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"STORY OF A SQUAD"
COVERS THE ACTIVITIES OF AN ELITE INFANTRY PARATROOPER SQUAD FROM THE TIME THE MEN ARISE IN THE MORNING UNTIL DAY IS FINISHED. |
| 01:33:57 141.9 |
GIS GRUDGINGLY GET UP OUT OF THEIR BUNKS AS GI NARRATOR TELL THE FEELING.
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| 01:34:31 175.9 |
GI SHOWS PICTURE IN LOCKER OF HIS MOTHER TO A BUDDY WHO YAWNS AND SCRATCHES HIS HEAD.
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| 01:35:04 208.9 |
BLACK AND WHITE GIS IN SHORTS LATHER UP FOR A SHAVE IN THE SHOWER ROOM. BLACK SOLDIER. INTEGRATED TROOPS.
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| 01:35:25 229.9 |
GROUP OF GIS MAKING THEIR BEDS HARDLY LOOKING LIKE TOUGH PARATROOPS.
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| 01:36:04 268.9 |
GI SHINES HIS BOOTS NEXT TO A BLACK SOLDIER MAKING HIS BED.
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| 01:37:18 342.9 |
WIFE OF SQUAD SERGEANT LIVING OFF POST, POURS CUP OF COFFEE FOR HER HUSBAND AND KISSES HIM GOODBYE AS HE IS OFF TO CAMP.
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| 01:37:46 370.9 |
AT INSPECTION OF QUARTERS A GI IS REMINDED TO PUT ON HIS HAT INSIGNIA BY THE OFFICER.
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| 01:38:50 434.9 |
BLACK AND WHITE SQUAD LEADERS SIT IN FOR MAP BRIEFING BY LIEUTENANT WHO LIGHTS UP A CIGARETTE.
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| 01:39:26 470.9 |
MEN LINE UP AT QUARTERMASTER FOR THEIR CHUTES PARATROOPERS HELP EACH OTHER ADJUST THEIR CHUTES. THEY BOARD PLANE AND SIT ON BENCH INSIDE.
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| 01:44:00 744.9 |
MONTAGE AFTER JUMPING AND LANDING THE SQUAD MEET AND ADVANCE THROUGH THE WOODED FORREST.
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| 01:44:40 784.9 |
"AGGRESSOR" FORCES SET UP BARBED WIRE AND BARRIERS IN THE FOREST. THE PARATROOPERS SNEAK UP AND CAPTURE AN 'AGGRESSOR' SCOUT ALIVE. WAR GAMES
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| 01:49:10 1054.9 |
PARATROOPERS SNEAK UP ON THE AGGRESSOR FORCES IN THE WOODS AND THEN MOVE FORWARD FIRING THEIR RIFLES. CU GRENADE BEING LAUNCHED FROM THE MUZZLE OF A RIFLE.
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| 01:51:23 1187.9 |
AFTER COMPLETING THE MISSION THE MEN STOP FOR CUP OF HOT COFFEE WHICH THEY LADLE OUT OF A BIG METAL POT.
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| 01:51:49 1213.9 |
MEN CLEAN THEIR WEAPONS IN THE BARRACKS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE SERGEANT INCLUDING BLACK SOLDIER
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| 01:52:58 1282.9 |
SOLDIERS STOP AT BARBER SHOP FOR HAIRCUTS. MEN GET ALL SPRUCED UP FOR RETREAT.
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| 01:53:57 1341.9 |
MEN SITTING AT CHOW TABLE LISTEN TO BLACK SOLDIER READ A LETTER FROM HOME.
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| 01:55:28 1432.9 |
SOLDIERS PLAY SHUFFLE BOARD AT THE SERVICE CLUB
BLACK SOLDIER PLAYS POOL. RACKED BALLS SPREAD OUT ON CONTACT. 2 GIS PLAY PING PONG. |
| 01:56:14 1478.9 |
GI SITS AT DESK AND WORKS ON HIS CORRESPONDENCE COURSE, OTHERS USE THE LIBRARY.
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| 01:56:36 1500.9 |
GI SITS ON BUNK AND STRUMS A GUITAR.
MARRIED SERGEANT SITS AT HOME WITH HIS BABY AND A GUITAR ON HIS LAP. BABY STRUMS GUITAR WHILE MOTHER READS TO THEIR 2 OTHER GIRLS. |
| 01:57:21 1545.9 |
GI TALKS ON PHONE IN BOOTH TO GIRL FRIEND AS BUDDY LISTENS. GIRL ON OTHER END RESPOND ON HOME PHONE.
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| 01:57:38 1562.9 |
GERMAN BARTENDER WITH CIGARETTE DANGLING FROM HIS LIPS SERVES A MUG OF BEER AT BAR.
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| 01:57:56 1580.9 |
OFF DUTY SOLDIER IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES DANCE CLOSELY WITH GIRL AT CLUB.
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