| Pre-War U.S. Army Signal Corps | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1848 |
| Catalog #: | 509698 | |
| Clip Number: | 509698-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-SFL-35-230 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:01 - 01:03:13 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1935 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Mules COMMUNICATIONS: Telegraph COMMUNICATIONS: Typewriter LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA MILITARY: Army, USA MILITARY: Equipment TRANSPORTATION: Military TRANSPORTATION/RAIL: Steam Locomotive WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Prelude (Prologue) | |
| Description: | Master 1848 - Tape 1 TLS/MSs long procession of white male U.S. Army soldiers marching in formation along rural road while dressed in older style khaki drill uniforms with russet field boots and campaign hats, with field packs and M-1917 steel helmets, M-1 rifles slung over shoulders; color guard with flags and marching band with instruments accompany the soldiers. Nice DOF sideview TLS long line of P-26 Peashooter fighter planes parked on tarmac. TLS/MSs white male U.S. Army soldiers boarding train; MS officer leaning from engine car; MS middle-aged white woman wearing glasses, white hat, light-colored dress while cranking down railroad track gate; low angle rear view MS train pulling away slowly. MS white male U.S. Army Signal Corps corporal working with another soldier operating telegraph in field. LS/MS/TLSs U.S. Army soldiers running to jeep-like transport trucks parked on campus, deploying from base. Air to air shot of P-26 Peashooter fighter planes in flight, strict formation. TLSs military lorries driving through desert, armored vehicles and Indian-styled motorcycles pulling from covered garage. TLS government mules pulling covered wagons. Air to air shot of bomber planes in flight. TLS armored vehicles and motorcycles with sidecars turning onto dirt road near base, passing cam. TLS Pennsylvania engine, train hauling heavy artillery passing cam. LSs motorized units of Signal Corps leaving garage, driving along rural road. MS Signal Corps soldier stringing telephone communication wire to post overhead. MS cable wire being pulled from spool. MS white male Signal Corps corporal manning telephone patch bay. More shots of Signal Corps vehicles (note that they're built by Ford), mule-drawn carts, trains hauling heavy artillery, soldiers marching. MSs white male staff officers operating typewriters, writing notes, conferring with major, planning on map aboard moving train car. Head-on TLS soldiers laughing, smiling, seated aboard train. MS/TLSs white male military cooks grinding & cutting raw meat, cooking aboard train; CU baked beans being stirred, lid being closed. MSs soldiers playing cards, smoking cigarettes, receiving grub in food line, seated, sleeping, resting aboard train. LS/TLSs train traveling both day & night. | |
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