Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1155

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00:01:58 0	"BERLIN DUTY" STORY OF BERLIN OCCUPATION & EVENTS LEADING TO THE AIRLIFT AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE "WALL OF SHAME" BY THE SOVIETS.
00:02:00 1.7	MS- ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER OPENS AND ARMED SOLDIERS RUN OUT INTO MUDDY FIELD DURING EXERCISE. MS- GIS FOLLOW ALONGSIDE TANK AND FIRE RIFLES
00:02:23 24.7	MS- GI FIRES HIS HEAVY DUTY MACHINE GUN FROM HIP AS HE WALKS FORWARD IN SIGHT OF RED WATCH TOWER ON EAST BERLIN BORDER ZOOM. PAN OF BARBED WIRE SEPARATION AND OTHER WATCH TOWERS ALONG BORDER.
00:02:52 53.7	U. S. SOLDIER LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS UNDER SIGN: "U. S. ARMY CHECKPOINT CHARLIE".
00:03:00 61.7	TITLE: "BERLIN DUTY". A PLATOON LEADER INSTRUCTS HIS MEN IN SHADOW OF AN EAST BERLIN BORDER TOWER AND BARBED WIRE FENCES. PAN OF BARBED WIRE FENCING LEADER IS TELLING THEM ABOUT.
00:04:10 131.7	LS- BRANDENBURG GATE AS SEEN THROUGH BARBED WIRE FENCE. MONTAGE- BARRIERS AND OBSTACLES SEPARATING THE EAST AND WEST.
00:04:20 141.7	AERIAL- PAN OF BERLIN CITYSCAPE. MONTAGE- BUSTLING MODERN WEST BERLIN WITH IT'S NEW BUILDINGS AND HEAVY CITY TRAFFIC AND OUTSIDE CAFES'.
00:05:03 184.7	LS- IN CONTRAST, HEAVILY FORTIFIED EAST BERLIN WITH MARCHING SOLDIERS, TOWER FORTIFICATIONS AND INFAMOUS WALL PAN. LS- APARTMENT HOMES JUST ACROSS THE BORDER, WITH BRICKED-UP WINDOWS
00:07:10 311.7	MS- GIS WITH HEAVY WEAPONS IN HAND RUN OUT OF THEIR BARRACKS AND INTO LINE OF ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS DURING A PRACTICE ALERT. LS- AN OLD MAN AND WOMEN BERLINER WATCHES FROM APARTMENT BALCONY.
00:08:20 381.7	LS- PAN OF THE EXTENSIVELY BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS OF BERLIN AS SEEN AFTER WWII, INCLUDING REICHSTAG.
00:08:45 406.7	LS- TRUMAN, CHURCHILL AND STALIN AT SUMMIT MEETING WHERE THE DIVISION OF BERLIN WAS PLANNED. MAP SHOWING THE DIVISION.
00:09:36 457.7	MS- BRITISH, U.S., FRENCH & SOVIET SOLDIERS POSE ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER OUTSIDE KOMMANDATURA BUILDING WHERE FOUR POWERS MET TO ADMINISTER BERLIN.
00:09:50 471.7	MONTAGE- FORBIDDING SIGNS AT EACH BORDER POST. MS- SOVIET SOLDIER PEERS THROUGH BINOCULARS FROM HIS GUARD TOWER.
00:10:16 497.7	AERIAL- HUGE COMMUNIST RALLY WITH LARGE PICTURES OF STALIN AND OTHER RED LEADERS CARRIED BY DEMONSTRATORS PAN. LS- EAST BERLIN POLICE MARCH IN GOOSE STEP.
00:11:34 575.7	LS- CROWD OF CHILDREN HOLDING HAMMER AND SICKLES ABOVE THEIR HEADS MARCH IN PARADE. EAST GERMAN DEMONSTRATORS GIVE CLENCHED FIST SALUTE.
00:12:10 611.7	MONTAGE- EAST BERLIN REFUGEES FLOW INTO WEST AS PRELUDE TO THE WALL AND THE BARRIERS.
