1940-1949WORLD WAR II
HENRY FONDA NARRATES HOMEFRONT RELATED WWII PROPAGANDA FILM.
FROM A TYPICAL AMERICAN COMMUNITY, A SMALL MIDWESTERN TOWN, GO 103 BOYS, MEMBERS OF A COMPANY OF THE NATIONAL GUARD, OFF TO CAMP & TO WAR. SHOWS WHAT ONE AMERCIAN COMMUNITY DID WHEN THE PEOPLE REALIZED THAT THIS WAR WAS THEIR WAR, THAT EACH ONE HAD A STAKE IN VICTORY.
FROM A TYPICAL AMERICAN COMMUNITY, A SMALL MIDWESTERN TOWN, GO 103 BOYS, MEMBERS OF A COMPANY OF THE NATIONAL GUARD, OFF TO CAMP & TO WAR. SHOWS WHAT ONE AMERCIAN COMMUNITY DID WHEN THE PEOPLE REALIZED THAT THIS WAR WAS THEIR WAR, THAT EACH ONE HAD A STAKE IN VICTORY.
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MAIN STREET USA, CROWDS GATHER TO WATCH PARADE.
MILITARY TROOPS IN MARCHING BAND. |
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CU WOMAN IN CROWD WAVES AS TROOPS MARCH BY. WOMEN CONSOLE EACH OTHER AS THEIR YOUNG MEN MARCH OFF TO WAR.
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MILITARY TRAINING CAMP. SOLDIERS PERFORM TRAINING DRILLS & EXCERCISES. TRAIN IN THE FIELDS. WWII FIGHTERS.
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MILITARY SHIP DOCKED IN PORT. HUNDREDS OF YOUNG SOLDIERS CLIMB ABOARD TRANSPORT VESSELS TO BE SHIPPED OFF TO WAR.
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TRANSPORT SHIP LEAVES HARBOR.
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MILITARY SOLDIERS DISEMBARK FROM SHIP. SOLDIERS MARCH IN TROOPS ACROSS ARMY BARRACKS. TROOPS STATIONED AT GARRISON.
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NAVAL SHIPS STATIONED AT SEA.
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MILITARY FIGHTER PLANES DROP BOMBS AS THEY FLY OVERHEAD.
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BOMBING OF THE PHILLIPINES BY JAPANESE IN WWII. NAVAL SHIP EXPLODES UNDER MILITARY FIRE. PANICKED PEOPLE IN THE STREETS RUN FOR SAFETY.
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SURPRISED SOLDIERS UNDER ATTACK MAN THEIR RIFLES.
FIRE WEAPONRY AT INVADING FIGHTER PLANES. |
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MILITARY FIGHTER PLANES DROP BOMBS AS THEY FLY OVERHEAD. CAMERA FOLLOWS BOMBS AS THEY HEAD FOR THEIR GROUND TARGETS.
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NAVAL SHIPS UNDER HEAVY ATTACK. BOMBS EXPLODE DESTROYING SHIPS.
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SUBURBIA. SMALL GIRL RUNS TO HER FATHER WAXING CAR IN DRIVEWAY. SMALL TOWN AMERICA. CONCEREND NEIGHBORS STAND ON FRONT PORCHES AND LOOK GRIM.
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PEDESTRIANS SHOP ON MAIN STREET USA. BUSTLING SMALL TOWN.
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WOMAN SITS AT HER WRITING DESK TO WRITE LETTER.
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MIDDLE AGED HOUSEWIFE BAKES CAKE. AMERICAN DREAM
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FAMILIES LEAVE CHURCH ON SUNNY MORNING.
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RECREATION OF WARTIME EXPERIENCES. SOLDIERS ENGAGE IN MORTAL COMBAT. SOLDIER GETS SHOT, SOLDIER FALLS IN BATTLE. SOLDIER KILLED IN BATTLE.
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POSTMASTER READS TELEGRAM OFF THE WIRE. SOMBER POSTMASTER STANDS IN THE DARK.
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CAR PULLS UP TO THE FRONT GATE OF HOUSE AT NIGHT. TWO ELDERLY PEOPLE WALK TO THE FRONT DOOR. SOMBRE, DISMAL MOOD AS MAN READS TELEGRAM. ELDERLY COUPLE CONSOLE EACH OTHER IN DARKNESS AT RECEIVING BAD NEWS.
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YOUNG NURSES SELL WAR BONDS ON THE STREET TO PEDESTRIANS AS THEY PASS.
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MAN AWOKEN FROM HIS SLEEP BY RINGING ALARM CLOCK.
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SPEEDING CAR TURNS CORNER. SPEEDS THROUGH SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
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HAPPY YOUNG NURSES SELL WAR BONDS. WOMEN'S WARTIME CONTRIBUTIONS.
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SOLDIERS AND PEDESTRIANS CROWD ONTO WAITING BUS FOR EVACUATION TRANSPORTATION. PEOPLE IN MANILA, PHILLIPINES EVACUATED BEFORE BOMBINGS.
