| 00:33:14 45.27 |
ARMY DIGEST NO.3
TWO SUBJECTS ARE COVERED: "THE JUNIOR ESSEX TROOP", A NATIONAL GUARD UNIT OF 150 BOYS, AND "UMBRELLA IN THE SKY", WHICH SHOWS HUNDREDS OF WAYS PARACHUTES CAN BE USED IN PEACE AND WAR. |
| 00:33:19 50.27 |
MONTAGE- FAMOUS FILM OF LANDING AT NORMANDY ON
D-DAY WHICH INCLUDED THE MEN OF THE 102ND ARMORED CAVALRY WHICH LANDED ON 'OMAHA' BEACH. |
| 00:33:51 82.27 |
LS- TANKS AND ROCKET FIRING VEHICLE FIRE VOLLEYS
AT THE GERMANS. |
| 00:34:02 93.27 |
MS- A TANK DEVISED BY A MEMBER OF THE 102ND THAT
CUTS THROUGH HEDGE GROVES IS DEMONSTRATED. |
| 00:34:26 117.27 |
LS- MEMBERS OF 103ND RIDE VICTORIOUSLY THROUGH
A CZECH TOWN TO THE CHEER OF THE PEOPLE. |
| 00:34:34 125.27 |
MS- ARMORY IN WEST ORANGE, N.J., LOOKS LIKE
VIRGINIA MANSION, IS HOME TO THE 102ND NATIONAL GUARD UNIT. MS- AN INSTRUCTOR POINTS TO AND DEMONSTRATES VARIOUS PARTS OF TANK TO HIS GUARDSMEN-STUDENTS |
| 00:35:14 165.27 |
MS- A CAVALRY HORSE GALLOPS THROUGH A PUDDLE OF
WATER IS RIDDEN BY A JUNIOR ESSEX TROOP CAVALRYMAN MONTAGE- THE YOUNG CADET CAVALRYMEN JUMP HURDLES AT AN OBSTACLE COURSE. |
| 00:35:45 196.27 |
LS- LARGE STABLE AND BARN WHICH HOUSES 28 HORSES.
LS- PAN OF THE 10 1/2 ACRES THAT MAKE UP THE HORSE FARM. LS- YOUNG HORSEMAN RIDES AROUND ONE OF THE 2 RIDING RINKS ON THE FARM. |
| 00:36:30 241.27 |
MS- PIPE SMOKING CAPTAIN PALMER, A FORMER CAVALRY
OFFICER, COMMANDS THE CADET UNIT. |
| 00:36:33 244.27 |
LS- YOUNG CADETS STAND AT ATTENTION ALONG WITH
THEIR ADULT SERGEANT. |
| 00:36:40 251.27 |
MS- A STATION WAGON PULLS UP AND A GROUP OF
CADETS RUN OUT TO JOIN THE OTHERS FOR INSPECTION BY A CADET CAPTAIN. |
| 00:37:26 297.27 |
LS- EACH BOY WALKS HIS HORSE OUT OF THE STABLES
AND SADDLE UP. EVEN THE SMALLEST BOY SADDLES UP. LS- THE BOYS LINE UP SMARTLY NEXT TO THEIR MOUNTS |
| 00:38:18 349.27 |
MS- THE BOYS SHOW HOW TO MOUNT THE HORSE USING
THE STIRRUPS. MS- THE ADVANCED STUDENTS TRAIN JUMPING OBSTACLES. |
| 00:39:50 441.27 |
MS- THE BOYS REMOVE THE SADDLES AND WALK THE
HORSES UNTIL THEY ARE THOROUGHLY COOLED DOWN. AFTERWARDS THE HORSES ARE TAKEN FOR A DRINK. |
| 00:40:36 487.27 |
MS- 2 CADETS BRUSH DOWN THEIR HORSES. MS- OTHER
BOYS GET RIFLE FIRING TRAINING, INCLUDING DRILL PRACTICE. |
| 00:41:20 531.27 |
MS- SIGN TELLING OF 'JUNIOR ESSEX TROOP HORSE
SHOW'. MS- THE BOYS CHECK THEIR EQUIPMENT, BRUSH THEIR HORSES, BRAID THEIR TAILS, WASH WINDOWS AND PUT UP LIGHTS . |
| 00:41:49 560.27 |
MS- SMALL TRACTOR PULLS A RACK WHICH SMOOTHS OUT
