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1955MILITARY
00:03:00
PICTORIAL REPORT NO. 30
"OBSOLETE" FILM. ARMY ACTIVITIES. SOLDIERS' CODE
OF CONDUCT. "OPERATION RED CORPUSCLE", THE BLOOD
DONOR PROGRAM IN GERMANY. AND HOW MILK REACHES
ARMY TROOPS IN JAPAN. 6 POSTERS DRAWN BY VARIOUS
ARTISTS DEPICT THE 6 ARTICLES IN THE U.S. ARMED
FORCES CODE OF CONDUCT. AN ENTIRE COMPANY OF MEN
STATIONED IN GERMANY GIVE BLOOD IN 'OPERATION
CORPUSLE'. HOW MILK REACHES OUR MEN 5000 MILES
AWAY IN JAPAN. MEN TAUGHT TO OPERATE THE NEWEST
SOURCE OF POWER DERIVED FROM THE ATOMIC REACTOR.
00:03:13
MS- 'THE CODE OF CONDUCT', BEARING PRESIDENT
EISENHOWER'S SIGNATURE, ON A BULLETIN BOARD AT A
MILITARY INSTALLATION
00:04:00
CU- THE 6 POSTERS APPEAR SUPERIMPOSED OVER THE
ARTICLES OF THE CODE
00:04:33
MS- FAMOUS MAGAZINES IN A NEWS RACK. ARTISTS FROM
THESE MAGAZINES PRODUCED THE POSTERS.
00:04:53
MS- FAMED MAGAZINE ARTISTS ALEX ROTH, TOM LOVELL,
HAROLD VON SCHMIDT AND SATURDAY EVENING POST'S
STEVE JOHANNIS WORK IN THEIR STUDIOS ON THE
DRAWINGS. (LOGGED BEFORE)
00:07:06
MS- A COMMITTEE OF JUDGES PERUSE THE POSTERS ON
A GALLERY WALL. CU- THE FINAL SELECTION OF THE 6
DRAWINGS.
00:07:55
THE BIGGEST CAMERA IN THE U.S. IS USED TO MAKE
THE PLATES OF THE CHOSEN DRAWINGS.
00:08:04
MS- A BLANK POSTER IS COLORED AS IT SPINS ON WALL
00:08:18
MONTAGE- POSTERS ARE RUN THROUGH LARGE LITHOGRAPH
MACHINERY AND PRESSES MASS PRODUCING THE POSTERS.
00:08:47
MONTAGE- EACH POSTER IS SHOWN AND THE ARTICLE OF
THE CODE OF ETHICS IT DEPICTS IS READ.
00:11:36
CU-A GI LYING ON A TABLE, GIVING BLOOD, SMILES FOR
THE CAMERA.
00:12:20
LS- ENTRANCE TO THE HOME OF THE 5TH INFANTRY
REGIMENT IN NURNBERG, GERMANY
00:13:02
MS- BLOOD BANK CHEST IS REMOVED FROM A HELICOPTER
FOR DELIVERY TO THE NURNBERG ARMY HOSPITAL.
00:13:14
MS- THE REGIMENTAL BAND PLAYS AS BUSES FULL OF
GI DONORS ENTERS THE HOSPITAL GROUNDS.
00:13:34
LS- THE MEN WALK INTO THE HOSPITAL SINGLE FILE.
00:14:00
MS- A MEDIC TAKES BLOOD PRESSURE OF GI AS OTHERS
WAIT. CU- NURSE TAKES A BLOOD SAMPLE FROM A GI'S
FINGER.
00:14:27
MS- MEDIC ATTENDS TO A GI WHO PASSED OUT AT THE
SIGHT OF BLOOD. MS- A MALE MEDIC DRAWS A PINT
OF BLOOD FROM A GI LYING ON COT.
00:15:54
MS- A MEDIC TAKES THE WHOLE BLOOD PINT AND
IMMEDIATELY PLACES IT IN THE STORAGE CHEST TO
KEEP IT FRESH.
