1955-1956MILITARY
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"FOREIGN NATIONALS"
A STORY ABOUT FOREIGN CIVILIANS EMPLOYED BY THE ARMY OVERSEAS WHERE ARMY INSTALLATIONS ARE LOCATED. FILMED ON LOCATION IN JAPAN, KOREA, & WESTERN GERMANY |
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NARRATOR SERGEANT QUEEN TELLS OF THE USE OF FOREIGN NATIONALS TO ASSIST IN ARMY OPERATIONS OVERSEAS.
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MS- GIS JUMP INTO A STILL SMOKING BUNKER AFTER A HAND GRENADE WAS THROWN INTO IT DURING A TRAINING EXERCISE.
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MS- A CHAPLAIN SPEAKS TO WOUNDED GI WHO RECEIVES TREATMENT FROM A MEDIC IN A HOSPITAL TENT
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MS- A WAC WEARING EARPHONES SENDS A MESSAGE ON A TELEGRAPH UNIT.
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MS- A SOUTH KOREAN WORKS A FORKLIFT AT A PIER IN KOREA. MS- KOREAN WOMEN WORK AT DESKS IN A ARMY QUONSET HUT OFFICE.
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MS- A KOREAN EMPLOYEE PUSHES A CARTON ON A CONVEYOR BELT SUPERVISED BY A GI ANOTHER WORKS IN A RADIO REPAIR SHOP ALONG WITH GIS.
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MS- KOREAN LAB TECHNICIANS WORK IN A LAB WITH EGGS AND TEST TUBES, ALONGSIDE GIS.
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MS- A KOREAN MP WEARING SUN GLASSES SCOLDS A YOUNG BOY WHO STOLE CLOTHING FROM THE OUTPOST.
CU- THE BOY SHOWS REMORSE. |
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MS- U.S. MPS WORK TOGETHER WITH JAPANESE POLICE AT AN INTERSECTION IN JAPAN.
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MS- A JAPANESE CIVILIAN IS FINGERPRINTED FOR A CIVILIAN JOB IN THE U.S. ARMY. CU- FINGERS BEING ROLLED AND PRINTED.
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MS- THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE REMOVES HIS SHIRT FOR A PHYSICAL EXAM BY A ARMY DOCTOR WHO CHECKS HIS CHEST WITH A STETHOSCOPE
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MS- JAPANESE STUDENTS SIT ON GROUND AS A GI GIVES INSTRUCTION ON DRIVING ARMY VEHICLES.
MS- A JAPANESE STUDENT DRIVER LEARNS TO BACK UP A JEEP BETWEEN STONES SET IN THE GROUND. |
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MS- A JAPANESE NURSE PREPARES PASTE FOR A DENTURE AS AN ARMY DENTIST WORKS ON A GI'S MOUTH.
OTHER JAPANESE TECHNICIANS WORK IN A DENTAL LAB. |
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MS- 24 YEAR OLD JAPANESE DOCTOR SAKUMA ENTERS THE U.S. ARMY HOSPITAL IN JAPAN WHERE HE APPLIED FOR AN INTERNSHIP
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MS- AN X-RAY IS VIEWED BY DOCTORS IN A DARKENED ROOM. MS-DR. SAKUMA ASSISTS A U.S. DOCTOR IN THE OPERATING ROOM
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MS- DOCTOR SAKUMA AND A GROUP OF ARMY DOCTORS SIT FOR LUNCH AND CHAT.
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MS- A JAPANESE SECRETARY SIT WITH HER U.S. ARMY BOSS AND TAKES NOTES WHICH SHE TYPES AND TRANSLATES INTO JAPANESE WHEN NECESSARY
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MS- 2 GIS PLAY MAHJONG TABLE GAME WITH A JAPANESE MAN AND WOMAN.
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MS- ARMY SERVICES SIGN: 'CALLING ALL BRIDGE PLAYERS'. MS- JAPANESE AND AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN PLAY BRIDGE IN AN ARMY SERVICE CENTER.
