- Title: VM-1118C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:02:29 - "TOP SOLDIER" A DESCRIPTION OF THE JOB OF ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF. THE LIVES OF FOUR GENERALS; LAWTON COLLINS, MATTHEW RIDGEWAY, MAXWELL TAYLOR AND LYMAN LEMNITZER ARE FEATURED. 01:02:34 - MS- OFFICE AND DESK OF THE CHIEF-OF-STAFF OF THE ARMY (PAN). 01:03:15 - CU- PAINTING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AMERICA'S 1ST "TOP SOLDIER" 01:03:29 - MS- PHOTOS OF GENERAL PATTON C. MARCH WHO WAS THE COMMANDING GENERAL OF WWI, & GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING WHO SUCCEEDED HIM. 01:03:44 - MONTAGE- PAINTINGS OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND GEORGE C. MARSHALL, BOTH CHIEF-OF-STAFF DURING WWII. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER WHO WAS THE 1ST POST WWII CHIEF-OF-STAFF AND OMAR BRADLEY. 01:04:17 - MS- GENERAL MARSHALL HAS MEETING WITH MILITARY LEADERS OF THE ALLIED NATIONS DURING WWII. 01:04:23 - MS- JOINT CHIEFS-OF-STAFF POSE TOGETHER INCLUDE OMAR BRADLEY, LAWTON COLLINS AND MAXWELL TAYLOR. 01:04:38 - PHOTO OF GENERAL LAWTON COLLINS, WHO WAS MADE ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF WHEN CHAIRMAN WAS APPOINTED. 01:05:51 - MS- GENERAL COLLINS TURNS THE CITY OF CHERBOURG TO THE FRENCH IN OUTDOOR CEREMONY AFTER HIS 7TH CORP TOOK IT. 01:06:24 - MS- MAJOR GENERAL COLLINS IS GIVEN A MEDAL BY A FRENCH GENERAL 01:06:32 - MS- OMAR BRADLEY SWEARS IN COLLINS AS THE ARMY'S CHIEF-OF-STAFF. 01:07:29 - MS- COLLINS MAKES A SPEECH BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE. 01:09:00 - MS- COLLINS ARRIVES IN KOREA BY PLANE AND IS TAKEN TO THE FRONT BY JEEP 01:09:32 - MS- GENERAL BRADLEY ACCOMPANIES COLLINS AS THEY REVIEW A PARADE HONORING COLLINS' RETIREMENT IN 1953.HE WAS SUCCEEDED BY GEN. MATTHEW RIDGEWAY 01:10:00 - CU- PHOTO OF GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY, WEST POINT CLASSMATE TO LAWTON COLLINS. 01:10:10 - MS- MAJOR GENERAL RIDGEWAY AT THE FRONT DURING WWII WHERE HE COMMANDED THE 82ND AIRBORNE AND LATER THE 18TH AIRBORNE CORP. 01:10:53 - MS- LIEUT. GENERAL RIDGEWAY ARRIVES IN KOREA IN DEC. 1950 TO TAKE COMMAND OF THE 8TH ARMY AFTER THE DEATH OF GENERAL WALTON WALKER. 01:11:07 - MS- RIDGEWAY WITH MACARTHUR WHO HE SUCCEEDED AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE SOUTHEAST COMMAND. MS- RIDGEWAY GREETS SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN FOSTER DULLES IN JAPAN FOR THE PEACE TREATY. 01:11:30 - MS- RIDGEWAY VISITS BY LIGHTPLANE SITE OF TRUCE TALKS AT PANMUNJON, KOREA. 01:12:00 - MONTAGE- BATTLE SCENES IN KOREA. NARRATOR QUOTES FROM RIDGEWAY'S SPEECHES. 01:13:10 - MS- RIDGEWAY IS SALUTED BY GENERAL EISENHOWER, AS 'IKE' TURNS OVER COMMAND OF SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS EUROPE (SHAPE), TO RIDGEWAY. 