- Title: VM-1012A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: U.S. ARMY. MILITARY.
- Description:00:02:12 - PICTORIAL REPORT NO.2 VARIETY FILM ON QM AERIAL SUPPLY COMPANY & STORY OF 8209 MOBILE ARMY SURGICAL HOSPITAL. (MASH) PLUS SHOTS IN KOREA & IN 21 MASH UNIT 00:02:48 - NARRATOR TELLS OF THE GI'S VIEW OF THE WAR, HIS HUMOR AND COURAGE, THROUGH LETTERS SENT HOME. 00:02:56 - CU- A GI SITTING AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SMOKES A CIGARETTE AS A GI NARRATOR TELLS OF THE EVENT. MS- 2 BLACK GIS SIT AND RELAX IN DEEP THOUGHT. 00:03:21 - MONTAGE- GIS WALK BRISKLY DOWN A ROAD ON THE WAY TO BATTLE ON 'OLD BALDY' (A MOUNTAIN) THE BATTLE IS DESCRIBED BY NARRATOR. 00:03:56 - MONTAGE- HEAVY MACHINE GUNS RAKE THE DISTANT MOUNTAIN WITH TRACER BULLETS. AFTER BATTLE THE MOUNTAIN IS STREWN WITH SHELL HOLES AND EMPTY ENEMY BUNKERS ALONG WITH MANY DEAD CHINESE. 00:04:54 - LS- A TANK LYING ON ITS SIDE. MONTAGE- WOUNDED GIS ARE CARRIED ON STRETCHERS TO AID STATIONS. 00:05:47 - CU- A GI WITH A BANDAGED HEAD SHOWS HIS METAL HELMET WITH 2 LARGE HOLES IN IT. MS- WOUNDED GI IS STRAPPED TO THE LANDING PLATFORM OF A HELICOPTER AND FLOWN TO A M.A.S.H. HOSPITAL 00:07:24 - MS- MASH DOCTOR ASKS THE PATIENT (NARRATOR TELLING THE STORY) QUESTIONS, AS OTHERS PREPARE THE FOOT WOUND FOR OPERATION. 00:08:37 - MS- THE SURGEON EXPLAINS THE OPERATION AS THE WOUNDED GI IS GIVEN ANEASTHESIA AND THE OPERATING TEAM STANDS BY. 00:09:09 - MS- A GI WITH A HEAD WOUND IS GIVEN A HEAD X-RAY MS- A CHAPLAIN TALKS TO THE MAN AS THEY WAIT FOR THE X-RAY RESULTS. 00:09:35 - MS- THE OPERATING TEAM DOING A SURGERY. CU- BLOOD PLASMA HANGS OVER THE PATIENT. 00:10:08 - MS- ARMY NURSE ATTENDS A GI WHO IS READING IN HIS HOSPITAL BUNK AND TAKE THE PULSE OF ANOTHER. 00:10:38 - MS- ARMY AMBULANCE DRIVES TO AWAITING PLANE WHICH WILL TAKE THE POST OPERATIVE GIS,WHICH INCLUDES THE NARRATOR, TO JAPAN FOR RECOUPERATION. 00:11:38 - LS- PEOPLE OF KAPYUNG MILLING AROUND IN GROUPS. MS- OLD FARMER LEADS HIS COWS TO THE FIELD. MS- A LITTLY GIRL AND HER MOM STOOP DOWN IN A WATER PUDDLE AND WASH CLOTHES. 00:12:02 - MS- OLD KOREAN WOMAN HANGS HER CLOTHES ON A LINE 00:12:12 - LS- AN AMERICAN OFFICER AND HIS DRIVER PULL UP TO THE KAPYUNG MAYORS OFFICE IN THEIR JEEP AND ARE MET BY TWO OF TOWNS OFFICIALS. 00:12:44 - MS- THE FOUR DRIVE TO AN OPEN FIELD WHERE THE OFFICIALS SAY THEY WOULD LIKE A SCHOOL TO BE BUILT. MS- THE TWO KAPYUNG OFFICIALS SIT WITH THE GENERAL JOSEPH CULLEN, IN HIS OFFICE, WHO TELLS THEM HE WILL ASSIST IN BUILDING THE SCHOOL. 00:13:53 - MS- BLACK AND WHITE GIS OF AN ARTILLERY CREW REACH INTO THEIR WALLETS AND CONTRIBUTE TO FUND TO BUILD SCHOOL. MS- A GI USES HIS HELMET TO COLLECT FUNDS FROM A TANK CREW. 00:14:35 - MS- KOREAN KIDS SIT AT DESKS, TEMPORARY TENTS ON THE SITE OF THE FUTURE SCHOOL. 00:15:00 - MS- GI ENGINEERS DRAW UP PLANS FOR A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING. MS- AS THE TOWN OFFICIALS WATCH, THE OFFICER THAT INITIATED THE PROJECT, (NARRATOR) USES A SHOVEL, AS DOES THE GENERAL, TO BREAK GROUND. 00:15:37 - MS- WORKERS THROW DIRT INTO A SCREEN WITH SHOVELS TO MAKE A MUD COMPOUND WHICH ACTS AS CEMENT. MS- WORKERS PLACE ROCKS OF ALL SHAPES ATOP EACH OTHER AND USE MUD TO CEMENT THEM AS THEY BUILD THE WALLS OF THE SCHOOL. 