- Title: VM-1099
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:33:52 - "STORY OF A SQUAD" COVERS THE ACTIVITIES OF AN ELITE INFANTRY PARATROOPER SQUAD FROM THE TIME THE MEN ARISE IN THE MORNING UNTIL DAY IS FINISHED. 01:33:57 - GIS GRUDGINGLY GET UP OUT OF THEIR BUNKS AS GI NARRATOR TELL THE FEELING. 01:34:31 - GI SHOWS PICTURE IN LOCKER OF HIS MOTHER TO A BUDDY WHO YAWNS AND SCRATCHES HIS HEAD. 01:35:04 - BLACK AND WHITE GIS IN SHORTS LATHER UP FOR A SHAVE IN THE SHOWER ROOM. BLACK SOLDIER. INTEGRATED TROOPS. 01:35:25 - GROUP OF GIS MAKING THEIR BEDS HARDLY LOOKING LIKE TOUGH PARATROOPS. 01:36:04 - GI SHINES HIS BOOTS NEXT TO A BLACK SOLDIER MAKING HIS BED. 01:37:18 - WIFE OF SQUAD SERGEANT LIVING OFF POST, POURS CUP OF COFFEE FOR HER HUSBAND AND KISSES HIM GOODBYE AS HE IS OFF TO CAMP. 01:37:46 - AT INSPECTION OF QUARTERS A GI IS REMINDED TO PUT ON HIS HAT INSIGNIA BY THE OFFICER. 01:38:50 - BLACK AND WHITE SQUAD LEADERS SIT IN FOR MAP BRIEFING BY LIEUTENANT WHO LIGHTS UP A CIGARETTE. 01:39:26 - MEN LINE UP AT QUARTERMASTER FOR THEIR CHUTES PARATROOPERS HELP EACH OTHER ADJUST THEIR CHUTES. THEY BOARD PLANE AND SIT ON BENCH INSIDE. 01:44:00 - MONTAGE AFTER JUMPING AND LANDING THE SQUAD MEET AND ADVANCE THROUGH THE WOODED FORREST. 01:44:40 - "AGGRESSOR" FORCES SET UP BARBED WIRE AND BARRIERS IN THE FOREST. THE PARATROOPERS SNEAK UP AND CAPTURE AN 'AGGRESSOR' SCOUT ALIVE. WAR GAMES 01:49:10 - PARATROOPERS SNEAK UP ON THE AGGRESSOR FORCES IN THE WOODS AND THEN MOVE FORWARD FIRING THEIR RIFLES. CU GRENADE BEING LAUNCHED FROM THE MUZZLE OF A RIFLE. 01:51:23 - AFTER COMPLETING THE MISSION THE MEN STOP FOR CUP OF HOT COFFEE WHICH THEY LADLE OUT OF A BIG METAL POT. 01:51:49 - MEN CLEAN THEIR WEAPONS IN THE BARRACKS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE SERGEANT INCLUDING BLACK SOLDIER 01:52:58 - SOLDIERS STOP AT BARBER SHOP FOR HAIRCUTS. MEN GET ALL SPRUCED UP FOR RETREAT. 01:53:57 - MEN SITTING AT CHOW TABLE LISTEN TO BLACK SOLDIER READ A LETTER FROM HOME. 01:55:28 - SOLDIERS PLAY SHUFFLE BOARD AT THE SERVICE CLUB BLACK SOLDIER PLAYS POOL. RACKED BALLS SPREAD OUT ON CONTACT. 2 GIS PLAY PING PONG. 01:56:14 - GI SITS AT DESK AND WORKS ON HIS CORRESPONDENCE COURSE, OTHERS USE THE LIBRARY. 01:56:36 - GI SITS ON BUNK AND STRUMS A GUITAR. MARRIED SERGEANT SITS AT HOME WITH HIS BABY AND A GUITAR ON HIS LAP. BABY STRUMS GUITAR WHILE MOTHER READS TO THEIR 2 OTHER GIRLS. 01:57:21 - GI TALKS ON PHONE IN BOOTH TO GIRL FRIEND AS BUDDY LISTENS. GIRL ON OTHER END RESPOND ON HOME PHONE. 01:57:38 - GERMAN BARTENDER WITH CIGARETTE DANGLING FROM HIS LIPS SERVES A MUG OF BEER AT BAR. 01:57:56 - OFF DUTY SOLDIER IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES DANCE CLOSELY WITH GIRL AT CLUB.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1958
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1099