- Title: VM-1177
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE: "SCIENCE MOVES THE ARMY" ARMY & CIVILIAN ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS AT ARMY TANK AUTOMOTIVE CENTER IN DETROIT, DEVELOP AND TEST MATERIALS USED IN ARMY VEHICLES AND TANKS, UNDER ALL SORTS OF EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS.
- Description:01:03:37 - AERIAL ARMY TANK AUTOMOTIVE CENTER, ATAC, & ITS COMPONENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES IN DETROIT. 01:03:48 - TOP FLIGHT SCIENTIST AND ENGINEERS ENTER AUDITORIUM. NEW SMALL TANK-LIKE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 1 MAN IS DRIVEN ON STAGE, TOWARDS CAMERA. 01:04:41 - BLACK FEMALE MICRO-BIOLOGIST EXAMINES SLIDE UNDER MICROSCOPE. BLACK ASSISTANT HANDS HER SLIDE. MOVING ORGANISMS AS SEEN UNDER MICROSCOPE 01:05:58 - MALE SCIENTIST SCRAPES OZONE PARTICLES FROM TIRE, THAT COULD CAUSE DETERIORATION WHEN TIRE IS IN STORAGE, SCIENTIST TAKES SAMPLE OF TIRE TREATED BY ANTI-OZONATE MATERIAL & IT SHOWS NO DETERIORATION 01:07:00 - SCIENTIST SHOWS ARMY TANK THREADS SECTIONS BEING TESTED IN LAB, AS WELL AS HUNDREDS OF OTHER COMPOUNDS PLACED IN MACHINES AND OVENS 01:08:18 - WELDER WITH MASK TESTS VARIOUS TYPES OF WELDS. ENGINEER IN HARD HAT PLACES SHELL IN CANON THEN RUNS BEHIND BARRICADE AS THE GUN IS FIRED AUTOMATICALLY TO TEST WELDED PIECE. 01:09:11 - ENGINEER GIVES HAND MOTIONS TO DIRECT LARGE X-RAY MACHINE TOWARDS ARMY TANK TO TEST FOR STRUCTURAL DEFECTS. 01:09:27 - ENGINEERS EXAMINE X-RAYS WHICH PENETRATED 26 INCHES OF SOLID STEEL. 01:09:56 - SCIENTIST TESTS NEW BATTERIES. CU SCIENTIST DROPS CAR BATTERY TO GROUND FROM ATOP 6 FOOT LADDER TO TEST ITS MATERIALS DURANCE. 01:10:34 - BATTERY AND PORTABLE GENERATOR ARE TESTED AFTER BEING IN FREEZER. GENERATOR STARTS EASILY. 01:10:51 - SCIENTIST TEST GENERATOR ON PRE-PROGRAMMED DYNAMOMETER FOR 1000 CONSECUTIVE HOURS AT MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM SPEEDS. 01:12:16 - WORKER PLACES TANK TRACK IN TRACK BLOCK TESTER WHICH PUTS IT UNDER TREMENDOUS PUNISHMENT. 01:13:00 - ARMY TANK AIR FILTER IS TESTED AT ENVIRONMENTAL LAB WHERE DUST AND OTHER PARTICLES ARE INDUCED INTO FILTER TO SIMULATE EXTREME CONDITIONS. 01:13:16 - TWO SCIENTISTS, WEARING ARCTIC PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, ENTER FREEZER TO CHECK TANKS BEING TESTED AT 65 DEGREES BELOW. 01:13:48 - SCIENTIST WATCHES THROUGH OUTSIDE WINDOW & GIVES INSTRUCTIONS OVER MIKE. HE CHECKS RECORDING INSTRUMENTS ON PANEL BOARD. 01:14:49 - HUGE HEATING GRILLS IN A WIND TUNNEL ALLOWS SCIENTISTS TO CHECK EQUIPMENT UNDER SEVERE HEAT CONDITIONS REACHING 160 DEGREES. 01:17:34 - MARINE OFFICER LOOKS AT ARMY OFFICER & NODS APPROVAL AS TO MULTI-FUEL ENGINE BEING TESTED. 01:17:50 - ARMY TANK WITH A HUGE SNORKEL ATTACHMENT ROLLS INTO POOL OF WATER UNTIL IT IS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED, RIDES ACROSS THE BOTTOM AND EXITS ON OTHER SIDE. 01:18:43 - ARMY "MULE" VEHICLE WITH CONVENTIONAL WHEELS AND ONE WITH STRANGE LOOKING HUBLESS WHEELS, DO TUG OF WAR TO SEE WHICH ONE IS STRONGER. NEW HUBLESS WHEEL VARIETY WINS EASILY. 01:20:00 - MINIATURE VEHICLES WITH NEW TYPE TRACKS ARE REMOTE CONTROL TESTED IN SAND BOX, BY ARMY ENGINEER. 01:20:51 - SCUBA DIVER SWIMS, IN A TESTING POOL, BEHIND MINIATURE MODEL WITH CAMERA IN HAND AND FILMS THE ACTION UNDER WATER. 01:21:16 - SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS WATCH SCALE MODEL AMPHIBIAN VEHICLE, BEING TESTED BY REMOTE CONTROL, IN TESTING POOL 01:21:44 - PROPELLER DRIVEN AERIAL OBSERVATION DEVICE, WHICH CAN CARRY TELEVISION CAMERA TO HEIGHT OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET, IS TESTED. STRANGE DEVICE RISES LIKE HELICOPTER. 01:22:20 - ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS HOW DEVICE IS USED IN COMBAT 01:22:52 - ENGINEER CHECKS NEW SUSPENSION SYSTEM IN TANK. TRACKS MOVE TO CONTOUR OF ROAD. 01:24:46 - TWO SCIENTISTS CHECK OIL FILTER, WITH GEIGER COUNTER, AFTER RADIOACTIVE OIL IS ADDED. CU ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER AUTOMATICALLY PRINTS OUT FINDINGS OF TEST. 01:25:23 - SCIENTIST WITH AUDIO EQUIPMENT, RECORDS SOUNDS OF TANK AS IT ROLLS BY. IN LAB, HE FEEDS SOUNDS IN ANALYZER AND RECORDS THEM SO ARMY CAN IDENTIFY FRIENDLY VEHICLES AT THE FRONT. 01:26:26 - TWO SCIENTIST PLACE TANK VISION BLOCK IN MACHINE WHICH ELECTRONICALLY COATS IT WITH THIN LAYER OF EXPERIMENTAL SUBSTANCE REDUCING REFLECTION AND GLARE ON VISION BLOCK. 01:27:50 - EXECUTIVE SHOWS SCIENTISTS AT MEETING DRAWINGS OF FUTURISTIC TANKS BEING RESEARCHED
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1965
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1177