- Title: VM-1040A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: "FIFTEEN FORTY-FIVE HOURS" / "OBSOLETE" FILM. THE HANDS OF THE CLOCK ARE STOPPED AT 1545 HOURS AND IN SWIFTLY MOVING SEQUENCES, THE AUDIENCE SEES THE TRUTH IN THE AXIOM THAT THE "SUN NEVER SETS ON THE U.S. SOLDIER".
- Description:00:02:16 - NARATOR SHOWS CLOCK WHICH SHOWS 3:45 PM OR 1545 HOURS MILITARY TIME. HE THEN TELL WHAT GIS THROUGHT THE WORLD ARE DOING AT THIS PRECISE HOUR 00:02:51 - LS- GIS JUMP OUT OF THEIR BEDS, PUT ON PANTS AND RUN OUT OF THEIR BARRACKS IN LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK AS A PACTICE WARNING ALERT IS SOUNDED 00:03:43 - AT 1545 HOURS MEN OF THE SIGNAL CORP MAN THEIR CONTROL ROOMS AT MANMOUTH NEW JERSEY. LS- PAN OF TALL COMMUNICATION TOWER. 00:04:19 - AT THE SAME TIME IN THE ARMY COMMUNICATION CENTER IN THE PENTAGON GIS MAN COMPLICATED COMMUNICATION MACHINES (PAN). 00:04:41 - MS- 1545 HOURS AT FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA, HOME OF THE CORP OF ENGINEERS RECRUITS ARE TRAINED IN MINE DETECTION AND OTHER ENGINEERING TASKS 00:06:20 - MS- 1ST ARMY BAND PRACTICES IN A CLASSROOM FOR CONCERT AT FORT JAY, NEW YORK. 00:06:54 - CU- RANGERS IN TRAINING, RUN TOWARD AND OVER THE CAMERA. TRAINING IN JUDO AND HAND TO HAND FIGHTING CU- GIS HANDLE SNAKES IN THEIR JUNGLE TRAINING. 00:07:28 - MONTAGE- TRAINING IN PARACHUTE, MOUNTAIN CLIMBING (LOGGED) 00:07:55 - MS- A GI HOLDS ONTO A ROPE HIGH ABOVE A STREAM AND LETS GO FALLING STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE WATER. 00:08:45 - CU- A GI GETS ALL HIS HAIRR CUT OFF BY A BARBER. 00:10:06 - MS- A TANK ROLLS OVER A WOUNDED GI, WHO LIES FLAT ON HIS BACK, AND IS PICKED UP THROUGH A TRAP DOOR IN THE CENTER OF THE TANK. 00:10:50 - CU- A GI OF THE ARMY TRANSPORTATION CORP USES A HAND HELD CONTROL TO WORK A WINCH AS IT PICKS UP AN ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE OFF A SHIP 00:11:30 - MONTAGE- GIS LEARN HOW TO LOAD AND UNLOAD CRATES AND OTHER CARGO OFF AND ON SHIPS. LS- GI USES A HIGH-LOW TO LOAD CRATES ONTO A FREIGHT CAR. 00:13:40 - MONTAGE- AT FORT MCCLELLAN WOMAN OF THE ARMY LEARN VARIOUS TASKS (LOGGED) 00:14:00 - MS- WOMEN GIS (WACS) CAMOUFLAGE THEIR TENTS WITH FOLIAGE AND CLEAN THEIR MESS KITS ON THE FIELD. MS- WAC USES THE BOTTOM OF HER MESS KIT AS A MIRROR TO PUT ON HER LIPSTICK 00:14:19 - LS- SQUAD OF WACS DO OUTDOOR CALISTHENICS AND LEARN SELF DEFENSE. MS- WACS MARCH IN THE ALASKAN SNOW TO TEST CLOTHING AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. 00:18:25 - LS- AS AN ORGAN PLAYS A GI IS BAPTISED BY BEING DUNKED IN THE WATER OF A STREAM BY THE CHAPLAIN (OKINAWA) 00:19:55 - MONTAGE- MARILYN MONROE SINGS AND DOES A SEXY DANCE FOR THE GIS IN KOREA. 00:20:11 - MONTAGE- GIS PLAY FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL GAMES AT JAPANESE STADIUMS TO GI AND JAPANESE AUDIENCES 00:21:17 - MS- MEMBERS OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM PUT ON PARACHUTES OVER THEIR FOOTBALL UNIFORMS AND HELMETS BECAUSE THE TRAINING TAKES PRIORITY. 00:22:10 - MS- PARATROOPS WITH THEIR FOOTBALL UNIFORMS ON, JUMP FROM PLANE. 00:22:35 - LS- MOUNT FUGIYAMA IN THE DISTANCE. MONTAGE- JAPANESE SHINTO AND BUDDHIST TEMPLES. CU- A STATUE OF BUDDHA LOOKS DOWN AT A GI WHO LOOKS UP. 00:23:32 - MS- GERMAN POLICE AND AMERICAN MP'S LEARN THE TECHNIQUES OF RIOT CONTROL (LOGGED) 00:26:07 - MS- 2 GIS BICYCLE WITH A FRENCH GIRL IN PARIS. 00:26:17 - LS- THE EIFFEL TOWER FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. 00:26:30 - MS- A FRENCH GIRL SPEEDS ON HER BIKE CAUSING HER SKIRT TO BLOW IN THE WIND.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1040A