00:17:02
MS- THE CHEST OF FRESH WHOLE BLOOD IS WHEELED OUT
TO A WAITING HELICOPTER BY A GROUP OF GIS.
00:17:38
MS- BLUE SEAL DAIRY BUILDING IN YOKOHAMA JAPAN
MS- JAPANESE WORKERS UNLOAD A TRUCK FULL OF SKIM
MILK.
00:18:12
MS- INSIDE, JAPANESE WORKERS EMPTY THE THE SKIM
MILK TINS INTO A HOPPER FOR MIXING WITH OTHER
INGREDIENTS.
00:18:47
MS- A GI INSPECTOR CHECKS OUT THE STAINLESS STEEL
TANKS AND NOTES HIS FINDINGS ON A CLIP BOARD
A CIVILIAN INSPECTOR CHECKS THE GAUGES
00:19:22
MS- AN ASSEMBLY LINE MACHINE FILLS AND PACKAGES
LIQUID MILK IN WAXED CARDBOARD QUART CONTAINERS
00:19:28
MS- JAPANESE WORKER PACKS THE CONTAINERS INTO
CASES AND SLIDES THEM ONTO A CONVEYOR INTO A
REFRIGERATOR.
00:19:34
CU- A LAB TECHNICIAN TAKES A SAMPLE OF THE MILK
AND TESTS IT BEFORE SHIPPING
00:19:57
MS- TECHNICIANS TASTE THE PRODUCT BEFORE SHIPPING
00:20:12
MS- A JAPANESE WORKER FILLS CARDBOARD CONTAINERS
WITH ICE CREAM ALSO MADE AT THE PLANT. CU- A ROUND
CARTON BEING AUTOMATICALLY FILLED WITH ICE CREAM
AND PLACED INTO A FREEZER BY THE WORKERS
00:21:10
MS- UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF ARMY VETERANARIAN
A JAP WORKER FILLS A FORM WITH POPSICLE MIXTURE
AND PASSED ON FOR THE FINAL PROCESS.
00:21:34
MONTAGE- THE JAPANESE MAKE COTTAGE CHEESE AT THE
PLANT IN A STEP BY STEP PROCESS. MS- A WORKER
FILLS SMALL CONTAINERS WITH THE CHEESE.
00:22:40
MS- A GI'S WIFE WITH HER SHOPPING CART PICKS OUT
THE DAIRY PRODUCTS AT THE SUPERMARKET IN JAPAN.
00:23:18
MS- GIS SIT AT THEIR TABLES AND ENJOY THE DAIRY
PRODUCTS WITH THEIR MEALS.
00:23:42
LS- A PROTOTYPE ATOMIC REACTOR BUILDING AT FORT
BELLOIRE, VIRGINIA.
00:24:18
LS- UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AT CHARLOTTESVILLE
WHERE GIS ARE TAUGHT TO RUN THE REACTOR.
00:24:33
MS- A GROUP OF MILITARY MEN IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING
SELECTED FROM THE ARMED FORCES FOR THEIR HIGH IQ
ENTER THE UNIVERSITY BUILDING.
00:24:45
MS- THE STUDENTS SIT IN A NUCLEAR PHYSICS
CLASSROOM WITH A TEACHER WRITING ON BLACKBOARD.
00:25:46
MS- 2 STUDENTS SIT ON THE CAMPUS GRASS AND STUDY
A LARGE CHART AS OTHERS READ BOOKS.
00:26:17
MONTAGE- THE STUDENTS ARE SHOWN MECHANISMS THAT
CONTROL NUCLEAR OUTPUT
00:27:04
MS- A STUDENT USES A PROTRACTOR AS HE STUDIES
UNDER A NIGHT LIGHT.
