Special Forces films

BIG PICTURE, SF TITLES 041811 (title, address only)
SF FILM SERIES

Guerrilla USA http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569796

Phantom Fighters http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569708

Silent Warriors http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569756

The Third Challenge http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569809

Operation Montagnard http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.1174345

NOT YET SCREENED IN HERITAGE AUDITORIUM

Special Forces http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569782

Special Forces Advisor http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569814

Assignment: Iran http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569848

Special Operations Forces (1984) http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.4524969

Special Forces Combat Patrol http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.29575

Special Bulletin #23- Special Forces Training in Thailand http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.26105

Special Forces Air Operations, Part II http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.36884

Staff Film Report 66-1 (Vietnam) http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.26957

Staff Film Report 66-51A (Vietnam) http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.27009

Staff Film Report 66-21A (Vietnam) http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.26972

Wherever Brave Men Fight http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569838

The Hidden War in Vietnam http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569797

Physical Fitness, U.S. Army http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.36837

Airborne Soldier http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569710

History of Maneuver http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.ar2569744

BIG PICTURE, SF TITLES 041811

Guerrilla USA http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569796

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 2569796 / Local Identifier 111-TV-561

Big Picture: Guerrilla, U.S.A.

DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Big Picture camera crews in the rugged countryside of West Virginia cover an actual situation pitting the Special Forces of the U.S. Army, against the "Aggressor." Although it's a training problem, the script is written as it is enacted and the residents of Preston County are invited to join whichever side they choose. "Guerrilla, U.S.A." is exciting, timely, and informative.

Phantom Fighters http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569708

National Archives and Records Administration –

ARC Identifier 2569708/ Local Identifier 111-TV-448 – <

Phantom Fighters –

Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Former secret military force shown for first time on "THE BIG PICTURE" -- "Phantom Fighters" (TV-448) is good strong film entertainment, worthy of the attention of every thoughtful viewer. It is a documentary about the Army's Tenth Special Forces Group in Europe, until recently a secret military force, now shown for the first time on THE BIG PICTURE. The story setting is in the vicinity of Bad Tolz which lies in an alpine valley near the German Swiss border. Resourcefully put together from film made in Germany by the Army Signal Corps, "Phantom Fighters" is a movingly meaningful television documentary about American soldiers trained to organize guerrilla resistance in enemy occupied territories. In a field training exercise, the many and varied skills of the Tenth are put to the test. They include a parachute jump, a mountain climb on skis, destruction of a bridge on the River Ammer, and a race to outdistance the enemy. It's a rugged, exciting life as evidenced on film and no soldier with Tenth Special Forces would have it any other way. Every man is a volunteer qualified to carry out hazardous and adventurous assignments. In no other branch of the United States military services is the standard of physical fitness higher than in Special Forces. Among the groups at Bad Tolz, a man's hand is as deadly a weapon as a rifle or hand grenade. Credit goes to the Tenth Special Forces for having accomplished the difficult task of staging a part of their mission before the motion picture cameras.

Silent Warriors

http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569756

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 2569756 / Local Identifier 111-TV-518

Big Picture: Silent Warriors

DVD Copied by Liz Pruszko - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). "De Oppresso Liber" -- To liberate from oppression. This is both the motto and the avowed purpose of the Army's Special Forces. In this issue, THE BIG PICTURE will see in action the men of the 19th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces. Training in judo, demolitions, and communications ...scaling a sheer cliff, or parachuting into unknown terrain in the dead of night...all are part of the job to the men of this crack unit of The Utah National Guard. Each man, as you'd expect, can demonstrate his skill with firearms - both our own, and those of other nations - but an added measure of silent striking power comes into play when guardsmen demonstrate the amazing capabilities of an unusual item of equipment: the historical hunting bow. The part played by a modern version of this ancient weapon - in a highly exciting guerrilla mission - forms the climax of "Silent Warriors."

