- Title: VM-1122A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:03:17 - BIG PICTURE HIGHLIGHTS A REVIEW OF MANY HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL "BIG PICTURE" PROGRAMS. 00:03:22 - TALKING HEADS - NARRATOR SITS WITH COLLEAGUE AND WATCH "BIG PICTURE" HIGHLIGHTS, ON A SCREEN IN THE PROJECTION ROOM. 00:03:49 - 'BIG PICTURE' FILM OF THE EARLY DAYS OF THE KOREAN WAR. 00:04:23 - MONTAGE- GIS RUN UP A HILL IN A CROUCHED POSITION THEY LIE DOWN AND FIRE FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL. MS- GI PUTS A NEW CLIP IN HIS RIFLE AND CONTINUES TO FIRE. MACHINE GUN CREWS FIRE FROM TOP OF HILL 00:05:00 - MS- WOUNDED GI HOLDS HIS WRIST AND STAGGERS DOWN A HILL. 00:05:19 - TALKING HEADS - NARRATOR TELLS HIS COLLEAGUE OF THE NEXT FILM CLIP. 00:05:32 - MS- A LINE OF AMPUTEE GIS IN WHEEL CHAIR ROLL BACKWARDS INTO A CORRIDOR AT WALTER REID ARMY HOSPITAL. 00:05:44 - MS- THE GIS IN THEIR WHEELCHAIRS PAY TO ENTER A THEATER AT THE HOSPITAL. THE AMPUTEES JOIN OTHER GIS ALREADY SEATED IN THE THEATER. 00:06:07 - MONTAGE- CRAFTSMEN WORK ON ARTIFICIAL LIMBS IN A SHOP AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY ARE DESIGNED. 00:06:23 - CU- A SHOULDER STRAP HOLDS THE OLD TYPE ARTIFICIAL LIMB IN PLACE ON AN AMPUTEE'S ARM. 00:06:35 - MS- A BLACK GI WITH THE NEW TYPE LIMB, PLACES A CIGARETTE IN HIS MOUTH WITH THE NEW HAND AND A BUDDY LIGHTS IT. 00:07:09 - LS- NEW PARATROOPS LINE UP AND HAVE EQUIPMENT CHECKED PRIOR TO THEIR 1ST JUMP FROM AN AIRPLANE 00:08:02 - MS- AT THE SIGNAL THE PARATROOPERS STAND IN THE PLANE AND HOOK-UP THEIR CHUTES TO A CABLE 00:09:02 - MS- GROUND INSTRUCTOR SHOUT COMMANDS TO THE DROPPING PARATROOPS THROUGH A SERIES OF LARGE MICROPHONES. 00:09:33 - MS- THE GROUP OF TRAINEES ARE ASKED AND RESPOND TO, "HOW THEY ENJOYED THE JUMP"? 00:10:02 - MS- NARRATORS SHOW FILM OF "OPERATION BLUE JAY" A DOCUMENTARY OF THE BUILDING OF AN AIRBASE IN THE ARCTIC. 00:10:05 - MONTAGE- NAVY LANDING CRAFT UNLOAD THOUSANDS OF TONS OF SUPPLIES IN THE FRIGID HARBOR OF THE ARCTIC THROUGH ALL KINDS OF BAD WEATHER. 00:10:39 - MONTAGE- HARD HAT WORK CREWS JUMP OFF LANDING CRAFT ONTO THE BEACH FOLLOWED BY HEAVY EARTH-MOVING VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT. 00:11:10 - MONTAGE- A HUGE EXPLOSION MINES A QUARRY FOR ROCK AND GRAVEL FOLLOWED BY DERRICKS LOADING THE ROCK ONTO DUMP TRUCKS 00:11:52 - LS- A DUMP TRUCK DUMPS ROCKS AND STONE ON THE GROUND FOR THE AIRFIELD. 00:12:07 - FILM SHOWS TELEVISION IN COMBAT IS SHOWN 00:12:21 - MS- A COMBAT TV CAMERMAN USING HAND-HELD CAMERA SHOOTS SCENES DURING MANEUVERS. 00:14:07 - AERIAL- A ROCKET PROPELLED VEHICLE SHOOTS ALONG A LONG TRACK AT SUPERSONIC SPEEDS AT ARMY'S WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE. 00:14:26 - MONTAGE- VARIOUS MISSILES ARE FIRED IN TESTS. 00:16:21 - BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO, FILMED, DIRECTED & NARRATED BY FAMED DIRECTOR JOHN HUSTON DURING WWII. 00:16:38 - MONTAGE- GIS TAKE COVER AS SHELLS EXPLODE ALL AROUND THEM. MONTAGE- GIS ADVANCE THROUGH THE SMOKE CAUSED BY THE SHELLING. 00:17:05 - MS- 2 GIS JUMP INTO A FOXHOLE AS A SHELL EXPLODES 00:17:26 - MS- GIS DIG IN ON TOP OF HILL 1205. MONTAGE- GIS HIDE BEHIND ROCKS AS THE GERMANS BOMBARD THEM. 00:18:42 - MONTAGE- DISHEVELED GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN ON HILL 1205 AND 950. 00:19:06 - PREVIOUS BIG PICTURE FILM OF "OPERATION NOAH" SHOWS ARMY'S ROLE IN DISASTER RELIEF WHEN THE FLOODS HIT THE EASTERN STATES. 00:19:17 - MS- WORKERS CARRY CASKET OVER DEBRIS CAUSED BY AVALANCHE CREATED BY THE FLOODS AROUND STRASBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. MS- A GUARDSMAN PATROLS THE DEVASTATED TOWN. 00:19:48 - AERIAL- A DERRICK OF THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS POURS DIRT INTO A DUMP TRUCK WHILE CLEARING A CHANNEL IN CASE OF FUTURE FLOODING. 00:19:58 - MONTAGE- DERRICK PUSHES HUGE ROCKS OUT OF THE CHANNEL AND TNT IS USED TO CLEAR OTHERS. LS-WITH A SAFETY LINE HOLDING HIM, WORKER USES A JACK HAMMER ALONGSIDE THE RAGING STREAM 00:20:20 - MONTAGE- ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS ERECTING ONE OF HUNDREDS OF 'BAILEY' BRIDGES TO CONNECT HIGHWAYS AND STREETS. 00:20:25 - CU- A GI LIES FLAT ON HIS STOMACH TO SEE IF THE BRIDGE IS LEVEL WITH THE GROUND. MS- A TRAILER TRUCK MOVES ACROSS THE COMPLETED BRIDGE 00:21:08 - MS- A SIGNAL CORP MOBILE UNIT ALLOWS GIS TO COMMUNICATE BY PHONE. A SERGEANT ADJUSTS A MOBILE UNIT ON THE BACK OF A GI TALKING ON A PHONE. 00:21:50 - BIG PICTURE FILM 'THE PATROL' SHOWS A PATROL COMMUNICATING VITAL INFORMATION BACK TO IT'S HEADQUARTERS AFTER THEY ARE DETECTED BY 'ENEMY'. 00:24:25 - FILM REENACTMENT ABOUT COLONEL THAYER OF WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY NARRATED BY LOWELL THOMAS 00:27:39 - FILM OF "THE PATTON STORY", NARRATED BY RONALD REAGAN.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1122A