- Title: VM-1073B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:58:52 - "KING OF BATTLE" A STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF FIREPOWER FROM CANNON TO ATOMIC MISSILES. 00:58:52 - NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF FIELD ARTILLERY FROM BUNKER HILL TO PRESENT 00:59:33 - MS- THE NIGHT BEING LIT UP WITH CANNON FIRE. LS- TANKS FIRING A CONTINUOUS BARRAGE. 01:00:15 - MONTAGE- ARTILLERY CREW LOADING AND FIRING AND THE SHELLS BURSTING IN THE DISTANCE 01:00:35 - MS- A GI IN A BUNKER SENDS OUT A MORSE CODE MESSAGE FOR AN ARTILLERY BARRAGE TO A CENTRAL COMMUNICATION CENTER WHERE IT IS RELAYED BY GIS ON A TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD. 01:00:45 - MS- AN ARTILLERY COMMANDER GETS THE MESSAGE OVER THE PHONE AND A BARRAGE IS FIRED. LS- A HUGE AREA GOES UP IN SMOKE AS SHELLS EXPLODE IN DISTANCE. 01:00:59 - LS- MOVIE FILM OF COLONIAL SOLDIERS MARCHING THROUGH A CROWDED VILLAGE IN 1776. HISTORICAL RECREATION-REENACTMENT. 01:01:00 - MS- A 1776 MUSSLE LOADED CANNON. MS- A PAINTING OF A REVOLUTIONARY WAR ARTILLERY TEAM IN ACTION 01:01:11 - MONTAGE- INTENSE BATTLE SCENES OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR TAKEN FROM VARIOUS FILMS 01:01:39 - MS- A LONG LINE OF WEARY SOLDIERS CARRY THEIR MUSKETS ACROSS THEIR SHOULDERS AS THE TREK UP A HILL WITH TATTERED CLOTHING AND BANDAGED HEADS. 01:01:49 - MS- A PHOTO OF A CIVIL WAR ARTILLERY CREW BY THEIR CANNON. PAINTING OF BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 01:02:06 - MONTAGE- INTENSE BATTLE SCENES OF THE CIVIL WAR. 01:02:21 - MONTAGE- WORLD WAR I CANNON BARRAGES. U.S. DOUGHBOYS GAS MASKS AS THEY FIRE RIFLES FROM A TRENCH. 01:02:54 - MS- A SOLDIER CALLS FOR ARTILLERY OVER A PHONE IN HIS TRENCH MONTAGE- ARTILLERY IS FIRED BY MANY DIFFERENT GUN POSITIONS 01:03:30 - MS- DOUGHBOYS FOLLOW A LARGE WAGON CARRYING THEIR SUPPLIES DOWN A DIRT ROAD. A TRACTOR PULLS A LARGE ARTILLERY PIECE WITH SOLDIERS 'HITCHING' A RIDE SITTING ON THE BARREL. 01:03:45 - MONTAGE- LONG COLUMNS OF INFANTRY WALKING AND RIDING ON HORSE DRAWN WAGONS ON RAIN SOAKED MUDDY ROADS 01:04:06 - MS- FEET OF SOLDIERS AND HORSES AND WAGONS WALKING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS THROUGH SLIMY MUD. 01:04:20 - MS- SOLDIERS LAY SECTIONS OF WOOD IN FRONT OF A ARMORED VEHICLE TO KEEP IT MOVING THROUGH THICK MUDDY ROAD. TRUCKS USE CHAINS ON THEIR TIRES 01:04:42 - LS- A TRUCK HAS DIFFICULTY PULLING A HUGE ARTILLERY PIECE THROUGH THE MUDDY ROAD. 01:04:50 - LS- HUGE 16 INCH GUNS MOUNTED ON A RAILROAD TRACK FIRES. SOLDIERS GO 'OVER THE TOP' FROM THEIR TRENCHES 01:05:21 - MONTAGE- LARGE GUNS FIRING FROM DIFFERENT POSITIONS. CU- A HUGE CANNON POINTS INTO THE CAMERA AND FIRES. MONTAGE OF BURSTING SHELLS 01:05:53 - MS- REMAINS OF BUILDINGS AND DEBRIS FOLLOWING THE BARRAGE (PAN) IN 1918 01:06:31 - LS- DOUGHBOYS PATROL AND GUARD THE DEVASTATED REMAINS OF A CITY (PAN) 01:07:23 - CU- ADOLF HITLER WITH HIS OUTSTRETCHED ARM IN NAZI SALUTE. PAN FROM THE TIP OF HIS FINGERS TO HIS FACE 01:07:40 - MS- FDR SIGN OUR 1ST PEACETIME DRAFT BILL. MONTAGE- AMERICAN TROOPS IN TRAINING (LOGGED) 01:08:06 - CU- ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 A CLOCK SHOWS 1:20 AM AS JAPANESES BOMB PEARL HARBOR. 01:08:56 - MONTAGE- OF BATTLE SCENES IN THE PACIFIC AND IN EUROPE. (PREVIOUSLY LOGGED) 01:10:00 - MONTAGE- ARTILLERY BARRAGES BY GI GUN CREWS. MS- 'BANZAI' CHARGES BY JAPANESE TROOPS & INTENSE WAR SCENES IN THE JUNGLES OF THE PACIFIC. 01:12:19 - MONTAGE- INTENSE BATTLE SCENES IN NORTH AFRICA AND THROUGH D-DAY AND THE BATTLE OF EUROPE 01:15:44 - MONTAGE- BATTLE SCENES IN KOREA AND THE HEAVY USE OF ARTILLERY THERE. 01:21:50 - MONTAGE- THE 280MM CANNON, 'ATOMIC CANNON' THE ULTIMATE ARTILLERY PIECE IS PREPARED AND FIRED 01:22:45 - MS- A 'CORPORAL' MISSILE IS ROLLED INTO POSITION MS- A GI MANS THE PORTABLE FIELD CONTROL, AIMS THE MISSILE AND FIRES IT SKYWARD.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1917
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1073B