- Title: VM-1035
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:59:10 - PICTORIAL REPORT NO. 7 "OBSOLETE FILM". 3 SUBJECTS: THE ROLE OF THE ARMY CHAPLAIN IN COMBAT; CRIME DETECTION BY THE ARMY IN EUROPE; BOMB DISPOSAL SCHOOLS IN EUROPE & KOREA. 00:59:15 - NARRATOR TELLS THE ROLE OF THE ARMY CHAPLAIN IN COMBAT. LS- (PAN) MOUNTAINS AND HILLS IN KOREA. A GI ACCOMPANIES A CHAPLAIN UP A HILL TO AN ARMY OUTPOST GUARDING THAT HILL. 01:00:30 - MS- THE CHAPLAIN HOLDS AN OUTDOOR SERVICE FOR THE MEN OF THE OUTPOSTIN 2 LANGUAGES. CU- KOREAN GI READS BIBLE. CHAPLAIN THEN HEADS DOWN THE HILL 01:01:42 - LS- THE CHAPLAIN CATCHES UP WITH A TANK UNIT AND HOLDS SERVICES FOR THE MEN. PRIEST 01:02:40 - MONTAGE- THE CHAPLAIN VISITS GIS AT SECLUDED OUTPOSTS MS- A CHAPLAIN SPEAKS OVER HIS PHONE. TO A COMPANY COMMANDER (SPLIT SCREEN). 01:03:36 - MS- GIS KNEEL ON GROUND AT AN OUTDOOR CATHOLIC MASS AND A JEWISH GI LIGHTS A CANDLE NEXT TO A JEWISH STAR AS THE RABBI WATCHES. 01:04:16 - LS- GIS SIT ON GROUND AT A PROTESTANT SERVICE. MS- A BLACK CHAPLAIN HOLDS OUTDOOR SERVICES FOR BLACK GIS WITH THEIR HEADS BOWED. AN ALARM SOUNDS AND SOME OF THE MEN RUN TO THEIR GUN EMPLACEMENT NEARBY. BLACK SOLDIER 01:04:55 - MS- THE SERVICE CONTINUES AS THE ARTILLERY PIECE FIRES ROUNDS AT THE ENEMY. 01:06:21 - MONTAGE- EXHAUSTED GIS SIT, RELAX, THINK AND SMOKE CIGARETTES IN THE RUINS IF A BUILDING (PAN). 01:06:58 - MS- A CHAPLAIN PLACES A PLAQUE IN THE CORNERSTONE AT THE DEDICATION OF A NEW CHAPEL ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE BATTLE AREA IN KOREA. 01:07:20 - LS- A GI PLAYS AN ORGAN OUTDOORS AS A CHAPLAIN HOLDS A SERVICE. MS- PROTESTANT GIS LINE UP FOR COMMUNION. MS- A CATHOLIC PRIEST GIVES THE HOST TO KNEELING GIS. MS- PRIEST HEARS CONFESSION OUTDOORS 01:08:29 - MS- A CHAPLAIN SPEAKS TO A GROUP OF GIS READY TO GO OUT ON PATROL. CU- HE GIVES ONE A CAPSULE OF TEXAS SOIL AND BLESSES THE OTHERS. 01:09:30 - MS- A BLACK CHAPLAIN IS MOBBED BY A BLACK TANK CREWS AS HE GIVES OUT POPULAR MAGAZINES. MS- A CHAPLAIN READS FROM A BIBLE AS HE CROUCHES DOWN TO GIS SITTING IN THE SNOW. 01:10:28 - MS- CHAPLAIN VISITS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN A HOSPITAL TENT AND PRAYS OVER THEM. 01:10:57 - MS- A GI VISITS A CHAPLAIN IN HIS TENT AND SHOWS HIM A 'DEAR JOHN' LETTER RECEIVED FROM HOME. 01:11:46 - CU- ORPHAN KOREAN BOYS POSE FOR CAMERA IN GI HATS SOME POSE SITTING ON GI'S LAPS. MS- AN ORPHAN IN A COWBOY SUIT TWIRLS A TOY GUN. 01:12:28 - MS- A CHAPLAIN RAISES HIS HAND IN PRAYER OVER THE MOUNDS OF DEAD GIS AT A TEMPORARY CEMETERY. 01:12:54 - LS- GIS SIT FOR THANKSGIVING DINNERS FOLLOWING AN OUTDOOR SERVICE. CU- A GI BITES INTO A DRUMSTICK. 01:13:12 - MS- JEWISH GIS SIT AT AN INDOOR PASSOVER DINNER THREE GIS DRINK SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM CUPS, THEN BREAK UNLEVENED BREAD (MATSOS) A RABBI AND A GI READS FROM A PRAYER BOOK 01:13:54 - LS- GIS SITTING ON HILLSIDE LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM WHERE A CROSS IS FORMED BY HUNDREDS OF GIS DURING A SERVICE. A CROSS AND A TORAH IS FLASHED ON THE SCREEN. 01:14:29 - NARRATOR TELLS HOW THE ARMY MAKES USE OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD OF DETECTING CRIMES IN EUROPE. 