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MS- JAPANESE DANCERS PERFORM A TRADITIONAL DANCE ON STAGE AT THE ERNIE PYLE MEMORIAL THEATER. MS-
AMERICAN GI'S WIVES SIT AND ENJOY THE SHOW |
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MS- A JAPANESE BEAUTY POSES IN A GEISHA COSTUME FOR AMERICAN AND JAPANESE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS
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MS- AS JAPANESE NURSES AND TINY ORPHANS WATCH AMERICAN GIS, BLACK AND WHITE, DELIVER CARTONS OF FOOD AND CLOTHING CONTRIBUTED BY THE GI.
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MS- THE GIS OF THE FUCHO ORDINANCE DEPOT PAINT AND REPAIR THE ORPHANAGE. MS-TINY CHILDREN SIT ON TABLES AND EAT FROM THEIR BOWLS, A NURSE HELPS THE SMALLER ONES.
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MS- THE GIS TAKE THE CHILDREN BY BUS ON A PICNIC IN A PARK. LS- 2 BLACK GIS PUSH THE TOTS ON SWINGS IN A PLAYGROUND, AS OTHERS FEED KIDS GOODIES AT PICNIC TABLES.
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CU- A CUTE LITTLE GIRL BITES INTO A SANDWICH AND LOOK SHYLY INTO THE CAMERA
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CU- A JAPANESE MANUFACTURER THUMBS THROUGH A CATALOG OF THE LATEST AMERICAN CARS. HE THEN PICKS UP AN EXACT REPLICA OF THE CAR IN MINIATURE WHICH HE MANUFACTURES AT HIS TOY PLANT.
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MS- WOMEN WORKERS SIT AT A TABLE AND ASSEMBLE TOY REPLICAS OF THE AMERICAN CARS.
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MS- MINIATURE AMERICAN CARS OF ALL MAKES, SIT ON A TABLE AT THE PLANT ALONG WITH OTHER TOY BOATS AND TRAINS. (PAN)
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CU- THE MANUFACTURER SHOWS HOW THE CARS RUN BY PUSHING A LEVER. HE THEN OPENS THE BOTTOM TO REVEAL 3 BATTERIES.
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MS- CRATES OF TOYS MARKED FOR SHIPMENT TO CUBA, SINGAPORE AND HAWAII.
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MS- A CLASSROOM FULL OF JAPANESE MEN WORKING FOR THE U.S. ARMY LEARNING NEW SKILLS.
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MS- ARMY SERGEANT INSTRUCTS A JAPANESE WORKER HOW TO REPAIR A JEEP.
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LS- JAPANESE NATIONALS WORK ON AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN WITH A U.S. SERGEANT.
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AERIAL- U.S. ARMY DEPOT AT KAISERSLAUTERN, GERMANY IS THE LARGEST SINGLE COMPLEX OF FIELD SUPPLY INSTALLATIONS IN THE WORLD.
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MONTAGE- HUGE SUPPLIES OF ARMY TANKS, TRUCKS, CRATES FULL OF SUPPLIES AND THOUSANDS OF OIL BARRELS FILL THE VAST YARDS OF THE DEPOT.
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MS- WOMEN CLERKS AND GIS USE TELETYPE MACHINES AND CARD SYSTEMS TO KEEP TRACT OF THE INVENTORY.
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LS- A BLACK GI ROLLS ACROSS THE SHELVES ON A LIBRARY TYPE LADDER TO GET AT INVENTORY IN THE UPPER SHELVES OF A WAREHOUSE.
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MS- A CONVOY OF HUGE TRUCKS, WITH SUPPLIES, SLOWLY RIDE ON THE ROAD AT THE COMPLEX.
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MS- A GERMAN WORKER SPRAY PAINTS A ARMY TRACTOR.
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MS- A CIVILIAN DEPARTMENT HEAD USES THE PHONE TO CALL THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT OFFICE FOR HELP, SEEKING A FIREMAN. MS- A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE, JOSEPH MEULLER FILLS OUT AN APPLICATION
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MS- MEULLER IS INTERVIEWED AND SCREENED BY BOTH THE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AND ARMY INTELLIGENCE (G-2)
MEULLER IS HIRED AND REPORTS TO THE FIRE HOUSE AT VOGELWEH A HOUSING COMPLEX FOR GI FAMILIES. |
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MS- AT THE TOWN OF VOGELWEH, THE FIRE CHIEF GREETS MEULLER AND SHOWS HIM THE FIRE TRUCK.
