NARRATOR TELLS OF THE PRE-WWII U.S. ARMY WHICH WAS
UNDERFUNDED, ILL-EQUIPPED AND ANTIQUATED. THE
PRIVATE'S PAY WAS $21 A MONTH.

MS- THE ILL-EQUIPPED SOLDIERS STAND AT EASE AT A
TRAIN STATION AS OTHER SQUADS MARCH IN FRONT OF
THEM.

MS- A GROUP OF GIS STRUGGLE PUTTING UP AN OLD
FASHION TENT.

LS- A HORSE DRAWN ARTILLERY GUN ACCOMPANIED BY A
HORSE DRAWN WAGON CARRYING THE ARTILLERY CREW.

MS- BAGS OF FLOUR 'EXPLODE' ON AN ADVANCING TANK
INDICATING A 'HIT'.

MONTAGE- GIS WEARING THE NEW HELMETS AND UNIFORMS
SCAMPER OVER A HIGH WOODEN FENCE DURING TRAINING
AS AMERICA 'WAKES UP' TO A WORLD AT WAR.

NARRATOR TELLS OF THE ARMY ELECTRONIC PROVING
GROUNDS IN HUACHUCA, ARIZONA.

MS- A TEACHER SHOWS GI A MATHMATICAL FORMULA ON
A BLACKBOARD

LS- A SMALL PILOT-LESS DRONE PLANE IS LAUNCHED
INTO THE SKY. CU- THE RECONNAISSANCE ROBOT PLANE
IS MOUNTED WITH A CAMERA.

AERIAL- PAN OF THE LANDSCAPE AS SEEN BY THE
DRONE'S CAMERA. MS- A GI ON THE GROUND FOLLOWS AND
CONTROLS THE DRONES FLIGHT WITH A TRACKING DEVICE
AS ANOTHER GI TRACKS IT WITH A RADAR ANTENNA

LS- A L-19 ARMY LIGHTPLANE TAKES OFF ON A
RECONNAISSANCE MISSION WITH CAMERA ATTACHED TO
IT'S WING

MS- A GI ON THE FIELD DEMONSTRATES A HELMET
CONTAINING A RADIO. HE SPEAKS THROUGH A TINY MIC
AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SQUAD LISTEN THROUGH
THEIR HELMET RADIOS.

NARRATOR TELLS HOW A NEW ARMY RESERVE, THE 928TH
QUARTERMASTER COMPANY IS ORGANIZED IN A SMALL
TOWN IN VIRGINIA.

MS- 2 ARMY OFFICERS MEET WITH A YOUNG HEAD OF THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF GALAX WITH A PREPOSAL TO
FORM A ARMY RESERVE TRAINING COMPANY IN GALAX.

MS- A MAN AND WOMAN TYPING INTERVIEW A YOUNG
RECRUIT TO THE NEW RESERVE UNIT OF GALAX.

MS- THE TOWNS BAND LED BY A MAJORETTE MARCH DOWN
STREET AT THE TOWN'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. MS-4
SWIM SUIT BEAUTIES RIDE ON A FLOAT MARKED '1956
MODELS', BEHIND IT ARE 3 '1906 MEN MODELS'.

MS- MULES PULL A WAGON FULL OF MEN. MS- PEOPLE
DRESSED IN CLOTHING ORIGINALLY WORN BY THE
FOUNDERS, MARCH SIDE BY SIDE

CU- A MODEL-T FORD RIDES TOWARDS THE CAMERA