00:02:17 0.8 |
NARRATOR STUART QUEEN READS THE ARTICLES OF THE
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR THE USE ARMY SOLDIER IF TAKEN PRISONER. SCENES OF AN ESCAPE FROM ENEMY IMPRISONMENT WHICH ACTUALLY HAPPENED ARE RE-CREATED WITH ACTORS. |
00:04:54 157.8 |
MS- A LONG COLUMN OF AMERICAN POWS WALK ALONG A ROAD GUARDED BY 'ENEMY' SOLDIERS .
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00:05:18 181.8 |
MS- 'ENEMY' SOLDIERS IN A GUARD TOWER OVERLOOKING A PRISON CAMP WITH U.S. POWS
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00:06:25 248.8 |
MS- CAPTURED GIS SIT DEJECTEDLY ON GROUND GUARDED
BY 'ENEMY' SOLDIERS SOMEWHERE NEAR THE FRONT LINES. |
00:06:40 263.8 |
MS- AS THEY WALK ALONG A ROAD A SHELL EXPLODES
NEARBY SCATTERING BOTH THEM AND THE'ENEMY' GUARDS TO TAKE COVER, GIVING THE POWS A CHANCE TO ESCAPE |
00:07:14 297.8 |
MS- AS THE ENEMY COLLECTS THE POWS, ONE OF THEM HIDES BEHIND A LOG AS THE REST CONTINUE THEIR 'WALK'.
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00:08:39 382.8 |
LS- PAN OF POW CAMP. MS- A DEJECTED GI POWS LAY
ON THEIR BUNKS AND DAYDREAM.ONE STARES AT HIS FAMILY SNAPSHOT. ANOTHER THINK OF HOW FELLOW POWS HAD ESCAPED AND WHY HE DIDN'T. |
00:09:45 448.8 |
MS- A GI SNEAKS AROUND A POW BARRACKS AND JOINS A
WORK GANG LEAVING THE COMPOUND, HE IS ISSUED A PICKAXE BY AN 'ENEMY' SOLDIER. |
00:11:18 541.8 |
MS- AFTER THE DETAIL FINISHES WORK THEY ARE LINED UP AND A ROLL IS CALLED AND THEY ARE COUNTED. THEY MARCH BACK TOWARDS CAMP, PAN TO ESCAPING GI HIDING IN A SEWER PIPE UNDER A ROAD
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00:13:13 656.8 |
MONTAGE- 3 GI POWS FOOL THE 'ENEMY' GUARD TO LET
THEM OUT THE GATE AS THEY DRIVE STAKES INTO THE GROUND WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER STAKING OUT AN IMAGINARY ROAD THROUGH THE COMPOUND AND OUTSIDE. |
00:13:36 679.8 |
MS- THE GUARDS FINALLY REALIZE WHAT OCCURRED AND LOOK OUT AT STAKES IN THE GROUND EXTENDING OUT OF SIGHT OF THE CAMP.
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00:13:58 701.8 |
MS- A GUARD RUNS DOWN THE ROAD PASSING UPRIGHT
STAKES UNTIL HE COMES ACROSS THE SLEDGE HAMMER AND A PILE OF STAKES. |
00:14:26 729.8 |
MS- THE COMMANDER OF THE POW CAMP GATHERS THE POW AND METES OUT PUNISHMENT TO ALL TO THE MEN FOR THE ESCAPES.
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00:18:57 1000.8 |
MS- 3 POWS SIT ON THEIR BUNKS AND PLAN ESCAPE.
SLATS FROM THE BUNK BEDS ARE USED TO MAKE A LADDER. |
00:23:27 1270.8 |
MS- AT NIGHT THE POWS CREATE A NOISY SCENE ATTRACTING GUARDS TO THE FENCE WHERE THEY FIND A LADDER LAYING UP AGAINST IT. AS THIS IS GOING ON
THE ESCAPEES ARE GOING OVER ANOTHER SECTION OF THE FENCE. |
00:27:22 1505.8 |
MS- THE ESCAPES WHO STOLE CLOTHING AND WORK TOOLS SIMULATE WORKING ON ROAD AS A VOLKSWAGEN DRIVES BY. THE TOOLS ALLOW THEM TO TRAVEL BY DAY ALONG
THE ROADS UNTIL THEY REACH THE BORDER AND FREEDOM |
00:28:54 1597.8 |
NARRATOR QUEEN CONTINUES CITING THE ARTICLE OF
THE CODE OF CONDUCT. |
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