- Title: VM-1136B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:32:28 - "THE FAMOUS FOURTH" TRACES HISTORY OF FOURTH DIVISION IN WWI, WWII, AND CONCLUDES WITH AIRLIFT OF UNIT ACROSS NORTH POLE TO ASSIGNMENT IN WEST GERMANY 00:32:33 - FORT LEWIS, IN WASHINGTON STATE, HEADQUARTERS OF THE 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION, A UNIT OF THE STRATEGIC ARMY CORP (STRAC). 00:35:42 - MONTAGE WWI DOUGHBOYS OF 4TH "IVY" DIVISION, MARCH IN REVIEW IN CAMP GREEN, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE IT WAS FORMED IN 1917. 00:36:00 - MONTAGE TRUCK LOADS OF DOUGHBOYS ON THE WAY TO THE FRONT IN A LONG CONVOY. DOUGHBOY FIRES HIS SPRINGFIELD FROM HIS TRENCH 00:36:23 - "THE MARNE", "CHATEAU THIERRY", "ST.MIHIEL", "VERDUN" & "THE ARGONNE FOREST" ALL FLASH ON THE SCREEN WHILE BATTLE SCENES OF WWI ARE SEEN. THE 4TH FOUGHT IN ALL THESE BATTLES. 00:36:47 - GENERAL PERSHING PINS MEDALS ON LONG LINE OF DOUGHBOYS OF THE 4TH DIVISION. 00:37:37 - MONTAGE CLOSE UP FACES OF YOUNG GERMAN SOLDIERS OF THE THIRD REICH. GERMAN PARATROOPERS DROP ON EUROPE AS NAZIS OVERRUN POLAND, BELGIUM AND FRANCE 00:38:29 - MONTAGE SOLDIERS OF THE 4TH DIVISION LINE UP AT RAILROAD STATION NEAR FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, WHERE THEY START THEIR TRAINING FOR WWII. 00:39:17 - GIS CLIMB DOWN NET LADDERS FROM HIGH BUILDING AS THEY TRAIN FOR AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT. MONTAGE THEY TRAIN ASSAULTING A BEACH. 00:42:06 - MONTAGE UNITS OF THE 4TH ASSAULT "UTAH" BEACH ON D-DAY. 00:44:58 - GIS & CIVILIANS LAY TRACK FOR LOCOMOTIVE AS IT SLOWLY MOVES FORWARD. 00:45:25 - MONTAGE 4TH DIVISION GIS BATTLE IN THE INFAMOUS HEDGEROWS IN FRANCE'S FARMLANDS. 00:47:33 - NUN WITH BIKE PASSES ON INFORMATION TO GIS WHICH THEY PASS ON WITH THEIR WALKIE TALKIES 00:48:35 - MONTAGE FRENCH CITIZENS TEAR DOWN NAZI SIGNS IN THE TOWN OF ST. POIS. 00:49:34 - MONTAGE LIBERATED PARIS CITIZENS TAKE TO THE STREETS IN JUBILATION. 00:51:00 - MONTAGE COMING HOME SCENES FOR GIS AFTER VICTORY IN EUROPE. 00:52:50 - MONTAGE GIS RUN OUT OF THEIR BARRACKS TO BEGIN OPERATION "LONGTHRUST". A 6000 MILE TROOP MOVEMENT WHICH WILL TAKE THE 4TH FROM FORT LEWIS, OVER THE POLAR CAP, TO WESTERN GERMANY. 00:53:57 - LITTLE BOY CLINGS TO HIS GI FATHER'S ARM, STICKING OUT OF A BUS WINDOW. 00:54:19 - MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM F. TRAIN, HEADS THE MOVEMENT & AWAITS HIS MEN AT MCCORD AIR FORCE BASE. THE MEN EMBARK FOR THE AIRLIFT 00:55:00 - MONTAGE HUGE CARGO PLANES, SOME JETS & SOME WITH PISTON ENGINES, TAKE OFF WITH THE TROOPS. 00:55:50 - GENERAL CHARLES D. PALMER, DEPUTY COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE U.S. ARMY EUROPEAN COMMAND IS AT AIRFIELD TO GREET THE TROOPS. 00:57:12 - GENERAL NORSTAD VISITS THE DIVISION AT MANHEIM, GERMANY. 00:58:00 - MONTAGE HELICOPTERS QUICKLY DEPLOY TROOPS TO THE MANEUVER AREA IN WEST GERMANY.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1916
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1136B