- Title: VM-1036A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:01:45 - "TV IN THE ARMY" THE ARMY SHOWS HOW IT USES TELEVISION & ITS PROGRAM TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE ALL AVENUES OPENED TO IT BY MILITARY TELEVISION. COMMUNICATION. 00:01:48 - NARRATOR TELLS OF THE USE OF TELEVISION AS A TOOL OF WAR AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TV BY THE SIGNAL CORP. 00:02:17 - CU- INSIDE GUTS OF A TELEVISION CAMERA WITH IT'S VACUUM TUBES. MS- A GI WORKS A LARGE TV CAMERA ON A IT'S TRIPOD. 00:02:33 - CU- DECEMBER 7, 1941 HEADLINES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICAL: EXTRA! "WAR", AFTER THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR. 00:02:35 - LS- FAMOUS FILM OF THE USS ARIZONA BURNING AND SINKING. MS- A RADIO ANNOUNCER STANDS BEFORE VINTAGE MIC AND BROADCASTS THE NEWS. 00:02:43 - MS- FAMILY SITTING IN THEIR LIVING ROOM LISTENING TO THE NEWS ON A RADIO. 00:02:56 - MS- MILITARY VIP'S SIT AT A TABLE AND DISCUSS TV FOR MILITYARY USE DURING WWII. 00:03:07 - MONTAGE- SCIENTISTS AT THE U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORP LABORATORY DO RESEARCH WORK ON TV CONTROL PANELS ARMY USE. 00:03:22 - MS- A MOBILE SELF POWERED AND SELF CONTAINED TV SYSTEM WHICH LOOKS LIKE A BUS, STOPS. GIS GET OUT AND SET UP A TALL ANTENNA ALONG SIDE THE UNIT. 00:03:56 - MS- A GI CAMERAMAN SETS UP A TV CAMERA ON A TRIPOD ATOP THE BUS AND TAKES SHOTS OF ARMY UNITS IN FIELD TRAINING. CU- TV PICTURE OF WHAT THE CAMERA SEES. 00:04:46 - MS- GIS SIT AT CONTROL PANELS INSIDE THE UNIT 00:04:57 - MS- (PAN) SIGNAL CORP PICTORIAL CENTER BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY. 00:05:05 - MS- "ON THE AIR", SIGN LIGHTS UP OUTSIDE THE STUDIO. CAMERAMEN WORK IN A DARKENED ROOM. SKILLED TECHNICIANS WORK INSIDE THE CONTROL ROOM. 00:06:18 - MS- CAMERAMAN AND REPORTER WAIT AT A SITE FOR WORD FROM THE CONTROL ROOM TO BEGIN. CU- A SPINNING RADAR ANTENNA IS THE OPENING PICTURE. CU- CLOSE LOOK AT LENSES ON A CAMERA IN ACTION 00:06:45 - CU- DIRECTOR HOLDS A TIME CLOCK WHICH COUNTS OFF THE LAST 10 SECONDS. THE DIRECTOR POINTS TO THE ANNOUNCER TO BEGIN AND HE DOES. 00:07:31 - MONTAGE- CAMERMAN SHOOTS A RECOILLESS RIFLE, A FULLY EQUIPPED AMBULANCE, A MINIATURE WRIST RADIO ON GI'S WRIST AND A RADAR CONTROLLED 'SKYSWEEPER' 00:08:02 - CU- A TV RECORDING MACHINE. 00:08:13 - CU- A GI USES EARPHONES TO LISTEN TO HIS WRIST RADIO. 00:08:42 - MS- AN ARMY AMBULANCE WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT IT CARRIES. 00:09:23 - MS- A SQUAD OF GIS WAIT FOR THE CUE TO MARCH AS THE CAMERA GETS INTO PLACE. MS- A CAMERMAN TAKING PICTURES OF A 'SKYSWEEPER' ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN. 00:09:53 - CU- MARCHING FEET IS SUPERIMPOSED WITH A GI AT ATTENTION 00:10:20 - MS- 'BIG PICTURE' BUS RIDES INTO CAMP GORDON, GEORGIA. MS- A CLASSROOM FULL OF GIS SIT AT DESKS IN FRONT OF A TV AND TAKE NOTES. 