00:27:28
MONTAGE- STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM SPEAK OF THEIR
STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY
00:28:41
MS- 2 STUDENTS TAKE A ROD OF ENRICHED URANIUM 235
AND PLACE THEM IN STAINLESS STEEL RODS. THESE ARE
THE FUEL FOR THE REACTOR.
00:29:20
MS- 2 GIS GENTLY LOWER THE RODS INTO THE REACTOR
WITH UTMOST CAUTION. LS- IN THE CONTROL ROOM
WATCHFUL EYES MAKE SURE THAT ALL IS WELL.
00:32:55
"THE ARMY POSTAL SERVICE"
THE STORY OF HOW MAIL FROM HOME REACHES A SOLDIER
RELATIVE OVERSEAS. ALL ABOUT THE ARMY POSTAL
SERVICE AND A COMEDY SKIT ABOUT A GI WHOSE MAIL
GOES ASTRAY.
00:33:00
NARRATOR HOLDS UP A LETTER ADDRESSED TO A
SERVICEMAN OVERSEAS AND TALKS ABOUT THE ARMY
POSTAL SERVICE.
00:34:16
MONTAGE- GIS AT A NAPLES AIRFIELD DURING WWII,
UNLOAD MAIL BAGS FROM A CARGO PLANE AND PILE
THEM INTO A TRUCK.
00:34:39
MS- DOZENS OF GIS SORT MAIL, BY HAND, INTO
HUNDREDS OF PIGEON HOLES AT THE ARMY'S POST
OFFICE. CUBBY HOLES
00:34:59
MS- GIS TOSS BUNDLES OF MAIL TOWARDS THE CAMERA
AND INTO SACKS SLATED FOR VARIOUS DESTINATIONS
00:35:12
MS- RACKS OF OPEN SACKS AND THE MAIL TOSSED BY
THE GIS LANDING INTO THEM
00:35:25
CU- A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SLOWLY COMING TOWARDS
CAMERA. MS- GIS UNLOAD SACKS OF MAIL FROM TRAIN
AND FILL WAITING TRUCKS.
00:36:37
MS- GI STRUGGLES DOWN THE SIDE OF A HILL AT THE
FRONT TO DELIVER MAIL TO GI RESTING THERE. CU-THE
GI HAPPILY OPENS A PACKAGE WITH A CAKE INSIDE
00:37:14
A U.S. SOLDIER EXCHANGES MAIL FOR POWS, WITH A
NORTH KOREAN COMMUNIST SOLDIER AT PANMONJON
00:37:23
MS- BUNDLES OF MAIL ARE UNLOADED BY WINCH FROM A
SHIP AND LOADED ONTO ARMY TRUCKS BY KOREAN
LONGSHOREMEN
00:38:13
MS- A GI THROWS PACKAGES AT THE CAMERA AND INTO
OPEN SACKS AS HE SORTS MAIL DESTINED FOR
SERVICEMEN OVERSEAS.
00:38:37
MS- AN ENDLESS STREAM OF GIS PILE SACKS OF MAIL
ON THE FLOOR AT A MAIL DEPOT.
00:39:32
MS- PAN OF A TYPICAL STREET IN A TYPICAL SUBURBAN
COMMUNITY. THE HOME OF RUDY WEBER, A GI AWAY
FROM HOME.
00:40:02
MRS. WEBER, RUDY'S SCATTER-BRAINED MOTHER
(ACTRESS) SITS AT A DESK AT HOME AND WRITES A
LETTER TO HER SON.
00:40:59
CU- THE ONLY THING LEGIBLE ON THE ADDRESS SHE
WRITES IS 'U.S. ARMY'.
