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"THE CODE OF THE FIGHTING MAN"
A STUDY OF THE SOLDIERS CODE OF CONDUCT - AN OUTLINE OF THE U.S. ARMYS SOLDIER'S MORAL OBLIGATION TO HIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:32:12 31.77 |
MS- GIS IN THEIR FOXHOLES AWAIT ATTACK BY ENEMY
WHO HAS THEM SURROUNDED AND CUT OFF (PAN) |
| 00:34:00 139.77 |
MS- THE COMPANY COMMANDER INFORMS HIS MEN THAT
THEY ARE CUT OFF AND THEY WILL STAND AND FIGHT |
| 00:34:30 169.77 |
MS- A BLACK AND WHITE GI HAVE A SMOKE IN THEIR
FOXHOLE AND WAIT FOR THE ATTACK. |
| 00:35:03 202.77 |
CU- A YOUNG GI BEGINS TO SHOW FEAR WHICH IS
NOTICED BY A SEASONED VET, ALSO A POW. HE TRIES TO CHEER UP THE YOUNG GI. |
| 00:36:29 288.77 |
LS- THE GIS COME UNDER HEAVY FIRE WHICH THEY
RETURN. CAPTURED GIS WITH THEIR HANDS ON THEIR HEADS, AS SEEN THROUGH BINOCULARS (REENACTMENT) |
| 00:37:12 331.77 |
MS- CAPTURED GIS WITH THEIR HANDS ON HEAD WALK
DOWN A DIRT ROAD.THE GIS ATTACK THEIR CAPTORS. |
| 00:37:52 371.77 |
MS- THE GIS AND THE GUARD ROLL DOWN AN EMBANKMENT
STRUGGLING WITH A GUARD AS ANOTHER GI PULLS THE BODY OF ANOTHER GUARD OFF THE ROAD (ENACTMENT) |
| 00:38:08 387.77 |
MS- THE 2 GIS AND THE GUARD LAND IN THE WATER
WHERE THEY DROWN HIM. |
| 00:38:23 402.77 |
LS- AN ENEMY SOLDIER TAKES A BEAD ON THE RUNNING
GIS AND HITS ONE IN THE LEG. A RUNNING GI WITH BULLETS HITTING THE GROUND AROUND HIM |
| 00:39:36 475.77 |
MS- A RAGGED GI POW WITH HEAD BANDAGED STANDS IN
A CLEARING, IS INTERROGATED BY AN ENEMY OFFICER. |
| 00:40:10 509.77 |
MS- THE ENEMY OFFICER CALLS FOR THE NEXT PRISONER
AND A BLACK GI IS QUESTIONED WHILE STANDING. HE GIVES HIS NAME, RANK, SERIAL NUMBER, DATE OF BIRTH AND NO MORE. |
| 00:41:29 588.77 |
MS- A WHITE SERGEANT IS NEXT AND HE REFUSES TO
TALK AND GIVES THE SAME ANSWERS AS THE BLACK GI. |
| 00:42:05 624.77 |
MS- AT THE ENEMY HEADQUARTERS THE SAME PRISONERS
ARE QUESTIONED INDIVIDUALLY AND IN DEPTH. |
| 00:42:12 631.77 |
CU- EYES OF THE INTERROGATING OFFICER. CU- HE
MAKES A NOTATION ON A FORM |
| 00:42:35 654.77 |
CU- PAN FROM FEET TO FACE OF BLACK GI BEING
QUESTIONED. REFUSING TO ANSWER, HE QUOTES THE ARTICLES OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION. |
| 00:43:36 715.77 |
MS- THE COCKY SERGEANT RILEY ALSO QUOTES THE
GENEVA CONVENTION BUT HIS ATTITUDE ANGERS THE ENEMY OFFICER. |
| 00:44:14 753.77 |
CU- FACE OF SERGEANT RILEY AS HE QUOTES GENEVA.
CU- EYES AND THEN LIPS OF THE INTERROGATOR WHO THREATENS THE SERGEANT WITH EXECUTION. |
| 00:45:55 854.77 |
CU- THE OFFICER WRITES "SECURITY CONSCIOUS,
RECOMMEND FURTHER INTERROGATION". |
| 00:47:26 945.77 |
CU- THE BLACK GI SWEATS AS HE AGAIN STICKS BY HIS
GUNS UNDER INTERROGATION. |
| 00:47:54 973.77 |
MS- ONE OF ESCAPING GIS COMES TO A STREAM AND
SITS DOWN EXHAUSTED, BUT STILL BEHIND ENEMY LINES |
| 00:49:14 1053.77 |
CU- SERGEANT RILEY IS AGAIN QUESTIONED AND TOLD
TO SIT. WHEN HE TRIES TO SIT IN A CHAIR THE OFFICER ANGRILY TELLS HIM TO SIT ON THE FLOOR. |
| 00:50:13 1112.77 |
MS- WHILE THE BLACK OFFICER IS BEING INTERROGATED
BY AN OFFICER, ANOTHER SITS BEHIND A TWO WAY MIRROR AND TAPE RECORDS THE CONVERSATION. |
| 00:51:24 1183.77 |
MS- INTERROGATOR TRIES TO TRICK THE BLACK GI IN
FILLING OUT A FORM, BUT THE GI ONLY PUTS DOWN HIS NAME, RANK, SERIAL NUMBER AND DATE OF BIRTH |
| 00:52:53 1272.77 |
MS- AN ESCAPING SERGEANT RUNS AND CRAWLS THROUGH
THE BRUSH AND QUICKLY RUNS ACROSS AN OPEN ROAD |
| 00:54:50 1389.77 |
LS- ESCAPING GI TRIPS AND FALLS INTO A DITCH
INJURING HIS ARM, BUT CONTINUES DOWN A ROAD. HE HIDES ALONG THE ROAD AS AN ENEMY CONVOY PASSES |
| 00:56:36 1495.77 |
MS- 2 GIS GUARDING U.S. LINES SPOT THE CRAWLING
ESCAPEE JUST AS HE PASSES OUT. HE IS RESCUED. |
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