- Title: VM-1054C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:02:19 - PICTORIAL REPORT NO. 15 OPERATION GYROSCOPE. AN ARMY FAMILY MOVES FROM FORT RILEY TO GERMANY. A PAIR OF EYE GLASSES IS MADE AT RHINE MEDICAL DEPOT IN GERMANY. AND FROM DENVER, COLORADO, ARMY MULES JOIN A LOCAL CIVIC CELEBRATION OF PIONEER DAYS 01:02:27 - NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY ABOUT TROOP ROTATION, WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION IN GERMANY BY THE 10TH INFANTRY DIVISION WHICH SHIPPED OUT FROM THE STATES. 01:02:49 - BATTLE SCENES OF THE 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION "THE BIG RED ONE" DURING WWII. FROM THEIR LANDING IN NORTH AFRICA ON NOVEMBER OF 1942 TO THE BATTLE OF SICILY AND D-DAY ON NORMANDY (ALL PREVIOUSLY LOGGED) 01:02:55 - GENERAL IKE REVIEWS THE 1ST DIVISION HONOR GUARD IN GERMANY. 01:06:29 - GI STOCKS HIS CUPBOARD WITH FOODSTUFFS AND PUTS BEER, EGGS AND MILK IN THE REFRIGERATOR FOR HIS REPLACEMENT AT HIS APARTMENT IN GERMANY. 01:08:06 - GI OF THE 10TH DIVISION GETS OFF THE BOAT WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO KIDS. THE GIS AND FAMILIES REPLACING EACH OTHER ENJOY DRINKS ON THE PATIO OF THE APARTMENT. 01:08:39 - 2 GROUPS GO OUT SIGHT SEEING IN GERMANY. 01:09:41 - THE 1ST DIVISION AND IT'S REPLACEMENT, THE 10TH PARADE TOGETHER AND DISPLAY THEIR COLORS. 01:10:32 - MONTAGE THE 1ST DIVISION TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES EMBARK ON TROOPSHIPS FOR THEIR TRIP HOME AFTER 13 YEARS OVERSEAS. 01:12:03 - ARMY WAC SERGEANT VISITS THE U.S. ARMY HOSPITAL AT LANDSTUHL, GERMANY FOR AN EYE EXAM SHE IS GIVEN AN EYE EXAM BY A SPECIALIST THEN SHE LOOKS AT AN EYE CHART WITH EACH EYE 01:13:27 - OPTOMETRIST HAS HER LOOK THROUGH A PEROCTOR WHICH MEASURES THE STRENGTH OF EACH EYE THE EYE CHART AS SEEN THROUGH THE DEVICE. 01:14:33 - WAC TRIES ON SEVERAL PAIRS OF FRAMES UNTIL SHE IS SATISFIED WITH THEIR LOOKS. 01:15:17 - GI AT THE RHINE MEDICAL DEPOT READS THE PRESCRIPTION AND FILLS THE ORDER FROM HIS FILE OF LENSES. TECHNICIAN PUTS THE LENS THROUGH SPECIAL MACHINERY WHICH GRINDS AND CONTOURS THEM. 01:17:21 - MONTAGE THE LENS IS SENT TO OTHER TECHNICIANS WITH EACH USING SPECIAL DEVISES TO PERFECT LENS. 01:20:10 - TECHNICIAN GIVES THE GLASSES A FINAL ALIGNMENT AND INSPECTION AND SENT TO THE EYE CLINIC WHERE THE WAC SERGEANT TRIES THEM ON. 01:22:07 - MONTAGE TROOPS OF THE 4TH FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION AND THE 35TH QUARTERMASTER COMPANY, THE ONLY 2 PACK OUTFITS LEFT IN THE ARMY, ASSEMBLE WITH THEIR PACK MULES AND HORSES, BEFORE THE STATE CAPITAL BUILDING IN DENVER. 01:22:22 - SPECTATORS INCLUDE 3 LITTLE GIRLS SITTING ON THE GRASS WITH THEIR DOG 01:22:49 - THE MULE RIDING GIS TAKE OFF FOR A 1 WEEK TRIP TO CHEYENNE, WYOMING AS IT WAS 100 YEARS AGO. 01:23:05 - MONTAGE THE 160 MAN OUTFIT ATTEND TO THE 160 MULES AND 18 HORSES. 2 GIS PLACE A PADDED HARNESS ON A MULE'S BACK FOR CARRYING HEAVY LOADS 01:23:42 - BLINDFOLD IS REMOVED FROM THE MULES EYE. LONG COLUMN OF PACK MULES AND MEN TRAVEL ALONG A MODERN HIGHWAY AND THROUGH A CITY STREET 01:24:11 - TROOPS CAMP ON THE CAMPUS OF A COLORADO COLLEGE WHERE THE MEN SIT ON THE GROUNDS AND EAT RATIONS. GROUP OF MULES DRINK FROM A STREAM. 01:25:54 - COLLEGE STUDENTS PUT ON AN OUTDOOR SHOW FOR THEIR GUESTS. 01:27:06 - MARCHING BAND AND A RODEO GROUP GREETS THE TROOPS AS THEY ENTER THE CITY OF CHEYENNE. A MONKEY RIDES ATOP ONE OF THE MULES IN THE PARADE. 01:27:41 - COWGIRLS DO AN INDIAN DANCE WITH THE INDIANS AT THE RODEO ARENA. COWBOYS RIDE THE BRONCO HORSES AND BRAHMA BULLS AS CROWD ENJOYS THE SHOW.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1942
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1054C