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BOMBS RAIN DOWN ON MANILA. BUILDINGS BURN UNDER ATTACK.
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MILITARY PERSONNEL RUSH THROUGH CITY STREETS IN ARMY TRANSPORT TRUCK. PANICKED CIVILLIANS RUN FOR COVER IN AIR ATTACK. SMOKE AND DEBRIS FILL THE AIR.
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SUBURBAN HOUSEWIFE TURNS ON HER RADIO FOR THE NEWS.
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FAMILY GATHERS FOR THE CHRISTMAS MEAL. FORMAL DINNER, FESTIVE OCASSION. MOTHER OPENS LETTER AND READS IT TO THE TABLE.
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PEOPLE GATHER AND SHAKE HANDS ON THE STREET IN CONGRATULATORY FASHION. FRIENDS MEET AND TALK ON STREET OF SMALL TOWN AMERICA.
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MILITARY SOLDIER IN DISGUISE. SOLDIERS USE CAMOUFLAGE TO HIDE THEIR ARMY VEHICLE AS IT CROSSES STREAM.
MILITARY CARAVAN CROSSES STREAM. |
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OLD WHITE HAIRED MAN, SITS ON HIS FRONT PORCH. LOOKS SAD AND LONELY.
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POSTMASTER HANDS OUT WARTIME TELEGRAMS. POSTAL TELEGRAPHS DELIVERED DOOR-TO-DOOR.
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TWO YOUNG MEN LAY DEAD IN TRENCH IN BATTLE.
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CU COVER OF HOLY BIBLE. PAGE TURNS TO LOG OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS. HANDWRITTEN LEDGER.
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CANONS FIRE ARTILLERY AT TARGETS. RAFT OF SOLDIERS LAND ON SHORE. INFANTRY SOLDIERS INVADE THE BEACHES OF BATAAN, PHILLIPINES.
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WOMEN CONFIDE NEWS IN ONE ANOTHER. SMALL GROUP OF WOMEN PASS ALONG BAD NEWS.
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OLDER MAN HANGS AMERICAN FLAG FROM HIS FRONT PORCH.
SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL STREET, AMERICAN FLAGS HANG FROM THE HOME FRONTS. |
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SOLDIERS AT WAR, MILITARY FIRES HEAVY ARTILLERY CANONS AND RIFLES.
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WARTIME FIELD HOSPITAL, DOCTORS AND NURSES WORK FRANTICALLY ON PATIENTS ON OPERATING TABLE. FIELD HOSPITAL UNDER FIRE. BOMB HITS CLOSE BY AS DOCTORS WORK ON PATIENTS.
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SUBURBAN HOUSEWIFE FOLDS LAUNDRY.
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SOLDIER SLEEPS ON THE GROUND CAMOUFLAGED BY BRUSH.
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MIDDLE AGED WOMAN SITS AT HEAD OF DINING TABLE FOR DINNER.
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SOLDIER SWATS AT FLIES AS HE EATS MEAL IN THE FIELD.
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CU HEADSHOTS OF VARIOUS PEOPLE DEEP IN THOUGHT.
PEOPLE LOOK INTO THE DISTANCE WITH PENSIVE WORRIED EXPRESSIONS. TEARFUL PEOPLE. |
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US ARMY RECRUITMENT STATION. YOUNG MEN WALK PAST MILITARY RECRUITING SIGN.
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STEEL WORKER WELDER IN FACTORY WORKS ON INDUSTRIAL SIZED MACHINERY. WARTIME INDUSTRY.
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PEOPLE DONATE TO WARTIME RELIEF AND COLLECTION AGENCIES. PEOPLE PRAY IN CHURCH.
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MILITARY GROUND TROOPS UNDER FIRE. WWII SOLDIERS ONM BATTLEFIELD. CANON FIRE AIMED AT JAPANESE TARGETS.
JAPANESE FLAG FLIES ON THE BATTLEFIELD. CLOUDS OF SMOKE RISE UP FROM HEAVY ARTILLERY IMPACT. |
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JAPANESE SOLDIERS TAKE PRISONERS OF WAR. SOLDIER CONFRONTS HIS CAPTURE.
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SILHOUETTE OF PEOPLE WANDERING STREETS AT NIGHT.
PEOPLE LINE UP TO GET LATEST EDITION OF NEWSPAPER OFF THE TRAIN. |
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SUBURBAN HOUSEWIFE PREPARES DINNER, WORRIED WOMAN HOLDS HER HEAD IN HER HAND IN WORRIED THOUGHT. HOLDS HER HEAD AS IF WITH HEADACHE PAIN.
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MAN CAN'T SLEEP, SMOKES IN BED.
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PEOPLE WAIT TO SEE THE DOCTOR, PATIENTS IN WAITING ROOM.
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TOWN PEOPLE MEET AND GREET ON THE STREETS. PEOPLE GATHER TO TALK ON PARK BENCHES.
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BUSY URBAN STREET. PEDESTRIANS AND TRAFFIC BUSTLE ON CITY STREETS.
