- Title: VM-1048
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:02:00 - "NATO MANEUVERS (1954)" "OBSOLETE FILMS". EXERCISES: "MEDFLEX ABLE", "KEYSTONE", & "INDIAN SUMMER" ARE COVERED FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA NEAR GIBRALTAR, TO NORTHERN GREECE, & THE U.S. ZONE OF GERMANY 00:02:20 - NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF NATO, NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION AND THE HUGE MILITARY MANEUVERS HELD IN ALL PARTS OF EUROPE IN 1954. NARRATOR ALSO TELLS THE STORY OF THE ARMY TANK. FOLLOWED BY STORY OF CHINESE ISLAND OF FORMOSA. 00:03:09 - MS- HUNDREDS OF MILITARY MEN IN NATO COUNTRIES UNIFORMS WALK INTO THE ENTRANCE OF NATO HEADQUARTERS FOR MEETINGS 00:03:40 - MS- BRITISH FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY CHATS WITH MILITARY MEN OF OTHER COUNTRIES. 00:03:46 - MONTAGE- SOLDIERS FROM MANY COUNTRIES AND UNIFORMS STAND AT ATTENTION. 00:03:47 - MS- THE FLAGS OF ALL NATO COUNTRIES FLY TOGETHER 00:03:56 - NATO MANEUVERS OF 1954 - A PICTORIAL REPORT. 00:04:07 - EXERCISE "MEDFLEX ABLE" MARCH 28 TO APRIL 1, 1954 WITH THE ALLIED FORCES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. 00:04:09 - LS-ISLAND OF GIBRALTAR NEAR WHICH THE EXERCISE WAS HELD. 00:04:28 - MS- ADMIRAL LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF ALLIED FORCES, MEDITERRANEAN, MEETS WITH MILITARY COMMANDERS OF THE EXERCISE ON HIS FLAGSHIP. 00:04:34 - MONTAGE- NATO WARSHIPS SET OUT FOR THE MANEUVER AREA OF THE MEDITERRANEAN 00:04:59 - MS- ELEVATOR DELIVERS A JET TO THE DECK OF AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. MS- PILOT SETS HIS WRIST WATCH AFTER BRIEFING. 00:05:50 - MS- A PILOT GIVES A 'THUMBS UP' BEFORE HE TAKES OFF IN HIS JET. LS- A HELICOPTER HOVERS NEARBY IN CASE OF ACCIDENT. 00:06:17 - MS- A VIEW OF PLANE LEAVING THE CARRIER AS SEEN BY PILOT LOOKING BACK 00:06:34 - AERIAL- THE CAPTAIN AND HIS OFFICERS ARE SEEN LOOKING OUT FROM THE TOP DECK OF A WARSHIP. 00:07:26 - LS- PLANES LANDING ON A CARRIER DECK AND THE DECK CREWMAN GUIDING THEM IN WITH FLAGS. MS- FIREFIGHTERS IN FIREPROOF OUTFITS STAND BY FOR ACCIDENTS. 00:07:57 - LS- PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY BELLY LANDING ON DECK. DECK CREWS RESPOND FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. PLANE IS HAULED OFF BY A MOVING CRANE TO CLEAR THE DECK FOR OTHER PLANES 00:08:30 - EXERCISE "MEDFLEX BAKER" MARCH 15-24, 1954. ALLIED FORCES, MEDITERRANEAN. AN OPERATION SPANNING THE MEDITERRANEAN TO NORTH AFRICA. 