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00:02:15 0.73	CU- SEAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
00:02:27 12.73	LS- PENTAGON BUILDING ON THE SHORE OF THE POTOMAC WITH WASHINGTON MONUMENT ACROSS THE WAY.
00:02:30 15.73	CU- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SIGN AT THE PENTAGON.
00:02:35 20.73	MS- SECRETARY MCNAMARA SPEAKS TO THE CAMERA AND GIVES HIS REPORT OF THE STATE OF THE ARMED FORCES. SAYING OUR STRATEGY IS TO REMAIN STRONGER THAN THE COMMUNISTS AND WE ARE.
00:03:43 88.73	TITLE: "PARTNERS IN FREEDOM". EMBLEMS OF THE ARMY, NAVY, MARINES AND COAST GUARD WITH TITLE.
00:03:51 96.73	LS- A LOUD SWISHING SOUND, STREAMS OF SMOKE COME SHOOTING FROM THE GROUND, AS MISSILE SHOOTS UP FROM IT'S UNDERGROUND SILO THROUGH THE CLOUDS OF SMOKE.
00:04:23 128.73	MONTAGE- TROOPS ASSEMBLING, JETS TAKING OFF, WARSHIPS BEING LAUNCHED, COUNTER INSURGENCY SPECIAL FORCES, & MISSILES SHOWN AS NARRATOR TELLS OF PERCENTAGE INCREASES IN THESE FORCES IN 1963.
00:05:12 177.73	LS- TROOPS BOARDING HUGE TRANSPORT PLANES DURING EXERCISE, "BIG LIFT". AN ENTIRE ARMORED DIVISION WAS TRANSPORTED TO EUROPE.
00:05:30 195.73	AERIAL- PAN OF ENDLESS COLUMNS OF TANKS AND ARMOR LINED UP IN EUROPE AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF THE MEN
00:06:00 225.73	ANIMATED MAP SHOWS ROUTES TAKEN BY THE TRANSPORT PLANES AS THEY FLEW FROM THE U. S. TO EUROPE.
00:07:21 306.73	LS- ARMORED VEHICLES RIDE ON ROADS ALONG WITH CIVILIAN AUTO WITH HEADLIGHTS ON AT NIGHT
00:08:07 352.73	LS- TANK FIRES IT'S GUNS AS THEY ATTACK AN "AGGRESSOR" FORCE DURING THE REALISTIC "BIG LIFT" MANEUVERS.
00:08:13 358.73	MS- GENERAL PAUL L. FREEMAN, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF U.S ARMY, EUROPE, SUMS UP THE ENTIRE "BIG LIFT" EXERCISE.
00:09:34 439.73	MONTAGE- PAN OF A TANKS OF TANKS AND TROOPS LINED UP. MS- MINIATURE MODELS OF ARRAY OF MISSILES IN U. S. ARSENAL OF WEAPONS. LS- JETS SWOOP LOW AND DROP BOMBS.
00:10:09 474.73	LS- TROOPS CHARGE BEACH FROM THEIR LANDING CRAFTS
00:10:19 484.73	MS- A SMALL MISSILE SLIDES INTO IT'S LAUNCHER ATOP A NAVY WARSHIP AND FIRED.
00:10:25 490.73	LS- JET IN FLIGHT FIRES AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE. CAMERA FOLLOWS THE MISSILE AS IT SPEEDS THROUGH THE AIR & HITS A TARGET "DRONE" PLANE WHICH FALLS IN BALL OF FLAMES
00:10:40 505.73	LS- JET DROPS MISSILE WHICH FLIES THROUGH THE AIR AND INTO THE SEA ALONGSIDE A NAVAL WARSHIP.
00:10:56 521.73	AERIAL- CARRIER "ENTERPRISE" WITH IT'S DECKS CROWDED WITH PLANES CRUISES IN THE SEA LEAVING A WAKE BEHIND IT AS IT MAKES A SHARP TURN.
00:11:16 541.73	LS- LAUNCHING OF ONE OF FOUR NUCLEAR SUBMARINES LAUNCHED ON THE SAME DAY IN 1963 EMPHASIZES THE STRENGTH OF THE NAVY.
00:11:29 554.73	AERIAL- TWO POLARIS SUBMARINES SLIDE DOWN THE WAYS AT THE SAME TIME IN CONNECTICUT. LS- POLARIS SUBMARINE CRUISES ON THE SEA. MS- CREWMEN AT THE CONTROLS. PAN OF THE INSIDE OF HUGE NUCLEAR SUB.
