Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1166

00:03:43 133	"THE OCS STORY" REVIEWS HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT OF ARMY'S OCS PROGRAM SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN WWI, AND THEN FOLLOWS ONE CANDIDATE THROUGH HIS TRAINING AT THE INFANTRY OCS AT FOR BENNING, GEORGIA. ACTOR EFRIM ZIMBALIST, JR. TELLS STORY OF THE OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL PROGRAM, O. C. S., FROM IT'S BEGINNING IN 1917 TO PRESENT. CAMERA FOLLOWS A YOUNG CANDIDATE THROUGH HIS TRAINING
00:03:48 138	MS- ACTOR ZIMBALIST HOLDS UP EMBLEM OF THE OFFICER CANDIDATE AS HE HOSTS AND NARRATES HOW CANDIDATES ARE TRAINED.
00:04:43 193	TITLE; "THE O. C. S. STORY"
00:05:10 220	MONTAGE- INFANTRY OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA. WITH CANDIDATES FIRING THEIR RIFLES IN STANDING POSITION, MOVING FORWARD AND FIRING AGAIN.
00:05:27 237	LS- A LARGE GROUP OF CANDIDATES FILL A CLASSROOM.
00:05:41 251	LS- STUDENTS SIT IN OUTDOOR STANDS AT ARTILLERY AND MISSILE TRAINING CAMP AT FORT SILLS, WHERE THEY ARE TAUGHT TO USE EVERY KIND OF ARTILLERY AND GROUND-TO-GROUND MISSILES.
00:05:56 266	LS- STUDENTS AT THE ENGINEER O. C. S. AT FORT BELVOUR THE STUDENTS LEARN TO BUILD BRIDGES, DEMOLITION, AND COMBAT CONSTRUCTION
00:06:00 270	MS- CANDIDATE LOCATES LAND MINE WITH A DETECTOR AND DIGS IT OUT CAREFULLY WITH HIS HANDS.
00:06:53 323	MS- TALKING HEADS - CANDIDATE BILL SANDS CHATS WITH A BLACK CANDIDATE BEFORE MOUNTING THE BUS TO FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, O. C. S.
00:07:46 376	LS- SANDS' CAB ENTERS FORT BENNING. LS- INFANTRY SCHOOL BUILDING WITH STATUE OF AN INFANTRYMAN IN FRONT. AS SEEN BY SANDS THROUGH CAB WINDOW.
00:08:01 391	MS- SANDS SALUTES FROM THE CAB WHEN IT STOPS AT A FULL STOP AND AN OFFICER IS STANDING THERE WHO RETURNS THE SALUTE.
00:09:00 450	MS- AFTER AN ORIENTATION BY THE INSTRUCTOR SANDS AND HIS ROOMMATE, CANDIDATE WILLIAMS, CARRY THEIR BELONGINGS INTO THEIR ROOM.
00:09:22 472	MS- AS WILLIAMS BEGINS TO UNPACK HE SHOOTS TO ATTENTION AS AN UPPER CLASSMAN COMES IN AND BERATES HIM VERBALLY ABOUT THE REGULATIONS.
00:09:48 498	MS- SANDS AND WILLIAMS CHAT AS THEY SPIT POLISH THEIR SHOES WHILE SITTING ON THEIR BUNKS.
00:09:56 506	MS- SANDS JUMPS OUT OF BED TO THE BUGLE CALL EARLY NEXT MORNING. LS- SQUAD DOES THEIR DAILY RUN. AND ALWAYS RUN WHEN GOING FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
00:10:17 527	MS- THE CANDIDATES LINE UP FOR CHOW IN A REGIMENTED MANNER AND SIT STIFFLY AT THEIR TABLES. AFTER EACH MOUTH FULL CANDIDATE PLACES HIS FORK DOWN AND CHEWS ON HIS FOOD
00:11:17 587	LS- CANDIDATES LISTEN IN AUDITORIUM, AS BATTALION COMMANDER EXPLAINS MISSION OF THE SCHOOL WHICH IS LEADERSHIP TRAINING.
00:12:09 639	MONTAGE-CANDIDATES TRAINING INCLUDING RIFLE, M-60 MACHINE GUN, 81MM MORTAR, 90MM RECOILLESS RIFLE, 106 RECOILLESS RIFLE MOUNTED ON JEEP, MAP READING AND COMMUNICATIONS.
00:14:20 770	LS- AIR MOBILITY ON HELICOPTERS, TACTICAL USE OF ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS ALSO SHOWN.
00:15:00 810	MS- CLASSES ON PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, MILITARY HISTORY, COMPANY SUPPLY PROCEDURES, ARMY ORGANIZATION AND COLD WAR OPERATION ARE SEEN.
00:15:39 849	LS- THE PLATOON TAC OFFICER WATCHES THE MEN DRILL WITH ARMS FOLDED AS HE WALKS BACK AND FORTH.
