00:32:35 80 |
ARMY DIGEST NO. 1
A TWO SUBJECT PRESENTATION THAT TAKES THE VIEWER TO TWO WIDELY SEPARATED LANDS AND TWO STRIKINGLY DIFFERENT OPERATIONS. PART I: "BARRIERS TO THE NORTH", PART II: "JOURNEY TO MANNHEIM" |
00:32:40 85 |
LS- THE GREENLAND ICE CAP. WORKERS FOR THE CORP
OF ENGINEERS WELD SECTIONS OF 2 RADAR WARNING STATIONS IN ICELAND |
00:33:24 129 |
MS- MAP SHOWS A STRING OF WARNING STATIONS THAT
FORM THE 'DEW LINE' WHICH STRETCHES ACROSS THE ALEUTIANS, ALASKA, CANADA, GREENLAND AND CANADA. |
00:33:53 158 |
LS- MONSTER RADAR ANTENNA AT THULE, GREENLAND ARE
USED TO DETECT INCOMING MISSILES MILES AWAY. |
00:34:21 186 |
LS- SLABS OF ICE IN THE WATERS OFF ICELAND MAKES
NAVIGATION FOR SHIPS DIFFICULT. |
00:34:42 207 |
MAP OF THE ICE CAP WHICH IS 1600 MILES LONG AND
10,000 FEET DEEP. CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS FOR ARMY ENGINEERS WERE PROBLEMS OF MAMMOTH PROPORTIONS. |
00:35:20 245 |
MS- U.S. AND DANISH FLAGS FLY TOGETHER ON
GREENLAND WHICH IS A DENMARK TERRITORY |
00:35:28 253 |
MS- DANISH CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FILL UP THE BACK
OF A PICK-UP TRUCK TAKING THEM TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. |
00:35:51 276 |
LS- HEAVY CRATES ARE UNLOADED OFF A SHIP ONTO
LANDING CRAFT WHICH TAKES IT TO SHORE AND PUT ON TRUCKS WITH A CRANE. |
00:36:05 290 |
MS- TRUCKS LADEN WITH SACKS AND HEAVY CRATES
SLOWLY RIDE UP THE HILLY TERRAIN. |
00:36:50 335 |
MS- A WELDER FLIPS DOWN HIS MASK AND WELDS A
PIPELINE HELD IN PLACE BY ANOTHER WORKER WITH A HUGE WRENCH. HE TURNS THE PIPE AS THE WELDER WELDS |
00:37:10 355 |
LS- THE UNFINISHED WARNING STATION STANDS ON A
ROCK 5000 FEET HIGH. LS- PAN OF THE AREA AROUND THE ISLAND AS SEEN FROM THE TOWER. |
00:37:50 395 |
LS- THE STEEL SKELETON OF THE TOWER WILL ALSO
HAVE LIVING QUARTERS FOR 23 OPERATIONAL STAFF. |
00:38:06 411 |
MS- DRAWING OF THE TOWER SHOWS TWO 30 FOOT DISH
ANTENNAE FOR COMMUNICATION WHICH WILL BE VIRTUALLY IMMUNE FROM JAMMING. |
00:38:25 430 |
LS- A LARGE HELICOPTER LANDS ON THE SITE. MAIL AND
CREATURE COMFORTS WILL BE DELIVERED THIS WAY WHEN THE TOWER IS IN OPERATION. |
00:39:31 496 |
MS- A TRACTOR PULLS A HUGE STEEL GIRDER OFF A
C-130 CARGO PLANE ON THE ICE CAP, WHERE AMERICAN WORKERS ARE BUILDING 2 TOWERS THERE. |
00:39:41 506 |
LS- 8 SUPPORTING COLUMNS HOLD THE SECRET OF HOW
THE HUGE STATION STANDS ON THE ICE CAP. |
00:39:45 510 |
LS- A SKY HIGH CRANE LIFTS A BUCKET WITH STEEL
WORKERS HIGH ALONGSIDE THE COLUMNS. |
00:39:50 515 |
LS- THE STEEL WORKERS CLIMB ONTO THE STRUCTURE
AND BALANCE THEMSELVES AS THEY WORK PRECARIOUSLY BETWEEN THE COLUMNS. |
00:40:11 536 |
LS- THE HUGE CRANE LIFTS BEAMS TO THE TOP ON
CABLES. |
00:41:10 595 |
MONTAGE- WELDERS WORKED DAY AND NIGHT. ONLY THE
FLASH FROM THE WELDERS TORCH IS SEEN AT NIGHT. |
00:41:21 606 |
CU- A SLEDGE HAMMER POUNDING THE STEEL PLATE.
