1917-1961NEWSREELS
PART A - 00:33:14 -
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ARMY DIGEST NO.3 TWO SUBJECTS ARE COVERED: "THE JUNIOR ESSEX TROOP", A NATIONAL GUARD UNIT OF 150 BOYS, AND "UMBRELLA IN THE SKY", WHICH SHOWS HUNDREDS OF WAYS PARACHUTES CAN BE USED IN PEACE AND WAR.
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MONTAGE- FAMOUS FILM OF LANDING AT NORMANDY ON D-DAY WHICH INCLUDED THE MEN OF THE 102ND ARMORED CAVALRY WHICH LANDED ON 'OMAHA' BEACH.
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LS- TANKS AND ROCKET FIRING VEHICLE FIRE VOLLEYS AT THE GERMANS.
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MS- A TANK DEVISED BY A MEMBER OF THE 102ND THAT CUTS THROUGH HEDGE GROVES IS DEMONSTRATED.
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| 00:34:26 117.27 |
LS- MEMBERS OF 103ND RIDE VICTORIOUSLY THROUGH A CZECH TOWN TO THE CHEER OF THE PEOPLE.
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MS- ARMORY IN WEST ORANGE, N.J., LOOKS LIKE VIRGINIA MANSION, IS HOME TO THE 102ND NATIONAL GUARD UNIT.
MS- AN INSTRUCTOR POINTS TO AND DEMONSTRATES VARIOUS PARTS OF TANK TO HIS GUARDSMEN-STUDENTS |
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MS- A CAVALRY HORSE GALLOPS THROUGH A PUDDLE OF WATER IS RIDDEN BY A JUNIOR ESSEX TROOP CAVALRYMAN MONTAGE- THE YOUNG CADET CAVALRYMEN JUMP HURDLES AT AN OBSTACLE COURSE.
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LS- LARGE STABLE AND BARN WHICH HOUSES 28 HORSES.
LS- PAN OF THE 10 1/2 ACRES THAT MAKE UP THE HORSE FARM. LS- YOUNG HORSEMAN RIDES AROUND ONE OF THE 2 RIDING RINKS ON THE FARM. |
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MS- PIPE SMOKING CAPTAIN PALMER, A FORMER CAVALRY OFFICER, COMMANDS THE CADET UNIT.
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| 00:36:33 244.27 |
LS- YOUNG CADETS STAND AT ATTENTION ALONG WITH THEIR ADULT SERGEANT.
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MS- A STATION WAGON PULLS UP AND A GROUP OF CADETS RUN OUT TO JOIN THE OTHERS FOR INSPECTION BY A CADET CAPTAIN.
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| 00:37:26 297.27 |
LS- EACH BOY WALKS HIS HORSE OUT OF THE STABLES AND SADDLE UP. EVEN THE SMALLEST BOY SADDLES UP.
LS- THE BOYS LINE UP SMARTLY NEXT TO THEIR MOUNTS |
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MS- THE BOYS SHOW HOW TO MOUNT THE HORSE USING THE STIRRUPS. MS- THE ADVANCED STUDENTS TRAIN JUMPING OBSTACLES.
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MS- THE BOYS REMOVE THE SADDLES AND WALK THE HORSES UNTIL THEY ARE THOROUGHLY COOLED DOWN.
AFTERWARDS THE HORSES ARE TAKEN FOR A DRINK. |
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MS- 2 CADETS BRUSH DOWN THEIR HORSES. MS- OTHER BOYS GET RIFLE FIRING TRAINING, INCLUDING DRILL PRACTICE.
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MS- SIGN TELLING OF 'JUNIOR ESSEX TROOP HORSE SHOW'. MS- THE BOYS CHECK THEIR EQUIPMENT, BRUSH THEIR HORSES, BRAID THEIR TAILS, WASH WINDOWS AND PUT UP LIGHTS .
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MS- SMALL TRACTOR PULLS A RACK WHICH SMOOTHS OUT THE BRIDAL PATHS.
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| 00:42:23 594.27 |
MS- A NATIONAL GUARDSMAN HAMMERS A SPIKE INTO THE GROUND WHICH TIGHTENS THE ROPE HOLDING THE BIG TENT FOR THE EVENT IN PLACE.
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MS- A HORSE TRAILER ARRIVES WITH A HORSES HEAD PEERING OUT OF IT'S WINDOW. HANSOM THOROUGHBRED HORSES ARE WALKED OUT OF THEIR TRAILERS
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AERIAL- EQUESTRIAN FANS START TO ARRIVE FOR THE EVENT (PAN) MS- DENNIS BLACKAM, A FORMER TROOP MEMBER AND CANDIDATE FOR THE 1960 OLYMPIC
EQUESTRIAN TEAM, GIVES POINTERS TO SOME CADETS. |
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CU- AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF TROPHIES THAT WILL GO TO THE WINNERS OF THE SHOW.
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| 00:43:58 689.27 |
MS- A LITTLE UNIFORMED MEMBER OF THE TROOP GIVES A BIG SMILE AS HE WATCHES A RIDER GO THROUGH HIS PACES. MONTAGE- YOUNG RIDERS GO THROUGH THE COURSE
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MS- OFFICIAL PINS A RIBBON ON THE HORSES BRIDLE.
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MONTAGE- THE JUNIOR ESSEX TROOPS OF LANCERS PUT ON A DAZZLING DISPLAY OF PRECISION HORSEMANSHIP.