00:17:06 936	MS- A NERVOUS CANDIDATE TAKES OVER THE DRILL INSTRUCTION AS DOES EACH CANDIDATE. TAC OFFICER MARKS CANDIDATE'S PERFORMANCE ON A CLIP BOARD.
00:17:27 957	MS- CANDIDATE STANDS AT ATTENTION BEFORE THE TAC OFFICER'S DESK TO RECEIVE COUNSELING. UPON LEAVING OFFICE THE CANDIDATE QUICKLY SNAPS TO ATTENTION AS HE ACOSTERS COMPANY COMMANDER IN THE HALL.
00:18:32 1022	LS- SANDS AND OTHER CANDIDATES RUN FROM CLASS TO CLASS ON THE GROUNDS. AS ONLY THE UPPER CLASSMEN ARE ALLOWED TO WALK
00:19:00 1050	MS- SANDS SHAKES HANDS WITH HIS ROOMMATE WHO IS LEAVING BECAUSE HE FAILED TO MEASURE UP.
00:19:10 1060	LS- STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT TERRAIN ANALYSIS ON AN OUTDOOR MAP AND IN THE FIELD.
00:20:20 1130	LS- SANDS LEADS A PLATOON IN A WOODED AREA AND THEY ALL HIT THE GROUND AS THEY COME UPON "ENEMY" POSITION. ALL UNDER WATCHFUL EYE OF TAC OFFICER MS- SANDS COMMUNICATES OVER WALKIE-TALKIE.
00:22:12 1242	MS- SANDS "WALKS" THE GROUNDS WITH A BUDDY AND IS SALUTED BY RUNNING LOWER CLASSMAN.
00:23:00 1290	MONTAGE- THE CANDIDATES GO THROUGH A FULL SCALE EXERCISE WITH ARMORED VEHICLES
00:23:55 1345	LS- GRADUATION DAY IN THE GEORGE C. MARSHALL AUDITORIUM. THE MEN LINE UP FOR THEIR DIPLOMAS. AND STAND FOR THE SWEARING IN
00:25:45 1455	LS- NEW 2ND LIEUTENANT SANDS STANDS BEFORE THE STATUE OF THE INFANTRYMAN AT SCHOOL'S ENTRANCE
00:27:30 1560	AERIAL- CAM RANH BAY HARBOR, VIETNAM WITH IT'S VAST SUPPLIES, BARRACKS AND TONS OF EQUIPMENT PAN.
00:29:39 1689	MS- ACTOR AND HOST EFRAIN ZIMBALIST, JR., MAKES HIS CLOSING STATEMENTS.
00:32:04 1834	"THE BIG RED ONE IN VIETNAM" FAMOUS 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION OF WWII GOES TO VIETNAM.
00:32:09 1839	AERIAL- CONVOY THAT WAS THE INVASION OF NORMANDY, ON D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944. MONTAGE-NAVAL BOMBARDMENT PRECEDING INVASION. FAMOUS FILM OF GIS HITTING THE BEACHES, INCLUDING THE "BIG RED ONE".
00:32:57 1887	LS- 21 YEARS LATER, JULY, 1965 THE "BIG RED ONE" 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, LANDS ON VIETNAM BEACHES.
00:33:47 1937	TITLE: "THE BIG RED ONE IN VIETNAM".
00:34:36 1986	MS- SERGEANT HANDS OUT LITTLE CYLINDERS CONTAINING HAND GRENADES TO ALL THE GI' ON THE BEACH. GIS UN-WRAP THEM AND TAKE OUT THE GRENADES
00:35:14 2024	MS- SHIRTLESS GI USES A PICK AXE TO DIG A TRENCH. AS OTHERS SET UP MORTAR POSITIONS WITH SAND BAGS.
00:36:07 2077	MONTAGE- THE GIS GO ON PATROL THROUGH THE HIGH GRASS AND JUNGLES.
00:36:47 2117	MS- GI RUN AFTER PLANTING TNT IN AN UNDERGROUND VIET CONG TUNNEL WHICH EXPLODES.
00:39:42 2292	MONTAGE- TROOPS OF THE 1ST DIVISION EVACUATE A VILLAGE OF ITS WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
00:40:15 2325	MONTAGE- GI MEDICS HELP VILLAGERS GET MEDICAL ATTENTION
00:40:50 2360	MONTAGE- GIS SEARCH THROUGH RUBBER PLANTATION AND RICE PADDIES AND JOINED BY ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS AND HELICOPTERS.
00:41:28 2398	MONTAGE- GIS PATROL THROUGH THICK JUNGLE, FINDING COMPLEX OF JUNGLES; CONTACT WITH ENEMY IS USUALLY SIGHT UNSEEN
00:43:10 2500	MS- BOB HOPE AND HIS TROUPE OF ENTERTAINERS AND BEAUTIFUL WOMEN ARRIVE FOR A CHRISTMAS SHOW FOR THE MEN. GIS ENJOY THE SHOW AND TAKE FILM.
