1913HISTORICAL RECREATIONS
1860S CIVIL WAR RECREATION (SILENT) - 1860S RURAL AMERICA, WAR BETWEEN THE STATES, DRUMMER BOY. SOLDIERS OFF TO WAR, CIVIL WAR BATTLES. DRUMMER BOY RUNS AWAY FROM HOME TO JOIN BIG BROTHER IN CIVIL WAR. IS CAPTURED BY CONFEDERATES, WOUNDED AS HE ESCAPES, DIES OF WOUNDS.
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MS MOTHER IN TYPICAL DRESS CIRCA 1860S, CHASES PRE TEEN-AGE SON AROUND KITCHEN TABLE TO GET HIM TO WASH HIS FACE BEFORE GOING TO SCHOOL.
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MS TWO MEN (BIG BROTHER AND DAD), DRESSED, MIDDLE CLASS, CIRCA 1860S, SEATED, EATING, IN DINING ROOM CIRCA 1860S DECOR, HEAR RUCKUS IN KITCHEN, DAD TELLS BIG BROTHER TO CHECK IT OUT.
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MS BOY STRUGGLES WITH BIG BROTHER, WHO TRIES TO PULL HIM TO SINK, MOM HOLDS STRUGGLING BOY BY HAIR AS SHE ROUGHLY WASHES HIS FACE WITH CLOTH.
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MS YOUNG WIDOWED MOTHER OF BOY'S NEIGHBOR COMBS DAUGHTER'S HAIR WITHOUT STRUGGLE, HANDS HER SCHOOL BOOK, KISS ON LIPS, EXIT ROOM (CIRCA 1860S DECOR).
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MS BIG BROTHER WATCHES AS MOM TIES BOY'S TIE, HANDS HIM SCHOOL BOOKS, WHICH BOY ANGRILY PULLS OUT OF MOTHER'S HAND, BIG BROTHER, BOY LEAVES KITCHEN. BOY AND BIG BROTHER WALK DOWN PORCH STEPS AT SAME TIME AS MOM AND DAUGHTER OF NEIGHBOR EXIT THEIR MODEST HOUSE.
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BIG BROTHER AND WIDOWED MOM HAVE CONVERSATION FROM BOTH SIDES OF FENCE AS KIDS MAKE FUN OF THE TWO "LOVERS", WHO ANGRILY TELLS KIDS TO GO OFF TO SCHOOL..
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YOUNG BOY, GIRL SCHOOL KIDS SKIP HAND IN HAND AS THEY APPROACH TURNSTILE TYPE FENCE DOOR, TOWARDS CAMERA. THEY PLAY AROUND TURNSTILE, STOP SUDDENLY AS THEY HEAR SCHOOL BELL.. CU BELL IN TOWER SOUNDING. CHILDREN RUN OFF, SHE DROPS BOOKS, HE PICKS THEM UP
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TITLE: THE SPRING OF '61 GATHERING CLOUDS - MS MEN WOMEN GATHER AROUND MAN ON SOAPBOX MAKING SPEECH (ABOUT WAR ?). BIG BROTHER AND WIDOW (LOVERS)
WATCH, BACKS TO CAMERA..LOVERS SITS ON TREE STUMP ACTING LIKE LOVERS. MS PEOPLE CHEER MAN MAKING SPEECH. MS LOVERS KISS AFFECTIONATELY. |
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MS BIG BROTHER IN UNION SOLDIER UNIFORM, SAYS GOODBYE TO MOM AND DAD SEATED IN LIVING ROOM. BOY WALKS IN PLAYING DRUM, FATHER HOLDS HANS TO EARS.
BOY SHOWS SURPRISE. AS HE IS DENIED PERMISSION TO JOIN BROTHER IN WAR, BEGS FATHER, TO NO AVAIL. BOY ARGUES WITH FATHER. "YOU JUST WAIT, I', GOING TO WAR ANYWAY" |
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MS BOY WITH DRUM MEETS GIRL FRIEND NEIGHBOR WITH DOLL IN ARMS, WRAPPED IN BLANKET LIKE BABY. GIRL HOLDS EARS AS BOY DEMONSTRATES HIS DRUMMING SKILLS.