00:41:17
MS- RUDY'S GIRL SITS ON FLOOR NEXT TO HER BED
WITH CRUMBLED UP LETTERS AT HER SIDE AS SHE HAS
DIFFICULTY WRITING HIM A LETTER. SHE ADDRESSES THE
LETTER AND LICKS THE ENVELOPE
00:43:37
MS- OLD TIME POSTMASTER SITS AT DESK AND TRIES TO
PROPERLY ROUTE RUDY'S MAIL. BEING BUSY, THE MAIL
IS LEFT ON HIS DESK FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
00:44:00
MS- OLD WORKER PLACES SACK OF MAIL WITH RUDY'S
LETTERS ON A TRAIN. MAIL WORKER SORTS THE MAIL
INTO PIGEONHOLES IN THE MAIL CAR OF THE TRAIN.
00:44:14
LS- TRAIN SPEEDING ACROSS TRACKS BELLOWING STEAM
00:45:23
MS- GI RUDY WEBER SITS PEELING POTATOES WITH
OTHER GIS ON KP DUTY AS MAIL TRIES TO FIND HIM
00:45:44
MS- RUDY MAKES GESTURES OF A WOMAN'S FIGURE AS HE
TALKS WHILE HE PEELS. ONE OF THE GIS (ACTOR) SHOWS
EXPRESSION OF DISBELIEF AS HE LISTENS.
00:46:10
MS- THE SERGEANT INTERRUPS RUDY'S CONVERSATION TO
TELL HIM TO PACK UP FOR TRANSFER.
00:47:06
MS- AS OTHER GIS FILL OUT CHANGE OF ADDRESS FORMS
RUDY READS MEMOS ON A BULLETIN BOARD.
00:47:46
MS- RUDY LINES UP AT THE TRAIN STATION AND BOARDS
A TRAIN, FAILING TO SUBMIT THE 'CHANGE OF ADDRESS'
MS- THE SAME TRAIN WEBER IS ON DROPS OFF HIS MAIL
AT THE STATION HE IS LEAVING
00:48:23
MS- WEBER'S LETTER IS CHECKED AND NO 'CHANGE OF
ADDRESS' FORM IS FOUND IN HIS FILE. THE LETTERS
ARE AGAIN DELAYED.
00:49:20
MS- A SERGEANT HANDS OUT LETTERS AT 'MAIL CALL'
OUTSIDE THE BARRACKS. RUDY IS SURPRISED WHEN
THE MAILMAN TELLS HIM HE HAS NO MAIL FOR RUDY
00:49:58
MS- WAITRESS SERVES RUDY AN ICE CREAM SODA. RUDY
FEELS SICK AS HE COMPLETES HIS EIGTH SODA.
RUDY TAKES THE WAITRESS'S ADDRESS USING THE BACK
OF 'CHANGE OF ADDRESS CARD' HE NEVER SUBMITTED.
00:50:48
CU- STEAM HORN ON SHIP SOUNDS. MS- MAIL CALL ON
SHIP DOES NOT PRODUCE A LETTER FOR RUDY. HE GETS
UPSET SHOUTING THERE'S A CONSPIRACY AGAINST HIM
MAILMAN CONFRONTS HIM IN A COMICAL SCENE.
00:52:22
LS- BUSY BASE MAIL DEPOT WITH MANY GIS HAND
SORTING LETTERS AND VEHICLES DELIVERING MORE
SACKS FOR SORTING.
00:53:00
MS- RUDY FINALLY RECEIVES A LETTER HE PICKS AT A
SMALL BASE MAILROOM AND ITS A BILL. RUDY LETS OUT
A SCREAM. CU- THE ENVELOPE SHOWS MANY CROSSED OUT
ADDRESSES ALERTING RUBY OF THE PROBLEM
00:54:33
MS- A GI POSTAL WORKER LOOKS VERY CLOSELY AT A
PACKAGE TRYING TO DECIPHER THE NAME WITH HIS
MAGNIFYING GLASS. HE HOLDS IT UP AND SHAKES IT
00:55:12
MS- THE MAIL CALL OFFICER DELIVERS THE PACKAGE
TO THE WRONG RUDY WEBER WHO SHOWS PUZZLEMENT.
