- Title: VM-1136C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:02:45 - "SPECIAL FORCES" DOCUMENTS THE TRAINING OF THE SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER AT FORT BRAGG, NORHT CAROLINA & MOVES TO THE ALPS IN BAVARIA WHERE A TRAINING MISSION IS COVERED. 01:02:46 - CU PHOTO OF TOUGH FACE OF U.S. SPECIAL FORCES GI ON WALL OF OFFICE IS SHOWN BY NARRATOR & ACTOR, HENRY FONDA. 01:02:52 - FONDA TELLS OF SPECIAL WARFARE WHICH INCLUDES UNCONVENTIONAL OR GUERRILLA OPERATIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND COUNTER INSURGENCY WARFARE & THE ROLE OF SPECIAL FORCES IN THESE AREAS 01:04:45 - CU FONDA HOLDS OUT A NICKEL AND SHOWS THE FACE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST GUERRILLA FIGHTER, THE AMERICAN INDIAN. 01:05:07 - MONTAGE DRAWINGS OF INDIANS SNEAKING UP ON SOLDIERS IN COLONIAL TIMES. 01:05:24 - CU REENACTMENT OF CIVIL WAR REBEL GUERRILLAS TAKING APART A SECTION OF RAILWAY TRACK 01:05:41 - MONTAGE CAMEL RIDING ARAB GUERRILLAS OF LAWRENCE OF ARABIA'S FORCES RIDE TO DEFEAT TURKISH ARMY TROOPS. 01:05:50 - GERMAN TROOPS MARCHING IN THE WOODS ARE WATCHED BY PARTISAN HIDING BEHIND BRUSH DURING WWII (REENACTMENT) 01:06:03 - PARTISAN CARPENTER MAKES STOCKS FOR RIFLES IN HIS SHOP. FRENCH "MARQUIS" GUERRILLAS PASS OUT WEAPONS TO THEIR MEN. 01:06:32 - PLATOON OF "MARQUIS" GUERRILLAS MARCH INTO VILLAGE. 01:06:41 - MONTAGE PHILIPPINE NATIVES PRACTICE DRILLS WITH RIFLES IN THEIR JUNGLE SETTING. GROUP OF GUERRILLAS SNEAK DOWN A HILL, WITH THEIR RIFLES POISED AS THEY ATTACK JAPANESE. 01:07:00 - FONDA TALKS ABOUT COMMUNIST GUERRILLA ACTIONS IN LAOS, VIETNAM AND CUBA, A PRIME FUNCTION OF THE SPECIAL FORCES. 01:07:35 - AERIAL PAN OF FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, HEADQUARTERS OF SPECIAL FORCES AND THE SPECIAL WARFARE CENTER. SOLDIERS OF ASIAN COUNTRIES TAKE CLASSES AT THE CENTER. 01:09:00 - MONTAGE SPECIAL FORCES TRAINEES JUMP OFF HIGH PLATFORM IN HARNESS FOR PARACHUTE TRAINING. TRAINEES LEARN TO HANDLE FOREIGN WEAPONS OF ALL SORTS. 01:10:33 - CU SERIOUS FACES OF TRAINEES AS THEY LEARN. 01:10:54 - CU TRAINEE LOADS RIFLES FROM A PILE OF FOREIGN CARTRIDGES AND CLIPS. GI FIRES SEVERAL TYPES OF FOREIGN MACHINE-GUNS, LYING ON GROUND & SHOOTING FROM HIP. 01:11:44 - TRAINEES LEARN TO HANDLE, ASSEMBLE & BUILD COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT. CU GI TAPS OUT A MORSE CODE MESSAGE IN THE FIELD AS HIS PARTNER CHURNS A SMALL GENERATOR. 01:12:44 - INSTRUCTOR SHOWS HOW TO MAKE & SET CRUDE ANIMAL TRAPS IN THE WOODS FOR FOOD. 01:13:04 - INSTRUCTOR MAKES A HUMAN TRAP IN GROUND USING POINTED STAKES, THEN COVERING IT UP. 01:13:28 - CU SPECIAL FORCES MEDIC FIRST AID KIT CONTAINING SURGICAL TOOLS AND A BASIC SET OF DENTAL INSTRUMENTS. 01:14:16 - INSTRUCTOR USES A MINIATURE BRIDGE ON HIS DESK TO DEMONSTRATE HOW TO BLOW UP BRIDGES. 01:14:38 - INSTRUCTOR FLIPS A STUDENT AS HE TEACHES JUDO & KARATE. 01:15:36 - MONTAGE STUDENTS SIT IN BOOTHS WITH EARPHONES & MIKES AND LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES. 01:16:11 - GROUP OF TRAINEES ARE MARCHED TO A BARBED WIRE ENCLOSED ISOLATION AREA WHERE THEY WILL RECEIVE SECRET SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT. THE GATE IS UNLOCKED AS THEY GO IN AND LOCKED BEHIND THEM 01:17:08 - FONDA STANDS NEXT TO THE PHOTO OF THE SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER AS HE CONTINUES HIS NARRATION, TELLS A GROUCHO MARX JOKE. 01:18:00 - PAN OF BAVARIAN ALPS, SITE OF A SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING EXERCISE. 01:18:22 - OFFICER MAPS OUT TRAINING MISSION USING MINIATURE SCALE MODEL OF RUGGED TERRAIN IN THE ALPS WHERE THE TRAINING WILL OCCUR WHICH INCLUDES DEMOLITION OF BRIDGE IN "ENEMY" TERRITORY. 01:19:51 - MONTAGE SPECIAL FORCES TEAM PARACHUTES OVER SNOWY FIELD WHERE "FRIENDLY" PARTISANS WAIT FOR THEM. PARTISANS HELP THE TROOPS WITH THEIR PARACHUTES. THE SPECIAL FORCES TROOPS SKI TO PARTISAN CAMP 01:21:46 - LED BY A GUERRILLA THE TROOPS PLOW THROUGH THE SNOW TO THEIR OBJECTIVE. PARTISAN LOSES HIS FOOTING AND SLIDES PARTLY DOWN A MOUNTAIN SLOPE. 01:26:28 - TRAIN SPEEDS ACROSS THE BRIDGE WHICH IS THE OBJECTIVE AS SEEN FROM AFAR BY PARTISANS 01:26:35 - MONTAGE PARTISANS SNEAK UP ON THE BRIDGE, SUBDUE THE GUARDS AND PLANT EXPLOSIVES AS SPECIAL FORCES WATCH FROM AFAR GIVING THE "GO AHEAD" GESTURE. 01:27:17 - SWITCH IS THROWN AND THE BRIDGE BLOWS. 01:27:50 - MONTAGE "AGGRESSOR" TROOPS, PURSUE THE SPECIAL FORCES AND GUERRILLAS ON SKIS, THROUGH SNOWY FOREST AND MOUNTAINS, USING SHEPHERD DOGS; TO NO AVAIL.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1916
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1136C