- Title: VM-1138
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:01:42 - "SOLDIER STATESMAN" PRESIDENT KENNEDY ADDRESSES THE 1962 GRADUATING CLASS AT WEST POINT AND EMPHASIZES THE DUAL ROLE THEY MUST PERFORM AS OFFICERS AND STATESMEN REPRESENTING AMERICA ABROAD 00:01:47 - MONTAGE- WEST POINT CADETS MARCH IN REVIEW ON GRADUATION DAY JUNE, 1962. 00:02:00 - AERIAL- VIEW OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS. MONTAGE- MIDSHIPMEN MARCH IN REVIEW ON THEIR GRADUATION DAY IN JUNE, 1962. 00:02:20 - LS- AIR FORCE ACADEMY IN THE HIGH MOUNTAIN COUNTRY NEAR DENVER. MONTAGE- AIR FORCE CADETS MARCH IN REVIEW FOR THEIR GRADUATION DAY IN JUNE, 1962 00:03:21 - MONTAGE- DISTINCTIVE OLD LANDMARK BUILDINGS AT THE U.S. ARMY MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT. 00:03:50 - MS- LONG DOUBLE LINE OF CADETS MARCH STIFFLY TO CLASSES WITH BOOKS IN THEIR HANDS. PAN TO STATUE OF SYLVANUS THAYER, "FATHER OF WEST POINT". 00:04:35 - MONTAGE- OLD DRAWINGS OF THE ACADEMY IN THE EARLY 1800'S. PORTRAIT OF SYLVANUS THAYER WHO INSTITUTED DISCIPLINE TO THE SPOILED CADETS OF THAT TIME, CALLED, UNCLE SAM'S "BAD BARGAINS". 00:05:13 - MONTAGE- REENACTMENT OF THE CADETS WORKING HARD UNDER THAYER'S COMMAND. (LOGGED BEFORE) 00:05:51 - MS- OLD TIME CADET WRITES HOME WITH HIS QUILL PEN AS HE BATHES HIS ACHING FEET IN A BUCKET OF HOT WATER. 00:06:07 - MONTAGE- MODERN DAY CADETS LEARN THE SCIENCES IN CLASSROOMS AND LABS. CADETS STUDY IN WEST POINT'S LIBRARY. 00:07:05 - MS- IN REENACTMENT A PROFESSOR TEACHES SURVEYING AND ENGINEERING TO 1800'S CADETS. 00:07:46 - MONTAGE- DRAWINGS OF SETTLERS BRAVING THE SNOW AND MOUNTAINS OF THE WEST. 00:08:10 - MS- PAN OF EARLY CADETS TESTING AND HANDLING ALL SORTS OF EXPERIMENTAL INSTRUMENTS-REENACTMENT 00:08:37 - MS- DRAWING OF RAILROAD TRAIN RIDING IN A FIELD OF BUFFALO. 00:08:58 - MS- DRAWING OF EAST AND WEST RAILROAD TRAINS MEETING ON ONE TRACK. 00:09:07 - MS- CIVIL WAR BATTLE SCENE DRAWINGS, WITH PHOTOS OF GRANT, LEE, SHERMAN AND STONEWALL JACKSON SUPER-IMPOSED OVER THEM. 00:09:20 - CU- ARTILLERY OFFICER LOOKS THROUGH PERISCOPE OF A MISSILE BATTERY AS BLACK GI WATCHES. MS- OFFICER GIVES HAND COMMANDS THEN A QUICK GESTURE OF CUTTING HIS THROAT MEANING, "STOP". 00:09:46 - CU- PHOTO OF CADET DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND FILM OF HIM GIVING HIS FAREWELL SPEECH TO CONGRESS. 00:10:00 - CU- PHOTO OF CADET OMAR BRADLEY AND FILM OF HIM SPEAKING TO LEADERS IN PARIS. 00:10:21 - CU- PHOTO OF CADET DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND FILM OF HIM IN CAP AND GOWN GIVING SPEECH AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WHERE HE SERVED AS PRESIDENT. GENERAL "IKE" REVIEWS NATO TROOPS WHICH HE HEADS 00:10:56 - LS- CADETS AND FACULTY STAND AND APPLAUD PRESIDENT JFK AS HE MAKES COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT WEST POINT. 00:11:13 - LS- JFK MAKES A LENGTHY SPEECH TELLING THE GRADUATING CLASS OF THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE COUNTRY DURING THIS NUCLEAR AGE. 00:12:39 - LS- FILM OF A NUCLEAR BOMB BLAST AS JFK SPEAKS OF RELATED SUBJECT. MONTAGE FILM OF WWII BATTLE SCENES AS KENNEDY SPEAKS. 00:13:31 - MS- KENNEDY CONTINUES SPEECH. MS- FILM OF U.S EQUIPMENT ARRIVING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND ADVISORS TEACHING THEIR MILITARY. 00:15:14 - MS- COMMUNICATION OFFICER IN CONTROL ROOM PREPARES TO FIRE A MISSILE AS RADAR ANTENNA SCANS THE SKY, 00:16:00 - MS- JAPANESE TROOPS BEING DIRECTED BY U.S. ADVISOR TRAIN UNDER THE SHADOW OF MOUNT FUJIYAMA. 00:16:34 - MS- SPECIAL FORCES GIS ARE SEEN AT BOTTOM OF POOL IN SCUBA GEAR TRAINING IN DEMOLITIONS. AS JFK TALKS OF THE COMPLEX WEAPONS OF TODAY. 00:20:23 - MS- A SHIRTLESS GI SHOWS A YOUNG ASIAN BOY HOW TO CATCH AND THROW A BASEBALL. 00:20:41 - MS- A U.S. MILITARY ADVISOR PLOTS ON A MAP WITH JAPANESE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD AS JFK CONTINUES HIS SPEECH. 00:22:09 - MS- INSTRUCTOR SHOWS CADETS IN LAB HOW TO HANDLE NUCLEAR MATERIALS. 00:23:12 - MS- A CADET PERUSES A BOOKSHELF IN THE LIBRARY WHICH INCLUDE BOOKS FROM "ROCKET TECHNOLOGY" TO "EUROPE SINCE 1815" (PAN) 00:23:38 - LS- CADETS WITH BOOKS IN HAND RUN ACROSS THE COURTYARD TO CLASSES. 00:25:57 - LS- JFK CONCLUDES HIS SPEECH AND IS APPLAUDED BY CADETS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 00:26:06 - LS- GENERAL WESTMORELAND AND JFK CONGRATULATES EACH CADET AFTER HE RECEIVES HIS DIPLOMA. 00:26:37 - LS- HATS FLY INTO THE AIR AS CEREMONY ENDS. 00:26:51 - MONTAGE- THE CLASS OF JUNE, 1962 MARCH ON THE WEST POINT PARADE GROUNDS FOR THE LAST TIME 00:29:20 - MS- AN INFANTRYMAN RUNS TOWARDS THE CAMERA AND WAVES ON OTHERS. A STATUE OF AN INFANTRYMAN IN THAT SAME POSITION IS SHOWN.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1138