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01:00:54 23
"THE ARCTIC NIGHT"
01:00:59 28
NARRATOR SERGEANT STUART QUEEN TELLS ABOUT
EXERCISE 'ARCTIC NIGHT'. THE NORTHERNMOST
PARACHUTE DROP BY THE MEN OF THE 2ND BATTALION,
504 AIRBORNE INFANTRY REGIMENT OF A TACTICAL UNIT.
01:01:10 38
MS- FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA,HOME OF THE 82ND
AIRBORNE DIVISION. CU- AIRBORNE INSIGNIA AND ARM
PATCH.
01:01:55 84
MS- A BLACK SOLDIER SHOWS HIS ROOMMATE, SITTING ON
HIS BUNK, HOW HE LOOKS IN HIS ALL WHITE ARCTIC
UNIFORM, COMPLETE WITH SKIS.
01:02:59 148
2 GI INSPECT ARCTIC EQUIPMENT LAIN OUT ON THE
GROUND WHICH INCLUDE SNOW SHOES, WHICH LOOK LIKE
TENNIS RACKETS, AND SKIS.
01:03:35 184
MS- THEY ENTER A PADDED TENT COMPLETE WITH STOVE
AND CHIMNEY PIPE.
01:04:11 219
MS- GIS WEARING ARCTIC HATS, SIT IN OPEN CLASSROOM
FOR INSTRUCTIONS IN ARCTIC SURVIVAL.
01:04:28 236
MS- GIS ON SKIS FOLLOW A SKI INSTRUCTOR TRAIN
THEM ON GRASS INSTEAD OF SNOW. HE SHOWS THEM HOW
TO DO AN 'ABOUT FACE' ON SKIS.
01:05:07 275
MS- GIS SET UP TENTS AND STOVES. MS- A GI
CAREFULLY PACKS A CHUTE ON A LONG TABLE.
01:05:59 328
MS- THE 82ND, ALL IN THEIR WHITE ARCTIC UNIFORMS
STAND AT ATTENTION AT AIRFIELD READY FOR TRIP TO
GREENLAND
01:08:49 497
MS- PILOTS OF THE TRANSPORT PLANES ARE GIVEN LAST
MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS.
01:11:59 688
MS- ARCTIC GEAR IS LOADED ONTO C-124 'GLOBEMASTER'
TRANSPORT PLANES FOLLOWED BY THE PARATROOPS.
01:14:55 864
MS- THE GLOBEMASTER LANDS AND OPENS ITS 'JAWS' AS
MEN AND MATERIALS POUR OUT.
01:15:48 916
MS- GIS RUN AND SLIDE ON ICY GROUND NEAR THEIR
QUARTERS ONE OF THEM TAKES A FLOP.
01:16:22 950
MS- GIS LEARN HOW TO SKI AND MAKE TURNS ON THE
REAL SNOW.
01:17:19 1007
MS- GIS PUT UP A TENT WITHY A STOVE IN THE FROZEN
SNOW. MS- WELCOME SMOKE RISES FROM THE CHIMNEY.
01:17:50 1038
MS- GIS BUILD LONG TRENCHES AND ICE CAVES FOR
SHELTER FOR WHEN THERE ARE NO TENTS. CU- A GI
CRAWLS OUT OF ONE OF THE CAVES.
01:18:20 1068
MONTAGE- GIS CARRY LARGE ICE BLOCKS CUT OUT OF
THE GROUND FOR USE IN COVERING THE CAVES.
01:18:30 1078
MS- A GI SLIPS WHILE CARRYING A BLOCK OF ICE AND
ROLLS DOWN A HILL. HE SOCKS THE GROUND IN DISGUST
01:19:07 1115
MS- AN ICE BLOCK COVERING A CAVE MOVES AND A GI
CLIMBS OUT OF THE HOLE IN THE GROUND.
01:20:00 1168
MS- A 'BIG PICTURE' CAMERMAN SITS ON A SLED BEING
PULLED BY 2 GIS AND TAKE FILM OF THE MARCHING
TROOPS BEHIND.
01:20:29 1198
MONTAGE- GIS ATTEND MASS, PLAY POOL. WATCH TV &
SIT AROUND AS THEY WAIT FOR OPERATION 'ARCTIC
NIGHT' TO BEGIN.
01:22:19 1307
ELS- PARATROOPS DROP ON AN ICED OVER BAY NEAR
TULIG AS 'ARCTIC NIGHT' BEGINS WITH THE LARGEST
TECHNICAL DROP EVER MADE THIS FAR NORTH.
01:23:39 1388
MONTAGE- TROOPERS IN THEIR WHITE UNIFORMS LAY
DOWN IN THE SNOW AND FIRE THEIR WEAPONS.
01 24 51 MONTAGE- AFTER RETURNING TO THEIR HEATED
BARRACKS THE GIS CLEAN THEIR WEAPONS AND RELAX ON
THEIR BUNKS IN THE SNUG WARMTH.
01:25:04 1472
MS- A GI WALKS NUDE INTO A SHOWER AND ENJOYS THE
WATER.
01:25:22 1490
MS- GENERAL GLEN O. BARKIS GIVES THE 'BLUENOSE'
CERTIFICATE TO A MEMBER OF THE AIRBORNE DIVISION.
THEN HE HOLDS A DETAILED CRITIQUE OF OPERATION
'ARCTIC NIGHT' WITH THE LEADERS OF THE UNIT.
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Year: 1956  Color: Black & White
Genre: NEWSREELS

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