Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1161

00:04:58 208	"CLAWS FOR THE EAGLE" THE STORY OF THE U. S. ARMY WEAPONS COMMAND.
00:05:03 213	LS- A TANK BECOMES AIRBOUND AS IT SPEEDS OVER HILL AND COMES SPLASHING DOWN IN A POND. LS- AN ARMORED VEHICLE SPLASHED THROUGH WATER AS IT SPEEDS ACROSS A FIELD
00:05:17 227	LS- SOLDIERS IN WHITE UNIFORMS EXIT AN ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER IN SNOW BOUND FOREST. MS- MORTAR TEAM FIRES A ROUND AND DUCK.
00:05:30 240	MONTAGE- ALL SIZE ARTILLERY PIECES ARE FIRED IN AN UNUSUAL DISPLAY OF FIRE POWER. LS- BOMB BURSTS IN AIR AND GROUND OBLITERATE A HUGE AREA
00:05:45 255	MS- GI DEMONSTRATES LIGHTWEIGHT GRENADE LAUNCHER MS- GROUP OF ENGINEERS WORK AT A DRAFTING TABLE WHERE THESE WEAPONS WERE CONCEIVED
00:06:00 270	LS- PAN OF A HUGE MACHINE SHOP IN A WEAPONS PLANT.
00:06:11 281	LS- U. S. ARMY'S WEAPONS COMMAND BUILDING AT ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS. IT'S MISSION IS TO DEVELOP, PRODUCE AND MAINTAIN WEAPONS, VEHICLES AND THEIR FIRE CONTROL FOR THE U. S. ARMY.
00:06:53 323	MS- KEY DEPARTMENT HEADS OF THE COMMAND MEET WITH COMMANDING GENERAL AND EXCHANGE IDEAS.
00:07:12 342	LS- ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, ALSO IN ROCK ISLAND, ILL.
00:07:44 374	LS- PAN OF ARMY'S CANNON CENTER. WATER FLEET ARSENAL, WATER FLEET, NEW YORK WHICH MONITORS THE PRODUCTION OF ALL THE ARMY'S CANNONS, RECOILLESS WEAPONS AND MORTARS.
00:07:55 385	LS- WORKER REAMS THE INSIDE BORE OF A CANNON AS OTHER BARRELS LAY ON RACKS.
00:08:10 400	LS- FRANKFORT ARSENAL, PHILADELPHIA, WORKS WITH OPTICAL SIGHTS AND PERISCOPES THAT AIM LARGE CALIBER WEAPONS. MS- WORKER PEERS THROUGH SIGHTING DEVICE AT HIS WORK BENCH.
00:08:36 426	LS- ARMY TANK AUTOMOTIVE CENTER NEAR DETROIT.
00:09:00 450	MONTAGE- WORKER OF PRIVATE INDUSTRY STANDS BY A DRILL PRESS AS IT AUTOMATICALLY DRILLS THROUGH METAL. LS- PAN OF PRIVATE INDUSTRIAL CENTER
00:09:30 480	MS- SMALL EXPLOSION OCCURS AS A TEST IS PERFORMED IN LAB BY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SCIENTIST AT ARSENAL. MS- WORKERS AT THEIR DRAFTING TABLES AND DESKS IN THE ARSENAL.
00:10:10 520	LS- GIS WADE THROUGH WAIST DEEP WATER WHILE ON PATROL.
00:10:30 540	MS- HIGH RANKING OFFICER EXAMINES 105MM HOWITZER WEIGHING 5000 POUNDS. HE WALKS OVER SNOWY GROUND TO THE IMPROVED MODEL WEIGHING 3000 POUNDS.
00:11:33 603	MS- WORKERS ARM THE NEW "MINI-GUN" WITH NATO AMMO AND FIRE IT ON A TEST RACK IN AN INDOOR RANGE. CU- LOOKING LIKE A GATTLING GUN, THE WEAPON FIRES AN INCREDIBLE 6000 ROUNDS A MINUTE.
00:12:21 651	MS- SCIENTIST LIFTS RADIOACTIVE COBALT 60 OUT OF TANK OF WATER BY REMOTE CONTROL. IN CONTRAST ONE OF 33 SPRINGS IN MACHINE GUN ARE REMOVED AS SCIENTISTS RESEARCH THE COMMON SPRING.
00:13:38 728	CU- HIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY CATCH THE MOVEMENT OF A CARTRIDGE BEING EJECTED FROM A MACHINE GUN.