00:12:32 617.73	HUGE EXPLOSION AND A "MINUTEMAN" MISSILE SPEEDS SKYWARD FROM IT'S UNDERGROUND SILO. NARRATOR TELLS OF IT'S RANGE AND SPEED AS THE ICBM MISSILE IS FOLLOWED SKYWARD.
00:13:10 655.73	LS- AN SAC BOMBER TAKES TO THE AIR. LS- SAC OFFICERS MAN A CONTROL CENTER WATCHING THEIR ELECTRONIC SCREENS.
00:13:36 681.73	LS- HUGE SPHERE SHAPED RADAR TOWERS OF THE BALLISTIC MISSILE WARNING NET IN ENGLAND.
00:13:55 700.73	LS- A DOG SLED TEAM SPEEDS BY IN THE ALASKA SNOW WITH HUGE RADAR ANTENNA IN THE BACKGROUND.
00:13:56 701.73	LS- WORKERS UNLOAD CIVIL DEFENSE TRUCKS CONTAINING FOOD, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, WATER CONTAINERS, AND RADIATION DETECTION EQUIPMENT INTO A SHELTER
00:14:20 725.73	ELS- A HUGE RADIO ANTENNA HUNDREDS OF FEET HIGH. OF THE EMERGENCY BROADCASTING SYSTEM, EBS.
00:14:26 731.73	CU- HAND TURNS ON TABLE TOP RADIO.
00:14:50 755.73	MS- ARTIST CONCEPTION OF THE MANNED ORBITING LABORATORY, MOL.
00:15:40 805.73	MAP OF HUGE AREA OF COMMUNIST CHINA WHICH TOOK SPOTLIGHT IN 1963 BY CREATING CRISIS AND CHAOS WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
00:15:57 822.73	MS- SECRETARY MCNAMARA, GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR, GENERAL HAWKINS AND AMBASSADOR LODGE ON FACT FINDING TOUR ARE BRIEFED ON SITUATION IN VIETNAM. CU- CAPTURED VIET-CONG WEAPONS ARE EXAMINED
00:17:05 890.73	MS- COUNTER-INSURGENCY SPECIAL FORCES TROOPS GATHER AROUND A MAP IN THE JUNGLE DURING TRAINING THEY ENTER STREAM AND WADE ACROSS CHEST DEEP WATER
00:17:23 908.73	MS- U. S. M. P. S' PATROL ALONG DE-MILITARIZED ZONE IN KOREA WATCHING ENEMY THROUGH BINOCULARS
00:17:46 931.73	MS- UN AND RED OFFICERS TAKE NOTES AS THEY INVESTIGATE AN ACTUAL BORDER INCIDENT AT THE ZONE
00:18:08 953.73	MS- NO. KOREAN AND UN DELEGATES ENTER BUILDING AT PANMONJON FOR A MEETING IN 1963. MS- INSIDE THEY HAVE AN EYEBALL TO EYEBALL TALK. LS- NORTH KOREAN THROWS A PENCIL ACROSS THE TABLE
00:18:52 997.73	LS- SECRETARY MCNAMARA AND SECRETARY OF STATE RUSK AT A NATO MEETING.
00:19:07 1012.73	AERIAL- PAN OF WEST BERLIN AND THE BRANDENBURG GATE SURROUNDED BY THE BERLIN WALL
00:19:24 1029.73	MS- DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE VANCE STANDS ON A TOWER WITH BRITISH AND U. S. ARMY OFFICERS AND LOOKS OUT OVER THE WALL TO EAST BERLIN.
00:19:30 1035.73	LS- 2 EAST BERLIN GUARDS LOOK BACK WITH BINOCULARS
00:19:55 1060.73	LS- SECRETARY MCNAMARA AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY ARTHUR SYLVESTER RIDES ACROSS GERMAN RIVER IN AN AMPHIBIOUS ARMY VEHICLE
00:20:00 1065.73	LS- MCNAMARA ON BOARD GERMAN TRAINING SHIP WITH GERMAN OFFICIAL. MS- MCNAMARA REVIEWS NAVAL CADETS ON THE 4 MASTER SAILING SHIP. LS- CROWS NEST AS SEEN FROM THE DECK BELOW
00:21:26 1151.73	MONTAGE- RUBBLE OF BUILDINGS IN YUGOSLAV CITY HIT BY EARTHQUAKE. LS- AN AMERICAN DERRICK HELPS CLEAR THE DEBRIS. WORKERS WEAR MEDICAL MASKS.
