- Title: VM-1140
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: "THE AGGRESSOR" FEATURES ROLE OF AGGRESSOR SOLDIERS. EMPHASIZES MEANS THEY EMPLOY IN TESTING DEFENSES, SECURITY MEASURES AND PLANS OF OPERATION OF THE ARMY.
- Description:00:03:14 - AGGRESSOR, THE FRIENDLY ENEMY- LS- FORT RILEY, KANSAS HOME OF AN IMAGINARY ENEMY USED TO TRAIN UNITED STATES TROOPS. 00:03:31 - A PLATOON OF "AGGRESSOR SOLDIERS" IS ADDRESSED BY THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER IN ESPERANTO, THE LANGUAGE OF THE AGGRESSOR. 00:03:57 - MONTAGE- THE TROOPS, IN THEIR PECULIAR UNIFORMS MARCH IN REVIEW USING A STRANGE GAIT WITH ARMS SWINGING THEY ARE ACTUALLY U.S. TROOPS ACTING AS AGGRESSOR NATIONS FORCES IN TRAINING EXERCISE. 00:05:52 - LS- AGGRESSOR OFFICERS CHART AN ATTACK ON A WALL SITUATION MAP 00:06:44 - MS- AN AGGRESSOR SOLDIER IS HELD BEFORE A CLASS FOR DISPLAY AS THE U.S. TRAINING OFFICER POINTS OUT FEATURES OF THE AGGRESSORS UNIFORM. 00:07:06 - CU- THE AGGRESSOR SOLDIERS IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS IS IN THE FICTIOUS ESPERANTO LANGUAGE. 00:07:25 - MONTAGE- AGGRESSOR OFFICERS AND MEN WEAR UNIFORMS DIFFERENT FROM THE U.S. GIS (AS SHOWN) 00:07:39 - CU- DIFFERENT INSIGNIA AND ARM PATCHES OF RANK & ORGANIZATION OF THE "AGGRESSOR" FORCES. (PAN) 00:08:17 - MONTAGE- ARMS AND WEAPONS OF THE AGGRESSOR CARRY MARKINGS IN THEIR LANGUAGE. 00:08:40 - U.S. TROOPS DESIGNATED "AGGRESSOR" FORCES ARE SUPPLIED ALL EQUIPMENT NECESSARY AS THEY STAND OUTSIDE THEIR BARRACKS. 00:09:08 - MONTAGE- LIFE SIZE TRUCKS AND TANKS MADE OUT OF RUBBER ARE ASSEMBLED ON THE FIELD AND INFLATED WITH AN AIR-COMPRESSOR. 00:09:33 - A RUBBER CANNON IS SET UP IN THE FIELD. A SOLDIER USES A HAND PUMP TO INFLATE A JEEP 00:10:16 - MS- AGGRESSOR TROOPS RUN THROUGH A SMOKE SCREEN AS ALL SORTS OF DEVICES AND SOUNDS GIVE THE AFFECTS OF A REALISTIC ATTACK 00:10:57 - MS- AGGRESSOR TROOPS FIRE A LIMITED NUMBER OF REAL WEAPONS, BUT WITH BLANK BULLETS. 00:11:54 - MS- SPEAKERS BROADCASTS PROPAGANDA TO THE U.S. TROOPS AS AN EXAMPLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE 00:12:14 - CU- A HUGE SPEAKER BROADCASTS LOUD MESSAGE TO "SOLDIERS OF THE UNITED STATES". 00:12:55 - LS- AGGRESSOR OFFICER DROPS PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS OVER THE U.S. POSITIONS FROM A LIGHTPLANE. MS- 2 GIS COME OUT OF HIDING TO READ THE LEAFLETS 00:13:37 - MONTAGE- THE TAKEOVER OF A TOWN BY A FICTIOUS ENEMY. (LOGGED BEFORE) 00:14:54 - MS- AGGRESSOR TROOPS PLANT CHARGES ON A BRIDGE AND BLOW IT UP. 00:16:12 - MS- A U.S. PATROL WITH DARKENED FACES SNEAK UP ON AGGRESSOR SOLDIERS GUARDING A COMMUNICATION VEHICLE AND OVERPOWER THEM AND BLOW UP VEHICLE 00:22:13 - MS- A SKILLED INTERROGATOR GIVES AN AGGRESSOR PRISONER A CIGARETTE AND QUESTIONS HIM. THE ENEMY SHOWS AGGRESSOR POSITIONS ON A WALL MAP. 00:23:16 - MS- AGGRESSOR OFFICERS GIVE A MAP TO THEIR FIELD COMMANDERS THEN THEY GIVE THE CLOSED FIST TO THE CHEST SALUTE AS THEY LEAVE. 