1950MILITARY
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| 01:00:38 11.7 |
"OPERATION DANVILLE"
A COMMUNITY IS OVERRUN BY ENEMY FORCES AND LATER LIBERATED BY FRIENDLY FORCES OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. |
| 01:00:43 16.7 |
LS- HEAVY TRAFFIC IN THE SMALL CITY OF DANVILLE,
VIRGINIA. MS- PEOPLE BUSILY GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS DOWNTOWN. |
| 01:02:40 133.7 |
MS- MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS LEAVE THE DANRIVER
FABRICS MILL AS A GUARD WATCHES AT THE GATE. |
| 01:02:54 147.7 |
MONTAGE- QUAINT OLD HOMES IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA
WHICH DATE BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR WHEN DANVILLE SERVED AS THE CONFEDERATE CAPITAL. |
| 01:03:41 194.7 |
LS- DRIVERS LOOK FOR SPOTS IN A CROWDED PARKING
LOT. |
| 01:03:55 208.7 |
MS- MAYOR SIMPSOM AND HIS CITY MANAGER MEET
OUTSIDE MUNICIPAL BUILDING WITH CHIEF OF POLICE JAMES GARRETT TO DISCUSS THEIR ROLL IN 'OPERATION DANVILLE' WHERE AN AGGRESSOR FORCE WILL TAKE OVER DANVILLE. |
| 01:04:17 230.7 |
MONTAGE- TOBACCO BUYERS PERUSE SAMPLES OF TOBACCO
LEAVES PILED HIGH IN BUNDLES AS AUCTIONEER DOES HIS FAST DOUBLE-TALKING PITCH IN THE BACKGROUND. |
| 01:04:39 252.7 |
MS- CROWD OF BUYERS HANDLE AND SMELL THE LEAVES.
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| 01:05:10 283.7 |
'ENEMY' TROOPS DRIVE INTO DANVILLE, FOLLOWED BY
A FORCE ON FOOT. THE CHIEF OF POLICE, GARRETT, IS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. |
| 01:06:05 338.7 |
MS- AS SPECTATORS LOOK ON CHIEF GARRET HOLDS HIS
HANDS UP AND IS SEARCHED. MS- 'ENEMY' SENTRIES GUARD CITY HALL. |
| 01:06:35 368.7 |
MS- AN ARMED DETAIL WALK INTO THE MUNICIPAL
BUILDING & 'ARREST' THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER MS- THE ARMED GUARD AND THEIR PRISONERS WALK DOWN THE LONG STEPS OF THE BUILDING |
| 01:07:29 422.7 |
MS- THE 'ENEMY' TROOPS ROUGH UP A PRISONER AND
BIND HIM HAND AND FEET AS HE STRUGGLES. |
| 01:07:46 439.7 |
MS- THE CITY OFFICIALS ARE FED ARMY RATIONS IN
THEIR OUTDOOR 'STOCKADE'. |
| 01:08:11 464.7 |
MS- AGGRESSOR TROOPS RIDE AMID OTHER TRAFFIC AS
THEY PATROL THE STREETS IN JEEPS |
| 01:08:19 472.7 |
MS- PROMINENT CITIZENS ARE TAKEN AND BLIND FOLDED
MS- CROWDS ARE PUSHED BACK BY THE 'ENEMY' TROOPS. USING THEIR RIFLES. CURFEW SIGNS ARE POSTED. |
| 01:09:19 532.7 |
MS- PROCLAMATIONS ARE POSTED. MS- AN ANGRY YOUNG
CITIZEN RIPS A POSTER IN PROTEST. |
| 01:09:38 551.7 |
MONTAGE-'ENEMY' PROPAGANDISTS, MEN & WOMEN, RIDE
THROUGH TOWN IN JEEPS SPEAKING OVER LOUDSPEAKERS |
| 01:10:10 583.7 |
LS- 'ENEMY' SOLDIERS LED BY A BAND PARADE THROUGH
TOWN. LS- THE MILITARY LEADER MAKES A SPEECH FROM A REVIEWING STAND. MS- A CLOSED FIST SALUTE AND A CHEER BY THE TROOPS AFTER THE SPEECH |
| 01:14:10 823.7 |
LS- A ARMY LIGHT-PLANE FROM THE 82ND AIRBORNE
SWOOPS DOWN AND DROPS LEAFLETS. LS- LEAFLETS FALL IN THE HEART OF THE TOWN. MS- 2 WOMEN STOOP TO PICK SOME UP AND READ THEM. |
| 01:14:43 856.7 |
LS- CROWDS OF PEOPLE IN TOWN PICK UP LEAFLETS
WHICH TELLS THEM HELP IS ON THE WAY |
| 01:15:18 891.7 |
LS- PARATROOPS DROP NEAR THE TOWN IN EXERCISE
'DRAGONHEAD'. THEY MEET WITH GUERRILLA FORCES |
| 01:16:37 970.7 |
MS- HUNDREDS OF GUERRILLAS MADE UP OF HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS GO ON THE ATTACK. MONTAGE- BATTLES ENSUE BETWEEN THE PARATROOPS AND THE 'ENEMY' FORCES. |
| 01:17:16 1009.7 |
MS- AMERICANS ENTER THE CITY IN JEEPS AS WORKERS
WATCH FROM OFFICE WINDOWS. MONTAGE- STREET FIGHTS ENSUE AS THE U.S. TROOPS 'LIBERATE' THE CITY'S OFFICIALS. |
| 01:18:32 1085.7 |
MS- 'ENEMY' SOLDIERS GUARDING THE MUNICIPAL
BUILDING ARE OVERPOWERED AND TAKEN PRISONER AS SPECTATORS WATCH. |
| 01:19:13 1126.7 |
MS- THE MAYOR PINS THE BADGE BACK ONTO CHIEF
GARRETT'S CHEST, RESTORING HIM TO POWER. |
| 01:19:50 1163.7 |
MONTAGE- A CITY WITH BAND AND MAJORETTES JOIN
THE ARMY IN A PARADE DOWN THE AVENUE |
| 01:20:50 1223.7 |
LS- A COMMANDER OF THE STRATEGIC ARMY CORP (STRAC)
OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE MAKES A SPEECH OFFICIALLY LIBERATING THE TOWN AND RESTORING THE MAYOR. |
| 01:22:57 1350.7 |
LS- COMMANDING GENERAL SING OF STRAC, ALSO MAKES
A SPEECH, FOLLOWED BY THE MAYOR. |
| 01:25:26 1499.7 |
MS- THE U.S. FLAG IS RAISED IN THE TOWN SQUARE.
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| 01:25:34 1507.7 |
MONTAGE- MEETINGS BETWEEN CITY OFFICIALS AND ARMY
EXPERTS TO GET THE TOWN BACK IN ORDER. |
| 01:26:20 1553.7 |
MS- KIDS PLAY WITH ARMY WEAPONS ON DISPLAY AND
UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF A GI. LS- KIDS JUMP OFF A PLATFORM WEARING A PARACHUTE HARNESS AND GET THE FEEL OF A PARACHUTE JUMP. |
| 01:27:00 1593.7 |
CU- TALKING HEADS- ARMY OFFICER, THE MAYOR AND A
WOMAN CIVILIAN GIVE THEIR THOUGHT OF THE EXERCISE |
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