- Title: VM-1121B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: PART A - 00:33:14 - PART B -
- Description:01:01:48 - *(NO AUDIO)* "OBSOLETE" FILM THREE SUBJECTS ARE TREATED IN THIS PROGRAM: TRANSPORTATION CORPS METHODS OF SUPPLY; THE SIGNAL CORPS IN GERMANY; AND ARMY "SKY DIVERS". 01:02:46 - MS- HUGE SPECIALLY DESIGNED BARGE, JOHN U.D. PAGE, WITH ITS FLAT BOTTOM SETS OUT TO MEET SPECIALLY DESIGNED VEHICLE CARRYING CARGO VESSEL IN THE HARBOR. 01:02:55 - MS- UNDERWATER PHOTOS SHOW THE FLAT BOTTOM OF BARGE AND IT'S SPECIALLY DESIGNED PROPELLERS WHICH ALLOW IT TO COME INTO A SHALLOW PORT 01:03:13 - 01:03:13 MONTAGE- THE USN 'COMET', A SPECIALLY DESIGNED VEHICLE CARRYING CARGO VESSEL LIFTS A JEEP OFF THE DOCK AND INTO THE HOLD BY WINCH. 01:03:22 - MONTAGE- JEEPS AND TRUCKS OF ALL KIND ARE DRIVEN DIRECTLY TO THE HOLD THROUGH HUGE CARGO DOORS WITH RAMPS TO THE DOCK. 01:03:58 - IN THE HARBOR THE BARGE (JOHN U.D. PAGE) MEETS UP WITH AND ATTACHES ITSELF TO THE REAR OF USN COMET CARGO VESSEL. 01:04:28 - MS- GIS FROM THE BARGE PULL THE SHIPS TOGETHER WITH ROPES. LS- A RAMP FROM THE CARGO VESSEL OPENS UP ONTO THE BARGE AND HUGE TRUCKS AND TRACTOR TRAILERS DRIVE ONTO THE BARGE FROM THE 'COMET' 01:05:48 - LS- THE TRAILERS DRIVE ONTO THE BARGE AND PARK LIKE IN A HUGE PARKING LOT. 01:05:58 - MS- A BLACK SERGEANT GIVES HAND, DIRECTIONS TO THE DRIVERS TRYING PARKING THEIR TRUCKS ON HUGE BARGE 01:08:00 - LS- THE 2 SHIPS DISENGAGE AND THE BARGE RIDES INTO THE SHORE WITH IT'S CARGO OF VEHICLES. 01:08:46 - MS- THE BARGE RIDES INTO A SHALLOW HARBOR, LOWERS ITS RAMP AND UNLOADS IT'S CARGO OF TRUCKS AND JEEPS WHICH ARE DRIVEN RIGHT OFF THE BARGE AND TO THEIR DESTINATION OFF SHORE. 01:09:31 - LS- LARGE ANTENNA TOWERS RISE ABOVE THE 102ND SIGNAL BATTALION'S BASE IN KONIGSTUHL, GERMANY. 01:09:54 - MS- GIS WORK ON A WALL OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS OTHERS WORK AT A HUGE COMMUNICATION SWITCHBOARD. SWITCHING JACKS, MAKING CONNECTIONS 01:11:20 - SIGN: 'U.S. ARMY SIGNAL SERVICE BATTALION' AT HEIDELBERG AIRFIELD. MS- GIS MAN WITH EARPHONES BUSY AT TELETYPE MACHINES TAKING AND SENDING MESSAGES. MS- A MESSAGE IS TIME CLOCKED. 01:14:21 - MONTAGE- A BLACK GI AND OTHERS OF THE 97TH SIGNAL BATTALION MAN BUSY SWITCHBOARD AT COMMUNICATION NETWORK. CU- GI'S HAND PLUGS JACKS INTO A BUSY SWITCHBOARD 01:14:49 - CU- A GI PLACES A MESSAGE ONTO A WIRE PHOTO DRUM WHICH SPINS AS THE COMMUNICATION IS SENT. 01:15:34 - LS- A SMALL, DRONE, PLANE IS CATAPULTED INTO THE AIR AT OPEN AREA IN THE SNOW COVERED FOREST. MS- GI HOLDS A HAND-HELD RADIO CONTROL UNIT TO GUIDE THE 'DRONE, IN FLIGHT. 01:15:50 - ELS- A PARACHUTE SHOOTS OUT OF THE DRONE AND THE DRONE PLANE FLOATS TO THE GROUND. 01:16:18 - LS- THE PARACHUTE IS RECOVERED FROM A TREE AND THE DRONE IS PHYSICALLY CARRIED BY 4 GIS TO A WAITING TRUCK. 