00:21:43 1168.73	MS- AN AMERICAN BLACK ARMY NURSE FLEXES A MAN'S FOOT AS HE LIES IN BED. OTHER U. S. MEDICS TREAT YUGOSLAV INJURED.
00:22:11 1196.73	MS- A U. S. ARMY ADVISOR USES A POINTER TO SHOW BOLIVIAN SOLDIERS THE PARTS OF A MILITARY VEHICLE
00:22:26 1211.73	LS- LONG LINE OF LATIN AMERICAN NATIVES WAIT TO BE VACCINATED BY A U. S. MEDIC IN A VILLAGE.
00:22:56 1241.73	LS- STATUE OF A LATIN AMERICAN HERO ON A HORSE RAISING HIS SWORD.
00:22:58 1243.73	CU- SIGN ON BUILDING: "PENTAGON BUILDING RIVER ENTRANCE". LS- HEAVY AUTO TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ENTRANCE TO BUILDING. SIGN INSIDE: 1. DETERMINE MILITARY NEED AND, 2. OPERATE AT LOWEST COST.
00:23:43 1288.73	MS- MCNAMARA BEFORE A ROOM FULL OF NEWSMEN SITTING AND TAKING NOTES DURING NEWS CONFERENCE. MS- MCNAMARA SPEAKS ABOUT COSTS AND JOB REDUCTIONS
00:24:35 1340.73	CU- A GOLD COIN SPLIT IN TWO INDICATING HOW MUCH OF THE DOLLAR GOES TO DEFENSE.
00:24:45 1350.73	CROWDS OF PEOPLE WALKING THE SIDEWALKS OF A LARGE CITY GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS.
00:24:53 1358.73	CU- MAN WORKING ON HIS INCOME TAX FORM. MS- WOMAN BUYS A SAVINGS BOND FROM A BANK TELLER.
00:25:03 1368.73	MS- STATUE OF FLAG RAISING BY MARINES ON IWO JIMA
00:25:07 1372.73	MS- THE LATE PRESIDENT KENNEDY SIGN A PAY RAISE BILL FOR ARMED FORCES AS CONGRESSMEN WATCH PRIOR TO HIS ASSASSINATION
00:25:23 1388.73	LS- THE FLAG AT HALF MAST IN FRONT OF THE CAPITAL DOME BUILDING DURING KENNEDY'S FUNERAL.
00:25:31 1396.73	AERIAL- JFK'S FLAG-DRAPED COFFIN IN THE ROTUNDA OF THE CAPITAL.
00:25:46 1411.73	LS- FUNERAL PROCESSION ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. AERIAL- 6 WHITE HORSES PULLING THE CAISSON WITH THE COFFIN. MS- SOLDIER BLOWS TAPS ON TRUMPET.
00:26:43 1468.73	CU- ETERNAL FLAME BURNS ON GRAVE AT ARLINGTON
00:26:59 1484.73	MS- PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON ADDRESS THE CONGRESS IN HIS FIRST STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE AND SAYS HE WILL MAINTAIN MILITARY SUPERIORITY.
00:28:40 1585.73	MONTAGE- AS LBJ SPEAKS, SCENES OF OUR MILITARY STRENGTH ARE SHOWN INCLUDING THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE WITH SAILORS ON THE DECK FORMING A U. S. FLAG AND THE YEAR 1964.
00:30:26 1691.73	LBJ SAYS, "WE DO NOT INTEND TO BURY ANYONE, NOR DO WE INTEND TO BE BURIED", AS HE CONTINUES HIS STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH.
00:31:37 1762.73	"THIRD ARMY" GENERAL ALBERT WATSON TELLS ABOUT 3RD ARMY, IT'S FORTS, INSTALLATIONS COVERING 7 STATES IN SOUTHEAST. IT'S ACTIONS IN WWII WITH GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON AS IT'S COMMANDING OFFICER OPERATION "DELOWAR", A JOINT MANEUVER WITH IRANIAN AND U. S. FORCES IN THE IRANIAN DESERT IS COVERED.