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MONTAGE- 1950 FILM SHOW BULLDOZERS AND OTHER LARGE EARTH MOVERS CLEAR THE LAND THAT WILL BE VOGELWEH IN THE ANCIENT TOWN OF BARBAROSA.
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MS- A U.S. OFFICER-ARCHITECT GO OVER THE PLANS WITH GERMAN BUILDERS AT THE OUTDOOR SITE. MS-
STONE SETTERS AND CEMENT WORKERS DO THEIR STUFF. |
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MS- A GI USES A STEAM ROLLER TO SMOOTH THE NEWLY PAVED STREET.
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AERIAL- PAN OF THE HUGE AREA OF MORE THAN 100 OF THE BLOCK LONG, 4 STORY HOMES IN THE NEW VILLAGE OF VOGELWEH TODAY
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MS- A LARGE DIRECTORY AT THE ENTRANCE LISTS THE MANY FEATURES OF THE VILLAGE WHICH INCLUDE A SCHOOL, ATHLETIC FIELD, SUPERMARKET, THEATER, POLICE STATION AND EVERYTHING A SUBURBAN TOWN WILL HAVE.
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MS- ARMY KIDS RIDE THE SWINGS IN THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND. MS- A GI ENTERS THE SUPERMARKET WITH HIS WIFE AND 3 KIDS.
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MS- A GI'S WIFE OPENS THE DOOR TO GERMAN MAINTENANCE WORKERS WHO REPAIR THE PLUMBING IN HER APARTMENT.
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CU- AS AN AIDE HOLDS A SMALL DOG A VETERINARIAN BANDAGES ONE OF IT'S PAWS. MS- THE DOG LIMPS ALONG THE GROUND AFTER TREATMENT BY THE 2 GERMAN NATIONALS
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CU- A GERMAN SEAMSTRESS SEWS A PATCH ONTO A GIS SLEEVE WITH HER SEWING MACHINE AT A SMALL SHOP SHE RUNS IN VOGELWEH. MS- SHE GIVES A RECEIPT TO A GI WHO LEAVES HIS PANTS AT THE SHOP.
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MS- A GERMAN LINEMAN WORKS HIGH UP A TELEPHONE POLE. MS- AN ALARM RINGS AND THE CIVILIAN FIREMEN RUN TO THEIR FIRE TRUCK 3 FIREMEN HANG ONTO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AS IT RAMBLES DOWN THE ROAD.
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MS- WITH FIRE HOSES BLAZING THE FIREMEN ENTER A AN AREA SPEWING THICK SMOKE.
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MS- GERMAN WORKERS LINE UP FOR THEIR PAY AT AN OUTDOOR AREA.
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LS- WORKERS LEAVE VOGELWEH AND DRIVE AWAY IN MOTORCYCLES. BUSES AND CARS.
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"ARMY TALENT SHOW"
"OBSOLETE FILM". TOP ARMY ENTERTAINERS FROM THE SOUNDSTAGE OF THE ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER. MAN PLAYS HARP. |
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NARRATOR SERGEANT STEWART QUEEN EMCEES A SERVICE WIDE COMPETITION OF GI ENTERTAINERS
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MS- QUEEN OPENS THE SHOW WITH A SINGING AND COMEDY TEAM FROM THE 1ST ARMY, PRIVATES MURRAY LEVINE AND MORT ISAACSON.
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MS- ONE OF THE TWO SINGS 'DO THE HUCHLEBUCK' AND IS INTERRUPTED BY THE OTHER AS ONE PLAYS STRAIGHT MAN AND THE OTHER A BUFFOON. IN A VERY CLEVER SKIT THE TALLER OF THE TWO SPEAKS USING THE HAND OF THE OTHER WHO HIDES BEHIND HIM. VAUDEVILLE-TYPE ACTS
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MS- EMCEE QUEEN INTRODUCES A CLARINET PLAYING PRIVATE ROGER BALVE, 'DIXIELAND DYNAMITE'.
