1940-1952MILITARY
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THE UN LINE IS STABILIZED WHILE TRUCE TALKS CONTINUE. NARRATOR TELLS WHAT PATROL ACTION WAS LIKE, AN INFANTRY ATTACK IN HILL 1179, AND THE RETURN OF REFUGEES TO CITY OF SEOUL DURING THE PERIOD OF JULY 20, 1951 TO AUGUST 20, 1951. DAY BY DAY ACCOUNT OF THE KOREAN WAR.
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWS ONLY MINOR CHANGES DURING THIS PERIOD WHILE TRUCE NEGOTIATIONS GO ON
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PATROL IN PROBING ACTION - MONTAGE- PATROLS CRAWL ALONG BUSHY GROUNDS AND ADVANCE SLOWLY WITH THEIR HEADS DOWN AND FIRING THEIR WEAPONS AT THE INVISIBLE ENEMY.
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VHF STATION ERECTED - MS- AN OFFICER SHOWS MAP ON AN EASEL, TO COMMUNICATION UNITS AND MARKS A SPOT WHERE STATION WILL BE LOCATED.
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MS- THE UNIT MOVES OUT WITH EQUIPMENT STRAPPED ON DONKEYS FOR THE HILL CLIMBING TRIP. LS THE DONKEYS AND MEN SLOWLY CLIMB ALONG A MOUNTAIN PATH.
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MS- GIS SET UP TV ANTENNAE ON THE HIGHEST SECTION OF THE MOUNTAIN. ELS- VIEW OF TWO TALL ANTENNAE ON TOP OF HILL.
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MS- LONG CABLES ARE STRUNG FROM THE TOP OF THE HILL TO THE BOTTOM, WITH PULLEYS. SUPPLIES ARE RAISED ON THE CABLES TO THE COMPLETED STATION.
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| 00:09:17 467 |
POLES WITH HEAVY CABLES ATTACHED AND TELEPHONE OPERATORS WORKING SWITCHBOARDS ARE ALL PART OF THE NETWORK CREATED BY THESE UNITS.
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FROZEN FOOD SUPPLIED TO THE FRONT - CRATES OF FOOD STUFFS ARE PUSHED ALONG ON CONVEYOR BELTS FROM RAIL TO REFRIGERATED ARMY TRUCKS.THE TRUCKS MOVE OUT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OUTFITS.
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| 00:11:27 597 |
ATTACK ON HILL #1179 - MONTAGE- AMERICAN INFANTRY UNITS CLIMB HILL IN FOGGY RAINY CONDITIONS.THEY DIG IN AND SET UP MACHINE-GUNS.MONTAGE- MORTAR UNITS LOB SHELLS AT THE ENEMY
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| 00:14:29 779 |
SEOUL REFUGEES RETURN - MONTAGE- REFUGEES GATHER ALONG THE HAN RIVER AND LINE UP TO REGISTER BEFORE CROSSING INTO SEOUL.WOMEN CARRYING CHILDREN SHOW THEIR ID'S TO A SOLDIER.
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| 00:15:36 846 |
CU- MILITARY MAN CHECKS AND STAMPS THE PAPERS. CU LITTLE KOREAN CHILD LOKING SAD.ANOTHER EATS A PIECE OF MELON.
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| 00:16:02 872 |
CU- A WOMAN'S ARM GETS A TYPHUS INJECTION. MS-
ANOTHER WOMAN GRIMACES AS SHE IS INJECTED. |
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MS- A WOMAN BALANCES HER WORLDLY GOODS ON HER HEAD AS SHE IS FOLLOWED BY HER 2 KIDS.
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MONTAGE- WOMEN WITH THEIR KIDS STRAPPED TO THEIR BACKS, BOARD A RAFT WHICH CROSSES THE RIVER. CU-
A MAN PUSHES THE RAFT ALONG WITH A LONG POLE. |
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CU- A YOUNG BOY SOBS UNCONTROLLABLY AS HE IS LEFT BEHIND ON THE BEACH. MS- A WOMAN SITS IN THE SAND AND PLACES HER HEAD ON THE BUNDLE OF BELONGINGS, AND CRIES.