01:13:30 - MS- RIDGEWAY SALUTES FOREIGN TROOPS AS HE RIDES BY IN MOTORCADE. 01:13:53 - MS- RIDGEWAY IS SWORN IN AS CHIEF-OF-STAFF IN 1953 . 01:14:34 - MS- RIDGEWAY PEERS THROUGH A NEW CAMERA AS HE TAKES AN INTEREST IN NEW EQUIPMENT. 01:15:13 - MS- GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY MAKES HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS FROM HIS OFFICE DESK. HE TALKS OF THE 'INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER'. 01:16:39 - PHOTO OF GENERAL MAXWELL B. TAYLOR, WHO WAS RIDGEWAY'S SUCCESSOR. 01:17:25 - MS- GENERAL EISENHOWER VISITS GENERAL TAYLOR AND HIS 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION WHO WERE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A DROP OVER NORMANDY ON D-DAY. 01:17:30 - MS- BLACKENED FACE OF PARATROOPERS SMILE FOR CAMERA. MS- NAZI TRACER BULLETS FIRE ON THE DROPPING PARATROOPS. 01:18:12 - MS- GENERAL TAYLOR SHAKES HANDS WITH FAMED GENERAL MCAULIFFE AT BASTOGNE WHERE THEY WERE TRAPPED BY GERMANS. 01:18:20 - TAYLOR STANDS UNDER SIGN, "BASTOGNE, BASTION OF THE BATTERED BASTARDS OF THE 101ST". 01:18:45 - MS- MAXWELL TAYLOR AT AN ARMY FOOTBALL GAME WITH HIS WIFE. TAYLOR BECAME SUPERINTENDENT OF WEST POINT AT THE END OF WWII. 01:19:02 - MS- TAYLOR IS GREETED BY RIDGEWAY IN KOREA AS HE BECAME COMMANDER OF THE 8TH ARMY IN 1953. 01:19:39 - MS- TAYLOR SITS NEAR GENERAL MARK CLARK AS CLARK SIGNS THE KOREAN TRUCE. 01:19:45 - MS- TAYLOR PUTS A UNIT CITATION ON A FLAG AND PINS A MEDAL ON A SOLDIER. 01:20:00 - MONTAGE- TAYLOR GREETS UNITED NATIONS POWS AS THEY ARRIVE FROM CAPTIVITY. 01:21:02 - MS- AS VICE PRESIDENT NIXON STANDS BY TAYLOR MAKES SPEECH ON CAPITAL STEPS AS HE IS MADE CHIEF-OF-STAFF. UNDER HIM THE PANTOMIC CONCEPT AND THE STRETAGIC ARMY CORP WAS FORMED. 01:23:24 - MS- CIVILIAN TAYLOR ADDRESSES THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB IN WASHINGTON. 01:23:45 - PHOTO OF GENERAL LYMAN LEMNITZER WHO SUCCEEDED MAXWELL TAYLOR AS CHIEF-OF-STAFF. 01:24:00 - MS- LEMNITZER AS EISENHOWER'S ASSISTANT CHIEF-OF-STAFF DURING WWII AND LATER DEPUTY CHIEF-OF-STAFF FOR MARK CLARK'S 5TH ARMY. 01:24:13 - LS- LEMNITZER REVIEWS A UNIT OF HIS 7TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN KOREA WHICH HE COMMANDED. 01:24:22 - MS- LEMNITZER SHAKES WITH A JAPANESE ENVOY AS HE SUCCEEDED TAYLOR AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE FAR EAST COMMAND. 01:24:29 - MONTAGE- GENERAL LEMNITZER VISITS CHILDREN AT A KOREAN ORPHANAGE WHICH HE TOOK EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST. 01:24:53 - LS- LEMNITZER WAVES FAREWELL AND SALUTES FROM PLANE ENTRANCE AS HE LEAVES JAPAN TO BECOME VICE CHIEF-OF-STAFF. 01:25:45 - MS- GENERAL LEMNITZER IS SWORN IN AS CHIEF-OF-STAFF IN WASHINGTON.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1917
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1118C