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MS- ROGER PLAYS A VERY HOT VERSION OF THE '12TH STREET RAG' ON HIS CLARINET.
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MS- EMCEE QUEEN INTRODUCES CORPORAL IVAN JENSEN FROM THE 6TH ARMY, AN EQUALIBRIST DOING A DARING BALANCING AND CONTORTIONIST ACT.
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MS- JENSEN DOES A JUGGLING ACT WITH FLAMING TORCHES. HE CLIMBS ON A LONG LEGGED TABLE & DOES A DARING BALANCING ACT HIGH ABOVE THE STAGE WHICH INCLUDES CONTORTING HIS BODY INTO AN UNUSUAL POSITION. DAREDEVIL
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MS- EMCEE QUEEN INTRODUCES SERGEANT LLOYD LINDROFF OF THE FAMOUS ARMY BAND WHO PLAYS HARP
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MS- LLOYD PLAYS THE SONGS, 'TENDERLY' AND THE 'MINUTE WALTZ', ON HIS HARP. CLASSICAL MUSIC
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MS- QUEEN INTRODUCES CORPORALS JOHN LLOYD AND RICHARD LINDFORS WHO DO AN UNUSUAL 'MANUAL OF ARMS' WITH THEIR RIFLES.
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MS- THE TWO GIS DO AN EXCITING DRILL FLIPPING THEIR RIFLES IN AN UNUSUALLY COORDINATED MANUAL OF ARMS.
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MS- QUEEN INTRODUCES CORPORAL KEN BARRY, A SONG AND DANCE MAN FROM THE 3RD ARMY WHO EVENTUALLY MADE IT IN SHOW BUSINESS. PRE-CELEBRITY
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MS- BARRY PLAYS A SMALL GUITAR & SINGS 'THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE' AND THEN GOES INTO AN EXTRAORDINARY TAP DANCE TO THAT TUNE
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"OPERATION GYROSCOPE"
A ROUNDTRIP TO JAPAN TO SEE OPERATION GYROSCOPE. -THE ARMY'S NEWEST WAY OF TRANSPORTING ENTIRE UNITS ALL OVER THE GLOBE. |
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NARRATOR TELLS OF 'OPERATION GYROSCOPE' THE ARMY'S NEWLY DEVELOPED SYSTEM OF ROTATING ENTIRE COMBAT UNITS AND THEIR FAMILIES BETWEEN HOME AND OVERSEAS BASES ON A FIXED SCHEDULE.
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MS- REPORTER FROM THE 'BIG PICTURE' TELLS OF 2 TEAMS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE 1ST 'GYROSCOPE' MOVE.
THE 187TH AIRBORNE REGIMENTAL TEAM IN JAPAN AND THE 508TH REGIMENT IN FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY. |
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MS- THE COMMANDER OF THE 508TH BRIEFS HIS OFFICERS OF THE MOVE TO JAPAN.
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MS- GIS PACK FILE FOLDERS INTO CARTONS FOR SHIPMENT THEN, FORMING A DAISY CHAIN WITH OTHER GIS THEY LOAD THE CARTONS ON A TRUCK.
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MS- A BOY ROLLS HIS BIKE OUT TO A MOVING VAN WHICH IS MOVING HIS FAMILY.
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MS- A MOM ATTENDS TO HER 3 DAUGHTERS WHO CLING TO THEIR DOLLS ON THE STOOP OF THEIR HOME.
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MS- GIS SEE OFF THEIR WIVES AND KIDS AT THE RAILWAY STATION WHOM THEY WILL JOIN IN JAPAN
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LS- A SERGEANT BLOWS A WHISTLE AND GIS COME RUNNING AND SHOUTING OUT OF THEIR BARRACKS. HE GIVES THE MEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MOVE
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MS- SOLDIERS MARCH TO THE MARSHALLING AREA NEAR THE AIRPORT SOME CARRYING THEIR DRY CLEANED SUITS IN PLASTIC BAGS.
