- Title: VM-1133A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:31:25 - "THE ARMY CHAPLAIN - YESTERDAY & TODAY" THE CHAPLAIN AND THE COMMANDER - A PICTORIAL ESSAY ON THE ARMY CHAPLAIN. FILM SPANS ALL AMERICAN WARS FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR TO THE KOREAN WAR, & EMPHASIZES THE CHAPLAINS'S ROLE AS A SPIRITUAL LEADER. HIS RELIGIOUS SERVICES PASTORAL ACTIVITIES AND DUTIES AS A STAFF OFFICER 00:31:35 - MONTAGE- EARLY DRAWINGS OF THE NEW ENGLAND PEOPLE IN THE STREET IN 1775 READY FOR REVOLT GATHERING AROUND A MINISTER LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE. 00:32:27 - MS- DRAWING OF COLONIST LEAVING LIFE AND CHILD BEHIND AS HE GOES TO FIGHT. MONTAGE- DRAWINGS OF BATTLE SCENES. 00:33:18 - MS- GENERAL WASHINGTON KNEELS TO PRAY, IN SECLUSION ON THE BATTLE FIELD. 00:34:03 - MS- PHOTO OF A CHAPLAIN SAYING MASS OUTDOORS TO CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS. MS- CHAPLAINS SIT OUTSIDE A TENT WITH UNION OFFICERS. 00:34:55 - MS- AN ARMY CHAPLAIN POSES NEXT TO HIS MODEL 'T' FORD AUTO, ARMY ISSUE DURING WWI. GROUP OF ARMY CHAPLAINS POSING FOR A PHOTO PORTRAIT. 00:35:34 - CU- A CHAPLAIN WITH HELMET AT THE FRONT. ANOTHER SAYING MASS OUTDOORS FOR DOUGHBOYS. 00:35:50 - MS- DOUGHBOYS RECEIVE COMMUNION IN CHURCH BEFORE ENTERING THE TRENCHES. 00:35:56 - MS- PHOTO OF MANY DOUGHBOYS SITTING AT BANQUET TABLES FOR A PASSOVER SERVICE. 00:36:06 - MS- PHOTO OF DOUGHBOYS AMID RUINS OF TOWN SINGING A HYMN WITH THE CHAPLAIN BEFORE GOING INTO ACTION 00:36:24 - MS- STATUE OF FATHER DUFFY OF THE FIGHTING 69TH. 00:36:50 - MONTAGE- SERVICEMEN PRAYING IN CHAPELS AND ON WARSHIPS DURING WWII. 00:37:19 - MS- A CHAPLAIN PRAYS OVER A WOUNDED GI IN BED. MS- CHAPLAIN SAYS MASS IN A THICK JUNGLE BRUSH. 00:37:47 - DRAWING OF 4 CHAPLAINS, 2 PROTESTANT, ONE CATHOLIC AND ONE JEWISH, GOING DOWN WITH THE SHIP AFTER GIVING THEIR LIFE-JACKETS TO OTHERS. 00:37:54 - CU- PHOTOS OF CLARK V. POLEN, GEORGE L. FOX, JOHN B. WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDER D. GOOD, ALL CHAPLAINS THAT DIED ON THAT DAY. 00:38:30 - MS- A RABBI HOLDS SERVICE ON THE FRONT DURING THE KOREAN WAR. 00:39:00 - MONTAGE- CHAPLAINS ASSIST KOREAN ORPHAN CHILDREN OFF AN ARMY TRUCK, MS- CHAPLAINS POSE WITH CHILDREN IN THEIR ARMS. 00:39:46 - MONTAGE- SERVICEMEN'S WIVES AND CHILDREN PRAY AT A MASS HELD BY THE CHAPLAIN. 00:40:31 - MS- HIGH LEVEL ARMY OFFICERS ATTEND A CATHOLIC HOLY NAME SOCIETY BREAKFAST IN MIENTZ, GERMANY 00:40:44 - MS- PROTESTANT MEN OF THE CHAPEL HOLD A BANQUET FOR SERVICEMEN IN EUROPE. 00:41:03 - MS- JEWISH MEN AND WOMEN SING HYMNS AT RITUAL OF THE CONVOCATION OF THE TORAH 00:41:54 - LS- SERVICEMEN IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING SING IN A CHOIR HELD BY THE PROTESTANT CHOIR CLINIC IN GERMANY TO IMPROVE SINGING. 00:42:15 - MS- AS A PIANO PLAYER STANDS BY THE CHAPLAIN GIVES SINGING INSTRUCTIONS TO A GROUP. 00:43:20 - MS- A CATHOLIC PRIEST WELCOMES MEN TO A RETREAT IN BERTCHETSGARDEN, GERMANY AND EXPLAINS WHAT A RETREAT IS. 00:43:40 - CU- A GI HOLDS A ROSARY IN HIS HANDS AND PRAYS. MS- ANOTHER SHUTS HIS LIGHT BY HIS BED AND LAYS DOWN IN DEEP THOUGHT. 00:44:23 - MS- SMALL CHILDREN SING RELIGIOUS SONGS AS A TEACHER AND A CHAPLAIN JOINS ALONG AT A PROTESTANT SUNDAY SCHOOL IN HEIDELBERG 00:45:31 - CU- A LITTLE BOY CLASPS HIS HANDS AND CLOSES HIS EYES IN PRAYER, AS A CATHOLIC PRIEST GOES THROUGH THE MASS RITUAL. 00:46:10 - MS- A METHODIST CHAPLAIN PERFORMS A BAPTISM, SPEAKING THE WORDS AND TAKES THE BABY IN HIS ARMS AND BLESSES IT. 00:47:12 - MS- A RABBI LISTENS TO 2 BOYS SINGING FROM A BOOK AS HE IS PREPARED FOR HIS BAR MITZVAH. 00:48:39 - MS- THE 2 BOYS SING BEFORE A CONGREGATION. 00:49:44 - MS- A CHAPLAIN COUNSELS A GI AND HIS WIFE AND TELLS THEM A RELEVANT STORY 00:51:11 - MS- CHAPLAIN PERFORMS A MARRIAGE FOR A GI AND HIS WIFE-TO-BE IN A CHAPEL COMPLETE WITH WEDDING PARTY AND ORGAN MUSIC. 00:52:22 - MS- ARMY CHAPLAIN COMFORTS GIS IN HOSPITAL BEDS. HE CLOSES A CURTAIN AROUND ONE OF THEM. CU- THE CHAPLAIN TAKES OUT HIS MINIATURE MASS KIT AND HOLDS A PRIVATE SERVICE FOR THE GI. 00:53:12 - SIGN: "U.S. ARMY CHAPLAIN SCHOOL". MONTAGE- CHAPLAINS GET MILITARY AND TACTICAL INSTRUCTION IN A CLASSROOM. THE MEN DISCUSS HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS AND HOW TO HANDLE THEM. 00:57:13 - LS- CHAPLAIN HEARS MASS ON THE FROZEN ICE OF ANTARCTICA WITH THE MEN IN THEIR ARCTIC CLOTHING SINGING HYMNS. MS- MEN HOLD THEIR RIFLES READY AS THEY HEAR MASS IN A WOODED OF BATTLEFIELD. 00:57:41 - MS- A GI SITTING WITH A BANDOLEER OF MACHINE-GUN BULLETS AROUND HIS NECK LISTENS TO THE CHAPLAIN MS- THE CHAPLAIN AND THE GIS TAKE OFF THEIR HATS AND BOW THEIR HEADS IN PRAYER.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1900
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: VM-1133A