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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 |
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