- Title: VM-1083B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:32:51 - "42ND RAINBOW DIVISION" THE STORY OF THE 42ND 'RAINBOW' INFANTRY DIVISION FROM WWI TO PRESENT 00:32:56 - A CONVERTIBLE 'CHEVY' PULLS UP TO CURB IN FRONT OF A MONUMENT IN A SMALL PARK IN GARDEN CITY, LONG ISLAND, A YOUNG MAN GETS OUT TO SEE THE MONUMENT 00:33:50 - CU- (PAN) MONUMENT TO THE 42ND DIVISION 00:33:59 - AERIAL- (1917) PAN OF HUNDREDS OF PUP TENTS AT CAMP ALBERT L. MILLS, LONG ISLAND, THE HOME OF THE 42ND 'RAINBOW' DIVISION 00:34:11 - MONTAGE- DOUGHBOYS DIGGING TRENCHES WITH THEIR SHOVELS AND LINING UP AT AN OUTDOOR CHOW LINE. 00:34:28 - LS- DOUGHBOYS DOING CALISTHENICS IN AN OPEN FIELD PRIOR TO SETTING SAIL FOR FRANCE AND WWI 00:34:40 - MONTAGE- CROWDED DECK OF SOLDIERS SING IN GROUPS AND FROLIC AROUND ON THE SHIP AT SEA. 00:35:14 - MS- DOUGHBOYS WITH THEIR BACK PACKS AND SMOKY THE BEAR HATS MARCH ON FRENCH SOIL. FRENCH AND AMERICAN OFFICERS MINGLE AND CHAT (PAN) 00:35:31 - MS- A FRENCH OFFICER FIRES A MORTAR AS U.S. OFFICERS WATCH. LS- THEY ALL PARTICIPATE IN GRENADE THROWING FROM A TRENCH 00:36:03 - LS- THE 'RAINBOW' DIVISION MARCHES THROUGH THE FROZEN FOREST TO THE FRONT LINES (1917). 00:36:44 - MS- DOUGHBOYS TAKE THEIR POSITIONS IN TRENCHES UNDER A SIGNAL FROM AN OFFICER. LS- PATROLS RETURN FROM THE ENEMY LINES AND OTHERS GO OUT. 00:37:26 - MS- CHIEF OF STAFF, COLONEL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR EXAMINES A FIELD MAP WITH OTHER OFFICERS. 00:37:40 - MS- GIS CARRY HOT FOOD CONTAINERS TO THE GIS IN THE TRENCHES. MS- DOUGHBOYS RUN THROUGH THE TRENCHES AS GERMANS ATTACK. 00:38:10 - MONTAGE- BOMBS EXPLODE, DOUGHBOYS FIRE THEIR RIFLES FROM THE TRENCHES, ARTILLERY CREWS MAN THEIR CANNONS AS ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE. 00:38:47 - LS- A MACHINE GUN CREW FIRES AT ATTACKING PLANES 00:39:12 - CU- THE MONUMENT LISTS THE FRENCH CITIES AND BATTLE SCENE DRAWINGS WHERE THE 42ND DIVISION FOUGHT IN WWI (PAN) 00:39:21 - LS- HUGE 'BIG BERTHA' CANNONS FIRE VOLLEYS AND THE ENSUING HUGE EXPLOSIONS AT A DISTANCE 00:39:30 - A WWI MORTAR CREW WEARING GAS MASKS,BFEEDS THE MORTAR WITH SHELLS. A CANNON ROLLS BACK ON ITS WHEELS AS IT FIRES. 00:39:47 - MS- LONG LINES OF WEARY GERMAN PRISONERS MARCH TO THE REAR. 00:40:20 - MS- DOUGHBOYS TRY TO PULL A TRUCK OUT OF WATER USING MULES TO NO AVAIL. 00:40:38 - MONTAGE- DOUGHBOYS SHAVE, CHAT AND WRITE LETTERS NEAR THEIR FOX HOLES.OTHERS SIT ON GROUND AND PLAY CARDS. CU- A DOUGHBOY READS HIS BIBLE. 00:41:00 - CU- A DOUGHBOY HOLDS A CROW ON HIS HAND WHICH WAS ADOPTED AS MASCOT FOR THE COMPANY. 00:41:23 - MS- A DOUGHBOY CUTS THE HAIR OF A FRENCH BOY AS THE MOTHER AND OTHER CHILDREN WATCH. 00:41:24 - MS- A DOUGHBOY ON A HORSE PULLS ALONG A LITTLE BOY IN A BABY CARIAGE 00:41:39 - MS- SECRETARY OF WAR NEWTON BAKER VISITS THE MEN IN A FRENCH VILLAGE. 