00:08:39 - LS- ISLE OF MALTA G.C. WHERE EXERCISE BEGAN. LS- SHIPS OF 6 NATIONS GATHER IN MALTA'S BAY 00:08:45 - LS- NATO HEADQUARTERS BUILDING ON MALTA. 00:09:08 - MS- GROUP OF MALTESE PEOPLE WAVE TO WARSHIP CRUISING IN HARBOR. 00:09:26 - LS-BRITISH BOMBERS OF THE RAF AT EL ADEM, AIRBASE IN NORTH AFRICA. 00:09:33 - LS- ROYAL MARINES LAND ON THE BEACH IN MALTA DURING MANEUVERS. LS- SOLDIERS MOVING INLAND AFTER ESTABLISHING A BEACHHEAD. 00:10:11 - MS- ADMIRAL MOUNTBATTEN TAKES REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 6 ALLIED NATIONS FOR AN INSPECTION TOUR OF THE MANEUVERS. 00:10:44 - MS- LORD MOUNTBATTEN SITS WITH MEMBERS AT A COMBAT SCHOOL WHERE COMBAT PROBLEMS ARE PRESENTED TO NAVAL OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 00:10:54 - MS- MOUNTBATTEN SHOWS THE MEMBERS A SHIP TO SHIP PERSONNEL TRANSFER FROM THE BRITISH SHIP 'SURPRISE'. MS - A NAVAL OFFICER IS TRANSPORTED TO ANOTHER SHIP VIA A BUCKET ATTACHED TO A CABLE SPANNING BOTH SHIPS. 00:11:08 - MS- A HELICOPTER LIFTS A MAN ONTO THE SHIP IN A MORE UP TO DATE TRANSFER. THE CIVILIAN OBSERVERS WATCH IN AWE. 00:12:15 - MONTAGE- THE CIVILIANS WATCH A VARIETY OF WARSHIPS AND PT BOATS PASS IN PROCESSION. 00:12:34 - EXERCISE "KEYSTONE" SEPTEMBER 1-5, 1954. CONLAND SOUTHEAST, ALLIED FORCES SOUTHERN EUROPE 00:12:44 - LS- ALLIED HEADQUATERS IN IZMIR, TURKEY WHERE THE EXERCISE BEGAN. 00:13:06 - MS- A TURKISH OFFICER EXPLAINS THE EXERCISE ON A MAP AT AN OUTDOOR MEETING, TO AMERICAN GENERAL PAUL KINDALL AND ADMIRAL WILLIAM SPECKLER AND OTHER MEMBERS FROM ITALY, TURKEY, GREECE, BRITAIN & FRANCE 00:13:30 - THE REPS OF NATO NATIONS WATCH THE MANEUVERS WITH BINOCULARS FROM A GRAND STAND ON A HILL ABOVE THE ACTION. 00:13:50 - MS- GREEK PILOTS RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS AT AN AIRBASE IN ATHENS BEFORE TAKING OFF IN THEIR JETS 00:15:11 - MS- GREEK SOLDIERS IN HELMETS CAMOUFLAGED WITH TWIGS AND LEAVES, USE MINE DETECTORS ON A BEACH BEFORE LOADING ONTO SMALL BOATS TO CROSS A RIVER 00:16:43 - MS- GREEK SOLDIERS BUILD A PONTOON BRIDGE ACROSS A RIVER. AERIAL VIEW OF BRIDGE. 00:17:30 - MS- MILITARY LEADERS OF NATO WATCH AN AMPHIBIOUS MANEUVER COMBINING TURKISH AND AMERICAN TROOPS. LS- TURKISH TROOPS CHARGE WITH FIXED BAYONETS 00:19:04 - EXERCISE "INDIAN SUMMER" SEPTEMBER 22-26, 1954, U.S. ZONE, GERMANY. 00:19:17 - MS- GENERAL ALFRED M. GRUNTHER, NATO COMMANDER, EXITS HIS HEADQUARTERS WITH MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF 00:19:26 - MONTAGE- TANKS AND OTHER MILITARY VEHICLES OF THE FRENCH AND AMERICAN FORCES RUMBLE DOWN ROADS IN GERMAN TOWNS. 