1940-1958MILITARY
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| 00:01:20 5.1 |
"FIRE BRIGADE"
(REEL MISSING). DEPICTS A COMBAT SITUATION RANGING FROM A DIVISION-WIDE ALERT TO AN ASSAULT JUMP BY THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, INCLUDING OTHER UNITS FROM THE XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS. |
| 00:01:27 12.1 |
MONTAGE- IN SEPTEMBER 1944, IN OPERATION 'MARKET GARDEN' THE LARGEST AIRDROP EVER ATTEMPTED, AN ENTIRE AIRBORNE ARMY IS DROPPED OVER HOLLAND
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| 00:01:29 14.1 |
LS- SKY FILLED WITH PARACHUTES AND PARATROOPS HITTING THE SURFACE.
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| 00:01:30 15.1 |
MS- A GI FIRES HIS GRENADE LAUNCHING RIFLE INTO A 2ND STORY WINDOW. A FLAMING EXPLOSION FOLLOWS.
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| 00:03:23 128.1 |
MS- LONG COLUMNS OF SOLDIERS ON ROAD, A LONG MOTORIZED COLUMNS OF TROOPS ON ROADS, HUGE AMMO DUMPS AND HEAVY CRANES ALONG PIERS HAVE ALL BEEN RULLED OUT BECAUSE OF TACTICAL ATOMIC WEAPONS.
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| 00:04:09 174.1 |
MS- A CLASSROOM FULL OF GIS WATCH AN INSTRUCTOR COMPARE THE MAKE UP OF THE OLD AIRBORNE DIVISION WITH 17,200 MEN TO THE NEW ONE WITH 11,500 MEN
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| 00:05:21 246.1 |
MONTAGE- THE NEW 'PANTOMIC' DIVISION AS IT IS CALLED, SHOWS ITS SUPERIOR FIRE POWER BY FIRING MISSILES, ARTILLERY AND OTHER MORE SOPHISTICATED WEAPONS OBLITERATING A TEST SITE.
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| 00:06:17 302.1 |
LS- A HUGE CARGO OF WEAPONS SLIDES OUT OF THE REAR OF A TRANSPORT PLANE WITH PARACHUTES, FOLLOWED BY PARATROOPS RUNNING AND JUMPING OUT.
AS SEEN FROM INSIDE PLANE |
| 00:06:40 325.1 |
MONTAGE- TROOPS AND VEHICLES LOAD INTO THE REAR OF HUGE NEW CARGO PLANES. LS- HUGE VEHICLES ARE FOLLOWED BY PARATROOPS DROPPING FROM REAR OF PLANE.
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| 00:08:13 418.1 |
MS- BACK TO BACK PARATROOPS DO A JIGGLE AS THEY MOVE FORWARD READY TO JUMP FROM THE PLANE.
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| 00:09:05 470.1 |
MS- 2 PARATROOPER JUMPS FROM AN ARMY L-19
LIGHTPLANE |
| 00:09:30 495.1 |
MS- TANK HITS A LAND MINE AND IS LIFTED OFF THE GROUND.
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| 00:09:44 509.1 |
CU- NEWSCASTER SPEAKS IN FRONT OF A MIC. TELLING OF AN ATTACK ON FREE NATION BY COMMUNIST STATE IN A SIMULATED SCENARIO CREATING A 'BRUSHFIRE' WAR
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| 00:10:23 548.1 |
CU- TELETYPE AT FORT BRAGG RECEIVES MESSAGE FROM PENTAGON ALERTING THE AIRBORNE TO GO INTO ACTION CU- PHONE BEING DIALED AND ANOTHER PHONE RINGING
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| 00:10:42 567.1 |
MS- GI IN COT WAKES UP TO ANSWER THE PHONE, HE CHECKS THE TIME ON HIS ALARM CLOCK. PARATROOPS &
HELICOPTERS RESPOND AND ROUT THE 'ENEMY' |
| 00:23:19 1324.1 |
"WHY NATO?"
A REPORT ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION NARRATED BY EDWARD R. MORROW |
| 00:23:24 1329.1 |
EDWARD R. MORROW'S STORY OF NATO (NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION)
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| 00:23:26 1331.1 |
LS- PALAIS DE CHIOLE, NATO'S HEADQUARTERS IN PARIS MONTAGE- MINISTERS FROM 15 NATIONS OF ATLANTIC COMMUNITY INCLUDING SECTRETARY DULLES OF U.S.
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| 00:24:20 1385.1 |
MONTAGE- HAPPY PEOPLES FROM THE LARGE CITIES OF EUROPE CELEBRATING IN THE STREETS AS WWII ENDS.
