- Title: VM-1093
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:01:25 - "FAR EAST MAAG'S" A FILM OF HOW THE UNITED STATES, THROUGH IT'S MILITARY ASSISTANCE ADVISORY GROUPS, HAS ASSISTED 8 FAR EASTERN COUNTRIES. INCLUDING VIETNAM THAILAND, LAOS, THE PHILIPPINES, KOREA, CAMBODIA, TAIWAN AND JAPAN 01:01:30 - MS- NARRATOR USES A POINTER TO SHOW THE 8 NATIONS OF SOUTH EAST ASIA GETTING MILITARY HELP FROM THE U.S., WHICH INCLUDE THAILAND, VIETNAM, LAOS, TAIWAN, PHILIPPINES, CAMBODIA, KOREA AND JAPAN 01:02:31 - THAILAND - MS- A BIG PICTURE CAMERMAN SHOOTS FILM ACROSS THE AVENUE OF QUAINT ANCIENT BUILDINGS IN THAILAND. 01:02:58 - LS- CITYSCAPE OF BANGKOK, THAILANDS'S BUSTLING CAPITAL CITY. LS- PAN OF IT'S COLORFUL STREET MARKETS. LS- CANALS JAMBED WITH SANPANS AND JUNKS 01:03:36 - MONTAGE- STATUES OF BUDDHA AND BUDDHIST TEMPLES. 01:04:15 - MS- MALE CLERK ANSWERS PHONE IN OFFICE OF THE JOINT U.S. MILITARY ADVISORY GROUP (JUSMAG) 01:05:09 - LS- THAILANDS WARSHIPS IN HARBOR ARE PART OF MILITARY AID FROM U.S. 01:05:20 - MS- A SQUAD OF THAILAND TROOPS IN SHORT PANTS MARCH DOWN STREET. 01:05:50 - VIETNAM - LS- FRENCH ARTILLERY OPEN UP ON RED FORCES. MS- PATROL WADES THROUGH WAIST DEEP STREAM. MS- OTHERS CROSS IN AN AMPHIBIAN VEHICLE. 01:06:29 - LS- A FRENCH SOLDIER PULLS A RIFLE OUT OF THE HAND OF A VIET-MINH GUERRILLA HIDING IN BRUSH. 01:07:32 - MS- U.S. ADVISOR SHOWS SOUTH VIETNAM OFFICERS THE USE OF ARTILLERY 01:07:40 - MS- WELL DRESSED MEN AND WOMEN CROSS A STREET IN SAIGON. MS- PEOPLE IN THE STREET MARKETS AND FARMERS STOOPED OVER IN THE RICE PADDIES. 01:08:18 - MS- ARTISANS SIT ON GROUND WORKING ON VARIOUS CRAFTS. MONTAGE- BEAUTIFUL ANCIENT BUILDINGS. 01:08:45 - MS- DRAGON DANCE IN THE STREET DURING A FESTIVAL 01:09:06 - CAMBODIA - CARGO IS UNLOADED ON A CAMBODIAN DOCK IN THE FORM OF AMERICAN MILITARY AID. 01:09:30 - MS- CAMBODIAN SOLDIERS GALLOP THROUGH A WOODED AREA ON HORSEBACK. 01:09:57 - LS- A MILITARY PARADE PASSES ANCIENT TEMPLES AND BUILDINGS OF THE MARKEDLY NEUTRAL CAMBODIA 01:10:00 - MONTAGE- AMERICAN ADVISERS SHOW CAMBODIAN OFFICERS MILITARY EQUIPMENT 01:10:56 - LS- PAN OF ANCIENT HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND RELICS REACHING BACK TO THE KIMER EMPIRE. 01:11:00 - LS- LONG CANOES WITH ABOUT 2 DOZEN NATIVES ROWING IN SYNCHRONIZATION SPEED ALONG WATER DURING A TRADITIONAL, 'RETREAT OF THE WATERS' CEREMONY 01:11:30 - LS- THE RIVER COMES ALIVE AT NIGHT WITH A SPECTACULAR LIGHT SHOW. 01:11:36 - MS- A MAN RIDES ATOP AN ELEPHANT AMID THE BUSY STREET TRAFFIC OF PHNOM PENH. MS- TWO MEN SQUATING ON GROUND WITH ONE OF THEM HAVING HIS TEETH REPAIRED BY THE OTHER 01:11:50 - MS- A WOMAN TOSSES RICE ON A SCREEN. MS- BUSY PHNOM PENH TRAFFIC WITH AUTOS AND BIKES 01:12:35 - LAOS - MS- WOMAN SITS ON GROUND SELLING HER WARES IN OPEN MARKET. MS- LAOTIAN WOMAN WEARING BROAD STRAW HAT SMILES EMBARASSINGLY. 