00:20:43 - MONTAGE- TROOPS PLAY WAR GAMES BETWEEN EACH OTHER WITH ONE PLAYING THE ENEMY. TANKS FIRE IN MOCK BATTLES. 00:22:32 - EXERCISE "POLAR MIST"- 'BLATIND' MANEUVER, SEPTEMBER 17-30, 1954, COMLANDNORWAY, ALLIED FORCES NORTHERN EUROPE. 00:22:45 - MS- NORWEGIAN WEARING GERMAN TYPE HELMETS OF WWII WALK THROUGH THE BIRCH FORREST IN NORWAY PLAYING REALISTIC WAR GAMES IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. 00:23:27 - EXERCISE "SKANDAEK MIST", SEPTEMBER 25-30, 1954. COMLANDENMARK, ALLIED FORCES, NORTHERN EUROPE. 00:23:40 - MONTAGE- DANISH MILITARY CONDUCTS WAR GAMES IN THE WOODED AREAS OF DENMARK. 00:24:15 - EXERCISE "BATTLE ROYAL" SEPTEMBER 22-28, 1954. BRITISH ZONE, GERMANY. 00:24:23 - MS- BRITISH COMMANDERS ARRIVE IN GERMANY FROM LONDON. 00:24:32 - MS- GENERAL GRUNTHER BOARDS A HELICOPTER TO GET AN AIR VIEW OF THE MANEUVERS. 00:24:51 - AERIAL- A TENT CAMP IS HEADQUARTERS FOR THE EXERCISE. MS- CIVILIANS PLANING THE MANEUVERS POSE BEFORE A TENT. BRITISH GENERALS PERUSE MAP. 00:25:34 - MS- TROOPS COMPLETELY COVER A TANK WITH STACKS OF HAY. ONLY THE BARREL IS VISIBLE.ON THE COMMAND TO ATTACK THE 'HAYSTACK' MOVES OUT. 00:27:06 - MS- GENERAL GRUNTHER CHATS WITH A HUGE BRITISH GENERAL. 00:27:26 - LS- GIS PREPARE THE ATOMIC CANNON FOR FIRING A CONVENTIONAL SHELL WHICH WILL PRODUCE A SIMULATED ATOMIC EXPLOSION AND CLOUD. 00:28:04 - MS- GUN CREW MEMBERS RUN FROM THE CANNON, CROUCH DOWN AND HOLD THEIR EARS AS THE CANNON FIRES WITH HUGE EXPLOSION. LS- SIMULATED ATOMIC CLOUD IS PRODUCED FROM THE EXPLOSION. 00:31:00 - "BIRTH OF A TANK" THE STORY OF A NEW TANK FOR THE ARMY, FROM IDEA TO DELIVERY 00:31:35 - NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF THE ARMY TANK, FROM THE BIRTH OF AN IDEA TO THE REAL THING. 00:31:42 - MS- AN ARMY TANK COMES OVER A HILL AND STRAIGHT FOR THE CAMERA ROLLING OVER IT AND THEN ROLLING AWAY. THE TANK STOPS, MAKES 360 DEGREE. 00:32:28 - MS- SOLDIERS ON THE BATTLE FIELD IN WWI, WATCH 2 TANKS OF THAT ERA ROLL DOWN ROAD. (WWI FILM) 00:33:00 - MONTAGE- A VARIETY OF TANKS ROLL IN A VARIETY OF ROAD CONDITIONS DURING WWII. THE TERRAIN IN KOREA RESTRICTED MOVEMENT OF TANKS EXCEPT FOR IT'S FIRE POWER. MONTAGE- TANKS FIRE INTO THE MOUNTAINS. 00:34:04 - LS- RUSSIAN TANKS IN A MOSCOW PARADE IS WATCHED BY THE MASSES. 00:34:44 - AERIAL- PENTAGON BUILDING - MS- PLANNERS FROM THE DIFFERENT SERVICES MEET IN CONFERENCE TO CO-ORDINATE THE DRAWING UP OF A TANK PLAN. WHEN ALL GROUPS AGREE THE IDEA IS ON WAY TO REALITY 00:36:03 - AERIAL- ORDINANCE ARSENAL ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF DETROIT. (PAN) WHERE A NEVER ENDING PROGRAM OF TANK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GOES ON. 00:36:15 - LS- (PAN) MODERN BUILDINGS AT THE DETROIT ARSENAL 00:36:41 - MS- A GIRL EMPLOYEE BEHIND A GLASS WINDOW PRESSES A BUTTON TO LET AN EMPOLYEE INTO A RESTRICTED AREA. MS- INFORMATION IS FED INTO AN ELECTRONIC BRAIN WHICH IS PRINTED OUT ON A PRINTOUT. 