VM-1040B

00:30:10 "MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON"
"OBSOLETE FILM". THE THIRD INFANTRY REGIMENT;
CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS;
CEREMONIAL COLOR GUARDS AT MOUNT VERNON ARE
INTERVIEWED. AN ALERT OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENSE
UNITS. TANKERS OF THE THIRD INFANTRY; AND MEN OF
THE 2ND BATTALION MOVE INTO POSITIONS. WASHINGTON,
DC SITES. PENTAGON BUILDING.
00:30:17 NARRATOR TELLS OF THE MANY IMPORTANT ARMY
ACTIVITIES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
00:30:41 LS- THE CAPITOL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
LS- LINCOLN MEMORIAL, GRANT'S TOMB AND THE
WASHINGTON MONUMENT. (JEFFERSON MEMORIAL)
00:31:00 AERIAL- THE PENTAGON BUILDING ACROSS FROM THE
PATOMAC RIVER. LS- T-7 BUILDING, HEADQUARTERS OF
THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
00:31:29 MS- GENERAL STOKES, COMMANDER OF T-7 SPEAKS AND
TELLS OF THE TASKS AND TRAINING OF THE MILITARY
IN HIS COMMAND.
00:32:27 LS- THE 3RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, THE MOST FAMOUS OF
ALL UNITS IN WASHINGTON MARCHES ACROSS APRON OF
AIRPORT TO ACT AS HONOR GUARD TO A VISITING
MINISTER OF THE ARMY OF SPAIN.
00:32:53 MS- THE 3RD SNAPS TO ATTENTION AS THE PLANE
TOUCHES DOWN. ONE OF THE DUTIES OF THE 3RD
INFANTRY IS GREETING FOREIGN DIGNATERIES
00:33:30 MS- GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY GREETS THE SPANISH
GENERAL AT THE PLANE AND THEY THEN INSPECT THE
HONOR GUARD AND THEN THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN
SOLDIER WHICH IS GUARDED BY THE 3RD INFANTRY
00:35:47 MS- GIS WATCH TV AND RELAX IN THE TOMB GUARD ROOM
MS- A GI PRESSES HIS UNIFORM AND PUTS A HIGH
POLISH ON HIS BOOTS.
00:36:17 LS- IMPRESSIVE RITUAL AT THE CHANGING OF THE
GUARD AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER.
MS- A CROWD WATCHES THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD.
00:37:30 MS- A LITTLE BOY WATCHES ONE OF THE SOLDIERS WALK
THE GUARD DUTY.
00:38:52 MS- 4 MEMBERS OF THE 3RD INFANTRY REGIMENT IN
COLONIAL UNIFORMS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WHEN
THE REGIMENT WAS FORMED. MS- A NARRATOR EXPLAINS
THE UNIFORM AND IT'S EQUIPMENT
00:40:57 MS- A BLACK AND A WHITE GI BRUSH DOWN 2 OF THE 7
PERFECTLY MATCHED WHITE HORSES AT FORT MEYER ARE
KEPT AND USED TO PULL THE CAISSON FOR IMPORTANT
FUNERALS AT NEARBY ARLINGTON CEMETERY.
00:41:23 MS- 2 GIS POLISH THE BRASS ON THE CAISSON.
00:41:35 MS- AS A GI HOLDS A BEAUTIFUL BLACK HORSE CALLED
THE 'CAPARISON HORSE', ANOTHER GI ATTACHES A PAIR
OF BOOTS FACING BACKWARD ON THE SADDLE, SYMBOL OF
A FALLEN HERO.
00:42:11 MS- AS OTHER HONOR GUARD GIS SIT ON WHITE HORSES
PULLING A CAISSON THE LEADER WALKS OVER TO THE
NARRATOR WITH HIS WHITE HORSE IN TOW.
00:42:37 MS- HOLDING THE WHITE HORSE CLOSE TO HIS FACE THE
SERGEANT-IN-CHARGE OF THE HONOR GUARD, EXPLAINS
THE WHOLE PROCEDURE AT A FUNERAL AND ABOUT THE
HORSES.
00:44:38 MONTAGE- 3RD INFANTRY PUTS ON DAZZLING DISPLAY OF
MARCHING INCLUDING A BAND. LS- GENERAL MATTHEW
RIDGEWAY IS THERE.
00:46:24 LS- ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERIES ON OUTSKIRTS OF
WASHINGTON, D.C. PROTECTING THAT CITY 24 HOURS A
DAY (PAN) NARRATOR SPEAKS TO THE BATTERY COMMANDER
WHO EXPLAINS HIS MISSION AND HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIS CIVILIAN NEIGHBORS.
00:49:10 MS- GIS OF THE ARTILLERY BATTERY PLAY SCRIMMAGE
FOOTBALL WITH NEIGHBORS KIDS AS A MOTHER TAKES A
CAKE TO THE KIDS WHO SHARE THEM WITH THE GIS.
00:49:33 MS- GIS AND KIDS TAKE A BITE OF CAKE. CU- A HAND
TAKES THE LAST PIECE FROM THE DISH.
00:49:49 CU- A RADAR ANTENNA ROTATES AND AN ALARM RINGS.
LS- GIS RUN TO THEIR BATTERIES AND MAN THE GUNS
AND PASS THE SHELLS.
00:50:17 CU- SIGN ON BARRACKS 'THE OLD GUARD'. MS- A BLACK
SERGEANT RECEIVES A PHONE CALL AND HURRIEDLY
RUNS AND AWAKENS HIS MEN FROM THEIR BUNKS.
THEY JUMP OUT OF BED AND RUN FOR THEIR GEAR.
00:51:20 MS- THE MEN GRAB THEIR RIFLES AND HEAVIER ARMS
OFF RACKS IN THR BARRACKS.
00:52:27 LS- MEN AND THEIR ARMS RUN TO THEIR TANKS, MOUNT
HEAVY MACHINE-GUNS AND UNCOVER THE CANNONS.
MS- SOLDIERS CLIMB ONTO WAITING TRUCKS. TANKS
SPEED DOWN HIGHWAY PASSING SUBURBAN HOMES ALONG
THE ROAD.
00:54:36 MS- CROWDS OF CIVILIAN WORKERS AND MILITARY MEN
LEAVE THE MILITARY JOBS FOR THE DAY.
00:55:28 LS- A BUGLER PLAYS 'TAPS' AT DUSK IN FRONT OF THE
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. LS- GRAVES AT
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
00:55:47 LS- CAPITOL DOME LIT UP AT NIGHT AS 'TAPS' IS
PLAYED.