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| 00:24:39 1404.1 |
MONTAGE- DESTROYED BUILDINGS OF EUROPE AND A CEMETERY WITH WAR DEAD
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| 00:24:52 1417.1 |
MONTAGE- AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN SOLDIERS MEET, KISS AND HUG.
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| 00:25:00 1425.1 |
MS- STALIN, ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL MEET AT YALTA AND POTSDAM TO DIVIDE THE SPOILS. FDR. BIG 3
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| 00:25:38 1463.1 |
MS- EASTERN EUROPEAN PEOPLE AT THE POLLS.
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| 00:25:41 1466.1 |
MAP OF EUROPE SHOWS THE SPREAD OF THE SOVIET UNION'S INFLUENCE.
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| 00:26:19 1504.1 |
MS- A BRITISH SOLDIER TRIES ON A CIVILIAN CAP AND SMILES AS THE WEST DISARMS LEAVING THE SOVIETS WITH THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN EUROPE
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| 00:26:40 1525.1 |
MS- STALIN SALUTES HIS PASSING ARMY IN A MOSCOW PARADE. MONTAGE-FACES OF MOLOTOV, BERIA, MIKOYAN AND OTHER POWERFUL LEADERS IN RUSSIA
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| 00:27:22 1567.1 |
MS- A SAILOR RAISES THE TURKISH FLAG ON HIS SHIP AS TURKEY DEFIED RUSSIAN ATTEMPTS TO GRAB IT'S TERRITORY.
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| 00:27:29 1574.1 |
MS- A DEAD GREEK CIVILIAN LIES SPREAD EAGLE ON THE GROUND AS COMMUNIST START CIVIL WAR. MS- A WOMAN CRIES HYSTERICALLY OVER THE BODIES OF HER LOVED ONES. CU- A LITTLE BOY BEGS FOR FOOD.
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| 00:28:00 1605.1 |
LS- PRESIDENT TRUMAN SPEAKS TO CONGRESS ASKING FOR AIDE TO GREECE AND TURKEY
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| 00:28:30 1635.1 |
LS- CZECHOSLOVAKIAN CITYSCAPE. LS- THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WAVE HANDKERCHIEVES AT THEIR LIBERAL LEADER BENISH WHO WAS QUICKLY DEPOSED BY SOVIET CONTROLLED COMMUNISTS.
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| 00:29:00 1665.1 |
MS- AS STALIN WATCHES, MOLOTOV SIGNS PACT.
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| 00:29:16 1681.1 |
MS- AN ARMY OF CZECH YOUTH MARCH IN PARADE SOVIET STYLE AS REDS TAKE CONTROL. MS- RETIRED PRESIDENT BENISH WALKS AMID THE TREES OF HIS COUNTRY HOUSE
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| 00:29:40 1705.1 |
CU- BODY OF YON MASSERICK LIES IN STATE AFTER HE WAS FOUND DEAD. TRUTH HAD CEASED TO COME OUT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA. HUGE CROWD, MOST OF THEM CRYING WATCH FUNERAL.
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| 00:30:00 1725.1 |
MS- MAP OF EUROPE SHOWS FURTHER ADVANCE OF COMMUNISM INTO THE WEST, CAUSING THE SIGNING OF THE BRUSSELS TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND, NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, LUXENBOURG AND BELGIUM.
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| 00:30:50 1775.1 |
MONTAGE- LIGHTS SWITCH IS PULLED AND THE LIGHTS GO OUT IN BERLIN AS SOVIETS BLOCKADE THE WESTERN SECTOR, RESULTING IN THE BERLIN AIRLIFT
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| 00:31:09 1794.1 |
MONTAGE- LOW FLYING CARGO PLANES ABOUT TO LAND IN BERLIN AT NIGHT WITH FOOD AND SUPPLIES.
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| 00:31:43 1828.1 |
MONTAGE- GATES RISING AS THE BLOCKADE ENDS IN EMBARASSMENT TO THE SOVIETS.
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| 00:32:06 1851.1 |
MAP OF NATIONS SIGNING THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) WHICH INCLUDED, U.S., ENGLAND, FRANCE, CANADA, ICELAND, NORWAY, SWEDEN, LUXENBOURG, ITALY, PORTUGAL AND NETHERLANDS ON AUGUST 4,1949.