00:14:33 783	MONTAGE- TESTING OF LUBRICANTS, RUBBER MATERIALS, ELECTRO-PLATING AND "WHISKERS" GROWN FROM HEATING OF DIFFERENT METALS. CU- "WHISKERS" SEEN UNDER A MICROSCOPE.
00:16:00 870	LS- HUGE PILE DRIVER SLAMS A 20,000 POUND WEIGHT DOWN ON A BREACH BLOCK TO TEST ITS ENDURANCE.
00:16:37 907	MS- GI MOUNTS 2 MACHINE GUNS ON EACH SIDE OF A HELICOPTER FOR TESTING.
00:17:11 941	LS- A FIRE BALL AND EXPLOSION AS A HELICOPTER FIRES A NOSE MOUNTED GRENADE LAUNCHER.
00:17:45 975	MS- QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEERS SIT AT THEIR DRAFTING TABLES CHECKING BLUEPRINTS.
00:18:29 1019	MONTAGE- MODERN MACHINERY AT THE ARSENAL IS AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED BY PUNCH TAPE.
00:18:49 1039	MS- OVER 50 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS SIT AT THEIR DESKS OF PROCUREMENT AND PRODUCTION DIRECTORATE AT WEAPONS COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, WHOSE JOB IS OVERALL SUPERVISION OF WEAPONS PRODUCTION
00:21:17 1187	MS- OFFICE WORKERS AT SUPPLY AND MAINTENANCE DIVISION OF WEAPONS COMMAND.
00:21:49 1219	MS- TELETYPE NETWORK SHUFFLES PUNCH CARDS FOR DATA PROCESSING CENTER WHERE 24 MONTH HISTORY IS KEPT OF EVERY SINGLE INVENTORY ITEM.
00:23:39 1329	LS- A SHERIDAN TANK IS DROPPED OUT OF CARGO PLANE BY PARACHUTE, AS SEEN IN SLOW MOTION FILM. TANK'S VERSATILITY ON LAND AND WATER IS SHOWN.
00:24:46 1396	CU- SPEEDING TANK IS CAUGHT IN THE SIGHTS OF A SHERIDAN TANK AND IS BLOWN UP.
00:24:59 1409	LS- AN M-60 TANK ROLLS OUT OF PLANT IN WARREN MICHIGAN AND TESTED IN FIELD. CU- FLAMES SHOOT OUT OF NOZZLE OF M-67 FLAME THROWER.
00:28:09 1599	MONTAGE- PHOTOS OF POTENTIAL WEAPONS SYSTEM FOR THE ARMY OF THE 1970s ARE SHOWN
00:32:06 1836	"YOUR ARMY REPORTS" FILM SHOWS U.S. PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS EVENTS IN GERMANY; RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IN U.S.; CIVIC ACTION AND MEDICAL HELP IN VIETNAM
00:32:11 1841	NARRATOR TELLS OF NEW CONCEPT IN ARMY FIELD HOSPITALS. MUSCT, MEDICAL UNIT SELF CONTAINED TRANSPORTABLE.
00:32:26 1856	MONTAGE- PHOTOS OF ARMY FIELD HOSPITAL DURING PAST WARS.
00:32:49 1879	AERIAL- A MUSCT HOSPITAL FACILITY IN AN OPEN FIELD WHICH TOOK ABOUT ONE HOUR TO ERECT.
00:33:15 1905	MS- PHOTOS SHOW CUT-AWAY SECTIONS OF MUSCT, CONTAINING 3 UNITS. THE 1ST IS AN EXPANDABLE UNIT WHICH FUNCTIONS AS AN OPERATING ROOM, AN X-RAY FACILITY OR A PHARMACY, THE 2ND IS AN INFLATABLE SHELTER CAPABLE OF HOUSING UP TO 20 COMBAT CASUALTIES AND A THIRD UNIT WHICH FUNCTIONS AS A NERVE CENTER AND UTILITY UNIT.
00:33:47 1937	LS- A "SHINOOK" HELICOPTER CARRIES A SECTION OF MUSCT ON CABLES DANGLING UNDER IT. A 2 1/2 TON TRUCK CARRIES 2 WARD ELEMENTS.