MS- A WORKER, SITTING ON A BEAM HIGH UP POUNDS IT VIGOROUSLY WITH A HAMMER, USING BOTH HANDS. |
00:41:32 617 |
LS- A STEEL WORKER WALKS ON A NARROW BEAM AS
THOUGH HE WAS ON THE GROUND. |
00:41:52 637 |
MS- THE WORKERS ARE SERVED CAFETERIA STYLE BY A
BEVY OF CHEFS. CU- A CHEF SLICES, THEN SERVES TWO SLABS OF HAM ONTO A TRAY. THE WORKERS SIT COMFORTABLY ON 4 MEN TABLES. |
00:42:10 655 |
MS- A WORKER RELAXES AND WRITES A LETTER AS
ANOTHER LAYS ON HIS BUNK READING A BOOK IN WARM AND COMFORTABLE QUARTERS |
00:42:16 661 |
MS- A QUALIFIED PHYSICIAN CHECKS THE EARS OF A
WORKER WEARING FARMERS OVERALLS |
00:42:44 689 |
MS- STEEL WORKER HIGH UP, REACHES OUT OVER THE
EDGE TO PULL IN SHEET OF STEEL HELD BY THE CRANE |
00:43:07 712 |
AERIAL- BALLISTIC MISSILE WARNING SYSTEM AT THULE.
LS- 2 HUGE ANTENNAE EACH THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD IF LAYING ON THEIR SIDE. |
00:43:51 756 |
MONTAGE- EACH ANTENNA IS BRACED BY 20 STRUTS
IMBEDDED IN CEMENT CAPABLE OF HANDLING WINDS OF 185 MPH AND 12 INCHES OF ICE ON IT'S SCREEN. |
00:44:31 796 |
CU- COPPER SCREENS ARE WELDED INTO THE METAL.
|
00:44:37 802 |
LS- A FLOATING NAVY POWER PLANT MOORED IN ITS OWN
SLIP TO PROTECT IT FROM THE CRUSHING ICE, SUPPLIES THE ANTENNAE WITH ELECTRICITY |
00:44:59 824 |
MONTAGE- NIKE 'HERCULES' MISSILES RISE FROM THEIR
UNDERGROUND INSTALLATION AND POINT SKYWARD. THESE MISSILES WILL PROTECT THE TOWERS FROM ATTACK. |
00:46:35 920 |
MS- A GERMAN LONGSHOREMAN GIVES HAND SIGNALS AS
AN ARMY TRUCK IS LOADED INTO THE HOLD OF A BARGE ON THE RHINE RIVER AT MANNHEIM. |
00:48:10 1015 |
MS- U.S. ARMY SERGEANT RUSSO HOLDS THE MANIFEST
AND CHECKS OFF THE CARGO AS IT IS LOADED. |
00:48:42 1047 |
TALKING HEADS- RUSSO IS INVITED BY GERMAN
CIVILIAN TO TAKE A RIDE ON THE RHINE RIVER IN THE BARGE TO ROTTERDAM. |
00:49:00 1065 |
LS- SEAPORT OF ROTTERDAM, IN THE NETHERLANDS
MINTAGE- BUILDINGS IN ROTTERDAM. |
00:49:37 1102 |
MS- A STATUE OF 2 MEN, A WOMAN AND A CHILD
COMMEMORATING NAZI OCCUPATION DURING WWII. |