01:14:35 - MS- THE 27TH MILITARY POLICE CRIME LABORATORY IN FRANKFORT, GERMANY. A MILITARY POLICE CAR PULLS UP TO THE BUILDING WITH A BOX OF EVIDENCE. 01:15:23 - MS- A MURAL WITH A SHERLOCK HOLMES TYPE CARTOON FIGURE AND HIS BLOODHOUND, ADORNS A WALL. 01:15:26 - MS- A PHOTOGRAPHER STICKS HIS HEAD UNDER A BLACK HOOD TO TAKE PICTURES OF FINGERPRINTS ON A BOTTLE FROM THE EVIDENCE BOX. 01:15:39 - CU- THE 'SUSPECT' (ACTED BY GI) IS FINGERPRINTED. THE FINGERPRINTS ARE CARFULLY STUDIED AT A LAB. 01:16:01 - MS- LAB TECHNICIAN FIRES PISTOL FOUND AT SCENE THROUGH A FIRING TUBE WHERE HE RECOVERS BULLET FOR EXAMINATION AND COMPARISON IN A PHOTO LAB 01:16:52 - MS- EXPERTS IN A CHEMICAL LAB GATHER OTHER MINUTE INFORMATION FROM CLOTHING OF VICTIM. CU- TECHNICIAN'S EYE LOOKING THROUGH MAGNIFYING GLASS AT PIECE OF EVIDENCE. 01:17:08 - MS- TECHNICIAN USES A VACUUM CLEANER TO GO OVER A PIECE OF CLOTH. ANOTHER TECHNICIAN USES X-RAY MACHINE TO ANALYSE A PIECE OF EVIDENCE. 01:17:36 - MS- THE 'SUSPECT' IS GIVEN A LIE DETECTOR TEST BY A CRIMINOLOGIST. CU- MACHINE RECORDS THE HEARTBEAT DURING QUESTIONING 01:18:04 - MS- A TECHNICIAN MAKES A TYPEWRITTEN REPORT OF THE ANALYSIS. 01:18:10 - LS- A MILITARY COURT SITS IN JUDGEMENT. 01:18:34 - NARRATOR TELLS OF THE BOMB DISPOSAL SCHOOL WHO TRAIN MEN TO DISPOSE AND REMOVE UNEXPLODED BOMBS LEFT IN WAR TORN COUNTRIES. 01:18:52 - NAVAL EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCE REMOVAL SCHOOL IN INDIANHEAD, MARYLAND. 01:19:09 - MS- A NAVAL INSTRUCTOR SPEAKS TO VOLUNTEER STUDENT FROM THE ARMY AND NAVY INCLUDING A BLACK SERGEANT. 01:19:35 - MS- AN INSTRUCTOR SHOWS STUDENTS A HALF BURIED BOMB WHICH HE EXAMINES WITH EARPHONES AND A HAND HELD INSTRUMENT. HE 'LISTENS' TO THE BOMB WITH THE INSTRUMENT. 01:20:05 - LS- A DERRICK CLEARS RUBBLE IN A BOMBED OUT AREA IN MANHEIM, GERMANY. THE FOREMAN DIRECTING THE DERRICK WAVES HIS HANDS TO STOP THE DERRICK AS IT UNCOVERS AN UNEXPLODED BOMB. HE EXCITEDLY RUNS TO A PHONE TO CALL POLICE. 01:20:58 - CU- AN OFFICER AT THE DISPOSAL UNIT SPEAKS TO THE POLICE AND DISPATCHES AN EXPERT TO THE SITE BY JEEP. 01:21:15 - MS- THE OFFICER ARRIVES AND IS MET BY A POLICEMAN WHO GOES INTO THE EXCAVATION WITH THE EXPERT. 01:21:38 - LS- THE EXPERT EXAMINES THE BOMB. IT IS LIVE. 01:22:00 - LS- A CROWD GATHERS WATCHING TENSELY 01:22:13 - LS- DISPOSAL TEAM BRING THEIR SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO THE SITE AND DISARM THE BOMB AND CARRY IT AWAY TO A DISPOSAL SITE WHERE IT IS EXPLODED. 01:24:22 - MS- AT A BOMB DISPOSAL SCHOOL IN KOREA. STUDENTS EXAMINE ONE OF THE MANY EXPLOSIVES LEFT BEHIND BY THE ENEMY. 01:24:33 - MS- A DISPOSAL TEAM IN THEIR JEEP RIDES UP TO A LITTLE GIRL AND GIVE HER A BAR OF CHOCOLATE, ATTRACTING MORE KIDS WHICH INCLUDE A LITTLE GIRL CARRYING A PAPOOSE WITH A BABY ON HER BACK. 01:24:55 - MS- THE GI HANDS CANDY BARS TO ALL THE KIDS 01:25:00 - MS- THE LITTLE GIRL LEADS THE UNIT TO AN UNEXPLODED DEVICE BURIED IN THE GROUND. 01:25:22 - MS- GI GIVING CANDY TO THE KIDS IS APPROACHED BY A LITTLE BOY WHO QUICKLY AND VIOLENTLY SNATCHES A CANDY BAR FROM THE GI'S HAND.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1035