- Title: VM-1106C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:03:31 - "THE COMMON DEFENSE" THE NATION'S NATIONAL DEFENSE TEAM: THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE. 01:03:36 - MS- LINCOLN STATUE AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL 01:03:51 - MS- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER MAKES SPEECH ABOUT PEACE AND THE STRENGTH TO PRESERVE IT. IKE 01:04:46 - LS- 'EXPLORER 1' IS LAUNCHED ON JANUARY 31, 1958 LS- NAVY LAUNCHES 'VANGUARD' SATELLITE SHORTLY AFTERWARD. LS- THE AIR FORCE LAUNCHES 'PIONEER' SATELLITE IN OCTOBER 1958. 01:05:40 - A HUGE 'ATLAS' MISSILE IS THRUST INTO ORBIT AS A SATELLITE IN DECEMBER 1958. FROM IT CAME THE 1ST HUMAN VOICE IN SPACE. THAT OF EISENHOWER'S MESSAGE OF 'PEACE ON EARTH,AN GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN' 01:05:48 - MS- ANIMATED MAP SHOWS THE SATELLITE GOING UP IN FLORIDA AND CIRCLING THE GLOBE WITH IKE SPEAKING. 01:06:24 - LS- POWERFUL JUNEAU ROCKET LAUNCHES 'PIONEER 4' SOLAR SATELLITE ON MARCH 3, 1959 01:07:03 - MS- DOCTOR WEHRNER VON BRAUN MAKES A PRESENTATION TO THE ARMY TEAM. 01:07:07 - MS- CHAIRMAN OF THE BALLISTIC MISSILE COMMITTEE WILLIAM M. HOLLIDAY SITS AT HIS DESK AND CHATS WITH HIS SECRETARY 01:07:18 - MS- AIR FORCE GENERAL BERNARD SCHREBER, IN ICBM FIELD EXPLAINS METHOD TO SPEED UP DEVELOPMENT 01:08:45 - THE F-108 'STARFIGHTER' TAKES OFF AND CLIMBS TO A RECORD 91,249 FEET. ELS- VAPOR TRAIL IS SEEN AS THE STARFIRE CLIMBS. 01:08:58 - CU- MAJOR DAVID SIMON WEARING HELMET AND OXYGEN MASK CLIMBS OVER 100,000 FEET IN A BALLOON. 01:09:44 - MS- AIRMAN DONALD C. FARRELL IS PLACED IN CAPSULE TO TEST THE EFFECTS OF ISOLATION IN OUTER SPACE. 01:09:59 - MS- ARMY SCIENTIST TEST INSTRUMENTS IN THE ARCTIC AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR 01:10:14 - MS- FLOCK OF SEAGULL FLY CLOSE TO CAMERA. 01:10:38 - MS- CREWMEN MAN CONTROLS OF THE NUCLEAR SUB 'NAUTILUS, AS IT MAKES IT'S HISTORIC PASSAGE ACROSS THE NORTH POLE UNDER THE ARCTIC ICE. 01:11:23 - MS- SAILORS STAND ON THE NUCLEAR SUB 'SCATE' AFTER IT TO CROSSED UNDER THE NORTH POLE. 01:11:30 - MS- COMMANDER ANDERSON OF 'NAUTILUS' & ADMIRAL HYMAN RICKOVER, 'FATHER OF THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE' ARE GIVEN TICKER TAPE PARADE IN NEW YORK & MEDALS BY MAYOR WAGNER. 01:12:19 - MS- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ENSHRINES THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER OF WWII AND KOREA AT THE WWI SHRINE IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. 01:12:34 - MS- NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINE, 'EISENHOWER SENDS MARINES INTO LEBANON. 01:12:45 - LS- MARINES STREAM ASHORE IN LEBANON ON LANDING CRAFT. PARATROOPS ARE LANDED BY PLANE. LS- FIGHTER PLANES TAKE OFF FROM A CARRIER. 01:13:25 - LS- LEBANONESE MEET IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE. LS- U.S. TROOPS QUIETLY LEAVE ON PLANES. 01:13:43 - MS- MAP OF QUEMOY, AN ISLAND BETWEEN TAIWAN AND RED CHINESE COAST WHICH IS BOMBARDED FROM RED CHINESE MAINLAND CAUSING INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT 01:13:56 - MS- LEADERS OF RED CHINA INCLUDING CHOU-EN-LAI MEET DURING THE INCIDENT. MONTAGE- DESTROYED CIVILIAN VILLAGES CAUSED BY SHELLING 01:14:22 - MONTAGE- HELPLESS REFUGEES CROWD TOGETHER FOR EVACUATION TO THE ISLAND OF FORMOSA (TAIWAN). 01:14:27 - AERIAL- WARSHIPS OF THE 7TH FLEET INCLUDING A SUBMARINE SPEED TO THE SITE. 01:14:42 - MS- CHAING-KAI-SHEK, TAIWAN'S LEADER EXAMINES A NIKE MISSILE SHOWN TO HIM BY U.S. ADVISORS 01:15:10 - MS- F-104 'STARFIGHTERS' ARE UNLOADED ON TAIWAN. 01:15:17 - MS- CHINESE WOMEN WORKING IN RICE PADDIES WATCH AN F-104 TAKE OFF. 01:15:27 - MS- SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MACELROY MEETS WITH CHAING-KAI-SHEK DURING VISIT. 01:15:40 - MS- MACELROY IS GREETED BY THE COMMANDER OF A CARRIER HE VISITS OFF THE TAIWAN COAST. 01:15:49 - LS- MACELROY BRISKLY RUNS DOWN STEPS AIR PLANE IN TURKEY AND IS GREETED BY NATO COMMANDERS 01:16:00 - MONTAGE- MACELROY IS GREETED BY TURKISH MILITARY PARADE ON THEIR INDEPENDENCE DAY 01:16:25 - MS- A CHART SHOWING THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WITH SECRETARY AT THE TOP. 01:17:00 - MONTAGE- SKILLED SERVICEMEN MAN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT CONTROLLING RADAR AND COMMUNICATIONS. 01:17:25 - LS- A PLATOON OF WAVES MARCHING IN PARADE. 01:17:43 - MS- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ADDRESSES THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AT STATE OF UNION MEETING 01:18:10 - MS- AN INSTRUCTOR SHOWS 4 DIFFERENT WEAPONS OF AN INFANTRYMAN. MS- GI FIRES NEW M-60 MACHINEGUN ON GROUND THEN STANDS UP AND FIRES IT LIKE A RIFLE HE THEN WALKS FORWARD AND FIRES FROM THE HIP. 01:18:31 - PAN OF LINES OF CANNONS, TANKS, HEAVY CANNONS, PERSONNEL CARRIERS, MISSILES AND ATOMIC CANNONS, MAKING UP THE 'PANTOMIC' UNIT 01:19:27 - CU- GI SPEAKS AND SAYS HE HAS SEEN THE COMMUNIST THREAT GET BIGGER AND BIGGER IN WESTERN EUROPE AND OUR GLOBAL DEFENSE PREVENTS WORLD WAR 3. 01:19:47 - ELS-A 'DRONE' JET FIGHTER IS BLOWN OUT OF THE AIR BY A 'NIKE' MISSILE. 01:19:54 - THE SOLID FUEL MISSILE 'SERGEANT, IS TEST FIRED. 01:20:09 - LS- THE ARMY 'JUPITER' IS FIRED AT CAPE CANAVERAL. 01:20:48 - MS- CAMERAMEN POINT THEIR CAMERAS DOWN THE NEW PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE AS A MISSILE IS FIRED 01:21:04 - LS- HEADQUARTERS OF THE 1ST MISSILE DIVISION AT VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE. 01:21:20 - MS- A GLOBE SHOWS THE PATH OF A JET TANKER WHICH TRAVELLED 10,000 MILES FROM TOKYO TO THE AZORES WITHOUT STOPPING. 01:21:44 - MS- A SLEEK X-15 EXPERIMENTAL IS ROLLED OUT OF HANGAR. 01:22:02 - MS- WORLD'S LARGEST SUBMARINE THE ATOMIC POWERED 'TITAN' IS LAUNCHED IN 1958. 01:22:19 - MS- DRAWING OF THE 1ST NUCLEAR POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER, USS ENTERPRISE. 01:22:28 - MS- ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS A SUBMERGED SUBMARINE FIRING A MISSILE FROM UNDER WATER. 01:22:50 - LS- THE MARINE TANK 'UNCLE'HAS 6 RECOILLESS RIFLES ATTACHED TO THE TURRET. 01:23:03 - A TWIN MISSILE UNIT, THE 'TERRIER', IS FIRED IN A TEST. 01:24:39 - MS- DEFENSE SECRETARY NEIL MACELROY MAKES A SPEECH FOR THE 'BIG PICTURE' ABOUT COMMON DEFENSE. 01:26:45 - MONTAGE- FACES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN CAP AND GOWN AT GRADUATION CEREMONIES AT A UNIVERSITY. BLACK, WHITE AND ORIENTAL. 01:27:10 - LS- PAN OF THE NEW AIR FORCE ACADEMY AT COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. STUDENTS WALK THE HALLWAY OF THE SCHOOL TO CLASSES. 01:27:30 - LS- CADETS OF THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY PARADE ON THE GROUNDS OF THE NEW SCHOOL. 01:27:46 - AERIAL- PAN OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND. MS- THE MIDSHIPMEN MARCH ON THE PARADE GROUNDS. MS- NAVY CHOIR SINGS 'GOD BLESS AMERICA'. 01:28:27 - MS- AMERICAN FLAG WAVING. NEW YORK CITYSCAPE LOOKING FROM THE SEASIDE. MOUNTAINS AND A FIELD OF WHEAT. 01:28:42 - LS- GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, A DAM GUSHING WATER. FARM LANDS, DESERT LANDS AND RAILROAD TRACKS. 01:29:00 - HUGE MACHINERY CHUGGING IN PLANTS, WORKERS AT VARIOUS MACHINES AND PEOPLE ENTERING A CHAPEL, ALL WHILE THE CHOIR SINGS, 'GOD BLESS AMERICA'. PATRIOTIC
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1910
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1106C