- Title: VM-1111
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:03:25 - "LOOK TOWARD TOMORROW" A FILM DESIGNED TO SUPPLEMENT THE LONG RANGE RECRUITMENT PROGRAM SET UP BY THE ARMY FOR CIVILIAN SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS. A TV WRITER IS ASSIGNED TO DO A DOCUMENTARY ON ARMY SCIENCE. HE VISITS FORT MONMOUTH TO GET 1ST HAND KNOWLEDGE OF SUBJECT. HE COMES AWAY FEELING HIS SON WAS RIGHT ACCEPTING AN ENGINEERING JOB WITH THE ARMY. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF MANY DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT IS SEEN. 01:03:30 - MS- A YOUNG TV PRODUCER AND AN AGING WRITER, JOE BARTON, WATCH AN ARMY DOCUMENTARY AND DISCUSS NEW PROJECT CONCERNING ARMY SCIENCE. 01:04:48 - MS- AFTER ASSIGNING BARTON WHO SHOWED LITTLE INTEREST, THE PRODUCER OPENS DOOR TO LEAVE AND SAYS, "THAT'S WHAT I LIKE, ENTHUSIASM". 01:05:04 - MS- WRITER BARTON SITS ON SOFA A READS A LETTER FROM HIS SON WHO ACCEPTED A JOB WITH THE ARMY ENGINEERS AFTER GRADUATING ENGINEERING SCHOOL 01:05:53 - MS- JOE BARTON GETS UP WITH AN EXPRESSION OF DISAPPOINTMENT ON HIS FACE. 01:06:00 - BARTON, RIDING IN HIS 1957 CHEVY, PASSES A 'FORT MONMOUTH' SIGN. AN MP AT THE ENTRANCE CHECKS HIS CREDENTIALS AND WAVES HIM ON. 01:07:29 - MS- A SCIENTIST AT THE SIGNAL AND RESEARCH LAB HELPS BARTON PUT ON A NEW HELMET WITH BUILT IN RADIO TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER. 01:08:05 - CU- WRITER BARTON TIPS HIS FEDORA AND LOOKS UP IN AWE AT 'DIANA', THE MOST POWERFUL RADAR ANTENNA IN THE U.S. 01:08:44 - MS- BARTON SITS IN ON A MEETING WHERE A YOUNG ENGINEER IS BEING EVALUATED BY A GROUP OF SUPERVISORS. MS- TALKING HEADS. 01:11:09 - MS- BARTON'S CREDENTIALS ARE CHECKED BY AN ARMED GUARD AS HE DRIVES INTO PICATINNY ARSENAL IN NEW JERSEY ANOTHER STOP ON HIS TOUR. 01:11:25 - LS- THE MODERN PICATINNY LABORATORY BUILDING IMPRESSES BARTON. 01:11:37 - MS- AN ENGINEER WHO DEVELOPED ATOMIC SHELL, SHOWS BARTON A CENTRIFUGE, A TESTING DEVICE FOR MISSILES. 01:12:15 - MS- THE ENGINEER EXPLAINS OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS HE HAD TO OVERCOME IN DEVELOPING THE ATOMIC SHELL 01:13:10 - LS- PAN OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE 5000 ACRES OF PLUSH ROLLING HILLS OF FORT MONMOUTH. 01:13:37 - MS- SCIENTISTS WEARING SURGICAL APRONS AND MASKS WALK INTO AN ULTRA-VIOLET AIRLOCK SPACE BEFORE ENTERING A LAB WHERE BACTERIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS WERE BEING PERFORMED AT FORT DETRICK, MARYLAND 01:14:05 - CU- SCIENTIST STICKS HIS HAND INTO RUBBER GLOVES EXTENDING INTO A AIR TIGHT CABINET WHERE THEY TESTED CHEMICALS IN VIALS, YET NOT EXPOSING THEM TO DANGERS OF INFECTION. 01:14:37 - MS- CHEMICAL WARFARE LABORATORY BUILDING IN EDWARD, MARYLAND. A YOUNG CHEMIST TRYING TO DEVELOP A COLOR TEST FOR THE CARDINAL SHELLFISH POISON 01:15:33 - CU- TALKING HEADS- YOUNG CHEMIST TELLS HIS SUPERVISOR WHAT AND HOW HE IS DOING. 01:17:02 - CU- A BUTTON BEING PUSHED AND A ROCKET BLASTS OFF IN PLACE, IN A STATIC TEST. 01:17:14 - MS- FAMOUS GERMAN ROCKET SCIENTIST WEHRNER VON BRAUN CHATS WITH A COLLEAGUE. 01:17:27 - LS- WRITER, JOE BARTON DRIVES INTO THE WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION AT VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI. 01:17:44 - MS- AN ENGINEER HOLDS HIS EARS AS A JET PLANE BEING HELD IN PLACE REVS IT'S ENGINE TO CHECK THE EFFECTS OF THE BLAST ON THE PAVEMENT. 01:18:07 - CU- THE ENGINEER USES A PIECE OF CHALK TO OUTLINE THE BURN MARK LEFT IN THE SURFACE BY THE BLAST. 01:18:17 - CU- A HUGE LARGE WHEELED VEHICLE RIDES ON A PREFABRICATED LANDING MAT FOR AN AIRFIELD TO TEST ITS STRENGTH 01:19:12 - LS- A SCIENTIST STANDS AMID A SCALE MODEL OF NEW YORK HARBOR WHICH DUPLICATES THE CONDITIONS OF WATER FLOW IN THE REAL HARBOR. 01:20:25 - MS- THE REAL STATUE OF LIBERTY AND NEW YORK CITYS SKYSCRAPERS WITH THE HARBOR IN THE FOREGROUND. 01:21:02 - LS- THAYER HALL AT WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY WHERE BARTON ATTENDS ARMY SCIENCE CONFERENCE. 01:21:19 - TALKING HEADS- SCIENTISTS SHARE VIEWS BEFORE AND DURING CONFERENCE. 01:22:39 - MS- A YOUNG STUDENT GUIDE SHOWS BARTON A SOLAR FURNACE WHICH PICKS UP RADIATION FROM THE SUN ON HUGE CONCAVE MIRRORS. 01:23:50 - MS- GIS WALK ON THREADMILLS IN ARCTIC 'ROOMS' & TROPICAL 'ROOMS' TO TEST CLOTHING 01:25:50 - MS- TV WRITER BARTON LOOKS AT HIS WATCH THEN SITS ON PARK BENCH OUTSIDE HIS SON'S COLLEGE AND WAITS FOR HIM. 01:26:05 - CU- BARTON IN DEEP THOUGHT, AS HE LIGHTS UP A CIGARETTE. BARTON'S SON ARRIVES AND SITS NEXT TO HIM ON THE PARK BENCH
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1111