HE RETURNS IT TO THE GI MAILMAN.
00:56:05
MS- RUDY WRITES A LETTER TO HIS MOM TELLING HER
OF THE 'CONSPIRACY' AGAINST HIM AT THE POST
OFFICE.
00:57:27
MS- THE MAIL CALL OFFICER AND ALL THE GIS ARE
HAPPY AND SURPRISED AS IS WEBER WHEN HE FINALLY
RECEIVES ALL HIS MAIL, INCLUDING THE PACKAGE.
00:57:50
MS- RUDY SITS ON HIS BUNK AND HAPPILY SORTS ALL
HIS MAIL. WHEN HE OPENS THE PACKAGE IT CONTAINS A
BIRTHDAY CAKE SO STALE IT BENDS HIS KNIFE.
01:01:34
"SOUTHERN EUROPEAN TASK FORCE"
A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE ARMY'S NEWEST MOBILE
STRIKING FORCE WITH NUCLEAR WEAPON'S CAPABILITY
IS SEEN IN THIS PICTURE ON THE ARMY'S ONLY
OPERATIVE MISSILE COMMAND IN EUROPE. ALL ABOUT
SOUTHERN EUROPEAN TASK FORCE (SEATAF)
01:01:39
AERIAL- PAN OF VERONA, ITALY THE HOME OF THE
SOUTHERN EUREOPEAN TASK FORCE (SETAF) THE ONLY
OPERATIVE U.S. ARMY'S MISSILE COMMAND IN EUROPE
01:02:10
LS- FARM AND WHEAT FIELDS OF WESTERN EUROPE.
LS- COUNTRY SQUIRES AND THEIR WOMEN RIDE HORSES
ACROSS THE COUNTRYSIDE. LS- A FLOCK OF BIRDS FLY
UP FROM A SWAMP.
01:02:29
MS- A FARMER PULS A HUGE CART OF HAY WITH HIS
TRACTOR. A YOUNG GIRL TAKES A FLASK OF WINE TO
AN ITALIAN FARMER PLOWING THE FIELDS. HE DRINKS
FROM IT. MS- TWO OXEN PULLING A PLOW
01:02:51
MAP OF EUROPE SHOWING THE NATO NATIONS BARRIER
PROTECTING WESTERN EUROPE FROM SOVIET BLOC
01:03:01
MONTAGE- LANDMARK GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS FROM THE
CAPITAL DOME IN WASHINGTON TO BUILDINGS IN CANADA
ENGLAND, NORWAY, DENMARK, WESTERN GERMANY,
NETHERLANDS, LUXEMBORG, FRANCE, PORTUGAL, ITALY,
GREECE AND TURKEY
01:04:20
MONTAGE- MEN AND WOMEN ON PRODUCTION LINES IN
PLANTS ACROSS BUSTLING NATO COUNTRIES OF EUROPE
LS- MASONS LAY BRICK AND CEMENT BLOCK AT HUGE
CONSTRUCTION SITE.
01:04:53
LS- FISHERMEN PULL IN HUGE NET ON A COMMERCIAL
FISHING BOAT.
01:05:04
LS- HUGE CROWD AT A SOCCER MATCH. COUPLES DANCING
ON DANCE FLOOR. MONTAGE- PEOPLE ENJOY A ROLLER
COASTER RIDE AND A FERRIS WHEEL.
01:05:20
CU- LITTLE BOY AND GIRL SMILE INTO CAMERA AT A
SWIMMING HOLE PEOPLE FROLICKING ON THE BEACH WITH
THEIR DOGS AS FREE EUROPE ENJOYS PROSPERITY
01:05:43
CU- THE NATO FLAG. LS- FLAGS OF THE NATO NATIONS
FLY TOGETHER.
01:05:50
LS- GERMAN TROOPS IN WHITE SNOW UNIFORMS DOUBLE
TIME BEHIND A TANK IN THE SNOW DURING MANEUVERS
WITH OTHER NATO NATION'S TROOPS.
