- Title: VM-1182A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:01:25 - COMBAT DEVELOPMENTS COMMAND IN THE COMPUTER AGE. U.S. ARMY COMBAT DEVELOPMENTS COMMAND AT FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA CONDUCTS COMPUTERIZED SURVIVABILITY TESTS ON HELICOPTERS 00:01:26 - CU HELICOPTER ROTOR SPINNING. GIS IN COMBAT ZONE IN VIETNAM RUN TO BOARD HELICOPTERS. HELICOPTER SQUADRON IN THE AIR OVER VIETNAM AT DUSK, AS SEEN FROM HELICOPTER RIDING CLOSE BY. 00:02:17 - HELICOPTERS LAND IN OPEN FIELD, GIS RUN OUT & HIT THE DIRT, THEN RUN INTO THE JUNGLE. 00:03:21 - U.S. ARMY COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND HEADQUARTERS. BUILDING AT FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA. SIGN ON BUILDING: "TODAY'S VISION TOMORROW'S VICTORY" 00:04:27 - STAFF CAR PULLS UP TO BUILDING, OFFICER WITH BRIEFCASE STEPS OUT. GI LEAVING BUILDING SALUTES OFFICER AS HE WALKS IN 00:05:01 - 2 OFFICERS CHECK CHARTS AND PRINTOUTS INSIDE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS. THEY WALK OVER TO LARGE U. S. WALL MAP WHICH SHOW LOCATIONS OF ARMY INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT COUNTRY. 00:05:55 - OFFICER POINTS TO FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA & HUNTER LIGGET MILITARY RESERVATION IN SOUTH WEST U.S. AERIAL VIEW OF FORT ORD. PAN 00:06:23 - ARMY OFFICERS CHECK OUT SMALL TRANSISTORIZED COMPONENT AT COMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT CENTER. 00:06:35 - CIVILIAN ENGINEERS SIT AT 1960s TAPE RECORDERS TO ANALYZE DATA. CIVILIAN & MILITARY MEN PASS SMALL ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AROUND TABLE FOR EACH OFFICIAL TO EXAMINE. 00:07:04 - CU VINTAGE UNIVAC COMPUTER RECORDS DATA ON TAPE. EARLY COMPUTER 00:07:42 - CU OFFICER READS RESULTS OF TEST ON PRINT OUT SHEETS OF COMPUTER 00:08:15 - GI GUN CREW SHOOTS AT DRONE HELICOPTER DURING AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY TEST. 00:09:00 - CU BLACK MAJOR READS RESULTS REPORT OF AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY TEST 00:10:44 - CU HELICOPTER PILOT WITH REMOTE CONTROL UNIT ON LAP, CONTROLS "DRONE" TARGET HELICOPTER FLYING OVER "HOSTILE" TERRITORY. GIS BELOW FIRE WITH RIFLES, TANK CANNONS, MACHINE GUNS, AND OTHER WEAPONS USING BLANK AMMO 00:10:58 - AERIAL HELICOPTER SPEEDS AT LOW LEVELS TO AVOID DETECTION AS SEEN FROM HELICOPTER FOLLOWING ABOVE. 00:12:07 - GI MAKES LAST MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS TO PILOTLESS "DRONE" HELICOPTER BEFORE SENDING IT UP FOR TARGET PRACTICE IN AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY TESTS. GI SETS UP RECORDING UNIT IN DRONE. 00:13:20 - THE "DRONE IS LIFTED WITH 2000 FOOT LONG WIRES BY LARGE HELICOPTER WHO CARRY IT AS TARGET FOR GI TO SHOOT AT. THE "TARGET SUSTAINS FEW HITS FROM HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS FIRED. 00:14:56 - GI HAND DIRECTS TRACKING ANTENNA AT DRONE FROM ATOP PORTABLE STATION. VINTAGE COMPUTER RECORDS THE EVENT ON GIANT TAPES. HITS AND NEAR-MISSES ARE RECORDED ELECTRONICALLY 00:15:34 - ELS DRONE HELICOPTER FINALLY IS HIT. IT BREAKS UP AND TUMBLES TO EARTH. 00:15:52 - MAN FEEDS HUGE TAPES TO OLD UNIVAC UPRIGHT COMPUTERS. 00:17:00 - TANK CANNON FIRES AND HITS DRONE HELICOPTER WHICH FALLS TO GROUND. 00:17:28 - TANK MAN GETS INTO TANK AND BATTENS DOWN THE HATCH IN TEST OF TANKS ARMOR DURABILITY. TANK SURVIVES REPEATED DIRECT HIT FROM ROCKETS FIRED FROM HELICOPTER, BUT CONTAINING NO WAR HEADS. 00:18:20 - MONTAGE HELICOPTERS FIRE AND HIT MOVING TANKS WITH "DUMMY" GUIDED MISSILES 00:21:02 - MONTAGE PORTABLE FIELD UNIT CONTROLS, BY COMPUTER, NUMEROUS POP-UP TARGETS IN FIELD USED TO TRAIN GIS IN RIFLE PRACTICE. 00:21:24 - CU SILHOUETTE TARGET POPS UP AND SMALL SMOKE MAKING UNIT BLOWS SMOKE TO GIVE IMPRESSION OF TARGET FIRING BACK. DOZENS OF TARGETS POP UP FROM ALL OVER FIELD UNDER REALISTIC CONDITIONS. 00:22:31 - GI ENTERS COMPUTER VAN AND PREPARES COMPUTERS FOR TEST OF RIFLE FIRING TESTS AT COMPUTERIZED FIELD RANGE. TAPES ARE RESET IN COMPUTERS. 00:24:21 - AFTER EXITING BRIEFING TENT, GIS LINE UP & PICK UP SPECIAL AMMUNITION. GI RAISES RED FLAG TO CAUTION, TEST IN PROGRESS. 00:25:00 - GI STANDS IN FOX HOLE AND LINES UP HIS AMMO ON GROUND, THEN TAKES HIS FIRING POSITION IN FOXHOLE. CU GI AIMS HIS RIFLE, PAN TO ACOUSTIC RECORDING DEVICE NEAR HIM. 00:25:40 - GI IN CONTROL ROOM ANNOUNCES "COMMENCE FIRING" AND THE 9 GIS FIRE AT POP-UP TARGETS CONTROLLED FROM CONTROL ROOM. HEAVY SMOKE FILLS AIR FROM SMOKE MACHINES. 00:26:08 - CU POP-UP TARGET DROPS WITH HOLE IN CHEST. CU RED LIGHT IN CONTROL PANEL RECORDS HIT. TAPES ON COMPUTER RECORD THE ACTIONS. 00:26:56 - GI FIRES AT 4 TARGETS IN THE DISTANCE, & HITS EACH ONE. TAPE OF TEST IS REMOVED FROM COMPUTER & SENT TO HEADQUARTERS. 00:28:38 - MEN AND WOMEN WORK IN OFFICE WITH WALLS LINED WITH HUGE UPRIGHT COMPUTERS. RESULTS OF FIELD TEST ARE PLACED INTO COMPUTER AND ANALYZED
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1966
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1182A