00:34:12 1962	MONTAGE- GIS ASSEMBLE THE HOSPITAL UNITS IN SHORT TIME. USING HEAVY HOSES AND COMPRESSOR CONTAINED IN THE UTILITY UNIT, GIS INFLATE HOSPITAL WARDS. HUGE DUCTS ARE ATTACHED FOR AIR-CONDITIONING
00:35:04 2014	LS- A JET AIRCRAFT CREATES AN 86 MILE AN HOUR WIND WHICH SHAKES THE UNIT BUT IT WITHSTANDS. LARGE SPRINKLERS CREATE A RAINFALL OF 4 INCHES AN HOUR ATOP THE UNIT WITH NO ADVERSE EFFECTS
00:35:17 2027	HEAVY VAPOR GUSTS OUT OF A CLIMATIC LAB AS WHEN DOOR IS OPENED. THE UNIT IS TESTED INSIDE LAB.
00:35:54 2064	MS- AN OPERATING TEAM WORKS ON A PATIENT IN THE OPERATING ROOM. MS- A NURSE TENDS TO A PATIENT IN THE INFLATABLE WARD.
00:36:27 2097	NARRATOR TELLS OF FLEX-X, NEW M-118 DEMOLITION CHARGE. CU- A GI CUTS OPEN A PLASTIC COVERING FROM A SHEET OF FLEX-X WITH HIS KNIFE. HE BENDS AND FOLDS THE THIN FLAT AND FLEXIBLE SUBSTANCE.
00:37:00 2130	MS- THE GI PEELS OFF A THIN PLASTIC COVER MAKING THE PEELED OFF SIDE STICKY. HE STICKS IT TO FLAT OF HIS HAND TO SHOW HOW IT ADHERES.
00:37:10 2140	CU- HE STICKS IT ON A WINDOW, CEMENT WALL, AROUND CURVED CORNER, A TRUCK TIRE AND OTHER SURFACES.
00:37:54 2184	MS- M-118 AND CONVENTIONAL EXPLOSIVE ARE ATTACHED TO SEPARATE POSTS AND DETONATED. THE FLEX-X TAKES HALF THE TIME TO SET UP AND DOES THE SAME JOB.
00:38:07 2197	MS- GI PLACES LAYERS OF FLEX-X ON A 5 INCH SOLID STEEL BAR AND CUTS IT IN HALF WITH THE EXPLOSION. MS- FLEX-X EXPLODES UNDER WATER
00:38:42 2232	A ROCK IS DROPPED ON A PIECE OF FLEX-X, IT IS CUT IN HALF WITH A MACHETE, SHOT WITH A RIFLE AND BURNED TO SHOW ITS SAFETY AND DURABILITY.
00:38:59 2249	LS- A HUGE EXPLOSION SHOWS IT EXPLODES ONLY WHEN FUSED. LS- FLEX-X IS ATTACHED TO A RAILROAD TRACK AND EXPLODED. LS- FLEX-X IS WRAPPED AROUND TRUNK OF HUGE TREE. EXPLOSION CUTS THE TREE IN HALF.
00:40:03 2313	LS- TOWN SQUARE OF WARENDORF, GERMANY WHERE INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENT IS HELD BETWEEN 10 MILITARY TEAMS OF 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE U. S.
00:40:28 2338	LS- ORIN MARTIN SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS ORIN MARTIN JUMPS HURDLES IN EQUESTRIAN EVENT
00:41:20 2390	MS- SPECIALIST 4TH CLASS WILLIAM MASTERSON COMPETES ON THE PISTOL RANGE AND WINS 3RD PLACE.
00:42:33 2463	MS- SPECIALIST MASTERSON COMPETES IN THE FENCING EVENTS AS DOES 1ST LIEUTENANT JAMES H. COOTS.
00:43:40 2530	MS- OFFICIAL RAISES HIS PISTOL AND FIRES TO START THE SWIMMING EVENTS. LS- LIEUTENANT COOTS WINS THE 300 METER SWIM.
00:44:33 2583	MS- LT. COOTS TAKES OFF ON THE 4000 METER CROSS COUNTRY RUN, FOLLOWED BY SPECIALIST LARSEN. LS- RUNNERS STRAIN ON GRUELING COURSE, SHOWING THE STRAIN AS THEY FINISH.
00:45:56 2666	LS- SPECIALIST LARSON COMES IN, WINNING TOP HONORS FOR THE RUN.
00:46:31 2701	LS- THE WHOLE TOWN TURNS OUT FOR THE CLOSING CEREMONIES HELD IN THE SQUARE. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE GERMAN ARMY DEMATERES GIVES OUT AWARDS.
