TITLE PAGE: FIRST PLATOON

US MARINE GROUND TROUPS GETTING DRESSED, PREPARING AMUNITION AND PACKING BACKPACKS AND GEAR WITH ESSENTIALS. GETTING PREPARED TO DISEMBARK FROM A NAVY SHIP.

MARINES DRESSED IN WHITE PUFFY DOWN CLOTHING PULLING HEAVY GEAR AND BOARDING HELICOPTER.

MARINES SITTING ON FLOOR PACKED INSIDE HELICOPTER TRANSPORT.

PAN OF BARREN, SNOW COVERED, MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. SOME SMALL BARNS MAY BE SEEN SCATTERED AROUND THE COUNTRYSIDE.

MILITARY HELICOPTER TOUCHING DOWN IN RUGGED TERRAIN.

LONG SHOT MILITARY HELICOPTER TAKING OFF FROM SNOWY TERRAIN.

CUT TO NORWEGIAN SKI TROOPS IN FULL GEAR CROSS COUNTRY SKIING IN FORMATION THROUGH ROUGH TERRAIN.

EUROPEAN SKI TROOPS TAKING A REST IN THE SNOW.

MARINES SETTING UP CAMP (LARGE TENTS) IN THE SNOW. SETTING UP LARGE TENTS AND UNLOADING PACKS.

MARINES AND LIVE DEMO OF HOW TO STAY WARM - THEY CHECK MARINES' FEET AND HANDS.

PAN IN OF LARGE TENT IN THE SNOWY WOODS. MARINES ARE SINGING INSIDE.

BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF FULL MOON.

NORWEGIAN SKI TROOPS COVERING FOOD AND SUPPLIES IN THE SNOW. REMOVING MILK AND OTHER FOODS FROM BOX. UNSEEN INTERVIEWER ASKS TROOPS ABOUT DIFFERENCES IN THE FOODS THEY EAT VERSUS AMERICAN MARINES.

TROOPS SAY PRAYERS BEFORE TAKING OFF.

MARINES PREPARE AMUNITION AND TAKE POSITION FOR (TRAINING MISSION) ATTACK.

MARINE TROOPS AND NORWEGIAN LEADERS AND SKI TOOPS ASSESS AND DISCUSS THE TRAINING BATTLE. THEY SHAKE HANDS AND PART WAYS.

MARINES PACK UP EQUIPMENT, TAKE DOWN TENT, AND GET READY TO LEAVE, DRAGGING LARGE SLEDS AND EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE SNOW.

MARINES GATHER TOGETHER AS MAIL IS GIVEN OUT. THEY TAKE A BREAK AND READ LETTERS.

FADE OUT AND IN. SMOKE COMING OUT OF TENT. NORWEGIAN SKI TROOPS SINGING IN THEIR TENT. SHOTS OF THEM SHAVING, BRUSHING TEETH, ETC.

OVERHEAD SHOT OF TRUCK CONVOY, SHADOW OF HELICOPTER IN THE SNOW.

CREDITS ROLL OVER SCENE OF MARINES ON NAVY SHIP.