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"COMMENCE FIRING"
A REVIEW OF MASRKSMANSHIP IN THE ARMY WITH A VISIT TO THE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY AND TO CAMP PERRY, OHIO, FOR THE WORLD SERIES OF MARKSMANSHIP.
A REVIEW OF MASRKSMANSHIP IN THE ARMY WITH A VISIT TO THE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY AND TO CAMP PERRY, OHIO, FOR THE WORLD SERIES OF MARKSMANSHIP.
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| 00:59:10 6.8 |
NARRATOR TELLS THE IMPORTANCE OF MARKSMANSHIP.
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| 00:59:36 32.8 |
LS- A REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER RAMS THE BARREL OF A CANNON AS A YOUNG SOLDIER HANDS HIM THE WICK FOR FIRING. (HISTORIAL RECREATIONS)
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| 00:59:42 38.8 |
CU- COLONIAL MAN WRITES WITH A QUILL IN A LEDGER.
AS SEEN FROM BEHIND HIM. MS- HE PICK UP HIS LONG RIFLE. CU- A COLONIAL SOLDIER LOOKS FROM SIDE TO SIDE AS HE STANDS GUARD. |
| 01:00:01 57.8 |
MS- THE 13 STAR COLONIAL FLAG WAVES IN THE WIND.
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| 01:00:06 62.8 |
LS- ARMORY BUILDING IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETS ESTABLISHED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON IN 1794 WHERE A BASIC WEAPON WAS CREATED FOR OUR FIGHTING FORCES
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| 01:00:22 78.8 |
MS- THE ORIGINAL LATHE FOR TURNING GUN STOCKS IN THE ARMORY MUSEUM. ALSO SHOWN IS THE GATTLING GUN AND OTHER ANTIQUES OF WAR.
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| 01:01:11 127.8 |
LS- SOLDIERS IN PERIOD UNIFORMS PLAY-ACT A BATTLE OF BULL RUN SCENE OF THE CIVIL WAR.
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| 01:01:42 158.8 |
CU- PAGES BEING TURNED OF A BILL IN 1903 CREATING THE NATIONAL BUREAU FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE WHICH RESULTED FROM THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR SIGNED BY PRESIDENT TEDDY ROOSEVELT
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| 01:01:53 169.8 |
LS- CIVILIAN GUARDSMEN ENTER ONE OF THE NATIONS MANY ARMORIES BUILT IN THE MAJOR CITIES
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| 01:02:02 178.8 |
MONTAGE- GERMAN SOLDIERS ON HORSEBACK AND ON FOOT MARCH IN THE STREETS OF GERMANY, ON THEIR WAY TO WAR IN 1914
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| 01:02:18 194.8 |
LS- HUGE CROWD OF AMERICAN DOUGHBOYS GATHER TO BOARD RAILROAD BOX CARS FOR TRIP TO EUROPE.
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| 01:02:29 205.8 |
MS- AMERICAN DOUGHBOY TAKES AIM AND FIRES FROM BEHIND BARRRICADE IN WWI AS DOES A MACHINE CREW.
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| 01:02:52 228.8 |
MS- WWI MORTAR CREW FIRE FROM A FOX-HOLE. MS- WWI ARTILLERY CREW FIRE A CANNONLS- A WWI OBSERVATION BALLOON RISES TO THE SKY.
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| 01:03:20 256.8 |
MS- A DUCK HUNTER BLOWS ON A DUCK LURE AS HE HOLDS HIS RIFLE. MS- 2 HUNTERS RISE FROM THE BRUSH, TAKE AIM AND FIRE, DUCKS FALL INTO THE WATER
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| 01:03:37 273.8 |
CU- HUNTER AIMS AND FIRES. LS- DUCK IS HIT FALLS FROM THE SKY. LS- HUNTERS WALK AWAY WITH THEIR 'CATCH'.
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| 01:03:55 291.8 |
MONTAGE- AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON MANEUVERS IN 1936 USING THE 'NEW' GARAND M-1 RIFLE AND OLD WWI HELMET
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| 01:04:07 303.8 |
MS- SOLDIER LIES ON GROUND AND FIRES HIS RIFLE.
