1916-1962MILITARY
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"THIS IS OUR STRENGTH"
A GRANDSTAND SEAT FOR TV VIEWER WITH PRESIDENT KENNEDY, JFK, AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA TO APPRAISE THE STRENGTH OF 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION |
| 00:04:39 10.8 |
CU ZOOM IN OF ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION WHICH DESCRIBES HOW TO ELECT PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT'S POWERS & DUTIES, INCLUDING "COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMY & NAVY OF THE U.S., ETC."
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| 00:05:19 50.8 |
THE WHITE HOUSE. WILSON AT HIS DESK SIGNING BILL.
BLINDFOLDED WILSON PICKS NAME OUT OF A FISH BOWL FOR THE WWI DRAFT. |
| 00:05:44 75.8 |
WILSON IN FUR COAT AND TOP HAT ON REVIEWING STAND WITH GENERAL PERSHING AND OTHER MILITARY.
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| 00:05:50 81.8 |
PRESIDENT FDR SITS & CHATS WITH GENERAL MARSHALL AS OTHER MILITARY AND CIVILIAN LEADERS BEHIND THEM WATCH
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| 00:05:56 87.8 |
PRESIDENT TRUMAN SITS IN REVIEWING STANDS WITH HIS GENERALS.
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| 00:06:21 112.8 |
GENERALS AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MCNAMARA PRECEDE JFK OFF PRESIDENTIAL PLANE AS THEY ARRIVE AT FORT BRAGG
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| 00:06:54 145.8 |
PAN OF 14,000 TROOPS OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION STANDING FOR REVIEW BY PRESIDENT JFK AT THE AIRFIELD AT FORT BRAGG, N.C.
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| 00:07:10 161.8 |
JFK SHAKES AND CHATS WITH HIS GENERALS BY THE PLANE.
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| 00:07:43 194.8 |
JFK SITS ON BACKREST OF SEAT ON CONVERTIBLE AS HE WAVES AT CROWD ALONG THE ROUTE TO THE REVIEWING STANDS.
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| 00:08:41 252.8 |
EVERYONE STANDS AT ATTENTION AS "HAIL TO THE CHIEF" IS PLAYED BY ARMY BAND.
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| 00:09:57 328.8 |
JFK SITS IN HIS CONVERTIBLE & REVIEWS THE HUGE CONTINGENT OF "STRIKE"TROOPS.
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| 00:11:16 407.8 |
JFK MAKES SPEECH HONORING THE TROOPS. AFTER WHICH HE REVIEWS THE ENTIRE DIVISION AS IT ROLLS BY IN TRUCKS AND JEEPS.
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| 00:13:41 552.8 |
JFK LOOKS SKYWARD AS JET PLANES SWOOPED DOWN IN NAPALM ASSAULT DEMONSTRATION, FOLLOWED BY HUGE PARATROOP DROP FROM THE AIR
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| 00:16:10 701.8 |
GIS PUT ON A DEMONSTRATION FIRING OF NEW M-14 RIFLE, M-60 MACHINE-GUN AND OTHER WEAPONS.
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| 00:17:31 782.8 |
REMOTE CONTROL PROJECTILE IS SEEN AS IT HITS &
DESTROYS A TANK IN THE DISTANCE. |
| 00:17:37 788.8 |
BACKS OF CIVILIANS IN FOREGROUND WATCHING FLAME THROWING TANK IN THE DISTANCE.
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| 00:18:05 816.8 |
JFK WATCHES THROUGH BINOCULARS AS TANKS & HEAVY SELF-PROPELLED GUNS SHOW THEIR FIRE POWER, INCLUDING ONE WITH A VERY LONG BARREL.
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| 00:19:00 871.8 |
MONTAGE SQUADRONS OF HELICOPTERS UNLOAD TROOPS &
VEHICLES ONTO THE FIELD & OVER ALL TYPES OF TERRAIN |
| 00:20:00 931.8 |
HELICOPTERS HOVER JUST OFF THE GROUND & OPEN UP WITH THEIR ELECTRONIC GATTLING GUNS AND ROCKETS
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| 00:20:19 950.8 |
HELICOPTER LOWERS A "LITTLE JOHN" MISSILE WITH IT'S LAUNCHER, TO THE GROUND. "HAWK", "PERSHING" &
OTHER MISSILES ARE FIRED. |
| 00:21:52 1043.8 |
MILITARY OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS STAND AT ATTENTION ON "U.S. ARMY SPECIAL WARFARE SCHOOL" FLOAT AS IT, & OTHER COUNTER INSURGENCY FLOATS PASS STANDS, FOR JFK'S REVIEW.
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| 00:22:09 1060.8 |
FLOAT DEPICTS PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE SCENES.
ANOTHER FLOAT DEPICTS CLASSROOM WITH STUDENT SOLDIERS FROM MANY COUNTRIES AND THEIR FLAGS. |
| 00:22:36 1087.8 |
SPECIAL FORCES GIS WITH THEIR BERETS, RIDE IN RUBBER BOATS IN "ENEMY" TERRITORY DURING TRAINING.
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| 00:23:10 1121.8 |
MONTAGE SPECIAL FORCES GIS TRAIN IN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT, KICKING THEIR OPPONENTS VIGOROUSLY WHEN THEY ARE DOWN.
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| 00:23:39 1150.8 |
RANGER SOLDIER CLIMBS UP A HIGH WALLED TOWER &
PROPELS HIMSELF DOWN ON A ROPE; ANOTHER SLOWLY "WALKS" DOWN THE SHEER WALL |
| 00:25:25 1256.8 |
AMPHIBIOUS "LARK 5" & THE LARGER "LARK 15", MOVES TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT ACROSS STREAMS & ON LAND, BOTH MADE OUT OF ALUMINUM.
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| 00:26:24 1315.8 |
AN ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER HAS TWO "WEIRD"
BALLOON TIRES TRAILING BEHIND IT WHICH ARE FILLED WITH FUEL |
| 00:26:32 1323.8 |
THE "HUSKY" AMPHIBIOUS CARGO CARRIER, IS DEMONSTRATED. GI IN A FLYING BELT JETS ACROSS STREAM AT HIGH SPEED, BUCK ROGERS STYLE. ROCKET PACK
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| 00:27:20 1371.8 |
SPECTATORS WATCHING FROM THE STANDS GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
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| 00:27:31 1382.8 |
MONTAGE JFK MEETS AND CHATS WITH GIS GIVING THE SHOW.
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| 00:29:00 1471.8 |
JFK BOARDS HIS PLANE WITH A QUICK WAVE GOODBYE.
THE PRESIDENTIAL PLANE TAKES OFF |
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