00:50:00 1125 |
MONTAGE- A SUPPLY SHIP WHICH LOOKS LIKE AN
AIRCRAFT CARRIER AT ANCHOR IN THE HARBOR |
00:50:16 1141 |
MS- A THICK HEAVY ROPE IS PULLED ASHORE TO TIE UP
THE SHIP TO THE PIER. - AN AMERICAN FLAG FLIES AT THE REAR OF THE SUPPLY SHIP WHICH CARRIES A CARGO OF HELICOPTERS ON IT'S DECK. |
00:51:13 1198 |
LS- A HELICOPTER IS RAISED HIGH OVER THE SHIP BY
A HUGE CRANE AND LOWERED INTO A BARGE, AS RUSSO WATCHES |
00:52:09 1254 |
LS- THE DOCKED OCEAN LINER 'ROTTERDAM',AS SEEN BY
RUSSO FROM THE BARGE. LS- A MONUMENT TO THE MERCHANT SEAMEN THAT LOST THEIR LIVES DURING WWII. WORLD WAR TWO |
00:52:39 1284 |
MS- A HOSPITAL SHIP PASSES BY. LS- NEAT HOMES
ALONG THE SHORE AND GRAZING CATTLE IN A FIELD- |
00:53:18 1323 |
MS- THE HEAVY CURRENT BUFFETS THE SIDE OF THE
BARGE. LS- RUSSO LOOKS OUT AT THE CITY OF COLOGNE AND IT'S WORLD FAMOUS TWIN STEEPLE CATHEDRAL. |
00:54:15 1380 |
MS- A PADDLE WHEEL BOAT CHURNS THROUGH THE WATER.
|
00:54:32 1397 |
LS- BONN, THE CAPITAL CITY OF WEST GERMANY AS SEEN
BY RUSSO FROM THE BARGE. |
00:55:00 1425 |
LS- THE BRIDGE AT RAMAGEN OF WWII FAME ONLY THE
PIERS REMAIN. |
00:55:18 1443 |
MS- RUSSO WATCHES AS THE CAPTAIN, TURNS THE HUGE
WHEEL OF THE BARGE |
00:55:41 1466 |
LS- OLD ROMAN FORTRESS, CALLED AARON BREINSTEIN,
LIES ON A HILL IN THE DRAGONFELD PICTURESQUE AREA OF GERMANY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE IS THE DEUTSHE ECKERT THE HOME OF THE FAMOUS RHINE WINE. |
00:56:36 1521 |
LS- THE VAST REMAINS OF RHINEFELD, THE CLIFF OF
THE LORELEI AND OTHER PICTURESQUE SITES. |
00:57:00 1545 |
ELS- SHOENBERG, THE LARGEST CASTLE ON THE RHINE.
LS- ANCIENT BACARACK WITH IT'S 16 STONE TOWERS. |
00:57:30 1575 |
MONTAGE- MORE CASTLES AND ANCIENT VILLAGES
|
00:58:32 1637 |
MS- THE HELICOPTERS ARE LIFTED OFF THE BARGE. &
PHYSICALLY ROLLED AWAY BY GIS. |
01:00:39 1764 |
"ONE ARMY"
ILLUSTRATES THE COMBINED THINKING AND EFFORTS OF ALL BRANCHES OF THE ARMY AND HOW THEY WORK AS A TEAM. |
01:00:44 1769 |
MS- 3 ARMY HATS OLD AND NEW ON NARRATORS DESK.