01:17:13 - MS- A GI IN A CONTROL TOWER COMMUNICATES WITH THE PILOTS OF LIGHTPLANES AND HELICOPTERS AT THE 16TH AVIATION OPERATING DETACHMENT (WHERE? NO SOUND) 01:17:46 - MS- GIS LAY IN THE SNOW AND FIRE RIFLES IN A TRAINING EXERCISE AS A GI CAMERMAN TAKES FILM OF THE ACTION. MS- AN 'ENEMY' SOLDIER IS CAPTURED AND THE CAMERMAN RECORDS THE SCENE. 01:19:08 - CU- A GI CAMERMAN ADJUSTS HIS LENS AS HE AIMS THE CAMERA FOR A SHOT. 01:19:24 - LS- MEN AND WOMEN SIT AT WORK BENCHES AT A HUGE COMMUNICATION REPAIR CENTER. (PAN) 01:19:44 - CU- HAND OF REPAIRMAN TESTS A COMPONENT WITH A METER. CU- FEMALE WORKER USES A SCREW DRIVER TO REPAIR A UNIT. WORKER TESTS A MOBILE RADAR ANTENNA IN THE SHOP. THE ANTENNA ROTATES IN ALL DIRECTIONS 01:20:26 - MS- A LIGHTPLANES COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT IS CHECKED IN THE SHOP AS ONE GI SITS IN THE COCKPIT COMMUNICATING WITH ONE OUTSIDE. THE GI GESTURES A-OK WITH HIS HAND. 01:22:08 - LS- SIGN AT ENTRANCE TO 'U.S. ARMY HEADQUARTERS - 18TH AIRBORNE CORPS' 01:22:13 - CU- ARM PATCH OF THE SKY DIVERS UNIT AT THE BASE. MS- A FLARE WITH THE LOGO IS RAISED. SIGN: "XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS SPORT PARACHUTING CLUB" 01:23:03 - MS- A DISK ANTENNA FOLLOWS THE PATH OF A WEATHER BALLOON RELEASED IN THE DISTANCE. 01:23:29 - MONTAGE- SKY DIVERS AND CHUTE EXPERTS LAY OUT THE CHUTES ON THE GROUND AND EXAMINE AND FOLD THEM. AS SKY DIVERS PREPARE FOR THE SKYDIVING CONTEST. 01:23:41 - CU- A CHUTE EXPERT OF THE FLORIDA CHUTE ASSN., CAREFULLY FOLDS THE MANY CHUTE CORDS ON A UNIT. 01:24:12 - MS- PARACHUTE PROS HELPS ADJUST CHUTES ON SKY DIVERS. SKY DIVERS-GIS ASSIST EACH OTHER IN BOARDING A HUGE HELICOPTER 01:24:50 - AERIAL- SKY DIVERS JUMP, SPREAD EAGLE', OUT OF THE HELICOPTER ONE BY ONE. 01:25:17 - MS- OTHER SKY DIVERS AND CHUTE PEOPLE WATCH FROM THE GROUND AS THE CHUTISTS FLOAT GENTLY TO THE GROUND ATTEMPTING TO HIT A TARGET. 01:25:56 - MS- OFFICIALS MARK THE SPOT THE SKY DIVERS LANDS IN RELATION TO THE CENTER OF THE TARGET. 01:26:20 - MS- A FEMALE SKY DIVER LANDS AND GIVES A SMILE AS SHE LOOKS UPWARD TO OTHERS IN FLIGHT. 01:27:16 - LS- SKY DIVERS JUMP OUT OF HUGE HELICOPTER IN SLOW MOTION. AS SEEN FROM AIRCRAFT ALONGSIDE. LS- SKY DIVERS COME CLOSER AND CLOSER TO DEAD CENTER ON THE TARGET. 01:28:00 - MS- MAN LIES ON GROUND WITH BABY PLAYING WITH HIS BABY ON HIS CHEST. 01:29:00 - FOREIGN (RUSSIAN?) MEN AND WOMEN SKY DIVERS SIT IN AN AIRCRAFT AND CHAT BEFORE THEY JUMP AT AN AIR SHOW. 01:29:04 - MS- PHOTOS OF SKY DIVERS? APPEAR ON THE SCREEN AS THE FOREIGN SKY DIVERS FLOAT TO THE GROUND 01:29:26 - MONTAGE- THE FOREIGN DIVERS HIT THE GROUND NEAR THE TARGET AND THE SPOT IS MARKED.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1917
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1121B