- Title: VM-1078
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:03:15 - "INLAND WATERWAYS" COMBAT INFANTRYMEN TAKE TO THE WATERWAYS OF ALASKA TO ACCOMPLISH MISSION - A SIMULATED ATTACK ON AN AGGRESSOR-HELD BRIDGE 00:03:20 - NARRATOR STUART QUEEN TELLS ABOUT ALASKA AND ROLE OF THE U.S. ARMY THERE. GIS TRAVEL 100 MILES DOWN INLAND WATERWAYS IN BOATS TO MEET 'AGGRESSOR' FORCE IN A MILITARY EXERCISE. 00:03:23 - MS- SOLDIERS IN HEAVY ARCTIC WEAR TREK THROUGH WIND SWEPT SNOW DRIFTS. 00:03:30 - MONTAGE- ALASKA'S BEAUTIFUL PLUSH LANDSCAPE AFTER SNOW MELTS IN SPRING. CU- RUSHING STREAMS HEAD FOR THE SEA. 00:04:21 - LS- ELK STRUGGLE THROUGH THE SNOW, AS SEEN FROM A TRAIN. MS- GI'S CAMERA CREWS FROM 'THE BIG PICTURE GATHER AROUND AND WAX THEIR SKIS PRIOR TO THEIR FILMING TRIP THROUGH ALASKA. 00:04:45 - CU- SERGEANT USES BLOW TORCH ON SKIS TO WARM THEM UP FOR THE WAX. INSTRUCTOR GIVES CAMERA CREW A SKIING LESSON, THEN THEY HEAD OUT INTO THE SNOW. 00:05:00 - MS- GROUP OF GIS TREK THROUGH SNOW ON SNOW SHOES MS- 2 GIS CUT DOWN A SMALL TREE WITH SAW AS THEY MAKE A CLEARING FOR CAMP. THEY PITCH A TENT. 00:05:44 - MS- A MAP OF ALASKA IS SUPERIMPOSED OVER A MAP OF U.S. TO SHOW IT'S RELATIVE SIZE. ANOTHER MAP SHOWS THE CLOSENESS OF ALASKA TO RUSSIA. 56 MILES ACROSS THE BERIAN STRAIT. 00:06:09 - AERIAL- DOG SLEDS AND THEIR ESKIMO CREWS STAND OUT IN THE WHITE LANDSCAPE. 00:06:22 - MS- ESKIMO WOMEN SIT BY A HOLE IN THE ICE WITH A SMALL FISHING ROD IN ONE HAND TO CATCH FISH AND A STICK IN THE OTHER HAND TO CLUB IT. 00:06:43 - MS- A DOG TEAM TEAM PULLING A SLED (AS SEEN BY THE DRIVER FROM BEHIND) MS- ESKIMO PADDLES HIS KAYAK THROUGH FLOATIN ICE. POV ON DOG SLED 00:07:01 - CU- ESKIMO TRAPPER SHAKES SNOW OFF A DEAD MINK. MS- HERD OF DEER RUN THROUGH THE WIDE OPEN SPACES. LS- 3 BEAR CUBS PLAY ATOP A TELEPHONE POLE LS- A POLAR BEAR RUNS THROUGH THE WHITE SNOW 00:07:32 - LS- A BUSY SMALL TOWN LIKE ANY OTHER IN THE U.S. MS- A WOMAN SHOPPER PASSES THE 'NORTH POLE BAKERY' LS- BUSY TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE IN BUSTLING CITY OF JUNEAU IN THE SHADOW OF A MOUNTAIN 00:07:56 - LS-FISH JUMP UP AND DOWN OUT OF NETS AT A WHARF BY A FISHING AND CANNING COMPANY 00:08:10 - MONTAGE- LONG CHUTES SCOUR THE ORE THROUGH SEIVES AT A GOLD MINING PLANT. 00:08:24 - MS- SLED PULLED BY 2 HORSES STRUGGLES THROUGH THE WIND SWEPT SNOW. LS- TOTEM POLES DOT THE SUMMER LANDSCAPE. CU- A TOTEM POLE. 00:09:00 - LS- LONG BOATS WITH GIS ABOARD SPEED THROUGH THE RIVERS THAT ONCE WERE FROZEN ICE. 00:09:35 - CU- AN OFFICER POINTS TO A SECTION ON A WALL MAP WHERE A SIMULATED ATTACK WILL BE MADE ON AN 'AGGRESSOR' FORCE IN A MILITARY EXERCISE. 00:10:00 - MONTAGE- GIS PREPARE THEIR BOATS ALONG RIVER WHERE THEY PLAN TO TRAVEL TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR MISSION. CU- A GI PATCHES A HOLE IN THE HULL OF HIS BOAT 00:10:29 - MS- 2 GIS BLEND AND FILL 5 GALLON CANS OF GAS FOR THE BOATS TAKEN FROM 50 GALLON DRUMS. BOATS ARE LASHED DOWN ON TRAILOR TRUCKS FOR TRIP DOWN STREAM 00:12:18 - MS- CREWS LIFT THE BOATS INTO THE RIVER AND MOUNT THE OUTBOARD MOTORS. WEAPONS AND AMMO ARE NEATLY PLACED ON BOARD IN A BALANCED MANNER. 00:14:10 - MS- THE ANCHOR IS LIFTED OUT OF THE SAND AND THE BOAT WITH IT'S CREW OF ABOUT A DOZEN MEN PUSH OFF FOR THEIR 100 MILE TRIP. MONTAGE- THE CARAVAN OF SMALL BOATS WIND DOWN THE RIVER THROUGH THE NATURAL HAZZARDS AND OBSTACLES. 00:18:55 - MS- WAVE LIKE WATER INDICATES DEEP WATER WHILE RIPPLING WATER INDICATES SHALLOW WATER. 00:20:27 - MS- A GI TOSSES THE ANCHOR OVERBOARD AS THE BOATS REACH THEIR DESTINATION. 00:21:21 - LS- GIS IN THE BOAT USE LONG POLES AS THEY TRY TO FREE THEIR BOAT WHICH BECAME GROUNDED IN SHALLOW WATER. GIS CLIMB OUT TO PUSH BOAT TO HIGH WATER 00:26:00 - MS- GIS TAKE COVER UNDER HANGING TREES ALONG THE SHORE AS AN 'AGGRESSOR' PLANE FLYS OVER. AFTER 'ALL CLEAR' THE GI STARTS HIS MOTOR AND THE BOAT CONTINUES DOWN STREAM.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1957
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1078