
MUSEUM AND SPEAKS TO AN ARMY WAC SERGEANT WHO IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. SHE GIVES SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THE FORT. |
00:08:27 418 |
MS QUEEN STOPS BY MODELS OF THE 'MONITOR' & THE
'MERRIMAC' INSIDE THE MUSEUM. MS- DRAWINGS OF THE FAMOUS BATTLE ARE ON THE WALL |
00:08:52 443 |
CU- PAINTING OF A YOUNG ROBERT E. LEE IN UNIFORM.
WHO ONCE COMMANDED THE RE-BUILDING OF THE FORT. |
00:08:58 449 |
MS- A PAINTING OF EDGAR ALLEN POE RECITING POETRY
HE WAS A FORMER SERGEANT MAJOR AT THE FORT. MS- A PAINTING OF LINCOLN VISITING THE FORT. |
00:09:37 488 |
MS- CELL WHERE JEFFERSON DAVIS, PRESIDENT OF THE
CONFEDERACY, IS AT THE FORT. MS- DRAWING ON WALL DEPICTS DR. CRAVEN, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AT THE FORT, ATTENDING TO DAVIS IN DAVIS'S BED. |
00:11:18 589 |
MS- INSIDE THE CHAPEL OF THE CENTURION WHICH WAS
BUILT 100 YEARS AGO. THE CHAPLAIN TELLS THE STORY |
00:12:00 631 |
MS- FLAGS AND COLORS OF OLD REGIMENTS OF THE
U.S. ARMY OVER THE YEARS HANG INSIDE THE CHAPEL INCLUDING WOODROW WILSON'S FLAG. |
00:12:10 641 |
MONTAGE- STAINED GLASS WINDOWS HONOR MANY OF THE
SOLDIERS THAT SERVED HERE OVER THE YEARS. |
00:14:22 773 |
MS- CAMERA PANS FROM AN ANCIENT CANNON AT THE
FORT TO A NEW OFF-POST HOTEL. |
00:14:50 801 |
MS- PAN FROM AN OLD LIGHTHOUSE, TO THE WATER
WHERE THE 'MONITOR' FOUGHT THE 'MERRIMAC' |
00:15:28 839 |
MS- KIDS FROLIC IN THE POOL AT THE FORT. LS- GI
HOUSING ON THE FORT GROUNDS WITH WIVES AND KIDS RELAXING AND PLAYING ON THE LARGE LAWN. |
00:15:44 855 |
MS- PAN OF TOMBSTONES AT A DOG CEMETERY
|
00:15:57 868 |
LS- OLD QUARTERS BUILT IN 1919 ARE STILL IN USE.
|
00:16:29 900 |
MS- AN ARMY BAND PLAYS IN CONCERT UNDER A GAZEBO.
PAN TO OPEN SEA WITH A OIL TANKER BOUND FOR EUROPE SAILING BY. U.S. FLAG FLYS ON A VERY HIGH POLE OVER FORT MONROE. |
00:17:54 985 |
MS- MAJOR GORDON ANDREWS, INFORMATION OFFICER OF
THE CONTINENTAL ARMY COMAND (CONARC) TELLS OF THE IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF CONARC. |
00:18:43 1034 |
MS- CONARC OFFICERS EXAMINE A NEW BOOT FOR
ARCTIC USE. |
00:19:15 1066 |
MS- CONARC GIS EXAMINE AN HONEST JOHN MISSILE ON
IT'S LAUNCHER. LS- THE MISSILE IS FIRED. |
00:19:45 1096 |
LS- A BACK DOOR OF AN ARMORED VEHICLE OPENS AND
A SQUAD OF GIS COME RUNNING OUT. |
00:19:52 1103 |
MS- A SELF-PROPELLED T-101 GUN ON TANK THREADS
SPEEDS THROUGH DEEP MUD AND WATER IN A TEST. |
00:20:16 1127 |
LS- AN MP DIRECTS TRAFFIC AT ENTRANCE TO FORT
BENNING WHERE CONARC REVIEWS THE FUNCTIONS OF INFANTRY WEAPONS. |
00:20:29 1140 |
LS- 2 MAN TEAM FIRES A RECOILLESS RIFLE, AS
OTHERS FIRE OFF ARTILLERY BARRAGES IN TESTS. |
00:20:51 1162 |
LS- AT FORT BLISS, TEXAS CONARC TROOPS TEST NIKE
MISSILES. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS ARE FIRED AND TESTED. |
00:22:00 1231 |
MONTAGE- AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA THE SIGNAL
CORP TESTS TV CAMERAS UNDER BATTLE CONDITIONS. |
00:22:43 1274 |
MONTAGE- AT FORT DRUCKER, ALABAMA, CONARC TESTS
ARMY LIGHTPLANES AND HELICOPTERS AT THE ARMY AVIATION HEADQUARTERS. |
00:23:15 1306 |
MONTAGE- FORT GREELY ALASKA, HOME OF CONARC ARCTIC
TEST RANGE WHERE MEN AND EQUIPMENT GO THROUGH TESTS IN ARCTIC CONDITIONS. |
00:24:18 1369 |
MS- GIS WATCH A TRAINING FILM IN A BASE THEATER
|
00:24:52 1403 |
MONTAGE- TOWNS AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS INUNDATED BY
FLOOD WATERS. |
00:27:00 1531 |
MONTAGE- SOLDIERS AT FORT MONROE MARCH ON THE
PARADE GROUNDS IN SUMMERWEAR SHORT PANTS. |
00:30:18 1729 |
"LETTER FROM THE MOHAVE"
