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00:03:09 51	PICTORIAL REPORT NO. 18 FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF ACTIVITIES OF THE ARMY JUNGLE WARFARE TRAINING CENTER IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE; A COOK'S TOUR OF WASHINGTON RESTAURANTS & HOTELS TO LEARN HOW THE ARMY MAINTAINS ITS FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM; AMERICAN TROOPS LEAVE AUSTRIA AFTER 10 YEARS FOR NEW POSTS IN ITALY.
00:03:10 52	NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT THE 10 YEARS OCCUPATION OF AUSTRIA UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF 1955 WHEN THEY LEFT. THIS IS THE STORY OF THE LAST WEEK. NARRATOR ALSO TELLS OF MESS SERGEANTS LEARNING THEIR TRADE IN FANCY WASHINGTON, D.C. HOTELS. ALSO, THE TRAINING OF GIS FOR JUNGLE WARFARE.
00:03:21 62.5	MS- A WOMEN AND HER 3 PRETEEN KIDS WALK INTO AN AUSTRIAN GROCERY STORE AND SHOPS FOR DINNER. SHE PICKS OUT LETTUCE FROM A BIN AND EXAMINES IT.
00:04:33 135	MS- WOMAN GREETS AN ARMY COUPLE AND THEIR LITTLE BABY INTO HER HOME. THEY SIT WITH THE MAN OF THE HOUSE AND CHAT NEAR THE DINNER TABLE
00:05:06 168	MS- RUSSIAN SOLDIERS LIFT THEIR VODKA GLASSES IN A TOAST AT A FAREWELL BANQUET FOR THEM.
00:05:23 185	MONTAGE- CONTROLLED IMPLOSIONS COLLAPSE OLD BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS IN HUGE CLOUDS OF SMOKE AS AUSTRIANS REBUILD THEIR WAR TORN COUNTRY.
00:05:42 203.5	MONTAGE- MEN AND WOMAN WORKERS PICK UP LARGE PIECES OF STONES AND BUILDING MATERIALS FROM THE RUBBLE.
00:05:51 213	MS- MAP SHOWS HOW AUSTRIA WAS DISSECTED INTO FRENCH, BRITISH, AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN ZONES
00:06:12 234	MS- A LARGE HOPPER OF CEMENT IS LOWERED BY CRANE TO THE WORKERS BELOW BUILDING A DAM IN THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF AUSTRIA.
00:06:24 246	MS- SMOKE BELLOWS FROM A PLANT'S SMOKESTACK, MACHINES CHURN, A DRILL PRESS DRILLS A HOLE IN A METAL PART.
00:06:32 254	MONTAGE- WORKERS SANDING, WELDING & WORKING AT VARIOUS MACHINES IN THE PLANT.
00:06:49 271	MS- A AUSTRIAN WORKER NODS HIS HEAD IN DISGUST AS HE LOOKS AT THE DECAYED REMNANTS OF A PLANT IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE, AFTER IT WAS STRIPPED OF IT'S MACHINERY FOR SHIPMENT TO RUSSIA.
00:07:12 294	CU- A MAP ALSO SHOWS VIENNA SEPARATED INTO ZONES. MS- AN OFFICER INSPECTS SMALL SIDE ARMS OF MPS FROM ALL OCCUPYING COUNTRIES IN THEIR VARIOUS UNIFORMS WHO PATROL TOGETHER.
00:08:46 388	MONTAGE- A RUSSIAN BAND PLAYS FOLLOWED BY RUSSIAN TROOPS ON THEIR LAST DAY OF OCCUPATION
00:09:25 427	LS- AMERICAN TROOPS MARCH DOWN THE SAME SQUARE ON THEIR LAST DAY IN AUSTRIA. MS- CROWDS WATCH FROM THE SIDELINES.
00:09:58 460	MS- WORKERS DIP RIFLES IN A PROTECTIVE LIQUID AND STOCK THEM IN CRATES FOR SHIPMENT.
00:10:15 477	MS- GIS PACK DISHES AND GLASSWARE IN STRAW AND PAPER AT THEIR HOMES IN AUSTRIA AS THEY PREPARE TO LEAVE. MS- AS CHILD WATCHES MOM PACKS HER DOLLS AND TOYS.
00:10:42 504	MONTAGE- ARMY TANKS ARE SLOWLY ROLLED ONTO FLAT CARS FOR SHIPMENT BY RAIL. GIS USE CABLES TO TIE DOWN THE TANKS ONTO THE FLAT CARS.
00:11:19 541	MONTAGE- ARMY HEADQUARTERS SIGNS ARE REMOVED BY GIS ON LADDERS.
