00:31:53 "DRILL SERGEANT"
CAMERA FOLLOWS AN ARMY SERGEANT, WHO DECIDES TO
BECOME A DRILL SERGEANT, THROUGH HIS TRAINING &
DURING THE TRAINING, BY HIM, OF NEW RECRUITS UNTIL
THEIR GRADUATION DAY.
00:32:00 AERIAL PLATOONS OF SOLDIERS MARCH DOWN DIRT ROAD
WITH DRILL SERGEANTS CALLING OUT DRILLS AN GIS
RESPONDING IN KIND.
00:32:32 DRILL SERGEANT CALLS OUT "1, 2, 3, 4," AS HE
MARCHES ALONGSIDE HIS MEN, THEY RESPOND. CU
MARCHING FEET.
00:32:49 CU SERGEANT WITH CREW CUT LOOKS IN MIRROR AND
NEATLY PLACES HIS CAMPAIGN HAT ON HIS HEAD. HE
THEN TURNS ON LIGHT SWITCH, BLOWS HIS WHISTLE AND
SHOUTS, "ALRIGHT HIT IT", AS HE WAKES UP HIS MEN
00:33:50 SERGEANT SITS IN RESTAURANT IN GERMANY PRIOR TO
HIS BECOMING A DRILL SERGEANT. CU FACIAL
EXPRESSION OF DEEP THOUGHT.
00:33:53 CANNONS FIRE IN SALUTE OF ARMY SECRETARY AS HE
REVIEWS TROOPS AT "CONART", CONTINENTAL ARMY
COMMAND. SECRETARY STANDS IN JEEP AS HE REVIEWS
00:34:42 OFFICER AT CONART SPEAKS TO OTHER OFFICERS ABOUT
TRAINING OF SERGEANT INSTRUCTORS.
00:35:23 DRILL SERGEANTS CORRECTS A GI'S HAND SALUTE.
00:36:05 SERGEANT ADJUSTS GI'S UNIFORM AS HE INSPECTS.
00:36:23 OFFICER INTERVIEWS SERGEANT FOR JOB OF DRILL
SERGEANT, TELLS HIM OF ADVANTAGES.
00:37:23 SIGN: "FORT LEONARD WOOD, DRILL SERGEANT SCHOOL".
00:37:40 DRILL SERGEANT AT SCHOOL LECTURES AN OUTDOOR CLASS
OF STUDENT SERGEANTS.
00:37:43 MONTAGE THE SERGEANT STUDENTS DO DRILLS,
CALISTHENICS, GUARD DUTY AND REVIEW EVERY SUBJECT
TAUGHT IN BASIC COMBAT TRAINING.
00:38:21 SERGEANT SHOWS STUDENTS CHART CONTAINING M-14
RIFLE WITH COMPLETE NOMENCLATURE OF ITS PARTS.
OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO SCHOOL ARE SIMILARLY
INDOCTRINATED
00:38:47 INSTRUCTOR SHOWS CLASS HOW TO BRING DOWN A MAN
FROM BEHIND.
00:39:08 LT. COLONELS AND ABOVE ATTEND A SENIOR OFFICER'S
ORIENTATION AT FORT MONROE, VIRGINIA.
00:39:49 NEW DRILL SERGEANTS RECEIVE DIPLOMAS & DISTINCTIVE
CAMPAIGN HATS AFTER GRADUATION.
00:41:17 THREE WHITE & 1 BLACK DRILL SERGEANTS ARE BRIEFED
BY THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER WHERE THEY ARE
ASSIGNED.
00:41:49 YOUNG RECRUITS, STILL IN CIVILIAN DRESS RIDE BUS
TO CAMP. DRILL SERGEANT IS THERE TO MEET BUS.
00:42:08 SUPPLY SERGEANT HANDS OUT CLOTHING. CU RECRUIT
SITS IN CHAIR AS HIS HAIR IS CUT OFF. MEDIC
INJECTS EACH RECRUIT WITH INJECTOR GUN. UNIFORM IS
FITTED ON RECRUIT.
00:42:58 EACH RECRUIT IS INTERVIEWED FOR BEST JOB SUITED TO
HIM. RECRUIT ANSWERS QUESTIONS. RECRUITS LINE UP
CARRYING THEIR DUFFEL BAGS, BOARD BUS UNDER
SUPERVISION OF DRILL SERGEANT.
00:44:11 RECRUITS ARE SHOWN BY DRILL SERGEANT, HOW TO TAKE
MAN DOWN FROM BEHIND
00:44:55 MEN ARE DISMISSED, RUN SCREAMING INTO THE
RECREATION HALL. 2 RECRUITS PLAYING CHECKERS,
BLACK AND WHITE RECRUIT PLAY BILLIARDS, 2 PLAY
PING PONG,
00:46:04 SERGEANT INTERVIEWS RECRUIT ABOUT PROBLEMS ON A
WRITTEN TEST.
