Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1145

00:31:05 7	"BATTALION COMMANDER" A PICTORIAL REPORT OF A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A BATTALION COMMANDER ON DUTY IN EUROPE. SHOWS HIS MANY FUNCTIONS AS "THE OLD MAN" WITH HIS UNIT AND IT'S TROOPS.
00:31:10 12	LS- AN ENTIRE ARMORED BATTALION INCLUDING JEEPS, TANKS, OTHER VEHICLES AND MEN AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE ARE LINED UP FOR INSPECTION BY A BATTALION COMMANDER.
00:31:18 20	LS- HUNDREDS OF TANK CREWS QUICKLY CLIMB ABOARD THEIR TANKS.
00:31:32 34	LS- BATTALION COMMANDER STANDS RIGIDLY ATOP A TANK AND SALUTES AS ARMORED DIVISION PASSES IN REVIEW.
00:32:33 95	LT. COLONEL JOHN RAWLINGS, BATTALION COMMANDER, EXITS HIS JEEP AND ENTERS HIS HEADQUARTERS IN AN OLD NAZI BARRACKS IN WEST GERMANY.
00:32:42 104	MS- COLONEL RAWLINGS HAS MEETING IN HIS OFFICE WITH HIS SUBORDINATE COMMANDERS AND GIVES THEM A TOUGH PEP TALK.
00:33:33 155	MS- MAJOR TERRY, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, LEAVES OFFICE AND EXPLAINS REASONS FOR COLONEL'S TOUGHNESS. SAYS HE IS LOOKING FOR NOTHING SHORT OF PERFECTION
00:34:19 201	MS- RAWLINGS INSPECTS BARRACKS AND ASKS TOUGH TECHNICAL QUESTIONS & THE MISSION OF ARMOR, OF A BLACK TANK GUNNER
00:34:45 227	MS- COMMANDER RAWLINGS IS DRIVEN IN A JEEP, OVER ROUGH TERRAIN, TO FIELD OFFICER, ASKS QUESTIONS AND INSPECTS THE AREA WITH BINOCULARS.
00:36:27 329	CU- COLONEL RAWLINS DRESSES DOWN ONE OF HIS COMMANDERS WHO HAS A HISTORY OF INADEQUATE PERFORMANCE BY HIS UNIT. RAWLINGS GIVES HIM AN ULTIMATUM AND DISMISSES HIM.
00:38:12 434	EXEC OFFICER TERRY ENTERS ROOM ASKS, "HOW DID IT GO". COLONEL RESPONDS, "I'M NOT SURE", & "I'M GONNA RIDE HIM AS HARD AS I CAN UNTIL HE MEASURES UP".
00:40:38 580	CU- TERRY AGAIN EXPLAINS RAWLINGS ACTIONS. AND TELLS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF COLONEL RAWLINGS' OPEN DOOR POLICY.
00:41:09 611	MS- TALKING HEADS - THE SERGEANT MAJOR GIVES THE COLONEL THE LIST OF GIS WANTING TO SEE HIM AND THE REASONS.
00:41:20 622	MS- COLONEL RAWLINS LISTENS TO A SERGEANT WHO WANTS A TRANSFER BECAUSE THERE ARE NO OPENINGS IN THIS OUTFIT FOR A DESERVED PROMOTION
00:42:40 702	MS- AFTER TELLING THE SERGEANT HE WILL THINK ABOUT IT, HE CALLS THE SERGEANT'S COMMANDER WHO TELLS OF THE MAN'S IMPORTANCE TO THE UNIT. RAWLINGS DEFERS HIS DECISION.
00:44:52 834	MS- RAWLINGS SPEAKS TO A CORPORAL WHO WAS REDUCED IN RANK FOR BEING DISRESPECTFUL TO AN NCO. AFTER HEARING THE GI'S STORY, THE COLONEL DENIES HIS APPEAL.
00:46:56 958	MS- UPON HEARING A SOLDIER AND HIS WIFE WAS NEXT, RAWLINGS PICKS UP A PHOTO OF HIS WIFE ON HIS DESK AND LOOKS AT IT WITH A SMILE.