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| 00:48:12 943.27 |
MS- THE YOUNG RIDERS JUMP THROUGH A FIRE HOOP WITH THEIR MOUNTS.
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MONTAGE- THE ENTIRE TROOP OF 150 BOYS MARCH IN REVIEW.
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UMBRELLAS OF THE SKY - STORY OF THE PARACHUTIST.
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| 00:50:28 1079.27 |
MONTAGE- EARLY AIRPLANES OF ALL SHAPES ARE TESTED WITH SOME FLYING AND OTHERS NOT.
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MS- WWI PILOTS MAN THEIR VINTAGE PLANES WITHOUT PARACHUTES.
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| 00:51:18 1129.27 |
LS- BARNSTORMING STUNTMEN JUMPS OFF WING OF VINTAGE PLANE WITH PARACHUTE IN THE EARLY YEARS.
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| 00:51:32 1143.27 |
LS- RUSSIAN TROOPS JUMP OF HIGH TOWER AS THEY EXPERIMENT WITH PARACHUTES FOR MILITARY PURPOSES.
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LS- HUGE RUSSIAN PLANES DROP PARATROOPS AND CARGO IN CRUDE LOOKING PLANES. THE PLANE SWOOPS LOW AND DROPS A MANNED VEHICLE ON THE GROUND. CU- A MAN SLIPS OUT OF A TRAP DOOR IN THE VEHICLE
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MONTAGE- GERMAN PARATROOPS ENTERING PLANES AND DROPPING OVER CRETE IN 1ST LARGE SCALE MILITARY PARACHUTE USE.
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| 00:53:22 1253.27 |
LS- GENERAL 'IKE', CHURCHILL AND OTHERS WATCH A HUGE PARATROOP DROP EXERCISE IN ENGLAND, IN PREPARATION FOR D-DAY.
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LS- VAST AREAS OF ENEMY SHIPPING LANES ARE SEEDED WITH MINES FROM THE AIR DURING WWII.
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A HUGE GERMAN DESIGNED 'RIBBON' CHUTE, DESIGNED TO ACT AS AN AIR BREAK FOR BOMBERS AND GLIDERS.
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LS- RUSSIANS JUMP OUT OF PLANES WITH A CHUTE DESIGNED TO MAKE THEM DESCEND FASTER.
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MONTAGE- HUGE CARGOES ,READY FOR PARACHUTE DROP IN KOREA. MS- SPECIAL PARACHUTES LARGE ENOUGH TO DRAPE A SUBURBAN HOME IS LAID OUT ON THE GROUND AND FOLDED.
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MS- TONS OF SUPPLIES ROLL OUT OF THE BACK OF A CARGO PLANE AND PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND.
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MS- AN ENGINEER HOLDS A SCALE MODEL OF AN EJECTION SEAT FOR FIGHTER PLANES.
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MS- A TEST PILOT LAYS ON HIS SIDE IN AN EJECTION SEAT AND IS SPUN AROUND. LS- TEST PILOT IS EJECTED STRAIGHT UP IN A VERY HIGH HANGAR.
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LS- A NAZI PILOT EJECTS FROM HIS DIVE BOMBER AND HITS THE TAIL SECTION OF THE PLANE AS THE GERMANS TEST AN EJECTION SEAT DURING WWII.
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CU- FILM SHOWS THE EJECTION SEAT HITTING THE TAIL SECTION DAMAGING THE PLANE.
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LS- A PILOT IS SUCCESSFULLY EJECTED FROM A JET PROPELLED VEHICLE SPEEDING ON TRACKS AT A PROVING GROUND IN THE DESERT.
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LS- A MANNED EJECTION SEAT IS BLOWN OUT OF A BOMBER AND THE PILOT PARACHUTES SAFELY TO GROUND
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LS- A SPECIAL PARACHUTE SLOWS DOWN A LANDING JET
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LS- A MISSILE IN FLIGHT, ACCOMPANIED BY MANNED JET PLANES, SUDDENLY LOWERS LANDING GEAR AND COMES IN FOR SAFE LANDING, AIDED BY A CHUTE WHICH SLOWS DOWN IT'S LANDING SPEED.
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LS- AN ARMY RECONNAISSANCE 'DRONE' PLANE, CONTROLLED BY HAND-HELD REMOTE CONTROL, TAKES PICTURES OF ENEMY POSITIONS BELOW, THEN IS RETURNED TO BASE AND GENTLY LANDED BY CHUTE.
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LS- PARA-RESCUE TEAMS DROP INTO A RIVER ON A RESCUE MISSION. OTHERS DROP INTO THE WOODS DURING FOREST FIRE. TROOPER STUCK IN TREE, LOWERS HIMSELF WITH A SPECIAL HARNESS
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| 00:58:51 1582.27 |
LS- CHUTIST JUMPS FROM ARMY PLANE AND DEMONSTRATES SKYDIVING
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| 00:59:07 1598.27 |
LS- A DAREDEVIL JUMPS FROM THE WING OF ONE PLANE TO THE WING OF ANOTHER IN EARLY BARNSTORMING DAYS
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MS- PARATROOP TRAINEES PRACTICE JUMPING POSITIONS ON THE GROUND AND IN HARNESSES IN TOWERS.
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LS- A TRAINEE IS DROPPED FROM A PARACHUTE JUMP SIMILAR TO THAT IN AMUSEMENT PARKS.
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