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| 00:32:30 1875.1 |
LS- NATIONS LEADERS SIGN TREATY. PRESIDENT TRUMAN IS THERE. MS- SOVIET FOREIGN MINISTER VISHINSKY MAKES A HEATED SPEECH AGAINST THE UNION
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| 00:33:02 1907.1 |
LS- A KOREAN WOMAN SOBS OVER THE BODY OF A LOVED ONE AMID HUNDREDS OF DEAD BODIES STREW ALONG THE GROUND. LS- REFUGEES CROWD A KOREAN ROAD AS THE NORTH INVADES THE SOUTH.
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| 00:33:37 1942.1 |
MS- PRESIDENT TRUMAN SPEAKS TO GENERAL EISENHOWER AT AN AIRFIELD AFTER APPOINTING HIM SUPREME COMMANDER OF NATO.
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| 00:34:00 1965.1 |
AERIAL- CITYSCAPE OF PARIS WITH THE EIFFEL TOWER IN DISTANCE. MS- EISENHOWER'S FACE LOOKING OUT OF THE PORTHOLE OF PLANE.
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| 00:34:16 1981.1 |
MS- IKE IS MET AT AIRFIELD BY NATO GENERALS
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| 00:34:18 1983.1 |
MONTAGE- TRAFFIC AND LANDMARK BUILDINGS IN EUROPEAN CITIES AND PEOPLE AND CHILDREN IN PARKS.
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| 00:34:49 2014.1 |
CU- TURNING BLADES OF A WINDMILL. MS- 2 DUTCH GIRLS IN TRADITIONAL DRESS ICESKATE ON A POND.
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| 00:35:04 2029.1 |
MS- FLAG OF DENMARK ON BUILDING. LS- IKE WAVES FAREWELL TO KING OF DENMARK AT AIRPORT.
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| 00:35:19 2044.1 |
AERIAL- MOUNTAINOUS NORWAY AS SEEN BY IKE FROM PLANE. LS- PICTURESQUE SCENES OF NORWAY'S FARMLAND AND SEACOAST
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| 00:35:28 2053.1 |
LS- BRITAIN'S LANDMARK BUILDINGS,ANOTHER STOP ON EISENHOWER'S WIRLWIND TOUR OF NATO ANTIONS.
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| 00:35:44 2069.1 |
AERIAL- PORTUGAL AS SEEN BY IKE.
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| 00:35:55 2080.1 |
MS- 2 ITALIANS ON ONE MOTORBIKE RIDE DOWN A ROMAN STREET. MS- IKE MEETS WITH ITALY'S ALDO MORO
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| 00:36:08 2093.1 |
LS- A PICTURESQUE LUGENBOURG COUNTRY SCENE AND A STEEL PLANT ANOTHER IKE VISITS.
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| 00:36:21 2106.1 |
LS- CITYSCAPE OF ICELAND AND IT'S FLAG.
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| 00:36:32 2117.1 |
LS- PAN OF CANADIAN COUNTRYSIDE AND INDUSTRIAL CENTERS.
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| 00:37:00 2145.1 |
MS- GENERAL GRUNTHER MEETS IN HIS PARIS OFFICE WITH AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF MILITARY MEN.
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| 00:37:40 2185.1 |
MS- MILITARY HATS FROM NATO NATIONS LAY ON A DESK DURING A MEETING.
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| 00:37:50 2195.1 |
MS- GENERAL EISENHOWER CHATS WITH MILITARY LEADERS OF NATO NATIONS INCLUDING HIS OWN GENERALS GRUNTHER AND NORSTAD
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| 00:38:10 2215.1 |
MONTAGE- CIVILIAN MINISTERS OF MEMBERS NATIONS MEET.
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| 00:38:35 2240.1 |
MONTAGE- CANADIAN TROOPS ARRIVE BY SHIP FOLLOWED BY AMERICAN TROOPS AS EUROPE REINFORCES IT'S MILITARY
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| 00:38:45 2250.1 |
LS- WORKERS WITH SHOVELS FEVERISHLY CONSTRUCT AIRFIELDS
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| 00:39:14 2279.1 |
MS- FLAGS OF GREECE, TURKEY AND WESTERN GERMANY ARE ADDED TO THE NATO NATIONS.
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| 00:39:36 2301.1 |
MS- GENERALS EISENHOWER AND RIDGEWAY SALUTE FLAG AS IKE TURNS OVER THE LEADERSHIP TO RIDGEWAY. LS-
IKE AND MAMIE WAVE FAREWELL FROM PLANE STAIRS |
| 00:39:45 2310.1 |
CU- GENERALS GRUNTHER AND NORSTADT IN THAT ORDER, FOLLOW RIDGEWAY AS LEADERS OF NATO
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| 00:40:12 2337.1 |
MS- A CLERK PLACES PENS AT THE SPOTS ON A LONG TABLE WHERE EACH OF 15 NATIONS LEADERS WILL SIT.