A STUDY OF A SOLDIER'S TRAINING AT THE ARMORED COMBAT TRAINING CENTER, CAMP IRWIN, CALIFORNIA. |
00:30:23 1734 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF THE ARMY COMBAT TRAINING CENTER
AT CAMP ERWIN IN THE MOHAVE DESERT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHERE GIS ARE SENT FOR A 6 WEEK INTENSIVE COURSE IN TANK FIRING AND MANEUVERING |
00:31:09 1780 |
MS- A TYPICAL TRAINEE SITS ON BUNK AND WRITES
HOME TO 'MOM' ABOUT WHAT HE WENT THROUGH TO BECOME A FULL FLEDGED TANK CREWMAN. |
00:31:20 1791 |
LS- HUNDREDS OF TRAINEES MOUNT BUSES AT THE TRAIN
STATION. LS- COLUMN OF BUSES TRAVEL ALONG A DESERT ROAD AND ENTER CAMP ERWIN, HEADQUARTERS OF ARMORED COMBAT TRAINING CENTER. |
00:32:52 1883 |
ELS- TANKS RAISE DUST IN THE DESERT (PAN). MS-THE
TRAINEES ARE MARCHED INTO A CLASROOM WHERE THEY SIT AND LISTEN TO AN OFFICER |
00:33:42 1933 |
MS- THE TRAINEES ARE TRANSPORTED TO THE GUNNERY
RANGE IN LARGE OPEN TRUCKS. |
00:34:36 1987 |
MS- IN A JOKING DEMONSTRATION A GI IS HANDED A
SHELL AND THROWS IT INTO THE OPEN TANK HATCH, AN EXPLOSION ENSUES. MS- THE TANK DRIVER EXITS THE HATCH IN DISARRAY |
00:34:59 2010 |
MONTAGE- THE TRAINEES WINCE WHEN THEY HEAR THE
FIRING OF THE 90MM SHELLS EACH TIME. |
00:35:26 2037 |
MS- TRAINEES CLIMB ALL OVER THE TANK, EXAMINING
IT AND GETTING FAMILIAR WITH ITS PARTS MS- AN INSTRUCTOR USES A POINTER TO EXPLAIN THE TANK'S ENGINE. |
00:36:12 2083 |
MS- THE TRAINEES USE TOOLS TO MAKE REPAIRS UNDER
THE GUIDANCE OF AN INSTRUCTOR. |
00:36:48 2119 |
MS- STUDENTS PEER THROUGH RANGE FINDERS WHICH
ARE SET UP BY THE CLASSROOM WINDOWS POINTED AT A TARGETS OUTSIDE. |
00:37:36 2167 |
MS- TRAINEES SIT IN A MOCK UP OF A TANK'S INSIDE
WITH ONE FEEDING SHELL INTO THE GUN AND ANOTHER PEERING THROUGH THE RANGE FINDER. |
00:38:03 2194 |
MS- TRAINEES WEAR EARPHONES IN A COMMUNICATION
CLASS AS THEY SIT AT A CONTROL PANEL |
00:38:08 2199 |
LS- TRAINEES VISIT SCOTTY'S CASTLE BUILT BY AN
ECCENTRIC MILLIONAIRE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN THE DESERT. |
00:38:23 2214 |
LS- PAN OF THE ROCKY MOONLIKE LANDSCAPE OF THE
AREA. |
00:38:53 2244 |
MS- AN INSTRUCTOR SHOWS TRAINEES HOW TO USE
SIGNAL FLAGS AS USED BY SAILORS ON SHIPS. MS- TRAINEES PRACTICE GETTING ON AND OFF THEIR TANKS, QUICKLY |
00:40:34 2345 |
MS- INSTRUCTOR GIVES HAND SIGNALS TO TANKERS
FOLLOWING HIS TANK. |
00:40:53 2364 |
MS- GI IN TELLING HIS STORY WRITES HIS LETTER AT
POOLSIDE. |
00:41:50 2421 |
MS- TANK MACHINE GUN FIRING AT TARGET AND
SPEWING OUT SPENT CARTRIDGES. |
00:44:33 2584 |
MS- TRAINEES SIT ON SMALL GRAND STAND AND LISTEN
TO AN INSTRUCTOR WITH A MAP OF THE TERRAIN AND A POINTER. LESSON OVER THE MEN MOUNT THEIR TANKS |
00:44:58 2609 |
MONTAGE- MEN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THEIR TANKS
COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER DURING MANEUVERS. |
00:53:00 3091 |
LS- TANKS FIRE AND THE SHELLS ARE SEEN EXPLODING
IN THE DISTANT DESERT SANDS. |
00:53:20 3111 |
LS- MONTAGE OF TANKS ROLLING THROUGH THE DESERT
SCENES IN MANEUVERS. |
00:58:06 3397 |
PICTORIAL REPORT NO. 25
"OBSOLETE FILM". THE ARMY ENGINEERS. THE 18TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, WITH ITS 21 HELICOPTERS, ARRIVES AT BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY. |
00:58:11 3402 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF THE ARMY ENGINEER CENTER AT
FORT BELMORE, VIRGINIA |
00:58:56 3447 |
MS- WENDELL L. KEY, A CIVILIAN ENGINEER WORKING
FOR THE U.S. ARMY, SITS AT HIS DRAFTING TABLE |
00:59:20 3471 |
LS- SMOKE POURS OUT OF A FACTORY'S SMOKE STACKS.
