- Title: VM-1164B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:32:19 - 00:32:19 THE "PERSHING", SEVENTH ARMY BLACKJACK HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PREPARATIONS & CONDUCT OF THE QUICK REACTION ALERT MISSION CARRIED OUT STATESIDE IN 1966 BY A 7TH ARMY GROUP TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF INTEGRATING THE PERSHING INTO THE 7TH ARMY'S ARSENAL OF WEAPONS. FILM SHOWS HOW NEW "PERSHING" MISSILE IS INTEGRATED INTO ARSENAL OF WEAPONS IN GERMANY BY THE 7TH ARMY. 00:32:24 A "PERSHING" MISSILE IS LAUNCHED IN A TEST. 00:32:30 TITLE: "THE PERSHING - SEVENTH ARMY BLACK JACK" 00:32:53 AERIAL PENTAGON BUILDING. IN 1966, WEAPONS SYSTEM EVALUATION GROUP OF JOINT-CHIEFS-OF STAFF, PLACED REQUIREMENT ON U.S. ARMY TO EVALUATE "PERSHING" MISSILE, DESIGNATED, QUICK REACTION ALERT MISSION 00:33:19 "POLARIS" MISSILE COMES CRASHING OUT OF SEA AND INTO THE AIR AFTER FIRING FROM A SUBMERGED SUBMARINE. AIR FORCE "MINUTEMAN", "ATLAS" AND "TITAN" ARE ALSO FIRED 00:34:10 MAN IN CONTROL ROOM WITH OTHERS DOES THUMBS-UP GESTURE WITH HIS HAND AS HE HOLDS PHONE TO HIS EAR 00:34:31 7TH ARMY OFFICERS OF "PERSHING" OPERATIONAL TEST UNIT SIT IN THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN GERMANY TO EVALUATE THE MISSILE. TALKING HEADS. 00:35:12 MISSILE CREWS SITTING AT DINNER TABLES DROP EVERYTHING AND RUN OUT AS AN ALERT IS SOUNDED. THE MEN RUN OUT TO THEIR MISSILE POSTS AND PREPARE MISSILES FOR FIRING. EACH MAN A DIFFERENT TASK. 00:37:02 U.S. ARMY'S ARTILLERY AND MISSILE CENTER AT FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA, WHERE THE "PERSHING" MISSILE BODY SECTION IS SENT TO BE FITTED WITH INSTRUMENTATION. 00:37:36 THE SENECA ARMY DEPOT IN NEW YORK WHERE THE WARHEAD SECTION IS SENT FOR INSTRUMENTING. MEN WORK ON THE WARHEAD. 00:38:14 THE MISSILE CONVOY PASSES THROUGH A U.S. TOWN ON IT'S WAY TO FIRING RANGE IN GILSON BUTTE, UTAH. 00:38:47 HUNDREDS OF GIS ENTER THE RAMP OF MOUTH OF A HUGE TRANSPORT PLANE FOR TRIP TO THE FIRING SITE. 2 OF THE HUGE TRANSPORTS IN FLIGHT. MEN PLAY CARDS INSIDE. 00:41:14 MISSILE CREW LOADS A LAUNCHER ONTO A TRUCK USING A CRANE. TRUCK CONVOY TRAVELS ON ROAD, 300 MILES TO GILSON BUTTE. ANOTHER CONVOY TAKES THE BODY PARTS, FLOWN FROM EUROPE, TO THE SITE. 00:42:23 RAILROAD BOX CARS CARRYING WARHEADS SLOWLY RIDES THE RAILS. 00:42:37 CONVOYS RIDE ON ROADS ALONG THE BARREN GILSON BUTTE, UTAH SITE. SIGN: "BLACK JACK VALLEY". MONTAGE A TENT CITY NAMED CAMP PERSHING. 00:44:26 ANIMATED MAP SHOWS CAMP PERSHING WHERE MISSILE WILL BE FIRED AND WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUNDS IN NEW MEXICO, WHERE IT WILL IMPACT. 00:44:43 ARMY MISSILE TEST AND EVALUATION DIRECTORATE, "PERSHING" PROJECT, WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, WHERE SUPPORT IS PROVIDED. 00:44:43 MONTAGE TECHNICIANS AND ENGINEERS AT COMPUTERS AND CONTROL PANELS AT THE CENTER. RADAR ANTENNA SCANNING THE SKY. 00:46:02 "PERSHING" MISSILE IS SLOWLY RAISED SKYWARD. 00:47:10 MOBILE TRACKING SYSTEM IS CONTAINED IN A TRAILER WHICH STANDS BY IN THE DESERT. SINGLE TECHNICIAN SITS AT THE CONTROLS. 00:48:00 THE MOBILE INSTRUMENTATION SUPPORT SYSTEM IN HUGE DOUBLE TRAILER. INSIDE, MEN CHECK THE MANY CONTROL PANELS 00:48:33 ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS FIRING OF 3 OF THE 4 MISSILES AND TELLS OF THE PLAN 00:49:45 RADAR AND POWERFUL TRACKERS ARE READIED FOR THE FIRING 00:51:08 MANY MILES AWAY, TEAMS OF MEN STAND BY THEIR PICK-UP TRUCKS TO RETRIEVE MISSILE DEBRIS AND ON BOARD INSTRUMENTS AFTER IMPACT. 00:51:57 ROAD BLOCKS HOLD UP CIVILIAN TRAFFIC UNTIL AFTER THE FIRING. WEATHER VANE SPINS ITS PROPELLER AS METEOROLOGISTS PLOT WEATHER ON MAPS. 00:52:48 CU COUNTDOWN IS HEARD OVER LARGE SPEAKER AND THE MISSILE FIRES IN THE DISTANCE. VAPOR TRAIL IN SKY, MEN LOOKING SKYWARD AND ANTENNAE AND INSTRUMENTS FOLLOWING IT'S PATH. 00:54:30 EXPLOSION IN DESERT AT IMPACT. CU HELICOPTER PILOT SPEAKS WITH GROUND CONTROL. PICK-UP TRUCKS TAKE OFF TO RECOVER THE BOOSTER, THE 2ND STAGE AND THE WARHEAD. 00:55:54 MONTAGE DATA IS PROCESSED BY THE SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT AT WHITE SANDS. 00:56:20 TWO "PERSHING" MISSILES MOVE INTO FIRE POSITION AS 2 MISSILES ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY FIRED FOR THE FIRST TIME. 00:57:36 MEN RUN INTO THEIR UNDERGROUND COMPOUND AS THE MISSILES ARE FIRED 00:57:44 ELS LOUD SWISHING SOUND AND THE 2 MISSILE BLAST OFF FOLLOWED BY BLACK FUEL TRAILS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1966
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1164B