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"42ND FIELD ARTILLERY GROUP"
A TEST ALERT IN GERMANY SHOWS THE 42ND FIELD ARTILLERY GROUP WHEEL TWO OF IT'S MOST FORMIDABLE WEAPONS: THE CORPORAL MISSILE & THE 280MM CANNON INTO ACTION. |
| 00:02:16 47 |
MONTAGE ARTILLERY BATTERIES FIRE ALL KINDS OF
HEAVY CANNON AND ROCKETS IN WWII & KOREA. GUIDED MISSILES ARE TESTED FOR TODAYS ARMY. |
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THE 280MM ATOMIC CANNON SITS ON A HILL OVERLOOKING
THE ATOMIC BLAST AND THE MUSHROOM CLOUD RESULTING AFTER FIRING IT'S SHELL |
| 00:03:43 134 |
MONTAGE RE-NACTED SCENES OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR
BATTLES AND FOOT SOLDIERS HIKING THE ROADS. |
| 00:04:14 165 |
MONTAGE ARTILLERY OF ALL SIZES FIRE DURING WWI.
MONTAGE FIRE POWER IS DIRECTED BY TELEPHONE |
| 00:05:31 242 |
MONTAGE ARTILLERY & TANKS FIRE BY ALLIES & NAZIS
DURING WWII. MONTAGE CONTROLLED ARTILLERY FIRE IN KOREA. |
| 00:06:21 292 |
PAN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPENT ARTILLERY
CASINGS AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE IN A KOREAN FIELD. |
| 00:06:50 321 |
COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 42ND ARTILLERY GROUP,
COLONEL BLAIR, USES A POINTER TO BRIEF HIS OFFICERS ON AN UPCOMING FIELD EXERCISE |
| 00:07:16 347 |
COLONEL BLAIR SPEAKS AND TELLS OF DEPLOYMENT OF
280MM CANNON & "CORPORAL" MISSILES DURING THE SIMULATED ACTION AGAINST AN IMAGINARY ENEMY. |
| 00:11:29 600 |
MONTAGE AFTER THE ALERT IS RECEIVED BY PHONE,
ENTIRE BATTERY OF "CORPORAL" MISSILES IS MOVED INTO PLACE BY VARIOUS VEHICLES. (PREVIOUSLY LOGGED) |
| 00:14:15 766 |
MONTAGE CREWS OF THE MISSILE BATTERY ADEPTLY
ASSEMBLE THE PREFABRICATED PARTS OF THE 'CORPORAL' MISSILE CARRIAGE. HUGE TENT TO COVER THE MISSILE IS ASSEMBLED AND PLACED OVER IT |
| 00:15:30 841 |
THE 280MM CANNON VEHICLES SPEED THE HUGE GUN ALONG
A GERMAN ROAD AND THROUGH A VILLAGE. |
| 00:16:00 871 |
LEAD DRIVER COMMUNICATES WITH THE REAR SECTION
DRIVER BY HEAD PHONE WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS TO MAKE TURNS. |
| 00:17:07 938 |
THE MONSTROUS GUN IS BACKED ONTO HUGE BARGE SO IT
CAN BE TRANSPORTED ACROSS THE RHINE RIVER. AERIAL THE BARGE MOVES ACROSS THE RHINE WITH IT'S HUGE CARGO. |
| 00:18:20 1011 |
CU JEEP, THEN THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF VEHICLES
CARRYING THE CANNON ARE SEEN PASSING OVER THE CAMERA. |
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GUN IS PUT INTO PLACE & THE CREWS QUICKLY COVER IT
WITH CAMOUFLAGE NETS |
| 00:21:15 1186 |
GUNNERY SERGEANT OF THE 280MM GUN IS INTERVIEWED
AS THE CREW WATCHES,. TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCE & THE GUNS ACCURACY |
| 00:22:26 1257 |
ENTIRE PROCESS OF PREPARING, LOADING & FIRING THE
280MM GUN. |
| 00:23:46 1337 |
MONTAGE ENTIRE PROCESS OF PREPARING, REMOVING TENT
COVER, FUELING, AIMING & FIRING THE HUGE & COMPLICATED 'CORPORAL' MISSILE. |
| 00:24:45 1396 |
FUELING TEAM LOOK LIKE SPACEMEN IN THEIR FIREPROOF
OUTFITS. |
| 00:25:30 1441 |
LARGE HYDROLIC CLAWS OF A SPECIAL VEHICLE GRASPS
THE 'CORPORAL' MISSILE & PUTS IT ON THE LAUNCHUNG PAD. |
| 00:26:23 1494 |
SERGEANT IN CHARGE OF THE MISSILE CREW IS
