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US Army History: Airborne Soldier (101st Airborne Division R1 of 3

Reel Number: H1872-10

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1950s

Country: USA

Location: Europe

TC Begins: 02:25:00

TC Ends: 02:35:27

Duration: 00:10:27

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk US Army History. R1 of 3 Title. 02:25:29 Army military exercise w/ Aggressor Forces radar station in field. Sentry patrolling, pan to Chinook helicopter lands & troops out in camouflage, sneak up on Aggressors. MS one throws pine cone & sentry goes to look & taken down by infantryman w/ knife, others run up to Radar electronics truck, inside & capture three men. Stop radar dish, set fuze to blow up electronics. 02;29:03 Prisoner taken to CH-47 Chinook helicopter, lifts off. 02:29:16 Sgt Stewart Queen watching 16mm film, SOF: “Airborne soldiers on a simulated combat patrol...” “Aviation has given him (soldier) new mobility... 02:30:11 Airborne soldiers boarding large planes, taking off, in flight; bailing out w/ parachutes seen from above & below, landing; large cargo drops; moving off field. 02:31:18 Montage: 1800s Cavalry charge w/ clouds of smoke in background; troops in railroad Pullman cars; truck convoy passing; jeep convoy w/ infantry, trucks pull artillery; large tanks across open country. Collapsed steel bridge in river; deep mud w/ truck wheels; convoy crossing floating bridge; bulldozer past dragon’s teeth; soldiers rappelling cliff; contrails of formations from ground & air to air. 02:32:44 View up to paratroopers jumping from three tri-motor planes; air to air of many paratroopers out of German tri-motors, soldiers on ground gathering parachutes, CUs. Allied troops descending. Silhouetted WW2 troops running in dusk, fog. 02:33:43 Korean war & paratroops dropping; heavy equipment “dropped in combat for first time”. 02:34:03 Airborne soldiers boarding twin-engine planes, tanks loaded for parachute drop; cargo dropped seen from ground & paratroops. 02:34:38 Various rockets launched / fired; ICBM launched; atomic blast in Nevada test. 02:35:03 WWII convoy beside road, other army trucks passing; tanks don road, half-tracks; tanks firing w/ tracers. WW2 History; Military Documentary; Recruiting Propaganda; Fighting; Battles; STRAC / Strategic Army Corps; Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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