- Title: VM-1013B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: U.S. ARMY INFANTRYMEN.
- Description:00:29:33 - INTRODUCTION. SERGEANT AT DESK. NARRATOR TELLS OF THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION "OLD HICKORY", NATIONAL GUARD DIVISION OF WWI AND WWII. ALSO SHOWN WILL BE THE COMBAT WEAPONS AND THE COMBAT RATIONS A GI CARRIES TO BATTLE. 00:30:46 - THE 30TH DIVISION - LS- 2 FARMERS HOLD PLOWS AS 2 WORKHORSES PULL A SYMBOL OF THE 'WORKHORSE' DIVISION AS THE 30TH IS ALSO KNOWN. 00:31:09 - CU- THE ARM PATCH OF THE 30TH DIVISION. 00:31:17 - MS- DOUGHBOYS PATROL THROUGH A THICK FORREST IN WWI. LS- WWI ARTILLERY CREW FIRE THEIR CANNON. LS- THE 'BIG BERTHA' CANNON BEING FIRED. 00:31:36 - AERIAL- DOUGHBOYS GO 'OVER THE TOP' FROM THEIR TRENCHES AS BOMBS EXPLODE AROUND THEM. 00:32:07 - MS- A SHIRTLESS RECRUIT IS INTERVIEWED BY AN ARMY RECRUITER FOR WWII. 00:32:12 - MS- MAJOR GENERAL LELAND COBBS, COMMANDER OF THE 30TH DIVISION, TALKS TO HIS TROOPS. 00:32:31 - MONTAGE- WEARING PRE-WWII HELMETS THE 30TH TRAINS IN THE FIELD. MS- A GI THROWS A HAND GRENADE AND DUCKS AS IT EXPLODES ON GROUND. 00:32:46 - LS- THE 30TH MARCH TO A TROOP SHIP AND BOARD ON THEIR WAY TO EUROPE IN WWII. 00:33:39 - MONTAGE- THE 30TH HITS THE NORMANDY BEACHHEAD ON D-DAY PLUS 3. 00:34:00 - MS- ENGINEERS REMOVE EXPLOSIVES PLANTED BY THE GERMANS ON A SMALL BRIDGE AND USE MINE DETECTORS TO SCAN THE ROAD. 00:34:16 - MONTAGE- GIS FIGHT THROUGH THE INFAMOUS HEDGEGROVES IN FRANCE AND THEN ON TO SAINT LO. 00:34:50 - MS- GIS CRAWL OVER AND THROUGH HEDGEGROVES AS THE BATTLE THE GERMANS YARD BY YARD. 00:35:14 - THE 30TH DIVISION MARCHES INTO SAINTLO. MS- FRENCH WOMEN RUN TO TOUCH THE GIS ENTERING IN TRUCKS. KISSES AND HUGS FOLLOW. 00:36:10 - MS- GERMAN TANKS LINE UP AS THEY ARE INSPECTED BY A TANK COMMANDER RIDING BY IN HIS TANK. CU- A GERMAN GENERAL PLOTS ON HIS MAP FROM HIS CAR. 00:36:57 - CU- A GI- HAS HIS JAW BANDAGED BY MEDICS. MONTAGE- ARTILLERY GUNS FIRING REPEATEDLY FROM UNDER NETTED CAMOUFLAGE. 00:37:57 - MS- A STONE MEMORIAL TO 1800 30TH DIVISION AT MORTAIN, FRANCE. 00:38:22 - MONTAGE- TRUCKS OF THE 30TH DIVISION RIDE THROUGH TOWN AFTER TOWN IN FRANCE. CHILDREN HOLDING FLORAL BOQUETS WATCH ALONG THE ROADS AND CROWDS GATHER IN THE TOWNS. MONTAGE- WAVING CROWDS 00 38 51 AERIAL VIEW OF THE SEGFREID LINE. MS- TANKS OF THE 30TH DIVISION CROSS THE SEGFREID CONCRETE BARRICADES INTO GERMANY. 00:39:00 - MS- A GI FIRES A BAZOOKA INTO A GERMAN PILLBOX. THEN ENTERING IT. 00:40:25 - MONTAGE- PATROLS WALK THROUGH THE RUBBLE STREWN STREETS OF ARKEN WHERE THEY BATTLED HOUSE TO HOUSE. 00:40:36 - MS- GROUP OF GIS COMB THEIR HAIR SHAVE THEIR FACES AND PLAY PING PONG AND DARTS AS THEY FINALLY GET A REST. 00:40:45 - CU- A HELMETED GI BLOWS THE FOAM OFF A MUG OF BEER TOWARDS THE CAMERA AND DRINKS. MONTAGE- BACK INTO THE TRUCKS AND AN ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT. 00:41:23 - MS- GROUP OF GIS GATHER AROUND A PORTABLE RADIO LYING ON A JEP HOOD AND LISTEN TO 'AXIS SALLY' A GERMAN PROPAGANDA BROADCASTER. 00:41:40 - CU- GERMAN GENERAL VON RUNDSTED SPEAKS TO AN AIDE AND EXAMINES A MAP AT THE FRONT. MONTAGE- GERMAN SOLDIERS RIDE ON TANKS, MS- GERMAN PILOT AND CO-PILOT MAKE COUNTING GESTURES WITH THEIR FINGERS BEFORE DROPPING BOMBS AS THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE STARTS . 00:42:28 - MONTAGE- INFANTRYMEN MOVE THROUGH SNOW BOUND WOODED AREAS AND ROADS AS GERMAN PANZER UNITS MOVE UP. MS- GERMAN SOLDIERS CROUCH AS THEY RUN FORWARD. 00:43:33 - LS- A CHAPLAIN READS A BIBLE AS HE BENDS OVER THE BODIES OF GIS WHO WERE KILLED AFTER BEING CAPTURED AT MALMADIE. THEIR HANDS WERE BOUND BEHIND THEIR BACKS. 00:44:11 - MS- GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY AND OTHER TOP GENERALS MEET IN A SNOW COVERED WOODED AREA. 00:44:39 - MONTAGE- ENDLESS LINES OF GERMAN POWS MARCH WITH THEIR HANDS UP. 00:44:52 - MS- GIS LOITER AROUND IN THE WOODS AROUND SMALL FIRES TO CHAT AND KEEP WARM. 00:45:09 - MONTAGE- ARTILLERY CREWS CONTINUOUSLY FEED SHELLS TO THE CANNONS AS THE BIGGEST BARRAGE AT THE WESTERN FRONT IN WWII BEGINS. 00:45:38 - MS- GENERAL SIMPSON, COMMANDER OF THE 30TH, PLOTS ON A WALL MAP. 00:46:09 - LS- A LONG PONTOON BRIDGE IS BUILT ACROSS THE RHINE RIVER WHICH THE GERMANS VOWED WILL NEVER BE CROSSED. TANKS SLOWLY ROLL ACROSS. 00:46:37 - LS- A GI RUNS ACROSS A CITY STRET AS OTHERS COVER HIM. 00:46:41 - MONTAGE- 30TH INFANTRY MEET UP WITH RUSSIAN SOLDIERS, THEY HUG AND KISS 00:46:55 - MS- GIS STAND AT ATTENTION AS THEY RECEIVE MEDALS AT THE FRONT. 00:47:16 - MS- 2 GIS READ A NEWSPAPER WITH HEADLINES: "GERMANY SURRENDERS".
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1013B