THE BRIDAL PATHS. |
| 00:42:23 594.27 |
MS- A NATIONAL GUARDSMAN HAMMERS A SPIKE INTO THE
GROUND WHICH TIGHTENS THE ROPE HOLDING THE BIG TENT FOR THE EVENT IN PLACE. |
| 00:42:31 602.27 |
MS- A HORSE TRAILER ARRIVES WITH A HORSES HEAD
PEERING OUT OF IT'S WINDOW. HANSOM THOROUGHBRED HORSES ARE WALKED OUT OF THEIR TRAILERS |
| 00:43:05 636.27 |
AERIAL- EQUESTRIAN FANS START TO ARRIVE FOR THE
EVENT (PAN) MS- DENNIS BLACKAM, A FORMER TROOP MEMBER AND CANDIDATE FOR THE 1960 OLYMPIC EQUESTRIAN TEAM, GIVES POINTERS TO SOME CADETS. |
| 00:43:42 673.27 |
CU- AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF TROPHIES THAT WILL GO
TO THE WINNERS OF THE SHOW. |
| 00:43:58 689.27 |
MS- A LITTLE UNIFORMED MEMBER OF THE TROOP GIVES
A BIG SMILE AS HE WATCHES A RIDER GO THROUGH HIS PACES. MONTAGE- YOUNG RIDERS GO THROUGH THE COURSE |
| 00:45:46 797.27 |
MS- OFFICIAL PINS A RIBBON ON THE HORSES BRIDLE.
|
| 00:47:21 892.27 |
MONTAGE- THE JUNIOR ESSEX TROOPS OF LANCERS PUT
ON A DAZZLING DISPLAY OF PRECISION HORSEMANSHIP. |
| 00:48:12 943.27 |
MS- THE YOUNG RIDERS JUMP THROUGH A FIRE HOOP
WITH THEIR MOUNTS. |
| 00:48:50 981.27 |
MONTAGE- THE ENTIRE TROOP OF 150 BOYS MARCH IN
REVIEW. |
| 00:50:06 1057.27 |
UMBRELLAS OF THE SKY - STORY OF THE PARACHUTIST.
|
| 00:50:28 1079.27 |
MONTAGE- EARLY AIRPLANES OF ALL SHAPES ARE TESTED
WITH SOME FLYING AND OTHERS NOT. |
| 00:51:00 1111.27 |
MS- WWI PILOTS MAN THEIR VINTAGE PLANES WITHOUT
PARACHUTES. |
| 00:51:18 1129.27 |
LS- BARNSTORMING STUNTMEN JUMPS OFF WING OF
VINTAGE PLANE WITH PARACHUTE IN THE EARLY YEARS. |
| 00:51:32 1143.27 |
LS- RUSSIAN TROOPS JUMP OF HIGH TOWER AS THEY
EXPERIMENT WITH PARACHUTES FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. |
| 00:51:58 1169.27 |
LS- HUGE RUSSIAN PLANES DROP PARATROOPS AND CARGO
IN CRUDE LOOKING PLANES. THE PLANE SWOOPS LOW AND DROPS A MANNED VEHICLE ON THE GROUND. CU- A MAN SLIPS OUT OF A TRAP DOOR IN THE VEHICLE |
| 00:52:50 1221.27 |
MONTAGE- GERMAN PARATROOPS ENTERING PLANES AND
DROPPING OVER CRETE IN 1ST LARGE SCALE MILITARY PARACHUTE USE. |
| 00:53:22 1253.27 |
LS- GENERAL 'IKE', CHURCHILL AND OTHERS WATCH A
HUGE PARATROOP DROP EXERCISE IN ENGLAND, IN PREPARATION FOR D-DAY. |
| 00:53:52 1283.27 |
LS- VAST AREAS OF ENEMY SHIPPING LANES ARE SEEDED
WITH MINES FROM THE AIR DURING WWII. |
| 00:54:04 1295.27 |
A HUGE GERMAN DESIGNED 'RIBBON' CHUTE, DESIGNED
TO ACT AS AN AIR BREAK FOR BOMBERS AND GLIDERS. |
| 00:54:20 1311.27 |
