American Army In Germany (1966) | British Pathé

Pathé pictorial captures American military life in Germany during the 1960s from paratroopers training on zip-lines to playing American football.
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(FILM ID:353.06)
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Heidleberg, Germany.
The largest peacetime army on foreign soil - a look at the life and work of American soldiers and their families in Germany.
Various shots, looking over a river, of a quaint town surrounded by hills. L/S of ruined castle on a hill top. M/S of a tram passing through an old square. Zoom out from a policeman directing the traffic. M/S of German street signs, tilt down to signs for American military base. L/S of a car driving into the headquarters for the United States Army in Europe. Point of view shot from inside the car, a guard salutes as it passes. Various shots of canons being fired. L/S of a battalion of soldiers on a parade ground, we see Stanley Resor, Secretary of the Army, inspecting the gun crew. C/U of a press photographer snapping away. Various shots of a military marching band.
Various shots of airmen in flight gear swinging on a trapeze, part of pre-flight test at the Wiesbaden Airborne Training School. M/S of airmen jumping out of a helicopter shell into a sandpit, perfecting their exit technique. M/S of airmen jumping from a low platform, Pogo, the mascot Cocker Spaniel follows. Various L/Ss of men jumping out of a high tower, they swing from elasticised rope and slide down a cable to the ground.
Panning shot across a large car park to an American style shopping mall. C/U of street signs - "Washington Strase", "New York Strase". M/S of a woman carrying shopping bags coming out of the shopping centre. M/S of an officer posting a letter in a U.S. mail box. A housewife is seen doing her washing in a laundrette. M/S of people going in and out of 'Drug Store'. Various shots of two small boys eating hot-dogs in a fast food restaurant. Panning shot across the lot for "All State Motor" - lots of big American cars.
Germany.
Panning shot across rows of tanks at Hohnfels Training Area. Various shots of soldiers working on the tanks. C/U on caterpillar wheels rolling over dirt track. A tank is being used as a crane to lift a large engine into a tank shell. Zoom in on an American tank rolling down a German autobahn, various shots of tank.
L/S of a military hovercraft going across a lake at dusk - the hovercraft has flat metal sections attached to their roofs, soldiers are seen fixing them together to create a makeshift bridge. As night falls, military vehicles are seen driving over the bridge.
Various shots of American children, some carrying toy guns, going into the Elementary School. Various shots of typically American street signs . L/S of an airman walking past a chapel. Panning shot going along army families' houses. Various shots of an American football game watched by a group of men and boys.
Various shots of jeeps and tanks going across wild scrub land - part of an army exercise. The vehicles are covered in foliage, camouflage, smoke flares explode around them, various shots of foot soldiers running and firing guns around wooden shelters - very convincing battle scenes.
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[@SMGJohn]

Excellent quality, something very rare from a TV rip of those days

[@gotham61]

***** It's film, not TV. The newsreels were shown in British cinemas.

[@SMGJohn]

gotham61 So why is it on magnetic tape then?

[@gotham61]

***** I don't see any analog tape artifacts, the white vertical lines you refer to are film scratches. Looking more closely however, I do see a few digital tape artifacts, such as at the top of the image @ 2.26, and on the right side @4.09. This suggests that it was transferred to a digital tape system like D9 or HDCAM, probably in the late 1990s or early 2000s. This is a pretty pointless discussion. I'm a (retired) professional video engineer, and I'm done arguing.

[@azthundercloud]

Brings back memories when i was growing up there. Frankfurt. 63-69

[@fayereaganlover]

No one cares

[@erin19030]

I was in Nurnberg 65 to 67 with the 34 th field artillery as the Commo radio repair tech. I left the love of my life behind. Wonder is she still alive and how she faired over the years. It just wasn’t the right time for me.

[@dianek6915]

I know how it feels to leave the love of your life😔I had to do the same. We were from different planets. It broke my heart and I never recovered from it. I could never forget him and the love never went away. Luckily, I got in touch with him after three decades and we are still in touch. It is so sensational that you still think of her. I sincerely hope and pray she's still alive and you hear from her one day. Not everyone in this world finds the love of their lives and when they do, very few let them go😔Sending you peace and love🙏

[@kennethquesenberry2610]

Loved the background music. Anyone stationed there in the late 60s, as I was (Augsburg), probably listened to Radio Caroline, as well as Armed Forces Radio. Forty years later, my son was stationed there. And after that, my daughter and son-in-law. He was Air Force and still is.

[@tomservo5347]

Germany was THE place to be as a duty station for the Army. My Dad was drafted in '66 and originally trained in field artillery but was switched to combat engineer and told he'd learn his new MOS with OJT in Germany. He served at Dexheim, Germany 66-68 with the 12th Engineers, 8th Division. He brought my German mom home with him.

[@alexandertheresurrection2810]

Lol Same thing with my one of my uncles. He went to a bar in West Germany while stationed out there back in the 80s, some young lady saw him first glance and approached him and long story short got married a month later. They are still happily married and have a son who is my cousin.

[@moller2159]

It is interesting. My father also served in Germany, but not in the US Army, but in the USSR army (I'm from Russia if anything) from 1989 to 1991 (group of Soviet troops in the GDR)

[@irwassermann]

And my wife was stationed in Germany early 70's with the HHC 7th Engr Bde Ludendorff Kaserne and brought me (the German boy) home to the US. Yes, it sometimes, if rarely, it happens the other way around.

[@tomservo5347]

@@irwassermann I grew up surrounded by my parents' friends-all of them former GI's with German wives and all of us kids. Many late night parties.

[@EITY10]

I bet people have prayed to be sent over there instead of vietnam.

[@truthseeker2321]

Some went straight from Germany to Vietnam, especially higher ranking NCOs.

[@jamescarpenter1824]

Berlin Feb.1961 to Aug.1963. Loved Berlin.

[@DERKONIG12345]

Best times to be there... Were you there during the confrontation of US and Soviet tanks in '61?

[@SupesMe]

I love the announcers voice....it's so "Attention Mr. & Mrs. America...and all the ships at Sea!" :)

[@thedivide9559]

The good ol' days

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

My Mother was born there at the Viesbaden Army Hospital! She was 5 when this was filmed.

[@ridhopurnomo68]

I did not see Elvis there...

[@BLACKRIFLEREVIEWS]

I Served in the 101st Airborne Division. & 82nd Airborne Division. in Germany 3AD Spearhead.

[@john07973]

Great video

[@westpointsnell1935]

wow!my dad s old army...

[@1MuchButteR1]

Interesting vid !

[@Page-Hendryx]

2:47 Are you sure that's not a German kid? Who the hell puts ketchup on a hot dog?

[@erin19030]

Firing a 105 in dress greens?

[@AchimEngels]

Besatzer.

[@220volt-u7]

okupace

[@Frieddie1]

Does not make war with Russia, Ami Go Home !

[@motorrebell]

Friedbert Büttner Go to Russia & fight with Putin - Idiot !

[@neilalbaugh4793]

Another nitwit heard from!