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Tropospheric Communications; Food Irradiation; Heraldry Artists (1967) Pt. 1 of 2

Reel Number: H1906-07

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1967

Country: Germany,USA,Vietnam

Location: Brookhaven,Cameron Station,Feldberg,New York,Upton,Virginia

TC Begins: 02:27:50

TC Ends: 02:46:59

Duration: 00:19:09

Tropospheric Communications; Food Irradiation; Heraldry Artists (1967) Pt. 1 of 2 Montage of contents / variety of topics: large antenna; sides of pork hanging; soldiers in tunnel / cave; heraldry; Camp Friendship / Valley Forge Freedom Awards. 02:28:30 Title: Your Army Reports 02:28:37 Artwork re communication; animated titles The Big Picture . 02:29:13 Title: Tropospheric Scatter Communication Site, Germany. Jeep in winter pulling up to Black Forest log house & picking up mail; driving down snow & foggy road towards Feldberg; on snow cat to top of mountain w/ radio antenna; CUs. Helicopter landing. 02:30:44 Soldier into snow covered quonset hut w/ electronic equipment. CUs, taking readings. Pan of snowy ridge to antenna. 02:31:35 Title: Food Irradiaton (sic) Irradiation. Massachusetts. 02:31:40 Man moving pallet of meat from freezer. Man smoking pipe at electronic screen. 02:32:08 Soldiers served & getting food from mess hall steam table. MCU putting food onto tray; groups eating at tables 02:32:28 LS across railroad tracks to very large multistory warehouse. Int. sides of pigs hanging & meat buyers / cutters inspecting. Bacon slabs moving on conveyor belt, men moving them on belts & on hanging racks to smoke, slicing & packaging into cans for irradiation w/ discs that change color w/ radiation, then packed to send to Brookhaven Lab. Guard & VIP watch truck trailer sealed for shipping. 02:33:38 CU sign: Brookhaven National Laboratory... Large building. Men inside stacking cartons into aluminum containers & onto tracks. View of Cobalt 60 raised between containers to sterilize. Man operating machine. 02:34:26 Aluminum containers raised out & cardboard cartons sealed. 02:34:53 Men in white lab coats looking at meats & cans. Montage of bacon, cans, packing, on pallets. 02:35:20 Large Army truck past on highway, dirt road. 02:35:35 Soldiers lined up in field to get food at mess table; sitting on grass eating. 02:35:52 Title: Tunnel Rats - Vietnam. 02:35:55 Jungle & two soldiers digging & looking into ground, view up from inside to them holding pistols. Man into tunnel, inside tunnel looking for boobytraps w/ flashlight & pistol. Digging. Overhead wooden supports / rafters / cribbing. Found items removed. Men leave tunnel. 02:38:49 Title: Institute Of Heraldry - Virginia 02:39:53 CU flag on pole & pulling back to show large two-story brick building, civilians & military in CU sign: The Institute of Heraldry U.S. Army. Woman artist working at drawing board & pictures of knights. Insignias; draftsmen; pins; coats of arms; medals; decorations; badges; symbols; small library; seals; crests; manufacturing process. Presidential seals. 02:45:34 Tracking shot past draftsmen & artists. Seals etc. 02:46:27 Attaching ribbon to unit flag; MCU men at attention & unit patches. Continued... 1960s; Cold Weather; Science; Communication; Atomic; NOTE: Any continuous ten minutes of entire film sold at per reel rate.

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