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"YOUR ARMY REPORTS"
AH-56 "CHEYENNE" NEWEST ARMY HELICOPTER. A "COMBAT IN CITIES" COURSE. IN WEST BERLIN & THE "READY FIGHTING MEN" OF THE RESERVE BRIGADE. |
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TITLE: "AH-56 CHEYENNE" ARMY HELICOPTER. CROWD OF PEOPLE AT VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA AIRPORT WATCH THE AH-6 GO THROUGH IT'S PACES AS AN ANNOUNCER SPEAKS OVER LOUD SPEAKERS TELLING OF IT'S EVERY MOVE.
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| 00:32:30 120 |
LS- THE AH-G RIDES BACKWARDS ON THE GROUND, MAKES TIGHT TURNS, LIFTS STRAIGHT UP AND MANY OTHER MANEUVERS TO THE COMMAND OF THE ANNOUNCER.
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| 00:33:49 199 |
LS- GEAR RETRACTS IN MID-AIR AS IT HOVERS, THEN IT RIDES BACKWARDS IN THE AIR. LS- FILM CAMERAMAN TAKES SHOTS FROM ATOP A CAR
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| 00:34:33 243 |
LS- HELICOPTER MAKES OTHER MANEUVERS AND THEN RISES TO 26,000 FEET AND MAKES A LOW SPEED PASS OVER THE CROWD AT ABOUT 110 MPH.
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| 00:36:30 360 |
LS- CROWD IS ALLOWED TO LOOK OVER THE "CHEYENNE"
AFTER IT LANDS. |
| 00:36:43 373 |
MS- LT. GENERAL HARRY KINNARD WHO WATCHED THE TEST IS INTERVIEWED.
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| 00:37:15 405 |
TITLE: "COMBAT IN CITIES"- BERLIN LS- GUARD TOWERS AND FENCE SEPARATING EAST AND WEST BERLIN. PAN SIGN: "YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR" IN ENGLISH, GERMAN, RUSSIAN AND FRENCH LANGUAGES
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| 00:38:13 463 |
LS- EAST GERMAN SOLDIERS OBSERVE THROUGH BINOCULARS AS U.S. TROOPS DO WAR EXERCISES RIGHT ALONG THE BORDER FIRING BLANK AMMUNITION AT GIS ACTING AS "ENEMY" SOLDIERS.
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| 00:38:55 505 |
LS- A BLACK "ENEMY" SOLDIER IS "SHOT DOWN" AS HE RUNS TOWARDS THE BARBED WIRE. LS- THE EAST GERMAN SOLDIERS APPEAR TO BE ENJOYING THE SHOW.
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| 00:40:13 583 |
MS- A GI SCALES A WALL INTO A WINDOW HIGH IN THE BUILDING BEING ATTACKED. GRENADES ARE THROWN INTO THE WINDOWS BY THE ATTACKING FORCE.
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| 00:41:29 659 |
LS- GI IS "HIT" AS HE SCALES A FENCE. HOUSE TO HOUSE COMBAT ENSUES IN A REALISTIC EXERCISE. LS-
2 GIS CLIMB A ROOF AND TAKE POSITIONS AS SNIPERS. |
| 00:42:00 690 |
LS- EAST GERMAN SOLDIERS CONTINUE THEIR OBSERVATION THROUGH BINOCULARS.
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| 00:42:20 710 |
LS- AFTER SECURING ONE BUILDING THE TROOPS ATTACK THE NEXT ONE.
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| 00:43:22 772 |
TITLE: "THE BRIGADE" 205TH BRIGADE ARRIVES AT CAMP MCCOY FROM 28 CITIES IN MINNESOTA, IOWA AND WISCONSIN. MS- GIS MARCH TOWARDS THE CAMERA WEARING RED SCARVES.
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| 00:44:40 850 |
CU- BRIGADIER GENERAL ARNOLD C. BARBER, COMMANDER OF THE 205TH, ADDRESS THE HUGE UNIT WHICH IS LINED UP IN A FIELD
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| 00:45:00 870 |
MS- GENERAL ARNOLD USES A POINTER AND EXPLAINS HIS MISSION, "JACKPINE 1".
