- Title: VM-1045B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:01:14 - "NERVES OF THE ARMY" "OBSOLETE FILM". THE STORY OF THE ARMY'S SIGNAL CORPS. SHOWN ARE SIGNAL CORP ENGINEERING LABORATORIES AT FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY, & THE ARMY ELECTRONIC PROVING GROUNDS AT FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA. 01:01:15 - NARRATOR TELLS STORY OF THE U.S.ARMY SIGNAL CORP 01:01:21 - ELS- AN ATOM BOMB BLAST WITH IT'S MUSHROOM CLOUD 01:01:47 - CU- THE SIGNAL CORP INSIGNIA. 01:01:50 - MS-MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE I. BACK, CHIEF SIGNAL CORP OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY SPEAKS AND TELLS OF THE MISSION OF THE CORP AND IT'S COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. 01:05:13 - AERIAL- THE PENTAGON BUILDING. MS- GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, SITS IN CONFERENCE WITH OTHER GENERALS. 01:05:38 - MS- AT THE COMMUNICATION CENTER OF THE PENTAGON GIS READ TICKER TAPES FROM A ROOM FILLED WITH TELETYPE MACHINES. 01:06:00 - CU- THE TAPE IS SENT THROUGH A MACHINE WHICH AUTOMATICALLY COMMUNICATES WITH OUTPOSTS THROUGHOUT THE U.S AND SUBSEQUENTLY AROUND THE GLOBE AS SEEN ON MAP. 01:08:29 - LS- THE SIGNAL CORP ENGINEERING CORP LABORATORY AT FORT MONMOUTH. MS- ENGINEER WORKS ON ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. CU- HE HOLDS A TINY TRANSISTOR NEXT TO THE HUGE VACUUM TUBE IT REPLACES. 01:08:48 - CU- HE HOLDS UP THE OLD AND NEW TOGGLE SWITCHES, TRANSFORMERS, CONDENSERS, AND BATTERIES ALL REPLACED BY A MINIATURE COPY. 01:09:00 - CU- A MINIATURE WRIST RADIO, A FREQUENCY METER AND WALKIE TALKIE ARE ALSO SHOWN. 01:09:15 - MS- A GIRL WORKS AT A MACHINE THAT ASSEMBLES MINIATURE TUBES AUTOMATICALLY (CU). MS-A GI MANS A SMALLER SWITCHBOARD AND PLUGS IN THE CALLS. 01:10:20 - MONTAGE- SIGNAL CORP GIS MAN NEW SOPHISTICATED ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. MONTAGE- TEACHERS OVERSEE GIS WORKING ON ALL KINDS OF ELECTRONICS AT A SIGNAL CORP SCHOOL 01:13:49 - MS- ACTION OF GIS IN THE FIELD IS SEEN OVER A TV SCREEN MILES AWAY. (LOGGED PREVIOUSLY) 01:13:50 - MILITARY SOLDIERS RUNNING THROUGH BATTLEFIELD. SOLDIERS EXIT WAR TANK. 01:14:01 - MILITARY SOLDIERS SIGNALMEN ERECT SIGNAL TOWER.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1045B