00:12:40 641.7	MONTAGE- BARRIERS COME DOWN, TRAINS WHEELS COMING TO A HALT AND TRUCKS LINED UP AT THE BORDER TO BERLIN LEADING TO THE FAMOUS AIRLIFT AS SEEN.
00:14:00 721.7	MONTAGE- MILITARY AND CIVILIAN WORKERS UNLOADING SIDES OF BEEF, SACKS OF GRAIN AND ALL SORTS OF GOOD. FORCING THE OPENING OF THE ROADS BY SOVIETS
00:15:20 801.7	MONTAGE- RIOTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN EAST BERLIN. BURNING VEHICLES CAUSE HUGE FIRE IN MIDDLE OF THE DEMONSTRATORS. RIOTERS THROW STONES AT TANKS
00:16:50 891.7	MONTAGE-AUGUST 1961, GERMAN POLICE START BUILDING WALLS AND BARRICADES IN ANSWER TO OUTFLOW OF REFUGEES.
00:18:20 981.7	MONTAGE- MODERN WEST BERLIN RISES FROM THE RUBBLE. LS- MEMORIAL OF THE AIRLIFT
00:19:00 1021.7	MONTAGE- GIS TRAIN IN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT AND RIOT CONTROL. LS- SOVIET JETS FLY LOW OVER WEST BERLIN IN A SCARE TACTIC.
00:22:40 1241.7	MS- SIGN IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AT CHECKPOINT CHARLIE GI GOING ACROSS SIGN HIS NAME AND PERTINENT INFORMATION AT CHECKPOINT
00:23:40 1301.7	MS- U. S. PATROL, IN JEEP, RIDE ALONG INFAMOUS WALL.
00:26:00 1441.7	MONTAGE- WEST BERLINERS ENJOY MODERN DEPARTMENT STORE SHOPPING WITH ESCALATORS AND DESIGNER GOODS
00:26:46 1487.7	LS- PAN OF WEST BERLINERS ENJOYING THE BEACHES MS- LITTLE BOY AND GIRLS POUR WATER OVER THEIR SAND CASTLE AT WATERS EDGE.
00:27:07 1508.7	MS- YOUNG PRE-TEENS FROLIC AROUND WATER SPRINKLER WITH A BOY DOUSING THE REST WITH WATER
00:28:24 1585.7	CU- STREET SIGN: "JOHN F. KENNEDY PLATZ.
00:28:39 1600.7	CU- FACES OF MARCHING U.S. SOLDIERS WITH JFK'S, "I AM A BERLINER" FAMOUS SPEECH BEING HEARD.
00:29:00 1621.7	MONTAGE- BERLINERS WATCH U.S. PARADE FROM THEIR APARTMENT BALCONIES AND FROM BEHIND BARRICADES
00:31:35 1776.7	"ASSIGNMENT TAIWAN" NARRATED BY ED BRICE. TELLS OF HISTORY OF FORMOSA TAIWAN. MILITARY ADVISORY GROUPS ROLE IN TAIWAN IS EXPLORED AND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THAT ISLAND.
00:31:40 1781.7	MS- LITTLE FARM KIDS LOOKING UP AT CHINESE PARATROOPS FLOATING DOWN DURING EXERCISE IN TAIWAN LS- U. S. ARMY OBSERVERS AND ADVISORS ALSO WATCH THROUGH BINOCULARS
00:32:43 1844.7	TITLE: "ASSIGNMENT TAIWAN" LS- TRAIN RIDING ALONG TAIWAN COUNTRYSIDE. PAN OF COUNTRYSIDE AS SEEN FROM TRAIN. MAP OF TAIWAN, OFF CHINA COAST. ISLANDS OF MATSU AND THE PESCADORES ARE ALSO SHOWN
00:32:50 1851.7	MS- TRAIN ROLLS SLOWLY INTO STATION. PAN OF RUGGED MOUNTAINS AS SEEN FROM THE TRAIN.