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| 00:45:33 903 |
CU- A MIMEOGRAPH MACHINE SHOOTS OUT SHEETS OF ORDERS WITH A COVER PAGE MARKED "TOP SECRET".
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| 00:45:43 913 |
MS- EACH UNIT GROUPS TOGETHER AND DISCUSSES IT'S MISSION IN THE WAR ROOM. MONTAGE-GIS IN MOTOR POOL WORK ON ENGINE MAINTENANCE, PREPARING EQUIPMENT.
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| 00:46:21 951 |
MS- GI MAKE UP EMERGENCY AID PACKS ON A LARGE TABLE. CRATED AMMO IS LOADED ON TRUCKS.
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| 00:47:00 990 |
LS- A QUIET FIELD IS INTERRUPTED WITH BALLS OF SMOKE FROM CANNON FIRE AND MACHINE GUN CHATTER IS HEARD AS TANKS APPEAR THROUGH THE SMOKE.
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| 00:48:10 1060 |
MS- TANK COMMANDER SITS ON HIS TANK LEADING OTHER TANKS THROUGH A FIELD. TANK KNOCKS DOWN SMALL TREES AS IT ADVANCES THROUGH A WOODED AREA. AS SEEN FROM THE TANK AS IT HITS THE TREES.
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| 00:49:40 1150 |
LS- ARTILLERY VEHICLES AND TRUCKS CARRYING GUN CREWS SUDDENLY STOP ON A ROAD AND THE MEN QUICKLY SET UP THE ARTILLERY PIECES.
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| 00:50:50 1220 |
LS- INFANTRYMEN WALK ON A ROAD DEEP IN A FOREST OF TALL PINES.
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| 00:51:30 1260 |
LS- ON AN OPEN ROAD THE MEN SUDDENLY TAKE COVER ON BOTH SIDES OF ROAD ON SOUND OF A HELICOPTER FLYING ABOVE. INFANTRYMEN TAKE POP SHOTS AT THE CHOPPER
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| 00:51:56 1286 |
MS- GIS ASSEMBLE A BRIDGE ACROSS A STREAM COMPLETE WITH HAND RAILS FOR INFANTRY CROSSING. AT A SIGNAL WAITING GIS IN THE BRUSH RUN ACROSS THE BRIDGE SINGLE FILE WHILE UNDER FIRE.
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| 00:52:53 1343 |
MS- 5 MAN CREW OF A 106MM RECOILLESS RIFLE SPEED ON A ROAD WITH THEIR GUN ATTACHED JEEP. THEY STOP AND SET UP THE GUN FOR FIRING ON QUICK NOTICE.
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| 00:53:35 1385 |
LS- 2 ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS SPEED THROUGH AN OPEN FIELD AND STOP SUDDENLY. CU- THE BACK DOOR DROPS DOWN AND GI SET UP A MASSIVE 4.2 INCH MORTAR ON THE VEHICLE FOR INSTANT USE.
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| 00:54:57 1467 |
MS- "WOUNDED" SOLDIERS. SCATTERED ALONG A SIDE ROAD ARE ATTENDED BY MEDICS WHO RESPOND TO CALLS BY RADIO COMMUNICATION. THEY ARE EVACUATED BY HELICOPTER.
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| 00:56:12 1542 |
LS- SPECIAL FORCES PLAY ACT AN AMBUSH OF TRUCKS AND JEEPS ON A ROAD. THEY COME SCREAMING OUT OF THE WOODS TO FINISH THE JOB.
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| 01:00:09 1779 |
"VIETNAM CRUCIBLE"
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| 01:00:14 1784 |
MS- ADOLF HITLER MAKING DRAMATIC SPEECH, GERMAN SOLDIERS MARCHING IN GOOSE STEP, WWII BATTLE SCENES AND THE SWASTIKA BEING BLOWN OFF THE REICHSTAG BUILDING
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| 01:00:34 1804 |
CU- JAPANESE SIGNING SURRENDER AS MACARTHUR WATCHES. MONTAGE- GIS IN BATTLE SCENES IN KOREA.
