- Title: VM-1041
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: "COMMENCE FIRING" A REVIEW OF MASRKSMANSHIP IN THE ARMY WITH A VISIT TO THE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY AND TO CAMP PERRY, OHIO, FOR THE WORLD SERIES OF MARKSMANSHIP.
- Description:00:59:10 - NARRATOR TELLS THE IMPORTANCE OF MARKSMANSHIP. 00:59:36 - LS- A REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER RAMS THE BARREL OF A CANNON AS A YOUNG SOLDIER HANDS HIM THE WICK FOR FIRING. (HISTORIAL RECREATIONS) 00:59:42 - CU- COLONIAL MAN WRITES WITH A QUILL IN A LEDGER. AS SEEN FROM BEHIND HIM. MS- HE PICK UP HIS LONG RIFLE. CU- A COLONIAL SOLDIER LOOKS FROM SIDE TO SIDE AS HE STANDS GUARD. 01:00:01 - MS- THE 13 STAR COLONIAL FLAG WAVES IN THE WIND. 01:00:06 - LS- ARMORY BUILDING IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETS ESTABLISHED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON IN 1794 WHERE A BASIC WEAPON WAS CREATED FOR OUR FIGHTING FORCES 01:00:22 - MS- THE ORIGINAL LATHE FOR TURNING GUN STOCKS IN THE ARMORY MUSEUM. ALSO SHOWN IS THE GATTLING GUN AND OTHER ANTIQUES OF WAR. 01:01:11 - LS- SOLDIERS IN PERIOD UNIFORMS PLAY-ACT A BATTLE OF BULL RUN SCENE OF THE CIVIL WAR. 01:01:42 - CU- PAGES BEING TURNED OF A BILL IN 1903 CREATING THE NATIONAL BUREAU FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE WHICH RESULTED FROM THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR SIGNED BY PRESIDENT TEDDY ROOSEVELT 01:01:53 - LS- CIVILIAN GUARDSMEN ENTER ONE OF THE NATIONS MANY ARMORIES BUILT IN THE MAJOR CITIES 01:02:02 - MONTAGE- GERMAN SOLDIERS ON HORSEBACK AND ON FOOT MARCH IN THE STREETS OF GERMANY, ON THEIR WAY TO WAR IN 1914 01:02:18 - LS- HUGE CROWD OF AMERICAN DOUGHBOYS GATHER TO BOARD RAILROAD BOX CARS FOR TRIP TO EUROPE. 01:02:29 - MS- AMERICAN DOUGHBOY TAKES AIM AND FIRES FROM BEHIND BARRRICADE IN WWI AS DOES A MACHINE CREW. 01:02:52 - MS- WWI MORTAR CREW FIRE FROM A FOX-HOLE. MS- WWI ARTILLERY CREW FIRE A CANNONLS- A WWI OBSERVATION BALLOON RISES TO THE SKY. 01:03:20 - MS- A DUCK HUNTER BLOWS ON A DUCK LURE AS HE HOLDS HIS RIFLE. MS- 2 HUNTERS RISE FROM THE BRUSH, TAKE AIM AND FIRE, DUCKS FALL INTO THE WATER 01:03:37 - CU- HUNTER AIMS AND FIRES. LS- DUCK IS HIT FALLS FROM THE SKY. LS- HUNTERS WALK AWAY WITH THEIR 'CATCH'. 01:03:55 - MONTAGE- AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON MANEUVERS IN 1936 USING THE 'NEW' GARAND M-1 RIFLE AND OLD WWI HELMET 01:04:07 - MS- SOLDIER LIES ON GROUND AND FIRES HIS RIFLE. 01:04:15 - LS- SPRINGFIELD ARMORY SMALL ARMS CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01:04:22 - JOHN GARAND, INVENTOR OF THE NEW RIFLE, EXPLAINS THE EVOLUTION OF THE RIFLE. MS- GARAND SHOWS RIFLES DEVELOPED BY THE ARMORY DATING BACK TO 1795 TO THE PRESENT M-1. 