"TIME TO GO"
"OBSOLETE FILM". THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM &
THE NEED FOR MILITARY PREPAREDNESS

MAJOR GENERAL LOUIS B. HERSHEY, DIRECTOR OF THE
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM SPEAKS AND EXPLAINS IT'S
MISSION.

MS- A YOUNG CIVILIAN ENTERS A LOCAL SELECTIVE
SERVICE OFFICE TO REGISTER FOR THE DRAFT. HE SITS
AT THE DESK OF A FEMALE WORKER WHO INTERVIEWS HIM
AND TYPES UP ALL THE PERTINENT INFORMATION.

MS- 4 MEMBERS OF THE APPEAL BOARD MEET IN AN
OFFICE TO DISCUSS A CASE. CU- A MEMBER OPENS THE
BALLOTS AFTER A VOTE BY THE 4 MEMBERS.

MS- WOMEN AT THEIR DESKS AT A BUSY SELECTIVE
SERVICE OFFICE.

MS- AN AGENT EXPLAINS THE POLICY OF DEFERMENT FOR
COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEIR OPTIONS.

LS- HUNDREDS OF WORKERS SITTING AT THEIR DRAFTING
TABLES IN A PLANT. MS- SPARKS SPEWING OUT OF A
BLAST FURNACE IN A STEEL MILL AND SCIENTISTS
LOOKING THROUGH A LARGE TELESCOPE ALL QUALIFY FOR
DEFERMENT OF THE DRAFT.

A GROUP OF DRAFTEES ENTER AN INDUCTION CENTER AND
GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURES INCLUDING PHYSICAL
EXAMS, I.Q.TESTS, SIGN LOYALTY OATHS.

MS- THE DRAFTEE SHAKES WITH HIS FATHER AND KISSES
HIS MOM GOODBYE. MS- A WAVES GOODBYE TO HIS HOUSE.
MS- HE KISSES HIS GIRL GOODBYE OUTSIDE THE
INDUCTION CENTER.

MONTAGE- NEW DRAFTEES GOING THROUGH BASIC
TRAINING (PREVIOUSLY LOGGED).

NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION
AS OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN AND THEIR HEROIC
DUTY IN KOREA. HE SHOWS THEIR LOGO.

MS- GENERAL MACARTHUR SALUTES AS HE WALKS OUT OF
HIS HEADQUARTERS IN JAPAN. LS- A U.S. MP DIRECTS
TRAFFIC IN TOKYO AND JAPANESE POLICE RIDE IN A
JEEP WITH U.S. MPS.

LS- THE UNITED NATIONS IN SESSION FOLLOWING THE
INVASION.

LS- LONG COLUMNS OF INFANTRY OF THE 24TH TAKE TO
THE ROADS IN KOREA PASSING UNSMILING PEASANTS IN
VILLAGES AND GHOSTLY EMPTY TOWNS.

MS- THE REST OF THE 24TH DIVISION BOARD SHIPS IN
KYUSHU WITH MEN AND WEAPONS FOR KOREA.

MS- LT. GENERAL WALKER, COMMANDER OF THE 8TH ARMY
AND MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM DEAN COMMANDER OF THE
24TH DIVISION PERUSE A MAP AT THE FRONT.

LS- A DEAD GI LIES SLOPED BACK IN THE DRIVERS
SEAT OF HIS JEEP

MONTAGE- SCENES OF THE INCHON LANDING BY
MACARTHUR, THE MARCH TO THE YALU THE CHINESE ENTRY
IN THE WAR AND THE SUBSEQUENT TRUCE FOLLOWS ALL
PREVIOUSLY LOGGED.

LS- THE 24TH DIVISION MARCHES FOR THE LAST TIME
IN KOREA ON NOVEMBER 9, 1954. KOREAN PRESIDENT
RHEE AND OTHERS WATCH PARADE.