Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1184

00:01:03 0	"STAY ALERT STAY ALIVE" THAT IS THE THEME OF NEW REPLACEMENTS TRAINING IN VIETNAM PRIOR TO GOING INTO BATTLE. CAMERA FOLLOWS TRAINING AT VIETNAM OUTDOOR SCHOOL WHICH INCLUDE ADVANCED TRAINING FOR BATTLE HARDENED VETERANS NARRATED BY MIKE WALLACE?
00:01:35 32	AERIAL U.S. ARMY BASE IN VIETNAM. PAN OF MANY TENTS AT THE BASE.
00:01:58 55	GENERAL WILLARD PEARSON SPEAKS TO REPLACEMENTS DURING INDOCTRINATION. HE MAKES LONG SPEECH
00:04:24 201	INSTRUCTOR TELLS MEN WHAT TO EXPECT IN NEXT 5 DAYS OF TRAINING.
00:05:12 249	SHIRTLESS GIS DO CALISTHENICS IN OUTDOOR AREA. CU GI DOING PUSH-UPS.
00:05:53 290	SHIRTLESS GIS MARCH IN DOUBLE TIME & REPEAT RHYTHMIC COMMANDS CALLED OUT BY SERGEANTS.
00:06:23 320	HELMETED GIS SIT ON GROUND & LISTEN TO INSTRUCTOR ABOUT VIET CONG BOOBY TRAPS.
00:07:36 393	CU LEAVES COVER PIECE OF BAMBOO WITH A LONG NAIL PROTRUDING, DESIGNED TO MAIM. CU INSTRUCTOR ALSO SHOWS TRIP DEVICE WITH BAMBOO SPIKES. BOTH DEVICES ARE DESIGNED TO PUT THE GI OUT OF ACTION.
00:08:59 476	INSTRUCTOR SHOWS SMALL BAMBOO HAND GRENADE, DEMONSTRATES A TRIP DEVICE WHICH EXPLODES. BLACK INSTRUCTOR TEACHES ABOUT CLAYMORE MINES.
00:10:40 577	MEN ARE ASKED TO PUT ON HELMETS, LAY DOWN & COVER THEIR NECKS WITH THEIR HANDS. A CLAYMORE MINE IS EXPLODED NEARBY.
00:11:12 609	BLACK INSTRUCTOR HAS STUDENTS SET FUSES IN MINES, TAKE COVER BEHIND HANDBAGS AND SET OFF EXPLOSIONS WITH FUSE DEVICE.
00:12:06 663	CU IN GRAPHIC SCENE, INSTRUCTOR RIPS THE HEAD OFF CHICKEN WITH HIS TEETH TO DEMONSTRATE SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES IN VIETNAM. GROSS!
00:12:20 677	INSTRUCTOR TELS MEN HOW TO SURVIVE IF HELICOPTER IS SHOT DOWN AND MANY WAYS TO GET IN TROUBLE WHILE OUT IN FIELD.
00:13:45 762	MONTAGE INSTRUCTOR HAS MEN FIRE CAPTURED ENEMY WEAPONS. INSTRUCTOR & 2 BLACK GIS FIRE THE CAPTURED WEAPONS FROM HIP POSITION.
00:14:06 783	BLACK INSTRUCTOR ASSIGN MISSION TO COMPANY OF GIS AT SCHOOL. THEY SIT AROUND "STUDENT" WHO IS ASSIGNED AS SQUAD COMMAND WHO & IS GIVEN CHANCE TO USE HIS JUDGMENT ON IN PLANNING MISSION. THE GI IS HEARD GIVING INSTRUCTION.
00:15:04 841	PATROL MEMBERS HELP EACH OTHER CAMOUFLAGE THEIR FACES AND CHECK THEIR EQUIPMENT. ONE GI HAS A POLICE DOG. THEY TAKE OFF ON FOOT BEYOND PERIMETER OF BASE CAMP. THE GI WITH DOG LEADS. ARMY DOG
00:15:55 892	THE MEN SCATTER AND DIVE TO FLOOR OF EACH SIDE OF ROAD AS HIDDEN "SNIPER" FIRES INTO THE AIR. GI CRAWLS ON HIS BELLY INTO THE BUSH.