The Third Challenge http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569809

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 2569809 / Local Identifier 111-TV-578

Big Picture: The Third Challenge: Unconventional Warfare

DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). The world has long been familiar with two military challenges posed by the forces of world communism - the challenge of nuclear war and the challenge of large-scale conventional war. The United States and the free world meet these challenges by maintaining the ability to fight both kinds of war-an ability so powerful it has deterred Communists from starting either kind. Today, we are seeing with increasing frequency evidence of another technique the Communists use whenever they consider the occasion appropriate...the technique of unconventional warfare -"The Third Challenge." This challenge involves conspiracy, underground organization and terror. It encourages guerrilla warfare and avoids open conflict and risks by the oblique method of conquering other countries from within. This week's THE BIG PICTURE, narrated by Alexander Scourby, deals with that third challenge and depicts the United States capability to fight this type of war in the far flung reaches of the globe.

Operation Montagnard http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.1174345

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 1174345 / Local Identifier 111-TV-607

Big Picture: Operation Montagnard

DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). This film examines how the Montagnards (a primitive tribe living in the Vietnamese central highlands) were trained by the U.S. to defend their territories against the Viet Cong. The film illustrates the methods used by Army Special Forces to win over these tribesmen to the South Vietnam cause.

Special Forces http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569782

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 2569782 / Local Identifier 111-TV-547

Big Picture: Special Forces

DVD Copied by Liz Pruszko - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Distinguished motion picture, stage, and television star, Mr. Henry Fonda, is the host-narrator for this issue of THE BIG PICTURE - which turns its attention to the soldiers of the Special Forces. From the rigorous, demanding training at the Special Warfare Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to an exciting Special Forces Training Mission high in the Bavarian Alps, THE BIG PICTURE audiences will find this release timely, entertaining and informative!

Special Forces Advisor http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569814

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 2569814 / Local Identifier 111-TV-585

Big Picture: Special Forces Advisor

DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Night has closed in over the Zagreb Mountains of northern Iran. The sound of a plane is heard. Inside the plane Iranian Special Forces paratroopers prepare to jump into a maneuver area. There is a sense of urgency as last minute commands in Farsi are given by the lone American among them, a United State Army officer. How this officer, Captain Paul Wineman, is trained in the military and language skills needed for his urgent task overseas is the subject of this week's documentary, "Special Forces Advisor." THE BIG PICTURE camera crews followed Captain Wineman through training at Fort Bragg's Special Warfare School, the Army Language School at Monterey, California, and on to Iran. Here is a revealing insight into the way the Army trains men for special missions... and few are as special as those of a Special Forces Advisor.

Assignment: Iran http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569848

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 2569848 / Local Identifier 111-TV-655

Big Picture: Assignment Iran

DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). This THE BIG PICTURE film takes the viewer to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where soldiers were being trained to assist Iranian guerrillas fighting in Iran. These members of the Military Assistance Advisory Group were being sent to act as advisors in the training of the Iranian Imperial Army Special Forces Group.

Special Operations Forces (1984) http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.4524969

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 4524969 / Local Identifier 330-DVIC-701181

Special Operations Forces - Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense. (09/18/1947 - ). Audience: Army Captain, Majors, 18 Series, 48 Series. Synopsis: The film tells the story of the special operations forces (SOF), and the special situations, for unconventional war, and a general war if the need arises because of today's world situations. The evolving nations with political and economic power struggles have created a constant stream of worldwide special situations and these are the missions of SOF: 1. Foreign internal defense 2. Unconventional warfare 3. Strategic and tactical reconnaissance 4. Strike 5. Strategic and tactical psychological operations (PSYOPS) 6. Civil administration 7. Rescue and evacuation 8. Collection security 9. Humanitarian operations 10. Terrorism counteraction 11. Civil affairs 12. Safeguarding of U.S. citizens abroad 13. Deception operations 14. Security assistance 15. Special Operations Aviation 16. Sabotage. –

Special Forces Combat Patrol http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.29575

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 29575 / Local Identifier 111-LC-48202 1964

