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"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"
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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.
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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. . |
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