00:16:02 - LS- WORKERS PLACE NOTCHED BEAKS ACROSS TWO UPRIGHTS AND HAMMER THEM IN PLACE; WOODEN PEGS ARE USED INSTEAD OF NAILS. 00:16:35 - LS- ROOF TRUSSES MADE BY THE GIS ARE LIFTED IN PLACE WITH A U.S.CRANE. LS- WORKERS NAIL THEM IN 00:16:53 - CU- THE MUD SUBSTANCE IS TROWELED ONTO THE INSIDE WALLS. LS- ROOF TILE ARE LAYED IN PLACE 00:17:05 - MS- 2 DRESSED ALIKE BOYS CARRYING THEIR BOOKS IN SHOULDER BAGS, TREK TO THE NEW SCHOOL. 00:17:17 - LS- THE ENTIRE TOWN OF KAPYUNG TURNS OUT FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE SCHOOL. MS- TOWNS PEOPLE DANCE IN A CIRCLE USING HAND HELD DRUMS AND COSTUMES. 00:17:46 - MS- STUDENTS MARCH INTO THE SCHOOL AND GENERAL CULLEN VISITS THEM AS THEY SIT IN THE CLASSROOM. AT THE KENNETH KAISER HIGH SCHOOL, NAMED AFTER 1ST GI FROM THE 48TH DIVISION KILLED IN ACTION. 00:18:31 - CU- A GI (NARRATOR) SITS AND WRITES TO HIS SON, TELLING ABOUT A MULE CAPTURED FROM ENEMY NAMED 'ROSIE THE RIVETER', BECAUSE SHE KICKS SO MUCH. 00:18:45 - MS- GI PLACES HARNESS ON MULES FACE. MS- 'ROSIE' IS ALLOWED TO LOOK AT A FIELD MAP ALONG WITH THE THE MEN AS OFFICER PLOTS MOVES TO PUT A RADIO STATION ON A HILL. 00:19:38 - MS- TRUCK IS LOADED WITH EQUIPMENT FOR THE STATION AND DRIVEN TO THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN. 'ROSIE AND OTHER MULES START ON THEIR WAY TO THE MOUNTAIN LED BY THE GIS. 00:20:21 - MS- THE RADIO EQUIPMENT IS LASHED ONTO 'ROSIE'S' BACK AND THE CLIMB UP THE HILL STARTS FOLLOWED BY KOREAN WORKERS WHO CARRY HEAVY LOADS ON THEIR BACKS. MS- AT THE TOP, GIS PLANT A TALL ANTENNA. 00:21:00 - CU- FORMER CHINESE COMMUNIST 'ROSIE THE RIVETER' PEERS INTO THE CAMERA; A GI'S HAND PETS HER. 00:21:59 - GI SPECIALISTS IN PACKING SUPPLIES FOR AIR DROPS, PREPARE PACKAGES IN NEAT LINES AT AN AIR BASE READYING THEM FOR LOADING ONTO CARGO PLANES. 00:22:05 - CU- ARM PATCH FOR THE OUTFIT IS SHOWN BY THE NARRATOR WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE OUTFIT. 00:23:04 - CU- MAGAZINES AND OTHER SUPPLIES ARE PLACED IN BAG THAT IS TO BE DROPPED AT AN ISOLATED RADIO STATION SOMEWHERE IN MOUNTAINS. 00:23:25 - MS- A GI MAKES FINAL EXAMINATION AND ADJUSTMENTS OF EACH PACKAGE. MS- GI LIFTS THE PACKAGES ON A HIGH-LOW AND LOADS THEM ON TRUCKS. MS- THE TRUCKS BACK UP TO CARGO OPENING ON PLANE AND GIS UNLOAD IT. MS- GIS STRAP ON PARACHUTES BEFORE MISSION AND ADJUST EACH OTHERS EQUIPMENT. 00:26:17 - MONTAGE- THE MEN PEER OUT FROM THE OPEN CARGO BAY AT THE LANDSCAPE BELOW. CU- PILOT SPEAKS INTO HIS MIKE TO THE STATION ON HILLTOP BELOW. 00:26:30 - CU- RADIO OPERATOR SPEAKS BACK FROM HIS HILLTOP COMMUNICATION STATION PINPOINTING THE DROP AREA 00:26:45 - MS- THE CARGO IS SHOVED OUT THE BACK OPENING OF PLANE AND THE CHUTES FILL THE SKY. MS- SOUTH KOREANS CARRY THE SUPPLIES ON THEIR BACKS TO THE GIS AT THE DROP ZONE AND STOCK PILED ON GROUND 00:27:40 - AERIAL- GIS BELOW ENJOY A GAME OF PING PONG ON THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN. 00:28:12 - MS- THE AIR DROP CREW,ONE IS BLACK, RETURN TO BASE ON TRUCKS AND REMOVE THEIR PARACHUTES.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1012A