- Title: VM-1121A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: PART A - 00:33:14 -
- Description:00:33:14 - ARMY DIGEST NO.3 TWO SUBJECTS ARE COVERED: "THE JUNIOR ESSEX TROOP", A NATIONAL GUARD UNIT OF 150 BOYS, AND "UMBRELLA IN THE SKY", WHICH SHOWS HUNDREDS OF WAYS PARACHUTES CAN BE USED IN PEACE AND WAR. 00:33:19 - MONTAGE- FAMOUS FILM OF LANDING AT NORMANDY ON D-DAY WHICH INCLUDED THE MEN OF THE 102ND ARMORED CAVALRY WHICH LANDED ON 'OMAHA' BEACH. 00:33:51 - LS- TANKS AND ROCKET FIRING VEHICLE FIRE VOLLEYS AT THE GERMANS. 00:34:02 - MS- A TANK DEVISED BY A MEMBER OF THE 102ND THAT CUTS THROUGH HEDGE GROVES IS DEMONSTRATED. 00:34:26 - LS- MEMBERS OF 103ND RIDE VICTORIOUSLY THROUGH A CZECH TOWN TO THE CHEER OF THE PEOPLE. 00:34:34 - MS- ARMORY IN WEST ORANGE, N.J., LOOKS LIKE VIRGINIA MANSION, IS HOME TO THE 102ND NATIONAL GUARD UNIT. MS- AN INSTRUCTOR POINTS TO AND DEMONSTRATES VARIOUS PARTS OF TANK TO HIS GUARDSMEN-STUDENTS 00:35:14 - MS- A CAVALRY HORSE GALLOPS THROUGH A PUDDLE OF WATER IS RIDDEN BY A JUNIOR ESSEX TROOP CAVALRYMAN MONTAGE- THE YOUNG CADET CAVALRYMEN JUMP HURDLES AT AN OBSTACLE COURSE. 00:35:45 - LS- LARGE STABLE AND BARN WHICH HOUSES 28 HORSES. LS- PAN OF THE 10 1/2 ACRES THAT MAKE UP THE HORSE FARM. LS- YOUNG HORSEMAN RIDES AROUND ONE OF THE 2 RIDING RINKS ON THE FARM. 00:36:30 - MS- PIPE SMOKING CAPTAIN PALMER, A FORMER CAVALRY OFFICER, COMMANDS THE CADET UNIT. 00:36:33 - LS- YOUNG CADETS STAND AT ATTENTION ALONG WITH THEIR ADULT SERGEANT. 00:36:40 - MS- A STATION WAGON PULLS UP AND A GROUP OF CADETS RUN OUT TO JOIN THE OTHERS FOR INSPECTION BY A CADET CAPTAIN. 00:37:26 - LS- EACH BOY WALKS HIS HORSE OUT OF THE STABLES AND SADDLE UP. EVEN THE SMALLEST BOY SADDLES UP. LS- THE BOYS LINE UP SMARTLY NEXT TO THEIR MOUNTS 00:38:18 - MS- THE BOYS SHOW HOW TO MOUNT THE HORSE USING THE STIRRUPS. MS- THE ADVANCED STUDENTS TRAIN JUMPING OBSTACLES. 00:39:50 - MS- THE BOYS REMOVE THE SADDLES AND WALK THE HORSES UNTIL THEY ARE THOROUGHLY COOLED DOWN. AFTERWARDS THE HORSES ARE TAKEN FOR A DRINK. 00:40:36 - MS- 2 CADETS BRUSH DOWN THEIR HORSES. MS- OTHER BOYS GET RIFLE FIRING TRAINING, INCLUDING DRILL PRACTICE. 00:41:20 - MS- SIGN TELLING OF 'JUNIOR ESSEX TROOP HORSE SHOW'. MS- THE BOYS CHECK THEIR EQUIPMENT, BRUSH THEIR HORSES, BRAID THEIR TAILS, WASH WINDOWS AND PUT UP LIGHTS . 00:41:49 - MS- SMALL TRACTOR PULLS A RACK WHICH SMOOTHS OUT THE BRIDAL PATHS. 00:42:23 - MS- A NATIONAL GUARDSMAN HAMMERS A SPIKE INTO THE GROUND WHICH TIGHTENS THE ROPE HOLDING THE BIG TENT FOR THE EVENT IN PLACE. 00:42:31 - MS- A HORSE TRAILER ARRIVES WITH A HORSES HEAD PEERING OUT OF IT'S WINDOW. HANSOM THOROUGHBRED HORSES ARE WALKED OUT OF THEIR TRAILERS 00:43:05 - AERIAL- EQUESTRIAN FANS START TO ARRIVE FOR THE EVENT (PAN) MS- DENNIS BLACKAM, A FORMER TROOP MEMBER AND CANDIDATE FOR THE 1960 OLYMPIC EQUESTRIAN TEAM, GIVES POINTERS TO SOME CADETS. 00:43:42 - CU- AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF TROPHIES THAT WILL GO TO THE WINNERS OF THE SHOW. 00:43:58 - MS- A LITTLE UNIFORMED MEMBER OF THE TROOP GIVES A BIG SMILE AS HE WATCHES A RIDER GO THROUGH HIS PACES. MONTAGE- YOUNG RIDERS GO THROUGH THE COURSE 00:45:46 - MS- OFFICIAL PINS A RIBBON ON THE HORSES BRIDLE. 00:47:21 - MONTAGE- THE JUNIOR ESSEX TROOPS OF LANCERS PUT ON A DAZZLING DISPLAY OF PRECISION HORSEMANSHIP. 00:48:12 - MS- THE YOUNG RIDERS JUMP THROUGH A FIRE HOOP WITH THEIR MOUNTS. 