Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1074

00:02:35 61	PICTORIAL REPORT NO. 27 HOW A HOSPITAL HANDLES MASS CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN NATURAL DISASTERS. PRETEND DISASTER. SIMULATED CASUALTIES. ARMY ENGINEERS IN ROLE OF DISASTER PREVENTION. THE ARMY ENGINEERS IN A SCORE, KALEIDOSCOPE OF WAR & PEACTIME ASSIGNMENTS.
00:02:40 66	NARRATOR TELLS OF THE U.S. ARMY'S PEACETIME ROLES IN MEDICINE, EXPERIMENTATION AND CONSTRUCTION
00:03:04 90	MONTAGE- A THICK BLACK TORNADO SWIRLS IN AN OPEN FIELD. MONTAGE- THE WRECKAGE LEFT BEHIND IN THE TORNADO'S WAKE.
00:03:12 98	MONTAGE- A STILL BURNING WRECK OF A CAR, DEBRIS PILED HIGH ON A CITY'S STREET WITH PEOPLE DIGGING THROUGH THE EXTENSIVE WRECKAGE LEFT BY TORNADOES
00:03:29 115	MS- A BODY REMOVED FROM UNDER THE WRECKAGE IS CARRIED ON A STRETCHER. MS- A STUNNED WOMAN WITH BANDAGED HEAD AND WRIST IS LED AWAY BY A MAN.
00:03:54 140	LS- BROOKE ARMY HOSPITAL IN TEXAS. LS- SOLDIERS UNLOAD HUNDREDS OF STRETCHERS FROM A TRUCK IN PREPARATION FOR AN EXERCISE IN A MOCK TORNADO DISASTER.
00:04:39 185	MS- GIS WHO WILL ACT AS CASUALTIES ARE FIT WITH FACE MASKS MASKS COMPLETE WITH WOUNDS.
00:05:49 255	MS- GI WITH A 'BROKEN LEG' AND ANOTHER WITH FACE AND ARM BANDAGE ARE IS ASSISTED ONTO COTS INSIDE HELICOPTER.
00:06:22 288	MONTAGE- SOME OF THE 1000 SIMULATED VICTIMS BEGIN TO ARRIVE IN ARMY BUSES AND ARE CARRIED ON STRETCHERS TO THE HOSPITAL SERVICE CLUB SET UP AS A RECEPTION CENTER.
00:06:35 301	CARDS MARKED 'UMPIRE' ARE ATTACHED TO OFFICERS' SHIRTS AS THEY WATCH THE EVENT SO AS TO EVALUATE IT AFTERWARDS.
00:07:00 326	MS- SIGNS HANG UP IN THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE LARGE SERVICE AREA INDICATING THE SERVICE BEING PROVIDED AND THE CASUALTY STATUS SUCH AS, 'SUPPLIES, CHAPLAIN, URGENT, DEAD AND ROUTINE'.
00:07:53 379	MS- THE HELICOPTER WITH A RED CROSS ON IT'S NOSE LANDS AND THE 'WOUNDED' ARE REMOVED. 'UMPIRES' WATCH.
00:08:20 406	MS- IN THE SERVICE CENTER THE VICTIMS ARE LABELED INTO CATEGORIES. A LABEL IS MARKED 'D.O.A' AND A CHAPLAIN READS OVER THE 'BODY'.
00:09:42 488	MS- CIVILIAN VOLUNTEER TYPISTS TYPE INFORMATION ON VICTIMS QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY.
00:10:38 544	ATTENDANTS OF A MAJOR HOSPITAL WAIT ON A HOSPITAL LAWN FOR THE ARRIVAL OF A HELICOPTER WITH 'VICTIMS'. THEY QUICKLY REMOVE THE 'VICTIMS' ON STRETCHERS AND WAITING AMBULANCE.
00:11:54 620	CU- OPERATING CEILING LIGHTS AS SEEN BY A PATIENT BEING ROLLED IN. PATIENT BEING ANESTHETIZED.
00:12:12 638	MS- A ROOM FULL OF 'UMPIRES' SIT IN A CLASSROOM AND CRITIQUE THE EVENT.
00:12:40 666	NARRATOR TELLS OF THE JOB OF THE ARMY'S CORP OF ENGINEERS AND THE WORK IT DOES BEFORE A DIASTER OCCURS
00:12:47 673	MONTAGE- THE WINDS AND FLOODS OF A HURRICANE AS IT STRIKES THE LAND. (LOGGED BEFORE)
00:14:00 746	LS- ARMY'S CORP OF ENGINEERS WATERWAY'S EXPERIMENT STATION IN VICKSBURG, VIRGINIA.
00:14:08 754	AERIAL- A 'LIVING' SCALE MODEL OF RHODE ISLAND'S NARAGANSET BAY AREA IN MINIATURE IS USED TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF FLOODS ON THE AREA.