00:34:27 1948.7	LS- TRACKS AND TRESSEL BRIDGE- AS SEEN FROM REAR OF TRAIN AS IT RIDES OVER. CU- FAST MOVING TRACKS PAN OF MORE OF THE COUNTRYSIDE.
00:35:00 1981.7	LS- CROWDS OF TAIWANESE IN OUTDOOR MARKETPLACES LS- DRAGON DANCE IN STREETS OF CAPITAL CITY DURING FESTIVAL. PARADERS DANCE AS FIRECRACKERS GO OFF. COLORFUL FLOATS ADD TO THE FESTIVITIES.
00:35:50 2031.7	LS- FLOCK OF GEESE WALK AROUND RURAL VILLAGE, MS- FARMERS CLIMB HILL FOLLOWED BY OXEN. FARMER SPREADS RICE ALONG THE GROUND WITH A RAKE.
00:36:27 2068.7	MONTAGE- DRAWINGS OF TAIWAN'S EARLY HISTORY DEPICTING WARS AND INVASIONS
00:37:08 2109.7	CU- DRAWING OF LEGENDARY FIGURE KOSINGA WHOSE ARRIVAL IN THE 17TH CENTURY BROUGHT A MEASURE OF STABILIZATION TO TAIWAN..
00:37:41 2142.7	MONTAGE- DRAWINGS OF JAPANESE INVADING FORMOSA IN 1894 DURING SINO-JAPANESE WAR AFTER WHICH TAIWAN WAS OFFICIALLY CEDED TO JAPAN.
00:38:16 2177.7	LS- FILM SHOW JAPANESE SOLDIERS PARADING IN TAIWAN ON HORSEBACK IN 1930s. LS- JAP PLANES TAKE OFF FROM TAIWAN AIRFIELD IN WWII.
00:38:52 2213.7	MONTAGE- JAPANESE TROOPS AT WAR.
00:38:57 2218.7	MS- MANY MOVIE CAMERAS ON TRIPODS TAKE FILM OF FDR CHAING-KAI-SHEK, CHURCHILL AND OTHERS AT THE CAIRO CONFERENCE. ALSO THERE IS EGYPT'S NASSER
00:39:20 2241.7	MONTAGE- THOUSANDS OF NATIONALIST SOLDIERS AND REFUGEES CROWD MOUNTAIN ROADS AND FLEE TO ISLAND OF TAIWAN AS CHINESE REDS PUSH FORWARD. 2 MILLION MAINLAND REFUGEES FLED TO TAIWAN.
00:40:30 2311.7	MS- LITTLE CHILDREN SIT ON GROUND AND EAT DURING THE LONG TREK.
00:40:50 2331.7	MS- TAIWAN FARMER DROPS SEED AND BURIES IT WITH HIS FEET AS HE WALKS ALONG.
00:41:16 2357.7	MS- TAIWAN FAMILY USES CHOPSTICKS AS THEY EAT AT DINNER TABLE, MOTHERS HOLD BABIES IN ARMS.
00:41:42 2383.7	MONTAGE- TAIWANESE LONGSHOREMEN UNLOAD U. S. AID OFF SHIPS.
00:42:00 2401.7	MONTAGE- TAIWAN HEAVY INDUSTRY, DAMS, INDUSTRIAL PLANTS AND COAL MINING ATTEST TO TAIWAN ECONOMY, SECOND ONLY TO THAT OF JAPAN'S.
00:43:10 2471.7	MS- TAIWANESE SCIENTIST PEERS THROUGH HIS MICROSCOPE IN LAB.
00:43:37 2498.7	MONTAGE- NIGHT LIT UP BY ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENTS SIGNAL START OF KOREAN WAR AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE ADVISORY GROUP, MAG, TO TAIWAN WHICH ACCELERATED WHEN RED CHINESE BOMBARDED MATSU AND QUEMOY.