00:47:33 995	TALKING HEADS- COLONEL RAWLINGS INFORMS WIFE OF GI OF COMPLAINTS BY LOCALS OF HER CARELESS DRIVING AND FAILURE TO RESPOND TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. CU- YOUNG WIFE IS UNCONCERNED AND ARROGANT.
00:48:50 1072	CU- THE COLONEL TELLS HER AN ARMY WIFE'S BEHAVIOR REFLECTS ON HER HUSBAND AND THE U.S. ARMY. SHE APOLOGIZES AND THEY LEAVE
00:51:02 1204	MS- RAWLINGS AND TERRY MEET WITH THE LOCAL MAYOR (BURGOMASTER) AND LISTEN TO HIS COMPLAINTS WHICH HE DELIVERS IN BROKEN ENGLISH AS HE SIPS COFFEE. THE MAYOR HANDS RAWLINGS A LIST OF COMPLAINTS
00:52:07 1269	THE MAYOR STARTS TO GO BUT SAYS, "THERE IS ONE OTHER THING". HE PROCEEDS IN TELLING HOW THE COWS ARE DISTURBED WHEN TANKS NOISILY ROLL BY THE FARM THROWING OF THEIR MILKING SCHEDULE.
00:52:55 1317	MS- COMMANDER RAWLINGS PHONES HIS TANK COMMANDER AND ASKS HIM TO USE ANOTHER ROAD TO BY-PASS THE COW FARM.
00:53:24 1346	MONTAGE- OFFICER IN THEIR DRESS UNIFORMS AND THEIR WIVES AT COLONEL RAWLINGS HOUSE FOR A COCKTAIL PARTY. MS- COLONEL CHATS WITH AN OFFICER AND WIFE ALL HOLDING CHAMPAGNE GLASSES.
00:53:55 1377	MS- COLONEL RAWLINGS STILL CONDUCTING BUSINESS WHILE PARTYING INFORMS HIS CAPTAIN THAT HE WILL GRANT THE TRANSFER TO A SERGEANT
00:55:05 1447	CU- AN ALARM ON WALL RINGS. MS- GIS JUMP OUT OF THEIR BUNKS AND GET DRESSED. IN RESPONSE TO ALERT.
00:55:26 1468	CU- BATTALION COMMANDER RAWLINGS, HALF ASLEEP, ANSWERS THE PHONE FROM HIS BED.
00:55:50 1492	MONTAGE- GIS RUN FROM THEIR BARRACKS CARRYING THEIR DUFFLE BAGS AND BOARD THEIR TANKS.
00:57:00 1562	MS- COLONEL RAWLINGS GIVES THE COMMAND FROM HIS JEEP TO, "MOVE THEM OUT".
00:59:55 1737	"THAILAND" AN UP-TO-DATE LOOK AT THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OFFERED THIS STAUNCH ALLY BY MEMBERS OF THE U.S. ARMY.
01:00:00 1742	LS- PAN FROM TOP DOWN OF AN ANCIENT RELIGIOUS TEMPLE IN THAILAND. MONTAGE- EXOTIC BUILDINGS AND GROTESQUE STATUES OF THE ANCIENT FABLED SIAM, KNOWN TODAY AS THAILAND.
01:00:52 1794	LS- PAN OF MODERN GOVERNMENT ALONGSIDE THE PAGODA STYLE ROOFS OF OLD SIAM.
01:01:17 1819	LS- NARROW CANALS WITH HUTS AND MARKETS ON BOTH SIDES AND SMALL BOATS CLUTTERING UP THE WATERWAY.
01:01:34 1836	MS- MAP OF THAILAND WITH IT'S BORDERING COUNTRIES OF VIETNAM, LAOS, BURMA AND CAMBODIA.
01:01:56 1858	MONTAGE- THAILAND'S RULER INSPECTS TROOPS FROM HIS OPEN LIMO AND FROM A REVIEWING PLATFORM. THAILAND IS MEMBER OF SEATO.
01:03:45 1967	MONTAGE- STONE-FACED THAILAND SOLDIERS STAND AT ATTENTION.
