- Title: VM-1141
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: "TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS" PROGRAM, PRODUCED BY NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, NRA, REFLECTS THE EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN TO KEEP TITLE'S-THOUGHT ALIVE AMONG AMERICANS. EMPHASIZES RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP & SAFETY
- Description:01:00:48 - MS- MINUTEMAN STATUE AT CONCORD, MASS. 01:01:30 - CU- THE BARREL OF A KENTUCKY RIFLE QUIETLY AND SLOWLY MOVES OUT FROM BEHIND TREE IN REENACTMENT OF COLONIAL DAYS 01:01:42 - MS- A KENTUCKY RIFLE HANGS OVER A FIREPLACE IN COLONIAL HOUSEHOLD MADE IN 1728 BY GERMAN GUNSMITH IN LANCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA. 01:01:55 - MS- COLONIALISTS TOILING IN THE FIELD DROP THEIR HOES AND JOIN OTHER SETTLERS MARCHING DOWN ROAD IN REENACTMENT OF THE CALL TO ARMS. 01:02:14 - MS- A MODERN DAY GI SETS HIMSELF AND FIRES HIS AUTOMATIC WEAPON FROM THE HIP. 01:02:46 - MS- ARMY OFFICER NARRATOR HOLDS UP A KENTUCKY RIFLE. MS- ACTOR IN COLONIAL ARMY UNIFORM LOADS FLINTLOCK RIFLE WITH RAMROD, AIMS IT, AND FIRES 01:03:06 - LS- IN REENACTMENT COLONIALISTS FIRE AT BRITISH SOLDIERS FROM FROM THE BUSH, AT LONG RANGE, WITH THEIR KENTUCKY RIFLES. BRITISH RUN IN RETREAT 01:03:35 - MS- NARRATOR PUTS DOWN KENTUCKY RIFLE AND SHOWS A NEW M-14 RIFLE AND TELLS ABOUT IT. 01:04:18 - MS- A GI FIRES THE M-14 FROM THE GROUND AND FROM THE HIP. 01:04:47 - MONTAGE- GIS TRAINING ON A RIFLE RANGE 01:05:53 - MS- ARMY OFFICER NARRATOR INTRODUCES FILM PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. (NRA) 01:06:37 - MAN AND WOMAN TOURISTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WITH CAPITAL DOME IN DISTANCE, STOP IN FRONT OF MONUMENTS; HE TAKES PICTURES. 01:06:58 - MS- AS YOUNG MAN KNEELS TO TAKE A PHOTO OF MONUMENT A MIDDLE AGED MAN WALKS UP WITH KENTUCKY RIFLE AND LEANS IT UP AGAINST THE MONUMENT. 01:07:05 - CU- A WOMAN SITTING ON PARK BENCH GIVES A LOOK OF BEWILDERMENT AS SHE LOOKS AT THE RIFLE 01:07:47 - MS- REENACTMENT OF PAUL REVERE AS HE RIDES HIS HORSE AND YELLING THE ALERT. MONTAGE- COLONIALS FIRING AT THE BRITISH 01:08:06 - CU- LIBERTY BELLS RINGING. REENACTMENT OF SIGNING OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. CU- "THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS" IS SHOWN OVER THE BILL OF RIGHTS DOCUMENT. 01:08:30 - MS- SETTLER CHOPS AT A TREE WITH HIS AXE, WITH HIS TRUSTY RIFLE NEXT TO HIM. 01:08:42 - LS- INDIANS ATTACKING COVERED WAGONS. LS- SETTLERS JOIN TOGETHER TO BUILD LOG CABINS. 01:09:15 - MONTAGE-REENACTMENT OF CIVIL WAR, WWI, WWII BATTLE SCENES. 01:10:12 - MS- NARRATOR HANGS HIS KENTUCKY RIFLE ALONG WITH HIS MANY OTHER GUNS OF HIS HUGE COLLECTION. 01:10:37 - MS- HOLLYWOOD ACTOR & TV'S "PETER GUNN", CRAIG STEVENS STOPS FIRING A PISTOL AT L.A. POLICE ACADEMY RANGE AND TALKS ABOUT ART OF MARKSMANSHIP. 01:11:28 - MS- FILM CLIPS OF HUGH O'BRIEN PLAYING WYATT EARP, CHUCK CONNORS PLAYING "THE RIFLEMAN", TEACHING HIS SON HOW TO SHOOT TIN CANS OFF A FENCE. 01:11:46 - MS- AUDIE MURPHY IN WESTERN SHOOTS BAD GUYS OFF THEIR HORSES & "PETER GUNN" HOLDING A PISTOL ON A BAD GUY. 01:12:05 - MS- A BOY HOLDS HIS GIFT .22 RIFLE NEXT TO A CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE LIVING ROOM IS JOINED BY HIS PROUD FATHER. CU- WORRIED MOM SHAKES HER HEAD 01:12:52 - LS- FATHER AND SON WITH RIFLES HUNT IN FOREST. 