- Title: VM-1064A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:02:30 - "EXERCISE MOOSEHORN" FILMED IN THE BIG DELTA REGION OF ALASKA IN MID-WINTER, THE FILM SHOWS THE 1956 WINTER MANEUVER WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO PIT THE AMERICAN SOLDIER AGAINST THE TOUGHEST POSSIBLE ARCTIC CONDITIONS. 00:02:35 - NARRATOR TELLS OF EXERCISE 'MOOSEHORN' BY U.S. ARMY TROOPS IN ALASKA WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO SEE HOW WELL TROOPS PERFORM IN EXTREME ARCTIC CONDITIONS 00:03:10 - MONTAGE- A POPPY FIELD, A RUNNING STREAM AND A HOME IN THE LUSH GREENERY OF ALASKA IN THE SUMMER MS- SEALS FROLIC ON THE ROCKY SHORE. 00:03:57 - AERIAL- SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINS AND BARREN PLAINS OF ALASKA IN THE WINTER. 00:04:15 - MS- GROUPS OF ALASKAN HUSKIES, TIED TO POSTS IN THE FROZEN GROUND, BARK AND MOVE AROUND RESTLESSLY 00:04:29 - LS- ESKIMOS ROW THEIR KAYAKS AMID THE FLOATING ICE WHILE ESKIMO WOMEN FISH THROUGH HOLES IN ICE. 00:04:35 - MS- AS SHE PULLS UP A FISH WITH HER ROD IN ONE HAND, SHE HITS IT WITH A STICK IN THE OTHER TO STOP IT FROM WIGGLING. SHE CATCHES MANY FISH. 00:05:00 - MS- AN ESKIMO SPEEDS BY ON HIS DOG SLED. LS- A POLAR BEAR LUMBERS OVER THE WIND SWEPT SNOW. 00:05:27 - MS- A MAP OF ALASKA IS SUPERIMPOSED OVER A MAP OF THE U.S. SHOWING IT'S SIZE. ANOTHER MAP SHOWS ALASKA'S PROXIMITY TO RUSSIA. 56 MILES AWAY. 00:06:38 - MS- AT A TRAINING CAMP AT CAMP HALE, COLORADO, AN INSTRUCTOR SHOWS GIS HOW TO MAKE TURNS AND TO WALK ON SKIS. AS THE GROUP MOVES, ONE GI FALLS. 00:07:35 - LS- THE GROUP FOLLOWS THE INSTRUCTOR UP AN INCLINE IN A STRAIGHT LINE, THEN THEY MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN 00:07:44 - MS- A GI SHOWS THE SPECIAL THERMAL SUIT HE WEARS WITH NO LAYERS OF CLOTHING UNDERNEATH EXCEPT HIS BARE SKIN. CU- A NEW ARCTIC BOOT IS SHOWN. 00:08:50 - A TECHNICIAN TESTS THE BOOT IN A DEEP FREEZE AT A TESTING LAB IN MASSACHUSETS. HE HITS THE OLD BOOT WITH A HAMMER SHOWING HOW STIFF IT GOT, WHILE THE NEW ONE REMAINED FLEXIBLE. 00:09:19 - MS- 2 GIS FROLIC IN ICE WATER SHOULDER DEEP OF COLORADO STREAM, IN TEST OF THE NEW SUIT. 00:09:55 - LS- A MOBILE GENERATOR COLLECTS ICE AS IT IS TESTED AT A COLD CHAMBER IN FORT MONMOUTH, N.J. AT 65 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. 00:10:23 - MS- LONG COLUMN OF GIS IN THEIR ARCTIC UNIFORMS BOARD PLANES TO FORT GREELEY, ALASKA FOR OPERATION 'MOOSEHORN'. MANEUVERS IN ARCTIC CONDITIONS 00:11:15 - AERIAL- AS PLANE FLIES OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS ALASKA A WEATHER REPORT OF THE AREA IS HEARD ON THE RADIO 00:11:36 - MS- FORT GREELY SIGN STICKS UP FROM THE SNOW 00:12:25 - MONTAGE- AS TROOPS DEBARK FROM THE TRANSPORT PLANES IN ALASKA REPORTS OF THE 'ENEMY' FORCES IS ANNOUNCED. 00:13:13 - MS- GIS UNLOAD DRUMS OF GASOLINE FROM THE PLANE ONTO TRUCKS. 00:15:18 - MS- GIS PACK A SPECIAL PLASTIC SLED WITH TENTS 'C' RATIONS AND EQUIPMENT THEN LASH IT ALL DOWN CU- A GI CHECKS SPECIAL SMALL ITEMS TO CARRY SUCH AS SUNGLASSES, CHAPSTICK AND SUNBURN CREAM. 00:16:15 - MS- GIS ZIP UP THEIR WARM CLOTHING TAKE THEIR RIFLES AND SKIS AND GO OUT INTO THE COLD. LS- THE TROOPS WALK SINGLE LINE ON THEIR SKIS TO THE BATTLE AREA 45 MILES AWAY. 00:17:30 - LS- SNOW COVERED TANKS AND ARMORED VEHICLES THREAD THROUGH THE SNOW. MS- GIS WALK THROUGH THE SNOW PULLING THEIR PLASTIC SLEDS BEHIND THEM 00:18:29 - MS- GIS DOUBLE TIME IT ON THEIR SKIS THROUGH WOODED AREA. 00:18:45 - LS-AN ARMY 'WEASEL' PULLS A LONG COLUMN OF TROOPS ON SKIS HOLDING ON TO ROPES. THE MEN DROP THEIR LINES AND RUN ON THEIR SKIS. 00:21:43 - LS- HIGH WINDS LASH THE CAMPING GIS TENTS AND EQUIPMENT MAKING VISIBILITY DIFFICULT. 00:22:01 - MS- MEN IN THE 10-MAN TENT EAT A HOT HOT MEAL THEY COOKED UP. MS-A GI WASHES HIS FACE WITH SNOW WHILE ANOTHER SHAVES. 00:22:37 - MS- A SNOWPLOW PULLS SUPPLY SLEDS THROUGH THE DEEP SNOW. MS- GIS ON SKIS WATCH AND WAIT AS TRANSPORT PLANES DROP SUPPLIES BY PARACHUTE. 00:23:30 - LS- PAN OF A LARGE AREA OF PARACHUTES AND SUPPLIES LYING IN THE SNOW. THE SUPPLIES ARE PICKED UP BY BULLDOZER PULLING HUGE SUPPLY SLEDS 00:25:12 - LS- GIS UNLOAD DRUMS OF GASOLINE OFF THE SLEDS. 00:25:41 - MS- GIS SCRAMBLE OUT OF THEIR TENTS AND GRAB THEIR RIFLES. OTHERS RUN TO THEIR ARTILLERY PIECES MONTAGE- GIS FLOP DOWN IN THE SNOW AND AIM THEIR RIFLES AND START FIRING AS THE BATTLE BEGINS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1956
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1064A