- Title: VM-1012B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:30:55 - "TOOLS FOR A MODERN ARMY" "OBSOLETE" FILM. REVIEW OF LATEST ARMY WEAPONS & MACHINES 00:31:00 - NARRATOR TELLS OF THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE WEAPONS 00:31:14 - MS- ROCKET BATTERIES SHOOT AT RAPID FIRE. COVERING THE AREA WITH SMOKE. 00:31:16 - MS- DRAFTSMEN WORK AT THEIR TABLES. MS- LAB TECHNICIAN AT HIS MICROSCOPE. LS- A LARGE MISSILE BLASTING OFF. AERIAL BOMBS FALLING ON TARGETS. 00:31:45 - AERIAL- PAN OF A DESTROYED, BOMBED OUT CITY. 00:32:00 - LS- 2 SCIENTISTS CAREFULLY HANDLE RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AT THE END OF A POLE. . 00:32:18 - MS- ALBERT EINSTEIN AT HIS DESK WITH PIPE IN MOUTH, WRITES ON PAPER. 00:32:24 - CU- RADAR ANTENNA ROTATES RAPIDLY. MS-TECHNICIANS READING RADAR SCOPE. CU- RADAR SCOPE. 00:32:48 - GI NARRATOR TELLS OF HIS TAKING PART IN ATOM BOMB TEST AT TEST SITE IN CAMP DESERT ROCK, NEVADA. 00:32:51 - MS- MEN OF THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION JUMP OFF THEIR TRUCKS AND ARE ISSUED FILM BADGES WHICH SHOW THE AMOUNT OF RADIATION RECEIVED. CU-BADGES ARE ALSO PLACED ON WEAPONS AND JEPS. 00:33:26 - MONTAGE- THE DIVISION SIT ON OPEN GROUND A 'SAFE' DISTANCE AWAY FROM EXPLOSION, WHICH LITES UP THE AREA AT THE MOMENT OF THE BLAST. 00:33:41 - LS- THE GIS WATCH THE MUSHROOM CLOUD IN THE DISTANCE AND ARE THEN BLASTED WITH CLOUD OF DUST 00:33:55 - MS- AN ARMY REPORTER INTERVIEWS A GI WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE TEST. 00:35:03 - MONTAGE- THE RADIATION INSPECTION TEAM MARCH INTO THE AREA AND INSPECT THE WEAPONS AND VEHICLES. THE GIS MARCH INTO THE GROUND ZERO AREA. 00:35:32 - CU- A GI SCANS A METAL POLE WITH A GEIGER COUNTER 00:35:44 - CU- A LARGE GLOBE OF THE WORLD TURNS AS NARRATOR TALKS ABOUT GLOBAL WAR. 00:36:10 - AERIAL- HUGE 280 MM CANNON WHICH CAN DELIVER AN ATOMIC SHELL,IS PULLED BY A SPECIAL VEHICLE AT THE ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS. MONTAGE- THE GUN AND IT'S VEHICLE IS SHOWN. 00:36:58 - MS- GROUP OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN OBSERVERS HOLD THEIR EARS AS THE GUN PREPARES TO FIRE. MONTAGE- THE CANNON FIRES SEVERAL TIMES. 00:37:25 - MS- MEN WORK HIGH ABOVE THE GROUND, ON THE TIP OF A ROCKET, PERCHED IN IT'S LAUNCHER, CHECKING IT'S ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT. 00:37:50 - CU- LAUNCH BUTTON IS PRESSED. LS- ROCKET BLASTS TO THE SKY. RADIO CONTROLLED AND MAN-CONTROLLED CAMERAS TRACK THE ROCKET. 00:38:24 - CU- SCOPES AND PRINT-OUT SHEETS PROVIDE DETAILS. 00:38:36 - LS- A SHELL EXPLODES IN THE AIR AND SENDS DOWN A FIERY FORCE BELOW AS A NEW SHELL IS DEMONSTRATED. LS- SHELLS EXPLODE IN AIR AT A DISTANCE. 00:38:44 - MONTAGE- CANNONS FIRE AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT THE USE OF A LOADING CREW. LS- BOMB BURSTING IN AIR. 00:39:00 - LS- NEW ARMY M-48 TANK IS DEMONSTRATED WITH SMALL NEW ENGINE TAKING UP LESS SPACE. 00:39:56 - MS- SMALL SPEEDY PLASTIC ASSAULT BOATS ARE SHOWN ALONG WITH PLASTIC PONTOONS FOR BRIDGES. 00:40:06 - LS- LARGE OFFICE WITH DRAFTSMEN AT THEIR TABLES. MS- 4 DESIGNERS COLLABORATE ON A PROJECT TO BUILD A NEW HUGE AMPHIBIAN VEHICLE. 00:40:39 - CU- A WELDER ENGROSSED IN HIS SPARKS AT A PLANT MONTAGE- THE HUGE NEW AMPHIBIAN VEHICLE GOES THROUGH ITS TESTS. 