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MS YOUNG WIDOW SITS ON STUMP AND CRIES AS SOLDIER / LOVER, SAYS HIS GOODBYES. THEY KISS PASSIONATELY..
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SOLDIERS OFF TO WAR - FAMILY GATHERS IN TOWN TO WATCH SOLDIERS DEPART/ SAY GOODBYES. SOLDIERS LINE UP WITH RIFLES, MARCH OFF DOWN MAIN STREET.
MOM WAVES, CRIES. HORSE SOLDIERS PASS IN B/G. |
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FOOT SOLDIERS DOWN MAIN STREET AWAY FROM CAMERA.
HORSE SOLDIERS DOWN MAIN STREET. |
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HUGE CROWD ON TRAIN PLATFORM WAVING TO SOLDIERS WHO MARCH BY IN F/G. STOP, DISBAND, QUEUE AROUND AWAITING TRAIN.
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MS BOY ASLEEP IN BEDROOM, AWAKENS RUBS EYES, LOOKS OUT WINDOW, GETS DRESSED STARTS TO CLIMB CLIMBS OUT WINDOW WITH DRUM, STOPS TO WRITE NOTE ON SMALL CHALK BOARD. EXITS WINDOW WITH DRUM.. CU VIEW FROM OUTSIDE, CLIMBING DOWN TO PORCH BELOW.
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MS CROWD ON PLATFORM, BACKS TO CAMERA, WAVE TO SOLDIERS AS THEY CLIMB INTO AND ON TOP OF TRAIN'S BOX CARS. MS SOLDIERS PILED IN BOX CAR, SOME SEATED ON EDGE WITH LEGS DANGLING. SOLDIERS HELP DRUMMER BOY CLIMB INTO BOX CAR WITH THEM.
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MS BOY'S MOM AND DAD HAVING BREAKFAST IN DINING ROOM. MOM GOES TO STAIRS, CALLS FOR BOY TO COME DOWN. GOES UP TO GET HIM. MS MOM SEES EMPTY BED, READS NOTE ON CHALK BOARD, CU NOTE. MOM MAKES DRAMATIC GESTURE OF SHOCK. ALMOST PASSES OUT.
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DAD GOES UP FINDS MOM CRYING ON BED. CONSOLES HER.
SHOCK. MS WIDOW AND DAUGHTER FROM NEXT DOOR WATCH THROUGH WINDOW. |
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MS DAD SEATED ON BED WITH MOM, CONSOLES HER AS SHE CRIES, THEY GET UP WALK OUT OF BEDROOM, DOWN STAIRS TO LIVING ROOM. . WIDOW AND DAUGHTER ENTER WIDOW CONSOLES BOY'S MOM AS LITTLE GIRL BREAKS DOWN IN TEARS, WHEN HEARING OF BOY'S DEPARTURE.
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MS OFFICER ENLISTS DRUMMER BOY AS OTHER SOLDIERS QUEUE AROUND IN B/G. HE DEMONSTRATES HIS SKILL AT DRUM AS OFFICERS WATCH. BOY IS ASSIGNED TO SERGEANT.
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TWO YEARS LATER - MOM IN LIVING ROOM WITH NEIGHBOR AND GIRL CHATTING,. DAD WALKS IN HANDS LETTER TO MOM FROM BIG BROTHER, CU LETTER WHICH TELLS OF BIG BROTHER'S FUTILE HUNT FORM DRUMMER BOY WHO OBVIOUSLY CHANGED HIS NAME WHEN HE ENLISTED.
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VARIOUS SCENES UNION ARMY ENCAMPMENT, OFFICER PEERING THROUGH BINOCULARS. MS CONFEDERATE OFFICERS, BACK TO CAMERA. WATCH UNION CAVALRY EVACUATE CAMP, RIDE BY IN DISTANCE. VARIOUS VIEWS COLUMNS UNION CAVALRY RIDING INTO WOODED AREA.