00:31:42 1767.73	MS- LT. GENERAL ALBERT WATSON, COMMANDING GENERAL 3RD ARMY PLAYING CHESS WITH A CIVILIAN MAKES A MOVE AND ANNOUNCES "CHECK MATE".
00:32:17 1802.73	CU- CHESS SET LIES ON THE TABLE.
00:32:40 1825.73	TALKING HEADS - GENERAL WATSON SPEAKS OF THE THIRD ARMY, IT'S HISTORY AND IT'S MISSION.
00:33:18 1863.73	MONTAGE- SCENES OF GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, COMMANDER OF 3RD ARMY DURING WWII AND 3RD ARMY BATTLE SCENES DURING THAT WAR.
00:35:00 1965.73	LS- TODAYS 3RD ARMY PARATROOPS FILL THE SKY DURING A MILITARY EXERCISE.
00:35:04 1969.73	MONTAGE- PARATROOPERS HITTING THE GROUND AND GATHERING THEIR CHUTES.
00:35:12 1977.73	MAP SHOWING THE 7 STATES OF THE SOUTHEAST WHERE 3RD ARMY FORTS AND INSTALLATIONS ARE LOCATED.
00:35:46 2011.73	LS- FORT MCPHERSON, ADMINISTRATION CENTER AND HOME OF THE 3RD ARMY HEADQUARTERS. LS- CARS STOP AT M. P. STATION BEFORE ENTERING THE FORT.
00:36:05 2030.73	MS- BUS PULLS UP TO RECEPTION CENTER BUILDING WITH NEW RECRUITS. INSIDE THEY ARE ISSUED UNIFORMS, HEADS SHAVED AND ORIENTATED. MONTAGE- RECRUITS GOING THROUGH VIGOROUS TRAINING AT FORT. (LOGGED)
00:38:00 2145.73	MONTAGE- GIS TAKING CLASSES AND HANDLING COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AT FORT GORDON SOUTHEASTERN SIGNAL SCHOOL.
00:38:16 2161.73	MONTAGE GI STUDENTS TAKING CLASSES IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TO BE MILITARY POLICEMEN.
00:38:30 2175.73	LS- STUDENTS ACTING AS A RIOT MOB WIELDING BATS, ARE PUSHED BACK BY MILITARY POLICE WIELDING BAYONETS IN MOCK EXERCISE.
00:38:50 2195.73	LS- CENTER FOR ADVANCED TRAINING IN INFANTRY SKILLS AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA TEACHES OFFICERS NEWEST COMBAT TECHNIQUES.
00:39:40 2245.73	LS- GIS WEARING HARNESS, JUMP FROM OF A HIGH TOWER AND SLIDE DOWN A LONG CABLE IN PARATROOP TRAINING. PARATROOPS JUMP OUT OF PLANE IN REAL EXERCISE.
00:41:06 2331.73	MONTAGE- TRAINING IN ALL SORTS OF ARMY HELICOPTERS AND LIGHTPLANES AT FORT RUCKER.
00:41:36 2361.73	MS- GIS WEARING GAS MASKS ENTER A CONTAMINATED TENT. MEN WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR AND MASKS ARE SPRAYED WITH AN ANTI-CONTAMINANT AT 3RD ARMY'S FORT MCCLENNON CHEMICAL SCHOOL.
00:41:47 2372.73	MS- MEN IN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING DE-CONTAMINATE AN ARMY TANK WITH SPRAY
00:41:53 2378.73	WOMEN'S ARMY CORP (WACS) TAKE CLASSES AT FORT MCCLELLAN TRAINING SCHOOL.
00:41:57 2382.73	MS- WAC READS A TICKER TAPE IN AN OFFICE; WAC TAKES NOTES DICTATED BY AN OFFICER AT HIS DESK. MS- WAC PHOTOGRAPHER POINTS HER FLASH CAMERA INTO THE CAMERA AND SHOOTS.
00:42:09 2394.73	MS- WAC USES A STETHOSCOPE ON PATIENT IN BED ANOTHER GIVES A GI'S ARM A WHIRLPOOL BATH AS SHE MASSAGES HIS WRIST. CU- BLACK WAC LOOKS AT SLIDES THROUGH A MICROSCOPE. MS- WAC ASSISTING A DENTIST
00:42:34 2419.73	LS- A SQUAD OF WACS MARCHING TO CLASSES.