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MS- A GI LAYS ON HIS BUNK IN A TENT AND READS ALL ABOUT JAPAN.
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MS- JAPANESE GIRLS IN GEISHA COSTUME PLAY INSTRUMENTS AND DO A TRADITIONAL DANCE AT A RESTAURANT IN HONOR OF MEMBERS OF THE 187TH REGIMENT WHICH ARE LEAVING JAPAN FOR ROTATION
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CU- COOK PLACES SHRIMP INTO BOILING OIL IN A WOK AS GI IN A BUSINESS SUIT ADDRESSES THE GUESTS WHO SIT ON A LOW TABLE ON THE FLOOR. HE THEN SITS AND FUMBLES WITH HIS CHOPSTICKS.
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MS- PARATROOPS, SOME BLACKBOARD A PLANE FOR THEIR LAST TRAINING JUMP BEFORE GOING HOME.
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MS- GIS WRAP AND PACK INTO WOOD CRATES THE MANY TROPHIES WON BY THE 187TH AIRBORNE.
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MS- GIS OF THE 508TH PILE THEIR PACKED DUFFLE BAGS IN A HIGH STACK FOR SHIPMENT.
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MONTAGE- THE 508TH MARCHES OUT TO 43 AWAITING HUGE GLOBMASTER TRANSPORT PLANES AND BOARD THEM.
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MS- INSIDE THE HUGE BELLY OF THE PLANE GIS SIT & CHAT, PLAY CARDS, WRITE LETTERS, POLISH THEIR SHOES AND BRASS AND SHAVE.
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LS- 52 HOURS LATER THE GLOBEMASTERS LAND ONE BY ONE AT A JAPANESE AIRPORT THE MEN DISEMBARK AND HEAD TO THEIR NEW HOMES IN TRUCKS.
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MS- WITH THE HELP OF JAPANESE WORKERS A GI AND HIS WIFE LOAD A TRUCK WITH THEIR GOODS.
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MS- A GI FAMILY OF 4 SIT AT A TABLE IN THE DINING HALL FOR THEIR LAST MEAL IN JAPAN.
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MONTAGE- AN ARMY BAND MARCHES AT A PARADE GROUND WHERE THE TRANSFER OF COMMANDS IS COMPLETED.
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MS- JAPANESE PEOPLE WAVE U.S. FLAGS AND SHOWER THE LEAVING 187TH WITH TICKER TAPE AS THEY MARCH TO A TRAIN TO THE AIRPORT.
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LS- WITH A 'SAYONARA' SIGN ABOVE THEM A JAPANESE JAZZ BAND PLAYS. JAPANESE WOMEN WATCH AS THE TRAIN WITH THE GIS AT THE WINDOWS LEAVES THE STATION.
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LS- (PAN) JAPANESE FARMS AND FISHING VILLAGES AS SEEN BY GIS FROM THE WINDOW OF THE TRAIN
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MS- GIS WAVE FROM SHORE TO SHIP IN YOKAHAMA HARBOR CARRYING THEIR FAMILIES INTO THE PORT.
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MS- WIVES AND KIDS HUG THE RAILS AS THEY WATCH THE PIER FROM THE SHIP. CU- A LITTLE GIRL WAVES FROM A PORTHOLE. MS- ANXIOUS GIS LOOK UP AT THE SHIP AS IT LANDS. CU- A GI'S HAND HOLDS FLOWERS
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MS- A JAPANESE WELCOMING COMMITTEE BRINGS FLOWERS TO WIFE OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 508TH.
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MS- A SMILING GI HOLDS HIS 2 KIDS IN HIS ARMS AS HE WALKS DOWN GANGPLANK
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MS- A JAPANESE WIFE OF A GI WITH HER 2 KIDS IS INTERVIEWED BY REPORTER ABOUT HER RETURN TO JAPAN
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MONTAGE- WIVES AND CHILDREN OF THE 187TH BOARD THE SAME BOAT FOR THEIR TRIP HOME.
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MS- THE GANGPLANK IS LIFTED, THE BAND PLAYS AND THE SHIP LEAVES FOR HOME.
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