01:04:14 1996	MONTAGE- THAI TROOPS PATROL THE WATERWAYS ON BARGE-LIKE BOATS. THAI SOLDIER USES SIGNAL FLAGS TO COMMUNICATE WITH SHORE AND OTHER BOATS.
01:04:45 2027	MONTAGE- THAI SOLDIERS TIE UP THEIR BOATS AT A JUNGLE'S EDGE AND JUMP OFF TO PATROL THICK BRUSH DURING A TRAINING EXERCISE.
01:05:15 2057	MS- A U.S. ADVISOR SUPERVISES A THAI ARTILLERY BATTERY.
01:05:49 2091	MS- THAI PARATROOPS AND U.S. SPECIAL FORCES UNITS BOARD A HELICOPTER FOR A JOINT MANEUVER.
01:06:46 2148	LS- THAI CHILDREN RUN OUT TO THE FIELD AND HELP PARATROOPS THAT JUST LANDED GATHER THEIR CHUTES LS- PARATROOPER CLIMBS OUT OF A TREE HE LANDED IN
01:08:34 2256	LS- COLUMN OF TANKS TRAVELS DOWN A MODERN HIGHWAY FOLLOWED BY A CIVILIAN BUS.
01:08:41 2263	MS- DERRICK SCOOPS UP A BUCKET OF SLUDGE FROM A MARSHLAND AND DUMPS IT ON THE SHORE.
01:09:06 2288	MONTAGE- TRUCKS DUMP LOADS OF DIRT AS BULLDOZERS AND EARTH MOVERS LEVEL IT FOR A ROAD SUPERVISED BY ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS. AN OX WALKS BY.
01:10:34 2376	LS- KIDS SWIM IN THE MUDDY WATERS. MS- A GROUP OF OXEN WADE IN WATER UP TO THEIR BELLIES.
01:10:56 2398	MS- 3 THAI WOMAN SIT AND EAT LUNCH ON A LONG WOODEN BRIDGE
01:11:07 2409	MS- TRACTOR PLOWS THE EARTH AS PEOPLE FILL THE MUDDY FIELD PLANTING CROPS AND PULLING OUT STUMPS
01:11:18 2420	MONTAGE- WORKERS ASSEMBLE AND CLEAN RADIO ANTENNA SECTIONS ON THE GROUND. THE SECTIONS ARE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER TO FORM A SKY HIGH ANTENNA LS- GUIDE WIRES ARE ATTACHED TO KEEP IT IN PLACE.
01:11:47 2449	MS- ENGINEER LOOKS THROUGH A SURVEYORS TRANSIT AT WORKERS WAY UP HIGH ON THE ANTENNA.
01:12:39 2501	MS- A U.S. ADVISOR GOINS A THAI SOLDIER PATROLLING THE BORDER IN HIS VEHICLE AND ON FOOT THROUGH THE JUNGLE WITH A PATROL.
01:13:19 2541	MS- SPECIAL FORCES ADVISOR BENDS AND WASHES HIS FACE IN A STREAM AS TEMPERATURE AVERAGES 102 DEGREES. THE PATROL COMES UPON A HUGE PYTHON WHO STRIKES PROTECTIVELY.
01:14:00 2582	MS- ADVISOR HOLDS PYTHON BY BACK OF HEAD AS HE CARRIES IT.
01:14:10 2592	CU- THAI NATIVE WOMAN AND GIRL IN BLACK TURBAN HEADWEAR. INTERESTING FACES OF THAI TRIBESMEN.
01:14:55 2637	MS- ADVISOR HANDS OUT PHOTOS AND BOOKS TO NATIVE TRIBES WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
01:15:26 2668	MS- A BORDER PATROL POLICEMAN TEACHES CHILDREN IN THE REMOTE VILLAGES TO READ. THE KIDS REPEAT WORDS THE TEACHER SAYS AND POINTS TO ON BLACKBOARD
01:16:05 2707	MS- TEACHER PICKS OUT BOY TO LEAD THE CLASS. THE CHILDREN YELL OUT THE WORDS.