00:37:21 - MS- A WORKER USES A TORQUE MACHINE TO TEST THE TANK'S GEARS. ANOTHER MACHINE TESTS THE TANKS FILTERS IN THE AIR CLEANERS. 00:38:04 - MS- LAB TECHNICIANS TEST THE BASIC INGREDIENTS IN FUELS THROUGH TEST TUBES. MS- EVERY BRAND NAMED BATTERY KNOWN IS SUBJECTED TO TESTS TO DETERMINE LIFE SPAN. 00:38:35 - MS- DYNAMOMETERS PUT TRANSMISSIONS AND MOTORS THROUGH THEIR PACES. MS- AN AUTOMATIC WELDING MACHINE TESTS EVERY ELECTRODE USED IN AN EXPERIMENTAL WELD. 00:39:42 - MS- THE TENSLE MACHINE SHOWS HOW MUCH STRAIN EACH PART CAN WITHSTAND. CU- A PART BREAKS APART UNDER PRESSURE. 00:40:09 - MS- A MACHINE TESTS HOW MUCH WEAR AND TEAR A TANK DRIVER CAN GIVE A LEATHER SEAT COVER. 00:41:00 - MS- TANK WHEELS ARE RUN ON AND ON IN A MACHINE TO TEST THEIR DURABILITY AND DURATION. 00:41:24 - MS- TANK TURRETS ARE SLAMMED AND ABUSED TO TEST THEIR DURABILITY. 00:42:44 - MS- PROJECT ENGINEERS SIT AND DISCUSS THE FINDINGS OF ALL THE TESTS MADE ON THE NEW T-48 TANK. MS- A MINIATURE MODEL IN 1/16 SCALE IS PUT TOGETHER FROM DRAWINGS MADE BY THE ENGINEERS. 00:43:55 - MS- ENGINEERS LOOK AT A LARGE BLUEPRINT AS THE WATCH A PROTOTYPE OF THE T-48 BEING ASSEMBLED IN A PLANT IN FRONT OF THEM. 00:44:27 - MS- X-RAY PHOTOS OF THE TANK ARE CHECKED FOR WEAKNESSES IN STRUCTURE. MS- THE TANK IS DRIVEN INTO A FREEZER AND TESTED UNDER ICY CONDITIONS. 00:46:00 - MS- AT 65 BELOW ZERO THE TANK MOTOR IS TURNED ON AND THE TURET IS TESTED AS ENGINEERS WATCH THROUGH WINDOW FROM OUTSIDE AND GIVE INSTRUCTIONS . 00:47:35 - MONTAGE- THE PROTOTYPE T-48 IS UNLOADED AT THE ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNS FOR FIELD TESTING. 00:48:12 - MS- THE T-48 RUNS FULL SPEED THROUGH A WASH BOARD TYPE OF ROAD THEN INTO A DEEP WATER FILLED TRENCH MS- IT CLIMBS STEEP HILLS AND INTO MUDDY SWAMPS. 00:49:32 - LS- THE GUNS ARE TESTED AND THE T-48 IS APPROVED FOR PRODUCTION. IT NOW BECOMES THE M-48. 00:49:42 - MS- DRAFTSMEN AT THEIR TABLES WORK ON THE MANY DRAWINGS NEEDED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE M-48 00:50:01 - MONTAGE- -ASSEMBLY LINES WORKING ON THE TANKS IN A PLANT. MS- BINS HOLD SOME OF THE 85,000 PARTS NEEDED FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF THE T-48. 