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| 00:18:22 1012 |
TANK HITS MINE - CU- THE SHATTERED THREADS OF A UN TANK. MS- A GI TENDS TO A WOUNDED TANKMAN WHO LIES IN THE BRUSH IN OBVIOUS PAIN.
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| 00:18:41 1031 |
CU- A GI CAREFULLY DE-ACTIVATES ANOTHER MINE IN THE GROUND NEARBY.
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MS- A GI USES A SHOVEL TO DIG THE MUD AWAY FROM THE TANK RETRIEVERS FRONT WHEEL.LS- THE DAMAGED TANK IS HAWLED AWAY WITH TOW CABLES.
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| 00:20:00 1110 |
NARRATOR INTRODUCES 2 COMBAT CAMERMEN WHO MADE SOME OF THE FILM FOR 'THE BIG PICTURE', CORPORAL JOHN ROMANOFSKY AND SERGEANT LESTER MARK WHO TELL OF THEIR EXPERIENCES.
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| 00:21:43 1213 |
CU- MOVIE CAMERA USED BY THE CAMERMEN.
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| 00:25:23 1433 |
NEGOTIATORS ENTERING AND EXITING THE TRUCE TALKS AT KAESONG AND THE CAMERMAN TAKING THEIR PICTURES.
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MS- BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN COMMUNIST NEWSMEN ALAN WINNINGTON AND ALFRED BURCHETTE POSE AT SITE.
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LS- ADMIRAL JOY AND ADMIRAL KREIGE CLIMB INTO JEEP AFTER EXITING HELICOPTER AT KAESONG.
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MS- IN SHOCKING VIOLATION OF THE TRUCE, A COLUMN OF FULLY ARMED CHINESE SOLDIERS CARRYING HEAVY WEAPONS MARCHES IN SINGLE LINE IN THE RESTRICTED AREA AND CAMPING IN FULL VIEW OF THE CONFERENCE HEADQUARTERS.
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MS- ADMIRAL JOY EXITS THE TRUCE BUILDING AFTER TERMINATING THE MEETING DUE TO THE ARMED CHINESE
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MS- ADMIRAL JOY REPORTS THE VIOLATION TO GENERAL RIDGEWAY.
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CU- COMMUNIST GENERAL NAM IL, WITH A SHEEPISH
SMILE,APOLOGIZES FOR THE VIOLATION. |
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A ROTATING GLOBE OF THE EARTH - NARRATOR TELLS OF U.S.FORCES AROUND THE WORLD 'SERVING YOU' AGAINST AGGRESSION.
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THE ARMY COMBAT TEAM. ONE DAY OF WAR AS SEEN IN KOREAN DEMONSTRATION OF MASSED FIREPOWER AND INFANTRYMEN. NARRATOR TELLS OF THE ROLE OF THE U.S. ARMY'S COMBAT TEAM, WITH THE USE OF 'FIRE POWER' AND THE CO-ORDINATION OF MANY DIFFERENT UNITS SUPPORTING THAT TEAM,INCLUDING INFANTRY, TANKS, ARTILLERY, COMMUNICATIONS, NAVAL BOMBARDMENT AND AIR POWER.
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MONTAGE- MACHINE GUN CREWS FIRING IN BATTLES, NAVAL BOMBARDMENTS, ARTILLERY CREWS FIRING THEIR GUNS,AND MORTAR CREWS LOBBING SHELLS.
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MS- SOVIET TROOPS MARCHING IN A PARADE WITH THEIR RIFLES WITH FIXED BAYONETS POINTED TO THE BACK OF THE SOLDIER IN FRONT OF HIM.
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LS- A SPECTACULAR BARRAGE FROM ROCKET LAUNCHERS.
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MS- A GI HOLDS HIS LARGE AUTOMATIC WEAPON ON HIS HIP AND FIRES.MONTAGE- OTHER UNITS AND TANKS FIRE ALL KINDS OF WEAPONS AT THE ENEMY, INCLUDING THE M-1 RIFLE,THE BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE, BAZOOKAS, MACHINE GUNS, MORTARS AND THE RE-COILLESS RIFLE, ALL SHOWN IN ACTION.