00:48:50 - MONTAGE- THE ENTIRE TROOP OF 150 BOYS MARCH IN REVIEW. 00:50:06 - UMBRELLAS OF THE SKY - STORY OF THE PARACHUTIST. 00:50:28 - MONTAGE- EARLY AIRPLANES OF ALL SHAPES ARE TESTED WITH SOME FLYING AND OTHERS NOT. 00:51:00 - MS- WWI PILOTS MAN THEIR VINTAGE PLANES WITHOUT PARACHUTES. 00:51:18 - LS- BARNSTORMING STUNTMEN JUMPS OFF WING OF VINTAGE PLANE WITH PARACHUTE IN THE EARLY YEARS. 00:51:32 - LS- RUSSIAN TROOPS JUMP OF HIGH TOWER AS THEY EXPERIMENT WITH PARACHUTES FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. 00:51:58 - LS- HUGE RUSSIAN PLANES DROP PARATROOPS AND CARGO IN CRUDE LOOKING PLANES. THE PLANE SWOOPS LOW AND DROPS A MANNED VEHICLE ON THE GROUND. CU- A MAN SLIPS OUT OF A TRAP DOOR IN THE VEHICLE 00:52:50 - MONTAGE- GERMAN PARATROOPS ENTERING PLANES AND DROPPING OVER CRETE IN 1ST LARGE SCALE MILITARY PARACHUTE USE. 00:53:22 - LS- GENERAL 'IKE', CHURCHILL AND OTHERS WATCH A HUGE PARATROOP DROP EXERCISE IN ENGLAND, IN PREPARATION FOR D-DAY. 00:53:52 - LS- VAST AREAS OF ENEMY SHIPPING LANES ARE SEEDED WITH MINES FROM THE AIR DURING WWII. 00:54:04 - A HUGE GERMAN DESIGNED 'RIBBON' CHUTE, DESIGNED TO ACT AS AN AIR BREAK FOR BOMBERS AND GLIDERS. 00:54:20 - LS- RUSSIANS JUMP OUT OF PLANES WITH A CHUTE DESIGNED TO MAKE THEM DESCEND FASTER. 00:54:35 - MONTAGE- HUGE CARGOES ,READY FOR PARACHUTE DROP IN KOREA. MS- SPECIAL PARACHUTES LARGE ENOUGH TO DRAPE A SUBURBAN HOME IS LAID OUT ON THE GROUND AND FOLDED. 00:55:07 - MS- TONS OF SUPPLIES ROLL OUT OF THE BACK OF A CARGO PLANE AND PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND. 00:55:26 - MS- AN ENGINEER HOLDS A SCALE MODEL OF AN EJECTION SEAT FOR FIGHTER PLANES. 00:55:31 - MS- A TEST PILOT LAYS ON HIS SIDE IN AN EJECTION SEAT AND IS SPUN AROUND. LS- TEST PILOT IS EJECTED STRAIGHT UP IN A VERY HIGH HANGAR. 00:55:42 - LS- A NAZI PILOT EJECTS FROM HIS DIVE BOMBER AND HITS THE TAIL SECTION OF THE PLANE AS THE GERMANS TEST AN EJECTION SEAT DURING WWII. 00:55:48 - CU- FILM SHOWS THE EJECTION SEAT HITTING THE TAIL SECTION DAMAGING THE PLANE. 00:56:02 - LS- A PILOT IS SUCCESSFULLY EJECTED FROM A JET PROPELLED VEHICLE SPEEDING ON TRACKS AT A PROVING GROUND IN THE DESERT. 00:56:24 - LS- A MANNED EJECTION SEAT IS BLOWN OUT OF A BOMBER AND THE PILOT PARACHUTES SAFELY TO GROUND 00:56:46 - LS- A SPECIAL PARACHUTE SLOWS DOWN A LANDING JET 00:57:00 - LS- A MISSILE IN FLIGHT, ACCOMPANIED BY MANNED JET PLANES, SUDDENLY LOWERS LANDING GEAR AND COMES IN FOR SAFE LANDING, AIDED BY A CHUTE WHICH SLOWS DOWN IT'S LANDING SPEED. 00:57:30 - LS- AN ARMY RECONNAISSANCE 'DRONE' PLANE, CONTROLLED BY HAND-HELD REMOTE CONTROL, TAKES PICTURES OF ENEMY POSITIONS BELOW, THEN IS RETURNED TO BASE AND GENTLY LANDED BY CHUTE. 00:58:00 - LS- PARA-RESCUE TEAMS DROP INTO A RIVER ON A RESCUE MISSION. OTHERS DROP INTO THE WOODS DURING FOREST FIRE. TROOPER STUCK IN TREE, LOWERS HIMSELF WITH A SPECIAL HARNESS 00:58:51 - LS- CHUTIST JUMPS FROM ARMY PLANE AND DEMONSTRATES SKYDIVING 00:59:07 - LS- A DAREDEVIL JUMPS FROM THE WING OF ONE PLANE TO THE WING OF ANOTHER IN EARLY BARNSTORMING DAYS 00:59:22 - MS- PARATROOP TRAINEES PRACTICE JUMPING POSITIONS ON THE GROUND AND IN HARNESSES IN TOWERS. 00:59:35 - LS- A TRAINEE IS DROPPED FROM A PARACHUTE JUMP SIMILAR TO THAT IN AMUSEMENT PARKS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1917
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1121A