SPECIAL FORCES COMBAT PATROL- Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984) 08/07/1964 - 08/11/1964 - Summary: There are only two Americans with the patrol: SFC Henry Corvera, weapons man, and M/Sgt Richard E Pegram, team sergeant. All others are Vietnamese of the first company of the Camp Plei Mrong Strike Force. There appears to be about 50 to 100 men in the action against the Vietnamese Montagnard Cong. Patrol crossing swiftly moving stream. Sgt Corvera is helped out of water. A number of men on the bank. Pan, Viets wading across the rushing water; they are helped ashore. CU, Sgt Pegram watches, grins. Viets walking in the jungle. Men placing log across narrow part of river. The current is very swift. MS, CU, Sgt Corvera watching. Soldier crossing the log on his knees. Sgt Corvera crawls across the log. He stands up and nods for the others to follow. VS, Viet crossing over the log in the swiftly running water. Sgt Pegram uses an AN/GRC 109 radio. A Viet cranks the generator. Others watch. Pegram sending by key. (soft) CU, hand tapping key. CU radio. Troops run across cornfield. Thatch hut burning. (Set afire by patrol). Other thatch huts burning. Viet patrol questions a montagnard. MCU, montagnard farmer as he is questioned. MCU, interpreter quesrions the farmer. MS, Sgt Pegram talks, waves his hand. Montagnard with basket strapped to his back walks away. MS, CU, burning hut. Viet watches. Montagnard stands glumly near smoldering hut as soldiers swarm in the bg. Strike force leaves village and continues on patrol. Arriving at another village; very neat in appearance. MS, hut entrance. An old woman and a young woman look out. An infant stands just outside the entrance. Sgt Corvera and some of the men as they prepare to spend the night in the village. They stand, walk about. VS, men start to set up their shelters. Woman stands at hut. Troops start to move out in early morning. They move single file across open field. Troops pass thru another village. Patrol crossing rice paddy. A few farmers are working. DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon.

Special Bulletin #23- Special Forces Training in Thailand http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.26105

Department of Defense

PIN 26105 SPECIAL BULLETIN NO. 23 - SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING IN THAILAND

OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING IN THAILAND - ROLE OF U.S. ARMY IN DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE THAI SPECIAL FORCES.

Special Forces Air Operations, Part II http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.36884

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 36884 / Local Identifier 111-TF-4149

SPECIAL FORCES AIR OPERATIONS, PART II - LANDING ZONE OPERATIONS

Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). ILLUSTRATES LANDING ZONE TECHNIQUES FOR MEDIUM AIRCRAFT NIGHT AND DAYOPERATIONS ON LAND? LIGHT AIRCRAFT NIGHT OPERATIONS ON WATER? AND ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT NIGHT OPERATIONS ON LAND. DVD Copied by Master Scanner Thomas Gideon.

Staff Film Report 66-1 (Vietnam) http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.26957

Department of Defense

PIN 26957

STAFF FILM REPORT 66-1

VIETNAM - COMBAT AND OTHER ACTIVITY, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1965 - 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE, 101 AIRBORNE DIVISION, US SPECIAL FORCES, US ARMY SIGNAL CORPS, MEDICAL SERVICE, AND ENGINEERS.

Staff Film Report 66-51A (Vietnam) http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.27009

Department of Defense

PIN 27009

STAFF FILM REPORT 66-51A

VIETNAM - NOVEMBER 1966 - 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 11TH ARMORED CAVALRY, 5TH SPECIAL FORCES, AND NAVAL RIVER PATROL AND MEKONG DELTA OPERATIONS.

Staff Film Report 66-21A (Vietnam) http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.26972

Department of Defense

PIN 26972

STAFF FILM REPORT 66-21A

VIETNAM - APRIL 1966 - 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, 1ST CALVARY DIVISION, AND SPECIAL FORCES; USAREU - 3D ARMOR DIVISION, "OPERATION SOUTHERN ARROW''; NYU HALL OF FAME.