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| 00:40:26 2351.1 |
MS- ROLLING WAVES OF THE ATLANTIC
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| 00:41:00 2385.1 |
MS- HUNDREDS OF TANKS BEING TRANSPORTED ON RAILWAY FLATCARS CU- A FINGER PUSHES A SWITCH AND A NIKE MISSILE IS FIRED.
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| 00:41:25 2410.1 |
LS- THE ATOMIC CANNON FIRES AND THE ENSUING EXPLOSION AND CLOUD RISES IN THE DISTANCE.
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| 00:41:37 2422.1 |
AERIAL-HUGE SQUARE TABLE FOR THE SUMMIT MEETING WITH THE SOVIETS IN GENEVA.
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| 00:41:42 2427.1 |
MS- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER POSES WITH SOVIET'S BULGANIN, EDEN OF BRITAIN AND FRANCE'S LEADER?
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| 00:42:06 2451.1 |
LS- HUNGARY'S FREEDOM FIGHTERS BATTLE SOVIETS IN THE STREETS. DEAD BODIES LITTER THE STREETS.
CU- FACE OF A MOURNING ELDERLY HUNGARIAN WOMAN |
| 00:42:41 2486.1 |
MS- GENERAL NORSTADT WALKS BRISKLY TO A NATO MEETING WITH ANOTHER GENERAL. PRESIDENT IKE'S LIMO PULLS UP AT THE MEETING GROUNDS AND IS MET BY NORSTADT AND OTHER NATO GENERALS.
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| 00:43:23 2528.1 |
MS- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SPEAKS TO THE CROWD.
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| 00:44:34 2599.1 |
LS- LEADERS OF NATO COUNTRIES,INCLUDING ADENAUER OF GERMANY, ARRIVE FOR A MEETING AT NATO'S PARIS HEADQUARTERS. MS- EISENHOWER AND DULLES ARRIVE.
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| 00:45:38 2663.1 |
LS- THE 15 HEADS OF STATE SIT AT A ROUND TABLE MS- PRESIDENT IKE SPEAKS FROM HIS SEAT.
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| 00:48:42 2847.1 |
LS- A FARMER GUIDES 2 HORSES PULLING A PLOW.
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| 00:49:28 2893.1 |
MS- NATO FLAG BLOWS IN THE WIND.
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| 00:52:49 3094.1 |
"MISSILES ON TARGET"
THE STORY OF HOW LONG RANGE MISSILES HIT THEIR TARGETS. FILMED AT WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO. |
| 00:52:51 3096.1 |
MISSILES- CU- ELDERLY MAN IN HIS CAR WITH WHITE HAIR BLOWING IN THE WIND PASSES SIGN, 'WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND' WHERE HIS SON IS STATIONED
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| 00:53:37 3142.1 |
MS- THE MAN PULLS OFF THE ROAD, GETS OUT AND LOOKS AT MOUNTAINS IN THE DISTANCE BEHIND WHICH IS THE PROVING GROUND. CU- FACE OF MAN IN DEEP THOUGHT
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| 00:54:33 3198.1 |
MS- MAN LOOKS AT HIS WRIST WATCH. CU- WRIST WATCH SHOWING 9:30 AM. MS- WALL CLOCK AT PROVING GROUND SHOWING 9:30 AM. CU- GI SYNCHRONIZES HIS WRIST WATCH WITH WALL CLOCK
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| 00:54:53 3218.1 |
LS- 'NIKE' MISSILE IS ROLLED OUT OF HANGAR ON TRAILER WHEELS AND HOOKED UP TO A TRUCK AND DRIVEN TO THE LAUNCHING SITE.
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| 00:56:41 3326.1 |
LS- THE MISSILE IS ATTACHED BY CRANE TO A ROCKET BOOSTER. IT IS LOWERED UNDERGROUND AND TRAP DOORS CLOSE, CONCEALING IT.
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| 00:57:50 3395.1 |
MS- ENGINEERS MEET IN AN OFFICE AND PERUSE THE MISSILE PLANS.
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| 00:58:20 3425.1 |
ENGINEER IN RAIN GEAR, TESTS DELICATE PARTS OF MISSILE, IN A HANGAR, NDER RAIN AND OTHER WEATHER CONDITIONS. MS- A HUGE FAN SIMULATES A TROPICAL HURRICANE DIRECTED AT A MISSILE ON A RACK
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| 01:00:16 3541.1 |
LS- A MISSILE IS RAISED SEVERAL FEET AND DROPPED SUDDENLY IN A CONTROLLED MANNER TO TEST IT'S SURVIVAL DURING A SUDDEN FALL.