00:11:55 577	CU- A LITTLE BABY BEING BOUNCED ON MOTHER'S LAP
00:12:19 600.5	MS- A BLACK MOTHER HOLD BABY ON HER LAP AS SHE SITS AND WATCHES PARADE.
00:12:55 637	MS- ARMY DOCTOR CHECKS LITTLE BOY SITTING ON TABLE, WITH HIS STETHOSCOPE.
00:13:10 652	MS- GI AND HIS WIFE CARRY A CHILD AS 2 OTHERS KIDS TAGGING ALONG.
00:13:26 668	MS- GIS AND THEIR FAMILIES WAVE FROM THE TRAIN AS AN ARMY BAND PLAYS.
00:13:46 688	MONTAGE- COMBAT READY TROOPS OF 50TH INFANTRY DIVISION BOARD A TRAIN TO THE NEWLY FORMED SETAF COMMAND (SOUTHERN EUROPEAN TASK FORCE).
00:14:12 714	MS- 3 GIS LOOK OUT WINDOW OF TRAIN AND WAVE COMICALLY. MS- 2 GIS PUT THEIR HEAD TOGETHER AND MIMIC SINGING 'AULD LANG SYNE' AS THE BAND PLAYS THAT TUNE.
00:15:10 772	MONTAGE- CONVOY AFTER CONVOY OF TROOPS LEAVING AUSTRIA RIDE ON THE AUTOBAHN.
00:15:25 787	MS- SOLDIERS OF THE NEWLY FORMED AUSTRIAN ARMY SALUTE AS THEY RAISE THEIR COUNTRY'S OVER CAMP VACATED BY U.S. FORCES. LS- PAN OF THE DESERTED FACILITY. A SINGLE AUSTRIAN SOLDIER PATROLS.
00:15:55 817	MS- THE AUSTRIAN AND AMERICAN FAMILY DRINK A FAREWELL TOAST AT THE DINNER TABLE, THEN WAVE GOODBYE AT THE DOORSTEPS.
00:17:04 886	MONTAGE- ALL OF VIENNA COMES OUT TO CHEER THEIR NEW ARMY WHO PARADE IN THE SQUARE FOR PRESIDENT KEIRNER OF AUSTRIA.
00:17:59 941	NARRATOR TELLS OF ARMY COOKS GETTING POINTERS FROM THE BEST CHEFS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HOTELS
00:18:06 948	AERIAL- WASHINGTON, D.C. CITYSCAPE. THE CAPITOL DOME BUILDING AND THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT
00:18:20 962	LS- A 1ST CLASS HOTEL IN THE BUSY CITY. ONE BLACK AND 2 WHITE ARMY MESS SERGEANTS WALK INTO THE HOTEL AND DOWN THE LONG ELEGANT LOBBY.
00:18:47 989	MS- THE 3 WALK INTO THE HOTEL KITCHEN IN THEIR CHEF OUTFITS INCLUDING THE TALL WHITE CAP. THEY LISTEN ATTENTIVELY AS THE HOTEL CHIEF CHEF ASSIGNS EACH ONE.
00:19:31 1032.5	CU- A WOMAN SHOWS HOW SHE PREPARES A FANCY SALAD DISH. MS- THE CHIEF CHEF SHOWS THEM HOW TO CARVE A ROAST. CU- THE GI CHEF SLICES A PIECE AND HOLDS IT UP TO THE CAMERA.
00:20:10 1071.5	CU- THE BLACK MESS SERGEANT PREPARES A MAIN COURSE PLATTER OF MEAT AND VEGETABLES AND SHOWS IT OFF. WAITER TAKES THE TRAY OUT ON HIS SHOULDER
00:21:13 1135	NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT OPERATION 'JUNGLE JIM' THE JUNGLE WARFARE TRAINING CENTER IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE.
00:21:37 1159	AERIAL- THE JUNGLE TRAINING CENTER IN THE MIDDLE OF A DENSE JUNGLE.
00:22:20 1202	MS- A GI USES A MACHETE TO CUT BRANCHES AS HE AND OTHERS USE ONLY JUNGLE MATERIALS TO BUILD A SHELTER IN THICK JUNGLE ROBINSON CARUSO STYLE.
00:22:59 1241	AN OFFICER GIVES INSTRUCTION TO A GROUP OF GIS, SEATED ON THE GROUND, ABOUT JUNGLE NAVIGATION, THE HOWS, THE WHYS AND WHAT TO DO.
00:23:16 1257.5	CU- A GI HONES A MACHETE ON A SHARPENING STONE AS OTHERS TEST SHARPNESS OF AN AXE AND 2 MAN SAWS.