00:11:06 - LS- (PAN FROM TOP DOWN) TV ANTENNA ATOP SOUTHEASTERN SIGNAL SCHOOLS TV BRANCH BUILDING MS- CAMERMEN TELEVISE AN INSTRUCTOR MAKING ADJUSTMENTS ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. ONE OF THE CAMERAS ZOOMS IN, 00:11:50 - MS- THE PICTURE IS TRANSMITTED TO THE CLASSROOM RECEIVERS THROUGHOUT CAMP GORDON. LS- MICROWAVE TRANSMITTER HIGH ABOVE STUDIO ROOF. 00:12:06 - AERIAL- ROOFLESS CUBICLES WITH STUDENTS WATCHING TV INSTRUCTION IN EACH ONE. 00:12:19 - LS- GI STUDENTS SIT IN A LARGE AUDITORIUM AND LEARN FROM NON-TV AIDES, AN INSTRUCTOR. 00:12:50 - MONTAGE- STUDENTS LEARN FROM TV AND FROM INSTRUCTORS. 00:13:09 - MS- ARMY PSYCHOLOGISTS COMPARE NOTES INDICATING THE TV CLASSES WERE MORE PRODUCTIVE IN CERTAIN INSTRUCTION. MS- AN INSTRUCTOR ON TV TAKES APART A WEAPON ANOTHER DEMONSTRATES THE PHONETIC ALPHABETS ON A TV SCREEN. 00:15:21 - CU- SMALL COMPACT TV CAMERA FOR USE IN TEACHING IS SHOWN. GI OPENS IT TO SHOW ITS GUTS AND SMALL ADJUSTMENT WHEEL. PAN TO OCCILATORS. 00:16:20 - MS- GI PSYCHOLOGISTS CHECK STACKS OF DOCUMENTS ON PIGEON HOLED SHELVES COVERING A WALL ALL DEALING WITH A STUDY OF TV TRAINING 00:17:02 - CU- INSTRUCTORS ON TV SHOW THE FUNCTION AND USE A LIGHT MACHINE-GUN AND THE USE OF CONTOUR LINES IN MAP READING. 00:18:05 - MS- A TECHNICIAN AT THE ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND SHOWS HOW TO DRILL THROUGH A DUD SHELL TO REMOVE THE FUSE. 00:18:48 - MS- THE TECHNICIAN LEAVES THE SHOP AND WITH THE USE OF A TV CAMERA, HE DRILLS THE FUSE BY REMOTE CONTROL, OUTSIDE THE SHOP. 00:20:10 - CU- IN ANOTHER BAY A TV CAMERA TAKES A CLOSE VIEW OF A FUSE BEING REMOVED FROM SHELL BY REMOTE CONTROL AND A SHELL BEING SAWED APART. 00:20:26 - CU- A THICK PROTECTIVE SHELL IS WRAPPED AREOND THE CAMERA TO PROTECT IT IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG. 00:20:52 - CU- A GI ON 'BATTLEFIELD' IN NORTH CAROLINA CRAWLS TOWARDS THE CAMERA AS TROOPS SIMULATE THE INVASION OF THE U.S. 00:21:11 - 0 PARATROOPS BOARD TRANSPORT PLANES TO MEET THE 'ENEMY'. MS- THE 280MM ATOMIC CANNON IS READIED, THE 'CORPORAL' AND THE 'HONEST JOHN' MISSILES ARE READY FOR FIRING. MS- ALSO READY FOR ACTION IS THE SIGNAL CORPS MOBILE TV UNIT. 00:22:49 - MS- CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY IS BRIEFED BY MANEUVER DIRECTOR LT. GENERAL BOWLING AS PARATROOPS FALL FROM THE SKY. 00:23:13 - MS- SEVERAL MILES AWAY OBSERVERS ARE GETTING A FIRST CLASS VIEW OF THE MANEUVERS ON A TV SCREEN 00:23:35 - MS- A TV CAMERA IN THE FOREGROUND TAKES PICTURES OF PARATROOPS DESCENDING IN THE DISTANCE. MS- HIGH RANKING OBSERVERS WATCH TV FROM THE WAR ROOM. 00:24:02 - MS- A GI STICKS HIS HEAD OUT OF A CAUMOFLAGED TENT AND CALLS ON HIS PHONE FOR RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHT OVER THE BATTLE ZONE. LS- A LIGHTPLANE FLYS OVER AND TELEVISES THE ENEMY AREA. 00:25:32 - CU- A COMBAT TV CAMERMAN TAKES GROUND VIEW SHOTS OF THE ACTION OF THE INFANTRYMAN. MS- A GI ATOP THE MOBILE UNIT POINTS AN ANTENNA TOWARDS THE COMBAT CAMERMAN'S SITE. 00:28:03 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1036A