- Title: VM-1066
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:02:25 - PICTORIAL REPORT NO. 23 ARMY SURGICAL RESEARCH. THE "CREEPIE-PEEPIE" COMBAT TV CAMERA. A VISIT TO THE BAVARIAN ALPS RESORT WHERE SOLDIERS TAKE A WELL-EARNED ALPINE HOLIDAY. 00:02:30 - NARRATOR TELLS OF THE STARTLING NEW METHODS OF SURGICAL AND MEDICAL NEW TREATMENTS BEING DEVELOPED FOR SERVICE MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES PARTICULARLY IN BURN TREATMENT. 00:02:51 - MS- RAGING FIRE AND SMOKE COVER THE SCREEN. LS-A FIREBALL FROM AN EXPLODING NAPALM BOMB. LS- FIRE AND SMOKE FROM A ROCKET BEING LAUNCHED. 00:03:17 - MS- A WOUNDED BURN VICTIM IS PLACED IN A ARMY AMBULANCE BY MEDICS AT THE FRONT 00:03:28 - MS- A NURSE AT THE BEDSIDE OF A RECOVERING BURN VICTIM. MS- 3 ARMY DOCTORS CHECK A BURN VICTIM BEFORE OPERATING. 00:04:00 - LS- BROOKE ARMY HOSPITAL AND HEADQUARTERS OF THE SURGICAL RESEARCH UNIT AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS. 00:04:14 - AERIAL- PILOT JIM LEATON'S JET PLANE CRASHING INTO THE GROUND AS SEEN ON ANOTHER PLANE'S CAMERA 00:04:28 - MS- LT. LEATON LIES IN HOSPITAL BED WITH FACE AND ARMS COMPLETELY COVERED IN BANDAGES. 00:04:57 - CU- SKETCH OF LEATON BEING DONE BY A GIRL ARTIST AT HIS BEDSIDE AFTER RECOVERY. 00:05:15 - MS- LEATON WALKS WITH HIS SISTER WHEELING HER BIKE BY THEIR HOME. MS- LEATON PLAYS CHESS WITH HIS SISTER AS HIS THANKFUL MOTHER LOOKS ON. 00:05:22 - CU- JIM RAISES HIS AXE AS HE CHOPS FIREWOOD. 00:06:19 - MS- CHIEF ARMY MEDICAL OFFICER AT BROOKE HOSPITAL ON PHONE AT HIS DESK SPEAKS TO DOCTOR AT OTHER END OF LINE (ALSO SEEN) 00:06:30 - LS- A SURGICAL RESEARCH UNIT BURN TEAM GET ON PLANE AT BROOKS AIR FORCE BASE. THEY CHECK THE EXTENT OF INJURY OF VICTIM AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL. 00:07:56 - MS- THE VICTIM IS CARRIED ONTO THE PLANE FOLLOWED BY THR BURN TEAM WHO TREAT HIM DURING THE FLIGHT. 00:08:27 - MS- THE PATIENT IS PUT ON A SCALE, STRETCHER AND ALL AND WEIGHING. THE PATIENT IS WHEELED TO THE OPERATING ROOM. 00:10:01 - MS- AS THE SURGEON SCRUBS AN ASSISTANT TIES HIS GOWN. MS- THE PATIENT IS LIFTED FROM BED TO OPERATING TABLE. THE TEAM PREPARES THE PATIENT 00:11:30 - MONTAGE- IN PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY LABS MALE AND FEMALE LAB TECHNICIANS TEST BACTERIA SPECIMENS AND NEW DRUGS USING VARIOUS TYPES OF SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT. 00:12:49 - MS- A BURN PATIENT WITH DARK SCARS ALL OVER HIS FACE LIES IN A HOSPITAL BED. ANOTHER PATIENT'S FACE SHINES FROM THE SALVE COVERING THE BURNS. 