00:45:40 2621.7	MS- U. S. ADVISOR SPEAKS TO GROUP OF CHINESE SOLDIERS IN FIELD WITH AID OF CHINESE INTERPRETER
00:46:16 2657.7	MONTAGE- CHINESE RED ARTILLERY BOMBARDING THE NATIONALIST ISLANDS OF QUEMOY AND MATSU, CAUSING INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT.
00:46:32 2673.7	MS- ISLAND NATIVE PICKS UP THE PIECES AMID THE RUBBLE CAUSED BY THE SHELLING. LS- ENTIRE VILLAGE IN RUBBLE. BOMBED OUT JEEPS AND TRUCKS.
00:47:34 2735.7	MONTAGE- ISLANDERS UNLOAD MATERIALS USING CONVEYOR BELTS AS A RAPID ACCELERATION OF "MAG" PROGRAM RESULTS FROM THE SHELLING
00:49:39 2860.7	LS- IN TRAINING EXERCISE, TAIWAN FROGMEN "RAID" THE CHINESE COASTLINE IN RUBBER BOAT.
00:49:55 2876.7	MONTAGE- NATIONALISTS SOLDIERS IN TRAINING WITH U. S. ADVISORS LOOKING ON AND CONDUCTING CLASSES. INCLUDING AIRBORNE TRAINING
00:55:10 3191.7	LS- ROCKY ISLAND OF QUEMOY. MONTAGE- ADVISORS AND NATIONALIST OFFICERS WALK THROUGH COMPLEX OF UNDERGROUND TUNNELS AND FORTIFICATIONS OF QUEMOY.
00:57:31 3332.7	MS- NATIONALIST MEN AND WOMAN READ SCRIPT AS THEY BROADCAST PROPAGANDA TO THE MAINLAND.
01:02:15 3616.7	"THE ARMY NURSE - SOLDIER OF MERCY" HOSTED AND NARRATED BY CHERYL CONWAY WHO PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE NURSE CORP AND TELLS ITS HISTORY FROM IT'S BEGINNINGS IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR TO PRESENT.
01:02:20 3621.7	MS- NARRATOR CHERYL CONWAY WALKS THROUGH CORRIDOR OF HOSPITAL AS SHE TELLS OF HISTORY OF ARMY NURSE
01:03:38 3699.7	PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON WHO WAS THE 1ST TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARMY NURSE. ON HIS RECOMMENDATION, CONTRACT NURSES WERE HIRED AT 2 DOLLARS A MONTH.
01:03:57 3718.7	MONTAGE- REENACTMENTS OF CONTRACT NURSES TREATING WOUNDED IN REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. CU- PHOTO OF DOROTHEA DIX AND REENACTMENT OF HER HEROIC WORK
01:04:39 3760.7	LS- 1901 GROUP PHOTO OF ARMY NURSE CORP.
01:05:40 3821.7	LS- NURSES MARCH OUT OF BUILDING AND LINE UP IN DOUBLE LINE DURING WWI.
01:05:58 3839.7	MS- GENERAL PERSHING PINNING MEDALS ON ARMY NURSES IN WWI.
01:06:08 3849.7	MONTAGE- PLATOONS OF ARMY NURSES IN PARADES. LS- TOMBSTONES OF 296 ARMY NURSES KILLED IN ACTION IN WWI. MS- STATUE OF NURSE AT CEMETERY
01:06:40 3881.7	MONTAGE- LONG LINE OF WOMEN CROWD RECRUITMENT CENTER TO JOIN UP FOR WWII NURSE CORP. CU- A RECRUIT IS SWORN IN. MS- CIVILIAN RECRUITS CARRY DUFFLE BAG AT ARMY CAMP.
01:07:21 3922.7	MONTAGE- ARMY NURSES IN WAR HELMETS ARE AMONG GI ASSAULT TROOPS IN NORTH AFRICA. MONTAGE- NURSES ASSIST WOUNDED ON EMBATTLES BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR
01:08:10 3971.7	MS- ARMY NURSES COME ASHORE OFF LANDING CRAFTS AT ANZIO BEACHHEAD IN 1944 AS NAZI PLANES ATTACK.
