- Title: VM-1137C
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:03:02 - "STRIKE COMMAND" GENERAL PAUL D. ADAMS, STRIKE COMMAND COMMANDER, HANDLES AN ALERT IN THIS FILM DOCUMENTARY ON THE ROLE OF THE NEW STRIKING FORCE. ACTION TAKES PLACE AT MCDILL AIR FORCE BASE, TAMPA, FLORIDA. 01:03:07 - LS- HEADQUARTERS, STRIKE COMMAND, MCDILL AIR FORCE BASE, TAMPA, FLORIDA. 01:03:19 - MS- GENERAL PAUL D. ADAMS, COMMANDER OF STRIKE COMMAND, EXAMINES A MAP IN THE WAR ROOM AT MCDILL. IN THE ROOM ARE COMMANDERS OF ARMY AND AIR FORCE. 01:04:12 - MS- GENERAL ADAMS SITTING AT HEAD OF CONFERENCE TABLE RECEIVES A COMMUNICATION SUGGESTING A STRIKE ON ENEMY FORCES. 01:05:15 - MS- GIS IN BARRACKS AWAITING COMMAND TO MOVE SIT AROUND CLEANING WEAPONS, READING NEWSPAPERS SHINING THEIR SHOES AND CHATTING. THE MEN ARE ASKED TO MAKE COMMENTS BY A REPORTER AND THEY DO. 01:06:40 - MS- 5 GIS PLAY CARDS AS SERGEANT TELLS THEM THE ALERT HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR 5 HOURS. 01:07:20 - MS- GENERAL ADAMS GETS A CALL FROM THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF & ORDERS EXECUTION OF "HIT HARD" "EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY". COMMUNICATION OFFICER MAKES THE CALL. 01:11:11 - MS- FIGHTER PILOTS SIT AND TAKE NOTES IN BRIEFING ROOM. 01:12:49 - MS- PILOT HANDS CO-PILOT WEATHER INFO WHICH IS RELAYED TO GROUND STATION. CAPTAIN IN GROUND STATION TELLS REPORTER OF FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS 01:14:59 - MS- COLONEL TELLS OF THE EQUIPMENT CARRIED BY EACH HEADQUARTERS COMMAND OFFICERS. CU- EQUIPMENT CARRIED IN 3 BAGS ARE LAID OUT ON GROUND AND SHOWN AND EXPLAINED. 01:15:59 - MS- GENERAL ADAMS SITS IN COMMAND AIRCRAFT AND READS MAP. MONTAGE- TROOPS ARRIVE BY TRUCK AND BOARD AIR CRAFTS. 01:17:41 - CU- TALKING HEADS, 2 GIS IN PLANE MAKE SMALL TALK PLANE AFTER PLANE TAKES OFF. 01:19:19 - MS- COLONEL IS INTERVIEWED ON BOARD PLANE AND HE EXPLAINS THE SITUATION AS IT OCCURS. 01:19:44 - LS- A FUEL LINE FROM A TANKER PLANE IS EXTENDED TO A JET FIGHTER AS THEY MANEUVER DELICATELY FOR A HOOK UP. FIGHTER MAKES A PERFECT HOOK UP. 01:21:48 - MS- GI LOOKS OUT WINDOW OF PLANE AND MAKES SMALL TALK WITH BUDDY. COMMANDER TELLS THE PARATROOPS TO FASTEN THEIR SEAT BELTS FOR A LANDING 01:23:10 - MS- SOLDIERS ARE GIVEN THEIR AMMUNITION AS THEY GET OFF THE CARGO PLANE AND TRANSFER TO THE JUMP PLANE. PARATROOPS SETTLE INTO THE JUMP PLANE. 01:26:36 - MS- GENERAL ADAMS SPEAKS TO REPORTER FROM HIS SEAT IN THE COMMAND PLANE. 01:27:42 - LS SHOTS OF JETS FIGHTERS LANDING ON RUNWAY 01:27:58 - MS GENERAL ADAMS CONTINUES SPEAKING TO CAMERA 01:28:56 - PLANES FLY OVERHEAD, DEPOSITING PARATROOPERS. SKY FULL OF PARATROOPERS. SHOTS OF PARATROOPERS LANDING ON THE GROUND 01:29:20 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1945
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1137C