01:13:19 - MS- LONG LINE OF MEN WALKING BY THEIR OXEN. MS-A WOMAN SITS AT AN OUTDOOR WEAVING LOOM MS- 2 LITTLE BOYS RIDE AN OX. 01:13:38 - MS- STEPS LEADING TO A BUDDHA SITTING ON A THRONE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OPEN PARK MS- BUDDHIST MONKS, CHILDREN AND ADULTS, WALK OUTSIDE A MONASTERY. 01:14:16 - MS- BUDDHIST MONKS PASS BY KNEELING SUBJECTS AND RECEIVE FOOD AND GIFTS FROM THEM 01:14:41 - LS- AN EARTH MOVER LEVELS THE DIRT ON A ROAD FOR PAVING. A STEAM ROLLERS FOLLOWS. 01:15:30 - MS- US AID IN FORM OF CRATES ARE UNLOADED FROM A TRUCK BY LAOTIAN WORKERS 01:15:40 - MS- LAOTIAN SOLDIERS CRAWL UNDER BARBED WIRE IN A TRAINING EXERCISE. 01:16:00 - THE PHILIPPINES - SOLDIERS IN TRAINING EXERCISES. MS- CADETS MARCH IN AN OFFICER TRAINING ACADEMY. 01:17:16 - MS- A U.S. AND A PHILIPPINE OFFICER CHECKS MILITARY EQUIPMENT RECEIVED FROM AMERICA. 01:18:23 - MS- A PHILIPPINE ARTILLERY GUN CREW PREPARE A CANNON FOR FIRING. CU- A SOLDIER AIMS THROUGH A PERISCOPE. MS- AN AMERICAN ADVISOR GESTURES THE MOVEMENT OF LOADING A SHELL INTO THE CANNON 01:19:06 - MS- A PATROL OF PHILIPPINE TROOPS WITH THEIR HELMETS CAMOUGLAGED WITH WEEDS ARE BARELY DISCERNABLE AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE BRUSH 01:19:25 - MONTAGE- MODERN GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS AND CITY STREET SCENES IN MANILA. 01:19:44 - TAIWAN - AERIAL- PAN OF THE ISLAND BARELY HALF THE SIZE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE HOME OF THE NATIONALIST CHINESE. 01:20:24 - LS- PEASANTS TOILING IN THE FIELD, BARE CHESTED WORKERS LOAD SUGAR SACKS ON TRUCKS AND A FARMER BROADCASTING SEED BY HAND. 01:21:02 - MS- CHINESE FROGMEN PULL A BOAT ONTO SHORE DURING A TRAINING SESSION AND USE AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES TO ASSAULT A BEACH. 01:21:40 - MONTAGE- CHANG-KAI-SHEK REVIEWS HIS PASSING ARMY. 01 22 20 KOREA - MONTAGE- BATTLE SCENES OF THE KOREAN WAR. 01 24 06 MS- AMERICAN GIS SUPERVISE THE LOADING OF A HUGE STOCKPILE OF GRAIN ONTO TRUCKS BY KOREAN WORKERS 01:24:19 - MONTAGE- CROWDS OF BUSY PEOPLE GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS IN KOREAN CITY STREETS. MS- A KOREAN MP DIRECTS BUSY TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE OF A SQUARE. 01:24:36 - JAPAN - CROWDS OF PEOPLE LINE THE STREETS TO WATCH A U.S. MILITARY PARADE. 01:25:09 - MONTAGE- PAN OF THE RUINS OF A JAPANESE CITY AFTER WWII IS CONTRASTED WITH THE MODERN CITY OF TODAY. 01:25:22 - MS- A SUBWAY TRAIN STOPS AND HOARDS OF JAPANESE PEOPLE STREAM OUT. MS- PEOPLE CROWD THE STREETS AS WELL AS AUTO TRAFFIC. 01:26:00 - MS- U.S. MILITARY ADVISOR TRAINS A JAP ARTILLERY CREW WITH MOUNT FUJIYAMA IN THE DISTANCE. 01:27:03 - LS- JAPANESE AND AMERICAN FLAG FLY TOGETHER WITH MOUNT FUJIYAMA IN THE BACKGROUND.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1958
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1093