00:13:06 - CU- A THIN TISSUE PAPER IS PLACED ON THE BLACKENED ARM OF PATIENT TO PROTECT IT. WHEN REMOVED SMALL SECTIONS OF NEW SKIN ARE SEEN. 00:13:43 - MS- THE PATIENT LYING IN BED IS SHOWN A PHOTO ALBUM OF HIS BURNED IMPROVED SKIN AND HE SMILES 00:14:00 - MS- A NURSE-DIETICIAN AND A CHEF DISCUSS DIET FOR THE BURN VICTIM. THE CHEF MEASURES POWDERED MILK ON A SCALE AS HE PREPARES A LIQUID MEAL. 00:15:36 - MS- A CHAPLAIN HEARS THE PATIENTS CONFESSION AT BEDSIDE 00:16:32 - MS- WIVES OF BURN PATIENTS VISIT THE 'ALAMO' WHILE IN TEXAS. 00:18:39 - NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT THE ARMY'S NEW LIGHTWEIGHT TELEVISION CAMERA AND IT'S STRATEGIC USE. 00:18:57 - MS- GIS OF THE SIGNAL CORP AT FORT MONMOUTH, HELP ANOTHER GI STRAP A PORTABLE BATTERY POWERED TRANSMITTER ON HIS BACK WHILE ANOTHER HOLDS THE NEW HAND HELD 8 POUND TV CAMERA. 00:19:08 - CU- GI HOLDING TV CAMERA TO HIS EYE TO AIM IT. 00:19:28 - MS- 2 MEN TEAMS, ONE WITH CAMERA AND TRANSMITTER ON HIS BACK AND A RIFLEMAN TAKE OFF INTO WOODS. 00:19:45 - MS- THEY STOP AND TAKE PICTURES OF A DAM WHILE HIDDEN BEHIND TREES. THE PICTURES ARE SEEN AT BASE CAMP ON A TV SCREEN. OTHER TEAMS TAKE SHOTS OF A RAILROAD TRAIN AND A TRAFFIC ARTERY. 00:21:22 - LS- BEAUTIFUL SCENES OF THE BAVARIAN ALPS IN GERMANY A WHERE GI COUPLE SPEND A FEW DAYS LEAVE 00:21:28 - CU- FRANK AND ANN MILLER ARE SEEN THROUGH FLAMES SHOOTING UP FROM A FIREPLACE AT A RESORT IN THE GERMAN ALPS. SKI RESORT 00:21:50 - MS- HORSE DRAWN SLED AND PEOPLE GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS IN THE QUAINT ALPINE VILLAGE. LS- LARGE MURALS PAINTED ON BUILDING FACADES EVEN ON A BOWLING ALLEY 00:22:23 - LS- A CABLE CAR CLIMBS SLOWLY UP A SNOW COVERED MOUNTAIN. AT THE TOP THE MILLERS RENT A COMPLETE SKI OUTFIT FOR A DOLLAR-A-DAY. THE GI TRIES ON A CAP. CU- MILLER LACES UP HIS BOOTS. 00:24:09 - MS- THE MILLERS, COMPLETE WITH SKI OUTFITS AND CARRYING THEIR SKIS ENTER A CABLE CAR. MS- CABLE CAR HEADING DOWN AND THE SCENE ON THE WAY DOWN. 00:25:00 - MS- MRS. MILLER FALLS ON HER REAR END AND SLIDES DOWN HILL IN AN UNPLANNED SITTING POSITION ON HER SKIS. 00:26:00 - LS- LOCAL SKIERS SKI DOWN HILL IN A SLALOM COMPETITION. 00:26:48 - MS- MILLER HEADS TOWARDS A TELEPHONE POLE ON HIS SKIS IN THE NEXT FRAME HE IS SKIING AWAY FROM IT AS THOUGH HE WENT THROUGH THE POLE WITH THE SKI MARKS IN THE SNOW PROVING IT. GOING AROUND POLE 00:26:56 - MS- THE MILLERS WIPE SNOW OFF EACH OTHERS COATS. 00:27:10 - CU- WOOLEN STOCKING FEET OF THE MILLERS AND FRIENDS TWIRL AS THEY WARM THEM AT THE FIREPLACE 00:27:25 - CU- STOCKING FEET OF A GIRL TWIRLS AND RUB TOGETHER 00:27:48 - MS- MILLER'S WIFE RESTS COMFORTABLY ON HIS SHOULDER BY THE FIREPLACE AS MILLER CHATS WITH AN INSTRUCTOR NEXT TO HIM AND DRINKS A BEER.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1956
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1066