01:06:02
MS- GREEK TROOPS WITH THEIR PACK MULES MARCH ON A
ROAD.
01:06:15
MONTAGE- ANCIENT BUILDINGS AND AN AERIAL VIEW OF
ROMAN COLOSSEUM IN ANCIENT CITY OF VERONA, ITALY
01:06:43
MS- AN AMERICAN OFFICER IN A CLASSROOM STANDS AT
A MAP OF ITALY AND INSTRUCTS NATO OFFICERS.
01:07:28
MS- MAJOR GENERAL HARVEY FISHER, COMMANDING
OFFICER OF SEATAF TELLS OF THE MISSION OF HIS
ATOMIC MISSILE FORCE.
01:09:53
MS- CREWMEN PLACE AN 'HONEST JOHN' MISSILE ONTO A
MOBILE LAUNCHING PAD ASSEMBLE IT'S CONTROL
EQUIPMENT AND PREPARE TO FIRE IT.
01:10:50
MS- A 'CORPORAL' SURFACE TO SURFACE MISSILE IS
ROLLED INTO PLACE. A GI USES A HAND HELD REMOTE
CONTROL UNIT TO LIFT THE HUGE MISSILE INTO THE
LAUNCHER.
01:11:59
MS- MEN PUT ON FIRE SUITS BEFORE THEY PUT THE
HIGHLY COMBUSTABLE FUEL INTO THE MISSILE
01:13:35
AERIAL- PAN OF THE TREMENDOUS STORAGE OF SUPPLIES
AT LIVORNO, ITALY, A NATO SUPPLY DEPOT
01:14:00
MS- A BLACK GI LONGSHOREMAN GIVES HAND DIRECTIONS
TO WINCH OPERATOR AS A TANK IS LOADED ONTO A SHIP
01:14:46
LS- PAN OF THE SEATAF MOUNTAIN SCHOOL COMPLEX IN
THE SNOWY ALPS
01:15:40
MS- GIS LOAD A HELICOPTER WITH SUPPLIES FROM A
TRUCK FOR DELIVERY TO OUTPOSTS IN THE ALPS.
MONTAGE- GIS SET UP A COMMUNICATIONS OUTPOST IN
THE SNOW, LIFTING ANTENNAES INTO PLACE.
01:17:34
MS- AN ITALIAN 'ALPINI' ALPINE SOLDIER WITH
FEATHERED HAT TEACHES A GROUP OF GIS HOW TO SKI.
LS- HE SHOWS THEM HOW TO TURN ON THEIR SKIS
01:19:03
MONTAGE-WITH AN ITALIAN 'ALPILI' ASSIGNED TO EACH
GI, IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE THEY HIT THE
SLOPES.
01:19:34
MONTAGE- ITALIAN TROOPS WITH THEIR COLORFUL
FEATHERED HATS TRAIN IN FIRING THEIR WEAPONS
ALONG WITH THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
01:19:40
MS- AN AMERICAN AND ITALIAN OFFICER OBSERVE THE
PRACTICE TOGETHER.
01:20:16
LS- NATO'S SOUTHERN HEADQUARTERS IN NAPLES.
01:20:28
MONTAGE- ITALIAN TROOPS CHARGE IN AN OPEN FIELD
DURING A JOINT MANEUVER.
01:21:10
MS- AN ITALIAN OFFICER IN THE FIELD USES HIS
FIELD PHONE TO RELAY 'ENEMY' POSITIONS TO
HEADQUARTERS REQUESTING AN AIR ATTACK
01:22:00
MONTAGE- HUGE MISSILE CARRYING VEHICLES MOVE
THROUGH TOWN MS- LITTLE BLONDE HOLDING HAND WITH
HER SMALL SISTER GIRL WAVES TO PASSING VEHICLES
01:25:14
MS- A GI PUSHES A PLUNGER AND A MISSILE IS FIRED
01:27:39
MONTAGE- A COMBINED GROUP OF AMERICAN AND
EUROPEAN OFFICERS PERUSE MAPS ON THE FIELD.