00:47:22 2752	LS- USNS CORPUS CHRISTI BAY, A CONVERTED SEAPLANE TENDER, AND NOW FLOATING WORKSHOP, SITS IN CAMRANH BAY, VIETNAM EQUIPPED FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF AIRCRAFT OVERHAUL OPERATIONS.
00:47:39 2769	MS- GI WORKS A SMALL PRINTING PRESS ON BOARD THE VESSEL. MONTAGE- OTHER GIS MAKE PARTS FOR THE AIR CRAFTS BY HAND AND POWER TOOLS.
00:48:14 2804	MS- EXTENSIVE LAB EQUIPMENT IS ON HAND FOR MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND 32 SEPARATE SHOPS FOR MAINTENANCE ARE ABOARD SHIP.
00:49:47 2897	MS- SPARKS FLY AS WELDER REPAIRS A PART.
00:50:04 2914	MONTAGE GIS PACK CRATES OF SUPPLIES ABOARD HELICOPTER TO SUPPLY 25TH DIVISION TROOPS ENGAGED IN OPERATION "PAUL REVERE" NEAR CAMBODIAN BORDER. SHOTS FROM INSIDE HELICOPTER. DOZENS OF 5 GALLON WATER CONTAINERS ARE INCLUDED
00:52:35 3065	MONTAGE SQUADRONS OF HELICOPTERS WITH TROOPS OF THE 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE BEGIN OPERATION "TOLEDO". THE HELICOPTERS LAND SIDE BY SIDE ON A HIGHWAY & DISCHARGE THE TROOPS, THEN TAKE-OFF.
00:53:15 3105	CU BOOTS OF TROOPS ON CEMENT
00:53:36 3126	MONTAGE THE BRIGADE FINDS AN ABANDONED VIET CONG CAMP SITE. WITH AID OF GUIDE ROPE THE MEN CROSS A KNEE DEEP STREAM.
00:54:28 3178	LS- INJURED MEN ARE LIFTED BY CABLE TO HOVERING HELICOPTERS WHICH CAN'T LAND IN THE THICK FOREST. MS- MEMBERS OF THE 173RD PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE FRIENDLY VILLAGERS.
00:55:19 3229	MONTAGE- VIETNAMESE PEOPLE CARRY SOUTH VIETNAMESE FLAGS AS THEY ATTEND "OPERATION "GOOD FRIEND", A FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY THE 1ST CAVALRY AND LOCAL CIVILIANS.
00:55:57 3267	LS- THE 1ST CAVALRY BAND PROVIDES THE MUSIC. MS- SMALL VIET BOY USES BATON TO "CONDUCT" THE BAND.
00:56:23 3293	LS- COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE 1ST AIR CAVALRY, JOHN NORTON, ADDRESSES THE CROWD.
01:00:55 3565	"THE ARMY'S FLOATING WORKSHOP"
01:01:00 3570	MONTAGE- HELICOPTERS LAND IN DIFFICULT TERRAIN IN VIETNAM, LANDING TROOPS AND SUPPLIES TO HARD TO GET AREAS.
01:03:00 3690	TITLE: "THE ARMY'S FLOATING WORKSHOP"
01:03:20 3710	LS- THE ARMY AERONAUTICAL DEPOT MAINTENANCE CENTER ARADMAC, IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. TRADITIONALLY, REPAIR OF AIRCRAFT WAS DONE HERE.
01:04:14 3764	LS- SEAPLANE TENDER, USS "ALBERMARLE" WITH SEAPLANE ON IT'S DECK, PRIOR TO IT'S CONVERSION INTO A FLOATING MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
01:04:38 3788	MS- SCALE MODEL OF HOW THE "ALBERMARLE" WILL LOOK LIKE AFTER IT'S CONVERSION, WHICH INCLUDE A FLIGHT DECK WITH 2 CRANES, MEDICAL & LABORATORY FACILITY AS WELL AS MESSING AND ADMINISTRATION.
01:05:41 3851	MS- TALKING HEADS- ARMY PLANNING TEAMS WITH STENO TAKING NOTES BEGIN DESIGNING THE COMPLEX CRAFT.
01:06:19 3889	MS- A COLORFUL LOGO FOR THE UNIT.
01:06:28 3898	LS- ARMY AERONAUTICAL DEPOT MAINTENANCE CENTER IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS IS TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR PROJECT.
01:06:33 3903	LS- PAN OF SOME OF MORE THAN 3000 TECHNICIANS SEATED AT WORK BENCHES IN HUGE PLANT AT CENTER.
