1950s - Cold War, USA, Big Picture: Division In Europe

1950s - Cold War, Germany: 2nd Armored Division Maneuvers Against Aggressor Force Montage: Army cameraman at rocket launch, artillery firing atomic cannon, H-19 Chickasaw helicopters landing & troops out; soldiers firing up hillside. 01:14:08 Turning globe & title. 01:14:27 CU Sgt Stuart Queen re NATO, SEATO & defending around the world. 01:15:00 Navy ships in harbor & soldiers off troop ship, loading into army trucks; marching in review on large field & riding in trucks pulling trailers, planes overhead. 01:15:42 Map of Europe w/ Soviet Union ominously dominating. War destroyed buildings in city. 01;15:55 Int. of 1950s apartment w/ couple & two children; children playing on teeter-totter & swings; gassing car at German service station; CU sign: US Army QM Gasoline Station, Foodland store next to it, car leaves. 01:16:26 Women shopping in large PX supermarket refrigerators, shelves w/ canned & bottles into pushcarts. 01:16:47 Edit. Soldier handing cases of ammunition & large shells onto tanks on maneuvers. Armored division tanks moving out past camera. Tank parked in front of building, sign: HQ 2nd Armored Division. MCU Two-star general in turret of tank “Hell Bent” motions to move out. GOOD. 01:18:04 Tanks thru town / village street, people waving, kids line stret. Dust & dirt. Truck pulling large 280mm gun; army trucks pulling Honest John missiles. Tanks guided thru trees 01:19:34 Edit; Firing 280 mm guns. GOOD. 01:19:48 Signal given & tanks & infantry moving churning dirt. Artillery firing bombardment from under camouflage; hitting badly destroyed buildings in target town of Schwanberg. Tanks across field / open plane, firing. View from above town & buildings hit. Infantry troops out of tracked APC, move forward. MS. 01:21:38 Aggressor infantry troops firing machine gun from woods; soldiers firing from wood piles along lane. Tanks entering Schwanberg w/infantry alongside; carry bazookas. Firing machine guns from under foundation; from rockpiles. Tanks firing small guns while advancing in front of running soldiers. Smoke. Surrendering aggressor troops from basement of house, searched to learn handling of Prisoners of War / POWs. Marched up road. Training; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. Narration talks of atomic war.