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Map w/ units shown.
03:18:43 Aerial over airport w/ military planes around. C119 Flying Boxcars dropping troops & equipment; paratroopers descending & landing, men unpacking & assembling rifles. 82nd AB troops march off.
03:20:02 Ext of small wooden control tower, int. w/ controller looking out, on radio. Caribou planes landing, unloading vehicles. Large helicopters taking off; small copters flying past.
03:20:51 Simulated nuclear explosion from distance. Aerial over smoke cloud. Battle group marching off field.
03:21:07 Bulldozers building access for pontoon bridge, Engineers constructing.
03:21:50 82nd AB setting up artillery. POV past set up in field. 101st AB troops captured. Convoy of army trucks & jeeps crossing large pontoon bridge. Soldiers crossing narrow pontoon bridge.
03:23:13 Sign: You are crossing the Pee Dee River courtesy of Companies B & C 70th Engr BN, Ft Campbell, KY.
03:23:22 Trucking shot past line of Army twin turbo-prop Caribou aircraft. Troops enter plane, door closed, taxiing away. Taking off. Cockpit shot.
03:24:20 Army helicopter overhead w/ trailer in sling beneath; other helicopters on ground w/ troops boarding, taking off. Aerial over copters in field; in flight. Air force fighter jets overhead. Caribou landing on grass field, jeep unloaded. Caribou taking off; troops into helicopter, taking off in dust cloud. Landing in dust cloud.
03:26:24 Soldiers into woods, single-file through & firing rifles & machine guns. Special Forces take prisoners.
03:27:28 Critique pamphlets. Helicopters in flight from air; Caribou taking off; paratroops dropping from C119s. Troops marching along mud.
03:28:42 Title: The Big Picture...
Military Training; Army; Air Force; 1961 Military propaganda;
The original release sheet reads: Recently ...Exercise Swiftstrike ...a maneuver serving many purposes, was conducted in North and South Carolina. This week's THE BIG PICTURE cameras take you to three fictitious nations created for this particular exercise. In this maneuver the largest airborne operation ever organized in peacetime is undertaken, utilizing the capabilities of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. These two ready forces of the Strike Command are pitted against each other in a realistic test of readiness and striking power.
Exercise Swiftstrike offers an excellent opportunity to measure how well a unified command can operate in a dual service effort for our nation's defense.
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R3 of 3 continued... Map w/ units shown. 03:18:43 Aerial over airport w/ military planes around. C119 Flying Boxcars dropping troops & equipment; paratroopers descending & landing, men unpacking & assembling rifles. 82nd AB troops march off. 03:20:02 Ext of small wooden control tower, int. w/ controller looking out, on radio. Caribou planes landing, unloading vehicles. Large helicopters taking off; small copters flying past. 03:20:51 Simulated nuclear explosion from distance. Aerial over smoke cloud. Battle group marching off field. 03:21:07 Bulldozers building access for pontoon bridge, Engineers constructing. 03:21:50 82nd AB setting up artillery. POV past set up in field. 101st AB troops captured. Convoy of army trucks & jeeps crossing large pontoon bridge. Soldiers crossing narrow pontoon bridge. 03:23:13 Sign: You are crossing the Pee Dee River courtesy of Companies B & C 70th Engr BN, Ft Campbell, KY. 03:23:22 Trucking shot past line of Army twin turbo-prop Caribou aircraft. Troops enter plane, door closed, taxiing away. Taking off. Cockpit shot. 03:24:20 Army helicopter overhead w/ trailer in sling beneath; other helicopters on ground w/ troops boarding, taking off. Aerial over copters in field; in flight. Air force fighter jets overhead. Caribou landing on grass field, jeep unloaded. Caribou taking off; troops into helicopter, taking off in dust cloud. Landing in dust cloud. 03:26:24 Soldiers into woods, single-file through & firing rifles & machine guns. Special Forces take prisoners. 03:27:28 Critique pamphlets. Helicopters in flight from air; Caribou taking off; paratroops dropping from C119s. Troops marching along mud. 03:28:42 Title: The Big Picture... Military Training; Army; Air Force; 1961 Military propaganda; The original release sheet reads: Recently ...Exercise Swiftstrike ...a maneuver serving many purposes, was conducted in North and South Carolina. This week's THE BIG PICTURE cameras take you to three fictitious nations created for this particular exercise. In this maneuver the largest airborne operation ever organized in peacetime is undertaken, utilizing the capabilities of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. These two ready forces of the Strike Command are pitted against each other in a realistic test of readiness and striking power. Exercise Swiftstrike offers an excellent opportunity to measure how well a unified command can operate in a dual service effort for our nation's defense.