00:16:16 913	GENERAL PEARSON EXPLAINS NEED FOR POST-GRADUATE COURSE WHICH HAS COMBAT EXPERIENCED TROOPS TRAIN IN PHASE II OF PROGRAM.
00:16:57 954	SQUAD LEADER BARKS ORDERS AND THE PATROL MOVES OUT WITH LAST COMMENT, "STAY ALERT, STAY ALIVE"!
00:17:57 1014	ELECTRONIC TARGETS POP UP FROM FIELDS & THE PATROL MOVES FORWARD IN STRAIGHT WALL OF MEN, FIRING FROM THE HIPS AT TARGETS, THEN DIVING TO THE GROUND. SQUAD LEADER BARKS MORE ORDERS.
00:19:07 1084	SNIPER SHOT IS HEARD, MEN DROP TO GROUND, ONE CRAWLS ON HIS BELLY TO CHECK OUT LOCATION OF SNIPER. MONTAGE INSTRUCTORS IN WHITE SHIRTS FOLLOW SQUADS INTO EACH FIRE-FIGHT AS IT DEVELOPS
00:20:42 1179	SQUAD COMMANDER SPEAKS TO HIS MEN & ASSIGNS THEM A MISSION IN REAL ENEMY TERRITORY, WHICH IS PHASE III OF TRAINING. BLACK SOLDIER'S WEAPON IS EXAMINED BY SQUAD LEADER BEFORE MISSION STARTS.
00:22:27 1284	HELICOPTERS TAKE OFF. AERIAL SMALL ABANDONED VILLAGE IS TARGET AREA FOR TRAINING. AERIAL IT IS SOFTENED WITH ARTILLERY FIRE. THE MEN LAND AND ADVANCE ON VILLAGE, FIRING AS THEY MOVE ALONG.
00:25:20 1457	GIS ADVANCE THROUGH WAIST DEEP WATER IN JUNGLE
00:25:48 1485	GENERAL PEARSON TELLS OF FINAL STAGE OF PROGRAM WHICH IS RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS PHASE. SQUAD LEADER SITS IN FIELD WITH MEN AROUND HIM & DISCUSSES LESSONS LEARNED AND TACTICS UTILIZED
00:26:20 1517	MONTAGE SQUAD LEADERS TELL OF THEIR MISSIONS AND SHARE LESSONS LEARNED FROM MISSION
00:31:02 1799	"1ST CAVALRY DIVISION (AIRMOBILE): THE NEW 1ST TEAM". CAMERA FOLLOWS THIS NEW UNIT THROUGH ITS INCEPTION AND TRAINING AT FORT BENNING GEORGIA, AND THROUGH ITS 1ST ACTION IN VIETNAM.
00:31:02 1799	REENACTED CAVALRY CHARGE, CIRCA, CIVIL WAR & INDIAN WARS. NEW CAVALRY SHOWS SQUADRONS OF HELICOPTERS WITH MISSION BEING SAME, GET FASTEST MEANS AVAILABLE OF MOVING OVER VARIED TERRAIN.
00:31:40 1837	HELICOPTER FLIES LOW AND FIRES MACHINE GUN, BULLETS HIT GROUND IN FRONT OF CAMERA.
00:32:24 1881	CU AUGUST 20, 1921 WRITTEN ORDERS ACTIVATING NEW UNIT, KNOWN AS "1ST CAVALRY DIVISION".
00:32:29 1886	SOLDIERS ON HORSEBACK WITH THEIR MULES & WAGONS, RIDE TOWARDS CAMERA, CIRCA 1921.
00:32:42 1899	GIS CLIMB ROPE NETS DURING LAST MINUTE TRAINING BEFORE COMBAT IN WWII. CIRCA 1943. MEN ASSAULT BEACH IN AUSTRALIA DURING TRAINING
00:33:03 1920	MONTAGE 1ST CAVALRY TROOPS FIGHTING JAPANESE IN JUNGLES, AND ASSAULTING BEACHES IN PHILIPPINES IN 1944.
00:33:33 1950	AMERICAN TROOPS OF 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION ROLL INTO TOKYO FOR OCCUPATION DUTY. CIRCA SEPTEMBER, 1945. MACARTHUR EXITS HEADQUARTERS IN TOKYO.
