- Title: VM-1122B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:32:41 - 00:32:41 ARMY DIGEST NO.5 *(NO AUDIO)* THREE SEGMENTS IN THIS PROGRAM EXPLORE "HAWAII-THE 50TH STATE", THE "NIKE-HERCULES", & 'THE NIKE AND THE TORRI". 00:32:46 LS- HUGE VEHICLE CARRIES A 'TORRI' MISSILE THROUGH DESERT FOR TESTING. MS- GI GESTURES WITH HANDS GUIDING VEHICLE AS IT BACKS INTO PLACE MISSILE IS SLOWLY RAISED INTO FIRING POSITION 00:33:48 LS- RADAR ANTENNA INSIDE HUGE PROTECTIVE SPHERES AND GUIDANCE ANTENNA. MS- TECHNICIANS AT THEIR CONTROLS IN THE CONTROL ROOM 00:34:20 CU- ENGINEER TURNS A SWITCH. LS- HUGE DOORS OPEN IN AN OBSERVATION SPHERE AND EXPOSE 2 MEN MANNING A GIANT TELESCOPE. 00:34:40 MONTAGE- GIS WITH HEADGEAR SIT AT THEIR CONTROLS IN THE CONTROL ROOM, AT THE RADAR ANTENNAS AND IN BUNKERS, AS A COUNTDOWN PROCEEDS. CU- A HAND HITS THE 'FIRE' BUTTON AND A 'TORRI' MISSILE FIRES. 00:35:25 MONTAGE- COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT TRACKS AND GUIDES MISSILE AS DO THE TECHNICIANS. CU- THE TECHNICIAN PUSHES ANOTHER BUTTON FIRING A 'NIKE' MISSILE WHICH TRACKS AND DESTROYS THE 'TORRI'. 00:37:27 CU- THE EYES OF THE TECHNICIAN WATCHES 2 NEEDLE ON A GAUGE MEET ON A CHART AT MOMENT OF CONTACT. ELS- FLASH IN SKY AS 'NIKE' DESTROYS THE 'TORRI'. 00:38:00 MS- MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SPECTATORS WHICH SAW THE DEMO ARE BRIEFED BY AN OFFICER. 00:38:52 MONTAGE- AERIAL PAN OF OKINAWA'S (?) ROCKY HILLS AND SANDY BEACHES. (NO SOUND) 00:39:45 MS- ENTRANCE TO OLD SHINTO BURIAL TEMPLE IN THE SIDE OF A HILL. (?)NO SOUND 00:40:15 MS- A BLACK GI MANS A HUGE CANNON AND TURNS 2 WHEELS THAT RAISE AND LOWERS THE BARREL. CU- GI COVERS THE MUZZLE OF THE GUN WITH CANVAS COVER. 00:40:36 MONTAGE- WORKERS ASSEMBLE NOSE CONES ON MISSILES IN A PLANT. MS-(PAN) WOMAN AND MEN WORKERS SIT AT WORK BENCHES AND ASSEMBLE SMALL ELECTRONIC PARTS 00:41:10 AERIAL- NIKE MISSILE SITES ON OKINAWA? 00:41:25 LS- ORIENTAL (OKINAWAN?) PEOPLE AT A BUSY OPEN MARKETPLACE. MS- A FARMER TOILS A WET AND MUDDY RICE PADDY WITH A OX PULLING HIS PLOW 00:41:40 MONTAGE- PAGODA TYPE PLACES OF WORSHIP? 00:42:24 SIGN: U.S. ARMY TRANSPORTATION GROUP, NAHA PORT LS- LARGE TRACTOR TRAILER IS UNLOADED OFF SHIP 00:42:57 AERIAL- HUGE EXCAVATION AND UNFINISHED 'NIKE' UNDERGROUND HOLDING SITES. 00:43:50 AERIAL- PAN OF A NIKE MISSILE BASE. 00:45:28 MONTAGE- FIGHTER PILOTS RUN TO THEIR PLANES AND MISSILE CREWS READY THE MISSILES AS A MOCK ALERT IS SOUNDED? NO SOUND 00:46:00 MONTAGE- MEN AT THEIR COMMUNICATION POSTS BUSY ON THEIR PHONES AND HEADSETS. 00:50:09 HAWAII THE 50TH STATE - AERIAL- PAN OF THE ROCKY HILLS AND MOUNTAINS. LS- A CRUISE SHIP IN THE HARBOR. MS- MEN AND WOMEN IN THEIR COLORFUL SHIRTS LEAN OVER THE RAIL ON THE SHIP. 00:50:30 AERIAL- NATIVES IN THE WATER DIVE AS COINS ARE THROWN IN BY THE TOURISTS. 