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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. |
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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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