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UNION CAVALRY, GROUND TROOPS, RIDE AND RUN BY TENTS AS THEY HURRIEDLY LEAVES CAMP, LEAVING SMALL GROUP OF DEFENDERS BEHIND. UNION SOLDIERS MARCHING THROUGH HILLY AREA.
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MS CONFEDERATE OFFICERS, BACKS TO CAMERA, WATCH THROUGH TELESCOPE, SEE CAMP BEING LEFT VULNERABLE.
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BATTLE SCENE AS CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS ATTACK CAMP.
DRUMMER BOY TRYING TO HELP DEFENDERS IS ORDERED BACK BY OFFICER. CONFEDERATE ARMY ATTACKS, BACKS TO CAMERA. DEFENDERS FIRING BACK. MEN LOADING CANNONS. |
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DRUMMER BOY APPROACHES DEFENDERS AS SHELL EXPLODES STUNNING BOY, KILLING RIFLEMAN IN FRONT OF HIM.
BOY PICKS UP RIFLE, FIRES AT ATTACKING REBELS. MS CHARGING CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OVER RUN DEFENDERS, BATTLE ENSUES, VARIOUS VIEWS INTENSE HAND TO HAND COMBAT. |
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MS DRUMMER BOY IS TAKEN PRISONER BY REBELS.
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PRISONERS OF WAR - DRUMMER BOY OTHER BEATEN UNION PRISONERS SIT ON GROUND AGAINST STOCKADE FENCE. MS BOY HAS VISIONS OF HOME, (MON WASHING HIS FACE WITH WASH CLOTH, COMBING HIS HAIR), AS HE SITS AGAINST STOCKADE FENCE WITH DISHEVELLED LONG BEARDED OLD UNION SOLDIER,
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MLS BOY SNEAKS THROUGH OPENING IN STOCKADE FENCE AS PRISONERS CREATE DISTURBANCE WITH CONFEDERATE GUARD. GUARD WITH RIFLE SQUEEZES THROUGH OPENING, CHASES BOY.
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BOY SLIPS UNDER CONFEDERATE HEADQUARTERS TENT, CLIMBS INSIDE TRUNK. MS ARMED REBEL SOLDIERS SEARCH AROUND TENTS FOR ESCAPEE. MS HIGH RANKING REBEL OFFICERS ENTER TENT, CU BOY INSIDE TENT GRASPS WOUNDED SHOULDER AS HE HEARS CONFEDERATE PLAN OF BATTLE. MS OFFICERS PLANNING BATTLE WITH MAPS.
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MS CONFEDERATE OFFICERS EXITING TENT. MCU BOY CLIMBS OUT OF TRUNK.
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MS MOM STANDS AGAINST OPEN DOOR TO HOME AS THOUGH WAITING FOR BOY TO COME HOME. WALKS INSIDE LIGHTS CANDLE ON LIVING ROOM TABLE.
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BOY ESCAPEE RUNS THROUGH WOODED AREA, STREAM, IS SUDDENLY SPOTTED BY CONFEDERATE SOLDIER. BACK TO CAMERA., BOY RUNS, SOLDIER FIRES RIFLE, WOUNDING BOY WHO SUBSEQUENTLY MANAGES TO ELUDE PURSUING SOLDIER..
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MLS WOUNDED BOY TUMBLES DOWN HILL, GETS UP LIMPS AS HE CROSSES STREAM, TOWARDS CAMERA AND R TO R.
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BOY RUNS TO UNION SOLDIER ON PATROL, SHOWS HIM HIS LEG WOUND. SOLDIER GETS CALLS FOR HELP OF OTHER SOLDIERS, THEY MAKE THEY MAKE LITTER WITH RIFLE, CARRY BOY TO CAMP,
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WOUNDED BOY, BARELY ABLE TO STAND WITH ASSISTANT OF SOLDIER, TELLS UNION OFFICER WHO EXITS TENT, ABOUT CONFEDERATE PLAN. BOY IS CARRIED AWAY BY SOLDIER.
