- Title: VM-1119C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:02:55 - "I AM THE GUARD" SHOWS HOW THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN OUR NATION'S DEFENSE AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMY TEAM. 01:02:58 - LS- STOP'N'SHOP FOOD MARKET AND IT'S PARKING LOT MS- HOUSEWIVES EXIT THE STORE WITH THEIR CARTS FULL OF GROCERIES. SUPERMARKET 01:03:08 - MS- A MAN AND HIS SON WASH THE FAMILY CAR. MS- MAN PAINTS HIS MAIL BOX. MS- HOUSEWIFE DOES SOME GARDENING. SUBURBIA 01:03:27 - MS- YOUNG MAN SITS OUTDOORS AT A TABLE DOING CALCULATIONS ON A SLIDE RULE AS HE STUDIES. 01:03:32 - MS- MAN WORKS AT HIS GARDEN AS 3 NEIGHBOR'S KIDS DISTURB HIM. HE CHASES THEM AWAY AND SMILES. 01:03:51 - MS- HOUSEWIFE DUSTING THE THE PIANO GETS A PHONE CALL FOR HER HUSBAND. SHE GOES TO BACK DOOR AND CALLS HIM IN THE GARDEN. 01:04:37 - HUSBAND TELLS WIFE IT'S AN 'ALERT' & 'I'LL SEE YOU LATER'. WIFE GETS UPSET & RUSHES OUT DOOR TO STOP HIM, SHE SIGHS, 'IT'S ONLY PRACTICE'. 01:04:42 - MS- HUSBAND JUMPS INTO HIS CONVERTIBLE AND SPEEDS THROUGH THE STREETS TO HIS NATIONAL GUARD STATION 01:05:11 - LS- LOCAL FIRE HOUSE FLYING U.S. FLAG. CU- FIRE HORNS BLASTING AN ALERT. 01:05:20 - MS- YOUNG MAN PAINTING HIS MAIL BOX STOPS WHAT HE IS DOING AND RUNS TO CAR IN RESPONSE TO ALERT, HIS WIFE WITH GARDEN TOOL IN HAND, WAVES GOODBYE 01:05:44 - MS- MAN WITH WIFE AT MINUTEMAN MEMORIAL, HEARS THE THE ALARM AND RUNS, LEAVING HER. SHE SHRUGS HER SHOULDER. BOY WASHING CAR IS LEFT HOLDING HOSE. ALL RESPONDING TO A NATIONAL GUARD ALERT. 01:06:40 - LS- MANY MEN RUNNING INTO THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY IN RESPONSE TO ALERT. 01:07:07 - MS- THE MEN ARE ISSUED UNIFORMS AND HELMETS. LS- THEY BOARD A TRUCK AND ARE DRIVEN TO A MISSILE BASE WHERE THEY ARE ASSIGNED. 01:08:15 - MS- 3 NATIONAL GUARDSMEN MAN THE MISSILE CONTROLS IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER. CU- OFFICER CALLS 'BATTLE STATIONS' OVER HIS HEAD SET. 01:09:04 - MS- TRAP DOORS OPEN IN THE GROUND AND NIKE 'HERCULES' MISSILES SLOWLY RISE FROM THE GROUND. 01:11:43 - CU- THE OFFICER'S FINGER POINTS TO A BLIP ON THE RADAR SCREEN WHICH CAUSED THE ALERT. 01:12:12 - MS- GUARDSMEN ARE PLACED AS SENTRIES AROUND FACTORIES AND RESERVOIRS 01:13:07 - CU- A GUARDSMEN AT THE CONTROLS IN DEEP THOUGHT 01:13:10 - LS- A STREAM OF CIVILIAN MEN ENTER THE ARMORY FOR THEIR 1ST TRAINING. MS- MEN PRACTICE ON A STRIPPED DOWN GUN TURRET OF A TANK. 01:16:25 - MONTAGE- AT FORT DENALI, ALASKA ESKIMO SCOUTS IN THEIR ALL-WHITE UNIFORMS TRAIN IN THE SNOW 01:16:44 - MONTAGE- NATIONAL GUARDSMEN, MOSTLY HAWAIIAN NATIVES, TRAIN IN HAWAII 01:17:29 - AERIAL- OIL REFINERY PLANT WITH IT'S SMOKING STACKS AND OIL STORAGE TANKS. A SITE PROTECTED BY NIKE MISSILES. 01:17:55 - MS- A GUARDSMAN STOOPS OVER BY A RADAR ANTENNA AND PUSHES BUTTONS MAKING IT DO A 360 DEGREE TURN 01:19:18 - MONTAGE- GUARDSMEN FILL SAND BAGS AND PILE THEM AGAINST AN EARTHEN DAM DURING A FLOOD DISASTER. 01:19:33 - MS- AN ARMED NATIONAL GUARDSMEN PATROLS THE DEVASTATED STREETS OF A BUSINESS DISTRICT HIT BY THE DISASTER. MS- GUARDSMAN CHECKS A CAR HALF BURIED IN MUD. 01:19:56 - MS- ARMED GUARDSMEN DIRECT TRAFFIC IN A TOWN. 01:22:49 - MONTAGE- DRAWINGS SHOWING WASHINGTON AND THE MINUTEMEN DURING THE REVOLUTION, AND BATTLE SCENES OF THAT TIME AND THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. 01:23:25 - MONTAGE- GUARDSMEN IN ACTION DURING WWI, WWII AND (FILM) KOREA. 01:27:45 - MS- GUARDSMAN ARRIVES HOME AND READS A LETTER LEFT BY HIS WIFE APOLOGIZING FOR HER LACK OF SUPPORT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1119C