- Title: VM-1119B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:33:07 - "PROJECT MAN" (MODERN ARMY NEEDS). COVERS DISPLAY & DEMONSTRATION OF MODERN ARMY WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT. FORMER ARMY SECRETARY BRUCKER UNVEILS THE STATUE OF "THE INFANTRYMAN"AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA 00:33:12 - LS- A WHITE ARMY HELICOPTER WITH 'PROJECT MAN WRITTEN ON IT'S SIDE LANDS. MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY INCLUDING CHIEF-OF-STAFF GENERAL LYMAN LEMNITZER AND OMAR BRADLEY. 00:33:32 - CU- CARS BEARING PLAQUES WITH 5 STARS ON ONE CAR AND FOUR STARS ON THE OTHER RIDE THE VIPS TO THE PROVING GROUNDS AS 'PROJECT MAN' GETS UNDER WAY. 00:33:49 - MS- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER AND HIS ENTOURAGE ENTERS THE STADIUM WHERE FIREPOWER AND AIR MOBILE ASSAULT DEMONSTRATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE. 00:33:56 - MS- 'IKE' TAKES A SEAT IN STANDS ALONG WITH ARMY SECRETARY WILBUR BRUCKER AND DEFENSE SECRETARY THOMAS GATES. 00:34:07 - THE STANDS ARE FILLED TO CAPACITY WITH MILITARY OBSERVERS, NEWSMEN AND CIVILIAN GUESTS. 00:34:16 - LS- AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF ARMY WEAPONS STAND READY IN THE FIELD BELOW READY FOR THE EVENT. 00:34:26 - MONTAGE- CANNONS AND TANKS FIRE, MISSILES ARE LAUNCHED FOLLOWED BY A HELICOPTER ATTACK WITH THEIR MECHANICAL GATLING GUNS. OTHER HELICOPTERS LAND AND DISCHARGE TROOPS. 00:37:36 - ELS- AN ANTI-TANK MISSILE FIRING JEEP FIRE AT A DISTANT TARGET AND SCORES A DIRECT HIT ON A TANK LS- A HELICOPTER FIRES THE SAME S-10 MISSILE AND DESTROYS A TANK IN THE DISTANCE. 00:38:24 - MONTAGE- THE NIGHT IS LIT UP BY A FIREPOWER DEMONSTRATION APTLY CALLED 'THE MAD MINUTE'. 00:40:00 - LS- THE CROWD WATCHES AS AN ARRAY OF NEW MISSILES PASS IN REVIEW INCLUDING THE 'CORPORAL', THE NIKE 'HERCULES', 'HAWK', 'PERSHING', 'LITTLE JOHN' AND 'HONEST JOHN' 00:40:30 - FOOT SOLDIER SHOWS THE 'REDEYE', GROUND-TO-AIR MISSILE WHICH FIRES FROM THE SHOULDER. MS- THE M-48 AND THE NEWER M-60 TANKS 00:41:19 - MS- A SELF-PROPELLED SCISSORS BRIDGE UNFOLDS. MS- REMOTE CONTROL BULLDOZER WORKS WITH A DRIVER. 00:43:30 - LS- OVERLAND TRAIN WITH AIR CONDITIONED QUARTERS FOR THE CREW, CAPACITY OF OVER 3 MILLION POUNDS AND CAPABLE OF TRAVEL OVER ARCTIC SNOW, DESERT SANDS AND FIELD TERRAIN WITH IT'S 10 FOOT WHEELS 00:46:00 - MS- SPECTATORS SHADE THEIR EYES AS THE LOOK UP TO WATCH A PARACHUTE DROP. 00:46:23 - MS- PRESIDENT 'IKE' RIDES ON JEEP TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AS DO MANY OF THE SPECTATORS. 00:47:53 - MONTAGE- DEMONSTRATION OF RADIO CONTROLLED SMALL 'DRONE' PLANES USED TO FLY OVER ENEMY POSITIONS AND TAKE PHOTOS. CU- GI USES HAND-HELD CONTROLLER 00:49:00 - LS- A SMOKE GENERATOR BOAT SENDS UP A THICK SMOKE SCREEN WHICH HIDES ASSAULT BOATS CROSSING A RIVER 00:50:20 - MONTAGE- SPECTATORS WATCH BEACH LANDINGS WITH AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES AND RUBBER BOATS. MS- THE ALUMINUM 'LARK 5' RIDES OUT OF THE WATER AND ONTO THE SHORE. THE LARGER 'LARK 15' IS ALSO SHOWN 00:52:29 - MS- GIS RUN ACROSS A SINGLE FILE FOOT BRIDGE WITH ROOM FOR A SINGLE LINE OF MEN 00:53:00 - LS- THE 'AIR CAR' RIDES ACROSS THE RIVER ON A CUSHION OF AIR JUST INCHES OFF THE WATER. 00:53:50 - MS- SPECTATORS WATCH 2 RANGERS IN A HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT DEMONSTRATION. MS- THE RANGER FLIPS HIS OPPONENT THEN KICKS HIM WHILE HE IS DOWN. 00:54:28 - LS- A RANGER CLIMBS, WITH A ROPE, ATOP A 30 FOOT RANGER SIGN JOINING HIS BUDDIES ON TOP. E THEN 'CLIMBS' DOWN MOUNTAIN STYLE. 00:55:00 - LS- 2 RANGERS CLIMB DOWN THE BUILDING CARRYING A WOUNDED GI TIED ON A STRETCHER. ANOTHER RANGER CARRIES A WOUNDED PIGGY-BACK DOWN THE WALL. 00:55:46 - LS- RANGERS JUMP OFF THE BUILDING AND STOP JUST SHORT OF HITTING THE GROUND. 00:56:16 - LS- WITH HIS HANDS STRETCHED OUT FOR BALANCE A RANGER WALKS ACROSS A LOG STRETCHED HIGH ABOVE THE GROUND. 00:56:50 - LS- RANGER HANGING FROM A CABLE ABOVE A STREAM LETS GO AND 'FALLS ABOUT 50 FEET INTO THE WATER. 00:57:00 - LS- ANOTHER SLIDES DOWN FROM A ROPE ON A PULLEY AND SPLASHES DOWN ON OTHER SIDE OF THE STREAM AN EXPLOSION GOES OFF UNDER HIM BEFORE HE LANDS. 00:57:12 - MS- MILITARY AND CIVILIAN AUDIENCE APPLAUDS. 00:57:50 - MS- ARMY SECRETARY BRUCKER MAKES SPEECH, AND UNVEILS A MONUMENT TO THE INFANTRYMAN
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1119B