1954-1955NEWSREELS
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"TIME TO GO"
"OBSOLETE FILM". THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM & THE NEED FOR MILITARY PREPAREDNESS |
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NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM IN THE U.S. DURING PEACETIME.
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MAJOR GENERAL LOUIS B. HERSHEY, DIRECTOR OF THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM SPEAKS AND EXPLAINS IT'S MISSION.
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MS- A SQUAD OF DRAFTED SOLDIERS PRACTICE DRILLS.
MS- AFTER THE GRUELING DRILLS 2 DRAFTEES SIT ON THEIR COTS AND CHAT ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF BEING DRAFTED DURING PEACETIME |
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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.
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| 00:09:20 460.4 |
MS- THE FEMALE WORKER EXPLAINS THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS AND ADVISES HIM OF ALL HIS OPTIONS AND THE APPEAL SYSTEM.
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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.
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MS- A GOVERNMENT APPEAL AGENT, A LAWYER, PERUSES FILE OF A CLIENT HE REPRESENTS IN AN APPEAL CASE, FREE OF CHARGE.
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| 00:16:09 869.4 |
MS- WOMEN AT THEIR DESKS AT A BUSY SELECTIVE SERVICE OFFICE.
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| 00:16:23 883.4 |
LS- NEW YORK CITY & WASHINGTON, D.C. CITYSCAPES.
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MS- AN AGENT EXPLAINS THE POLICY OF DEFERMENT FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEIR OPTIONS.
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MS- THE DRAFTEE SITS IN THE LIVING ROOM WITH A TV AND DISCUSSES HIS COLLEGE DEFERMENT AND THE ROTC WITH HIS FATHER.
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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.
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MS- A FARMER RUNS HIS TRACTOR THROUGH THE HIGH CORN STALKS, ANOTHER FEEDS THE CHICKENS. MS-
PIGLETS SUCKLE A SOW. MS- A FARMER MILKS A COW. |
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A GROUP OF DRAFTEES ENTER AN INDUCTION CENTER AND GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURES INCLUDING PHYSICAL EXAMS, I.Q.TESTS, SIGN LOYALTY OATHS.
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MS- DRAFTEE RECEIVES HIS NOTICE ANF PHONES HIS GIRL FRIEND. SHE RESPONDS FROM HER OFFICE DESK.
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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. |
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MS- THE DRAFTEES ARE SWORN INTO THE ARMY AT THE CENTER PLACED ON BUSES AND DRIVEN TO CAMP.
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MONTAGE- NEW DRAFTEES GOING THROUGH BASIC TRAINING (PREVIOUSLY LOGGED).
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| 00:31:00 1760.4 |
"THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN KOREA"
THE STORY OF THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION. THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF SIX DIVISION HISTORIES TO BE COVERED IN SUBSEQUENT ISSUES. |
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NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION AS OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN AND THEIR HEROIC DUTY IN KOREA. HE SHOWS THEIR LOGO.
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LS- A GI UNCOVERS A MONUMENT TO THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION ON A HILLTOP AT ORSAN, KOREA. MS-A KOREAN VIP PLACES A WREATH AT BASE OF MONUMENT. MS- AN HONOR GUARD FIRES VOLLEYS AND A BUGLER SOUNDS 'TAPS'
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| 00:33:35 1915.4 |
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.
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| 00:34:10 1950.4 |
MONTAGE- NORTH KOREAN TROOPS AND TANKS PREPARE TO INVADE SOUTH KOREA.
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LS- THE UNITED NATIONS IN SESSION FOLLOWING THE INVASION.
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LS- MEN OF THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION BOARD PLANES TO KOREA, BEING THE 1ST U.S. FORCE TO GO.
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LS- LONG COLUMNS OF INFANTRY OF THE 24TH TAKE TO THE ROADS IN KOREA PASSING UNSMILING PEASANTS IN VILLAGES AND GHOSTLY EMPTY TOWNS.
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MONTAGE- BATTLE SCENES SHOWN HAVE BEEN LOGGED PREVIOUSLY.
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| 00:37:35 2155.4 |
MS- THE REST OF THE 24TH DIVISION BOARD SHIPS IN KYUSHU WITH MEN AND WEAPONS FOR KOREA.
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| 00:38:24 2204.4 |
MS- A BARE CHESTED GI DIGS A FOXHOLE FOR A STAND AGAINST ADVANCING REDS
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| 00:38:47 2227.4 |
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.
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LS- TRAPPED GIS OF THE 24TH FIGHT IN THE STREETS OF TAEJON. GENERAL DEAN IS AMONG THEM AND IS SUBSEQUENTLY CAPTURED.
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LS- A DEAD GI LIES SLOPED BACK IN THE DRIVERS SEAT OF HIS JEEP
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MS- AFTER 55 DAYS OF COMBAT MEN OF THE 24TH RELAX AND LIE DOWN ON GROUND TO SLEEP, TAKE BATHS IN A LOCAL STREAM AND CHANGING THEIR SOCKS.
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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.
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MS- (PAN) CROWDS OF CHILDREN AND PEASANTS HAVE PUZZLED LOOKS ON THEIR FACES AS THE MEN OF THE 24TH RE-ENTER TAEJON, THE CITY OF THEIR MOST HEARTBREAKING DEFEAT. .
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| 00:57:20 3340.4 |
LS- THE 24TH DIVISION MARCHES FOR THE LAST TIME IN KOREA ON NOVEMBER 9, 1954. KOREAN PRESIDENT RHEE AND OTHERS WATCH PARADE.
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