- Title: VM-1134A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:03:31 - MS- A PLATOON OF SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS, WEARING BERETS, STAND AT ATTENTION WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT ON THE GROUND BEFORE THEM. 00:03:46 - MS- A SPECIAL FORCES GI SNEAKS UP ON ANOTHER GI AND TOSSES HIM TO THE GROUND AND KICKS HIM, THEN THE 2 SQUARE OFF IN A KARATE STANCE. 00:03:53 - MS- ONE OF THEM CHARGES THE OTHER AND IS TOSSED TOWARDS THE CAMERA. 00:04:02 - MS- SPECIAL FORCES GI DOES TARGET PRACTICE WITH BOW AND ARROW HITTING CARDBOARD TARGET IN THE SHAPE OF A SOLDIER. 00:04:22 - LS- SOLDIER CLIMBS UP A SHEER CLIFF. HIS FEET BARELY GETTING FOOTING. 00:05:06 - MS- SPECIAL FORCES GIS RENDEZVOUS WITH FRIENDLY "GUERRILLA" FORCES IN "ENEMY" TERRITORY. PAN OF THE FACES OF THE 2 GROUPS AS THEY PLOT ON A MAP. 00:06:00 - MONTAGE- SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS ON SIMULATED MISSION SNEAK AROUND QUIETLY AT NIGHT IN "ENEMY" TERRITORY. THEY IMPROVISE BY USING FERTILIZER TO MAKE EXPLOSIVES IN THE DARK . 00:07:52 - MS- GI SETS UP A LOUDSPEAKER ON THE BATTLEFIELD TO MAKE PROPAGANDA ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THE ENEMY. A GI IN A TRUCK READS A PREPARED STATEMENT TO THE ENEMY OVER A MIC. 00:08:12 - MS- A GI OPERATES A MIMEOGRAPH MACHINE SHOOTING OUT COPIES OF PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS. 00:08:17 - CU- LEAFLETS ARE STACKED IN A DUMMY SHELL TO BE FIRED OVER ENEMY TERRITORY 00:08:24 - MS- GIS MAN A LONG COMMUNICATION SWITCHBOARD. MS- A GI LETS GO AN INSTRUMENT WHICH IS CARRIED SKYWARD BY A WEATHER BALLOON. MS- RADAR ANTENNA FOLLOWS PATH OF BALLOON 00:09:46 - MS- A SPECIAL TRACTOR-LIKE VEHICLE CARRIES A PORTABLE BRIDGE WHICH UNFOLDS IN SECTIONS. MONTAGE- TANKS USE IT TO CROSS GULLIES AND STREAMS. 00:10:08 - LS- VEHICLES WITH A CLUSTER OF 3 MISSILES POINT THE MISSILES SKYWARD HYDRAULICALLY. 00:10:43 - MISSILE CREW CHECK AND PREPARES NIKE "HERCULES" MISSILE FOR LAUNCH 00:11:38 - CU- SERGEANT STRIPES ON A GI'S SLEEVE, AS NARRATOR TELLS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF A NCO, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER. 00:11:48 - LS- NCO'S MARCH INTO NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER'S ACADEMY IN MUNICH, GERMANY OPERATED BY USAREUR 00:12:11 - MS- THE SERGEANTS IN THE CLASSROOM ALL OPEN THEIR TEXTBOOKS AS A SERGEANT-INSTRUCTOR TEACHES. 00:13:58 - LS- THE SOVIET WAR MEMORIAL WHICH, IRONICALLY, STANDS IN WEST BERLIN. 