- Title: VM-1118A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:01:34 - "THE GENERAL PATTON STORY" RONALD REAGAN NARRATES THIS DOCUMENTARY ON THE LIFE OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST COLORFUL MILITARY LEADERS. A STUDY IN DUTY, PATRIOTISM AND LOYALTY. 00:01:39 - MS- GENERAL PATTON WAVES AND GIVES A HANDSHAKE GESTURE TO HIS TANKMEN AS THEY SPEED BY TO THE FRONT. 00:01:46 - MS- PATTON STANDS IN HIS JEEP AND HOLDS ONTO A MOUNTED MACHINE-GUN AS HE SPEEDS BY. 00:02:02 - CU- DRAWING OF PATTON SHOWS HIS EYES CLOSE UP. 00:02:49 - CU- PHOTO OF PATTON AS A BABY AS NARRATED BY RONALD REAGAN. MS- PHOTO OF 'GEORGIE' PATTON AS A TEENAGER. PHOTO OF PATTON FENCING WITH HIS FATHER, BOTH WEARING PROTECTIVE MASKS. 00:03:13 - CU- PHOTOS OF PATTON AS CADET AT VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE (VMI) & AT WEST POINT. RARE PHOTO OF WEST POINT CADET PATTON SMILING. 00:03:40 - MS- PATTON WITH HIS FOOTBALL TEAM AT WEST POINT WHICH HE ESTABLISHED. 00:03:53 - MS- AWKWARD LOOKING TANKS ON THE MOVE DURING WWI. WHICH PATTON STUDIED, RODE AND BECAME A HERO IN. PHOTO OF PATTON IN FRONT OF HIS TANK 00:04:06 - MS- PHOTO OF HUNDREDS OF TANK CREWMEN POSING ON TOP OF AND ALONGSIDE THE TANKS AT THE TANK SCHOOL AT FORT MEADE WHICH PATTON ATTENDED. 00:04:19 - CU- IN THE PHOTO IS PATTON ALONGSIDE EISENHOWER. 00:04:26 - MS- PHOTO OF PATTON MASQUERADING AS A RIVERBOAT GAMBLER WITH A GUN IN HIS BELT, AND HIS WIFE AS A SOUTHERN 'BELLE'. 00:04:41 - MS- PATTON AS A KNIGHT ON A HORSE AND HIS WIFE AS AS HIS LADY ALSO ON A HORSE. 00:05:06 - CU- LIEUTENANT GENERAL PATTON ON A WARSHIP ON THE WAY TO THE INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA ALONG WITH A CONVOY OF WARSHIPS AND TROOPSHIPS. 00:05:15 - MONTAGE- BOMBARDMENT OF NORTH AFRICAN SHORE BEFORE THE LANDING. LS- PATTON WALKS OUT OF A BUILDING WITH FRENCH MILITARY LEADERS AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL INVASION. 00:05:48 - MS- FDR AND CHURCHILL MEET AT CASABLANCA. LS- PATTON RIDING ON A HALF-TRACK TO TUNISIAN FRONT. 00:06:17 - MS- BOMBARDMENT BY ARTILLERY AND PATTON'S TANKS IN THE TUNISIAN DESERT IS WATCHED BY PATTON. 00:06:33 - MS- PATTON MEETS BRITAIN'S GENERAL ARMSTRON WHO ARRIVES IN THE DESERT IN A LIGHTPLANE. 00:06:36 - MS- PATTON LOOKS OUT WITH HIS BINOCULARS AT THE TANK TRAP HE SET FOR ROMMEL'S TROOPS. ELS- TANK BATTLE SEEN BY PATTON IN THE DISTANCE. 00:06:54 - MONTAGE- DESTROYED GERMAN TANKS AND PLANES LITTER THE DESERT. 00:07:00 - MS- PATTON SALUTES AS HE BOARDS A WARSHIP. 00:07:31 - MS- NIGHT IS LIT UP BY NAVAL BOMBARDMENT AS PATTON'S NEW 7TH ARMY INVADES SICILY. MS- PATTON WATCHES THE BOMBARDMENT THROUGH BINOCULARS. 00:08:00 - MS- PATTON WADES INTO SHORE FOLLOWING THE LANDING BY HIS ARMY. LS- PATTON WITH HIS GENERAL STAFF ON A SICILY HILL. 00:08:30 - MONTAGE- PATTON'S TANKS RIDE THROUGH THE SICILIAN VILLAGES TO THE CHEERS OF THE PEOPLE. LS- PATTON LOOKS OUT AT THE CHEERING PEOPLE FROM THE BALCONY OF A SICILIAN HOUSE 00:09:10 - MS- PATTON AND BRITAIN'S MONTGOMERY PLAN STRATEGY MONTY BELIEVED IN SHOWMANSHIP AS DID PATTON 00:09:40 - MS- PATTON ENJOYS SOME DELICACIES FROM A DECORATED CART PULLED BY A DONKEY OFFERED HIM BY LOCAL POLITICIAN AND WOMEN 00:10:07 - MS- THE SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, EISENHOWER, PAYS PATTON A VISIT AND THEY CHAT. 00:10:25 - MS- PATTON SPEAKS ON AN OUTDOOR PODIUM TO NEW AMERICAN TROOPS IN BRITAIN. FOLLOWING THAT SPEECH THEY CALLED HIM"OLD BLOOD AND GUTS". 