00:24:00 - MONTAGE- BATTLE ENSUES BETWEEN AGGRESSORS AND U.S. FORCES 00:32:34 - "MOBILITY" A REPORT OF THE U.S. ARMY TRANSPORTATION CORPS & THE JOB IT IS DOING IN KEEPING THE ARMY MOVING. 00:32:39 - MONTAGE- MULES PULL DOUGHBOYS AND EQUIPMENT ON DIRT ROADS DURING WWI 00:33:00 - MS- A DOUGHBOY SQUEEZES HIMSELF INTO A 1917 VERSION OF A JEEP IN WWI 00:33:10 - MS- A FARM TRACTOR PULLS A HUGE GUN AS THE METAL TRACKS OF A TANK CAME INTO EXISTENCE. 00:33:23 - LS- 4-WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK PULLS A HUGE ARTILLERY PIECE THROUGH HEAVILY MUDDY ROAD IN WWI. SOLDIERS STICK WOOD PIECES UNDER THE WHEELS FOR TRACTION 00:34:02 - BIZARRE LOOKING NEW VEHICLE CALLED THE "GOER" WITH HUGE RUBBER WHEELS WADDLES SIDE TO SIDE AS IT LUGS A HEAVY LOAD THROUGH MUD SEVERAL FEET DEEP. 00:34:54 - 2 MODELS OF "GOER" INCLUDE A CARGO TRUCK MODEL AND A FUEL TANK SEMI-TRAILER. BOTH SHOWN. MS- THE "GOER" SHOWS IT'S OFF ROAD CAPABILITIES AS IT ROLLS INTO A STREAM AND RIDES ACROSS LIKE A BOAT 00:35:57 - MONTAGE- THE "MUTT", A SUCCESSOR OF THE JEEP RIDES THROUGH ROCKY HILLS, IS MORE POWERFUL AND WEIGHS LESS THAN THE JEEP 00:36:15 - CU- DRIVER SHIFTS GEARS IN "MUTT" WHICH CAN BE SHIFTED WHILE THE CAR IS MOVING, FEATURE BORROWED FROM WORLD OF SPORT CARS. LS- "MUTT" EASILY FJORDS A HARD BOTTOMED STREAM 00:37:06 - MONTAGE-THE "CAT" WITH IT'S EXTRA WIDE TANK THREAD IS A TRACKLESS TRAIN PULLING HUGE LOADS ON LARGE SLEDS THROUGH THE SNOW AND ICE OF GREENLAND. 00:38:22 - MONTAGE- THE "CAT" PULLS A LONG STRING OF RAILROAD TYPE BOX CARS MAKING IT LOOK LIKE A RAILROAD TRAIN WITHOUT TRACKS 00:39:02 - MS- FOLIAGE AS SEEN FROM FRONT OF AMPHIBIAN VEHICLE AS IT PUSHES THROUGH THE JUNGLE 00:39:17 - MS- ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER IS TRAILED ALONG BY GIANT RUBBER BALLOON TIRES WHICH ARE ACTUALLY ROLLING GAS TANKS 00:39:45 - MS- A GI RIDES A MULE AS HE LEADS A LONG STRING OF PACK MULES. MS- A WAR SURPLUS MULE IN AN OPEN CRATE IS LIFTED OUT OF THE HOLD OF A SHIP FOR FARMERS IN GREECE. 00:40:24 - LS- AS THE DOOR OF CRATE IS OPENED A MULE COMES CHARGING OUT PULLING THE LONGSHOREMEN WILDLY ABOUT AS THEY HOLD ONTO THE ROPE. 00:41:13 - LS- GI HOLDS ONTO HIS MULE AS SMALL STRANGE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY A GI CALLED "MECHANICAL MULE", RIDES BY AND SPEEDILY MANEUVERS AROUND THE FIELD COMING TO A HALT IN FRONT OF THE MULE 00:41:37 - CU- THE SMALL 12 HORSE POWER ENGINE AND THE FOOT PEDAL DRIVE ARE SHOWN. 00:41:49 - MS- GIS PACK LOAD THE VEHICLE WITH CRATES OFF A TRUCK SHOWING IT'S LARGE LOADING CAPACITY OF THE 'MULE". 