INTERVIEWED & HE TELLS OF HIS DUTIES CONCERNING THE LAUNCH. |
| 00:32:25 1856 |
"ARMORED COMBAT POWER"
HISTORY OF ARMOR IS EXAMINED. COVERS EARLY WAR CHARIOTS TO TODAY'S MODERN TANK. |
| 00:32:37 1868 |
MONTAGE ANCIENT DRAWINGS DEPICT THE USE OF THE
CHARIOT FOR WARFARE, HANIBAL'S ARMORED ELEPHANTS ON THE ATTACK AND THE USE OF PERSONAL ARMOR IN WARFARE. |
| 00:34:16 1967 |
MONTAGE OLD DRAWINGS OF CATAPULTS 'BATTERING RAMS
& ROLLING TOWERS TO ATTACKS FORTS ARE THE PRECURSER OF THE INVENTION OF ARTILLERY |
| 00:35:24 2035 |
MONTAGE WWI TANKS ON THE BATTLEFIELD AT THAT TIME
INCLUDING A MONSTROUS GERMAN MODEL. |
| 00:36:10 2081 |
MONTAGE GERMAN TANKS & ARTILLERY FIRE AS THEY
SPEED THROUGH EUROPE DURING THEIR 'BLITZKREIG' IN WWII. |
| 00:37:00 2131 |
MONTAGE U.S. ARMOR IN ACTION DURING WWII & KOREA
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| 00:37:53 2184 |
IN A EXERCISE AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY, THE ARMY
PUTS ON AN EXTRAORDINARY DISPLAY OF FIRE POWER WITH AN ARRAY OF TANKS AND VEHICLES. |
| 00:41:25 2396 |
CU TANKMAN PLACES A SHELL INTO THE BREACH OF HIS
CANNON AND FIRES. |
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ARMORED TEAM CONSISTING OF 5 TANKS & 4 ARMORED
PERSONNEL CARRIERS LINE UP ON TRAINING FIELD. 5 TANKS FIRE THEIR GUNS SIMULTANEOUSLY IN AWESOME DISPLAY OF FIRE POWER. |
| 00:44:30 2581 |
MOUTH OF THE 4 ARMORED VEHICLES OPEN & SQUAD OF
SOLDIERS RUN OUT FROM EACH ONE & LAY ON THE GROUND IN FIRING POSITIONS. |
| 00:44:55 2606 |
CU SERGEANT BARKS COMMANDS ON HIS HAND-HELD
WALKIE-TALKIE. |
| 00:46:29 2700 |
SHELLS FROM 105MM HOWITZERS, DESIGNED TO SHOWER
SHRAPNEL DOWN ONTO MEN IN FOXHOLES, BURST IN MID-AIR. |
| 00:47:15 2746 |
ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE AS EVERY GUN IS FIRED
SIMULTANEOUSLY |
| 00:48:23 2814 |
CU GI EXPOSES A LANDMINE IN THE GROUND. THE MINE
IS EXPLODED. |
| 00:49:26 2877 |
MONTAGE THE L-19 & L-20 LIGHT PLANES. THE H-13
SMALL HELICOPTER, THE LARGER H-19 AND H-21 HELICOPTER ARE SHOWN AS WELL. |
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AERIAL COLUMN OF TANKS ARE SEEN ON ROAD BELOW BY
OBSERVATION HELICOPTER. |
| 00:51:00 2971 |
MONTAGE BOMBS & ROCKETS ARE ATTACHED TO THE WINGS
OF JET FIGHTERS. ATTACK TARGETS WITH BOMBS, MACHINE-GUN FIRE, ROCKETS AND NAPALM. |
| 00:54:40 3191 |
MONTAGE TANKMEN LOOK AT THEIR WATCHES AS THE
COUNTDOWN TO SIMULATED ATOMIC BOMB COMMENCES. THEY SHIELD THEIR EYES AS BRIGHT FLASH OCCURS AFTER HUGE EXPLOSION. HUGE PUFF OF SMOKE |
| 01:01:55 3626 |
ARMY NEWSREEL NO. 1
DEPICTS LIFE OF ARMY PERSONNEL ON DUTY IN EUROPE. |
| 01:02:00 3631 |
NARRATOR SERGEANT STUART QUEEN TELLS OF NEWSREELS
SHOWN AT ARMY RUN THEATERS IN EUROPE TO THE GIS AND THEIR FAMILIES DEPICTING ARMY LIFE. |
| 01:03:40 3731 |
ANIMAL STORY: BUFFALO, "SERGEANT GERONIMO", RUNS
AROUND IN HIS CORRAL AT THE U.S. ARMY SULLIVAN BARRACKS |
| 01:03:53 3744 |
SERGEANT 'GERONIMO, WEARING HUGE ARMY TAGS, IS
BRUSHED BY HIS HANDLER PRIOR TO HIS SWEARING IN CEREMONY. |
| 01:04:15 3766 |
LT. COLONEL MIKE GREEN, COMMANDER OF THE 510TH
TANK BATTALION, SWEARS IN 7 GIS AND THE BUFFALO, SERGEANT 'GERONIMO', WHO ARE RE-INLISTING. |
| 01:04:39 3790 |
CU BUFFALO EATING A MOUTHFUL OF HAY.