01:07:38 - MS- A STEEL WORKER AT THE ARMS PLANT PULLS OUT A MOLTEN STEEL OBJECT WHICH IS POUNDED BY A DROP FORGE MACHINE AND FLATTENED AS HE GUIDES IT. 01:08:08 - MS- BORING MACHINE DRILLS OUT A BARREL. MONTAGE- MEN WORKING AT VARIOUS MACHINERY PRODUCING THE RIFLE INCLUDING A 'BARREL STRAIGHTENER', A STRANGE LOOKING MACHINE . 01:09:52 - MS- A WOOD LATHE SHAPES THE STOCK. LS- MEN ASSEMBLE THE RIFLE AT A LONG WORK BENCH. MS- THE GUN IS LINED UP IN A VICE AND TEST FIRED INTO A FIRING BOX. MS- RACKS OF COMPLETED GUNS ARE ROLLED OUT BY THE WORKERS. 01:11:38 - MONTAGE- PEOPLE RUNNING THROUGH STREETS AS NAZIS BOMB THE CITIES OF EUROPE. MONTAGE- THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR BY JAPANESE AND OTHER WWII BATTLE SCENES 01:14:03 - MS- MEN SKEET SHOOTING WITH THEIR RIFLES. CU- TARGETS BURSTING IN AIR 01:14:29 - MS- A GI INSTRUCTOR IN THE FIELD EXPLAINS THE M-1 AND (CU) WEIGHS IT ON A SCALE.HE SHOWS HOW TO AIM IT AND LOAD IT. MS- HE LIES PRONE ON THE GROUND AND FIRES IT REPEATEDLY AT TARGET. 01:16:33 - LS- A CAN OF GASOLINE PLACED ON A POLE EXPLODES WHEN HIT BY BULLET FROM M-1 01:17:43 - LS- NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS RIDING BICYCLES AND HORSES. MS- A NORTH KOREAN MORTAR CREW GOES INTO ACTION. MONTAGE- KOREAN WAR BATTLE SCENES. (LOGGED) 01:17:53 - CU- A GI USES A SNIPER SCOPE, CAPABLE OF 'SEEING' IN THE DARK, ON HIS RIFLE AS HE AIMS. MS- HOW THE ENEMY LOOKS OVER THE DEVICE. 01:19:18 - LS- CAMP PARRY, OHIO, THE SITE OF THE WORLD SERIES OF MARKSMANSHIP. MS- A TABLE FULL OF TROPHYS TO BE AWARDED AT THE 'NATIONAL MATCHES', SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION AND NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE. 01:19:58 - MS- CIVILIAN ENTRANTS SIT AROUND WAITING FOR THE MATCHES TO START.AS DO MILITARY MEN. 01:20:43 - LS- CIVILIANS LINE UP AND FIRE PISTOLS AT TARGETS LS- CIVILIANS LAY PRONE ON GROUND AND FIRE AT TARGETS. MS- ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF MATTHEW RIDGEWAY IS THERE TO AWARD TROPHYS. 01:21:32 - MS- KIDS OF A JUNIOR RIFLE CLUB SITS ON GROUND AND LISTEN TO INSTRUCTORS OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. 01:22:11 - MS- THE KIDS LIE PRONE ON GROUND AND FIRE AT TARGETS. MS- A GIRL PEERS THROUGH A TELESCOPE THEN SETS UP TO FIRE HER RIFLE. MS- ALL THE KIDS WALK TO THEIR TARGETS TO CHECK THE RESULTS. 01:23:36 - MS- A KID SITTING ON THE GROUND AT THE RANGE IS SHOWN HOW TO LOAD BY AN INSTRUCTOR. MS- A YOUNG PRETEEN KID AIMS, FIRES AND CHECKS THE TARGET WITH HIS BINOCULARS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1900
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: VM-1041