- Title: VM-1137A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:02:28 - "MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM" (PART 2) PARALLELS MAP-PART ONE (TV-529) & FEATURES THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN THE FAR EAST, & HOW IT IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR ALLIES. 00:02:33 - MS- ACTOR, ALEXANDER SCOURBY, SPEAKS TO THE CAMERA AS HE TELLS ABOUT THE MILITARY ASSISTANCE IN THE FAR EAST. PHOTOS ARE SHOWN ON SCREEN BEHIND HIM AS HE SPEAKS. 00:04:59 - MS- AS SCOURBY SPEAKS A WORLD MAP IS SHOWN ON SCREEN BEHIND HIM, SHOWING COUNTRIES OF FAR EAST WHO RECEIVE ECONOMIC OR MILITARY AID FROM U.S. 00:05:57 - MS- PAKISTAN, THAILAND. LAOS. CAMBODIA, SOUTH VIETNAM THE PHILLIPINES, FORMOSA, SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN ARE ALSO SHOWN ON SCREEN BEHIND SCOURBY AS HE SPEAKS 00:08:05 - MS- FILM OF MAO TSE TUNG REVIEWING HIS TROOPS, APPEARS ON SCREEN. SCOURBY QUOTES MAO, "EVERY COMMUNIST MUST GRASP THE TRUTH THAT POLITICAL POWER GROWS OUT OF THE BARREL OF A GUN" 00:08:25 - MS- CHINESE COMMUNISTS WOMEN WATCHING PARADE, SMILE AND PROUDLY APPLAUD TROOPS. SOVIET'S BULGANIN SALUTES AS MAO WAVES TO HIS PEOPLE. 00:09:17 - MS- NATIONALIST TROOPS STACK NEAT PILES OF ARTILLERY SHELLS ON THE BEACH IN PREPARATION FOR CHINESE RED ATTACK ON QUEMOY. 00:09:36 - MONTAGE- CHINESE RED BATTERIES BOMBARD QUEMOY AND MATSU IN THE FORMOSA STRAITS. MONTAGE- HOMES AND BUILDINGS DEVASTATED BY THAT BOMBARDMENT. 00:09:49 - LS- CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN HOSPITAL BEDS. MS- LITTLE BOY WITH THE STUB OF ONE ARM BANDAGED. 00:10:07 - LS- U.S. MILITARY ADVISORS HOLD AN OUTDOOR CLASS FOR NATIONALIST CHINESE OFFICERS. 00:11:35 - LS- CHINESE OFFICERS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS AT MISSILE SCHOOL, AT THE REDSTONE MISSILE ARSENAL. MS- A U.S ADVISOR SHOWS CHINESE LEADER CHAING KAI SHEK, MISSILES RECEIVED FROM THE U.S. 00:12:13 - MS- JEEPS BEING UNLOADED FROM SHIP ONTO RAILWAY CAR BY PAKISTANI WORKERS, IS SHOWN ON SCREEN BEHIND SCOURBY AS HE SPEAKS. 00:12:28 - MS- A U.S. OFFICER CHECKS MANIFEST AND THE CRATES ON THE PIER, AS PAKISTANI OFFICERS WATCH. 00:12:46 - MS- AN OLD PAKISTANI SOLDIER WITH TURBAN MAKES DRAMATIC GESTURES WITH HIS CANE AS HE TALKS WITH YOUNGER SOLDIERS OF HIS GOOD OLD DAYS. 00:12:59 - MS- A PLATOON OF PAKISTANI SOLDIERS COME TO ATTENTION, BRITISH STYLE 00:13:14 - MS- AN OUTDOOR COMMUNICATIONS CLASS IS TAUGHT TO A GROUP OF PAKISTANI SOLDIERS. 00:14:22 - MS- U.S AND PAKISTANI OFFICERS SHADE THEIR EYES FROM THE SUN AS JETS FLY OVERHEAD. 00:15:40 - THAILAND - SMALL FISHING BOATS CROWD THE HARBOR IN THAILAND. THAI WOMEN SHOP FOR PRODUCE IN OUTDOOR MARKETPLACE. LS- MEN AND WOMEN SIT IN THE SMALL BOATS CROWDING THE HARBOR. 00:16:06 - MS- AN ARMY TANK IS UNLOADED ONTO A PIER FROM A CARGO SHIP. 00:16:30 - MS- U.S. ADVISOR SHOWS A THAI SOLDIER HOW TO REPAIR A TANK. 00:16:49 - CAMBODIA- NATIVES SOLDIERS RIDE ATOP ELEPHANTS TO PATROL THE JUNGLE. MS- U.S. ADVISOR SHOWS A CAMBODIAN SOLDIER HOW TO OPERATE MACHINERY. 