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MS- GROUND CREWMEN GAS UP P-51 MUSTANG FIGHTER PLANES. MS- BELTS OF AMMO ARE LOADED ON THE WING GUNS AND ROCKETS ARE ATTACHED TO THE WINGS.
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MS- CREWMEN LOAD NAPALM BOMBS TO THE WINGS.
MS- PILOTS SIT IN A BRIEFING ROOM AND GET INSTRUCTIONS FROM OFFICER (PAN) |
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THE PILOTS CLIMB INTO THEIR PLANES AND TAKE OFF, BECOMING A PART OF THE COMBAT TEAM.
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CU- PROP ON P-51 STARTS SPINNING.
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ELS- PLANES PEEL OFF FOR AN ATTACK. AERIAL-
STRAFING AND BOMBING AS SEEN FROM ATTACKING PLANES. |
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MS- A GI WITH EARPHONES STANDS BY HIS JEEP AND DIRECTS THE PLANES TO THEIR TARGETS FROM BELOW.
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MONTAGE- THE ROLL OF THE HELICOPTER IS SHOWN SUPPLYING TROOPS AND MATERIALS TO THE FRONT, CARRYING WOUNDED TO AID STATIONS.
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MS- GENERAL RIDGEWAY AND HIS HIGH COMMAND EXAMINE A MAP AND PLAN STRATEGY AT AN OUTDOOR COMMAND CENTER.
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MS- A RADAR DISK MOUNTED ON A TRUCK SCANS THE AIR
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MS- AS ONE GI HOLDS A MAP ANOTHER LOOKS AT IT AND PHONES INSTRUCTIONS TO AN ARTILLERY UNIT.
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LS- HYDROGEN FILLED BALLOONS ARE SENT UP THE RECORD WEATHER CONDITIONS. LS- A RADAR DISK ON TRUCK TRACKS MORTAR SHELLS FIRED BY ENEMY, SPOTTING THEIR POSITIONS.
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MS- A SIGNAL CORP GI CLIMBS A TELEPHONE POLE AND STRINGS WIRE. A GI LIES FACE DOWN ON THE GROUND AND RELAYS A MESSAGE OVER A PHONE UNIT.
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MS- A JEEP WITH A FISHING POLE LIKE ROD EXTENDED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, LAYS WIRE AS IT DRIVES ALONG.
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LS- A LIGHT PLANE FLYS LOW OVER ROUGH TERRAIN AND LAYS WIRE BY AIR. MS- A GI DOES IT THE OLD WAY, WITH A MULE CLIMBING OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN LAYING WIRE FROM A SPOOL AS IT CLIMBS.
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CU- 2 PIGEONS STICK THEIR HEADS OUT OF HOLES IN BOXES BEFORE THEY ARE LET LOOSE TO CARRY MESSAGES ATTACHED TO THEIR FEET,WHEN A RADIO SILENCE IS IN EFFECT.
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MS- ARMY ENGINEER CORP DRILLS A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN,PLACES A CHARGE INSIDE, AND BLOWS OUT A PIECE OF IT.
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MONTAGE- ENGINEER UNITS USE HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO REPAIR ROADS AND BRIDGES. GI WELDER WORKS ON A SECTION OF A BRIDGE. LS- OTHERS SCAN THE ROAD FOR MINES AND DISARM THEM.
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MS- KOREAN WORKERS FORM A CHAIN UP A HILL AND PULL CABLE FROM A SPOOL AT THE BOTTOM TO THE ENGINEERS AT TOP. CU THE ENGINEERS DRILL ANCHORING HOLES IN SOLID ROCK TO SECURE THE CABLE TO BE
USED FOR A CABLE CAR. |
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MS- SUPPLIES ARE TRANSPORTED ON THE NEW CABLE CART FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP. CU THE WHEEL OF A TRUCK WITHOUT THE TIRE POWERS THE CABLE CART.
