- Title: VM-1045A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:31:55 - PICTORIAL REPORT NO. 10 BERLIN MP PATROL, 100 MILES DEEP IN THE SOVIET ZONE IN GERMANY; THE RHINE ENGINEER DEPOT AT KAISERSLAUTERN, GERMANY; AND ARMY LIGHT AVIATION IN KOREA. 00:32:00 - NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT THE BERLIN MILITARY PATROLS IN ACTION. HE ALSO TELLS OF THE U.S. ARMY'S RHINE ENGINEER DEPOT IN GERMANY AND THE ROLE OF THE LIGHTPLANE IN KOREA. 00:32:30 - LS- 2 MILITARY POLICE JEEPS RIDE THRUGH WAR SCARRED WEST BERLIN STREETS. MP'S ALSO PATROL THE LAKES IN THEIR PATROL BOATS. MILITARY POLICE 00:33:03 - MS- MP'S LINE UP FOR A RIGID INSPECTION IN EARLY MORNING. THEIR PISTOLS ARE INSPECTED AS WELL AS THEIR JEEPS. 00:34:50 - LS- MPS STAND GUARD OUTSIDE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING CHECKING CREDENTIALS OF THOSE ENTERING. 00:35:10 - LS- MP ACTS AS SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS AND DIRECTS TRAFFIC WHERE AMERICAN SCHOOL CHILDREN CROSS 00:35:34 - MS- GERMAN POLICE AND MPS WORK TOGETHER AT BORDER CROSSINGS. MS- AT REQUEST OF THE MP, A POLICEMAN STOPS A VOLKSWAGEN FOR INSPECTION. 00:36:45 - MS- A SIGN IN 3 LANGUAGES, 'YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR'. MS- MPS INSPECT AND LOG AN AMERICAN IN A BUICK DRIVING THROUGH SOVIET ZONE 00:39:06 - LS- AN MP PATROL BOAT SLOWLY RIDES ALONG LAKE. 00:39:33 - LS- MOUNTED MPS' PRACTICE RIOT CONTROL IN A FIELD WITH THEIR HORSES. THEY ALSO SERVE AS HONOR GUARDS 00:41:21 - THE U.S. ARMY'S RHINE ENGINEERING DEPOT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF KAUSERSLASSEN,GERMANY. LS- THE HUGE MAINTENANCE SHOP OF THE DEPOT. MS- A TRUCK ENTERS THE 820 ACRE DEPOT. 00:41:52 - LS- WORKERS UNLOAD A RAILROAD CAR AT THE DEPOT'S PLATFORM USING ELECTRIC HAND TRUCKS AND FORKLIFTS. LS- THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES ARE LINED UP OUTDOORS AT THE DEPOT. MS- A GI INSPECTS THEM. 00:43:19 - MS- GIS WORK REPAIRING A TRACTOR IN THE TRACTOR SHOP. OTHERS WORK IN THE GENERATOR SHOP. MS- GIS WORK AT LATHES, DRILL PRESSES AND MILLING MACHINES MAKING PARTS FOR A REBUILDING JOB. 00:44:24 - CU- GAUGE CHECKS HORSEPOWER ON A REBUILT ENGINE. CU- GI WORKS ON TINY PARTS AT THE INSTRUMENT SHOP MONTAGE- CIVILIANS WORK ALONGSIDE THE GIS. 00:45:14 - CU- A POUNDING MACHINE FLATTENS A RED HOT ROUND BAR HELD IN PLACE BY CIVILIAN WORKER. A GI AND A CIVILIAN TAKE TURNS POUNDING THE BAR WITH SLEDGE HAMMER BENDING IT AROUND AN ANVIL. 00:45:49 - LS- A CARAVAN OF LARGE TRUCKS LEAVE THE DEPOT WITH SUPPLIES FOR THE 7TH ARMY BASES IN EUROPE. 00:46:11 - MS- A BLACK GI SLIDES ALONG ON A LADDER ATTACHED TO LONG SHELVES FILLED WITH PARTS IN BINS. MS- HE PULLS OUT A CARBURETOR, TAGS IT AND PLACES IT ON A CART CRAMMED WITH OTHER TAGGED PARTS. 00:46:48 - MS- A GIRL WORKS ON A MACHINE WHICH KEEPS CLOSE WATCH ON THE INVENTORY AS IT GOES IN AND OUT OF THE DEPOT 00:48:00 - THE ARMY LIGHT PLANE IN KOREA - LS- GIS ON LADDERS POLISH THE WINGS OF AN ARMY L-20 LIGHTPLANE IN ITS HANGAR. 00:48:53 - MS- A PILOT AND CO-PILOT GET INTO THE LIGHTPLANE AND STRAP ON THEIR SAFETY BELTS. MS- TOWER MAN GIVES THEM THE O.K. TO TAKE-OFF. MONTAGE THE L-20 FLYS OVER THE KOREAN LANDSCAPE. 00:50:42 - MS- MECHANICS WORK ON THE L-20s ENGINE 00:52:01 - MS- GIS SORT MAIL AT AN ARMY POST OFFICE PLACE IT IN SACKS, LOADED INTO A JEEP AND DRIVEN OUT TO A L-20 FOR DELIVERY TO THE OUTPOSTS. 00:56:00 - LS- PHOTOS OF ENEMY POSITIONS ARE TAKEN FROM ABOVE IN THE LIGHTPLANE (LOGGED PREVIOUSLY) 00:56:22 - MILITARY DARK ROOM. AERIAL COMBAT PHOTOGRAPHS. AERIAL PHOTO EXPERTS 00:56:48 - MILITARY SOLDIERS VIEWING MILITARY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS. 00:57:44 - MILITARY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1045A