- Title: VM-1124C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:01:47 - MONTAGE- TODAY'S ROLL CRASH THROUGH OBSTACLES AND ROLL THROUGH FIELDS 01:01:53 - MS- BURNED OUT VEHICLES LEFT TO BLOCK A ROAD ARE EASILY SWEPT ASIDE BY A TANK WITH A PLOW ATTACHED LS- LONG COLUMN OF TANKS KICK UP A CLOUD OF DUST 01:02:54 - MS- AN ANCIENT DRAWING OF A BIZARRE LOOKING HORSE DRAWN ARMORED VEHICLE 01:03:06 - MS- DRAWING OF A CART WHICH ENCASED IT'S CREW AND PROTECTED THEM FROM THE ENEMY, INVENTED BY THE SCOTS IN 1456. 01:03:23 - MS- LEONARDO DIVINCI'S DRAWING OF HIS INVENTION OF AN ARMORED CAR CIRCA 1482. 01:03:36 - DRAWING OF A STEAM ENGINE CONTROLLED ARMORED VEHICLE INVENTED BY JAMES COWAN IN 1854 01:03:50 - MONTAGE- GERMAN AND AMERICAN TROOPS FIGHTING IN THE TRENCHES DURING WWI. MS- GERMAN SOLDIER CLIMBS OUT OF A TRENCH WITH SHELLS EXPLODING NEARBY. 01:04:40 - MS- WWI TANK ROLLS ALONG THE FRONT UNDER FIRE. PASSING FEET AND HELMET OF A DEAD GERMAN AND FOLLOWED BY FRENCH SOLDIERS 01:04:45 - MONTAGE- A LUMBERING VINTAGE TANK SHOWS IT'S CANNON AND MACHINE-GUN'S ABILITY TO MOVE AND COVER A LIMITED AREA.(POST WWI) 01:05:13 - MS- MILITARY OBSERVERS WATCH A TANK CLIMB ONTO RAMP, HAVING TO CLIMB ALMOST IN VERTICAL POSITION 01:05:57 - MONTAGE- VARIOUS MODELS OF VINTAGE TANKS SHOW THEIR TURNING ABILITY. LS- A TANK RIDES INTO A DEEP DITCH MAKES WILD TURNS IN THE WATER AND CLIMBS OUT. 01:06:39 - MS- A TANK RIDES INTO A HOUSE AND DESTROYS IT. 01:07:10 - MS- A LUMBERING GIANT TANK ATTEMPTS TO CLIMB OVER A MOUND BUT DOESN'T MAKE IT.(PRE-WWII) 01:07:38 - MONTAGE- OBSERVERS WATCH TANKS GO THROUGH THEIR PACES AT FORT BENNING GEORGIA I N THE 1930s 01:07:40 - MONTAGE- HITLER REVIEWS A PARADE, IN HIS HONOR, ON HIS 47TH BIRTHDAY, OF SOLDIERS AND ARMORED VEHICLES INCLUDING MANY TANKS. 01:08:45 - MONTAGE- GERMAN TANKS SHOW THEIR STUFF DURING MANEUVERS. 01:09:26 - MONTAGE- A LONG COLUMN OF GERMAN TANKS WITH EACH TANK HAVING A BERET SOLDIER SITTING IN TURRET, PASSES THROUGH A GERMAN CITY IN A 01:09:48 - CU- GERMAN TANKS PASS TOWARDS AND OVER THE CAMERA 01:11:05 - MONTAGE- GERMAN PANZER UNITS, IN FESTIVE MOOD, PAUSE ALONG ROADS TO WASH SHAVE AND EAT AS THEY INVADE COUNTRIES IN EUROPE. 01:11:18 - LS- HUNDREDS OF GERMAN TANKS SPEED ACROSS A FIELD MS- TANK SMASHES THROUGH A BARN KNOCKING IT DOWN 01:12:10 - LS- A WOMAN CHRISTENS THE 1000TH TANK DELIVERED TO THE ARMY AS A CROWD WATCHES IN 1941. 01:12:32 - MONTAGE- A TANK ASSEMBLY LINE IN A DEFENSE PLANT DURING WWII SHOW LARGE MACHINERY CUTTING AND MAKING TANK PARTS. 01:13:02 - MS- THREAD IS PUT ON A TANK AT THE ASSEMBLY LINE AS WELL AS A GUN TURRET. 01:13:57 - MONTAGE- TANKS RIDE THROUGH A FROZEN STREAM AND CRUSH THROUGH THE ICE 01:14:27 - ELS- A TANK BATTLE IN PROGRESS IN NORTH AFRICAN DESERT. 01:14:44 - LS- A TANK LEADS THE WAY FOR GIS IN JUNGLE LS- A GI THROWS A GRENADE FROM BEHIND A TANK. 01:16:15 - MONTAGE- TANKS ROLL OUT OF THE LANDING CRAFT ON D-DAY AT NORMANDY. 01:16:39 - MONTAGE- GIS SIT ATOP TANKS AND ARMORED VEHICLES AS THEY ADVANCE ALONG ROADS IN A STEADY STREAM 01:17:05 - MS- HEADS OF 2 TANK CREWMEN WITH GOGGLES STICK OUT OF TRAPDOORS AS THE TANK ROLLS ALONG. 01:17:35 - MS- GERMAN PRISONERS WALK BY DESTROYED ARMORED VEHICLES ALONG THE ROAD. 01:17:39 - MS- MONTAGE OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES TELLING OF TANK ATTACKS DURING KOREAN WAR. 01:18:02 - MS- TANKS ROLL OFF FLAT CARS AT A RAILROAD STATION AT TAGEU. 01:18:34 - MS- TANKS ROLLS INTO POSITION UP MOUND WITH SO AS TO FACE IT'S GUNS UPWARD AND START FIRING AT A HIGH ANGLE LIKE ARTILLERY. 01:22:10 - MS- A GI TAPS HIS BUDDY ON THE HEAD SIGNALLING HIM TO FIRE HIS BAZOOKA. A TANK RIDING DOWN THE ROAD RECEIVES A DIRECT HIT BY THE SHOT. 01:22:30 - MONTAGE- GIS- POUR OUT OF ARMORED TROOP CARRIERS AND ENGAGE THE ATTACKING FORCE. 01:22:39 - MS- GIS SIT ON BENCHES FACING EACH OTHER INSIDE AN ARMORED TROOP CARRIER VEHICLE. 01:23:20 - CU- THE DRIVERS OF THE VEHICLE LOOK AT THEIR WRIST WATCH AND SUDDENLY SHIELD THEIR EYES. AN ATOMIC BLAST LIGHTS UP AREA OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. 01:23:44 - MONTAGE- A TREMENDOUS WIND WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A HURRICANE, OBLITERATES BUILDINGS CLOSER TO BLAST A TANK RIDES ALONG BURNING BRUSH AND TREES. 01:25:30 - CU-- A TANK WITH GIS ATOP HITCHING A RIDE, ROLLS OVER THE CAMERA. 01:25:38 - MS- LT. GENERAL ARTHUR G. TRUDEAU, CHIEF OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY TELLS OF THE FUTURE ROLE OF THE TANK AND ARMORED VEHICLE. 01:28:10 - TANK CREWMEN CLIMB INTO A TANK AND SLAM THE METAL DOOR SHUT BEHIND THEM.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1124C