- Title: VM-1096
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:03:00 - ARMY NEWSREEL NO. 2 "OBSOLETE" FILM. A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS QUITE AMERICAN IN NATURE TAKING PLACE IN GERMANY. AMERICAN ACTIVITIES IN GERMANY. 00:03:23 - TITLE: JUVENILE SPEEDSTERS- MS- THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION BAND PARADES AT A SOAPBOX DERBY NEAR OSBERG, GERMANY. MEN IN PARADE CARRY THE SOAPBOXES 00:03:50 - MS- YOUNG MEN GREASE THE AXELS AS OFFICIALS WEIGH THE CARS. 00:04:14 - MS- THE YOUNG DRIVERS PUSH THEIR CARS UP STARTING RAMP MADE OF WOOD. 2 BOYS RIDE DOWN THE RAMP AND ONTO THE 1/4 MILE SPEEDWAY. 00:04:49 - MS- GI RUNS UP TO THE TRACK AND WAVES FRANTICALLY TO ONE OF THE BOYS TO SPEED IT UP. 00:04:54 - MS- AN OFFICIAL WITH CHECKERED FLAG WAVES IT AS A RIDER FINISHES. MS WINNERS POSE IN THEIR SOAPBOXES 00:05:28 - TITLE: ALPINE ADVENTURE - AMERICAN COUPLES ENTER SKI LODGE IN MAGESTIC YENNER MOUNTAIN, GERMANY. LS- 2 SEATER PLASTIC BUBBLE CABLE CARS GOING UP AND DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. 00:05:55 - MONTAGE- SCENES OF THE RESORT AS SEEN FROM THE MOVING CABLE CAR. MONTAGE- THE AMERICAN COUPLES LOOK DOWN AT A BREATH-TAKING VIEW OF THE ALPS. 00:07:21 - TITLE: WHAT'S NEW IN EUROPE? THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION ARRIVES. MS- PARATROOPS BOARD A PLANE. 00:08:13 - MS- THE PARATROOPS STAND UP AND HOOK UP FOR THE DROP. AT SIGNAL THEY JUMP. MS-A LOCAL FARMER SITS ON A TRACTOR AND LOOKS UP AT THE ACTION 00:09:16 - TITLE: UNUSUAL OCCUPATION - CU- SPECIALIST ANTHONY LEFTI, LOCKSMITH OF THE VERDUN QUARTERMASTER SUPPLY DEPOT WORKS ON A SMALL MECHANISM AT HIS DESK . 00:09:41 - CU- LEFTI'S HAND TURNING A COMBINATION LOCK ON A SAFE. LEFTI LISTENS ON A STETESCOPE AS HE TURNS DIAL. HE OPENS THE SAFE. CRACKS SAFE 00:10:25 - MS- TONY TRIES HIS SKILLS ON THE DOOR OF AN ANCIENT CASTLE. HE PICKS THE LOCK AND IT OPENS AN ARMORED KNIGHT COMES OUT, SHAKES TONY'S HAND 00:10:51 - TITLE: REMEMBRANCE DAY - ELECTRIC TRAM PULLS UP TO A STATION IN ETTLEBRUCK, LUXEMBOURG 00:11:00 - .MAJOR GENERAL W. PAUL JOHNSON ARRIVES AT WITH FAMILY TO ATTEND A CEREMONY HONORING GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON. CITY OFFICIAL GREETS HIM. 00:11:23 - MS- PRINCE PHILLIP OF LUXEMBOURG ARRIVES TO OFFICIATE AT CEREMONY 00:11:41 - MS- SOLDIERS CARRY FLOWERS WHICH THEY PLACE AT THE PATTON MEMORIAL 00:11:58 - TITLE: COMBAT TV - ABC TV DEMONSTRATES A HAND HELD COMBAT TELEVISION CAMERA ON A 'BATTLEGROUND'. 00:12:58 - TITLE: MINIATURE TANK RANGE - CARNIVAL TYPE MOVING DUCKS ARE FIRED AT BY TANKS USING SPECIAL AMMO MS- A GI LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS TO SEE RESULTS CU- THE MOVING 'DUCK' FLOPS OVER WHEN HIT 00:14:35 - TITLE: RECORD BRIDGING - MS- AN OFFICER SHOOTS A FLARE INTO THE AIR TO START THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PONTOON BRIDGE BY 489TH ENGINEER BATALLION IN ATTEMPT TO BREAK RECORD. 00:14:46 - MONTAGE- GIS RUN TO THEIR TRUCKS AND UNFOLD A RUBBER RAFTS INFLATE IT AND PUSH IT INTO WATER AS OTHERS BEGIN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE BRIDGE SECTIONS. 00:15:19 - MS- LT. GENERAL JOHN UNCLE WATCHES THE SPEEDY GIS WITH MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF. LS- A FLARE IS FIRED AS THE LAST PIN IS PLACED INTO THE BRIDGE. 00:15:42 - MONTAGE- GIS JUMP WITH JOY AS THEY BREAK RECORD MS- A 20 FT LONG CAKE HELPS THEM CELEBRATE. 00:16:16 - TITLE: BOY SCOUT CAMPOREE - MS- BOY SCOUTS PITCH TENTS IN OUTSBOURG, GERMANY WOODS. SPONSORED BY 505TH AIRBORNE BATTLE GROUP. 