00:34:00 1977	MONTAGE TANKS & ARTILLERY OF 1ST CAVALRY BOMBARD REDS IN KOREA. CIRCA, 1950. THEY FIGHT HOLDING ACTION UNTIL U. N. CAN ACT IN STRENGTH
00:34:41 2018	TWO GIS FROM 1ST CAVALRY AND 7TH INFANTRY SHAKE HANDS AFTER LINK-UP IN OSAN, KOREA.
00:35:25 2062	GIS OF 1ST CAVALRY, ON BOARD SHIP, SMILE AS THEIR UNIT IS SHIPPED BACK TO JAPAN.
00:36:10 2107	TWO GIS STOP JEEP TO CHECK BORDER BARRIER AT DE-MILITARIZED ZONE, DURING TRUCE IN KOREA, FOR WHICH 1ST CAVALRY WAS ASSIGNED
00:36:49 2146	NATIVES IN HUTS AND BOATS ALONG WATERWAY IN VIETNAM. IN REENACTMENT, YOUNG VIETNAMESE MAN DONS BLACK SHIRT, TURNS AROUND & IS SHOT, POINT BLANK, BY VIETCONG WHO JUMPS UP FROM BEHIND TALL GRASS IN RICE PADDY. CU BODY IS LEFT WITH WARNING SIGN TO OTHERS.
00:37:16 2173	CU FEET OF VIETNAMESE PATROL, WEARING SANDALS, WALK OVER ROCKS AT A STREAM.
00:37:26 2183	AMERICAN ADVISOR GIVES VILLAGERS RIFLE TRAINING. LARGE U.S. HELICOPTER DELIVERS VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS TO ACTION IN FIELD.
00:37:50 2207	MONTAGE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES TELLS OF U.S. HELICOPTER ACTIONS IN VIETNAM. AERIAL GOOD SHOT OF VIETNAMESE TROOPS WALKING THROUGH KNEE DEEP WATER WITH WIND BLOWN GRASS CAUSED BY HOVERING HELICOPTER OVERHEAD.
00:38:17 2234	CU GI'S BOOTS SINK IN MUD AS THEY PATROLS THROUGH PADDY.
00:38:48 2265	MAJOR GENERAL HARRY KINNARD, COMMANDER OF 11TH AIR ASSAULT DIVISION, FORT BENNING, GEORGIA TELLS OF HIS MISSION. HOW BEST TO MOVE TROOPS OVER NORMALLY IMPASSIBLE TERRAIN WITH SPEED REQUIRED ON MODERN BATTLEFIELD.
00:39:53 2330	SIGN: 11TH AIR ASSAULT DIVISION PHYSICAL TRAINING CONFIDENCE COURSE". GIS CLIMB HIGH PLATFORM THEN DO A RAPID DESCENT ON ROPES.
00:40:12 2349	HELICOPTER RIDES AT HIGH SPEED SEVERAL INCHES OFF ROAD MAKING SHARP TURNS AS ROAD CURVES, AS THOUGH HE WAS RIDING A CAR.
00:40:36 2373	AERIAL HELICOPTERS DO LOW LEVEL FORMATION FLYING AND GUNNERY PRACTICE, AS SEEN FROM ABOVE THEM. HELICOPTER SPINS LIKE TOP AND ROCKS SIDE-BY-SIDE JUST FEET OFF THE GROUND IN SHOW OF ITS MANEUVERABILITY.
00:41:33 2430	HUGE WORKHORSE V-87 "CHINOOK" HELICOPTER OPENS ITS MOUTH LIKE CARGO HATCH AND ALLOWS DOZENS OF TROOPS & A JEEP TO BOARD IT QUICKLY. 2 HUGE V-87'S LIFT OFF.
00:41:52 2449	THE CH-54 "SKY TRAIN" HAS POD ATTACHMENT WHICH HOUSES 58 SOLDIERS WITH COMBAT GEAR.
00:42:07 2464	FIXED WING "MOHAWK" RECONNAISSANCE PLANE TAKES OFF WITH FULL GEAR. "MOHAWK" LANDS IN DIRT FIELD CAUSING CLOUD OF DUST. LARGER TACTICAL CARGO PLANE CARIBOU" ALSO ABLE TO STOP AS SOON AS ITS WHEELS TOUCH DOWN.