00:46:04 2674	MS- GI HOLDS UP A RED FLAG FOUND IN UNDERGROUND BUNKER ALONG WITH DOCUMENTS, WEAPONS, CAMERAS TYPEWRITERS AND TELEPHONES.
00:47:17 2747	MS- VICE PRESIDENT HUMPHREY VISITS AND GIVES OUT MEDALS TO MEN OF THE "BIG RED ONE".
00:47:26 2756	MS- PHOTO OF LIEUTENANT ROBERT HISS WHO RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR POSTHUMOUSLY, THE 1ST MAN TO RECEIVE THE MEDAL FOR THE 1ST DIVISION IN VIETNAM.
00:47:55 2785	MONTAGE- GI BOARD HELICOPTERS AND FIGHT IN JUNGLES IN OPERATIONS, SALEM, WEEKS, MONROE, LEXINGTON AND OTHERS, MEN SEARCH IN HOT JUNGLES MANY OF WHICH SUFFER FROM HEAT AND ARE TAKEN OUT BY CHOPPER.
00:48:28 2818	MS- A THOROUGHLY EXHAUSTED GI SITS ON GROUND BUT STILL MANAGES A SMILE.
00:49:56 2906	LS- CHAPLAIN HOLDS SERVICES FOR GIS IN FIELD, USING JEEP'S HOOD FOR HIS ALTAR.
00:50:15 2925	MAP SHOWS AREA SOUTH OF SAIGON WHERE OPERATION "ABILEEN" WAS HELD TO CLEAR LARGE AREA OF VIET CONG. ARTILLERY, JETS AND TANKS WERE USED.
00:51:16 2986	LS- GIS IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING BOARD TRUCKS FOR TRIP TO SAIGON ON PASS. MONTAGE- GIS BACK IN THE JUNGLES AGAIN ON THEIR NEXT MISSION LIKE OPERATION "EL PASO" AND "BIRMINGHAM" AS SEEN ON MAP.
00:52:35 3065	MS- GI DRESSED AS CLOWN DOES TRICKS FOR KIDS.
00:53:21 3111	MS- SERGEANT BILL WOOLDRIDGE OF THE "BIG RED ONE" IS PICKED TO BECOME 1ST SERGEANT MAJOR IN ARMY.
00:53:50 3140	LS- HELICOPTERS TAKE OFF WITH THEIR CARGO OF 1ST DIVISION TROOPS FOR OPERATION "ADLEBORO" IN THE BIGGEST SWEEP OF THE WAR.
00:54:40 3190	MS- GI PLAYS SANTA CLAUS FOR CHILDREN AT CHRISTMAS TIME AND HANDS OUT GIFTS. LITTLE GIRL DOES GO-GO DANCE FOR A GI HOLDING A MIC.
00:55:23 3233	MS- MAP SHOWS LOCATION OF OPERATION "CEDAR FALLS" WHICH OPENED UP IN EARLY 1967. 28 BATTALIONS WERE COMMITTED
00:56:07 3277	LS- JUNGLE IS SO THICK THAT MEN HAD TO LAND BY TROOPER LADDERS AS THE HELICOPTER HOVERED.
00:58:00 3390	MONTAGE- ARTILLERY AND JETS ARE USED TO TRAP THE VIET CONG IN OPERATION "JUNCTION CITY'
00:59:37 3487	"NO MISSION TO DIFFICULT, NO SACRIFICE TO GREAT, DUTY FIRST". THE BIG RED ONE'S MOTTO.
01:02:10 3640	"YOUR ARMY REPORTS" U. S. FIRE POWER DEMONSTRATION IN WEST GERMANY. GERMAN-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A HELICOPTER PILOT. THE COMBAT ARTIST AT WORK. A SEARCH FOR THE ENEMY IN THE LOWLANDS OF VIETNAM. A FLYING CHAPLAIN AND HIS JUNGLE PARISH.
01:02:15 3645	TITLE: "U. S. ARMY FIRE POWER DEMONSTRATIONS" - HIGH RANKING NATO OFFICIALS ARRIVE TO WITNESS A DRAMATIC U. S. MILITARY DEMONSTRATION IN WEST GERMANY.
01:04:00 3750	MONTAGE- TANKS MORTARS, MISSILES AND ALL SORTS OF WEAPONS AND TACTICS ARE SHOWN TO THE OFFICIALS IN THE STANDS.
01:05:27 3837	TITLE: "7TH U. S. ARMY GERMAN-AMERICAN VOLKFEST".
