- Title: VM-1128A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:03:01 - LS- PAN OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. MONTAGE- STATUES, IN FOOTHILLS OF SALT LAKE CITY, OF PIONEERS WHICH SETTLED IN UTAH. LS- TALL MONUMENT TO BRINGHAM YOUNG. 00:03:49 - LS- SALT LAKE HEADQUARTERS OF THE UTAH NATIONAL GUARD AND THE HOME OF THE SPECIAL FORCES GROUP. CU- THE SPECIAL FORCES LOGO. CU- THE ARM PATCH. 00:04:31 - MS- THE NATIONAL GUARD UNIT STAND FOR INSPECTION INSIDE THE ARMORY. CU- ALL WEAR AIRBORNE WINGS. 00:05:32 - MORSE CODE CLASS. SOLDIERS AT DESK. INSTRUCTOR TAPS OUT A MORSE CODE AS GIS WRITE DOWN THE MESSAGE IN THE CLASSROOM. 00:06:00 - DEMOLTIONS CLASS. BLACK SERGEANT GIVES DEMOLITIONS INSTRUCTION TO HIS CLASS. ANOTHER SERGEANT TAKES A RIFLE APART 00:06:37 - FIRST AID INSTRUCTOR. PAN OF FIRST AIDE EQUIPMENT CONTAINED IN A KIT. EACH MAN IS TRAINED IN 1ST AID. 00:06:54 - MS- A GI GIVES BREAKS BRICKS IN HALF WITH A KARATE CHOP WITH HIS HAND 00:07:05 - MONTAGE- 2 GIS PUT ON A DEMONSTRATION OF HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT ON A GYM FLOOR MAT 00:07:24 - MS- MS- 2 SPECIAL FORCES MEN JUMP IN POOL IN SCUBA GEAR AND LEARN TO BE AT HOME THERE FOR DEMOLITION PURPOSES. MS- 4 MEN IN SWIMSUITS WATCH FROM OUTSIDE THE POOL. 00:07:47 - LS- A GI SLOWLY MAKES HIS WAY UP A SHEER CLIFF IN THE WASASH MOUNTAINS OF UTAH IN THE MOUNTAIN CLIMBING PHASE OF THEIR TRAINING. 00:08:20 - LS- 2 GIS START ON THEIR WAY DOWN FROM THE TOP USING ROPES 00:08:38 - MS- 5 SPECIAL FORCES GIS LINE UP FOR BOW AND ARROW TARGET TRAINING. CU- ARROWS HITTING THE TARGET ATTACHED TO A BALE OF HAY. 00:09:18 - CU- RAZOR SHARP ARROWHEAD AND AN EXPLOSIVE TYPE BLUNT HEAD. 00:09:33 - MS- TO SHOW THE PENETRATING POWER OF THE ARROW A TARGET WITH PARTITIONS TO SHOW DEPT OF PENETRATION IS SET UP. 00:09:53 - CU- GIS FIRE .45 CALIBER AUTOMATIC, A CARBINE AND AN M-1 RIFLE INTO THE TARGET. ONLY THE M-1 REACHES THE LAST PARTITION IN TARGET. MS- AN ARROW IS FIRED INTO THE TARGET AND GOES CLEAR THROUGH. 00:10:56 - LS- A GI CROSSES A WIDE STREAM ON 3 ROPE BRIDGE MS- GI HOLDS ONTO 2 LINES AS HE WALKS ON THE OTHER 00:11:37 - CU- GIS' FEET SINKS IN SNOW AS THE MEN PRACTICE, ONE BEHIND THE OTHER, WALKING IN DEEP SNOW UP A HILL. THEY PUNCH THEIR TOES INTO THE HILL AS THEY CLIMB, SECURING THEIR FOOTING 00:12:04 - LS- THE MEN RUN AND SLIDE DOWN THE HILL. MS- THE MEN GET INSTRUCTIONS FROM OFFICER AS HE PLOTS AN EXERCISE INTO "ENEMY" TERRITORY. 00:13:00 - MS- THE MEN CHECK EACH OTHERS PARACHUTE GEAR WHICH INCLUDES THEIR BOWS, BEFORE BOARDING 2 LIGHTPLANES 00:15:45 - MONTAGE- THE MAN LAND IN THE DARK AND MOVE FORWARD IN THE DARK. THE MEN MOVE SLOWLY UP THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN IN A SINGLE LINE IN THE SNOW. 00:20:27 - MS- THE MEN HIDE UNNECESSARY EQUIPMENT IN THE MOUNTAIN AND MOVE ON WITHOUT IT. THE MEN QUICKLY TAKE COVER AS 3 "VILLAGERS" PASS 00:23:00 - LS- MEN SPOT THEIR OBJECTIVE THROUGH BINOCULARS. 00:24:46 - MS- AFTER DARK THE MEN PLAN THEIR MOVE ON THE ENEMY TARGET. THE MEN MOVE UP ON HAND AND KNEE AND SET DEMOLITION CHARGES IN THE DARK 00:26:48 - MS- A GI WITH BOW AND ARROW FIRES A DEMOLITION TIPPED ARROW CAUSING A DIVERSION AWAY FROM THE TARGET. THE MEN MOVE IN AND DEMOLISH THE TARGET
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1128A