- Title: VM-1126
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:03:29 - MS- DRAWING OF FRONTIER RIFLEMEN, DAN MORGAN, DANIEL BOONE AND DAVY CROCKETT 00:03:45 - LS- TODAYS INFANTRYMEN WALKING DOWN A ROAD CARRYING THEIR RIFLES ON THEIR SHOULDERS AND CHARGING THROUGH A BRUSH IN A FOREST AND FIRING THEIR RIFLES FROM THE HIP AS THEY ADVANCE. 00:04:53 - CU- THE M-14 RIFLE ROTATES ON A SWIVEL FOR SHOW. AN ARMY OFFICER GRABS IT AND TELLS ALL ABOUT IT. PAN TO A REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER SHOWING THE FLINTLOCK USED BY THE BRITISH AND THE MANY STEPS IN LOADING IT AND FIRING IT. 00:06:37 - MS- A FRONTIERSMAN OF YORE (ACTOR) SHOWS THE OPERATION OF THE KENTUCKY LONG RIFLE 00:07:13 - MS- A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER (REENACTMENT) AIMS AND FIRES MODEL 61 SPRINGFIELD, WORKHORSE OF THAT WAR. MS- A CAVALRY OFFICER AIMS AND A MODEL 1873 SPRINGFIELD USED BY CAVALRY DURING INDIAN WARS 00:08:01 - MS- NARRATOR HOLDS AND TELLS OF THE SPRINGFIELD 1903 USED DURING WWI AND GARAND M-1 OF WWII FAME 00:09:05 - MONTAGE- DRAWINGS OF AMERICAN HUNTERS FIRING AT GAME. THE ARMY DREW LIBERALLY ON THESE "SHARPSHOOTERS" UNTIL THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY 00:09:35 - MS- DRAWING SHOWS THE STANDARD INFANTRY FORMATION WHICH WAS USED TO CONCENTRATE INACCURATE FIRE. 00:09:59 - LS- WWI DOUGHBOYS CHARGE AN OPEN FIELD DUCKING INTO FOXHOLES ALONG THE WAY. LS- GIS CHARGING ACROSS ROUGH TERRAIN IN WWII AND KOREA. 00:10:51 - LS- A LONG LINE OF GIS AT A FIRING RANGE LEARN MARKSMANSHIP. MS- TARGETS FALL AS THEY ARE HIT. 00:11:30 - TRAINING FILM: RIFLE PLATOON IN THE ATTACK. A PLATOON LEADER HADLEY ASSEMBLES HIS MEN OFF A ROAD AND GIVES THE SERGEANT ORDERS AS HE GOES FOR INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE CAPTAIN. 00:13:05 - MS- THE PLATOON LEADERS SQUAT OVER A MAP AS THE CAPTAIN GIVES THEM MISSION ORDERS. THE CAPTAIN AND THE PLATOON LEADERS SYNCHRONIZE THEIR WATCHES. 00:14:46 - MS- LIEUTENANT HADLEY SITS BY A TREE, LIGHTS UP A CIGARETTE AS 6 STEPS FOR PLANNING THE ATTACK ARE SHOWN ON SCREEN. 00:15:37 - MS- HADLEY SCANS ENEMY AREA THROUGH HIS BINOCULARS WHILE HIDDEN BEHIND HEAVILY WEEDED AREA HE THINKS OUT LOUD AS HE PLOTS HIS ATTACK. 00:17:14 - MS- WITH HIS PLATOON GATHERED AROUND HIM, HADLEY MAPS OUT ATTACK PLAN IN THE GROUND WITH A POINTER CU- EACH SERGEANT TAKES NOTES ON A PAD. 00:20:32 - LS- ARTILLERY AND MORTARS OPEN UP A BARRAGE TO SOFTEN UP THE ENEMY. 00:21:49 - LS- RIFLEMEN COME UNDER ATTACK AND TAKE COVER. MONTAGE- PLATOON SERGEANTS COMMUNICATE BY PHONE WITH THEIR LIEUTENANT AND CAPTAIN 00:24:19 - MONTAGE- RIFLEMEN CHARGE FORWARD ON THE RUN AS THEY ARE COVERED BY RIFLE FIRE FROM SQUAD FIRING FROM A PRONE POSITION IN THE WEEDS. 00:25:19 - MONTAGE- THE RIFLEMEN MOVE FORWARD AND FIRE FROM A STANDING POSITION AS THEY MOVE. 00:25:58 - MS- "ENEMY" SOLDIERS ARE FLUSHED OUT OF HIDING AS THE OUTPOST IS TAKEN AND THE PLATOON MOVES FORWARD TOWARDS THEIR MAIN OBJECTIVE. 00:26:59 - MONTAGE- LT. HADLEY CONTINUALLY KEEPS CONTROL OF THE PLATOON WITH HAND SIGNALS, AS THEY ADVANCE UNDER HEAVY MORTAR FIRE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1900
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: VM-1126