MS- KHRUSHCHEV MAKING DRAMATIC SPEECH IN U. N. AND MAKING CLOSED FIST GESTURES. |
| 01:00:55 1825 |
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS HEADLINE: "BERLIN BRACES FOR VIOLENCE" LS- CASTRO MAKING DRAMATIC SPEECH USING HAND GESTURES. PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER HEADLINE"
"KHRUSHCHEV ORDERS REMOVAL OF MISSILES" |
| 01:01:10 1840 |
MONTAGE- BLACK STUDENTS SHOUTING IN PROTEST. RED RALLIES IN RUSSIA AND ASIA. MAO APPLAUDING
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| 01:01:26 1856 |
MS- A GI SENTRY KEEPS GUARD IN SOUTH VIETNAM.
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| 01:01:39 1869 |
TITLE: "VIETNAM CRUCIBLE".
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| 01:02:23 1913 |
MONTAGE- GIS PATROL THROUGH RICE PADDIES VILLAGES AND JUNGLES LOOKING FOR THE UNSEEN ENEMY AND LACKING ANY CLEAR FRONT LINES.
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| 01:03:18 1968 |
MS- GI SETS OFF RED SMOKE GRENADE MARKING A LANDING SPOT FOR A HELICOPTER THEN GUIDES HIM IN.
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| 01:03:54 2004 |
MS- AS A GI WITH A MINE DETECTOR "SWEEPS" THE GROUND ANOTHER GI WALKS SLOWLY BEHIND.
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| 01:04:16 2026 |
AN INSTRUCTOR WHO SPENT TIME IN VIETNAM TEACHES MEN IN THE FIELD FROM 1ST HAND EXPERIENCE. MS- GIS LISTEN ATTENTIVELY.
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| 01:04:49 2059 |
MONTAGE- VETERAN INSTRUCTORS SHOW THE TRAINEES HOW TO FIRE WITHOUT AIMING WHICH YOU HAD NO TIME TO DO IN VIETNAM
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| 01:05:15 2085 |
MS- TRAINEES STAND UP WITH THEIR RIFLES AT THEIR SIDE THEN RAISE THEM AND FIRE QUICKLY WITHOUT AIMING, THEY SOON BECOME VERY ADEPT AT IT.
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| 01:05:19 2089 |
MS- A BLACK SERGEANT SHOWS HOW TO DO "QUICK KILL"
METHOD. HE PUT IN A CLIP, RAISES HIS RIFLE AND FIRES REPEATEDLY HITTING TARGET EACH TIME. |
| 01:05:44 2114 |
CU- SERGEANT'S HAND WITH HIS FINGER POINTING OUTWARD IS THE PRINCIPLE OF THE METHOD. HE RAISES HIS FINGER AND POINTS IT AT THE CAMERA, LOOKING DOWN THE LINE OF THE FINGER.
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| 01:06:05 2135 |
MS- INSTRUCTOR THROWS UP ALUMINUM DISCS WHICH A TRAINEE SHOOTS AT WIT BB GUN WITH NO SIGHTS. SOON HE HITS 8 OUT OF 10 TIMES. THE STUDENT DOES THE SAME WITH GROUND TARGETS
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| 01:07:00 2190 |
MONTAGE- N. C. O.'S DO VIETNAM STYLE TRAINING IN THICK WOODS. UPON ARRIVAL IN VIETNAM THE N. C. O.
RECEIVES MORE TRAINING THERE. |
| 01:10:14 2384 |
CU- A HELICOPTER CREWMAN USES A U8-1B PERSONNEL DETECTOR WHICH CAN DETECT AN ENEMY PATROL OR UNIT BY SMELLING BODY ODORS
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| 01:10:30 2400 |
MS- A K-9 IS EQUIPPED WITH A TRANSMITTER AROUND HIS NECK SO HE CAN ROAM FREELY IN THE WOODS.
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| 01:10:51 2421 |
MS- THE NEW RAILROAD AMBUSH DETECTOR PRECEDES A TRAIN AND SENSES ANY TAMPERING WITH THE TRACK.
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| 01:11:10 2440 |
MONTAGE- THE EXTENSIVE USE OF HELICOPTERS FOR MANY PURPOSES IS SHOWN.