00:14:47 793	MONTAGE- A GENERATOR IS USED TO REPRODUCE HURRICAN TIDES IN MINIATURE.
00:15:48 854	AERIAL- PAN OF THE HUNDREDS THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES OF FLOODING CAUSED BY AN OVERFLOWING RIVER.
00:16:03 869	MS- MEN AND WOMEN CARRY CHILDREN THROUGH KNEE DEEP WATER OUT OF FLOODED HOMES
00:16:12 878	LS- HUNDREDS OF GIS FORMING A LONG LINE PASS SAND BAGS ALONG A RIVER.
00:16:37 903	MONTAGE- A SCALE MODEL OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE RIVER COVERING OVER 220 ACRES IS ALSO PART OF EXPERIMENT IN THE CONTROL OF FLOODS AT THE WATERWAY'S STATION. (PAN)
00:18:20 1006	MONTAGE- HUGE EARTH MOVERS AND DERRICKS PULL HUGE QUANTITIES OF EARTH ALONG THE BANKS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI TO FORM A PROPER SLOPE FOR STABILITY
00:19:02 1048	LS- A 150 FOOT WIDE MATTRESS MADE CONCRETE SLABS IS LAYED OVER THE BANKS OF THE RIVER LIKE A BLANKET. OVER 326 MILES OF RIVER BOTTOM IS COVERED BY THIS FLEXIBLE CEMENT BLANKET.
00:21:00 1166	NARRATOR TELLS OF THE MANY PROJECTS DONE BY THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS TO BENEFIT THE CIVILIAN POPULATION (LOGGED BEFORE) INCLUDING THE LARGEST DREDGING VESSEL A HUGE PORTABLE PIER AND BRIDGE BUILDING
00:24:42 1388	MONTAGE- SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE FORT RANDALL DAM AT THE MOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.
00:27:16 1542	LS- THE BIGGEST BUILDING UNDERTAKING BY THE CORP OF ENGINEERS WAS THE 2 BILLION DOLLAR ATOMIC BOMB PROJECT 'MANHATTAN DISTRICT'.
00:30:55 1761	"DEW LINE" ROLE OF THE ARMY TRANSPORTATION CORPS IN THE ARCTIC IN CARRYING SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT TO THE FAR-FLUNG DEW LINE OUTPOSTS
00:31:00 1766	NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT STRENGTH AND PREPARDEDNESS TO KEEP THE PEACE AND THE WORK OF THE 589TH ARMY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY AS IT SUPPLIES A NEW RADAR SITE NEAR GREENLAND
00:31:17 1783	MS- A FAMILY SITTING AT A DINNER TABLE AND FATHER CUTTING THE ROAST.
00:31:18 1784	LS- SKYSCRAPERS OF A MODERN CITY AND PEOPLE BUSILY WALKING IT'S STREETS.
00:31:55 1821	LS- MILITARY MEN SIT IN THE GALLERY OF THE COMBAT OPERATION CENTER OF THE CONTINENTAL AIR DEFENSE COMMAND HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO SPRINGS KEEPING VIGIL OVER THE SKYWAYS.
00:32:13 1839	MONTAGE- NIKE MISSILES RISE FROM UNDER THE GROUND AND POINT SKYWARDS PREPARED TO FIRE.
00:33:00 1886	MONTAGE- VARIOUS TYPES OF SPINNING RADAR ANTENNA SEARCH THE SKYS.
00:33:20 1906	LS- RADAR DOMES, ON PLATFORMS CALLED 'TEXAS TOWERS', BECAUSE THEY RESEMBLE OFF-SHORE OIL RIGS 100 MILES OFF THE U.S. COAST
00:33:33 1919	MS- GIS, INSIDE THE TOWERS, WITH AIR PHONES, PLOT AIR ACTIVITY ON LARGE GLASS WALL MAPS. LS- NAVY PICKET SHIPS CARRY RADAR DEFENSES FAR OUT TO SEA.
00:33:57 1943	MS- GIANT CONSTELLATIONS EARLY WARNING PLANES 'FLYING RADAR PLATFORMS' OF THE AIR FORCE TAKE OFF ON MISSION. CREW INSIDE SCAN THE RADAR SCREEN.
00:34:13 1959	MS- MEN AND WOMEN IN CITIES THROUGHOUT AMERICA SCAN THE SKIES WITH BINOCULARS, SUPPLEMENTING THE RADAR.
00:34:40 1986	LS- RADAR STATIONS ALONG THE 'DEW LINE', DISTANT EARLY WARNING STATIONS, NEAR THE NORTH POLE.
00:35:07 2013	LS- LARGE ARMY VEHICLE OF ARMY TRANSPORTATION CORP BEING LIFTED ON BOARD SHIP AND LOWERED INTO THE HOLD FOR TRANSFER TO THE ARCTIC REGION
00:36:08 2074	MS- A GI OF THE 589TH SIPS A CUP OF COFFEE ON BOARD SHIP AS HIS COMPANY RIDE DOWN THE ST. JAMES RIVER IN THEIR LANDING CRAFT.
