- Title: VM-1107A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:04:04 - "CANINE COLLEGE" A DOCUMENTARY ON THE ARMY'S CANINES & THEIR ROLE AS SENTRIES. ANIMALS IN THE MILITARY 00:04:09 - MS- SOLDIERS PATROL ALONG A PARTLY FROZEN STREAM WITH A K-9 GERMAN SHEPHERD. DOG CARRIES TWO CONTAINERS STRAPPED ON HIS BACK CONTAINING HOMING PIDGEONS WHICH ARE REMOVED BY A GI. 00:04:49 - MS- GROUP OF GIS WITH THEIR DOGS ON LEASHES. 00:05:09 - MS- A MILITARY POLICEMAN (MP) PATROLS A GUIDED MISSILE SITE WITH HIS DOG (K-9). AN MP WITH DOG PATROLS AN AIRBASE. 00:06:02 - LS- ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN K-9 TRAINING SCHOOL IN LENGGRIES, GERMANY. 00:06:10 - TALKING HEADS - AN OFFICER INTERVIEWS A FUTURE SOLDIER FOR K-9 DUTY AND ACCEPTS HIS APPLICATION 00:07:32 - MS- AN OFFICER SPEAKS TO CLASS OF NEW RECRUITS AT THE K-9 SCHOOL AND TELLS THE HISTORY OF THE DOGS. 00:08:31 - LS- GERMAN CIVILIANS WALK THEIR GERMAN SHEPHERDS IN A CIRCLE AS AN ARMY OFFIVER SELECTS THE ONES HE IS INTERESTED IN BUYING. A WOMAN FOLLOWS THE SHEPHERDS WITH A SMALL MUTT. 00:08:44 - MS- A BOY TRIES TO PULL HIS RELUCANT DOG INTO THE COMPETITION BUT THE DOG HOLDS HIS GROUND. 00:08:57 - MS- A GI FIRES A RIFLE INTO THE AIR TO GET THE REACTION OF THE DOGS UNDER FIRE. MS- ONE DOG TAKES OFF IN A PANIC, BARKING. 00:09:06 - MONTAGE- AS THE MASTER HOLDS HIS DOG, A GI WITH AN ARM PROTECTOR TEASES THE DOG UNTIL IT ATTACKS THE ARM PROTECTOR. MONTAGE- EACH DOG AGGRESSIVELY PULLS AT THE ARM PROTECTOR. 00:10:15 - MS- EACH DOG IS EXAMINED CAREFULLY BY THE GIS AS ONLY THE CREAM OF THE CROP IS SELECTED. NARRATOR, WITH GERMAN ACCENT, SPEAKS AS THOUGH HE IS THE DOG GOING THROUGH THE ORDEAL. 00:10:47 - MS- A NEW ARMY COLLAR IS PUT ON A SELECTED DOG. "MY NEW UNIFORM", THE DOG (NARRATOR) SAYS. 00:11:47 - A TRUCK FULL OF DOGS IN CRATES, IS TRANSPORTED TO THE SCHOOL IN LENGGRIES, GERMANY. 00:12:11 - LS- THE TRUCK PULLS UP TO A KENNEL WITH A LONG LINE OF CAGES, SOME CONTAINING DOGS. EACH DOG IS UNLOADED, LEASHED AND PLACED IN A CAGE. 00:13:18 - MS- THE MUZZLED DOG IS PLACED ON AN EXAMINATION TABLE AND EXAMINED BY A VET. CU- THE VET WORKS ON THE DOGS TEETH WITH A SCRAPING TOOL. PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE FEET. 00:15:34 - CU- THE VET GIVES THE DOG SHOTS. 00:16:24 - CU- AS THE GI TRAINER HOLDS THE DOG A NUMBER IS TATTOOED ON ITS BELLY. 00:17:16 - MS- A SERGEANT-TRAINER COMBS AND GROOMS A DOG IN FRONT OF A CLASSROOMOF GIS. 00:18:03 - LS- A SQUAD OF RECRUITS MARCHES TO THE KENNELS TO START WITH THEIR NEW DOGS. 00:18:23 - MS- A GI GETS AQUAINTED WITH HIS DOG THROUGH THE CHAIN LINK DOOR OF HIS CAGE, THEN HE GOES IN AND CLOSES THE DOOR BEHIND HIM. PETS AND BONDS WITH THE DOG. 00:18:45 - MS- THE GI PUTS A CHOKE COLLAR AND LEASH ON THE DOG AND WALKS HIM OUTSIDE THE CAGE. MS- THE GI BEGINS TRAINING THE DOG WITH VARIOUS MOVES AND COMMANDS. THE DOG OBEDIENTLY PERFORMS. 00:20:47 - MONTAGE- GROUPS OF GIS WITH THEIR DOGS IN A GROUP DRILL SESSION ALL MAKING THE SAME MOVES TOGETHER. 00:22:11 - LS- DOGS JUMP HURDLES AND CRAWL UNDER BARBED WIRE WITH THEIR GI TRAINERS ALONGSIDE GUIDING THEM. 00:24:28 - CU- A DOG IN BEGGING POSE. MEANING HE IS HUNGRY. 00:24:35 - LS- A WORKER FILLS LARGE BOWLS OF PREPARED FOOD HE TAKES FROM A LARGE TROUGH WHICH THE GIS TAKE TO THEIR DOGS AT THE KENNEL. 00:25:35 - LS- DOG AND TRAINER ON FIELD PATROL CHASE DOWN 2 'INTRUDERS' WHO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES. 00:26:35 - LS- DOG GOES THROUGH COMPLICATED OBSTACLE COURSE ALL BY HIMSELF, TRIGGERED BY ONLY ONE COMMAND. 00:27:14 - LS- DOG CLIMBS HIGH LADDER AND SITS IN A BEGGING POSITION AT THE TOP. 00:28:08 - MS- CROWD WATCHES GIS AND THEIR DOGS MARCH IN A PARADE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1107A