Wherever Brave Men Fight http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569838

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 2569838 / Local Identifier 111-TV-630

Big Picture: Wherever Brave Men Fight

DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). Since pre-Revolutionary times, the U.S. Army Infantryman has evolved into a man of many faces...ranger, airborne paratrooper, and Special Forces soldier--infantrymen all! This unusual episode, narrated by Vic Morrow, dramatically chronicles the development of combat techniques from the soldier of two centuries ago to the highly skilled fighting man of today. He is conditioned to survive and fight on any terrain, in any climate, and under any conditions. It is generally considered that the Infantryman is the ultimate weapon. How and why he will continue to be is the subject of this week's THE BIG PICTURE--"Wherever Brave Men Fight."

The Hidden War in Vietnam http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569797

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 2569797 / Local Identifier 111-TV-562

Big Picture: The Hidden War in Vietnam

DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). From remote and hazardous locales in South Vietnam comes this documentary report on what the United States Army, Air Force, and Navy are doing to contain the spread of Communism. THE BIG PICTURE camera crews on location in South Vietnam show the military operations of our Special Forces units--how they live--how they operate--and what they are doing to help the Vietnamese. The host-narrator of this issue is television and motion picture star Mr. James Arness.

Physical Fitness, U.S. Army http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.36837

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 36837 / Local Identifier 111-TF-3856

PHYSICAL FITNESS - U.S. ARMY

Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). PHYSICAL FITNESS PROGRAMS DURING BASIC AND ADVANCED INDIVIDUAL TRAINING (AIT), AT THE UNIT LEVEL, AND IN SPECIAL COURSES FOR PARATROOPERS, RANGERS, AND SPECIAL FORCES. DVD Copied by Master Scanner Thomas Gideon.

Airborne Soldier http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569710

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 2569710 / Local Identifier 111-TV-450

Big Picture: Airborne Soldier

DVD Copied by Timothy Vollmer. HISTORY OF AIRBORNE SOLDIER TOLD ON "THE BIG PICTURE" -- Here is a film documentary tracing the evolution of the foot soldier into the airborne soldier. It describes the various forms of transportation the fighting man has used to give him increased mobility and speed of movement. "Airborne Soldier" (TV-450) is an exciting spectacle. It recaptures tumultuous days in the past two decades when paratroopers have been used repeatedly with great success in global conflicts and in limited "police actions." Credit goes to the men of airborne units for the vital missions they performed in World War II and in Korea. More recently, airborne soldiers were deployed in preventive actions and crises such as the Lebanon incident. This is shock action at its best on film for the Army's weekly television program. It is an absorbing study of highly trained fighting men who jump into combat. STRAC, the Strategic Army Corps, is examined at close range by the camera. Here is a picked group of the Army's finest trained, most seasoned battle troops, capable of aerial deployment of major striking forces anywhere in the world, combat ready and capable of aerial re-supply.

History of Maneuver http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.ar2569744

National Archives and Records Administration

ARC Identifier 2569744 / Local Identifier 111-TV-496

Big Picture: History of Maneuvers

DVD Copied by Liz Pruszko - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984). This film suggests the complexity and variety of modern warfare. It points out that war has changed, is constantly changing. It is being remolded by a multiplicity of new instruments, tactics, strategies, and purposes. Only one element of combat remains constant. The human one. How is he prepared for the ever-changing contest where you don't get a second chance? The film illustrates how a civilian becomes, first, an individual soldier and second, a member of fighting units - the squad, platoon, and so forth. It explains that when units of battle group size and larger are trained in the field, the modern field training exercise or maneuver is required. Aware of the fact that we no longer will be allowed time to get ready for war, the point is made that we must be ready now. Then the film details the exacting preparations that go into a present day maneuver. It illustrates the various kinds of maneuvers that have been held to enable our troops to fight efficiently under any conditions in any terrain, and to utilize the latest weapons and strategies. Finally, the film illustrates some of the payoffs of training with the result in combat and concludes with a presentation of the current readiness of the Army as exemplified by STRAC.