00:43:45 2562	CREWMEN LOAD LONG ROCKETS INTO HELICOPTER ROCKET LAUNCHER AND LONG BELTS OF MACHINE GUN AMMO TO ITS OUTSIDE GUN.
00:43:50 2567	MONTAGE GIS JUMP INTO HELICOPTERS AND SQUADRONS OF HELICOPTERS TAKING OFF FROM FIELD AND FLYING LOW OVER TREE TOPS. CU- ROCKETS SHOOTING OUT OF LAUNCHER TUBES IN SWISHING SOUNDS.
00:44:28 2605	AERIAL HOLOCAUST OF EXPLOSIONS IN GEORGIA FORESTS AS ROCKETS HIT GROUND.
00:44:33 2610	HELICOPTER HOVERS OVER TREETOP & SOLDIERS SLIDE TO GROUND ON ROPES.
00:45:24 2661	MACHINE-GUNNER & PARTNER FIRES WEAPON FROM HIS HIP AS THE 2 WALK TOWARDS CAMERA.
00:45:45 2682	TWO GIS LOAD "WOUNDED" GI, IN STRETCHER. ONTO HELICOPTER.
00:46:00 2697	PILOT OF "MOHAWK" LIFTS SWITCH & CAMERA STARTS TAKING PHOTOS OF "ENEMY" BUILDINGS BELOW. THE "MOHAWK" FLIES AT FULL SPEED NEAR GROUND BELOW TREE TOPS, THEN LANDS ON DUSTY STRIP. GI RUNS OUT & TAKES FILM FROM CAMERA FOR PROCESSING
00:47:02 2759	CU PHOTO OF ENEMY BUILDINGS IS REMOVED FROM VAT OF CHEMICALS AFTER DEVELOPMENT.
00:47:43 2800	SERGEANT OF SQUAD OF 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, AIR MOBILE, WHICH CAME INTO BEING ON JULY 3, 1965 INFORMS ITS MEN THEY WILL GO TO VIETNAM.
00:48:00 2817	MONTAGE TROOPS BOARD BUSES & TRAINS. LONG COLUMNS OF MILITARY HIT THE ROADS
00:48:24 2841	PAN OF VEHICLES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE, WAIT TO BE LOADED OM SHIPS FOR VIETNAM.
00:48:42 2859	MONTAGE HUNDREDS OF HELICOPTERS & OTHER AIRCRAFT ARE LOADED ONTO AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN WHITE PLASTIC COCOONS TO PROTECT THEM AGAINST CORROSIVE SEA WATER. CRANE LIFTS EERIE LOOKING PACKAGE ONTO SHIP
00:50:18 2955	PAN OF DEPOT IN VIETNAM PILED WITH CRATES, FUEL DRUMS, DRIVERLESS TRUCKS LOADED WITH SUPPLIES AWAITING THE 1ST CAVALRY'S ARRIVAL.
00:51:26 3023	BULLDOZER LEVELS A FIELD FOR NEW JET FIGHTER AIRSTRIP AT CAHM RAHN BAY, VIETNAM. SHIRTLESS GI HAMMERS BEAM ON ROOF OF NEW BARRACKS BUILDING.
00:51:46 3043	LONG CLOTHES LINE WITH DOZENS OF GI SHIRTS OUT TO DRY IN SUN.
00:52:12 3069	GROUND CREWMAN OF CARRIER USES HUGE RACHET WRENCH TO ATTACH ROTOR TO HELICOPTER SO IT CAN FLY OFF SHIP ON ITS OWN POWER. LARGE HELICOPTERS LIFT OFF 1 BY 1 AS THEY ARE READY.
00:52:45 3102	TROOPS OF 1ST CAVALRY AIR MOBILE SET FOOT ON VIETNAM SOIL FOR 1ST TIME AS THEY DISEMBARK FROM LANDING CRAFT. GENERAL WESTMORELAND IS THERE TO GREET THEM. LARGE HELICOPTERS AIRLIFT THEM TO THEIR BASE.