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| 01:00:27 3552.1 |
LS- A MISSILE IS HELD FIRMLY IN IT'S LAUNCH PAD AND FIRED IN PLACE, TESTING WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A MISSILE LEAVES THE GROUND.
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| 01:00:39 3564.1 |
MS- ENGINEER IN CONTROL BUNKER LOOKS OUT SMALL WINDOWS AND GIVES ORDERS TO CLEAR THE AREA. A WORKER IN A PROTECTIVE SUIT MAKING ADJUSTMENTS ON MISSILE QUICKLY RUNS FOR COVER.
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| 01:01:13 3598.1 |
CU- ENGINEER MAKING THE COUNTDOWN. LS- THE MISSILE IS FIRED IN PLACE. ENGINEERS INSIDE CHECK GAUGES
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| 01:02:12 3657.1 |
MONTAGE- OSCILLATORS AND OTHER MEASURING DEVICES RECORDS ACTIVITY ON PUNCH CARDS. MS- WOMAN FEEDS PUNCH CARDS INTO LARGE COMPUTER. CU- DATA IS TYPED OUT ON A TELETYPE MACHINE.
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| 01:03:11 3716.1 |
MONTAGE- MEN AND WOMEN IN A CONTROL ROOM WITH WALL-TO-WALL ELECTRONIC MACHINES FEED DATA INTO UNITS AND THEN WATCH A PLOTTING BOARD FOR STATISTICAL RESULTS OF A SIMULATED MISSILE FIRING
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| 01:05:51 3876.1 |
MS- THE TRAP DOORS OF THE MISSILE SHELTER OPENS AND A MISSILE RISES OUT OF THE GROUND.
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| 01:06:40 3925.1 |
MS- GIS WITH EARPHINES IN CONTROL ROOM OF NEARBY BATTERY CONTROL VAN,
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| 01:06:47 3932.1 |
CU- LOUDSPEAKER BLARES OUT, 'X MINUS 20 MINUTES, CLEAR THE AREA OF ALL UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL'.
GI ARMS THE MISSILE AND A BLACK GI CHECKS IT AGAIN |
| 01:07:33 3978.1 |
LS- MISSILE IS RAISED INTO FIRING POSITION. MS-
RADAR ANTENNA ARE REDIED TO TRACK MISSILE. AN ALARM SOUNDS STOPPING THE COUNTDOWN. |
| 01:10:50 4175.1 |
LS- A ARMY LIGHTPLANE SPOTS A CAR IN THE TARGET AREA AND LANDS TO CHECK IT OUT. WOMAN IN CAR IS ASKED TO LEAVE THE AREA. COUNTDOWN RESUMES.
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| 01:10:59 4184.1 |
MS- CIVILIAN IN FORD CONVERTIBLE AND OTHERS ARE STOPPED FROM ENTERING THE AREA BY AN MP.
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| 01:11:40 4225.1 |
MONTAGE- CAMERMAN AIM THEIR CAMERAS TO THE LAUNCH SITE. CU- A GI CROSSES HIS FINGERS AS THE SWITCHES ARE SET FOR FIRING. LS- THE MISSILE IS FIRED.
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| 01:13:59 4364.1 |
CU- GI LIFTS HIS CUP OF COFFEE TO HIS LIPS AS HIS DAD PUTS OUT A CIGARETTE IN AN ASH TRAY. DAD TELLS SON OF HIS CONCERN AS TO THE ACCURACY OF A MISSILE
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| 01:15:26 4451.1 |
MS- THE GI INVITES HIS FATHER TO WATCH A FILM EXPLAINING HOW THE MISSILE HITS A TARGET
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| 01:15:32 4457.1 |
LS- ANTI-TANK MISSILE AND HITS A CLOTH TARGET WAY DOWN RANGE. THE MISSILE IS AGAIN FIRED AND IT MAKES A DIRECT HIT ON A TANK DOWN RANGE.
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| 01:17:22 4567.1 |
LS- CREWMEN OF AN 'HONEST JOHN MISSILE BATTERY FIRE THE MISSILE WHICH HITS A PAINTED CIRCLE DOWN RANGE SQUARELY IN THE MIDDLE
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| 01:17:55 4600.1 |
LS- A 'HAWK' GROUND-TO-AIR MISSILE FIRES AT A JET PLANE AND KNOCKS IT OUT OF THE SKY.
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