U.S. Armed Forces Screen News Magazine

Year Published: 1954

Creator: U.S. Armed Forces

Description: This 1954 U.S. Armed Forces "Screen News Magazine" shows off new military technologies, demonstrates readiness and promotes the idea that military developments benefit American civilians. It begins with the Army’s M103 heavy tank / T-43 heavy gun tank and an airborne bridge-building exercise in Japan, then shifts into a “Power for Peace” message showing how defense research contributes to clothing, food preservation, aviation, medicine, waterways, disaster relief, ship design, and atomic power. The final section highlights major new developments such as the USS Hancock’s steam catapult, the Viking X rocket, Lockheed's airborne radar Super Constellations, and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. 0:19 - At Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, the new heavy gun tank, the T43, is introduced. 0:27 - The massive tank moves across the proving ground. 0:41 - The T43 climbs a steep incline while the narration highlights its one-piece cast hull, elliptical shape, and low silhouette designed to reduce vulnerable flat surfaces. 0:50 - The tank’s large 120 mm high-velocity gun is featured as the largest gun yet mounted on a U.S. tank . 1:25 - Oita, Japan, where paratroopers and engineers prepare to build a footbridge using equipment dropped from the air. 1:35 - C-119 aircraft from Ashiya Air Base and the 315th Troop Carrier Wing fly over the exercise area. 1:42 - Pathfinders jump first. 1:55 - On the ground, pathfinders quickly lay out large T-panels to guide the following aircraft and equipment drops. 2:11 187th Airborne and the 882nd Army Unit paratroopers secure the beach 2:34 - Bridge sections and construction equipment descend by parachute. 2:48 - Engineers begin assembling the bridge 3:07 - The completed bridge span. 3:39 - The need to maintain military strength for peace. 4:00 - Research centers of the defense establishment are shown. Military research also produces civilian benefits. 4:14 - Clothing experiments for Arctic and tropical environments influencing civilian materials. 4:38 - Advances in canned and dehydrated foods that later become available on civilian grocery shelves. 4:49 - Commercial airliners are descendants of military aircraft. 5:29 - At Boeing's factory, a commercial 707 jet under assembly 6:22 - Medical advances developed through military. 6:40 - Military labs are credited with tropical disease research and effective malaria treatments 7:03 - The Army Corps of Engineers role in improving waterways . 7:26 - Scale models of waterways. 8:12 - Military disaster relief. 8:29 - At the Taylor Model Basin a submarine model undergoes submerged testing. 9:12 - The SS United States was tested in miniature before becoming an Atlantic speed record holder. 9:20 - The Navy's USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine. 9:44 - At West Milton, New York, the Navy tests a second submarine nuclear power plant for the Seawolf. 10:05 It's a possible prototype for future industrial atomic power plants. 11:08 - Aboard USS Hancock in the Pacific, testing a new steam-powered catapult. that launches heavy carrier-based aircraft rapidly. 11:45 - At White Sands, New Mexico, the Viking X rocket. 12:01 - The rocket lifts off and climbs more than 136 miles above Earth at over 4,000 mph. 12:43 - At McClellan Air Force Base, the USAF introduces a flying radar station for coastal defense. 13:20 - The Lockheed Super Constellation, fitted with more than five and a half tons of radar, communications, and navigation equipment. 14:01 - The aircraft is capable of guiding fighter planes to intercept enemy aircraft 14:19 - XB-52 Stratofortress prototype. This is Boeing’s new global bomber. 14:32 - The 300,000-pound bomber is shown during testing and is described as soon entering quantity production for heavy bomber groups. 15:01 - The B-52’s eight jet engines and secret performance data are emphasized as the aircraft is presented as a major first-line defense weapon.

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