LS- RUSSIANS JUMP OUT OF PLANES WITH A CHUTE
DESIGNED TO MAKE THEM DESCEND FASTER. |
| 00:54:35 1326.27 |
MONTAGE- HUGE CARGOES ,READY FOR PARACHUTE DROP
IN KOREA. MS- SPECIAL PARACHUTES LARGE ENOUGH TO DRAPE A SUBURBAN HOME IS LAID OUT ON THE GROUND AND FOLDED. |
| 00:55:07 1358.27 |
MS- TONS OF SUPPLIES ROLL OUT OF THE BACK OF A
CARGO PLANE AND PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND. |
| 00:55:26 1377.27 |
MS- AN ENGINEER HOLDS A SCALE MODEL OF AN
EJECTION SEAT FOR FIGHTER PLANES. |
| 00:55:31 1382.27 |
MS- A TEST PILOT LAYS ON HIS SIDE IN AN EJECTION
SEAT AND IS SPUN AROUND. LS- TEST PILOT IS EJECTED STRAIGHT UP IN A VERY HIGH HANGAR. |
| 00:55:42 1393.27 |
LS- A NAZI PILOT EJECTS FROM HIS DIVE BOMBER AND
HITS THE TAIL SECTION OF THE PLANE AS THE GERMANS TEST AN EJECTION SEAT DURING WWII. |
| 00:55:48 1399.27 |
CU- FILM SHOWS THE EJECTION SEAT HITTING THE TAIL
SECTION DAMAGING THE PLANE. |
| 00:56:02 1413.27 |
LS- A PILOT IS SUCCESSFULLY EJECTED FROM A JET
PROPELLED VEHICLE SPEEDING ON TRACKS AT A PROVING GROUND IN THE DESERT. |
| 00:56:24 1435.27 |
LS- A MANNED EJECTION SEAT IS BLOWN OUT OF A
BOMBER AND THE PILOT PARACHUTES SAFELY TO GROUND |
| 00:56:46 1457.27 |
LS- A SPECIAL PARACHUTE SLOWS DOWN A LANDING JET
|
| 00:57:00 1471.27 |
LS- A MISSILE IN FLIGHT, ACCOMPANIED BY MANNED JET
PLANES, SUDDENLY LOWERS LANDING GEAR AND COMES IN FOR SAFE LANDING, AIDED BY A CHUTE WHICH SLOWS DOWN IT'S LANDING SPEED. |
| 00:57:30 1501.27 |
LS- AN ARMY RECONNAISSANCE 'DRONE' PLANE,
CONTROLLED BY HAND-HELD REMOTE CONTROL, TAKES PICTURES OF ENEMY POSITIONS BELOW, THEN IS RETURNED TO BASE AND GENTLY LANDED BY CHUTE. |
| 00:58:00 1531.27 |
LS- PARA-RESCUE TEAMS DROP INTO A RIVER ON A
RESCUE MISSION. OTHERS DROP INTO THE WOODS DURING FOREST FIRE. TROOPER STUCK IN TREE, LOWERS HIMSELF WITH A SPECIAL HARNESS |
| 00:58:51 1582.27 |
LS- CHUTIST JUMPS FROM ARMY PLANE AND
DEMONSTRATES SKYDIVING |
| 00:59:07 1598.27 |
LS- A DAREDEVIL JUMPS FROM THE WING OF ONE PLANE
TO THE WING OF ANOTHER IN EARLY BARNSTORMING DAYS |
| 00:59:22 1613.27 |
MS- PARATROOP TRAINEES PRACTICE JUMPING POSITIONS
ON THE GROUND AND IN HARNESSES IN TOWERS. |
| 00:59:35 1626.27 |
LS- A TRAINEE IS DROPPED FROM A PARACHUTE JUMP
SIMILAR TO THAT IN AMUSEMENT PARKS. |
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Year: 1917-1961
Color: Black & White
Genre: NEWSREELS
Specialty CollectionGenre: NEWSREELS
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