01:08:44 4005.7	MS- NURSE ASSISTS IN OPERATION IN MAKESHIFT OPERATING ROOM.
01:09:58 4079.7	MS- ARMY NURSE WITH WOUNDED PATIENT IN TENT HOSPITAL DURING KOREAN WAR.
01:10:30 4111.7	MS- NURSE TRIES ON CIVILIAN HAT FOR MORALE PURPOSE THEN ATTENDS TO WOUNDED IN TENT HOSPITAL
01:11:02 4143.7	MS- ARMY NURSES HELP FEED LARGE GROUP OF KOREAN ORPHANS AT ORPHANAGE.
01:11:55 4196.7	BATTLE SCENES WITH GIS IN VIETNAM WAR.
01:12:00 4201.7	MS- ARMY NURSE ATTENDS TO WOUNDED IN TENT HOSPITAL NEAR FRONT IN VIETNAM TAKING PULSE, TEMPERATURES.
01:12:39 4240.7	SIGN: "NURSES QUATERS" MISSPELLED SIGN OUTSIDE TENT HOMES OF NURSES. NURSE DRIES HER WET HAIR W/ TOWEL, OUTSIDE HER TENT. ONE NURSE COMBS HAIR OF ANOTHER OUTSIDE TENT.
01:13:24 4285.7	MS- NURSE AND MALE ORDERLY ATTEND TO GI AT HIS BEDSIDE. LS- OFF-DUTY NURSE AND HER DATE WALK THROUGH CROWDED OPEN MARKET IN VIETNAM.
01:14:08 4329.7	MS- NURSE AND DATE RIDE IN 3 WHEEL MOTORCYCLE DRIVEN RICKSHAW.
01:14:56 4377.7	MS- NARRATOR WALKS THROUGH A CROWDED WARD AS SHE CONTINUES HER TRIBUTE TO THE ARMY NURSES.
01:15:40 4421.7	MS- GROUP OF CIVILIAN REGISTERED NURSES TAKE THE OATH GIVEN BY ARMY OFFICER.
01:15:49 4430.7	AERIAL- BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS WHERE NURSES RECEIVE ARMY TRAINING.
01:16:20 4461.7	MS- TRAINEE ASSISTS A PATIENT WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AS OTHERS LEARN SPECIALTIES SUCH AS ANESTHESIA. OPERATION ROOM PROCEDURES AND OTHERS.
01:18:45 4606.7	LS- DOCTOR USES BLACKBOARD AS HE INSTRUCTS CLASSROOM OF NURSES
01:19:17 4638.7	LS- ARMY TRANSPORTABLE HOSPITAL UNIT IS LOWERED INTO PLACE BY A HELICOPTER. MS- GIS UNFOLD UNIT INTO A FULLY EQUIPPED WITH WARD FACILITIES, LAB, X-RAY AND OPERATING ROOM.
01:20:29 4710.7	MS- NURSE PLACES AND HOLDS A NEW TYPE RESPIRATOR OVER THE FACE OF A SEATED GI. DIALYSIS MACHINE IS ALSO OPERATED BY A NURSE.
01:21:00 4741.7	LS- INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES CONGRESS MEETS IN HUGE AUDITORIUM IN FRANKFORT, GERMANY WITH THOUSANDS OF NURSES ATTENDING.
01:22:10 4811.7	MONTAGE- NURSES ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND AN OPERA DURING VISIT. LS- NURSES TAKE BOAT TRIP UP THE RHINE RIVER BONDING WITH NURSES OF DIFFERENT NATIONS.
01:24:24 4945.7	MS- ARMY HEALTH NURSE VISITS HOME OF ARMY FAMILY. MS- NURSE SHOWS GI HOW TO TEND TO BABY.
01:28:22 5183.7	MS- NARRATOR MAKES HER CONCLUDING STATEMENT.