1961 - Military, Caribbean Command. Pt. 1 of 2

American tanks, troops, planes in Panama on maneuvers of four inter-American nations for mutual defense. Firing guns, bazookas. 01:01:46 Turning globe & The Big Picture title. Pt. 1 of 2 01:02:14 Large building in City of Panama w/ people on balconies during Carnival de la Amistad, 1961 w/ floats, marching units, people watching groups on floats. Dancers, some in costume. 01:03:56 Large Balboa monument in traffic circle. Aerials over islands; ground shots of San Blas Kuna Indians stitching molas designs & making handicrafts in front of thatched huts. Dancing on sand for tourists. 01:05:09 Aerial over 17th Century Fort San Lorenzo; views of rocky walls, cannons & stone steps, brick arches & lookouts. Old city of Panama ruins. 01:06:28 Panama w/ flag flying; aerial over the Panama Canal. 01:06:59 Tank in military exercise; troops on ground; paratroopers descending. Firing machine guns. Combining Colombian Army, Navy & Air Force; Panama’s Guardia Nacional; Peruvian Army & Air Force; USA 82nd Airborne from Fort Bragg. 01:08:17 Military officers & others from 17 western nations watching from grandstand or hillside; equipment dropped, jeep driven off pallet. Weapons firing. VIPs watching overhead; plane landing on dirt runway, troops off & running to brush. Moving thru dust. Radioman prone talking on radio. CU firing machine gun w/ belt fed. 01:10:07 Troops to tents w/ officers planning on maps. MPs capturing aggressor group of USA 2nd Battle Group, 20th Infantry. 01:10:51 CU sign: Headquarters Caribbean Command, entrance gate / guard post at Quarry Heights. Large buildings amidst shrubs & palm trees. Ranch style houses of officers, girl on bicycle. 01:11:26 US Air Force plane on runway, Fifteenth Naval District HQ building. 01:11:37 Army officers being lectured in front of Bushmaster snake poster at Ft. Sherman. Large snake held by soldier, pased around. Other wild animals of panama: deer, tapir, alligators. Men training to swim across jungle river, crossing on rope. Climbing trees & crossing river on rope slide. POV on slide. 01:13:34 Men in rubber boats paddle thru jungle, POV. Men run & set up machine gun, men in rubber rafts into water. 01:14:18 Ft. Gulig training military in Spanish in military materiel, organization, tactics & doctrine. Lecturers w/ pointers showing equipment, working w/ heavy equipment roadbuilding; radio communications; 81mm mortar training; training MPs, judo, riot control w/ fixed bayonets. Reviewing Latin American marching units at graduation. 01:17:43 Aerial over HQ of Inter American Geodetic Survey; aerials over jungle & men working w/ markers & map making for the Americas south of USA. Instructed in surveying; taking notes. Aircraft. Related IAGS buildings & officers out into car in Colombia. Army helicopter landing on ridge, unloading crates, helicopter leaves & another lands. POV leaving. Continued.... Cold War; American Hemisphere; Occupation; Imperialism; Colonialism; Military Propaganda; NOTE: Operation Solidarity 01-04Mar61. NOTE: Any continuous 10 minutes of both parts provided at per reel rate.