01:29:49 0.9 |
CU HANDS UNROLL SCROLL READING: ALSO SELECTED
SHORT SUBJECTS |
01:29:59 10.9 |
HOMECOMING OF AMERICAN SERVICEMEN AFTER WORLD
WAR II. G.I.'S SOLDIERS, ETC. XLS MEN WAVE FROM SHIP, OCEAN LINER |
01:30:09 20.9 |
STAGED SCENE OF WWII VETERANS. JUST BACK FROM
THE WAR, WALKING DOWN GANGPLANK, CARRYING DUFFLE BAGS OVER SHOULDERS. NAME CALL. |
01:30:14 25.9 |
WAR BUDDIES PAUSE ON GANG PLANK AND TALK. MEN
IN UNIFORM. |
01:30:29 40.9 |
G.I.'S PAST NAME CALL CHECK POINT, WALK THROUGH
WAREHOUSE TYPE BUILDING, RUN EXCITEDLY TO TELEPHONE. |
01:30:39 50.9 |
RETURNING SERVICEMEN ARE STOPPED BY MILITARY
POLICE. CONTINUE IN SINGLE FILE LINE THROUGH AIRPLANE HANGAR TYPE BUILDING. |
01:31:04 75.9 |
1940s LOCOMOTIVE PASSENGER TRAIN STOPPING AT
STATION |
01:31:09 80.9 |
SOLDIERS DISEMBARK TRAIN.
|
01:31:14 85.9 |
LS G.I.'S EXIT TRAIN, LOAD DUFFLE BAGS, ETC.
INTO ARMY TRUCKS AT STATION. |
01:31:19 90.9 |
LS SOLDIERS WALK IN LINE THORUGH ARMY BASE.
CLOSER VIEW SAME. |
01:31:29 100.9 |
SOLDIERS WALK THROUGH ARMY BASE, AMONG
BARRACKS, CARRY DUFFLES ON SHOULDERS. G.I. MEN GETTING FOOT AT MESS HALL COUNTER. K.P. DUTY. TRAYS. |
01:31:34 105.9 |
SOLDIERS EAT MEAL IN MESS HALL, AT TABLES,
LAUGH, SMILE. BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER. |
01:31:39 110.9 |
G.I.'S WALK OUT OF MESS HALL, BARRACKS.
|
01:31:49 120.9 |
GIS WALK PAST SIGN READING: TELEPHONE CENTER,
WITH BELL TELEPHONE SYMBOL, LOGO. |
01:31:59 130.9 |
SOLDIERS WALKING INTO PHONE CENTER BUILDING,
CHARACTERS IN OUR STORY PAUSE AND TALK, GO INSIDE. |
01:32:14 145.9 |
INTERIOR, GIS, SOME WOMEN, WAIT TO MAKE PHONE
CALLS. |
01:32:19 150.9 |
OUR HEROES LOOK AT THE CROWD, CONFUSION WITH
DISMAY. WOMEN BEHIND COUNTER WITH TELEPHONES. |
01:32:24 155.9 |
SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS AT WORK
|
01:32:44 175.9 |
MAN IN SUIT AND TIE AND TELEPHONE MANAGER
ARMBAND TALKS TO OUR G.I. PROTAGONISTS. |
01:32:59 190.9 |
THEY FOLLOW HIM OUT OF BUILDING, HE DIRECTS
THEM TO BUS, WHICH THEY BOARD. |
01:33:24 215.9 |
BUS WITH SIGN ON SIDE READING: TELEPHONE CENTERS
PULLS UP TO SIGN READING SAME. |
01:33:34 225.9 |
UNIFORMED SERVICEMEN DISEMBARK BUS, ENTER
BUILDING. |
01:33:44 235.9 |
WOMAN NOTICES THEM, WALKS OVER TO THEM, TALKS
WITH THEM. |
01:34:09 260.9 |
SHE LEADS THEM TO COUNTER.
|
01:34:14 265.9 |
SOLDIER TALKS TO WOMAN WHO WRITES INFORMATION
DOWN. |
01:34:34 285.9 |
SAME WITH OTHER MEN, WOMEN.
|
01:35:09 320.9 |
G.I.'S WAITING TO USE TELEPHONES, TALKING. MEN
IN PHONE BOOTHS IN BACKGROUND. |
01:35:34 345.9 |
WOMAN AT COUNTER MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT INTO
MICROPHONE, LOOKS LIKE TALKING INTO OLD FASHIONED TELEPHONE. |
01:35:39 350.9 |
SOLDIER JUMPS UP, ENTERS TELEPHONE BOOTH.
|
01:35:44 355.9 |
G.I. INSIDE PHONE BOOTH, HAPPILY TALKS TO MOM,
HIS MOTHER. |
01:36:04 375.9 |
HIS MOM AT HOME, TALKING TO HIM ON PHONE, WIFE
WITH BABY IN ARMS TAKES RECEIVER. |
01:36:24 395.9 |
SOLDIER ON TELEPHONE. ECSTATIC.
|
01:36:39 410.9 |
MS WOMAN ON PHONE, BABY BOY IN ARMS, SHE PUTS
KID ON THE PHONE. |
01:37:24 455.9 |
G.I. SAYS I LOVE YOU TO WIFE ON PHONE, HANGS UP,
LEAVES PHONE BOOTH. |
01:37:44 475.9 |
SOLDIER TALKS TO HIS BUDDIES.
|
01:37:59 490.9 |
CU SPEAKER ON WALL. PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM.
|
01:38:14 505.9 |
WOMAN TALKS TO GIS WAITING TO USE PHONE.
|
01:38:39 530.9 |
TELEPHONE MANAGER TALKS TO WOMAN AND MILITARY
OFFICER IN UNIFORM, COLONEL. OTHER GIS JOIN THEM. |
01:41:19 690.9 |
SOLDIER HOLDS HIS HEAD AND MAKES FACE AS IF
HE JUST SAID OR DID SOMETHING STUPID. HE DID. EMBARRASSMENT. |
01:41:29 700.9 |
GROUP OF G.I.S AND OTHERS LAUGH.
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Description: A FILM ABOUT SERVICE MEN CALLING HOME AND THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
Keywords: phone system
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