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LS- TRANSPORT PLANES DROP A COMPLETELY SUPPLIED REGIMENT BY PARACHUTE TROOPS AND SUPPLIES.
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GIS EXAMINE AND FOLD THEIR PARACHUTES PRIOR TO DROP.ARTILLERY IS LASHED TO THEIR LANDING BOARDS,
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MS- THE HUGE EMPTY HOLD OF THE C-119 CARGO PLANE.
MS- GIS PUSH HEAVY EQUIPMENT ONTO THE PLANE. FOLLOWED BY THE PARATROOPS. |
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MS- PARATROOPS MAKE A RUNNING JUMP OFF THE REAR OF THE PLANE.AS SEEN FROM INSIDE THE C-119.
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LS- BOTH THE MEN AND THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES SLOWLY DESCEND ON PARACHUTES
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NARRATOR INTRODUCES COLONEL ROBERT PRITCHETT OF THE ARMY'S 7TH DIVISION WHO TELLS OF HOW THE COMBAT TEAM OPERATES. THE SUPERIOR WEAPONRY AND THE IMPORTANT USE OF THE HELICOPTER.
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THE CITIZEN SOLDIER. AN "OBSOLETE" FILM.
INFORMATION & EDUCATION FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO TODAY'S SOLDIER, STRESSING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. NARRATOR TELLS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND KEEPING THE TROOPS WELL INFORMED AT ALL TIMES |
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MS- SOLDIERS CARRY THEIR HEAVY GEAR UP THE GANGPLANK OF A TROOPSHIP FOR HIS TRIP ABROAD.
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ARMS PLANT WORKERS TEST A NEWANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS MECHANISM. MS- A JEEP ROLLS OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE AND A TANKS HEAVY CANNON IS RAISED AND LOWERED.
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CU- GIS LISTEN TO NEWS AND OTHER RADIO BROADCASTS ON THE FIELD AND AT HIS BASE KEEPING HIM INFORMED OF EVENTS AS THEY HAPPEN.
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MONTAGE- ARMY BROADCASTERS AT THEIR STATIONS IN CONTROL BOOTHS.
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MS- A SAILOR STRINGS THE REEL OF MOVIE PROJECTOR WHILE OTHERS SIT AND WATCH THE SCREEN.
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LS- A MAILMAN DROPS MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS AT THE DOOR STEPS OF A BARRACKS, FROM HIS JEEP.
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MS- A COMMUNIST OFFICER READS PROPAGANDA NEWS FOLLOWING THE STRICT PARTY LINE,TO A GROUP OF SOLDIERS SITTING ON THE GROUND. NO DISCUSSION IS ALLOWED .
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MS- CLASSROOMS FOR GIS ARE DISCUSSION AND PARTICAPATION SESSIONS WITH MANY ASKING QUESTIONS MS- A GI STANDS AND SPEAKS IN THE CLASSROOM.
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MONTAGE- CIVILIANS ON LINES AT VOTING PLACES AND ENTERING THE BOOTHS TO VOTE.
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CU- A WOMAN PLACES A LETTER TO HER CONGRESSMAN IN AN OUTSIDE MAILBOX. MS- A MAN BUYS A NEWSPAPER FROM A NEWSSTAND THEN IS HANDED A LEAFLET BY A MAN IN THE STREET PROTESTING SOMETHING.
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MS- A MAN ON A SOAPBOX SPEAKS TO A SMALL GATHERING OF CITIZENS.
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MS- A REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER POSTS A DECLARATION FROM GEORGE WASHINGTONON ON A TREE WHICH IS READ BY TWO COLD AND BUNDLED UP MEN STANDING ON SNOWY GROUND.
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MS- FAMOUS PAINTING OF WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE.AND OTHERS DEPICTING PILGRIMS.
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| 01:06:27 3897 |
MONTAGE- COLLEGE STUDENTS WALKING IN GROUPS ON CAMPUS GROUNDS. MS- PEOPLE OF VARIOUS AGES SIT IN A LIBRARY AND PERUSE BOOKS.