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MONTAGE OF AMERICAN PAST TIMES AND SPORTING EVENTS.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME. RACE TRACK. YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE BEACH. BUSY CITY STREET, CHINATOWN PACKED WITH PEDESTRIANS. |
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TOWN PEOPLE MEET AND GREET ON THE STREETS.
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CU ANGRY OLD MAN. ANGRY EXPRESSION CROSSES THE MAN'S HEAVILY FEATURED LINED FACE.
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OFFICE BOARD ROOM TABLE, MEMBERS GATHER IN FRONT OF AMERICAN RED CROSS. RED CROSS COMMITTEE.
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CIVILLIANS LINE UP TO DONATE BLOOD AT RED CROSS.
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CIVILLIANS DONATE ITEMS TO WAR EFFORT. DONATE USED RUBBER TIRES AND FAT FOR EXPLOSIVES. CITIZENS ORGANIZE FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR WAR.
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WORKERS CLOCK THEIR TIMECARDS AT THE BEGINNING & END OF SHIFT.
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KIDS WORK FARMER'S HAY FIELDS. CROP HARVESTING WITH HORSE AND CART.
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SERIOUS MEN TALK BUSINESS, MIDDLE AGED MEN SMOKE PIPES AND CIGARS AS THEY HOLD DICUSSION. AMERICAN FLAG HANGS IN BKGD.
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MAN FIXES THE PIPES UNDERNEATH REFRIGERATOR. FIXES VACUUM CLEANER. SMALL ENGINE REPAIR. AUTOMOBILE MECHANIC WORKING UNDER CAR. HANDYMAN.
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AIRPLANE MECHANIC WORKS ON COCKPIT PANEL.
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WELDER.
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SHIPYARD LAUNCHES MASSIVE SHIP. NEW BOAT SET TO SEA IN HARBOR.
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ARTILLERY CRAFTSMAN MAKES GUNS.
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SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL AMERICA. HAPPY COUPLE WALK ARM-
IN-ARM DOWN STREET. PEOPLE WAVE AT ONE ANOTHER FROM FRONT PORCH. AMERICANA. |
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WAR SOLDIERS MOVE WITH HEAVY ARTILLERY. ARMY ROLLS.
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WARTIME AIR FIELD. MILITRAY PLANE TAKES OFF FROM RUNWAY.
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WOMAN SEWS ON SEWING MACHINE.
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SOLDIERS CHANGE THEIR SOCKS AND BOOTS. SOLDIER ZIPS UP HIS LEATHER BOMBER JACKET.
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MOLTEN METAL SPLASHES IN STEEL FACTORY.
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ENEMY SUBMARINE SURFACES AS SEEN THROUGH BINOCULARS.
SUBMARINE DESTROYED IN EXPLOSION, SUB SHATTERED VIEWED THROUGH BINOCULARS. |
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CIVILLIANS LINE UP TO PURCHASE WAR BONDS.
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NURSES ACCEPT MONEY FOR WAR BONDS.
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CU HEAVY INDUSTRIAL MACHINE PARTS, MOTORS MOVE, ENGINES TURN. STEEL WORKERS CREATE GUNS FOR THE WAR
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VETERANS HOSPITAL. NURSE HELPS PATIENT WALK ON GROUNDS OF VET HOSPITAL. INJURED SOLDIERS RETURNED FROM WAR.
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WOMEN AID IN THE WAR EFFORT. WOMEN WORK IN FACTORIES PRODUCING GOODS FOR THE WAR EFFORT. ROSIE THE RIVETER
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LARGE MOTOR, AIRPLANE ENGINE HOISTED FOR TRANSPORT.
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SMALL TOWN AMERICA, PEDESTRIANS LINE THE STREETS TO WATCH MILITARY PARADE GO BY. YOUNG BLOND WOMAN
RUSHES FROM CROWD TO KISS SOLDIER GOODBYE. |
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NAVY TRANSPORT OF GOODS, NET FILLED WITH WAR TIME GOODS HOISTED FROM NAVAL TRANSPORT SHIP.
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MILITARY NURSES MARCH ACROSS THE BARRACK GROUNDS.
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WAR PLANES FLY OVERHEAD IN MILITARY FORMATION.
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CAVALRY OF MILITARY WAR TANKS DRIVE THROUGH FRAME.
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NAVAL SHIPS AT SEA.
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CARAVAN OF MILITARY JEEPS ROLL BY. AMERICAN SOLDIERS MARCH INTO BATTLE.
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FACTORY PRODUCED WAR BOMBS. MISSILES, WEAPONS LINE HANGAR.
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YOUNG MEN MARCH IN MILITARY PARADE, YOUNG SOLDIERS MARCH OFF TO WAR. MARCHING BAND LED BY BATON TWIRLER.
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OLD COUPLE LOOK ON AS PARADE PASSES BY. MAN HOLDS HAT IN HIS HAND, WOMAN HOLDS HANDKERCHIEF.
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