- Title: VM-1136A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:04:34 - "THIS IS OUR STRENGTH" A GRANDSTAND SEAT FOR TV VIEWER WITH PRESIDENT KENNEDY, JFK, AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA TO APPRAISE THE STRENGTH OF 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION 00:04:39 - CU ZOOM IN OF ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION WHICH DESCRIBES HOW TO ELECT PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT'S POWERS & DUTIES, INCLUDING "COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMY & NAVY OF THE U.S., ETC." 00:05:19 - THE WHITE HOUSE. WILSON AT HIS DESK SIGNING BILL. BLINDFOLDED WILSON PICKS NAME OUT OF A FISH BOWL FOR THE WWI DRAFT. 00:05:44 - WILSON IN FUR COAT AND TOP HAT ON REVIEWING STAND WITH GENERAL PERSHING AND OTHER MILITARY. 00:05:50 - PRESIDENT FDR SITS & CHATS WITH GENERAL MARSHALL AS OTHER MILITARY AND CIVILIAN LEADERS BEHIND THEM WATCH 00:05:56 - PRESIDENT TRUMAN SITS IN REVIEWING STANDS WITH HIS GENERALS. 00:06:21 - GENERALS AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MCNAMARA PRECEDE JFK OFF PRESIDENTIAL PLANE AS THEY ARRIVE AT FORT BRAGG 00:06:54 - PAN OF 14,000 TROOPS OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION STANDING FOR REVIEW BY PRESIDENT JFK AT THE AIRFIELD AT FORT BRAGG, N.C. 00:07:10 - JFK SHAKES AND CHATS WITH HIS GENERALS BY THE PLANE. 00:07:43 - JFK SITS ON BACKREST OF SEAT ON CONVERTIBLE AS HE WAVES AT CROWD ALONG THE ROUTE TO THE REVIEWING STANDS. 00:08:41 - EVERYONE STANDS AT ATTENTION AS "HAIL TO THE CHIEF" IS PLAYED BY ARMY BAND. 00:09:57 - JFK SITS IN HIS CONVERTIBLE & REVIEWS THE HUGE CONTINGENT OF "STRIKE"TROOPS. 00:11:16 - JFK MAKES SPEECH HONORING THE TROOPS. AFTER WHICH HE REVIEWS THE ENTIRE DIVISION AS IT ROLLS BY IN TRUCKS AND JEEPS. 00:13:41 - JFK LOOKS SKYWARD AS JET PLANES SWOOPED DOWN IN NAPALM ASSAULT DEMONSTRATION, FOLLOWED BY HUGE PARATROOP DROP FROM THE AIR 00:16:10 - GIS PUT ON A DEMONSTRATION FIRING OF NEW M-14 RIFLE, M-60 MACHINE-GUN AND OTHER WEAPONS. 00:17:31 - REMOTE CONTROL PROJECTILE IS SEEN AS IT HITS & DESTROYS A TANK IN THE DISTANCE. 00:17:37 - BACKS OF CIVILIANS IN FOREGROUND WATCHING FLAME THROWING TANK IN THE DISTANCE. 00:18:05 - JFK WATCHES THROUGH BINOCULARS AS TANKS & HEAVY SELF-PROPELLED GUNS SHOW THEIR FIRE POWER, INCLUDING ONE WITH A VERY LONG BARREL. 00:19:00 - MONTAGE SQUADRONS OF HELICOPTERS UNLOAD TROOPS & VEHICLES ONTO THE FIELD & OVER ALL TYPES OF TERRAIN 00:20:00 - HELICOPTERS HOVER JUST OFF THE GROUND & OPEN UP WITH THEIR ELECTRONIC GATTLING GUNS AND ROCKETS 00:20:19 - HELICOPTER LOWERS A "LITTLE JOHN" MISSILE WITH IT'S LAUNCHER, TO THE GROUND. "HAWK", "PERSHING" & OTHER MISSILES ARE FIRED. 00:21:52 - MILITARY OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS STAND AT ATTENTION ON "U.S. ARMY SPECIAL WARFARE SCHOOL" FLOAT AS IT, & OTHER COUNTER INSURGENCY FLOATS PASS STANDS, FOR JFK'S REVIEW. 00:22:09 - FLOAT DEPICTS PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE SCENES. ANOTHER FLOAT DEPICTS CLASSROOM WITH STUDENT SOLDIERS FROM MANY COUNTRIES AND THEIR FLAGS. 00:22:36 - SPECIAL FORCES GIS WITH THEIR BERETS, RIDE IN RUBBER BOATS IN "ENEMY" TERRITORY DURING TRAINING. 00:23:10 - MONTAGE SPECIAL FORCES GIS TRAIN IN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT, KICKING THEIR OPPONENTS VIGOROUSLY WHEN THEY ARE DOWN. 00:23:39 - RANGER SOLDIER CLIMBS UP A HIGH WALLED TOWER & PROPELS HIMSELF DOWN ON A ROPE; ANOTHER SLOWLY "WALKS" DOWN THE SHEER WALL 00:25:25 - AMPHIBIOUS "LARK 5" & THE LARGER "LARK 15", MOVES TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT ACROSS STREAMS & ON LAND, BOTH MADE OUT OF ALUMINUM. 00:26:24 - AN ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER HAS TWO "WEIRD" BALLOON TIRES TRAILING BEHIND IT WHICH ARE FILLED WITH FUEL 00:26:32 - THE "HUSKY" AMPHIBIOUS CARGO CARRIER, IS DEMONSTRATED. GI IN A FLYING BELT JETS ACROSS STREAM AT HIGH SPEED, BUCK ROGERS STYLE. ROCKET PACK 00:27:20 - SPECTATORS WATCHING FROM THE STANDS GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 00:27:31 - MONTAGE JFK MEETS AND CHATS WITH GIS GIVING THE SHOW. 00:29:00 - JFK BOARDS HIS PLANE WITH A QUICK WAVE GOODBYE. THE PRESIDENTIAL PLANE TAKES OFF
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1916
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1136A