01:05:33 3843	MS- PAINTING WITH A MAN IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME HOLDING A BIG STEIN OF BEER AS FESTIVAL IS HELD AT THE ARMY'S SPORTS FIELD WITH MANY TOWNS PEOPLE AND MILITARY MEN ATTENDING.
01:05:49 3859	MS- A SCOTTISH PIPES BAND LEADS THE PARADE. LS- LITTLE GIRLS DO A TRADITIONAL DANCE ON THE STAGE AS LOCAL AND U.S. CHILDREN PERFORM
01:06:50 3920	LS- BAG PIPE BAND ENTERTAINS ON STAGE.
01:07:06 3936	MS- 2 LADIES DO A CHARLESTON ON STAGE AS ONE PERFORMS WITH HER BROKEN ARM IN CAST.
01:07:20 3950	MS- A TRIO SINGS AS ONE PLAYS THE GUITAR. WITH ACCOMPANIMENT FROM ARMY BAND A U. S. GIRL DOES A SPANISH FLAMENCO DANCE. MAN DOES COMICAL DANCE WITH A FEMALE DUMMY.
01:08:09 3999	LS- A BALLOON BLOWING CONTEST WITH AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION. A NAIL DRIVING CONTEST, WITH MEN HAMMERING NAILS INTO WOOD.
01:08:40 4030	LS- ARMY DRILL TEAM DOES INTRICATE MANEUVERS WITH THEIR RIFLES.
01:09:27 4077	TITLE: "A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A HELICOPTER PILOT. AS TOLD BY PILOT IN VIETNAM.
01:10:34 4144	MS- A BRIEFING OFFICER FILLS PILOT IN ON HIS FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE MISSION USING WALL MAP.
01:11:12 4182	MS- PILOT IS DRIVEN BY JEEP TO HIS HUGE "SHINOOK" HELICOPTER WITH CREW OF 4 WITH PILOT INCLUDED.
01:11:55 4225	MS- CONTROL PANEL OF HELICOPTER WITH PILOT AND CO-PILOT SEATED. THE TWIN ROTOR CRAFT LIFTS OFF
01:12:29 4259	AERIAL- GROUND AS SEEN BY THE CREW. GIS LOAD JEEP ON THE HELICOPTER AT LANDING ZONE. LS- JEEP IS UNLOADED AT ANOTHER LANDING ZONE
01:13:56 4346	MS- THE AIRCRAFT IS RE-FUELLED AS CREW HAS A MEAL FROM A TENT KITCHEN. RATIONS ARE LOADED ON CRAFT.
01:15:28 4438	LS- HOWITZER SHELLS ARE PICKED UP WITH A SLING AS HELICOPTER HOVERS.
01:15:50 4460	TITLE: "COMBAT ARTIST- VIETNAM" - LS- ARTIST WITH HIS DRAWING PAD SITS IN A FIELD AND SKETCHES TANK. ANOTHER SITS BEFORE A LIGHT PLANE AND SKETCHES
01:17:46 4576	MS- ARTIST BACK IS SEEN AS HE SITS BEFORE TWO HULLS OF SHIPS IN CAM RANH BAY AND SKETCHES.
01:18:25 4615	MS- ARTIST SKETCHES FACE OF VIETNAMESE WOMAN, AS OTHERS SKETCH GIS IN VARIOUS POSES.
01:18:38 4628	TITLE: "SEARCH AND CLEAR MISSIONS"- GIS OF 25TH DIVISION MOVE CAUTIOUSLY INTO THE KWONG WAI VALLEY TO HUNT VIET CONG CONCEALED IN THESE LOW LANDS.
01:19:14 4664	LS- THE MEN MOVE INTO A VILLAGE. MS- PEASANTS APPEAR SCARED.
01:20:00 4710	MS- GIS MOVE CAUTIOUSLY THROUGH A JUNGLE WHERE VIET CONG IS EXPECTED TO BE. SHOT RINGS OUT. THE MEN RUN FORWARD AND HIT DIRT AS FIRE FIGHT OCCURS
01:21:32 4802	MS- HELICOPTERS FLY IN TO TAKE THE MEN OUT.
01:22:24 4854	MS- MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM B. LARSEN ATTENDS CEREMONY COMMEMORATING THE 365TH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF COMBAT FOR THE 3RD BATTALION, 25TH DIVISION.
01:22:57 4887	TITLE: "FLYING CHAPLAIN"- VIETNAM - LS- CHAPLAIN HOLLAN HOPE TAKES HIS PORTABLE CHURCH EQUIPMENT ON HELICOPTER AND IS FLOWN TO GIS IN COMBAT.
01:23:58 4948	MS- COLONEL HOPE HOLDS EASTER SERVICE FOR SPECIAL FORCES GROUP IN COMBAT ZONE. ORGAN HYMN MUSIC IS PLAYED ON A TAPE RECORDER AND THE MEN SING. LS- A GI STANDS AND RECITES A PRAYER. .