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"THE ARMY POSTAL SERVICE"
THE STORY OF HOW MAIL FROM HOME REACHES A SOLDIER RELATIVE OVERSEAS. ALL ABOUT THE ARMY POSTAL SERVICE AND A COMEDY SKIT ABOUT A GI WHOSE MAIL GOES ASTRAY.
00:32:59 28.42 thumbnail
NARRATOR HOLDS UP A LETTER ADDRESSED TO A SERVICEMAN OVERSEAS AND TALKS ABOUT THE ARMY POSTAL SERVICE.
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MONTAGE- GIS AT A NAPLES AIRFIELD DURING WWII, UNLOAD MAIL BAGS FROM A CARGO PLANE AND PILE THEM INTO A TRUCK.
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MS- DOZENS OF GIS SORT MAIL, BY HAND, INTO HUNDREDS OF PIGEON HOLES AT THE ARMY'S POST OFFICE. CUBBY HOLES
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MS- GIS TOSS BUNDLES OF MAIL TOWARDS THE CAMERA AND INTO SACKS SLATED FOR VARIOUS DESTINATIONS
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MS- RACKS OF OPEN SACKS AND THE MAIL TOSSED BY THE GIS LANDING INTO THEM
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CU- A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SLOWLY COMING TOWARDS CAMERA. MS- GIS UNLOAD SACKS OF MAIL FROM TRAIN AND FILL WAITING TRUCKS.
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MS- GI STRUGGLES DOWN THE SIDE OF A HILL AT THE FRONT TO DELIVER MAIL TO GI RESTING THERE. CU-THE GI HAPPILY OPENS A PACKAGE WITH A CAKE INSIDE
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A U.S. SOLDIER EXCHANGES MAIL FOR POWS, WITH A NORTH KOREAN COMMUNIST SOLDIER AT PANMONJON
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MS- BUNDLES OF MAIL ARE UNLOADED BY WINCH FROM A SHIP AND LOADED ONTO ARMY TRUCKS BY KOREAN LONGSHOREMEN
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MS- A GI THROWS PACKAGES AT THE CAMERA AND INTO OPEN SACKS AS HE SORTS MAIL DESTINED FOR SERVICEMEN OVERSEAS.
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MS- AN ENDLESS STREAM OF GIS PILE SACKS OF MAIL ON THE FLOOR AT A MAIL DEPOT.
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MS- PAN OF A TYPICAL STREET IN A TYPICAL SUBURBAN COMMUNITY. THE HOME OF RUDY WEBER, A GI AWAY FROM HOME.
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MRS. WEBER, RUDY'S SCATTER-BRAINED MOTHER (ACTRESS) SITS AT A DESK AT HOME AND WRITES A LETTER TO HER SON.
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CU- THE ONLY THING LEGIBLE ON THE ADDRESS SHE WRITES IS 'U.S. ARMY'.
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MS- RUDY'S GIRL SITS ON FLOOR NEXT TO HER BED WITH CRUMBLED UP LETTERS AT HER SIDE AS SHE HAS DIFFICULTY WRITING HIM A LETTER. SHE ADDRESSES THE LETTER AND LICKS THE ENVELOPE
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MS- OLD TIME POSTMASTER SITS AT DESK AND TRIES TO PROPERLY ROUTE RUDY'S MAIL. BEING BUSY, THE MAIL IS LEFT ON HIS DESK FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
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MS- OLD WORKER PLACES SACK OF MAIL WITH RUDY'S LETTERS ON A TRAIN. MAIL WORKER SORTS THE MAIL INTO PIGEONHOLES IN THE MAIL CAR OF THE TRAIN.