00:51:40 - MS- PERSONNEL OF THE ORDINANCE TANK AUTOMATIVE COMMAND (ATAC) TRAINING SCHOOL WATCH AS THE TURRET IS GENTLY LOWERED INTO PLACE ON THE BODY. 00:52:03 - MS- INSTRUCTOR TEACHES CLASS AT THE ORDINANCE TANK AUTOMOTIVE COMMAND SCHOOL AT FORT WAYNE, DETROIT. HE SHOWS THEM THE NEW TANK AND USES A POINTER TO SHOW THE FEATURES. 00:55:08 - LS- THE M-48 IS FOLLOWED ON A ROAD BY A WHOLE GROUP OF OTHER ARMED VEHICLES ALL DERIVED FROM THE DESIGN OF THE M-48. 00:56:16 - MS- A LONG STRING OF M-48'S ARE MOUNTED ON RAILROAD FLAT CARS. 00:59:30 - "AID TO NATIONALIST CHINA" STORY OF U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE ADVISORY GROUP IN FORMOSA. CHINESE ARMY TRAINING & COMMANDOS EXECUTING AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS IS FEATURED 00:59:40 - NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF THE CHINESE ISLAND OF FORMOSA (TAIWAN) OFF THE COAST OF COMMUNIST CHINA, AND AMERICAS ROLE TO KEEP IT FREE. 00:59:55 - LS- THE COAST OF CHINA IS SEEN FROM AN OUTPOST ON ONE OF FORMOSA'S OUTER ISLAND. MS- A NATIONALIST CHINESE SOLDIER ON GUARD LOOKS OUT ACROSS THE SEA TO CHINA. 01:00:18 - MS- CHINESE WOMEN WASH CLOTHING IN A STREAM. MS-A MAN RIDES A DONKEY WITH HIS BOY HANGING ON. AN OX IS GUIDED BY A BOY AS IT TURNS LARGE GRINDING STONE THE OLD FASHION WAY. 01:00:40 - MS- A SQUAD OF NATIONALIST TROOPS RUN DOUBLE TIME IN DRILL. 01:00:49 - LS- CITYSCAPE OF TAIPEI, FORMOSA'S CAPITAL CITY. 01:00:56 - MS- RICKSHAW DRIVERS SIT IN THEIR BIKE DRIVEN CARTS WAITING FOR CUSTOMERS. 01:01:09 - MS- GIS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARRIVE BY SHIP. MS-A SMALL BABY IS HANDED DOWN FROM ONE TO THE OTHER ON THE GANGPLANK 01:01:26 - MS- ADMIRAL ROBERT B. CARNEY ARRIVES ON FORMOSA BY PLANE, AS DOES SECRETARY OF STATE, JOHN FOSTER DULLES. 01:01:44 - MONTAGE- SHIPS OF THE 7TH FLEET RIDE THE CHOPPY WATERS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. 01:01:58 - MS- A CHINESE SOLDIER BALANCES A BUCKET ON EACH 01:02:36 - CHINESE SOLDIERS SIT ON GROUND AND LISTEN ATTENTIVELY AS AN OFFICER SHOWS THEM THE AREA ON A TARGET THEY MUST HIT IN RIFLE PRACTICE. 01:03:00 - MS- A U.S. INSTRUCTOR HAS THEM LOOK DOWN A WOODEN BOARD SHOWING THEM HOW TO LINE UP THEIR SIGHTS 01:03:11 - MS- A GI INSTRUCTOR SITS DOWN FACING A SOLDIER AIMING HIS RIFLE AT A TARGET. THE GI PRODS THE RIFLE AS THE SOLDIER AIMS, TO SEE IF HE CAN DISTRACT THE SOLDIER FROM FIRING. 01:03:24 - MONTAGE- GIS TEACH THE USE OF COMPLICATED ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO THE CHINESE SOLDIERS 01:03:50 - MS- WITH THE AID OF A CHINESE INTERPRETER A GI TEACHES AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM. HE SHOWS THEM A TRUCK ENGINE AND EXPLAINS IT'S PARTS 01:04:33 - MS- INSTRUCTORS SHOW CHINESE SOLDIERS HOW TO MAKE REPAIRS ON MILITARY VEHICLES AND HOW TO DRIVE. 