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| 01:04:45 3796 |
"WHAT'S NEW IN EUROPE" M.P. MOVIE TARGET.
MILITARY POLICE FIRE AT MOVIE SCREEN SHOWING FLEEING FELON. |
| 01:04:59 3810 |
NEW MOTION PICTURE TARGET IS PUT INTO PLACE BY 2
MP'S. THE MOVIE CAMERA STOPS EACH TIME FLEEING SUBJECT IN THE FILM IS 'HIT'. |
| 01:06:06 3877 |
"ONE'S MAN POISON"
WAITRESS TAKES TRAY OF FOOD TO GIS SEATED FOR CHOW. |
| 01:06:21 3892 |
PFC. REESE HENSHAW IS SERVED TRAY OF LIGHT BULBS &
RAZOR BLADES WHICH HE EATS, TO THE ASTONISHMENT OF THE OTHERS. ADDS SALT TO BULB. GLASS EATER. |
| 01:07:21 3952 |
HENSHAW'S BUDDY STARTS TO SEARCH IN HIS POCKETS
FOR A MATCH TO LIGHT HIS CIGAR. HENSHAW PLACES FLAMING TORCH IN HIS MOUTH THEN LIGHTS HIS BUDDY'S CIGAR FROM HIS FLAMING MOUTH. |
| 01:07:58 3989 |
"SKIING AT BERCHTESGADEN"
ARMY GIS & THEIR DATES ENTER WINTER LODGE IN BAVARIAN MOUNTAINS. THEY EXIT IN SKI OUTFITS. |
| 01:09:10 4061 |
SKIERS START DOWN A SLOLOM COURSE. KELLY FALLS ON
HIS FACE AS HE TRYS TO START DOWN. MONTAGE SKIERS SPEED DOWN THE COURSE. KELLY TRYS & FALLS AGAIN. HE STANDS AND FALLS AGAIN. |
| 01:10:42 4153 |
"17TH SIGNAL BATTALION RESTORES GERMAN
COMMUNICATIONS" GERMAN & U.S. ENGINEERS WORK TOGETHER TO LAY CABLE AND RESTORE TELEPHONE. |
| 01:11:52 4223 |
"JUNIOR SKIERS"
LITTLE SKIERS RIDE SKILIFT TO TOP FOR SKI RACE WITH OTHER YOUNG SKIERS. SMALL BOY WHOSE KNEES SEEM READY TO COLLAPSE SLOWLY TRIES TO CLIMB THE HILL. |
| 01:12:35 4266 |
AFTER ADULT SKI PATROLMAN SHOWS THE KIDS THE
COURSE TO TAKE THE BOYS FOLLOW DOWN. |
| 01:13:45 4336 |
"BELLS FOR MANNEHEIM"
2 FLATBED TRUCKS CARRY 4 GIANT BELLS THROUGH THE STRETS OF MANNEHEIM, GERMANY. (MANHEIM) |
| 01:14:07 4358 |
TOWN OFFICIALS & TOWNSPEOPLE ACCOMPANY THE TRUCKS
IN PROCESSION TO THE CHURCH BELFRY WHERE THE BELLS WERE TAKEN FROM DURING WWII |
| 01:14:26 4377 |
U.S. ARMY CRANE HOISTS THE BELLS INTO PLACE AS THE
ENTIRE TOWN WATCHES. |
| 01:14:50 4401 |
MONTAGE TWIN BOYS CARRY THEIR BABY SISTER AS THEY
LEAVE THEIR HOME FOR CHURCH, AS DO OTHER TOWNSPEOPLE AT THE SOUND OF THE BELLS |
| 01:15:17 4428 |
"MOUNTED POLICE OF BERLIN"
MILITARY POLICEMEN PRACTICE JUMPING HURDLES WITH THEIR HORSES AT BERLIN STABLE |
| 01:16:14 4485 |
GI REMOVES SADDLE FROM HORSE AFTER DAY OF RIDING
DUTY. HE PATS HIS HORSE. GI BRUSHES DOWN HORSE. CU GI SPIT POLISHES BOOTS AND BRASS |
| 01:17:30 4561 |
GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR REVIEWS PARADE AS THE ONLY
MOUNTED MP'S IN EUROPE PASSES. |
| 01:17:46 4577 |
"HOBBY CRAFTS"
GIS WORK ON POTTERY, METAL CRAFTS, ETCHING, MODEL MAKING, GLASS AND LEATHER CRAFTS AT SPECIAL SERVICES SHOP. |
| 01:18:21 4612 |
GI MAKES A BOWL ON A POTTERS WHEEL.