00:17:25 - LS- SOLDIERS RIDING IN ARMORED VEHICLES ARE FOLLOWED BY SOLDIERS RIDING ON HORSEBACK. MS- CAMBODIAN LEADER AND BUDDHIST MONKS WATCH THE PARADE FROM STANDS. K-9 SQUAD PASSES WITH DOGS 00:17:49 - SOUTH VIETNAM - LS- YOUNG WELL DRESSED GIRLS CROSS A BUSY INTERSECTION IN SAIGON AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN NATIVE DRESS 00:17:59 - LS- PEOPLE RIDE ON BIKES, AND WOMEN WITH CHILDREN SHOP IN OPEN MARKET. LS- FARMERS STOOP OVER IN THEIR ANKLE DEEP RICE PADDIES. FARMERS SCATTER SEEDS ONTO THE WET FIELD. 00:18:23 - LS- A FRENCH SOLDIER CAPTURES A RED GUERRILLA HIDING IN THE PADDIES. HE HAS HARD TIME PULLING A RIFLE OUT OF THE POWS HAND 00:18:37 - LS- STATUE OF BUST OF GNO DING DIEM, PRESIDENT OF SOUTH VIETNAM. MONTAGE- FRENCH AND COMMUNIST BATTLE SCENES. 00:19:21 - MS- SOUTH VIETNAM SOLDIERS PADDLE ONTO A BEACH IN CROWDED RUBBER BOATS. 00:20:25 - MS- SOUTH VIETNAM OFFICERS SIT AND LEARN IN A U.S. CLASSROOM 00:20:49 - LAOS- LAOTIAN TROOPS FIGHT IN JUNGLES AGAINST CHINESE TRAINED REDS. MS- RED PRISONER IS TAKEN BY LAOTIAN TROOPS IN THE JUNGLE. 00:21:16 - MS- LAOTIAN TROOPS CRAWL UNDER BARBED WIRE DURING TRAINING 00:21:49 - PHILIPPINES- LS- MODERN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN MANILA. LS- VINTAGE CARS AND PEOPLE CROWD THE STREETS IN MANILA. 00:22:04 - MONTAGE- PHILIPPINE TROOPS WITH FOLIAGE COVERED HATS FOR CAMOUFLAGE, MARCH THROUGH THE JUNGLES DURING TRAINING MANEUVERS. 00:22:30 - LS- PHILIPPINE GUERRILLAS ADVANCE DOWN A HILL AGAINST AN ENEMY. 00:23:39 - MS- AN AMERICAN ARMY TECHNICIAN SHOWS PHILIPPINE MEDICS HOW TO USE NEW EQUIPMENT. 00:23:44 - MS- PHILIPPINE SURGICAL TEAM PERFORM AN OPERATION AS A GALLERY OF DOCTORS AND NURSES WATCH. 00:24:03 - JAPAN- LS- SCENIC MOUNT FUJIYAMA. 00:24:09 - MONTAGE- HEAVY VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN THE CITY STREETS AND MEN AND WOMEN IN BUSINESS SUITS AND TRADITIONAL KIMONOS WALK ACROSS INTERSECTIONS. 00:24:31 - LS- JAPANESE SOLDIERS AT A FIRING RANGE TRAIN WITH RIFLES AS U.S. ADVISORS WATCH AND HELP. 00:24:51 - MS- JAPANESE COMMUNICATION STUDENTS SIT AT BENCHES WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT. 00:25:28 - LS- A JAPANESE SOLDIER RECEIVES HIS DIPLOMA FROM OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL. 00:25:57 - KOREA- LS- PAN OF THE INVISIBLE LINE WHICH IS THE 38TH PARALLEL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL KOREA. 00:26:14 - LS- TANKS LIE IN HOLES FACING AT AN ANGLE AS THEY BOMBARD THE REDS IN THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE KOREAN WAR. MONTAGE- KOREAN WAR BATTLE SCENES. 00:27:49 - MS- A SMALL CHILD AMID THE RUBBLE OF BUILDINGS OF DEVASTATED SEOUL. 00:28:23 - MS- AN AMERICAN ADVISOR CHECKS IF THE KOREAN ARTILLERY CREW SET THE SIGHTS RIGHT ON THE CANNON 00:29:03 - MS- ALEXANDER SCOURBY MAKES A CONCLUDING STATEMENT. 00:29:36 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1945
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1137A