- Title: VM-1183
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:01:27 - "YOUR ARMY REPORTS" HOSTED BY ACTOR DANA ANDREWS. ANDREWS IS SEEN AS HE INTRODUCES & NARRATES THIS MULTI-STORIED SEGMENT WHICH INCLUDE: U.S. ARMY'S INVOLVEMENT IN CIVIC ACTION OTHER, THAN VIETNAM, IN SOUTH AMERICA, CHINESE NATIONALISTS ON ISLAND OF MATSU. 01:01:51 - ACTOR DANA ANDREWS SPEAKS FROM HIS LIVING ROOM AND TELLS ABOUT THE ARMY'S MILITARY UNITS & ADVISORS IN VIETNAM AND OTHER LANDS ITS ROLE IN FIGHTING THIRST, POVERTY & DISEASE IN UNDERDEVELOPED AREAS OF WORLD. 01:02:45 - AERIAL PLANE CARRYING A U.S. GEODETIC TEAM TO MAP LAND, FLIES OVER DENSE FORESTS OF EQUADOR SEARCHING FOR WATER DEPOSITS. CU MANS HANDS AT STEERING WHEEL OF PLANE. 01:03:23 - GI OF 937TH ENGINEERING COMPANY PEERS THROUGH LATEST DEVICE IN CARTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHY REPRODUCTION. CU HIS HAND TURNS WHEEL TO BRING DEVICE INTO FOCUS. 01:03:44 - GI CHECKS AERIAL PHOTOS AND MARKS SPOTS WHERE WATER IS FOUND 01:04:03 - MALE AND FEMALE NATIVE INDIAN WORKERS, UNDER SUPERVISION OF U. S. ENGINEERS, USE SHOVELS TO DIG IRRIGATION DITCH IN RUGGED ANDES. ENGINEER TAKES SHOVEL AND SHOWS FEMALE PROPER WAY TO DIG. 01:04:40 - CU NATIVE BREAKS ROCK INTO SMALLER PIECES, ENGINEER PLACES PIECES AROUND PIPE IN DITCH. 01:04:57 - GI WITH BERET HELPS INDIAN WOMAN UNLOAD HEAVY PIPE SECTIONS FROM TRUCK. 01:05:19 - PAN OF VALLEY OF ESPIRANZA IN BOLIVIA WHERE DELINQUENT BOYS ARE HOUSED IN A SORT OF BOY'S TOWN IN THE HILLS. U.S. ARMY PICK UP TRUCK ARRIVES AT THE HOME WITH ARMY ADVISORS 01:06:05 - YOUNG INMATES UNLOAD SACKS OF BUILDING SUPPLIES FROM TRUCK. YOUNGSTERS CHOP WOOD & CLEAR AREA FOR PROJECT. THEY DIG IRRIGATION DITCHES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF ADVISORS. 01:06:11 - YOUNG BOYS USE PLANERS AND OTHER DONATED CARPENTRY TOOLS IN A WORK SHOP. 01:06:58 - ADULT SUPERVISOR BANGS CHOW BELL WITH METAL TOOL. TEENAGE AND YOUNGER BOYS STAND AT TABLE BEFORE THEIR DISHES AND DO SIGN OF CROSS BEFORE EATING. 01:07:21 - YOUNGSTERS ARE HANDED OUT BOOKS BY ADULT TEACHERS AS THEY SIT AT OUTDOOR BENCHES. MALE TEACHER READS TO THEM IN EDUCATION PROGRAM. ANOTHER TEACHER WRITE ON CRUDE BLACKBOARD. 01:07:47 - YOUNGER BOYS USE HAMMER AND CHISEL TO CHOP SMALL ROCKS. ANOTHER DOES STONE CARVING WITH KNIFE. CU TEACHER HOLDS SMALL FLAT STONE CARVINGS MADE INTO AMULETS, FOR SALE IN MARKET PLACE 01:08:37 - YOUNGSTERS SWIM IN POOL CARVED OUT OF MOUNTAIN ROCK 01:09:23 - ACTOR DANA ANDREWS TELLS OF U. S. MILITARY ADVISORS HELPING CHINESE NATIONALISTS ON ISLAND OF MATSU. 01:09:38 - MATSU DEFENSE COMMAND ADVISOR TEAM, MDCAT, HEADQUARTERS BUILDING ON MATSU. 01:10:14 - CHINESE DENTIST WORKS ON CHINESE SOLDIER'S MOUTH. MONTAGE AMERICAN NURSES & DOCTORS TEND TO CIVILIANS WHO LINE UP FOR EXAMINATION. U.S. NURSE COMFORTS SCREAMING LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS JUST INJECTED BY DOCTOR. 01:10:38 - CHINESE STUDENTS ATTEND ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES GIVEN BY U.S. MILITARY ADVISOR. GIRL & BOY STUDENTS ARE SEPARATED IN CLASSROOM. TEACHER SPEAKS IN ENGLISH AND TRANSLATOR IN CHINESE. 