00:23:46 1288	MS- A GI USES THE AXE TO CUT DOWN A SMALL TREE STUB AS OTHERS WORK CLEARING AN AREA FOR HELICOPTER LANDINGS.
00:23:58 1300	MS- A SHIRTLESS GI CLIMBS DOWN A TWINE TARZAN STYLE. MS- A GI STOPS WORK TO DRINK FROM HIS CANTEEN. HE LOOKS AT CAMERA AND SHAKES HIS HEAD
00:24:49 1351	MS- USING WHITE BARK THEY STRIP FROM A TREE, THE GIS MAKE A MARKER IN THE JUNGLE CLEARING FOR THE HELICOPTER PILOT TO SEE. MS- A CHOPPER LANDS.
00:25:21 1383	MS- GIS PLANT BOOBY TRAPS IN THE JUNGLE GROUND AND COVER THEM WITH FOLIAGE.
00:26:23 1445	MS- 2 TRAINEES PADDLE DOWN A STREAM IN A RUBBER BOAT FOLLOWED BY THE REST OF THE CLASS ALSO IN A RUBBER BOAT.
00:27:06 1488	MS- 2 BLACK TRAINEES USE LARGE JUNGLE LEAVES TO CAMOUFLAGE THEIR HATS AS DO THE REST OF THE GROUP MONTAGE- THE TRAINEES PARTICIPATE IN JUNGLE MANEUVER EXERCISES.
00:31:56 1778	NARRATOR TELLS OF THE MILITARY POLICE AND HOW THEY GUIDE GIS ON LEAVE IN UNFAMILIAR TOWNS IN THE U.S. AND OVERSEAS. HE FOLLOWS 2 MPS MAKING THEIR PATROLS.
00:32:06 1788	"MP TOWN PATROL" HOW THE MILITARY POLICEMAN PROTECTS SOLDIERS BY GUIDING & GUARDING THEM. FILM FOLLOWS TWO MPs ON THEIR BEATS & THE VARIOUS AGENCIES THEY ENCOUNTER IN A TOUR OF DUTY.
00:32:16 1798	MS- 2 MPS CHECK EACH OTHERS UNIFORMS OUT BEFORE GOING ON THEIR ROUNDS.
00:33:00 1842	MS- 2 MPS WALK THEIR BEAT ALONG BUSY DEPARTMENT STORE AREA. THEY MEET AND CHAT WITH THE LOCAL POLICEMAN WHO TELLS THEM WHERE TROUBLE SPOTS ARE
00:35:05 1967	MS- THE MPS CHECK OUT A BACK ALLEY.
00:35:32 1993.5	MS- MPS COME UPON 4 GIS WHO ARE ABOUT TO HAVE A CONFRONTATION INSTEAD OF INTERFERING THEY JUST STAND BY CREATING A DETERRENCE. THE GIS SEE THE MPS AND LEAVE FOR FEAR OF ARREST
00:36:46 2067.5	MS- A GI JUST MISSING A BUS LOOKS AT HIS WRIST WATCH. MPS TELL HIM WHERE TO CATCH ANOTHER BUS
00:37:45 2127	MS- 2 GIS WALKING ON A DARK STREET ARE CONFRONTED BY A MAN LOOKING FOR A HAND-OUT. ONE OF THE GIS TOSSES HIM A COIN.
00:38:06 2148	MS- THEY LOOK OVER A GIRL GOING INTO A LOCAL DIVE AS A CIGAR CHEWING BOUNCER STANDS AT THE ENTRANCE. MPS WARN THEM ABOUT GOING IN.
00:39:12 2214	MS- THE 2 MPS COME ACROSS A GI IN AN ALLEYWAY WHO WAS 'ROLLED' AND LEFT UNCONSCIOUS THE MP BANDAGES HIS HEAD AS THE OTHER CALLS AN AMBULANCE.
00:42:17 2399	MS- A GREYHOUND BUS DEPOT NEON SIGN. MS- THE 2 MPS COME ACROSS A DISHEVELED GI TAKING A NAP IN DEPOT WAITING FOR A BUS. THEY WAKE HIM AND ORDER HIM TO BUTTON UP HIS TIE AND ROLL DOWN HIS SLEEVES
00:42:27 2409	MS- A GI IS QUESTIONED AFTER HE MAKES A SUSPICIOUS GESTURE UPON BEING SPOTTED. HE SHOWS THEM HIS ID BUT THEY TAKE HIM IN ANYWAY
00:44:04 2506	MS- AT THE STATION HOUSE THE GI IS ASKED TO EMPTY HIS POCKET BY THE DESK SERGEANT. THE MP SQUEEZES HIS CHEST POCKET AND FINDS THE GI HAS DOZENS OF ID'S AND PASSES.