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LS- TRAIN SPEEDING ACROSS TRACKS BELLOWING STEAM
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MS- GI RUDY WEBER SITS PEELING POTATOES WITH OTHER GIS ON KP DUTY AS MAIL TRIES TO FIND HIM
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MS- RUDY MAKES GESTURES OF A WOMAN'S FIGURE AS HE TALKS WHILE HE PEELS. ONE OF THE GIS (ACTOR) SHOWS EXPRESSION OF DISBELIEF AS HE LISTENS.
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MS- THE SERGEANT INTERRUPS RUDY'S CONVERSATION TO TELL HIM TO PACK UP FOR TRANSFER.
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MS- AS OTHER GIS FILL OUT CHANGE OF ADDRESS FORMS RUDY READS MEMOS ON A BULLETIN BOARD.
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MS- RUDY LINES UP AT THE TRAIN STATION AND BOARDS A TRAIN, FAILING TO SUBMIT THE 'CHANGE OF ADDRESS'
MS- THE SAME TRAIN WEBER IS ON DROPS OFF HIS MAIL AT THE STATION HE IS LEAVING
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MS- WEBER'S LETTER IS CHECKED AND NO 'CHANGE OF ADDRESS' FORM IS FOUND IN HIS FILE. THE LETTERS ARE AGAIN DELAYED.
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MS- A SERGEANT HANDS OUT LETTERS AT 'MAIL CALL'
OUTSIDE THE BARRACKS. RUDY IS SURPRISED WHEN THE MAILMAN TELLS HIM HE HAS NO MAIL FOR RUDY
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MS- WAITRESS SERVES RUDY AN ICE CREAM SODA. RUDY FEELS SICK AS HE COMPLETES HIS EIGTH SODA.
RUDY TAKES THE WAITRESS'S ADDRESS USING THE BACK OF 'CHANGE OF ADDRESS CARD' HE NEVER SUBMITTED.
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CU- STEAM HORN ON SHIP SOUNDS. MS- MAIL CALL ON SHIP DOES NOT PRODUCE A LETTER FOR RUDY. HE GETS UPSET SHOUTING THERE'S A CONSPIRACY AGAINST HIM MAILMAN CONFRONTS HIM IN A COMICAL SCENE.
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LS- BUSY BASE MAIL DEPOT WITH MANY GIS HAND SORTING LETTERS AND VEHICLES DELIVERING MORE SACKS FOR SORTING.
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MS- RUDY FINALLY RECEIVES A LETTER HE PICKS AT A SMALL BASE MAILROOM AND ITS A BILL. RUDY LETS OUT A SCREAM. CU- THE ENVELOPE SHOWS MANY CROSSED OUT ADDRESSES ALERTING RUBY OF THE PROBLEM
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MS- A GI POSTAL WORKER LOOKS VERY CLOSELY AT A PACKAGE TRYING TO DECIPHER THE NAME WITH HIS MAGNIFYING GLASS. HE HOLDS IT UP AND SHAKES IT
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MS- THE MAIL CALL OFFICER DELIVERS THE PACKAGE TO THE WRONG RUDY WEBER WHO SHOWS PUZZLEMENT.
HE RETURNS IT TO THE GI MAILMAN.
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MS- RUDY WRITES A LETTER TO HIS MOM TELLING HER OF THE 'CONSPIRACY' AGAINST HIM AT THE POST OFFICE.
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MS- THE MAIL CALL OFFICER AND ALL THE GIS ARE HAPPY AND SURPRISED AS IS WEBER WHEN HE FINALLY RECEIVES ALL HIS MAIL, INCLUDING THE PACKAGE.
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MS- RUDY SITS ON HIS BUNK AND HAPPILY SORTS ALL HIS MAIL. WHEN HE OPENS THE PACKAGE IT CONTAINS A BIRTHDAY CAKE SO STALE IT BENDS HIS KNIFE.
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