00:50:39 MS- HULA GIRLS ACCOMPANIED BY HAWAIIAN BAND DO A DANCE ON BOARD THE SHIP. BEACHES WITH PALM TREES AND TOURISTS TAKING THE SUN. 00:51:05 MS- SURFERS, INCLUDING AN ELDERLY MAN, RIDE THE WAVES INTO SHORE ON THEIR BOARDS. 00:51:14 LS- SURFER RIDES AN ENORMOUS WAVE. 00:51:25 MS- MANY ARROWS ON A POLE POINT IN DIRECTION OF THE LARGE CITIES OF THE WORLD 00:51:40 MS- A NEWSBOY HOLDS UP A PAPER WITH A HEADLINE: "STATEHOOD". MS- A GROUP OF WOMEN CARRY THEIR PAPER WITH THE HEADLINE. 00:51:45 MS- A WOMAN POINTS TO AN EXTRA STAR SHE PLACED ON THE U.S. FLAG. 00:51:49 LS- HAWAII'S STATE HOUSE. MONTAGE- LEGISLATORS DISCUSS STATEHOOD? (NO SOUND) 00:52:20 MS- PEOPLE GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN AREAS. MS- ORIENTAL WORKERS IN MAIL ROOM AT A NEWSPAPER? 00:53:00 MONTAGE- HAWAIIAN (ORIENTALS) MEN & WOMAN SIT AT TABLES AT A LIBRARY (?) AND READ BOOKS 00:53:13 CU- WOMAN READS A ORIENTAL LANGAUGE BOOK. ANOTHER READS THE NEWSPAPER, 'THE HAWAIIAN HOCHI". 00:53:32 HAWAIIAN WHITES ENTERING A LARGE CHURCH. 00:53:35 MS- A CHINESE MINISTER GREETS CHINESE PARISHIONERS TO THE, "CHINESE CHURCH OF CHRIST-HAWAII". 00:53:40 LS- JAPANESE HAWAIIANS ATTEND A JAPANESE TEMPLE. 00:54:00 LS- PAN OF A HAWAIIAN HARBOR WITH FREIGHTERS IN PORT. LS- A HAWAIIAN LONGSHOREMAN DIRECTS THE LOADING OF A CARGO CONTAINER. 00:54:38 LS- A BULLDOZER PUSHES SUGAR CANES INTO A PILE AND A DERRICK PICKS IT UP AND LOADS IT ON TRUCK 00:54:54 MS- MAN CUTS PINE-Y SKIN OFF A PINEAPPLE AND HANDS IT TO A TOURIST WHO BITES INTO THE JUICY FRUIT. 00:55:05 MS- WORKERS HARVEST THE PINEAPPLES IN THE FIELD AND THROW THEM INTO A CONVEYOR CHUTE WHICH MOVES THE FRUIT INTO THE PLANT. 00:55:10 MS- DOZENS OF WOMEN IN WHITE UNIFORMS AND HATS TRIM THE FRUIT WITH KNIVES. 00:55:28 MS- HAWAIIAN COWBOYS ON HORSEBACK HUDDLE CATTLE INTO CORRALS. 00:55:39 MS- A NATIVE WORKER WALKS BETWEEN LONG ROWS OF CHICKEN COOPS AT A CHICKEN FARM. ANOTHER WORKER HARVESTS EGGS. WOMAN PLACES EGGS IN CARDBOARD RACKS FOR BOXING. 00:56:15 LS- HEADQUARTERS ARMY- PACIFIC, BUILDING 00:56:30 AERIAL- VIEW OF SKOFFIELD BARRACKS WHICH WAS ATTACKED BY JAPANESE IN 1941. 00:56:45 LS- A SUBMARINE AND AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER CRUISES INTO PEARL HARBOR. 00:57:14 LS- THE U.S. AIR FORCE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS RELAY CENTER AT OKAM FIELS. 00:57:36 MS- YOUNG MAN AND WOMAN CARRY A LONG SURFBOARD TO BEACH NEAR RESORT HOTEL. LS- PICTURESQUE WATERFALL 00:57:39 LS- GIRL SNEAKS UP TO YOUNG MAN IN SWIM TRUNKS AND PUSHES HIM OFF ROCKY LEDGE INTO HAWAIIAN LAKE 00:58:25 LS- HAWAIIAN NATIONAL GUARDSMEN RUN OUT OF A ARMORY AND PILE INTO ARMY TRUCKS 00:58:44 MS- GENERAL MARK CLARK PUTS A UNIT CITATION ON A HAWAIIAN OUTFIT'S FLAG AND THEN PINS A MEDAL ON A HAWAIIAN GI DURING KOREAN (?) WAR. 00:59:00 MS- HUGE STATUE IN FRONT OF THE STATE HOUSE OF A HAWAIIAN KING HOLDING A PALM BRANCH. 00:59:16 CU- HAWAIIAN ORIENTAL NATIVE CHILDREN PLACE THEIR HANDS ON CHESTS AND LOOK UP AT U.S. FLAG (PAN)
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1122B