00:41:50 - MS- MAJOR WILLIAM 'WILD BILL' DONOVAN IS GIVEN A MEDAL BY A FRENCH GENERAL. MS- WWI GRAVES OF THE MEN OF THE 42ND AND DOUGHBOYS CARRYING A FLAG DRAPED CASKET AT THE GRAVESITE IN FRANCE 00:42:35 - LS- THE YOUNG MAN STANDS BEFORE THE MONUMENT IN GARDEN CITY, LONG ISLAND. 00:43:18 - MONTAGE- THE RAINBOW DIVISION MOVE ON ROADS INTO GERMANY AS THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION. HUNDREDS OF GERMAN LITTLE KIDS WAVE THEIR HATS AT THE TROOPS. 00:43:40 - LS- GENERAL JOHN PERSHING MAKES A FINAL REVIEW OF THE TROOPS AT REMAGEN, GERMANY. 00:44:20 - MONTAGE- HUGE TUG BOATS IN NEW YORK HARBOR GREET TROOP SHIP CARRYING THE 42ND DIVISION. 00:44:59 - MONTAGE- THE RUINS OF EUROPE FOLLOWING THE RETREAT OF NAZI TROOPS IN WWII 00:45:28 - MONTAGE- BATTLE SCENES OF 'BATTLE OF THE BULGE' (LOGGED) 00:46:00 - MONTAGE GIS OF THE 'RAINBOW' DIVISION ADVANCE THROUGH THE THICK FOREST IN GERMANY LS- BULL DOZERS PUSH HUGE TREES AS THEY MAKE A CLEARING IN THE FOREST. 00:49:00 - MONTAGE- THOUSANDS OF CONCENTRATION PRISONERS WAVE WITH JOY AS THEY ARE LIBERATED BY THE 42ND. 00:49:54 - MONTAGE- THE RUSTED SKELETON OF A GERMAN RAILWAY YARD AND STATION. 00:50:15 - MS- GIS MARCH PAST THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE NAZI PARTY, A BEER CELLAR. 00:50:40 - LS- SCOT PIPERS MARCH THROUGH THE SQUARE IN MUNICH IN A CEREMONY FOR A DRUM. THE RETURN OF A SCOTTISH DRUM LOST BY THE SCOTS AT DUNKIRK AND RECOVERED BY THE 7TH ARMY. A GERMAN CROWD WATCHES 00:52:10 - "WHAT MAKES A GENERAL" AN EXAMINATION OF THE SCHOOL FOR GENERALS. EXPLORES THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE AT CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA. ARMY WAR COLLEGE-TRAINING FOR FUTURE GENERALS 00:52:14 - MS- YOUNG MAN (MURPHY) PULLS INTO CAMP SMITH IN PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK, HOME OF OFFICER'S CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN HIS CONVERTIBLE. 00:53:00 - MS- CANDIDATE MURPHY'S FOLDER IS PULLED BY GI SEATED AT A DESK OUTSIDE BARRACKS. THE FOLDER IS PASSED ON TO 4 OTHER GIS EACH OF WHOM INSPECTS THE CONTENTS. HE IS THEN DIRECTED TO A SUPPLY ROOM 00:53:53 - MS- MURPHY SIGNS FOR AND IS ISSUED A RIFLE 00:54:17 - MS- 2 OTHER CIVILIANS CARRYING DUFFLE BAGS AND RIFLES ARE STOPPED BY DRILL SERGEANTS AND GIVEN A HAZING, AS IS MURPHY WHEN HE APPROACHES. 00:56:31 - MS- AT AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM THE INSTRUCTOR HAS A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION WITH THE CANDIDATES 00:56:56 - MS- CANDIDATE MURPHY AND OTHERS SIT ON GROUND NEXT TO A CANNON AND STUDY THEIR MANUALS. 00:57:40 - LS- CANDIDATES ARE LED TO CHOW EACH DAY BY A MARCHING BAND. 00:57:57 - MS- CANDIDATE MURPHY IN SWIM TRUNKS DIVES INTO THE CAMP SMITH OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1917
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1083B