00:41:29 - MS- 3 GI TELEPHONE OPERATORS AT THEIR SWITCHBOARD 2 MEN LIFT A NEW SMALLER SWITCHBOARD INTO PLACE. MS- GIS SHOW THE OLD WALKIE-TALKIE AND THE NEW SMALLER MODEL. CU- GI HOLDS UNIT TO HIS EAR. 00:42:38 - MONTAGE- THE USE OF TROOP DELIVERY, WIRE LAYING AND THE TRANSPORTING OF COMPLETE ARMIES BY AIR IS SHOWN. 00:43:31 - ELS- A 9000 POUND PLATFORM IS DROPPED BY AIR WITH THE HELP OF THE NEW CLUSTER TYPE CHUTES. 00:44:13 - LS- STANDS FULL OF OBSERVERS WATCH HELICOPTERS DO THEIR STUFF. DELIVERING MEN AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT. 00:44:46 - LS- A MAN IS LIFTED OFF THE GROUND IN A WAIST HARNESS TO SHOW AIR RESCUE TECHNIQUES 00:45:37 - LS- A CARGO PLANE LANDS IN ARCTIC ICE AND WARMLY DRESSED GIS DEBARK AT TEST GROUNDS IN ALASKA WHERE TRAINING IN ARCTIC SURVIVAL AND WARFARE IS DONE. 00:45:56 - MS- THE ARMY VEHICLE THE 'OTTER' TRAVELS ON ROADS AS WELL AS SNOWY ICELANDS. MS- THE 'OTTER' DELIVERS SUPPLIES TO A DOG SLED TEAM FOR DELIVERY TO AREAS WHERE VEHICLES CAN'T TRAVEL. 00:46:31 - MS- THE DOG TEAM WITH TWO GIS TAKES OFF INTO THE WILDERNESS. MS- VIEW OF RUNNING DOGS AS SEEN FROM DRIVER. 00:47:00 - LS- 4 DIFFERENT TANKS ARE TESTED IN THE ARCTIC CONDITIONS. 00:47:21 - LS- INFANTRY SQUAD TRAVEL ALONG A WIND BLOWN SNOWY RIDGE ON SKIS AND SNOW SHOES. LS- VISIBILITY IS ALMOST ZERO AS THEY SKI DOWN SMALL SLOPES. 00:47:42 - MS- INFANTRY MEN IN WHITE UNIFORMS SET UP A MACHINE GUN POSITION IN THE SNOW. MS- AN IGLOO MADE WITH PREFABRICATED PARTS IS QUICKLY SET UP. 00:48:15 - PINE NEEDLE BRANCHES ARE LAYED DOWN AS A FLOOR. THE MEN STRIP TO THEIR UNDER SHIRTS AND CUDDLE UP INTO THEIR SLEEPING BAGS. 00:48:35 - MS- A LONG SINGLE LINE OF GIS TRUDGE ALONG ON THEIR SNOW SHOES. 00:48:55 - MS- 2 GIS IN THEIR WHITE SNOW OUTFITS WALK ON A THREDMILL AS THEY ARE MONITORED BY INSTRUCTORS IN A TEST LABORATORY. 00:49:05 - A SOLDIER MODELS AN EXPERIMENTAL VAPOR BARRIER COLD WEATHER SUIT WHICH IS WORN OVER THE NUDE CHEST. 00:49:30 - LS- WEARING THE NEW SUIT TWO GIS JUMP INTO THE COLD WATER WHICH FLOATS THE MAN EVEN WITH A 26 POUND PACK ATTACHED. MS- GI READS A BOOK AS HE FLOATS ON HIS BACK 00:50:02 - MS- GI MODELS A 4 POUND BODY ARMOR DESIGNED TO PROTECT HIS HIPS AND LOWER BODY. 00:50:25 - MS- COMBAT FOOD RATIONS ARE TESTED IN A LAB-KITCHEN. MONTAGE- LAB TECHNICIANS TEST VITAMINS AND OTHER FOOD STUFFS 00:51:30 - MS- GIS PUT ON TEST CLOTHING AND INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE THE BODYS FUNCTIONS IN THE HOT DESERT. AS A LOOKOUT WATCHES WITH BINOCULARS, A GI WALKS INTO THE DESERT. 00:52:00 - MS- THE GI TAKES A LARGE DRINK OF WATER FROM HIS CANTEEN. MS- 2 GIS CRAWL ON THE DESERT SAND. LS- A SQUAD OF SOLDIERS CHARGE AND CRAWL ALONG THE DESERT SAND 00:53:13 - AERIAL- OIL TANKS AND AN OIL REFINERY PLANT. 00:53:25 - MS- GI GETTING AN X-RAY BY A GI TECHNICIAN. CU- GERMS UNDER A MICROSCOPE. MS- A TECHNICIAN HANDLES A BIN WITH HUNDREDS OF MICE USED FOR EXPERIMENTS. 00:54:46 - MS- TEST MICE ARE PLACED IN SPECIALLY MADE BINS FOR TESTING AT THE EINEWITOK A-BOMB TEST GROUNDS. 00:54:49 - TANKS ARE EQUIPPED WITH MEASURING DEVICES, SPECIAL BUILDINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED AND ALL ARE PLACED AT VARIOUS DISTANCES FROM THE BOMB BEFORE THE BLAST. 00:54:56 - LS- THE TOWER WHICH HOUSED THE BOMB - THE COUNTDOWN THEN THE BLAST. LS- THE BUILDINGS DISINTIGRATE AS HOUSES BLOW UP FROM THE FORCE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1012B