00:36:15 2081	MS- GIS SPRAWLED ON THE DECK OF THE LANDING SHIP TAKE A NAP BEFORE REACHING THEIR DESTINATION.
00:36:20 2086	MS- A BLACK GI USES A WHITE SLEEPING GI'S STOMACH FOR A PILLOW AS BOTH ARE SOUND ASLEEP.
00:36:21 2087	CU- A CAP COVERS THE EYES OF A GI SOUND ASLEEP WITH HIS MOUTH OPEN, ANOTHER NODS AS HE SLEEPS IN A SITTING POSITION HOLDING HIS HEAD WITH HIS HAND
00:36:47 2113	MS- A HUGE DERRICK IS LOADED ONTO LANDING CRAFT MS- GI DIRECTS THE MOVEMENT WITH HAND GESTURES
00:37:56 2182	LS- THE LANDING CRAFT COMPLETE WITH GIS AND THE HEAVY MACHINERY HEAD FOR THE 'USS CHADWELL', A LANDING SHIP DOCK.
00:38:26 2212	LS- THE LANDING BOAT MOVES STRAIGHT INTO THE REAR OF THE 'CHADWELL' WHICH IS HOLLOW AND ACCEPTS THE ENTIRE LANDING CRAFT LIKE A GIANT WHALE WITH IT'S HUGE MOUTH OPEN.
00:38:45 2231	MS- THE GIS BOARD THE 'CHADWELL' CLEAN AND DRY REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER OUTSIDE. MS- A HUGE DERRICK ROLLS OUT OF THE LANDING CRAFT TO THE DRY SIDE OF THE 'CHADWELL'
00:40:25 2331	LS- A WINCH LIFTS A FORKLIFT ONTO A SHIP MS- GIS CARRYING THEIR DUFFLE BAGS ARE CHECKED ABOARD A SHIP IN SEATTLE ON IT'S WAY TO THE ARCTIC.
00:41:32 2398	MS- A GI 'MAILMAN' DISTRIBUTES AN ARM FULL OF LETTERS TO GIS IN THEIR COTS BELOW DECK
00:41:50 2416	MS- GIS ON CHOW LINE IN THE GALLEY. CU- MEAT AND POTATOES WITH PEAS ARE SERVED ONTO THE TRAYS.
00:43:16 2502	MONTAGE- BULLDOZERS AND DERRICKS BEGIN THEIR WORK LEVELLING MUDDY GROUND ON THE SNOWY ISLAND OF REPORT, NEAR GREENLAND.
00:43:27 2513	MS- GIS SET UP A TENT ON THE MUDDY SHORE OF THE NEW RADAR SITE. CU- A GI USES A ROCK FOR A HAMMER
00:44:12 2558	MS- BARRELS OF OIL ARE LOADED INTO A LANDING CRAFT BY A CRANE ON BOARD SHIP
00:45:29 2635	MS- 2 CIVILIAN CONTRACTORS SPEAK TO AN ARMY OFFICER ALONG THE HILLY. SNOWY SHORE OF THE ISLAND
00:46:45 2711	MONTAGE- A STOCKPILE OF CRATES OF MATERIALS AND HUGE STACKS OF FUEL OIL BARRELS ARE LEFT BEHIND AS THE 589TH MOVES OUT ON THE LST'S TO THEIR NEXT JOB
00:49:28 2874	CU - A GI ON BOARD SHIP CUTS INTO A LARGE CAKE TO CELEBRATE THE CROSSING OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
00:49:40 2886	CU- A BLACK GI TAKES A BITE OUT OF A LARGE SLICE OF CAKE. MONTAGE- THE SHIP MAKES IT'S WAY THROUGH TREACHEROUS SEAS PASSING HUGE CHUNKS OF ICE
00:51:58 3024	LS- MEN ON THE 'CHADWELL' WATCH THE ICE BREAKER CLEAR A PATH FOR THEM THROUGH THR ICE.
00:52:29 3055	MS- AN ESKIMO WOMAN WITH HER BABY IN ARMS LOOKS OUT TO SEA AT A PASSING SHIP. LS- SMALL ESKIMO KIDS RUN ALONG THE SHORE.
00:54:29 3175	MS- AN ESKIMO JUMPS ONTO SHORE FROM A SMALL SAILBOAT AND HOLDS IT IN PLACE AS OTHER ESKIMOS JUMP OFF. THE 3 WALK OVER WATCH IN AWE AS A DERRICK UNLOADS SUPPLIES OFF LANDING CRAFTS.
00:55:20 3226	MS- GIS GATHER AROUND A SMALL SHACK, FOR A CUP OF COFFEE, SERVED BY A LOCAL FROM A COUNTER IN THE SMALL SHACK