- Title: VM-1056
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: PICTORIAL REPORT NO. 16 ARMY DOG TRAINING CENTERS IN THE U.S. & EUROPE. A WAC's LIFE IN GERMANY
- Description:00:02:25 - NARRATOR SERGEANT STUART QUEEN TELLS THE STORY OF THE ARMY DOGS (K-9) & THEIR TRAINING. ALSO TELLS OF SPECIALIST WACS IN GERMANY 00:03:05 - LS- A PATROL OF GIS, ONE OF THEM WITH A DOG, HUNT THROUGH A WOODED AREA FOR 'ENEMY' SOLDIERS. THE DOG STOPS SUDDENLY AND SMELLS OUT 'ENEMY SOLDIERS CAMPING NEARBY. MS- THEY ARE SURROUNDED AND TAKEN PRISONER. 00:04:38 - MS- A GI IS INTERVIEWED BY AN OFFICER AT A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR MEN AND DOGS IN LENGGRIES, GERMANY. OFFICER ASKS MANY PERSONAL QUESTIONS. 00:06:12 - MS- INSTRUCTOR SPEAKS TO TRAINEES IN A CLASSROOM AND EXPLAINS THE MISSION OF THE DOGS AND MEN 00:06:51 - MONTAGE- GERMAN MEN AND WOMEN WALK THEIR DOGS, MOSTLY BUT NOT ALL GERMAN SHEPHERDS, BEFORE A PURCHASING OFFICER OF THE U.S. ARMY 00:07:21 - MS- LITTLE BOY TRIES TO PULL A RELUCTANT SHEPHERD ON A LEASH. 00:07:31 - MS- THE CIVILIANS HOLD ONTO THE LEASHES OF THEIR DOGS AS A GI FIRES A RIFLE TO SEE IF DOGS MOVE UNDER FIRE. ONE DOG LOSES CONTROL. 00:08:22 - MS- TO TEST HIS AGRESSIVENESS, THE DOG IS HELD BY LEASH BY HIS CIVILIAN MASTER AS A GI PROVOKES THE DOG WITH A STICK AND A ARM PROTECTIVE COVER. MS- THE DOG BARKS AND LUNGES. 00:08:32 - MS- A GI VETERANARIAN TIES THE MOUTH OF THE DOG WITH A BANDAGE SO THE DOG DON'T BITE DURING A PHYSICAL EXAM WHICH HE GIVES HIM. MS- THE DOG IS THEN PUT INTO A WOODEN CAGE AND SHIPPED TO THE WAR DOG SCHOOL IN LENGGRIES, GERMANY. 00:09:40 - LS- THE DOG IS UNLOADED OFF THE TRUCK IN A KENNEL AREA AND PLACED IN ONE OF THE MANY CAGES BY A GI. 00:11:44 - MS- AN INSTRUCTOR GROOMS A DOG IN FRONT OF A CLASS OF TRAINEES. 00:12:52 - MS- PRIVATE FITZ IS ASSIGNED NEW DOG, "BROUSER" AND GETS AQUAINTED WITH HIM THROUGH THE FENCE OF THE KENNEL. FITS GOES INTO THE CAGE WITH BROUSER. 00:13:38 - MS- FITS LEASHES ROUSER AND WALKS HIM TO THE TRAINING AREA MEETING UP WITH OTHER GIS AND THEIR DOGS. 00:13:52 - MS- WITH THE DOG AT THE SIDES OF THEIR NEW MASTERS THEY LEARN THE COMMANDS 'DOWN' AND 'STAY' BY AN INSTRUCTOR. DOG TRAINING 00:14:30 - MONTAGE- THE DOG OBEDIENTLY SITS EVEN THOUGH THE GI TRIES TO DISTRACT HIM. THE DOG IS AFFECTIONALLY PETTED AFTER LERNING A LESSON. 00:15:12 - MONTAGE- A GI DEMONSTRATES MANY COMMANDS WITH THE DOG INCLUDING CRAWLING. 00:16:10 - MS- THE DOGS ARE GIVEN MORE DIFICULT TASKS SUCH AS JUMPING OVER AN OBSTACLE AND CRAWLING UNDER IT 00:17:13 - MS- 'BROUSER' IS TREATED ON HIS PAW BY A VET AS FITZ STAYS BY HIS SIDE. 00:17:31 - MS- THE DOG'S GI HANDLERS TAKE A LARGE BOWL OF FOOD TO THE KENNELS AND FEED THEIR DOGS. 00:18:30 - MS- DOGS AND GI MASTERS CRAWL UNDER A LOW BARBED WIRE BARRICADE. 00:18:54 - MS- THE DOG DOES ONE OF THE FAMILIAR TRICKS SUCH AS SIT UP AND BEG. 00:19:18 - LS- MAN AND DOG WALK THROUGH HIGH BRUSH IN DECOY PRACTICE. THE DOG LOCATES THE HIDING GIS AND GIVES CHASE. THE DOG IS PETTED FOR JOB WELL DONE. 00:19:36 - MS- SOLDIERS AT ATTENTION WITH THEIR DOGS AT THEIR SIDES ON GRAUATION DAY. ANIMALS IN THE ARMY 00:20:30 - NARRATOR TELLS OF WACS IN GERMANY. 00:20:49 - CU- AN ALARM CLOCK ALONGSIDE 2 HUMMEL FIGURINES, ON AN END TABLE RINGS AND A FEMALE HAND REACHES OUT TO STOP IT. WAC LIFTS HER HEAD FROM A PILLOW WAKES UP IN THE MORNING 00:21:04 - CU- SHE SLIPS HE FEET INTO COLORFUL SLIPPERS. 00:21:22 - CU- WAC WASHES HER FACE WITH A WASH CLOTH, THEN CHOOSES A UNIFORM FROM HER CLOSET. 00:22:46 - MS- AS A PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST SHE CHECKS OUT THE ASSIGNMENT BOARD AT THE U.S. ARMY SIGNAL PICTORIAL CENTER, GERMANY. 00:23:27 - MS- THE WAC 'PAT' CHECKS OUT HER CAMERA AND CLEANS IT WITH A BRUSH. MS- PAT IS HELPED INTO A HELICOPTER BY A GI, AND HANDED HER CAMERA WHICH SHE IS ASSIGNED TO TAKE PICTURES OVER GERMANY. 00:25:16 - MONTAGE-WITH THE ROTORS WHIRLING ABOVE HER, 'PAT' AIMS HER CAMERA AND SHOOTS. 00:27:27 - MS- PAT TESTS LIPSTICK COLORS ON HER HAND AT THE ARMY PX AS SHE IS ASSISTED BY A SALESGIRL. 00:27:52 - MS- PAT'S DATE IS GETTING IMPATIENT AND CHECKS OUT HIS WRIST WATCH AS HE WAITS IN THE LOBBY OF HER APARTMENT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1056