LS- SPARKS SPEW HIGH OUT OF A STEEL MILL |
00:59:32 3483 |
LS- SMOKE FROM AN INDUSTRIAL AREA FILLS THE SKY.
|
00:59:41 3492 |
LS- GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE AND A WATER FLOWING DOWN A
DAM AT A HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT. |
01:00:00 3511 |
LS- EARTH MOVERS AT WORK. LS- OIL SHOOTING UP AN
OIL DERRICK. |
01:00:28 3539 |
MONTAGE- MEN AT WORK IN ARMS PLANTS.
|
01:00:36 3547 |
MONTAGE- SOVIET WORKERS IN PLANT MAKING TRACTORS
LS- LENIN ON AN OUTSIDE PLATFORM SPEAKS TO THE MASSES. |
01:00:57 3568 |
LS- PAN OF THE SOVIET BOSSES ON THE KREMLIN WALL
WATCHING A MILITARY PARADE INCLUDE BREZHNEV, MOLOTOV, BERIA BULGANIN, KHRUCHEV AND OTHERS |
01:02:06 3637 |
MS- KEYS, THE ENGINEER SITS AT BREAKFAST WITH
WIFE AND CHILD HIS WIFE WITH CHILD IN ARMS ACCOMPANIES KEYS TO HIS CAR IN DRIVEWAY. MS- HE KISSES BOTH GOODBYE AND DRIVES OFF TO WORK. |
01:03:55 3746 |
MS- KEYS SITS WITH AN OTHER ENGINEER AT THE
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT FORT BELMORE WHERE HE DESIGNS BRIDGE EQUIPMENT FOR THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS |
01:05:36 3847 |
MONTAGE- A CIVILIAN ENGINER SHOWS EXPERIMENTS
WITH A CARBON ARC WHICH LETS OFF AN EXTREMELY BRIGHT LIGHT FORCING THE ENGINEER TO SHIELD HIS EYES, AND THE ENERGY IT GENERATES ALONG WITH OTHER EXPERIMENTS. |
01:07:47 3978 |
MS- THE ENGINEER TELLS THE NARRATOR ABOUT THE
MANY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTS PROJECTS AT THE RESEARCH AND PHOTOMETRIC SECTION. |
01:12:00 4231 |
MONTAGE- WORK ON RESEARCH AND TESTING AT SIGNAL
CORP LABS AND CHEMICAL WARFARE LABS ARE ALSO SHOWN. ORDINANCE CORP WORKS AT FUNGUS RESEARCH |
01:15:35 4446 |
MONTAGE- MOSCOW STREETS ARE DEVOID OF TRAFFIC
WITH AN OCCASIONAL TROLLEY CAR PASSING BY. MS- CONTRAST WITH HEAVY NEW YORK CITY TRAFFIC |
01:16:11 4482 |
MS- BULLETS AND MACHINE GUNS ROLLING ON A
CONVEYOR AT AN ARMS PLANT IN U.S. |
01:16:15 4486 |
MS- MANY ENGINEERS AT THEIR DRAFTING TABLES.
|
01:16:30 4501 |
MS- SOVIET AND AMERICAN EMBASSADORS SPEAK AT
UNITED NATIONS SESSIONS. |
01:17:06 4537 |
MS- WENDELL KEYS AND WIFE PUSH THEIR CHILD ON A
BACKYARD SWING |
01:18:09 4600 |
LS- THE U.S. CARRIER 'CORREGIDOR' DOCKED AT A
WEST GERMAN PORT, UNLOADS FOR THE 1ST TIME AN ENTIRE COMPANY OF ARMY HELICOPTERS IN AN OPERATIONAL STATE. |
01:19:00 4651 |
LS- THE HELICOPTERS TAKE OFF ONE BY ONE FROM THE
CARRIER. THEY LAND AT BREMERHAVEN AIRFIELD. |
01:21:40 4811 |
LS- LOSING THEIR WAY, THE HELICOPTERS LAND AT AN
EMPTY FIELD NEAR A SMALL TOWN. WEST GERMAN FARMERS AND CHILDREN, ATTRACTED BY THE UNUSUAL SPECTACLE, GIVE DIRECTIONS TO THE PILOTS |
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