Titles. R1 of 3
03:00:33 Paratrooper lands close, many out of C119 airplanes, descending, on ground. Air Reserve & Air National Guard working w/ Army services. Trucks & jeeps along road; mock battle firing from ditch & trees.
03:01:19 Map, Swift Strike operation plans thrown on map.
03:01:55 Ext w/ sign: Exercise Swift Strike Army-Air Force Component Headquarters, officers into car; Entrance sign: ...welcome to Fort Bragg, N.C. home of the airborne. Home of Blue Dragon 18th Corps supervising army forces; 82nd friendly forces. 101st Div are aggressor forces. Paratroops landing.
03:02:32 Aerial over tents, trucks, airfield. man in control tower; planes taxiing, parked Army Caribou transports.
03:03:04 Jeeps & trucks pulling artillery; transportation units, Antenna & electronic gear. 70th Eng. etc.
03:03:42 Map of exercise area in South Carolina & North Carolina w/ fiction countries.
03;04:36 Troops boarding C119 Flying Boxcars & C123s, take off. Cockpit shots.
03:05:22 C-123 planes overhead; parachutes descend. C-119s w/ troops jumping, large numbers landing.
03:06:35 General Thomas Trapnell, Gen Herbert Powell, Secretary of Army Elvis Starr, Jr. observe.
03:07:00 Soldier on walkie talkie; C119s w/ paratroops jumping. Troops run along farm lane. Supplies & equipment landing. Men gather equipment, reconnoiter. Caribou planes landing on fields & unloaded, take off again.
03:08:34 Setting up camp; officer explaining over map on ground to group. CU map w/ units marked.
03:09:00 Enemy soldiers w/ special helmets; one on radio phone beside jeep. Patrol across railroad tracks, beside airport; C123 land, troops off w/ signal van, equipment, support unites move out.
Military Training; Air Force; 1961
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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Titles. R1 of 3 03:00:33 Paratrooper lands close, many out of C119 airplanes, descending, on ground. Air Reserve & Air National Guard working w/ Army services. Trucks & jeeps along road; mock battle firing from ditch & trees. 03:01:19 Map, Swift Strike operation plans thrown on map. 03:01:55 Ext w/ sign: Exercise Swift Strike Army-Air Force Component Headquarters, officers into car; Entrance sign: ...welcome to Fort Bragg, N.C. home of the airborne. Home of Blue Dragon 18th Corps supervising army forces; 82nd friendly forces. 101st Div are aggressor forces. Paratroops landing. 03:02:32 Aerial over tents, trucks, airfield. man in control tower; planes taxiing, parked Army Caribou transports. 03:03:04 Jeeps & trucks pulling artillery; transportation units, Antenna & electronic gear. 70th Eng. etc. 03:03:42 Map of exercise area in South Carolina & North Carolina w/ fiction countries. 03;04:36 Troops boarding C119 Flying Boxcars & C123s, take off. Cockpit shots. 03:05:22 C-123 planes overhead; parachutes descend. C-119s w/ troops jumping, large numbers landing. 03:06:35 General Thomas Trapnell, Gen Herbert Powell, Secretary of Army Elvis Starr, Jr. observe. 03:07:00 Soldier on walkie talkie; C119s w/ paratroops jumping. Troops run along farm lane. Supplies & equipment landing. Men gather equipment, reconnoiter. Caribou planes landing on fields & unloaded, take off again. 03:08:34 Setting up camp; officer explaining over map on ground to group. CU map w/ units marked. 03:09:00 Enemy soldiers w/ special helmets; one on radio phone beside jeep. Patrol across railroad tracks, beside airport; C123 land, troops off w/ signal van, equipment, support unites move out. Military Training; Air Force; 1961 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.