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LS- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BUILDING (INSIDE AND OUT)
WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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MS- A PRINTING PRESS ROLLING OUT A NEWSPAPER.
A WORKER HOLDS UP A COPY OF AN EXTRA. MONTAGE- MEN SELLING PAPERS IN THE STREETS,AND 3 MEN DISCUSS THE HEADLINES.CU- AN ASSORTMENT OF POPULAR MAGAZINES ON A NEWSSTAND. (PAN) |
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PAN OF A TALL RADIO ANTANEA. MONTAGE- NEWSMEN TALKING OVER A MIKE.MS- PEOPLE IN A LIVING ROOM LISTENING TO THE NEWS ON A RADIO.
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MS- MAN AND WOMAN PAY AT A THEATER TO SEE A MOVIE, FOLLOWED BY A SERVICEMAN.
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MS- ADOLF HITLER SPEAKING AT A MASS RALLY, AND THE MASSES GIVING THE NAZI SALUTE.
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BURNING OF THE BOOKS IN NAZI GERMANY, AND PROPAGANDA MINISTER JOSEPH GOEBBLES MAKING A DRAMATIC SPEECH.MS- GOOSE STEPPING GERMAN TROOPS.
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MONTAGE- THE SOVIET VERSION OF MARCHING TROOPS.
PEOPLE CARRYING A HUGE PORTRAIT OF STALIN IN A PARADE.AND SOVIET PEOPLE WATCHING IN AWE. |
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MS- MAN MAKES A DRAMATIC SPEECH TO A CROWD.
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MONTAGE- UN MEETINGS SHOWING BOTH SIDES OF THE CONFLICT.MS- GIS OF ALL SERVICES SIT ON A SOFA AND DISCUSS WORLD AFFAIRS OPENLY.
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NARRATOR INTRODUCES MAJON DANZENBAKER WHO TELLS HOW HE KEPT THE GI OF THE 3RD DIVISION IN KOREA, WELL INFORMED.
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MONTAGE- CROWDED COLLEGE CAMPUS GROUNDS. MS- A TEACHER TEACHES A CLASS. MS- CLASSROOMS WITH MEN AND WOMEN MILITARY ATTENDING.
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CU- BLACK STUDENT SEWS ON A SEWING MACHINE AT A TRADE SCHOOL.
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MS- AN EDUCATION OFFICER REVIEWS AN APPLICATION OF A SERVICEMAN IN HIS OFFICE. MS- MILITARY TEACHER TEACHING PHYSICS TO GIS.ANOTHER WRITES ON A BLACKBOARD AS HE TEACHES BIOLOGY.
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MONTAGE- SOLDIERS BEING TAUGHT IN CLASSROOMS AND LABS BY CIVILIAN TEACHERS.
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MS- AN INFORMATION AND EDUCATION TRAIN/CLASSROOM IN KOREA WITH GIS ATTENDING.
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| 01:18:17 4607 |
MONTAGE- MEN AND WOMEN SERVICE PEOPLE SIT AND READ SELF-STUDY BOOKS.
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| 01:18:32 4622 |
CU- A GI PICKS UP A USAFI (U.S.ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE) CATALOG.WHICH FOR $2 ENROLLS YOU IN A CORRESPONDENCE COURSE.
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MS- A WORKER COLLECTS COURSE PAPERS, FROM A RACK OF SHELVES AND PIGEON HOLES, AND MAILS THEM TO STUDENTS.THE STUDENT READS THE LESSON,TAKES THE TEST AND MAILS IT IN TO USAFI.
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MS- A FEMALE INSTRUCTOR GRADES THE PAPER AND MAILS IT BACK TO THE STUDENT IN KOREA WHO MAY GAIN A DIPLOMA.
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NARRATOR INTRODUCES THE CHIEF EDUCATIONAL ADVISOR WHO TELLS THAT THE MORE EDUCATION THE MAN HAS THE BETTER SOLDIER AND CIVILIAN HE WILL MAKE.
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