- Title: VM-1076A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:02:50 - "THE AGGRESSOR" A STUDY OF THE AGGRESSORS - A MANEUVER ENEMY- A GIANT TRAINING AID OF THE ARMY AT FORT RIPLEY, KANSAS. 00:02:55 - NARRATOR TELLS OF AN ARMY UNIT CALLED 'THE AGGRESSOR NATION' WHICH IS A REAL UNIT TRAINED TO BE THE AGRESSORS DURING MANEUVERS AGAINST THE REAL U.S. ARMY. THE UNIT SPEAKS IT'S OWN LANGUAGE AND WEARS A UNIQUE UNIFORM. 00:03:10 - NARRATOR IS INTERUPTED BY ARMED SOLDIERS WEARING PECULIAR UNIFORMS AND SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE. 00:03:48 - MS- THEY TAKE OVER THE BROADCAST AND ANNOUNCE THEY ARE FROM THE 'AGGRESSOR NATION' AND HAVE TAKEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE U.S. THEY HANG THEIR OWN FLAG ON THE WALL. 00:04:00 - MS- 'AGGRESSOR NATION' OFFICER TELLS THE STORY OF HIS UNIT AND HIS FIGHT TO TAKE OVER THE U.S. 00:04:50 - MONTAGE- 'AGGRESSOR NATION' SOLDIERS IN BATTLE SCENES AGAINST U.S. ARMY TROOPS. 00:05:06 - MS- MAP OF THE U.S SHOWING THE AREAS WHERE THE 'AGGRESSOR NATION' TROOPS HAVE TAKEN OVER 00:06:24 - MS- NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: 'AGGRESSOR INVADES SOUTH CAROLINA'. ANOTHER HEADLINE: 'CHARLESTON FALLS' & 'TEXAS MADE A NATION'. 00:07:37 - MS- AN 'AGGRESSOR NATION' HIGH RANKING OFFICER BREIFS HIS STAFF WITH SITUATION MAP ON THE WALL. 00:08:49 - MS- AN AGRESSOR NATION SOLDIER LOADS A LIGHTPLANE WITH 'SAFE CONDUCT' LEAFLETS TO DROP OVER U.S. ARMY POSITIONS. 00:09:38 - MS- AN 'AGRESSOR NATION' GIRL MAKES SEXY BROADCAST TO THE GIS BEFORE THEY ARE DROPPED THE PASSES. 00:09:42 - CU- SPEAKERS IN TREES SEND OUT THE SEXY BROADCAST 00:11:20 - MS- AGGRESSOR NATION SOLDIERS DIG FOXHOLES, PLANT LAND MINES, PUT UP ROAD BLOCKS AND BARBED WIRE IN EXPECTATION OF A COUNTER-ATTACK BY U.S. FORCES. 00:12:40 - MONTAGE- THE AGGRESSOR NATION TROOPS IN THEIR PECULIAR HELMETS IN BATTLE SCENES. MS- THEY 'CAPTURE' U.S GIS ON THE BATTLEFIELD AT GUNPOINT 00:14:11 - MS- AN 'AGGRESSOR NATION' GENERAL ANNOUNCES 'VICTORY' TO HIS MEN ON A PARADE GROUND. THEY GIVE THE SPECIAL SALUTE AND MARCH IN REVIEW IN THEIR PECULIAR STEP IN REVIEW FOLOWED BY THEIR BAND. 00:15:53 - MS- NARRATOR TELLS MORE OF THIS SPECIAL UNIT AND IT'S MISSION AS A TRAINING AIDE. 00:17:00 - THE 'AGGRESSOR NATION' ARMY HEADQUARTERS BUILDING FORT RILEY, KANSAS. OFFICERS PLOT ON A WALL MAP 00:19:10 - MONTAGE- AGGRESSOR SOLDIERS IN TRAINING. AN 'AGGRESSOR' GI MODELS HIS UNIQUE UNIFORM, HIS RANK INSIGNIA AND UNIT PATCHES. 00:20:28 - LS- SOLDIERS LIFT UP A DECOY TANK MADE OF RUBBER. 00:21:00 - MS- AGGRESSOR NATION SOLDIERS CARRY A BUNDLE OFF A TRUCK, LAY IT ON THE GROUND, PUMP AIR INTO IT & IT BECOMES A DECOY ARMY 2 TON TRUCK. 00:21:14 - LS- A HUGE DECOY ARTILLERY PIECE IS PUT IN PLACE. IT IS COMPLETE WITH NOISE SIMULATORS THAT SOUND LIKE A CANNON GOING OFF. 00:21:49 - CU- A CLUSTER OF SPEAKERS, EACH OF WHICH SENDS THE SOUND OF A DIFFERENT WEAPON GOING OFF, ALL TOGETHER SOUND LIKE A BATTLE IN PROGRESS 00:24:00 - MONTAGE- U.S. GIS AT THEIR GUN POSITIONS PICK UP PICK UP THE PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS SHOWERED ON THEM FROM ABOVE. AS THEY READ THEY ARE SET UPON BY THE 'ENEMY' AND CAPTURED 00:25:09 - MS- AGGRESSOR SOLDIERS WITH THEIR HANDS UP IN SURRENDER. ONE IS INTERROGATED IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1956
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1076A