01:05:28 - MS- A GI USES AN INTERPRETER TO EXPLAIN A SPECIAL EARTH MOVING TRACTOR AND OTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO THE TROOPS. 01:05:57 - MS- THE CHINESE TRAINEES PUT TOGETHER A BRIDGE AS A U.S. COMBAT ENGINEER WATCHES. 01:07:00 - MONTAGE- A GI AND A CHINESE OFFICER INSPECT WORK DONE AT AN ARSENAL'S MACHINE SHOP WITH WOMEN WORKING AT BENCHES AS WELL AS MEN. 01:09:05 - MS- THE U.S. OFFICER WATCHES MEN WORK RE-CONDITIONING OLD M-1 RIFLES. EACH RIFLE IS PLACED ON A RACK AND FIRED 01:09:24 - MS- GI INSPECTORS WATCH A SQUAD OF CHINESE SOLDIERS SQUAT ON GROUND AND EAT WITH CHOP STICKS 01:09:51 - LS- THE GI NUTRITION TEAM INSPECTS THE VATS OF FOOD BEING SERVED TO THE TROOPS. AS A TEAM MEMBER RUNS HIS HAND THROUGH THE RAW RICE ANOTHER POURS ENRICHED VITAMINS INTO THE RICE. 01:10:23 - MS- A CHINESE SOLDIER WALKS BACK AND FORTH WITH A TESTING PACK STRAPPED TO HIS CHEST WHICH MEASURES THE RATE HIS BODY USES HIS ENERGY. 01:10:28 - LS- AT CALISTHENICS GROUPS OF SOLDIERS TOSS LOGS UP INTO THE AIR AND CATCH THEM ON THE WAY DOWN THEY USE THE LOGS FOR OTHER EXERCISES. 01:11:00 - MONTAGE- THE SOLDIERS GO THROUGH OBSTACLE COURSES AND OTHER FORMS OF TRAINING, INCLUDING THE USE OF THE BAYONET. 01:13:41 - MS- GI ADVISERS WATCH A BEACH LANDING EXERCISE. INCLUDING A COMMANDO LANDING IN A LARGE RUBBER RAFT. THEY BURY THE RUBBER RAFT AND WIPE THE FOOTPRINTS FROM THE SAND. 01:14:53 - MS- A CHINESE INSTRUCTOR TEACHES AN OUTDOOR CLASS TO SOLDIERS WEARING STRAW PEASANT HATS. 01:15:10 - MONTAGE- THE TROOPS ARE SHOWN HOW TO LOAD HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON A C-47 PLANE EFFICIENTLY 01:16:12 - MS- A GI-ADVISER EXAMINES A MACHINE GUN BEING USED BY A CHINESE SOLDIER ON THE FIELD. MS- 2 GIS SIT ON THE GROUND AMID THE CHINESE AND EAT THEIR RATIONS USING CHOP STICKS. 01:18:11 - MS- GI-ADVISER RIDES IN A CAMOUFLAGED JEEP FOLLOWING ALONG WITH CHINESE VEHICLES GOING ON MANEUVERS. 01:19:56 - MS- LONG LINES OF CHINESE SOLDIERS PHYSICALLY LIFT A BRIDGE SECTION AND USE IT WITH OTHER SECTIONS TO SPAN A RIVER.HUNDREDS OF SOLDIERS MARCH ACROSS. 01:22:47 - MS- CHINESE SOLDIERS SIT AT TELETYPE MACHINES 01:23:22 - MS- U.S. AMBASSADOR CARL RANKIN AND MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM CHASE, CHIEF OF THE MILITARY ADVISORY GROUP (MAG) ARE MET AT A FORMOSA AIR BASE AS THEY VISIT ISLAND.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1048