- Title: VM-1033B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:01:15 - "THIS IS FOURTH ARMY" "OBSOLETE FILM". A CAMERA TOUR OF THE 4TH ARMY AREA, ITS INSTALLATION, & FACILITIES. 01:01:20 - NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF THE 4TH ARMY, IT'S BIG GUNS, TRAINING OF ARMY AVIATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDED MISSILES. 01:01:53 - LS- THE 'BIG PICTURE BUS ENTERS FORT SAM HOUSTON,SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, THE HOME OF THE 4TH ARMY. 01:02:26 - MONTAGE- TAME DEER ROAM THE FORT'S GROUNDS. 01:02:49 - MS-(PAN) 9 STORY CLOCK TOWER THAT ONCE WAS A WATERTOWER. LS- EAST, WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH VIEW OF THE AREA AS SEEN FROM THE TOP OF THE TOWER. 01:03:12 - LS- THE FAMED 'ALAMO' IS WITHIN THE WALLS OF FORT SAM HOUSTON. MS- MONUMENT TO DAVEY CROCKET AND JAMES BOWEY. 01:03:59 - MS- LT. GENERAL I.D. WHITE, COMMANDING GENERAL OF 4TH ARMY WALKS OVER TO THE REPORTER AND TELLS OF THE MISSION OF THE 4TH ARMY 01:06:11 - LS- THE BUS PULLS UP TO THE BROOK ARMY HOSPITAL MS- A PATIENT IS ROLLED UNDER AN X-RAY MACHINE BY TECHNICIANS USING THR MOST ADVANCED EQUIPMENT. 01:07:15 - CU- SIGN: FIELD MEDICAL SCHOOL. SIMULATED PROBLEMS OF EVACUATION OF WOUNDED BY HELICOPTER ARE DEMONSTRATED UNDER BATTLE CONDITIONS 01:08:51 - LS- BUS ENTERS FORT HOOD, TEXAS, THE HOME OF THE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION. 01:09:27 - MS- REPORTER INTERVIEWS AN OFFICER AS GIS ENTER A NEW TYPE OF ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER. THE PURPOSE AND USE OF THE CARRIER IS EXPLAINED, AS IT IS TESTED UNDER COMBAT CONDITIONS. 01:11:00 - 01:11:00 MONTAGE- THE ARMORED VEHICLE PROTECTS THE MEN FROM SHELL, MORTER AND SMALL ARMS FIRE. 01:12:10 - MS- FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA, HOME OF THE ARMY'S ARTILLERY CENTER. THE BUS RIDES INTO THE FACILITY MS- THE BUS PASSES MCNAIR HALL AND SEARBY HALL, NAMED FOR 2 GENERALS THAT WERE KILLED IN WWII. 01:13:09 - LS- THE BUS HEADS OUT TO THE FIRING RANGE WHERE GUN CREWS GET READY TO FIRE SPECIMENS OF OUR FIELD ARTILLERY. 01:13:41 - MS- A HUGE 280MM GUN IS READIED FOR FIRING. THE CANNON FIRES WITH LITTLE RECOIL. 01:15:03 - LS- THE BUS PASSES BY SMALL ARMY LIGHTPLANES LINED UP AT THE AIRFIELD AT THE ARMY AVIATION SCHOOL. MS- AN OFFICER IS INTERVIEWED NEXT TO A LIGHT PLANE AND HE EXPLAINS THE SCHOOL'S MISSION. 01:16:07 - A FEMALE GI IN THE CONTROL TOWER GIVES TAKE-OFF AND LANDING INSTRUCTION TO PLANES. SHE IS INTERVIEWED BY THE REPORTER. 01:17:47 - MS- THE OFFICER AND THE REPORTER WATCH FFOM THE TOWER WINDOW AS LIGHTPLANES TAKE OFF IN THE BACKGROUND. 01:18:48 - MS- THE OFFICER BIDS GOODBYE TO THE REPORTER AS HE BOARDS THE BUS. 01:20:08 - MS- THE BUS ENTERS FORT BLISS TEXAS, ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY AND MISSILE CENTER. LS- THE BUS PASSES A DISPLAY OF A GERMAN V-2 MISSILE FROM WWII. 01:20:30 - MS- ARTILLERY CREW MANS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN AS A RADAR UNIT TRACKS A TARGET. MS- REPORTER VISITS A PLOTTING ROOM WHERE MEN PLOT ON A BIG TABLE MAP AND COMMANDS ARE GIVEN BY MEN OVER PHONES 01:20:57 - LS- THE VERSATILITY AND MOBILITY OF THE RADAR CONTROLLED 'SKYSWEEPER', GUN IS DEMONSTRATED. 01:23:33 - LS- (PAN) WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUNDS IN NEW MEXICO. A 4000 SQUARE MILE AREA. 01:23:56 - LS- THE BUS PULLS UP TO A 'NIKE' MISSILE RANGE WHERE AN OFFICER EXPLAINS THE MISSILE AS IT IS BEING PREPARED FOR FIRING IN THE DISTANCE. 01:25:58 - LS- A MISSILE ENGINE IS TEST FIRED FROM A STATIONARY POSITION IN THE DISTANCE. 01:26:23 - LS- 2 NIKE MISSILES STAND VERTICALLY ON THEIR PADS ONE OF THEM IS FIRED AFTER A COUNTDOWN
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1953
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1033B