- Title: VM-1071B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:30:55 - "SOLDIER IN HAWAII" EXAMINES THE VARIED ACTIVITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION STATIONED THERE. THE NATIONAL GUARD'S ROLE IS SPELLED OUT IN AN INTERVIEW WITH GOVERNOR SAMUEL KING 00:31:00 - NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT THE ARMY IN HAWAII AND THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER THERE. 00:31:29 - MONTAGE- AERIAL AND LONG VIEWS OF BEAUTIFUL HAWAII, COASTLINE AND LANDSCAPES WITH ITS CLIFFS AND PLUSH VALLEYS (AS HAWAIIAN MUSIC PLAYS) 00:32:07 - LS- A JAPANESE GARDEN AND BEACHES WITH SUN BATHERS AND SURFERS. 00:32:31 - LS- A TOUR SHIP SLIDES OUT TO SEA. MS- A HULA DANCER WITH A 3 PIECE UKELE BAND AT THE PIER. MS- TOURISTS WAVE GOODBYE FROM THE SHIP. SOME WEAR LAYERS OF LEIS AROUND THEIR NECKS. 00:33:06 - MS- CROWDS OF PEOPLE AND TOURISTS FILL STREETS OF THE BUSY SHOPPING AREAS. MONTAGE- HAWAII'S IMPRESSIVE AND QUAINT BUILDINGS, MODERN HIGHWAYS AND GOOD ROADS. 00:33:28 - LS- HUGE SUGAR PLANTATIONS WITH WORKERS USING MACHETES TO CUT THE STALKS. LS- HAWAIIAN COWBOYS TEND THEIR CATTLE. LS- WORKERS CUT THE HEADS OFF PINEAPPLES AND PLACE THEM ON AN OUTSIDE CONVEYOR 00:34:29 - LS- AN EXPLOSION ROCKS THE ARIZONA AT PEARL HARBOR AS JAPANESE ATTACK ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. MONTAGE- BLACK SMOKE BELLOWS AS OTHER SHIPS ARE HIT. 00:35:04 - MS- YEARS LATER MACARTHUR AND THE JAPANESE SIGN THE SURRENDER ON THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI 00:36:20 - LS- THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC IN HAWAII WITH THE THOUSANDS OF GRAVE MARKERS OF THE MEN THAT DIED AT PEARL HARBOR 00:37:00 - LS- THOUSANDS OF U.S. TROOPS PARADE IN HAWAII. 00:37:09 - MS- MAP SHOWS THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF HAWAII IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 00:37:41 - MS- SIGN OUTSIDE BUILDING: "HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY, PACIFIC". PAN TO THE BUILDING, AT FORT SHAFTER OUTSIDE HONOLULU. 00:38:14 - AERIAL- SCOFIELD BARRACKS. MS- A SIGN EXPLAINING THE HOLE IN THE WALL MADE BY THE JAPANESE RAID ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. 00:38:37 - LS- ENTRANCE TO BASE WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1908 AND IS THE LARGEST OVERSEAS ARMY POST. 00:39:40 - MONTAGE- RETURNING SOLDIERS OF THE 25TH HAWAII DIVISION ARE GREETED BY HULA GIRLS AS THEY RETURN FROM KOREAN WAR. 00:40:00 - MS- INSIGNIA ON BUILDINGS SUCH AS 'THE WOLFHOUNDS' OF THE 27TH INFANTRY 'THE GOLDEN DRAGONS' OF THE 14TH INFANTRY AND THE 'CATS EYE' OF THE 35TH INFANTRY INDICATE THE REGIMENTS OF THE 25TH DIVISION WHICH WERE GIVEN THESE NAMES. 00:40:30LS- THE MAGNIFICANT EOWANI PALACE AND OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF HAWAII SAMUEL WYLER KANE, WHO IS INTERVIEWED BY THE 'BIG PICTURE' REPORTER. 00:40:50 - MS- KANE ANSWERS QUESTIONS AND TELLS OF THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD AND IT'S MISSION. 00:41:30 - MS- A HAWAIIAN SUGAR CANE WORKER, A MAN ON A TRACTOR, A TRUCK DRIVER, A FIREMAN, ALL LAY DOWN THEIR TOOLS AND REPORT FOR NATIONAL GUARD DUTY. 00:42:03 - MS- A HAWAIIAN WAVES GOODBYE FROM HIS HORSE, A GUARDSMAN WAVES GOODBYE TO HIS WIFE OUTSIDE HIS HOME. MS- THE MEN ALL MEET OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY. THE UNITS TRAIN ON THE ISLAND (PREVIOUSLY LOGGED) 00:44:14 - MONTAGE- YOUNG WATCH FROM STANDS AS ARTILLERY CREW FIRE A BATTERY. THE KIDS MAN A MACHINE GUN AND A MORTAR UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A GUARDSMAN. MS- KIDS CRAWL ALL OVER A REAL TANK 00:47:23 - MS- OFF DUTY SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN GET OFF A PLANE AT HILO WHERE THEY TAKE IN THE SIGHTS INCLUDING A PICTURESQUE WATERFALL. 00:47:40 - CU- HOT DOGS HELD WITH LONG FORKS OVER AN OPEN FIRE ARE ROASTED BY THE GIRLS. 00:47:55 - LS- A GIRL SNEAKS UP TO A GI IN SWIM TRUNKS AND SHOVES HIM OFF THE ROCKS INTO A LAKE. 00:48:02 - MS- ONE OF THE GIRLS STRUMS A UKE AND SINGS WITH THE OTHERS. 00:48:07 - MS- A HAWAIIAN NATIVE GI SHOWS THE GIRLS HAND MOTIONS IN THE HULA DANCE. 00:51:39 - MS- MANEUVERS BY THE 25TH HAWAIIAN DIVISION (PREVIOUSLY LOGGED)
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1071B