Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1106B

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"THAYER OF WEST POINT"
LOWELL THOMAS NARRATES THIS STORY OF THE 'FATHER
OF WEST POINT'. AN OUTSTANDING CAST RECREATES THE
LIFE OF SYLVANUS THAYER AT THE ACADEMY

00:31:50 19.43

MS- STUDENTS SIT ERECTLY DURING A SERVICE IN THE
WEST POINT CHAPEL

00:32:23 52.43

MS- STATUE OF COLONEL SYLVANUS THAYER, FATHER OF
THE MILITARY ACADEMY. (ZOOM IN ON HIS FACE)

00:33:10 99.43

MS- A CADET DURING THE EARLY 1800'S BRUSHES HIS
HAIR BEFORE A MIRROR IN HIS ROOM (A REENACTMENT)
OLIVER, A SNOBBISH RICH BOY WALKS IN WITH CANE
AND TOP HAT IN HAND STATES, "I'M BACK"!

00:33:42 131.43

MS- THE ROOMMATE READS OTHER NEW RULE BY THAYER,
WHICH INCLUDES, "NO CADET SHALL HAVE A WAITER,A
HORSE OR DOG".

00:34:50 199.43

ANGRY OLIVER STATES "SOMETHING MUST BE DONE, I
SHALL NOTIFY FATHER".

00:35:05 214.43

MS- WHEM THAYER IS NOT IMPRESSED, THE FATHER
ANGRILY LEAVES THE ROOM.

00:36:52 321.43

MS- THE STUDENT (SEGAL) MAKES GESTURE OF DISBELIEF
WHEN THE TEACHER PICKS HIM OUT AS THE CULPRIT.

00:37:21 350.43

MS- A STUDENT SITS AT HIS DESK AND WRITES LETTER,
WITH A QUILL PEN, TO HIS BROTHER.

00:39:21 470.43

MS- A CADET NEATLY ARRANGES HIS CLOTHING ON
SHELVES IN A SPECIFIC MANNER.

00:41:12 581.43

CU- PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG THAYER AFTER GRADUATION
FROM DARTMOUTH WITH HIGHEST HONORS. DRAWINGS OF
THE WAR OF 1812 WHERE THAYER SERVED AS ENGINEER.

00:42:00 629.43

MS- DRAWINGS OF NAPOLEON'S BATTLE AT WATETRLOO.
MS- DRAWING OF THE FRENCH MILITARY SCHOOL WHERE
THAYER TOURED.

00:44:00 749.43

MS- AIMING AT INTENSIFYING TRAINING AT THE
ACADEMY. THAYER PROMOTES A FRENCH TEACHER TO
PROFESSOR BECAUSE ALL THE BEST MILITARY BOOKS
WERE IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.

00:45:20 829.43

LS- THE ACADEMY LIBRARY ONE OF THE OLDEST
BUILDINGS THERE, A SYMBOL OF THAYER'S EFFORTS.

00:46:20 889.43

MONTAGE- STUDENTS OF YORE STUDY THEIR ENGINEERING
PROJECTS LATE INTO THE NIGHT.

00:48:00 989.43

MS- THE CADET ADMITS TO THAYER THAT HE STAYED UP
AFTER HOURS TO COMPLETE HIS STUDIES. THAYER HAS
HIM REPORT FOR PUNISHMENT.

00:49:30 1079.43

MONTAGE- CADETS AT STUDY HALLS AND IN CLASSROOMS.

00:50:50 1159.43

MS- PORTRAIT OF SYLVANUS THAYER.

00:52:18 1247.43

MONTAGE- OLD DRAWINGS OF THAYER'S MEN SETTING OUT
TO FIND ROUTES FOR FUTURE RAILROADS. CU- DRAWINGS
OF A BIRD'S LEG, FISH AND SNAKES WERE ALL BROUGHT
BACK TO THE ACADEMY BY THE ACADEMY PIONEERS.

00:55:00 1409.43

MONTAGE- HUGE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS, BRIDGES &
GREAT DAMS.

00:56:38 1507.43

CU- PHOTOS OF GENERALS GRANT, LEE, STONEWALL
JACKSON AND SHERMAN.

00:57:55 1584.43

LS- CADETS AND LEADERS STAND AT ATTENTION AT THE
STATUE OF COLONEL SYLVANUS THAYER