- Title: VM-1040B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:30:15 - 00:30:10"MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON" "OBSOLETE FILM". THE THIRD INFANTRY REGIMENT; CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS; CEREMONIAL COLOR GUARDS AT MOUNT VERNON ARE INTERVIEWED. AN ALERT OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENSE UNITS. TANKERS OF THE THIRD INFANTRY; AND MEN OF THE 2ND BATTALION MOVE INTO POSITIONS. WASHINGTON, DC SITES. PENTAGON BUILDING. 00:30:17NARRATOR TELLS OF THE MANY IMPORTANT ARMY ACTIVITIES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 00:30:41LS- THE CAPITOL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. LS- LINCOLN MEMORIAL, GRANT'S TOMB AND THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. (JEFFERSON MEMORIAL) 00:31:00AERIAL- THE PENTAGON BUILDING ACROSS FROM THE PATOMAC RIVER. LS- T-7 BUILDING, HEADQUARTERS OF THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 00:31:29MS- GENERAL STOKES, COMMANDER OF T-7 SPEAKS AND TELLS OF THE TASKS AND TRAINING OF THE MILITARY IN HIS COMMAND. 00:32:27LS- THE 3RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL UNITS IN WASHINGTON MARCHES ACROSS APRON OF AIRPORT TO ACT AS HONOR GUARD TO A VISITING MINISTER OF THE ARMY OF SPAIN. 00:32:53MS- THE 3RD SNAPS TO ATTENTION AS THE PLANE TOUCHES DOWN. ONE OF THE DUTIES OF THE 3RD INFANTRY IS GREETING FOREIGN DIGNATERIES 00:33:30MS- GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY GREETS THE SPANISH GENERAL AT THE PLANE AND THEY THEN INSPECT THE HONOR GUARD AND THEN THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER WHICH IS GUARDED BY THE 3RD INFANTRY 00:35:47MS- GIS WATCH TV AND RELAX IN THE TOMB GUARD ROOM MS- A GI PRESSES HIS UNIFORM AND PUTS A HIGH POLISH ON HIS BOOTS. 00:36:17LS- IMPRESSIVE RITUAL AT THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. MS- A CROWD WATCHES THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD. 00:37:30MS- A LITTLE BOY WATCHES ONE OF THE SOLDIERS WALK THE GUARD DUTY. 00:38:52MS- 4 MEMBERS OF THE 3RD INFANTRY REGIMENT IN COLONIAL UNIFORMS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WHEN THE REGIMENT WAS FORMED. MS- A NARRATOR EXPLAINS THE UNIFORM AND IT'S EQUIPMENT 00:40:57MS- A BLACK AND A WHITE GI BRUSH DOWN 2 OF THE 7 PERFECTLY MATCHED WHITE HORSES AT FORT MEYER ARE KEPT AND USED TO PULL THE CAISSON FOR IMPORTANT FUNERALS AT NEARBY ARLINGTON CEMETERY. 00:41:23MS- 2 GIS POLISH THE BRASS ON THE CAISSON. 00:41:35MS- AS A GI HOLDS A BEAUTIFUL BLACK HORSE CALLED THE 'CAPARISON HORSE', ANOTHER GI ATTACHES A PAIR OF BOOTS FACING BACKWARD ON THE SADDLE, SYMBOL OF A FALLEN HERO. 00:42:11MS- AS OTHER HONOR GUARD GIS SIT ON WHITE HORSES PULLING A CAISSON THE LEADER WALKS OVER TO THE NARRATOR WITH HIS WHITE HORSE IN TOW. 00:42:37MS- HOLDING THE WHITE HORSE CLOSE TO HIS FACE THE SERGEANT-IN-CHARGE OF THE HONOR GUARD, EXPLAINS THE WHOLE PROCEDURE AT A FUNERAL AND ABOUT THE HORSES. 00:44:38MONTAGE- 3RD INFANTRY PUTS ON DAZZLING DISPLAY OF MARCHING INCLUDING A BAND. LS- GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY IS THERE. 00:46:24LS- ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERIES ON OUTSKIRTS OF WASHINGTON, D.C. PROTECTING THAT CITY 24 HOURS A DAY (PAN) NARRATOR SPEAKS TO THE BATTERY COMMANDER WHO EXPLAINS HIS MISSION AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS CIVILIAN NEIGHBORS. 00:49:10MS- GIS OF THE ARTILLERY BATTERY PLAY SCRIMMAGE FOOTBALL WITH NEIGHBORS KIDS AS A MOTHER TAKES A CAKE TO THE KIDS WHO SHARE THEM WITH THE GIS. 00:49:33MS- GIS AND KIDS TAKE A BITE OF CAKE. CU- A HAND TAKES THE LAST PIECE FROM THE DISH. 00:49:49CU- A RADAR ANTENNA ROTATES AND AN ALARM RINGS. LS- GIS RUN TO THEIR BATTERIES AND MAN THE GUNS AND PASS THE SHELLS. 00:50:17CU- SIGN ON BARRACKS 'THE OLD GUARD'. MS- A BLACK SERGEANT RECEIVES A PHONE CALL AND HURRIEDLY RUNS AND AWAKENS HIS MEN FROM THEIR BUNKS. THEY JUMP OUT OF BED AND RUN FOR THEIR GEAR. 00:51:20MS- THE MEN GRAB THEIR RIFLES AND HEAVIER ARMS OFF RACKS IN THR BARRACKS. 00:52:27LS- MEN AND THEIR ARMS RUN TO THEIR TANKS, MOUNT HEAVY MACHINE-GUNS AND UNCOVER THE CANNONS. MS- SOLDIERS CLIMB ONTO WAITING TRUCKS. TANKS SPEED DOWN HIGHWAY PASSING SUBURBAN HOMES ALONG THE ROAD. 00:54:36MS- CROWDS OF CIVILIAN WORKERS AND MILITARY MEN LEAVE THE MILITARY JOBS FOR THE DAY. 00:55:28LS- A BUGLER PLAYS 'TAPS' AT DUSK IN FRONT OF THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. LS- GRAVES AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY 00:55:47LS- CAPITOL DOME LIT UP AT NIGHT AS 'TAPS' IS PLAYED.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1040B