01:11:15 - U.S. ARMY TEACHER TELLS STUDENTS, "WE'RE OFF TO NEW YORK, "TAXI, TAXI"!, STUDENTS REPLY, "TAXI, TAXI"! STUDENTS REPEAT TEACHERS OTHER REMARKS IN ENGLISH. 01:12:36 - AIRBORNE PATROL DROP BEHIND "ENEMY" LINES. GIS OF COMPANY C, LONG RANGE PATROL, OF 58TH INFANTRY, SCALE DOWN HILL SIDE IN RAPID DESCENT METHOD, USING ROPES TIED AROUND WAISTS & ATTACHED TO TREES. 01:13:13 - GI STARTS DESCENT WITH A "WOUNDED" GI ON HIS BACK IN TRAINING FOR RESCUE OPERATION. 5 MAN PATROL TEAM OBSERVES BEHIND ENEMY LINES & REPORTS TO COMMAND VIA MORSE CODE 01:13:38 - HEADQUARTERS GI WITH HEADPHONES LISTENS TO MESSAGE & WRITES IT DOWN. TROOPS ARE ALERTED & RUN OUT OF BARRACKS READY FOR ACTION. 01:14:07 - TWO PARATROOPS SIT AT SIDE DOOR OF HELICOPTER, WITH FEET DANGLING AS IT TAKES OFF. PATROL OFFICER ON GROUND CALLS HELICOPTER ON RADIO. ELS PARATROOP PATROL DROPS FROM HELICOPTER. 01:15:00 - WEST GERMAN SOLDIER WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PARATROOP EXERCISE PROUDLY RECEIVES HIS PARATROOP WINGS. 01:15:27 - NEW PATROL AIR CUSHION VEHICLE BEING USED ALONG WATERWAYS IN VIETNAM. DANA ANDREWS TELLS OF PATROL AIR CUSHION VEHICLES, CALLED PAC V'S, BEING USED IN VIETNAM. 01:15:58 - LARGE AIRPLANE PROPELLER & 2 50 CALIBER MACHINE GUNS ON STRANGE LOOKING VEHICLE WHICH SKIM ON RICE PADDIES & RIVERS AT HIGH SPEED. 2 ATTACK HELICOPTERS ACCOMPANY PAC V'S ON WATERWAY PATROL 01:17:22 - PAC V RUSHES TO UNIDENTIFIED BOAT REPORTED BY HELICOPTER, WHICH TURNS OUT TO BE WOMEN IN SMALL CANOE WITH HER CHILDREN WHO WERE SENT FROM HOME BY VIET CONG WHO IS USING HER HOUSE AS STRONGHOLD 01:17:40 - FAMILY IS GIVEN FOOD AND CLOTHING & ALLOWED TO CONTINUE ALONG THEIR WAY. 01:18:23 - HELICOPTER MACHINE GUNNER PEPPERS VIETCONG POSITION IN THE SWAMP. CHATTERING MACHINE GUN FIRES CONTINUOUSLY. 01:19:18 - PAC V FIRES AT TARGET WITH ITS MACHINE GUNS FROM SEA LEVEL AS HELICOPTER FIRES FROM ABOVE. 01:20:14 - AMBUSH SCHOOL IN VIETNAM GI STANDS NEXT TO SIGN "24TH DIVISION AMBUSH ACADEMY", & TELLS ABOUT IT AT CU CHI, SOUTH VIETNAM 01:20:44 - CLASS OF GIS SIT AT OUTDOOR CLASS AND RECEIVE INSTRUCTION IN TACTICAL EXERCISE WHOSE AIM IS TO KEEP THE GI ALIVE. INSTRUCTOR INTRODUCES HIMSELF & BEGINS TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS ON "DAYLIGHT NAVIGATION" AND SUCCESSFUL AMBUSH. 01:21:54 - STUDENTS HIT THE GROUND AS EXPLOSIONS MAKE FOR REALISTIC EXERCISES. VETERAN INSTRUCTOR GIVES MEN DIRECTIONS IN THE FIELD. MEN IN CLASSROOM LISTEN ATTENTIVELY AS INSTRUCTOR GIVES LESSON. 01:24:29 - SIGN AT SCHOOL ENTRANCE, "TO KILL A TIGER, LEARN THE WAYS OF A TIGER". 01:25:25 - GI PATROL LEAVE TENT CAMP FOR MISSION IN VIETNAM JUNGLE VIA HELICOPTER. IN JUNGLE, GIS ARE BRIEFED BY OFFICER, AND MOVES INTO DENSE JUNGLE. 01:26:57 - GIS RETURN SNIPER AND MACHINE GUN FIRE IN JUNGLE. HELICOPTER LANDS AND GIS EVACUATE. 01:27:47 - GI IS GIVEN PURPLE HEART FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED IN COMBAT. 01:28:05 - CU ACTOR DANA ANDREWS MAKES CLOSING STATEMENTS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1967
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1183