|
01:01:05 1790 |
MS- U.S. ARMY POSTER WITH 3 MUSKETEERS AND MOTTO
"ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE" |
01:01:50 1835 |
MONTAGE- PEOPLE DANCING IN THE STREETS (NEW
ORLEANS?) IN THE 1930s MARDI GRAS OR CARNIVAL. |
01:02:07 1852 |
BEAUTY CONTEST WITH GIRLS IN SWIM SUITS BY A POOL
|
01:02:08 1853 |
MS- A BIG BAND PLAYING AND GIRLS DANCING IN A BIG
PRODUCTION. (1930s) |
01:02:20 1865 |
MS- A BUGLER BLOWS REVILE IN A DESERT. SOLDIERS
SCRAMBLE OUT OF THEIR TENTS AND BREAK CAMP. |
01:02:25 1870 |
LS- MULES PULL ARMY WAGONS AND KICK UP A CLOUD OF
DUST. LS- VINTAGE ARMY TRUCKS AND HALF-TRACKS KICK UP THE DESERT DUST. |
01:02:46 1891 |
LS- CROWD OF SOLDIERS STAND BEHIND AND WATCH
OTHER SOLDIERS FIRE MACHINE GUNS IN PRACTICE. |
01:02:50 1895 |
MS- SOLDIERS HORSE AROUND FOR THE CAMERA AS THEY
LINE UP FOR CHOW. GROUPS OF GIS DELIBERATELY SLOP UP WATERMELON AND ICE CREAM CONES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CAMERA. |
01:03:04 1909 |
MS- GIS PLAY THEIR BAND INSTRUMENTS AND DANCE
WILDLY AS NO ONE TAKES THE ARMY SERIOUSLY. |
01:03:10 1915 |
LS- PEOPLE AT RALLY RAISE THEIR HANDS IN A NAZI
SALUTE AS HITLER RAGES. |
01:03:45 1950 |
MS- FDR SIGN THE DRAFT ACT. CONGRESSMEN STIR UP
THE DRAFT LOTTERY NUMBERS IN A BIG BOWL |
01:04:00 1965 |
MS-FDR CALL THE FIRST NUMBER 158.THE SONG 'THIS IS
THE ARMY MR. JONES' PLAYS AND A LARGE NUMBER 158 COMES ON THE SCREEN. |
01:04:07 1972 |
MS- A CHEF TAKES OFF HIS HAT AND APRON, A LIQUOR
SALESMAN SMILES AS HE TAKES A BOTTLE OFF THE SHELF, AN EXECUTIVE LOOKS UP FROM HIS DESK. |
01:04:20 1985 |
MS- FDR PICKS ANOTHER NUMBER AND CALLS OUT NUMBER
192 THE SONG CONTINUES 'THIS IS THE ARMY MR. GREEN, ETC., 192 APPEARS ON THE SCREEN WITH A FARMER PLOWING HIS FIELDS. |
01:04:30 1995 |
MS-A CAB DRIVER LETS A CUSTOMER IN HIS CAB AS
ANOTHER NUMBER APPEARS ON THE SCREEN. A MECHANIC IN HIS WORK SHOP. |
01:04:41 2006 |
MS- A BLACK MAN READS HIS INDUCTION PAPERS AS HIS
WIFE LOOKS ON IN THEIR KITCHEN, |
01:04:45 2010 |
MS- A MAN PUTS A SIGN IN HIS LAUNDRY WINDOW,
"CLOSING UP, DRAFTED". |
01:04:50 2015 |
MS- SHIRTLESS MEN AWAIT THEIR TURN TO BE EXAMINED
BY DOCTOR AT THE INDUCTION CENTER. MS- A PAPER IS STAMPED,'ACCEPTED'. |
01:04:59 2024 |
LS- MEN RAISE THEIR HAND TO BE SWORN IN.
|
01:05:12 2037 |
MS- A SOLDIER IN OLD 1930s ARMY HAT KISSES HIS
GIRL GOODBYE. |
01:05:16 2041 |
MONTAGE- SOLDIERS JUMPING BARRICADES AND DRILLING.