01:07:23 3953	MS- 3 WORKERS USE BLOCK AND TACKLE TO DELICATELY LIFT A COMPONENT TO A WORK BENCH.
01:07:26 3956	MS- GIS WORK ON A HELICOPTER WHICH IS WRAPPED IN PROTECTIVE CACOON. 2 OTHERS WORK ON A PROPELLER.
01:08:49 4039	CU- A GI PUTS A PATCH ON THE PROTECTIVE CACOON OF PLANE TO PREVENT SALT DAMAGE DURING TRANSPORT ON SHIP.
01:09:47 4097	MONTAGE- WELDERS AND OTHER TECHNICIANS SOMETIMES NUMBERING 1000 BUSILY WORK AT CONVERTING THE S. S. "ALBERMARLE" IN DRY DOCK
01:10:50 4160	MS- ON JANUARY 5, 1966 A NAVY SURVEY TEAM INSPECTS THE SHIP FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONVERSION.
01:11:30 4200	MS- NAVY AND ARMY OFFICERS SIT WITH CIVILIANS AND GO OVER THE PLANS.
01:12:56 4286	LS- "ALBERMARLE", RE-NAMED "USNS CORPUS CHRISTI BAY" SAILS INTO IT'S HOME PORT ON JANUARY 22, 1966 LS- FESTIVE CROWD WAITS AT PIER IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
01:14:25 4375	SHIPS CRANE LOADS A HUGE COMPONENT ON BOARD. AS SEEN LOOKING UP FROM BASE OF CRANE. MS- A WELDER WORKS ON THE DECK OF THE SHIP.
01:15:47 4457	ON JANUARY 23, 1966 ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF, HAROLD K. JOHNSTON VISITS AND INSPECT THE NEW AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SHIP, "USNS CORPUS CHRISTI BAY"
01:16:50 4520	CU- PAN OF SILVER SERVICE GIVEN TO THE "CORPUS CHRISTI" BY THE PEOPLE OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS AT CEREMONY.
01:17:10 4540	AERIAL- THE "CORPUS CHRISTI", ENTERS THE COASTAL WATERS OF VIETNAM IN EARLY 1966.
01:17:49 4579	MONTAGE- SCORES OF HELICOPTERS FLYING MISSIONS OVER VIETNAM. MONTAGE- INTENSE ROCKET AND MACHINE GUN FIRE AS SEEN FROM INSIDE HELICOPTERS.
01:19:11 4661	MS- GUNNERS INSIDE THE HELICOPTER SPRAY GROUND POSITIONS FROM 3 SIDES OF HELICOPTER
01:19:37 4687	LS- A LONG SINGLE LINE OF UH-1 "HUEY" HELICOPTERS FLY LOW ABOVE THE TREES AS THEY COME IN FOR A LANDING IN A RICE PADDY.
01:20:40 4750	LS- HELICOPTER BEING TOWED BY A JEEP AT GROUND REPAIR DEPOT FOR MINOR REPAIRS. MAJOR REPAIRS HAD TO BE DONE IN THE U.S. UNTIL THE ADDITION OF THE "CORPUS CHRISTI BAY".
01:20:57 4767	MS- GIS SALVAGE PARTS FROM HEAVILY DAMAGED HELICOPTERS AND AIR LIFT THEM BY HELICOPTER TO THE "CORPUS CHRISTI BAY" OFF SHORE FOR RECYCLING.
01:21:50 4820	MS- GI GIVES HAND SIGNALS, TO HUGE "SHINOOK" HELICOPTER LANDING ON THE SHIP.
01:22:00 4830	LS- HUGE CARGO BOOM ON SHIP, LOWERS A HEAVY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ONTO THE DECK.
01:22:20 4850	MONTAGE- GIS WORKING ON SHEET METAL, WELDING, ENGINE REPAIR, LABORATORY TESTING, TESTING OF HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT AND MANY OTHERS AT SHIPS 32 WORK SHOPS.
01:24:03 4953	MS- WORKER OPERATES ONE OF 2 HUGE WINCHES LIFTING LARGE CRATES OF PARTS ABOARD. GIS UNLOAD CRATES OFF HELICOPTER
01:25:56 5066	MS- VIETNAMESE ORPHANS AND NUNS, AT CAM RANH BAY ORPHANAGE, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY MEN OF "CORPUS CHRISTI BAY", WATCH GIS DELIVER GIFTS SENT BY PEOPLE OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS