- Title: VM-1116B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:32:11 - ARMY DIGEST NO. 2 A 2 SUBJECT PROGRAM FEATURES NATO ACTIVITIES; & AN INVESTIGATING TEAM SIFTS EVIDENCE OF AN AIRPLANE CRASH TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. 00:32:16 - MEN AND WOMEN MILITARY OF 15 NATIONS WALK INTO NATO HEADQUARTERS 00:33:00 - MS- A NETHERLANDS GROUND CREWMAN TAKES A CAMERA OUT OF A FIGHTER PLANE, JUMPS INTO A WAITING JEEP AND DELIVERS THE PHOTOS A LAB. 00:33:13 - CU- DETAILED PHOTOS OF GROUND INSTALLATIONS TAKEN FROM 50,000 FEET BY THE DUTCH CAMERA INVENTION. 00:33:41 - MS- ITALIAN OFFICERS WATCH DEMONSTRATION OF SMALL SMALL VEHICLE CALLED 'MECHANICAL MULE WHICH CAN TRAVEL THROUGH MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS WITHOUT ROADS. 00:34:10 - MS- CATERPILLAR THREADS ARE QUICKLY ATTACHED FOR REAL ROUGH GOING. LS- ITALIAN MOUNTAIN TROOPS WITH THEIR FEATHERED HATS DRIVE 'MULES' UP ROUGH TERRAIN 00:34:56 - MS- NORWEGIAN FROGMEN SWIM IN WATER WEARING THEIR SCUBA GEAR. 00:35:02 - MS- FROGMAN SAWS AND ASSEMBLES A WOODEN BOX UNDER WATER. CU- WHEN HE DROPS A PIECE OF WOOD IT GOES UP INSTEAD OF DOWN. A FISH PASSES BY. 00:35:34 - LS- FROGMEN PRACTICE GETTING QUICKLY ONTO AND INTO THE WATER FROM A SPEEDING BOAT MS- FROGMEN CARRY A CHEST OF EQUIPMENT AND EXPLOSIVES, UNDERWATER TO A SIMULATED TARGET. 00:36:19 - CU- NIMBLE HANDS OF A FROGMAN ATTACHES WIRES TO EXPLOSIVES. 00:37:18 - MS- AS A HELICOPTER HOVERS ABOVE HIM A FROGMAN ATTACHES AN EXPLOSIVE TO A MINE FLOATING IN SEA. HE SWIMS TO AND CLIMBS UP LADDER ONTO HELICOPTER 00:37:55 - MONTAGE- TROOPS OF 15 DIFFERENT NATIONS AND UNIFORMS AT ATTENTION. MS- 15 FLAGS FLY TOGETHER 00:38:16 - NARRATOR ASKS, "WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH"? AS A MILITARY PLANE CRASH IS INVESTIGATED. 00:38:48 - LS- A ARMY LIGHTPLANE COMES CRASHING DOWN INTO A WOODED AREA. CU- AN ACCIDENT PRIORITY LIST IS SHOWN OF 9 'THINGS TO DO', WHEN A PLANE CRASHES. 00:39:10 - CU- TWO COMMUNICATION ALARM SYSTEMS ON A DESK, TO GET RESCUE UNDER WAY IMMEDIATELY AND A PHONE TO INFORM PEOPLE WHO SHOULD KNOW. 00:39:20 - MS- CRASH VEHICLES AND A RED CROSS HELICOPTER STAND READY AT A BASE. 00:39:32 - MS- TALKING HEADS - A 4 MAN INVESTIGATION BOARD MEETS AND GOES OVER DOCUMENTS. CU- INVESTIGATORS KIT CONTAINING GLOVES, & TEST EQUIPMENT. CU- A WALL MAP SHOWING COUNTY ROADS AROUND THE SITE. 00:40:25 - MS- PAN OF CRASH SITE SHOWS DEBRIS SCATTERED ABOUT AND IN THE TREES. 00:40:42 - MS- MAN RUNS UP TO THE CRASH SITE WITH HIS SON AND TELLS HIM TO CALL FOR HELP WHILE HE RUNS TO THE PLANE. 00:41:11 - MS- AN OPERATIONS SERGEANT PICKS UP THE RINGING PHONE AND JOTS DOWN THE CRASH SITE AND MARKS IT ON A MAP. 00:41:38 - LS- THE CREW RUNS TO THE HELICOPTER TO THE SOUND OF AN ALARM AS OTHERS RUN TO THEIR CRASH VEHICLES 00:42:06 - MS- THE CRASHED PLANE SITS WITH IT'S NOSE IN THE GROUND AND IT'S TAIL UP AS THE HELICOPTER LANDS CLOSE BY. LS- GIS JUMP OUT CARRYING STRETCHERS 00:42:20 - MS- POLICEMEN HOLD BACK SPECTATORS TRYING TO GET CLOSE TO THE CRASH. AN OFFICER QUESTIONS THE MAN WHO CAME UPON THE SCENE. 00:42:57 - MS- SURVIVOR LYING ON A STRETCHER, TELLS AN OFFICER HOW THEY CRASHED .THE PILOT DIED. 00:44:25 - LS- THE CRASH SITE IS CORDONED OFF WITH TAPE AS THE INVESTIGATORS INSPECT THE SITE. (PAN) 00:45:08 - MS- THE HEAD INVESTIGATOR ORGANIZES PRIORITIZES THE PROCEDURES AND GIVES ORDERS TO HIS TEAM 00:45:58 - MS- THE EYE WITNESS TELL HIS STORY TO AN INVESTIGATOR AS HIS SON AND WIFE LISTEN. 00:46:25 - MS- THE BOY TRIES TO DESCRIBES PATH OF THE PLANE WITH HAND GESTURES. INVESTIGATOR HANDS A MODEL PLANE TO BOY FOR USE IN DESCRIBING WHAT HE SAW. 00:48:20 - LS- GI PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES SHOTS OF THE SCATTERED PARTS AS OTHERS MEASURE DISTANCES WITH A TAPE MEASURE. 00:49:04 - MONTAGE- TALKING HEADS - INVESTIGATORS DISCUSS THEIR FINDINGS AT THE SCENE. 00:50:00 - MS- BED-RIDDEN WIFE OF THE DEAD PILOT IS ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT HER HUSBAND TO RULE OUT SUICIDE. 00:52:08 - MS- THE SURVIVING CO-PILOT IS QUESTIONED WHILE LYING IN HOSPITAL BED WITH ARM AND LEG TRUSSED UP AND NECK IN A BRACE. HE SPEAKS WITH DIFFICULTY 00:53:52 - MS- TALKING HEADS - INVESTIGATOR TALKS TO THE PATHOLOGIST. 00:56:17 - MS- TALKING HEADS- 4-MAN INVESTIGATION BOARD MEET AFTER 2 MEETINGS THEY DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ACTION BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1917
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1116B