00:42:06 - WITH NO CAB, WINDSHIELD, BUMPERS OR FENDERS THE GI SHOWS WHAT THE FLAT VEHICLE CAN DO AS IT CLIMBS OVER ROCKY HILLS, STREAMS AND THROUGH BRUSH EFFECTIVELY REPLACING THE ARMY MULE. 00:42:56 - MS- THE DRIVER DISMOUNTS, LOWERS THE STEERING POST TO GROUND LEVEL, THEN DRIVES THE VEHICLE ALONG WHILE CRAWLING ON THE GROUND BEHIND IT. 00:43:43 - CU- FACE OF THE MULE, A VICTIM OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS. LS- GI WALKS THE MULE INTO THE SUNSET 00:43:59 - LS- THE HUGE AMPHIBIOUS ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER LVTP-5,LIES OFF SHORE AS SMALLER LANDING CRAFT RIDE OUT FROM UNDER IT ON THEIR WAY TO THE BEACH. 00:44:38 - LS- WHEN THE LVTP-5 REACHES SHORE IT ROLLS ONTO THE BEACH REVEALING IT'S TRUE SIZE. 00:44:53 - MONTAGE-THE "LARK 5" AND THE "LARK 15" SEA GOING VEHICLES ARE ALSO DEMONSTRATED 00:45:23 - A GIANT AMPHIBIAN CALLED THE "BARK" WITH IT'S 8 FEET TIRES MAKE A GI LOOK LIKE A MINIATURE MAN NEXT TO THEM. THE GI USES A GIANT WRENCH TO ADJUST THE NUTS ON THE WHEEL 00:45:53 - MS- THE HUGE "BARK" ROLLS INTO THE SEA FROM SHORE AND RIDES OUT TO A FREIGHTER OFF SHORE. 00:46:11 - LS- A HUGE CRANE AND A BULL DOZER ARE LOADED ONTO THE "BARK" FROM THE SHIP. THE BARK THEN RIDES TO SHORE WHERE THE CRANE AND THE BULLDOZER ROLL OFF UNDER THEIR OWN POWER 00:47:05 - MS- TO DEMONSTRATE THE TRUE SIZE OF THE"BARK", 200 FULLY EQUIPPED GIS RUN ONTO THE VEHICLE FROM THE BEACH. 00:47:29 - EARLY MODEL EXPERIMENTAL "AIR-CAR" RIDES ON A CUSHION OF AIR AS IT SKIMS A FEW INCHES ABOVE THE WATER AND ON LAND OF UP TO 60MPH. 00:48:28 - LS- A WEIRD KITE-LIKE ONE-MAN FLYING MACHINE CALLED THE "FLEX WING" IS DEMONSTRATED. 00:49:15 - LS- ANOTHER EXPERIMENTAL ARMY AIRCRAFT HAS VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL LANDING CAPABILITIES WITH HIGH SPEED IN THE AIR. 00:49:57 - LS- PAN OF THE MANY SPECIALIZED ARMY AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTERS ARE SEEN LINED UP AT AN AIR BASE. 00:50:51 - ARMY AIRCRAFT DEMONSTRATED INCLUDE, "BIRDDOG", "MOHAWK", "BEAVER", & LARGER PLANES INCLUDE, "OTTER" AND THE TWIN ENGINE "CARIBOU", 00:53:59 - ARMY HELICOPTERS DEMONSTRATED INCLUDE, "IROQUOIS" "SHAWNEE", ALSO CALLED THE "FLYING BANANA", "CHOCKTAW", "SIOUX",AND A ONE-MAN OPEN HELICOPTER. 00:55:14 - LS- A "SHAWNEE" FLYING BANANA, LIFTS AN ARMY "BIRDDOG" PLANE OFF THE GROUND 00:56:01 - LS- SEVERAL SMALL "SIOUX" HELICOPTERS DO AN AERIAL SQUARE DANCE SEVERAL FEET ABOVE THE GROUND 00:56:46 - MS- STRAIGHT OUT OF SCIENCE FICTION A PILOT PUTS ON A DEMONSTRATION OF A FLYING BELT FOR A LARGE AUDIENCE ON THE LAWN OF THE PENTAGON.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1962
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1140