01:13:10 - MS- FATHER LIES DOWN NEXT TO HIS SON AND SHOWS HIM HOW TO SHOOT AT TARGET. BOY GETS A BULL'S-EYE. CU- FATHER SMILES PROUDLY 01:13:34 - CU- ACTOR STEVENS PRAISES WORK OF THE NRA. 01:13:58 - MS- PHOTOS OF ULYSSES GRANT, AMBROSE BURNSIDE, SHERMAN, WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK AND OTHERS FORMED THE NRA IN 1871. WITH THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING THE ART OF MARKSMANSHIP. SCENES OF WWI AND WWII 01:15:24 - CU- YOUNG BOY AIMS AND FIRES AT TARGET. CU- ARM PATCHES OF THE NRA 01:15:54 - MS- GENERAL LIMNITZER, TALKS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RIFLE TO THE SOLDIER. 01:16:28 - MS- REENACTMENT SHOWS 2 CRIMINALS IN A GUN BATTLE WITH POLICE. THEY FIRE FROM BEHIND A CAR. POLICE SUBDUE AND HANDCUFF THEM. 01:16:56 - MS- 4 TEEN BOYS FIRE AT TIN CANS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. CU- WOMAN WITH SHOPPING BAG FEARFULLY WATCHES. NARRATOR SAYS, "THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW" 01:17:20 - CU- GAVEL POUNDING ON DESK AS SPEAKER ASKS FOR ORDER. CONGRESSMAN STANDS AND PROPOSES A BILL ON GUN REGISTRATION. AS NARRATOR STEVENS TELLS ABOUT "UNDESIRABLE" FIREARMS CONTROL BILLS. 01:18:20 - LS- CITIZENS OF LONDON DIG TRENCHES IN STREETS AS STEVENS BLAMES ARMS CONTROL LEGISLATION IN BRITAIN WHICH ALMOST BROUGHT DISASTER IN WWII. 01:18:48 - MONTAGE- SHIPMENT OF ARMS FROM U.S. HELPED TURN TIDE. 01:19:05 - LS- A CAR WAVERS FROM SIDE TO SIDE ON A HIGHWAY AS STEVENS RELATES TO ARMS CONTROL AS BLAMING THE CAR NOT THE DRIVER. 01:19:13 - CU- DRIVER'S FOOT PRESSES DOWN ON GAS PEDAL, THEN ON THE BREAK; A SCREECH AND THEN A CRASH IS HEARD. MS- CAR TURNED OVER ON IT'S SIDE. 01:19:53 - MS- NRA INSTRUCTOR SHOWS A PRETEEN GIRL HOW TO SHOOT RIFLE AT RANGE. 01:20:30 - MS- 2 HUNTERS IN A HIDDEN TRENCH FIRE THEIR RIFLES AT A FLOCK OF DUCKS. LS- A DUCK DROPS INTO A STREAM AND A BIRD DOG FETCHES IT. 01:21:13 - MS- NOVICE HUNTER PUFFS ON A CIGARETTE AND CARELESSLY HANDLES HIS RIFLE. THE PRO WITH HIM PULLS THE GUN OUT OF HIS HAND AND SHOWS HIM WHERE TO HOLD IT. 01:21:44 - MS- THE NOVICE AIMS HIS RIFLE AT A MOVING OBJECT IN THE WOODS BUT THE PRO STOPS HIM. THE MOVING OBJECT WAS ANOTHER HUNTER. THE PRO TEACHES THE NOVICE OTHER SAFETY MEASURES. 01:22:35 - LS- SEVERAL HUNTERS AND THEIR DOGS WALK THROUGH THE BRUSH LOOKING FOR GAME. CU- HUNTING DOG STOPS AND SNIFFS THE AIR. 01:22:58 - MS-HUNTERS STOP IN THEIR TRACKS. QUAIL TAKES TO THE AIR, THE HUNTER AIMS AND FIRES. DOG BRING IN THE DEAD BIRD. 01:23:47 - MS- MAN LOADS AND FIRES SKEETS FOR RIFLEMEN AT A SKEET SHOOTING CLUB. 01:24:01 - MS- A BOY AND HIS MOM LAY DOWN TO FIRE THEIR RIFLES AS FATHER GIVES INSTRUCTION. 01:24:19 - MS- MOM WHO DISAGREED WITH FIREARMS, AIMS AND FIRES HER RIFLE. 01:24:46 - CU- BOY MAKES ALL SORTS OF CONTORTIONS WITH HIS MOUTH BEFORE HE FIRES. 01:24:58 - MONTAGE- GUN ENTHUSIASTS GATHER AT THE ANNUAL COMPETITIVE SHOOT AT CAMP PERRY, OHIO. 01:25:09 - MS- 2 ASIAN YOUNG LADY CONTESTANTS SMILE FOR THE CAMERA. MONTAGE- FLAGS REPRESENTING EVERY STATE IN THE UNION FLY AT THE MEET. 01:25:18 - MS- PISTOL SHOOTERS AIM AND FIRE AT TARGETS THEN GO UP TO CHECK THEIR TARGETS AND SCORES. 01:25:37 - CU- FACE OF BEARDED MAN DEPICTING LEGENDARY MAN OF THE WEST. CU- FINGER COCKS A FLINTLOCK AND A RIFLEMAN IN A CONFEDERATE UNIFORM AIMS AND FIRES 01:25:48 - CU- A UNION SOLDIER PUTS THE BALL CONTAINER IN HIS MOUTH AS HE RAMRODS THE BALL IN HIS MUZZLE LOADING RIFLE. PAN OF BLUE AND GREY FIRING SIDE BY SIDE 01:26:38 - MS- PAN OF SHOOTERS LYING ON GROUND AIMING AND FIRING AT TARGETS. 01:27:25 - MS- GIS PULL DOWN TARGETS AND MARK THE HITS. CU- OFFICIAL LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS AND MARKS THE SCORES ON A CHART. 01:27:58 - MONTAGE- NRA TROPHIES AND THE AWARDING CEREMONIES 01:29:15 - ARMY NARRATOR TELLS HOW YOUR ARMY WILL COOPERATE WITH THE NRA IN IT'S OBJECTIVES.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1962
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1141