00:46:37 VINTAGE FILM SHOW RECRUITS IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING
REPORTING TO CAMP DURING WWI.
00:46:43 PLATOON OF WWI RECRUITS DOING CALISTHENICS IN OPEN
FIELD.
00:46:47 WWI RECRUITS CHARGE AND ATTACK DUMMY WITH
BAYONETS, THEN CHARGE TOWARDS CAMERA.
00:46:50 PLATOON OF DOUGHBOYS LED BY SERGEANT MARCH TO
FRONT
00:47:02 SMILING GIRLS WAVE OFF DOUGHBOYS AS THEY MARCH TO
TRAINS ON WAY TO FRANCE. WWI DOUGHBOYS WAVE THEIR
CAMPAIGN HATS OUT TRAIN WINDOW AS IT TAKES OFF.
00:47:16 GOOD VINTAGE FILM SHOT OF DOUGHBOYS MARCHING
TOWARDS CAMERA TO WWI FRONT
00:47:23 MONTAGE RECRUITS MARCH IN DRILLS DURING WWII. GIS
JUMP OVER WALLS DURING TRAINING.
00:47:37 TWO OPPOSING GROUPS OF GIS ATTACK A HUGE MEDICINE
BALL DURING TRAINING EXERCISE.
00:47:47 BLINDFOLDED GIS FIGHT EACH OTHER IN SAND PILE AS
OTHER GIS WATCH. WWII
00:48:33 GIS TAKE BAYONET TRAINING THE NEW WAY. RECRUIT
HURDLES GRENADE AND HITS THE DECK. RECRUITS TAKE
FIRST AID TRAINING.
00:49:03 RECRUIT LEARNS NIGHT FIRING OF HIS RIFLE &
INDIVIDUAL CAMOUFLAGE WHICH IS HELPED PUT ON BY A
BUDDY.
00:49:20 GIS REMOVE THEIR GAS MASKS AND FILE OUT OF SMOKE
FILLED BUILDING DURING CHEMICAL WARFARE TRAINING.
00:50:12 GIS MARCH TOWARDS CAMERA CALLING OUT DRILLS.
00:50:23 GIS IN T-SHIRTS RUN THROUGH AN OBSTACLE COURSE
CLIMB OVER HIGH LOG STRETCHED ACROSS A ROAD.
00:50:42 TWO GIS FACE OFF WEARING HEAD GEAR DURING PUGEL
STICK COMBAT, WITH EACH END OF STICK HAVING
ROUND SPONGY MATERIAL
00:51:02 CU OFFICER PLACES MARKSMANSHIP MEDAL ON GI'S
POCKET LAPEL.
00:51:16 CU RECRUIT AIMS AND FIRES HIS RIFLE ON FIRING
RANGE. CHECKS TARGET. CU MUSSEL OF RIFLE AS GI
FIRES. TARGETS FALL AS THEY ARE HIT.
00:52:04 RECRUIT FIRES AT TARGETS AS THEY POP UP FROM ALL
DISTANCES. CU GI AIMS AND FIRES. DRILL SERGEANTS
CHECK THEIR MEN'S SCORE ON BLACKBOARD.
00:52:42 RECRUIT MOVES HAND OVER HAND ON MONKEY BARS
DURING, PHYSICAL COMBAT PROFICIENCY TEST, PCPT.
00:52:47 DRILL SERGEANTS STAND OVER MEN AS THEY CRAWL
SPEEDILY IN THE SAND. MEN THEN RUN THROUGH MAZE
OF BARRICADES. THE RECRUITS THEN DO THE MILE RUN
AS OTHERS WATCH.
00:53:34 TWO GIS PUT ON A KARATE DEMONSTRATION.
00:54:31 RECRUITS FIRE FROM BEHIND BARRICADES, THEN RUN
FORWARD AND DROP DOWN BEHIND LOG AND CONTINUE
FIRING. THEY THEN CRAWL TO THE NEXT LOG.
00:54:58 INSTRUCTOR SHOWS RECRUIT HOW TO THROW LIVE HAND
GRENADE AND DROP FOR COVER.
00:55:20 MEN CRAWL UNDER HAIL OF LIVE MACHINE-GUN FIRE, AT
NIGHT.
00:55:54 BLACK & WHITE RECRUITS ON CHOW LINE IN CAFETERIA.
00:56:49 RECRUITS PLAY PIN BALL MACHINES AT REC HALL.
RECRUIT DIVES OFF HIGH BOARD AT POOL.
00:57:26 DRILL SERGEANT EXITS CHAPEL WITH SOLDIERS AND
FAMILIES, THEN STOPS TO SPEAK TO SOME OF HIS MEN,
MEETS FAMILY MEMBER.
00:58:00 RECRUITS MARCH SMARTLY DURING GRADUATION REVIEW
.