00:14:20 - THE "WALL" IN BERLIN (PAN) CU- GRIM FACES OF WEST BERLINERS STANDING 7 GAZING AT "WALL" (PAN) 00:14:38 - MS- MAN AND WOMAN LOOK THROUGH BINOCULARS AND WAVE HANDKERCHIEF AT LOVED ONES ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE WOMAN WIPE HER TEARS 00:15:05 - CU- BLACK GI AND BRITISH SOLDIER CHAT NEAR "WALL" 00:15:23 - MS- A GERMAN HOUSEWIFE SERVES REFRESHMENTS TO HER FAMILY AT A TABLE IN THE GARDEN, SITS AND SPEAKS TO THE CAMERA. 00:16:10 - MS- GERMAN HOUSEWIFE INTRODUCES HERSELF AND EACH FAMILY MEMBER. SHE TELLS HOW AT SECURE SHE FEELS WITH THE ALLIED TROOPS GUARDING THE WEST ZONE 00:16:26 - MS- OFFICERS THE NATO NATIONS INCLUDING THE U.S CHAT OUTSIDE THE NATO HEADQUARTERS OF CENTAG. 00:18:19 - CU- ITALIAN SOLDIER LOOKS THROUGH A RANGE FINDER OF AN "HONEST JOHN" MISSILE IN ITALY. 00:18:40 - MONTAGE- ITALIAN "ALPINI PARATROOPS DROPPING ON A SNOWY MOUNTAIN IN THE ALPS AND WORKING WITH U.S. ENGINEER BATTALION ON A DEMOLITION ASSIGNMENT. 00:20:08 - MS- ITALIAN SOLDIERS OF A SPECIAL UNIT RUN IN FRONT OF AN ONCOMING TANK AND FALL DOWN BETWEEN THE WHEELS. OTHERS JUMP ONTO AND OFF THE TANK AS IT ROLLS ALONG. 00:20:39 - MS- THE COLORFUL TROOPS RUN AND PLAY BUGLES IN MARCHING ORDER. 00:21:00 - ITALIAN POLICE (CARBIENIERI) IN NEPOLEONIC UNIFORMS STAND AT ATTENTION WITH THEIR SWORDS HELD IN HANDS, PAN TO A SNAPPY U.S. ARMY UNIT IN DRESS UNIFORMS, STAND ALONGSIDE THE ITALIANS 00:21:49 - MONTAGE- GI ARE TAUGHT HOW TO SKI BY ALPINI SKI INSTRUCTORS, WHO ARE SOME OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD 00:21:57 - PAN OF NAPLES, ITALY. PAN TO SIGN OF "VICENZA". LS- PAN, FROM TOP DOWN, OF LEANING TOWER OF PIZA. 00:22:24 - MS- U.S. MP AND ITALIAN POLICEMAN STAND SIDE-BY-SIDE DIRECTING TRAFFIC INTO A BASE. 00:22:47 - MS- AN AMERICAN OFFICER-REPORTER STOPS AN ITALIAN WOMAN IN THE STREET OF ROME AND ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMERICAN FORCES IN ITALY. 00:23:40 - CU- THE ITALIAN WOMAN INTRODUCES HERSELF AND GIVES A POSITIVE RESPONSE TO THE PRESENCE OF AMERICAN FORCES IN ITALY AS PART OF NATO 00:24:21 - LS- MP STANDS GUARD AT GATE TO ENTRANCE TO COMMUNICATION ZONE, EUROPE (COM Z) IN FRANCE. GIS LOAD AND UNLOAD SHIPS AT THE COM Z PORT AND SHIP THEM TO FORCES THROUGHOUT EUROPE. 00:25:10 - MS- GI DRIVER GETS OUT OF TRAILER TRUCK, SPEEDLY UNPLUGS THE LINES FROM THE TRAILER AND PULLS CAB AWAY. A FRESH NEW CAB QUICKLY HOOKS UP TO TRAILER 00:26:36 - MS- A GI OPERATES A CONTROL BOARD AT COMZ WHICH ELECTRONICALLY SIFTS OUT ORDERS ON PUNCH CARDS FOR DELIVERY 00:27:00 - MS- AN AUTOMATIC PIPE WRAPPER, WRAPS INSULATION AROUND A HUGE GAS PIPE LINE AS IT IS LAYED. LS- A GI STANDS ATOP A TANK-TRUCK AND FILLS IT WITH GASOLINE FOR COM Z VEHICLES. 00:28:19 - MS- GENERAL BRUCE C. CLARKE, COMMANDING OFFICER OF USAREUR MAKES CLOSING ADDRESS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1962
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1134A