MS- LONG LINE OF GIS ON THE RIFLE RANGE WITH INSTRUCTORS AT THEIR SIDES. |
01:05:52 2077 |
MONTAGE- SOLDIERS HAVE WAR GAMES USING WOODEN
GUNS AND STOVE PIPES FOR MACHINE GUNS, BEER CANS FOR AMMO |
01:06:06 2091 |
LS- TWO LARGE GROUPS OF SOLDIERS ATTACH A HUGE
RUBBER BALL AND FIGHT TO KEEP IT IN THE AIR. |
01:06:16 2101 |
SEVERAL PAIRS OF GIS FACE EACH OTHER BLINDFOLDED
AND PUNCH AT EACH OTHER WITH A BOXING GLOVE AS A LARGE GROUP FORMS A CIRCLE AROUND THEM. |
01:06:47 2132 |
MS- TRUCKS MARKED 'TANK' ARE FIRED UPON BY MACHINE
GUN CREW USING A WOODEN MACHINE GUN. |
01:06:50 2135 |
MS- A REAL TANK RECEIVES A DIRECT HIT WITH A BAG
OF TALCUM POWDER. |
01:06:59 2144 |
MONTAGE- FILM OF THE JAP ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR.
|
01:07:38 2183 |
MS- FDR ASKS CONGRESS TO DECLARE WAR ON JAPAN IN
FAMOUS SPEECH. |
01:08:25 2230 |
MONTAGE- WWII BATTLE SCENES. NOW IT WAS ONE ARMY.
|
01:10:13 2338 |
MONTAGE- WILD CELEBRATIONS IN NEW YORK STREETS AS
WAR ENDS. FIRECRACKERS SEND UP A CLOUD OF SMOKE. |
01:10:21 2346 |
MS- LARGE GROUP OF SAILORS RUN IN THE STREETS IN
CELEBRATION. LS- TICKER TAPE POURS DOWN FROM TALL BUILDINGS. MS- A SOLDIER GIVES A GIRL A LONG ROMANTIC KISS |
01:10:31 2356 |
AERIAL- VIEW OF THE HUGE CROWD AT TIMES SQUARE
DAY AND NIGHT. |
01:10:49 2374 |
MONTAGE- GIS WAVE THEIR PAYCHECKS AND DISCHARGE
PAPERS AS THEY GO HOME. |
01:11:00 2385 |
MS- TRAIN FULL OF GIS ON THE WAY HOME. MS- A GI
WATCHES TRACKS FROM THE REAR OF THE MOVING TRAIN. |
01:11:20 2405 |
MS- BASEBALL PLAYER TAKES A PITCH AND CATCHER
THROWS THE BALL BACK TO THE PITCHER AS CROWD OF GIS WATCH THE GAME AND DRINK COKES. |
01:12:25 2470 |
MONTAGE- JOE STALIN WATCHES TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
SOVIET TROOPS IN RED SQUARE |
01:12:40 2485 |
MONTAGE- COMMUNIST INSPIRED STREET RIOTS IN
CAPITAL CITIES OF THE WORLD |
01:13:00 2505 |
MONTAGE- BATTLE SCENES OF THE KOREAN WAR.
|
01:16:25 2710 |
MONTAGE- LONG COLUMNS OF GIS CARRY THEIR DUFFLE
BAGS TO GO HOME AS A TRUCE IS SIGNED IN KOREA. |
01:21:33 3018 |
NATIONAL GUARD POSTER.
|
01:21:43 3028 |
MONTAGE- OLD DRAWINGS DEPICTING THE NATIONAL
GUARD SINCE BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. |
01:22:58 3103 |
MS- A NATIONAL GUARDSMAN SERVES A DRINK TO A
LITTLE BOY DURING A NATURAL DISASTER. |
01:26:06 3291 |
MS- SECRETARY OF THE ARMY WILBUR BRUCKER.
NARRATOR READS STATEMENT MADE BY BRUCKER CONCERNING 'ONE ARMY'. |
01:26:11 3296 |
MONTAGE- NEWSPAPER HEADLINES ABOUT THE SOVIET
SATELLITE AND IT'S PROPAGANDA VALUE. |
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