00:54:05 3182	MONTAGE TROOPS BOARD HELICOPTERS FOR THEIR 1ST REAL BATTLE MISSION. PHOTO CAMERA HANGS ON HOOK IN CHOPPER.
00:54:27 3204	CU HELICOPTER GUNMAN RAKES JUNGLE BELOW WITH GUN FIRE. MONTAGE WAVE AFTER WAVE OF HELICOPTERS LAND AND UNLOAD GIS FOR "SEARCH AND DESTROY" MISSION.
00:55:20 3257	TROOPS ADVANCE THROUGH WAIST DEEP WATERS OF RICE PADDY & FIELDS PASSING GROUP OF FRIGHTENED WOMEN & CHILDREN. CU FEAR IN FACE OF YOUNG WOMAN WEARING FAMILIAR STRAW HAT.
00:56:33 3330	BLACK GI GAINS CONFIDENCE OF VILLAGERS & HANDS OUT GOODIES.
00:57:11 3368	MONTAGE CAPTURED HEAVY 7 LIGHT VIETCONG WEAPONS & AMMO.
00:57:55 3412	SMALL DAMAGED HELICOPTER IS LIFTED FROM GROUND BY LARGE HELICOPTER. WOUNDED GIS ARE CARRIED ONTO HELICOPTERS FOR RETURN TO BASE.
00:59:00 3477	MISSION COMPLETED, GIS BOARD DOZENS OF HELICOPTERS FOR TRIP BACK TO BASE.
01:01:01 3598	"YOUR ARMY REPORTS" HIGLIGHTS: VIETNAM "HAT WAR" (WITH SNAPPY PATTER & MUSIC).
01:02:17 3674	CU NARRATOR SHOWS SPECIAL TYPE OF PERISCOPE USED BY ARMY IN KOREA TO OBSERVE DE-MILITARIZED ZONE
01:03:02 3719	KOREAN SOLDIER STANDS GUARD ON WESTERN SECTOR OF DE-MILITARIZED ZONE. NORTH KOREA VALLEY IS SEEN FROM POST.
01:03:38 3755	SOUTH KOREAN WOMEN & CHILDREN SIT ON GROUND WAITING TREATMENT AT U.S. ARMY DISPENSARY. KOREAN & U S. MEDICS ATTEND TO CHILDREN. CU OLDER KOREAN WOMAN SMILES AS CAMERA ZOOMS IN
01:05:28 3865	AERIAL GROUP OF TOUGH KOREAN BOARDER GUARDS PLAY VOLLEYBALL GAME IN YARD AS SEEN FROM TALL OBSERVATION TOWER.
01:06:10 3907	SMALL PATROL OF KOREAN SOLDIERS FOLLOW THEIR SQUAD LEADER TO POST ALONG ZONE.
01:07:13 3970	NARRATOR HOLDS UP SPECIAL ARMY ORTHOPEDIC SHOE AS HE TELLS OF DEFENSE ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC.
01:07:24 3981	DEFENSE ORTHOPEDIC FOOTWEAR CLINIC IN BOSTON. DISPLAY OF SPECIALLY MADE SHOES AT CLINIC.
01:07:57 4014	CU SPECIALIST TAKES MEASUREMENTS OF SOLDIERS FOOT WHO STANDS BEFORE HIM ON PLATFORM. CU FOOT IS PLACED ON CLOTH WHICH IN MOULD BOX OF MAGNETIC BALLS. PLASTER OF PARIS IS POURED OVER FOOT TO MAKE OUTER MOULD
01:08:45 4062	MOLD IS REMOVED IN 2 PIECES & RE-ASSEMBLED, FILLED WITH PLASTER TO MAKE EXACT COPY OF PATIENT'S FOOT.
01:09:08 4085	TECHNICIAN ADDS WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO MAKE THE PLASTER MODEL LIKE THE OTHER FOOT. A METAL MOLD IS MADE OF PLASTER MODEL.
01:09:45 4122	SHOE MAKERS AT CLINIC MAKE SHOE TO CONFORM TO THE MOLD.
01:10:10 4147	GIS TAKE HILL IN VIETNAM AND WEATHER MORTAR ATTACK. NARRATOR DEMONSTRATES ON TACTICAL OPERATIONS WALL MAP, WHAT ARMY BRIEFING IS ALL ABOUT & TELLS & SHOWS REAL MISSION IN VIETNAM.