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| 01:04:15 311.8 |
LS- SPRINGFIELD ARMORY SMALL ARMS CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
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| 01:04:22 318.8 |
JOHN GARAND, INVENTOR OF THE NEW RIFLE, EXPLAINS THE EVOLUTION OF THE RIFLE. MS- GARAND SHOWS RIFLES DEVELOPED BY THE ARMORY DATING BACK TO 1795 TO THE PRESENT M-1.
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| 01:07:38 514.8 |
MS- A STEEL WORKER AT THE ARMS PLANT PULLS OUT A MOLTEN STEEL OBJECT WHICH IS POUNDED BY A DROP FORGE MACHINE AND FLATTENED AS HE GUIDES IT.
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| 01:08:08 544.8 |
MS- BORING MACHINE DRILLS OUT A BARREL. MONTAGE-
MEN WORKING AT VARIOUS MACHINERY PRODUCING THE RIFLE INCLUDING A 'BARREL STRAIGHTENER', A STRANGE LOOKING MACHINE . |
| 01:09:52 648.8 |
MS- A WOOD LATHE SHAPES THE STOCK. LS- MEN ASSEMBLE THE RIFLE AT A LONG WORK BENCH. MS- THE GUN IS LINED UP IN A VICE AND TEST FIRED INTO A FIRING BOX. MS- RACKS OF COMPLETED GUNS ARE ROLLED OUT BY THE WORKERS.
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| 01:11:38 754.8 |
MONTAGE- PEOPLE RUNNING THROUGH STREETS AS NAZIS BOMB THE CITIES OF EUROPE. MONTAGE- THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR BY JAPANESE AND OTHER WWII BATTLE SCENES
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| 01:14:03 899.8 |
MS- MEN SKEET SHOOTING WITH THEIR RIFLES. CU-
TARGETS BURSTING IN AIR |
| 01:14:29 925.8 |
MS- A GI INSTRUCTOR IN THE FIELD EXPLAINS THE M-1 AND (CU) WEIGHS IT ON A SCALE.HE SHOWS HOW TO AIM IT AND LOAD IT. MS- HE LIES PRONE ON THE GROUND AND FIRES IT REPEATEDLY AT TARGET.
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| 01:16:33 1049.8 |
LS- A CAN OF GASOLINE PLACED ON A POLE EXPLODES WHEN HIT BY BULLET FROM M-1
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| 01:17:43 1119.8 |
LS- NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS RIDING BICYCLES AND HORSES. MS- A NORTH KOREAN MORTAR CREW GOES INTO ACTION. MONTAGE- KOREAN WAR BATTLE SCENES.
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| 01:17:53 1129.8 |
CU- A GI USES A SNIPER SCOPE, CAPABLE OF 'SEEING'
IN THE DARK, ON HIS RIFLE AS HE AIMS. MS- HOW THE ENEMY LOOKS OVER THE DEVICE. |
| 01:19:18 1214.8 |
LS- CAMP PARRY, OHIO, THE SITE OF THE WORLD SERIES OF MARKSMANSHIP. MS- A TABLE FULL OF TROPHYS TO BE AWARDED AT THE 'NATIONAL MATCHES', SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION AND NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE.
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| 01:19:58 1254.8 |
MS- CIVILIAN ENTRANTS SIT AROUND WAITING FOR THE MATCHES TO START.AS DO MILITARY MEN.
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| 01:20:43 1299.8 |
LS- CIVILIANS LINE UP AND FIRE PISTOLS AT TARGETS LS- CIVILIANS LAY PRONE ON GROUND AND FIRE AT TARGETS. MS- ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF MATTHEW RIDGEWAY IS THERE TO AWARD TROPHYS.
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| 01:21:32 1348.8 |
MS- KIDS OF A JUNIOR RIFLE CLUB SITS ON GROUND AND LISTEN TO INSTRUCTORS OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
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| 01:22:11 1387.8 |
MS- THE KIDS LIE PRONE ON GROUND AND FIRE AT TARGETS. MS- A GIRL PEERS THROUGH A TELESCOPE THEN SETS UP TO FIRE HER RIFLE. MS- ALL THE KIDS WALK TO THEIR TARGETS TO CHECK THE RESULTS.
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| 01:23:36 1472.8 |
MS- A KID SITTING ON THE GROUND AT THE RANGE IS SHOWN HOW TO LOAD BY AN INSTRUCTOR. MS- A YOUNG PRETEEN KID AIMS, FIRES AND CHECKS THE TARGET WITH HIS BINOCULARS.
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