00:42:44 2429.73	MS- TALKING HEADS- CIVILIAN FRIEND LIGHT UP GENERAL ALBERT WATSONS' CIGAR AS THEY SIT AT THE CHESS TABLE. GENERAL WATSON CONTINUES HIS DIALOGUE ABOUT THE 3RD ARMY AND MODERN WARFARE.
00:43:18 2463.73	LS- CIVILIAN WORKERS GOING IN AND OUT OF THE HEADQUARTERS, ARMY BALLISTIC MISSILE AGENCY.
00:43:28 2473.73	MONTAGE- ENGINEERS WORK IN LABS AND AT THE AGENCY. IMPROVING VARIOUS WEAPON SYSTEM. MONTAGE- IMPROVED MISSILES, TANKS, SMALL ARMS AND HELICOPTER GUNS ARE TESTED BY MORE SKILLED GIS.
00:44:34 2539.73	MONTAGE- SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING IN GUERRILLA AND COUNTER-GUERRILLA WARFARE AT FORT BRAGG IS SHOWN. ALSO SHOWN IS RANGER TRAINING AT FORT BENNING.
00:46:17 2642.73	CU- INSTRUCTOR SHOWS OUTDOOR CLASS HOW TO HANDLE POISONOUS SNAKE.
00:48:38 2783.73	MS- GENERAL ALBERT WATSON AND ANOTHER GENERAL WATCH A PARATROOP DROP THROUGH BINOCULARS ON THE GROUND.
00:49:30 2835.73	LS- TROOPS HIDDEN IN THE WOODS AMBUSH A TRUCK LOAD OF "AGGRESSOR" SOLDIERS DURING MANEUVERS; A FIRE FIGHT BREAKS OUT.
00:49:57 2862.73	MS- GENERAL WATSON CONTINUES THE DIALOGUE WITH HIS FRIEND NEXT TO PHOTO OF JFK. COSTS OF "READINESS" ARE DISCUSSED.
00:50:33 2898.73	LS- PHOTO OF JFK MEETING WITH HIS MILITARY LEADERS DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS IN 1962. MONTAGE- ARMY AND NAVY UNITS RESPONDING TO THE ALERT
00:52:45 3030.73	LS- U. S. ADVISORS HAND OUT WEAPONS TO VIETNAMESE CIVILIANS THEN GIVE THEM TRAINING IN TECHNIQUES OF JUNGLE WARFARE. VIET SOLDIERS & U.S. ADVISORS LINE UP AND SEARCH SUSPECTED VIET CONG IN A VILLAGE.
00:54:07 3112.73	IN 1964, A BRIGADE OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE TROOPS BOARD TRANSPORT PLANES, DESTINATION: IRAN, FOR A COMBINED U.S., IRANIAN MANEUVER IN OPERATION "DELOWAR", AN IRANIAN WORD MEANING, "COURAGEOUS".
00:55:00 3165.73	AERIAL- "TENT CITY" IN TURKEY, IS STAGING AREA FOR THE U.S. TROOPS WHERE THEIR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ARE HELD FOR THE DROP OPERATION.
00:55:29 3194.73	MS- A GI FILLS SEVERAL CANTEEN OF WATER FROM A LARGE CANVAS WATER BAG. CU- HE TAKES A DRINK.
00:55:49 3214.73	AERIAL- ANCIENT IRANIAN VILLAGES IN ARID ROCKY TERRAIN WITH LITTLE OR NO GREENERY. OTHER AREA LOOKING LIKE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST WITH ITS DESERTS, CANYONS AND VALLEYS. (PAN)
00:56:47 3272.73	MONTAGE- U. S. PARATROOPS JUMP OVER THE DESERT PLAINS IN IRAN.
00:57:31 3316.73	MS- WEARY GIS SIT IN THE BARREN LAND TO REST AND HAVE A SMOKE. CU- BLACK GI TAKES LONG DRINK FROM HIS CANTEEN. ANOTHER BLACK GI SITS ON GROUND AND LEERS AT CAMERA AS HE TAKES A DRAG ON CIGARETTE.
00:58:32 3377.73	MS- IRANIANS STAND BY THEIR THATCHED HUTS AND WATCH THE EXERCISE.
00:58:38 3383.73	MS- GENERAL WATSON CONCLUDES DIALOGUE WITH HIS FRIEND.