01:12:49 4306	GIS CAUTIOUSLY MOVE THROUGH BASE OF HILL 815 ON WAY TO SUMMIT. THE MEN SET UP CAMP ON SUMMIT. SHIRTLESS GIS CLEAR LUMBER AND DEBRIS FROM AREA, CHOPPING AWAY WITH MACHETES. MORTAR SHELL EXPLODES IN THEIR MIDST.
01:14:25 4402	GIS SCRAMBLES ON GROUND FOR COVER AS MORE SHELLS EXPLODE. CU GI MORTAR CREWS LOB SHELLS AT ENEMY & THE ENEMY BARRAGE CEASES. HELICOPTER LANDS IN THEIR MIDST AND EVACUATES WOUNDED.
01:16:20 4517	NORTH AMERICAN DEFENSE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS DEEP INSIDE MOUNTAIN IN COLORADO DEFENDS AGAINST INCOMING MISSILES. NARRATOR SHOWS SCALE MODELS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF MISSILES AND TELLS ABOUT THEM 7 NORAD, NORTH AMERICAN AIR DEFENSE COMMAND
01:17:22 4579	MONTAGE NORAD HEADQUARTERS AND CONTROL ROOMS DEEP INSIDE A MOUNTAIN IN COLORADO WITH HIGH OFFICIALS SITTING AT COMMUNICATIONS DESKS.
01:17:43 4600	MONTAGE TECHNICIANS OF ARADCOM, ARMY ELEMENT OF NORAD, SIT AT RADAR SCREENS WHICH CONTROLS SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES WHICH DEFEND KEY INDUSTRIAL AREAS AGAINST AIR ATTACK.
01:18:02 4619	"NIKE HERCULES" MISSILE IS FIRED AT INCOMING "ENEMY" PLANES OR MISSILES AT HIGH ALTITUDES.
01:18:27 4644	CU GI PUSHES BUTTON AND BATTERY OF HAWK MISSILES IS FIRED AT LOW FLYING "ENEMY". A "DRONE" PLANE IS DESTROYED IN MID-AIR.
01:18:34 4651	NEW "MISSILE MENTOR" IS SHOWN IN ACTION. TWO TRAILERS CONTAINING A NEW CONCEPT IN AIR DEFENSE FIRE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS CALLED "MISSILE MENTOR" PROVED ITSELF TO BE FASTER, MORE RELIABLE MISSILE SYSTEM
01:19:30 4707	GIS AT CONTROL PANELS INSIDE TRAILERS.
01:19:49 4726	RADAR ANTENNA ROTATES AS IT SCANS SKY, PAN TO MISSILE MENTOR TRAILERS A DISTANCE AWAY.
01:21:52 4849	GI WITH HEADPHONES WATCHES RADAR SCREEN CLOSELY. BLACK GI WATCHES ANOTHER SCREEN.
01:22:25 4882	COMMANDING OFFICER WATCHES SCREEN & GIVES COMMANDS OVER HIS HEADGEAR.
01:24:30 5007	ARMY HATS: SHOWS THE MANY VARIETIES OF HEADWEAR USED BY OUR SERVICEMEN IN ACTION. MONTAGE ARMY'S BEWILDERING ARRAY OF HEADGEAR ARE SHOWN. CU VARIETY OF HATS WORN BY GIS AS THEY PERFORM THEIR DUTIES.
01:26:10 5107	ARMY FIREMEN RUN OUT OF BARRACKS, DON HIGH BOOTS & PUT ON REGULAR FIREMEN HATS. ARMY RED FIRE ENGINE PULLS OUT OF GARAGE, SIRENS BLASTING.
01:26:42 5139	GI MECHANICS WEAR RED BASEBALL HATS AS THEY REPAIR HELICOPTER ENGINE.
01:26:59 5156	CU GI TANK MAN ENTERS TANK AND PUTS ON TANKER'S HELMET. BLACK GI ENTERS TANK, DONS HELMET WITH MIKE ATTACHED.
01:27:45 5202	GIS WEARING BERETS. HELICOPTER PILOT TAKES OFF BLUE BASEBALL CAP AND DON HELMET.