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| 01:18:48 4639 |
GI LOWERS RED HOT ROD INTO BOTTLE OF OLIVE OIL.
WHEN THE ROD MEETS THE OIL THE BOTTLE SPLITS IN HALF AT THE DESIRED LEVEL. |
| 01:19:19 4670 |
GI MAKING BOWL OVERWORKS IT, & IT COLLAPSES.
TEACHER GESTURES HIS DISBELIEF. |
| 01:19:39 4690 |
"THE NEW GERMAN ARMY"
FORMER WWII PARATROOPERS TRAIN JUMPING OFF TOWERS ON BUNGY WIRES. MAN-MADE WIND BLOWS AS PARATROOP TRIES TO CONTROL HIS CHUTE DRAGGING HIM ON THE GROUND. |
| 01:21:33 4804 |
"GIESSEN"
LT. COLONEL LINGER PINS PFC STRIPES ON A BULLDOG WEARING GI HAT & VEST. BULLDOG SHAKES HANDS WITH THE COLONEL. |
| 01:22:07 4838 |
BULLDOG, BUSTER, SITS AT THE CHOW TABLE WITH OTHER
GIS. BUSTER WALKS OFF FOR NAP. ANIMALS IN MILITARY |
| 01:22:35 4866 |
"SKI PATROL"
GLOBE-SHAPED GLASS CABLE CAR RIDES DOWN THE CABLES TO BASE OF SNOWY MOUNTAIN IN BERCHTESGADEN. |
| 01:23:11 4902 |
MONTAGE ARMY FAMILIES SKI & TAKE THE SUN ON THE
SNOWY ALP SLOPES. WOMAN SLIDES DOWN WITH HER SKIS IN A SEATED POSITION |
| 01:23:25 4916 |
GIS SIT IN SKI PATROL CLASSROOM. CU SKI IS USED TO
FORM SPLINT ON STUDENT'S LEG AT FIRST AID CLASS. |
| 01:23:50 4941 |
SKIS ARE ISSUED TO THE STUDENTS. SKI PATROLMAN
WITH RED CROSS INSIGNIA ON HIS BACK, GLIDES DOWN HILL. |
| 01:24:46 4997 |
SKI PATROL GOES TO THE AID OF FALLEN SKIER. AFTER
APPLYING SPLINT TO THE SKIER'S LEG, PATROL PLACES HIM ON STRETCHER-LIKE SLED |
| 01:25:40 5051 |
"60 ADOPTED GI'S"
TRAIN PULLS INTO THE QUAINT VILLAGE OF KIRNBACH, GERMANY WHERE THE VILLAGERS WILL ADOPT THE 60 GIS ABOARD. |
| 01:26:00 5071 |
CHILDREN IN THE ANCIENT COSTUMES OF THE VILLAGE
WAIT AT THE STATION AS A BAND PLAYS. |
| 01:26:43 5114 |
CU WOMAN OF THE HOUSE FILLS A BOWL OF SOUP WITH
A LADLE. 2 GIS CLINK GLASSES IN A TOAST WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS. |
| 01:27:04 5135 |
GI HELPS HIS HOST PLANT HIS GARDEN.
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| 01:27:16 5147 |
MONTAGE THE FAMILIES BID GOODBYE TO THE GIS WHO
WERE 'ADOPTED' FOR THE SHORT PERIOD |
| 01:27:32 5163 |
"EASTER IN GERMANY"
MONTAGE CROWDS OF GERMAN & AMERICAN GI FAMILIES ATTEND EASTER SERVICES ATOP HOLY MOUNTAIN IN HEIDLEBERG |
| 01:28:40 5231 |
YOUNGSTERS HIDE EASTER EGGS IN BUSHES & SHRUBS IN
PREPARATION FOR CONTEST. AT THE SIGNAL, CROWD OF KIDS RUN TO SITE AND BEGIN THE HUNT. |
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Year: 1917-1958
Color: Black & White
Genre: NEWSREELS
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