| 00:02:34 0.43 |
TITLE: "HALL OF HEROES". COLUMNIST JOHN DALY
STANDS BEFORE THE LARGE MEDALS AND TELLS IT'S STORY AND WHAT IT TOOK TO EARN THEM. |
| 00:03:08 34.43 |
DALY STOPS BEFORE THE NAMES OF THE 3210 HEROS
THAT EARNED THE MEDAL DURING IT'S EXISTENCE. |
| 00:03:42 68.43 |
PRESIDENT LBJ MAKES A SPEECH ABOUT 4 MORE
"GALLANT AMERICANS", ABOUT TO BE AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR ON A DAY IN MAY 1968. THE SAME DAY THE HALL OF HEROES WAS COMMEMORATED. |
| 00:04:00 86.43 |
LBJ HONORS CHARLES E. HAGERMEISTER, JAMES E.
WILLIAMS, HAROLD O. YOUNG AND RICHARD A. PITMAN, WHO STAND BEHIND HIM AND 1ST TIME A MEMBER OF EACH SERVICE IS HONORED TOGETHER AT A SINGLE CEREMONY. |
| 00:04:29 115.43 |
AS LBJ PLACES THE MEDAL AROUND NECK OF EACH
RECIPIENT, THE HEROIC DEED OF EACH ONE IS READ OUT LOUD. |
| 00:06:05 211.43 |
DALY EXPLAINS THE 3 VERSIONS OF THE MEDAL.
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| 00:07:00 266.43 |
MONTAGE REENACTMENT OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR SCENES,
AS DALY NARRATES. SEA BATTLES OF THE WAR OF 1812 ARE ALSO REENACTED IN THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS. |
| 00:09:46 432.43 |
CU NEWS HEADLINE: "SOUTHERN STATES WITHDRAW FROM
UNION - FORM CONFEDERACY". |
| 00:09:48 434.43 |
MONTAGE REENACTMENT OF CIVIL WAR SCENES. THE WAR
THE MEDAL OF HONOR WAS BORN. |
| 00:12:41 607.43 |
DALY POINTS TO A ROLL CALL OF NAMES WHICH FOLLOWED
THE CIVIL WAR IN WHICH THE MEDAL OF HONOR WAS AWARDED. THE INDIAN CAMPAIGNS. |
| 00:12:54 620.43 |
MONTAGE REENACTMENT OF COVERED WAGONS HEADING
WEST AND COWBOYS DRIVING A HERD AND AN INDIAN ON A HORSE LOOKING DOWN FROM A MOUNTAIN TOP. |
| 00:13:32 658.43 |
MONTAGE REENACTMENT OF CAVALRY FIGHTING INDIANS
AT LITTLE BIG HORN WHERE 24 MEN THAT STOOD WITH CUSTER WON THE HIGHEST AWARD. |
| 00:15:00 746.43 |
"REMEMBER THE MAINE". POSTER. MONTAGE REENACTMENT
OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, WITH TEDDY ROOSEVELT "ROUGH RIDERS" STORMING SAN JUAN HILL. 30 SOLDIERS WON THE MEDAL IN THIS WAR. |
| 00:16:10 816.43 |
MONTAGE WWI NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
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| 00:16:14 820.48 |
COLOR WWI REENACTMENT OF US AMERICAN SOLDIERS MARCHING INTO EUROPEAN TOWN, MEN IN THE TRENCHES. TRENCH WARFARE IN COLOR RECREATION. CU NERVOUS DOUGH BOY'S FACE LIGHTS UP AS SHELLS BURST IN THE NIGHT. RECREATED COLOR WWI FOOTAGE.
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| 00:17:47 913.43 |
GERMAN MACHINE GUNNER FIRING ON THE BATTLEFIELD
AND SOLDIERS CHARGING AS SHELLS BURST AROUND THEM. |
| 00:19:00 986.43 |
95 WON THE MEDAL OF HONOR AS DALY TELLS OF
THEIR HEROIC ACTS, INCLUDING SERGEANT ALVIN YORK. |
| 00:19:44 1030.43 |
MONTAGE WWII BATTLE SCENES INCLUDING BEACH
LANDINGS AND D-DAY BATTLE FILM. A GI ON A TROOP SHIP, USES HIS FLASHLIGHT TO READ A LETTER FROM HIS LOVED ONE. A REENACTMENT |
| 00:23:10 1236.43 |
MONTAGE GIS COME HOME ON TROOPSHIPS AFTER THE WAR.
HUGE CEMETERY WITH WHITE CROSSES. SOME DID NOT MAKE IT HOME. |
| 00:23:57 1283.43 |
PAN OF KOREA BATTLE FRONT JUNE 1950. MONTAGE
BATTLE SCENES OF THAT WAR. 132 NAMES WERE ADDED TO THE ROLL CALL OF VALOR DURING THAT WAR. |
| 00:25:20 1366.43 |
DALY POINTS TO THE SPOT RESERVED FOR THE WAR IN
VIETNAM WHICH THE 1ST FOUR WERE ADDED. MONTAGE VIETNAM BATTLE SCENES. |
| 00:28:18 1544.43 |
REPORTER JOHN DALY CONCLUDES AND ASKS US TO "READ
THESE NAMES, REMEMBER AND BE PROUD". |
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Year: 1890-1971
Color: Color
Genre: NEWSREELS
Specialty CollectionGenre: NEWSREELS
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Keywords: medal