01:17:04 2766	LS- SHIPS UNLOAD MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND MOBILE EQUIPMENT AT A DOCK. GENERAL PAUL D. HARKINS IS THERE TO PRESENT THE EQUIPMENT TO A THAI AIR FORCE GENERAL
01:18:15 2837	MS- JEEP STOPS AT THE DOOR OF THE JOINT MILITARY ADVISORY GROUP IN THAILAND, JUSMAG. U.S AND THAI MEDICAL OFFICIALS MEET AT TABLE AND PLAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST ILLNESS AND DISEASE.
01:19:49 2931	MS- AN OLD MAN REMOVES HIS TOGA AND IS EXAMINED BY A DOCTOR WITH A STETHOSCOPE.
01:20:00 2942	MS- A MOTHER HOLDS A LITTLE BOY AS THE DOCTOR LOOKS DOWN HIS THROAT.
01:20:17 2959	MS- A FEMALE SITTING NEXT TO MOBILE UNIT AT A REMOTE VILLAGE, HANDS OUT MEDICATION TO VILLAGERS.
01:20:28 2970	MS- A GROUP OF FIELD INSPECTORS EXIT THE SEATO MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY AND BOARD A UTILITY WAGON FOR FIELD TRIP IN JUNGLE TO GATHER SAMPLES.
01:20:49 2991	MS- THE INSPECTORS CARRY DOZENS OF SMALL CAGES TO TRAP SMALL ANIMALS FOR TESTING AT THE LAB.
01:21:05 3007	MS- THE MEN SET TRAPS IN THE BRUSH . MS- MEN TAKE SAMPLES OF WATER FROM JUNGLE STREAMS TO FIND THE BREATHING PLACES FOR MALARIA CARRYING MOSQUITOS.
01:21:47 3049	MS- U.S. INVESTIGATOR FROM THE ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT SHOOTS DOWN A FLYING BIRD WITH HIS SHOTGUN TO CHECK FOR PARASITES CAUSING LIVER FLUKE DISEASE
01:22:40 3102	MS- SMALL ANIMAL FOUND IN TRAP IS TAKEN BACK FOR THE LAB.
01:22:54 3116	LS- VILLAGERS AND THEIR CHILDREN SIT IN SQUALOR ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE THEIR SHANTIES.
01:23:27 3149	MS- AN OLD MAN SUFFERING FROM LIVER FLUKE DISEASE WHICH ENTERS THE BODY BY EATING RAW FISH, LIES LISTLESSLY ON A TABLE AS A DOCTOR EXAMINES HIM
01:24:18 3200	MS- THAI AND U.S. SCIENTISTS CHECK SAMPLES THROUGH MICROSCOPE AT THE NORTHEAST DIVISION MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY IN THAILAND.
01:24:49 3231	CU- WOMAN SCALES, FILETS AND CHOPS UP SMALL FISH AND MIXES IT WITH HER HANDS WITH OTHER INGREDIENTS TO FORM A PASTY RAW FISH DISH
01:25:26 3268	LS- THAI FISHERMAN IN SMALL FLAT CANOES, CAST NETS AND PULL IN THEIR CATCH.
01:25:50 3292	LS- FARMERS WITH THEIR OXEN. MS- MAN STOOPS OVER IN RICE FIELD AND BOATS BUSILY GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS ON WATERWAYS AS THEY DID FOR CENTURIES.
01:26:22 3324	MS- SOLDIERS IN CLOTH BANDANAS COVERED WITH CAMOUFLAGED FOLIAGE SET OUT INTO JUNGLE AN MOVE SLOWLY AND CAUTIOUSLY IN SEARCH OF THE "ENEMY".
01:26:54 3356	MONTAGE- THE SOLDIERS SHOOT AT DUMMIES THAT POP UP FROM THE THICK JUNGLE BRUSH.
01:27:35 3397	MS- WOMAN VENDOR SELLS PRODUCE IN A OUTDOOR MARKET
01:27:47 3409	LS- CITYSCAPE OF BANGKOK, THAILAND. PAN