00:16:40 - LS- AN IMPRESSIVE TOTEM POLE IS LIFTED INTO PLACE BY THE SCOUTS. MS- A SCOUT COOKS UP SOME BACON AS OTHERS SIT AT PICNIC A TABLE TO EAT. 00:17:00 - MS- MAJOR GENERAL U.P. HARRIS, COMMANDING GENERAL OF 11TH AIRBORNE SHAKES HANDS WITH SOME SCOUTS 00:17:35 - TITLE: 'HONEST JOHN' - LS- ARMY WEATHER EXPERTS FOCUS THEIR INSTRUMENTS ON A WEATHER BALLOON FLOATING SKYWARD. 00:18:19 - LS- THE 'HONEST JOHN' MISSILE IS FIRED DOWN RANGE. 00:18:31 - TITLE: A VISIT TO FRANKFURT ZOO - 2 GIS PAY THEIR WAY INTO THE ZOO. MS- THE GIS THROW FISH TO SEALS WHO CATCH THEM IN MID-AIR. 00:19:21 - MS- THE GIS VISIT A RHINO, THEN THEY HANDLE 4 CUBS AS A GROUP OF CHILDREN WATCH. MAMA LION IS NOT TOO HAPPY AND PACES BACK AND FORTH IN HER CAGE. THE GI FONDLES 2 OF THE CUBS. 00:20:10 - MS- GI HOLDS A CHIMP WHO REACHES FOR THE OTHER GI AND HUGS HIM. EACH GI HOLDS A CHIMP IN HIS ARMS 00:20:28 - TITLE: IT'S A DOG'S LIFE. LS- 6 K-9'S STAY PUT IN THE SNOW AS THEIR GI TRAINERS MAKE SEVERAL MOVES AROUND THEM. ANIMALS IN MILITARY 00:21:00 - MS- WHEN THE TRAINER REPLACES THE DOG'S COLLAR WITH ANOTHER ONE, IT BECOMES A VICIOUS ATTACK DOG. 00:21:19 - LS- THE DOG CHASES AND ATTACKS A WELL PADDED GI. REFUSES TO LET GO UNTIL CALLED OFF BY TRAINER. 00:21:34 - LS- THE GUARD DOG JUMPS SEVERAL FENCES ONE HIGHER THAN THE OTHER. HE THEN JUMPS THROUGH A HOOP. HE POSES IN A BEGGING POSITION BETWEEN THE HOOP. 00:22:07 - MS- A MEDICAL OFFICER HOLD UP A NEW VACCINATION GUN WHICH REPLACES THE HYPODERMIC NEEDLE 00:22:17 - CU- THE MEDIC LOADS A NEEDLE THE OLD WAY BY INSERTING IT INTO RUBBER CAP OF THE MEDICINE 00:22:20 - CU- WITH THE NEW AND MORE EFFICIENT WAY THE ENTIRE MEDICINE BOTTLE IS ATTACHED TO THE GUN. CU- GI GETS A 'SHOT AND IS PLEASENTLY SURPRISED. 00:22:30 - MS- MEDIC 'SHOOTS' MAN AFTER MAN IN QUICK ORDER 00:22:44 - TITLE: UNUSUAL OCCUPATION, PARACHUTE RIGGER - A GI UNRAVELS A USED PARACHUTE ON A LONG TABLE AND SPREADS IT OUT FOR AN INSPECTION. 00:23:12 - MS- AFTER A 2 MAN INSPECTION A RIGGER SEWS A RIP IN THE CHUTE. THE GI DEMONSTRATES THE ART OF REPACKING THE CHUTE. 00:23:40 - MS- TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR FAITH IN THEIR PACKING EACH PACKER JUMPS WITH A REPACKED CHUTE PICKED AT RANDOM. HE GATHERS IT AND RETURNS TO REPACK IT 00:24:26 - TITLE: KINDER DRIVING SCHOOL - GERMAN POLICE TEACH CHILDREN HOW TO DRIVE SAFELY, USING SMALL CARS ON A SPECIAL DRIVING COURSE CONTAINING MINIATURE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND STREET SIGNS 00:25:39 - TITLE: LUCKY 11TH - 8 GIRL WINNERS OF THE EUROPEAN BEAUTY CONTEST ARRIVE BY BUS AT THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION SCHOOL TO WATCH PARATROOPS TRAIN. 00:25:52 - MS- A GI ESCORTS EACH GIRL TO VIEWING STANDS 00:26:29 - MS- THE GIRLS WATCH PARATROOPS JUMP FROM A TOWER 00 26 24 MS- A GIRL GESTURES A KISS TO THE CAMERA. 00:26:44 - MONTAGE- EACH GIRL IS FILMED EATING CHOW IN THE MESS HALL, THEN THEY PARADE IN SWIM SUITS. 00:27:42 - TITLE: LAKE EIBSEE GARMISCH - LS- WATER SKIER ON LAKE GARMISCH DOES FANCY AND DARING MOVES AT HIGH SPEED. 00:28:29 - LS- SKIER STANDS ON A CHAIR ATTACHED TO A ROUND WATER SKI AND DOES SOME TURNS. LS- 5 SHIERS FORM A PYRAMID. MONTAGE- SKIER JUMPS RAMP. 00:29:07 - MS- BLONDE AND HER DATE SIT IN BEACH CHAIRS AND LAUGH HEARTILY AT SKIERS. 00:29:09 - LS- GI SKIER DOES A NOSE DIVE OFF THE RAMP.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1958
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1096