00:10:45 - MONTAGE- SOLDIERS TRAIN IN HAND TO HAND COMBAT ROLLING ALL OVER GROUND PUNCHING AT EACH OTHER 00:11:20 - MS- PATTON WITH HIS PEARL HANDLED GUNS AT HIS SIDE LOOKS OUT OVER THE BATTLEFIELD WITH BINOCULARS. CU- PATTON'S GUN IN HIS HIP HOLSTER 00:11:40 - MONTAGE- FOLLOWING HEAVY ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT, PATTON'S 3RD ARMY TANKS ROLL IN A PATTON VERSION OF A GERMAN BLITZKREIG. 00:12:51 - MONTAGE- 3RD ARMY TROOPS ARE GREETED WITH KISSES AND WINE FROM FRENCH WOMEN AND MEN. CU- GIS TAKE A DRINK OF WINE FROM THEIR CANTEENS. 00:14:16 - MS- PATTON CROSSES THE SEINE RIVER OVER A PONTOON BRIDGE IN HIS JEEP 00:14:34 - MS- PATTON IN THE COCKPIT OF A LIGHTPLANE. 00:15:52 - MS- PATTON LOOKS DEPRESSED AS HIS ADVANCE IS HELD UP BECAUSE OF HIS STRETCHED SUPPLY LINES. 00:16:13 - MS- PATTON SITS WITH IKE AND BRADLEY AT A DINNER BANQUET. 00:16:28 - LS- PATTON PINS A MEDAL ON A GI AS OTHERS LOOK ON AT THE FRONT. 00:17:10 - MONTAGE- PATTON'S TROOPS FIGHT IN THE STREETS OF THE FORTRESS CITY OF METZ. 00:18:40 - MONTAGE- PATTON'S TANKS RELIEVE TRAPPED AMERICAN TROOPS AT BASTOGNE IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. 00:21:00 - MS- PATTON PLAYFULLY PATS THE FACE OF A GI AS THEY GATHER AROUND HIM AFTER HE GAVE SOME MEDALS 00:21:50 - MS- 'IKE' AGAIN MEETS WITH PATTON AND GENERAL WALKER AT THE FRONT. 00:22:41 - MS- PATTON PLACES A MEDAL OF HONOR AROUND THE NECK OF A GI MEDIC. 00:22:52 - MS- GRIM FACED PATTON, BRADLEY AND EISENHOWER WALK AMID THE BODIES OF DEAD SCATTERED ON THE GROUND AT A CONCENTRATION CAMP. (PAN) 00:23:48 - MS- A NOW 4 STAR GENERAL PATTON RIDES IN A SPEED BOAT WITH HIS STAFF 00:24:08 - MS- PATTON STAND UP IN A JEEP AS HE GETS A TICKER TAPE GREETING AND A CHEERING CROWD IN LOS ANGELES 00:24:19 - LS- PATTON AND GENERAL DOOLITTLE WALK UP LONG FLIGHT OF STAIRS TO A PODIUM WHERE PATTON IS HONORED BY A SPEECH BY DOOLITTLE. 00:25:00 - LS- PATTON MAKES HIS COLORFUL SPEECH 00:26:47 - MS- PATTON WATCHES GIS COMPETE IN TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS IN GERMANY. HE APPLAUDS ENTHUSIASTICALLY CONGRATULATES A BLACK WINNER. 00:27:42 - MS- COFFIN OF PATTON IS CARRIED IN A MILITARY FUNERAL AFTER HE DIED OF INJURIES RECEIVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT 4 MONTHS AFTER THE WAR. 00:27:44 - LS- THOUSANDS OF GIS LINE THE PATH OF THE FUNERAL AS PATTON IS BURIED AMONG THE SOLDIERS OF THE 3RD ARMY THAT DIED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. 00:28:23 - CU- PATTON'S GRAVE IS MARKED WITH A PLAIN WHITE CROSS AND FLOWERS. 00:28:32 - MS- STATUE OF PATTON AT WEST POINT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1917
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1118A