- Title: VM-1175A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:34:53 - SIGN AT ENTRANCE TO FORT HOOD. "U.S. ARMY", "FORT HOOD". HOME OF THE 2ND ARMORED DIVISION. 00:35:00 - CU DIVISION INSIGNIAS ON DISPLAY TANK ON FORT HOOD GROUNDS. LONG COLUMN OF TANKS LINED UP SIDE BY SIDE. 00:35:16 - MAJOR GENERAL EDWIN H. GRIFFIN, DIVISION COMMANDER SPEAKS TO A FEW BLACK AND WHITE TANK COMMANDERS, AT THEIR TANK, TELLS THEM OF EXERCISE. 00:35:40 - MONTAGE TANK CREWS PREPARE THEIR TANKS. TANK SERGEANT GIVES MEN VERBAL ORDERS. HE GOES FROM TANK TO TANK INSPECTING THEM. 00:36:39 - GI IN JEEP RIDES TOWARDS CAMERA. HE STOPS TO LET OTHER GIS CROSS STREET. 00:37:07 - SQUAD OF GIS MARCH ALONG BARRACKS. 00:37:11 - FOUR GIS, ONE BLACK, SIT ON BARRACKS STOOP & READ ADS, ALOUD. TROOPS IN BARRACKS GET THEIR THINGS IN ORDER BEFORE LEAVING FOR GERMANY. 00:37:40 - CU BOY RUNS TOWARDS CAMERA, AS HE RUNS TO HIS SOLDIER FATHER CARRYING DUFFEL BAG OUTSIDE HOME. 00:37:53 - SOLDIERS TEENAGE SON, DAUGHTER AND HIS WIFE WITH CHILD IN ARMS, ALSO APPROACH HIM TELLING HIM WHAT THEY WANT HIM TO BUY FOR THEM OVERSEAS. 00:38:09 - SOLDIERS RUN OUT OF BARRACKS AND LINE UP TO BOARD BUSES. THEY EXIT BUSES AT AIR BASE & LINE UP TO BOARD PLANES, AS BIGGEST AIRLIFT IN HISTORY TAKES PLACE. 00:38:47 - SOLDIER GASSES UP HUGE TRANSPORT PLANE. PILOTS SIT FOR BRIEFING. 00:40:02 - CU SOLDIER PLUCKS AT HIS GUITAR STRINGS, ANOTHER PLAYS HARMONICA ON BOARD PLANE. 00:40:21 - GI'S EYES BEGIN TO CLOSE AS OTHERS FALL FAST ASLEEP TO SOUND OF SOFT MUSIC. 00:40:42 - AERIAL FIGHTER PLANE BEING REFUELLED IN AIR. AS SEEN FROM TANKER 00:41:00 - GIS IN T-SHIRTS PLAY CARDS. ONE SMOKES PIPE AS HE PLAYS. ONE GI READS, ANOTHER SLEEPS. 00:41:32 - LANDING TRANSPORT PLANE HEADS TOWARDS CAMERA. 00:42:06 - HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS ARE MET BY GENERALS AS THEY EXIT PLANE IN GERMANY. 00:42:10 - ARMY SECRETARY CYRUS VANCE IS MET BY AIR FORCE SECRETARY EUGENE ZUCCER ALREADY THERE. 00:42:38 - MEN EXITING PLANES BOARD TRUCKS TO A BIVOUAC AREA 00:43:15 - PAN OF ENDLESS ROWS OF TANKS AND SUPPLIES AWAITING THE MEN ARRIVING IN GERMANY. GIS LOAD UP TANKS WITH SHELLS AND OTHER SUPPLIES. 00:44:43 - MONTAGE TANKS BEGIN TO ROLL ALONG ROADS & HIGHWAYS FORMING ENDLESS COLUMNS STRETCHING FOR MILES ON GERMAN AUTOBAHN. 00:45:25 - CU TANKS THREADS AS AS THEY MOVE ALONG. 00:45:30 - MONTAGE AMERICAN MP'S AND GERMAN POLICE CONTROL TRAFFIC OF MILITARY VEHICLES MOVING ACROSS AUTOBAHN. 00:46:14 - PROVOST MARSHALL SITS IN JEEP AND EXPLAINS HIS & HIS MP'S ROLE IN CONTROLLING FLOW OF TRAFFIC. 00:46:51 - MONTAGE TANKS ROLL THROUGH SMALL TOWN, ARE GREETED BY CHILDREN AND ADULTS. MP HOLDS UP FLOW OF TRAFFIC TO HELP 2 KIDS CROSS STREET. 00:48:11 - GIS LINE UP OUTDOOR AT BIVOUAC AREA FOR CHOW. CU STEAK IS PLACED IN METAL TRAY HELD OUT BY GI. 00:48:31 - MAJOR CHARLES E. TERRECK TELLS OF CHALLENGE OF FEEDING A FULL DIVISION OF TROOPS. 00:48:58 - GIS LINE UP OUTDOORS FOR THEIR PAYCHECKS. 00:49:22 - TWO OFFICERS READ MAP SPREAD OUT ON HOOD OF JEEP. 00:50:14 - MONTAGE TANKS OF THE "AGGRESSOR" FORCE MOVE INTO POSITION DURING MANEUVERS 00:51:14 - TANK CREW SIT ON TOP OF TANK AND HAVE LUNCH. 00:51:35 - JET FIGHTERS ZOOM OVERHEAD. 00:52:10 - TANKS AND TROOPS MOVE INTO TOWN AND TAKE POSITIONS 00:52:16 - MILITARY OFFICIALS FROM 7 NATO COUNTRIES READ MAP SPREAD OUT ON HOOD OF VEHICLE. 00:53:00 - MONTAGE GIS WASH DOWN TANKS AND TRUCKS WITH WATER HOSES AFTER END OF MANEUVERS. 00:53:55 - THE 4 TANK CREWMEN, ONE BLACK, TAKE TOUR OF SCENIC AREA IN GERMANY AFTER MANEUVERS END. 00:54:26 - THE MEN STOP 2 GERMAN GIRLS & ASK THEM TO EXPLAIN LANDMARK, WHICH THEY DO IN GERMAN. BLACK GI SHAKES HIS HEAD & TELLS THEM, IN GERMAN, HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND, WHEREBY THE GIRL EXPLAINS IN PERFECT ENGLISH. 00:56:02 - AS JET PLANES LAND AND MECHANIZED EQUIPMENT ROLLS ALONG THE LANDSCAPE, THE LATE JOHN F. KENNEDY'S SPEECH IS HEARD. HE SAYS, "WE NEED A STRONG ARMY WHICH IS THE POINT OF THE SPEAR"
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1963
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1175A