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DRUMMER BOY'S MOM LIGHTS AND PLACES CANDLE IN WINDOW. (TO LIGHT THE WAY HOME FOR BOY).
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MS CONFEDERATE OFFICER OPENS TRUNK WHERE BOY HID, FINDS BLOODY SHIRT AND POOL OF BLOOD. CU BLOOD ON OFFICERS HAND, TELLS GENERAL. GENERAL REALIZES BOY OVERHEARD BATTLE PLAN. MS GENERAL SITS DOWN WITH OFFICERS TO CHANGE BATTLE PLAN.
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BOY BEING ATTENDED BY MEDICAL OFFICER IN TENT HOSPITAL..
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MS UNION OFFICERS GATHER AROUND IN TENT
HEADQUARTERS TO PLAN BATTLE ACTION. THEY HAVE WOUNDED DRUMMER BOY BROUGHT IN FOR QUESTIONING. BOY IS CARRIED TO CHAIR BY ATTENDANT. |
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VARIOUS VIEWS UNION HORSE AND GROUND TROOPS SCRAMBLE AROUND TO STRENGTHEN POSITIONS.
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GROUP OF TOWNS PEOPLE GREET BIG BROTHER BACK, (ENLISTMENT ENDED) FROM WAR, ALL SHAKE HIS HAND.
PARENTS, WIDOWED GIRLFRIEND AND DAUGHTER GREET THEIR HERO OUTSIDE HOME. |
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OFFICER AT BOY'S BEDSIDE AS HE AWAKENS FROM DEEP SLEEP, ASKS FOR PEN AND PAPER TO WRITE HOME.
OFFICER HOLDS PAPER AS GRAVELY WOUNDED BOY WRITES. MS BOYS FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS IN HOUSE RELISHING RETURNED HERO.. |
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GRAVELY WOUNDED BOY IN BED, HANDS LETTER TO OFFICER, CLOSES EYES AND DIES.
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MONTAGE VARIOUS FIERCE CIVIL WAR BATTLE SCENES, INCLUDING HAND TO HAND. MANY FALLING DEAD AND WOUNDED. (RE-ENACTMENT)
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MOM DAD AND BIG BROTHER READ LETTER FROM DEAD BOY WHO MINIMIZES WOUND, SAYS HE IS COMING HOME, ASKS FOR HOME COOKED MEAL. CU LETTER.
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CIVIL WAR UNION SOLDIERS, OFFICERS ON BATTLE FIELD BURYING DEAD.
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| 00:26:01 1561 |
TOWN'S PEOPLE BOYS FAMILY AWAIT TRAIN WITH RETURNING REGIMENT. FAMILIES GATHER ABOUT THEIR RETURNING SOLDIERS AS DRUMMER BOY'S BROTHER HIS GIRLFRIEND SEARCH THROUGH CROWD FOR RETURNING DRUMMER BOY, TO NO AVAIL..
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MS MOM AT HOME IN KITCHEN. PREPARES MEAL FOR RETURNING DRUMMER BOY, MOM HELPS HELPFUL NEIGHBOR, BOYS SCHOOL FRIEND ON WITH APRON.
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BIG BROTHER AND GIRLFRIEND ASK SOLDIERS AT STATION IF THEY KNOW WHEREABOUTS OF DRUMMER BOY, NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW, MS HONOR GUARD GENTLY REMOVE FLAG DRAPED COFFIN WITH BODY OF BOY, FROM TRAIN.
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MS UNION OFFICER, FOLLOWED BY HONOR GUARD CARRYING COFFIN, BACKS TO CAMERA, WALK UP PORCH STEPS TO BOY'S HOME.
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MOM, GIRL SETTING TABLE IN DINING ROOM, RUN TO FRONT DOOR EXPECTING RETURNING BOY ARE SHOCKED TO SEE SOLDIERS WITH COFFIN. ALL FAMILY ON PORCH FACING CAMERA SHOW SHOCK AND AWE AS THEY SEE FLAG-DRAPED COFFIN
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