- Title: VM-1071C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:58:55 - PICTORIAL REPORT NO. 26 "OBSOLETE" FILM. A VIRGINIA (GALAX) TOWNSHIP CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. A TRIP TO FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA, FOR A LOOK AT THE ARMY'S ELECTRONIC PROVING GROUND. 00:59:00 - NARRATOR TELLS OF THE PRE-WWII U.S. ARMY WHICH WAS UNDERFUNDED, ILL-EQUIPPED AND ANTIQUATED. THE PRIVATE'S PAY WAS $21 A MONTH. 00:59:20 - LS- HUNDREDS OF SOLDIERS,SOME WITH DIFFERENT UNIFORMS, DO CALISTENICS AT AN ARMY CAMP. MS- THEY MARCH AND YELL IN CADENCE. 00:59:46 - MS- THE ILL-EQUIPPED SOLDIERS STAND AT EASE AT A TRAIN STATION AS OTHER SQUADS MARCH IN FRONT OF THEM. 01:00:17 - MS- ANTIQUATED TANKS ARE UNLOADED OFF A RAILROAD FLAT CAR. MS- HORSEBACK CAVALRY REGIMENT RIDES BY 01:00:42 - MS- A GROUP OF GIS STRUGGLE PUTTING UP AN OLD FASHION TENT. 01:00:51 - LS- SOLDIERS RUN THROUGH OPEN FIELD WEARING WWI HELMETS DURING THE CAROLINA MENUEVERS 01:01:17 - LS- A HORSE DRAWN ARTILLERY GUN ACCOMPANIED BY A HORSE DRAWN WAGON CARRYING THE ARTILLERY CREW. 01:01:21 - MS- A MACHINE GUN CREW SET UP A 'MACHINE GUN' MADE OF A PIECE OF PIPE. 01:01:25 - MS- BAGS OF FLOUR 'EXPLODE' ON AN ADVANCING TANK INDICATING A 'HIT'. 01:01:29 - MS- A 2-MAN MACHINE GUN CREW FIRE AT A JEEP WITH A WOODEN MACHINE GUN 01:01:40 - MONTAGE- GIS WEARING THE NEW HELMETS AND UNIFORMS SCAMPER OVER A HIGH WOODEN FENCE DURING TRAINING AS AMERICA 'WAKES UP' TO A WORLD AT WAR. 01:02:04 - A NEWSPAPER HEADLINE "JAPS WAR ON U.S., ETC." IS SUPER-IMPOSED OVER THE FAMED FILM OF THE JAP ATTACK OF PEARL HARBOR. 01:02:42 - NARRATOR TELLS OF THE ARMY ELECTRONIC PROVING GROUNDS IN HUACHUCA, ARIZONA. 01:02:51 - AERIAL- VAST INSTALLATION AT FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA 01:03:19 - MS- A TEACHER SHOWS GI A MATHMATICAL FORMULA ON A BLACKBOARD 01:03:39 - MS- A SCIENTIST COMPARES A LARGE VACUUM TUBE, A LATER SMALLER ONE WITH A TRANSISTER HELD IN PALM OF HIS HAND. 01:03:57 - LS- A SMALL PILOT-LESS DRONE PLANE IS LAUNCHED INTO THE SKY. CU- THE RECONNAISSANCE ROBOT PLANE IS MOUNTED WITH A CAMERA. 01:04:32 - MS- THE DRONES PROP IS STARTED WITH A LAWN MOWER TYPE ENGINE PULL CORD. 01:05:06 - AERIAL- PAN OF THE LANDSCAPE AS SEEN BY THE DRONE'S CAMERA. MS- A GI ON THE GROUND FOLLOWS AND CONTROLS THE DRONES FLIGHT WITH A TRACKING DEVICE AS ANOTHER GI TRACKS IT WITH A RADAR ANTENNA 01:05:49 - ELS- THE DRONE IS PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND AFTER IT'S ENGINE IS SHUT DOWN. 01:06:59 - LS- A L-19 ARMY LIGHTPLANE TAKES OFF ON A RECONNAISSANCE MISSION WITH CAMERA ATTACHED TO IT'S WING 01:09:45 - CU- A NEW MINIATURE RADIO WITH AN EAR PLUG IS DEMONSTRATED BY A GI. HE COMPARES IT'S SIZE WITH A CIGARETTE. 01:10:12 - MS- A GI ON THE FIELD DEMONSTRATES A HELMET CONTAINING A RADIO. HE SPEAKS THROUGH A TINY MIC AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SQUAD LISTEN THROUGH THEIR HELMET RADIOS. 01:11:27 - MS- ARMY SCIENTISTS EXPERIMENT WITH AN ALL-WEATHER FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM THAT 'SEES' IN THE DARK USING A RADAR GUIDANCE DEVICE. (AFCAN) 01:14:40 - NARRATOR TELLS HOW A NEW ARMY RESERVE, THE 928TH QUARTERMASTER COMPANY IS ORGANIZED IN A SMALL TOWN IN VIRGINIA. 01:15:06 - AERIAL- THE LITTLE TOWN OF GALAX, VIRGINIA. NAMED BY QUAKERS 100 YEARS AGO. 'GALAX' WRITTEN ON A BUILDING'S ROOF 01:16:00 - MS- 2 ARMY OFFICERS MEET WITH A YOUNG HEAD OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF GALAX WITH A PREPOSAL TO FORM A ARMY RESERVE TRAINING COMPANY IN GALAX. 01:17:17 - MS- THE 2 GIS VISIT PRIVATE HOME AND SIT IN THE LIVING ROOM WITH THE FAMILY AND GET INPUT INTO THE IDEA. 01:18:44 - MS- A MAN AND WOMAN TYPING INTERVIEW A YOUNG RECRUIT TO THE NEW RESERVE UNIT OF GALAX. 01:19:56 - MS- BRIGADIER GENERAL PHILIP F. LINDERMANN SPEAKS TO THE NEW RESERVE UNIT AFTER IT IS SWORN IN 01:21:24 - MS- THE TOWNS BAND LED BY A MAJORETTE MARCH DOWN STREET AT THE TOWN'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. MS-4 SWIM SUIT BEAUTIES RIDE ON A FLOAT MARKED '1956 MODELS', BEHIND IT ARE 3 '1906 MEN MODELS'. 01:21:38 - MS- A 'HILLBILLY LAYING DOWN WITH HIS RIFLE READY RIDES IN A FLOAT 'DOWN WITH WHISKEY'. 01:21:47 - MS- MULES PULL A WAGON FULL OF MEN. MS- PEOPLE DRESSED IN CLOTHING ORIGINALLY WORN BY THE FOUNDERS, MARCH SIDE BY SIDE 01:22:16 - CU- A HEAVILY BEARDED POLICEMAN IN UNIFORM OF THE PERIOD. MAN AND WOMAN ON A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO 01:22:49 - CU- A MODEL-T FORD RIDES TOWARDS THE CAMERA
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1071C