- Title: VM-1013C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: U.S. ARMY INFANTRYMEN.
- Description:00:58:01 - "THE 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION & THE 41ST INFANTRY DIVISION." TRIBUTE TO TWO FIGHTING DIVISIONS IN WWII. PLUS A LOOK AT THE WEAPON OF THE INFANTRYMEN. 00:58:03 - NARRATOR TELLS OF THE 41ST 'SUNSET' INFANTRY DIVISION AND THE 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION AND THEIR ACTIONS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. THE FIRST TO ENTER LEYTE, IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND TOKYO. ALSO SHOWN ARE THE VARIETY OF WEAPONS AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE INFANTRYMEN. 00:59:52 - THE 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION - CU- A LITTLE BOY POINTS TO THE 1ST CAVALRY PATCH ON HIS FATHERS ARM AND HIS FATHER EXPLAINS IT TO HIM 01:00:31 - MS- A 1ST CAVALRY CHARGE DURING THE INDIAN WARS AND INDIANS CHARGING AT THEM. THE SOLDIERS STOP AND DISMOUNT FIGHTING THE INDIANS WHO ENCIRCLE THEM ALA CUSTERS LAST STAND. 01:00:58 - AERIAL- VIEW OF THE BATTLE FROM ABOVE. 01:01:15 - MS- GIS TRAIN CLIMBING A NET WALL STRUNG BETWEEN TWO TREES, CHARGING WITH BAYONETS, CRAWLING UNDER BARBED WIRE AND THROUGH A NARROW TUBULAR PIPE. 01:02:07 - MONTAGE- NAVAL BOMBARDMENT OF THE LOS NERGAS ISLANDS IN THE ADMARILTIES AND THE AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS. MONTAGE- GIS FIRE RIFLES AND MACHINE GUNS INTO THE DENSE JUNGLE. 01:02:55 - MS- A GI CARRIES AND FIRES A MACHINE GUN AS HE ADVANCES THROUGH THE THICK JUNGLE. 01:03:11 - MS- A GI SWATS THE FLIES OFF THE FACE OF A DEAD SIGNAL CORP CAMERMAN AS THE WASH HIS FACE. MS- (PAN) DEAD JAPANESE LIE IN A HEAP ON THE JUNGLE GROUND. 01:03:46 - MS- GENERAL MACARTHUR SURVEYS THE WORK DONE BY THE 1ST CAVALRY AND HE PERSONALLY CONGRATULATES THE COMMANDER OF THE OUTFIT. 01:04:21 - LS- LANDING CRAFT RIDE TOWARD THE BEACHES OF LEYTE AS IT IS BEING BOMBARDED BY NAVY GUNS. MS- THE 1ST CAVALRY IS PINNED DOWN ON THE BEACH. 01:05:52 - LS- CROWD OF PHILIPPINE NATIVES JOYOUSLY GREET THE GIS. CU- A GI SHARES HIS CIGARETTES WITH A HAPPY NATIVE. SOLDIERS MARCH THROUGH JUNGLE. TANK ROLLS ALONG. SOLDIERS FIRE ARTILLERY. TANK ROLLS THROUGH THE MUD 01:06:41 - MS- A GI CRAWLS THROUGH A HOLE IN A CONCRETE WALL IN MANILA AS THE 1ST CAVALRY BEAT ALL OTHERS INTO THE CAPITAL CITY. 01:07:38 - MS- TWO GIS SHAKE HANDS NEXT TO A FLAG WHICH READS "1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, 1ST IN TOKYO". 01:08:46 - THE 41ST SUNSET DIVISION - MS- MAP OF AREA AROUND AUSTRALIA AND INDIA, AND THE JAPANESE CONTROL OF OF VITAL WATERWAYS AROUND THEM. 01:09:54 - CU- ARM PATCH OF THE 41ST INFANTRY DIVISION. 01:10:34 - LS- JAP BOMBERS ATTACK FORT MORRESSEY IN NEW GUINEA. MS- GIS FORM A DAISY CHAIN TO CARRY BOXES ACROSS A STREAM IN THE ROUGH JUNGLES OF NEW GUINEA. 01:11:40 - MS- AS A CHAPLAIN SAYS PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD GIS, A FIRING SQUAD FIRES INTO THE AIR. 01:11:45 - MS- MAJOR GENERAL FULLER PLOTS A MAP WITH HIS STAFF. 01:11:58 - MONTAGE- (PAN) HUGE TASK FORCE OF MEN, VEHICLES AND SHIPS, GATHER ALONG THE SHORE, PRIOR TO THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION OF THE PACIFIC WAR TO DATE THE INVASION OF HOLLANDIA IN NEW GUINEA 01:12:22 - MS- THE BACK OF MACARTHUR'S HEAD IS SEEN AS HE LOOKS OUT TO SEA AT THE HUGE CONVOY. 01:12:24 - MS- GIS CLEAN THEIR GUNS, PLAY CARDS AND CHECKERS AND SIT AROUND ON THE DECKS OF THE TRANSPORTS. 01:12:43 - MONTAGE- THE NIGHT OF APRIL 22,1944 IS LIT UP BY THE FLASHES OF NAVAL GUNS AS THE BOMBARDMENT BEGINS. 41ST STARTS OUT TO THE SHORE IN LANDING CRAFT. CU- MACARTHUR LOOKS OUT WITH CONCERN FROM HIS COMMAND POSITION ON THE SHIP. 01:14:10 - MS- GIS WITH CIGARETTES DANGLING FROM THEIR LIPS MOVE INTO THE JUNGLE. MS- ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THE BATTLE AREA. 01:15:29 - MONTAGE- MEN OF THE 163RD INFANTRY BATTLE THE JAPS IN THE JUNGLES OF WAKDE ISLAND FACING FIERCE RESISTANCE. MS- DEAD JAPS CONTEST TO THE RESISTANCE AS JAPS ON THE ISLAND WERE WIPED OUT. 01:16:54 - MS- A GI FIRES HIS FLAME THROWER INTO A CAVE. MS- DEAD JAPS LIE ALONG THE BEACH OF BIAK ISLAND 01:17:49 - LS- THE 41ST DIVISION TROOPS WADE INTO THE SHORE OF PALAWAN ISLAND NEAR LEYTE ON FEBRUARY 28, 1945. 01 18 46 LS- TROOPS OF THE 186TH REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM OF THE 41ST DIVISION WADE INTO SHORE OF MINDANAO ON MARCH 10, 1945. 01:19:28 - MONTAGE- PERPETUAL MORTAR AND ARTILLERY FIRE. MS- ANIMATED MAP OF THE BATTLE AREA 01:20:39 - AERIAL- A-BOMB EXPLOSION OF HIROSHIMA AS SEEN FROM ABOVE. 'WAR IS OVER' HEADLINE. SIGNING OF SURRENDER BY MACARTHUR ON THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI 01 21 10 MONTAGE- TROOPS OF THE 41ST CARRY THEIR DUFFLE BAGS ON BOARD SHIPS FOR THE TRIP HOME. THE 41ST WAS DEACTIVATED DECEMBER 31, 1945. 01:21:58 - NARRATOR, HOLDING A RIFLE WITH BAYONET, SHOWS SOME OF THE WEAPONS OF THE INFANTRYMAN WHICH INCLUDE, THE CARBINE, BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE, 30 CALIBER AIR COOLED MACHINE GUN, THE 30 CALIBER WATER COOLED 'HEAVY' MACHINE-GUN, 60 MM MORTAR, 81MM MORTAR, 57 RECOILLESS RIFLE AND THE 3.5 ROCKET LAUNCHER (BAZOOKA)
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1013C