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| 01:12:25 2515 |
MONTAGE- NUMBER OF SPECIALIZED NAVAL RIVER SHIPS SOME LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD HEADQUARTERS AND BARRACKS AND OTHERS OF VARIOUS TYPES REMINISCENT OF THE CIVIL WAR CRAFT.
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| 01:13:40 2590 |
LS- HUEY HELICOPTER DROPS PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS OVER THE COUNTRYSIDE. SOUTH VIETNAMESE SOLDIER MAKES PROPAGANDA BROADCASTS OVER LOUDSPEAKERS ALONG THE RIVER.
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| 01:14:28 2638 |
MS- A GREEN BERET SHOWS A VIET SOLDIER HOW TO FIRE NEW GRENADE LAUNCHER.
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| 01:18:08 2858 |
MS- U. S. DENTIST WORKS ON MOUTH OF PEASANT WOMAN.
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| 01:18:15 2865 |
MS- A TRACTOR POURS A BUCKET OF DIRT INTO DUMP TRUCK. CU- BULL DOZER PUSHES DIRT TO LEVEL OFF ROAD. MS- SMILING GIS ARE SWAMPED BY CHILDREN LOOKING FOR HAND-OUTS
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| 01:18:59 2909 |
MS- OPERATING TEAM PERFORM SURGERY ON PATIENT.
MS- CHILDREN HANG AROUND ENGINEERS DOING SEWER CONSTRUCTION. |
| 01:19:16 2926 |
MS- A NUDE LITTLE BOY SCRUBS HIMSELF UNDER A STREAM OF WATER AT THE SEWER PROJECT.
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| 01:19:30 2940 |
MONTAGE- CAPTURED RICE IS RE-DISTRIBUTED TO THE LOCALS. MS- LITTLE BOY IS FED WITH A HOT TRAY OF FOOD ON A CHOW LINE. CAFETERIA STYLE.
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| 01:19:55 2965 |
LS- THE WEIRD LOOKING "FLYING CRANE CARRIES A BRIDGE SPAN IN THE AIR.
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| 01:20:18 2988 |
LS- A SPECIAL TRACTOR WITH TREE CUTTING BLADES CLEARS OUT A THICK SECTION OF JUNGLE IN RECORD TIME. DENYING THE ENEMY A HIDING PLACE.
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| 01:21:44 3074 |
LS- 4 600 FOOT PERMANENT PIERS BUILT BY THE ENGINEERS ARE CROWDED WITH SHIPPING.
MS- A VIETNAM WORKER BUILDS A WOODEN ROOF TRUSS AT THE ENGINEER SITE IN CAM RANH BAY. |
| 01:22:19 3109 |
LS- A SEALAND CONTAINER SHIP PUTS A CONTAINER ONTO A FLATBED TRUCK MAKING IT READY FOR INSTANT DELIVERY. THE CONTAINER SHIP CARRIES 500 CONTAINERS.
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| 01:23:50 3200 |
MONTAGE- THE EMPTY CONTAINERS HAVE FOUND COUNTLESS USES IN THE FIELD SUCH AS A DISPENSARY, SUPPLY ROOMS, AND PROTECTED COMMAND POSTS.
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| 01:23:52 3202 |
MS- THE NERVE CENTER OF THE 1ST LOGISTICAL COMMAND IS THE 14TH INVENTORY CONTROL CENTER WITH ITS DATA PROCESSING MACHINERY AND COMPUTERS.
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| 01:24:12 3222 |
AERIAL- THE ARMY MEDICAL SERVICES IN VIETNAM IS COMPLEX ORGANIZATION OF MORE THAN 125 MEDICAL UNITS AND 11,000 MEDICAL PERSONNEL. PAN
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| 01:26:51 3381 |
MS- ARMY CHAPLAIN SERVES COMMUNION TO GIS IN THE FIELD.
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| 01:27:17 3407 |
MS- GI SITS OUTDOORS FOR HAIRCUT BY VIETNAMESE BARBER WEARING COLORFUL HAT AND SHIRT.
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| 01:28:26 3476 |
U. S. FLAG WAVING IN THE WIND.
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