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US Army History: Airborne Soldier (101st Airborne Division R2 of 3

Reel Number: H1872-11

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1950s

Country: USA

Location: Europe

TC Begins: 02:35:40

TC Ends: 02:43:55

Duration: 00:08:15

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk US Army History. R2 of 3 Diagram / chart of Regiment reorganization into five Battle Groups. Soldiers on field showing size of Battle Group, pan across troops & equipment. 02:36:53 Truck loaded w/ artillery backed to rear of cargo airplane; troop marching aboard rear of plane. 02;37:14 Pan signs & demonstrators & rioters, w/ narration: “Ceaseless Communist probing at soft spots in the Free World either thru subversion or outright incitement to riot had imposed on the Free World’s leader the obligation of being prepared to lend military support swiftly to any Free World nation calling for support against Communist pressure or any other form of hostile aggression.” 02:37:48 Billboard or huge entrance signs: STRAC Headquarters United States Strategic Army Corps “Skilled - Tough - Ready - Around The Clock”. Logos of 4 Division Units: 4th Infantry; 82nd Airborne; 101st Abn; 1st Logistical Command. 02:38:15 Men unloading packs from trucks; AB troops putting on parachutes, planes starting engines; men checking clipboards; men boarding front of large plane & take off. Men moved in truck convoy; transport planes taxi past; aerials in flight, paratroopers jumping & view from air & ground, descending; marching off plane; removing artillery from pallets. 02:40:11 Montage: New York Times w/ headlines: Eisenhower Sends Marines Into Lebanon... Soviet Charges Move Threatens New War. Lebanon coast, buildings, interior of parliament or ??; Marines landing, across sand; off planes; watching people; troops leaving. 02:40:50 Montage: Troops into helicopters & loading jeeps & artillery; light plane taking off from road; soldiers run & board H-21 Shawnee helicopters. Aerial above helicopters in low flight over forest - contour flying. Flying overhead & dropping troops in field, firing automatic rifles, setting up & firing artillery. Small helicopters firing rockets & machine guns, explosions. Mortars firing; forces w/ aggressor helmets fighting. WW2 History; Military Documentary; Recruiting Propaganda; Fighting; Battles; STRAC / Strategic Army Corps; NOTE: Good fast-paced montages. 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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