00:45:57 2619	MS- AN AWOL GI WEARING A SPORT SHIRT AND A CIGARETTE DANGLING FROM HIS LIPS CHALKS HIS CUE STICK WHILE PLAYING POOL. HE LIFTS HIS FOOT WHILE MAKING A SHOT AND HIS TELL-TALE BOOTS BETRAY HIM
00:46:13 2635	MS- MPS CHECK OUT A GIS FACE ON A WANTED POSTER ON THEIR BULLETIN BOARD.
00:46:23 2645	CU- WANTED GIS HAND SNUFFS OUT A CIGARETTE IN AN ASHTRAY FILLED WITH BUTTS. A HANDGUN LIES NEARBY MS- HE PICKS UP GUN AND PLACES IT UNDER HIS SHIRT
00:47:17 2699	MS- THE WANTED GI HIDES BEHIND A DOORWAY WHEN HE SPOTS 2 PATROLLING MPS WHO ACT LIKE THEY DON'T SEE HIM. THE MPS HIDE BEHIND A CORNER AND NAIL THE FUGITIVE BEFORE HE CAN GO FOR HIS GUN.
00:48:31 2773	MS- WITH THE FUGITIVE GI SPREAD EAGLE AGAINST A WALL MP GIVES HIM A PROFESSIONAL BODY SEARCH, FINDS THE GUN, THEN CUFFS HIM.
00:50:02 2864	MS- 2 MPS IN THEIR SQUAD CAR GET A CALL OVER THEIR RADIO OF A JEEP ACCIDENT WHICH THEY FIND OVERTURNED IN A STREET.
00:50:50 2912	LS- THE MPS COME UPON A JEEP SPEEDING AROUND A CORNER ALMOST HITTING ANOTHER CAR. THEY GIVE CHASE. AS SEEN FROM THE MPS CAR WINDOW, THE JEEP ZIG ZAGS THROUGH TRAFFIC AT HIGH SPEED.
00:51:27 2949	MS- THE MPS STOP THE JEEP AND TAKE THE DRIVER'S (A SERGEANT) ID CARD.
00:52:34 3016	MS- THE MPS WALK INTO A TAVERN WITH GIS DANCING WITH GIRLS. A DANCING GI SPIFFS UP HIS TIE. THE MPS STOP BY A BARTENDER CLEANING A GLASS
00:53:13 3054.5	MS- 3 GIS WALK OUT OF A NIGHTCLUB AT NIGHT AND HAIL A CAB, THEY ARE SEEN AND FOLLOWED MY MPS. THEY ARE ACCOSTED OUTSIDE AN 'OFF LIMITS' NIGHTCLUB BY THE MPS.
00:54:57 3159	CU- THE TAXI DRIVER NODS AS HE IS TOLD TO TAKE THE GIS BACK TO THE BUS STATION.
01:00:57 3519	"DIVISION IN EUROPE" "OBSOLETE" FILM. TWO YOUNG SOLDIERS ARE SENT FROM TRAINING CAMPS IN U.S. TO THE 2ND DIVISION IN EUROPE. FILM SHOWS HOW SOLDIERS & FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS LIVE IN EUROPE & HOW THE ARMY STANDS GUARD ON THE GLOBAL FRONTIERS OF FREEDOM.
01:01:07 3529	NARRATOR TELLS OF THE UNITED STATES FORCES IN EUROPE AFTER THE END OF WWII. THE OCCUPATION AND THE REBUILDING OF GERMANY.
01:04:43 3744.5	MS- A RUSSIAN U-BOAT COMMANDER AT HIS PERISCOPE.
01:07:24 3906	MS- 2 KIDS ON A SEE-SAW IN A PLAYGROUND. MOM PUSHES HER TOT ON A SWING AT A GI COMPLEX IN GERMANY. LS- WIVES SHOP AT A SUPERMARKET
01:09:07 4009	MONTAGE- 2 GIS TOUR GERMANY AND SEE ANCIENT BUILDINGS AND CASTLES.
01:09:42 4044	MS- GERMAN'S DANCE IN COSTUMES AT A COLORFUL STREET FESTIVAL WITH FLOATS.
01:09:53 4055	MS- 2 GIS VISIT AN ART GALLERY WHERE THEY SEE ORIGINAL MASTERPIECES.
01:10:12 4074	LS- A PICTURESQUE CASTLE BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN.
01:20:18 4680	MONTAGE- THE FIRING OF THE HUGE 280MM CANNON DURING MANEUVERS IN GERMANY.