00:31:55 9.37 |
"WHITES OF THEIR EYES"
SPANNING 181 YEARS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC, THE FILM DESCRIBES THE "CITIZEN SOLDIERS" & HIS RESPONSE TO THE NATION'S CALL TO ARMS. COVERS BOTH WORLD WARS & MAJOR U.S. EVENTS FROM 1918 TO THE PRESENT. ARMY RESERVE. HISTORY OF AMERICA. |
00:32:00 14.37 |
NARRATOR TELLS OF THE CITIZEN SOLDIER 'THE MINUTE
MEN' THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. HE AGAIN TELLS OF THE ARMY RESERVE. |
00:32:40 54.37 |
MONTAGE- MARCHING RUSSIAN SOLDIERS IN MOSCOW
SQUARE, MARCHING NAZI SOLDIERS DURING WWII, SKIES FILLED WITH NAZI PLANES AND THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR SHOWING EXPLODING BATTLESHIP 'ARIZONA'. |
00:33:01 75.37 |
LS- CHEERING CROWD AT TIMES SQUARE AT WAR'S END.
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00:33:16 90.37 |
MS- MAO TSE TUNG CHATTING WITH A FOLLOWER.
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00:33:24 98.37 |
MONTAGE- SMOKE BELLOWING OUT OF FACTORY CHIMNEYS
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00:33:34 108.37 |
CU- THE MINUTEMEN 'LIBERTY OR DEATH' INSIGNA.
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00:33:39 113.37 |
MS- HANDS OF A COLONIAL FARMER HANGING HIS FLINT
LOCK, PAN TO POSTER ABOVE FIREPLACE "STRENGTH IN RESERVE" MS- PAINTING OF MINUTE MAN HOLDING A PLOW AND A RIFLE. |
00:33:54 128.37 |
MS- MAN SPRAYING HIS BUSHES WITH A HAND HELD
SPRAYER. WITH HIS HEAD DOWN HE STARTS TO CLIP WEEDS AND ALMOST BUMPS HEADS WITH A YOUNG NEIGHBOR DOING THE SAME. |
00:35:25 219.37 |
MS- A NAZI TANK BURNING FIERCELY DURING WWII.
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00:35:33 227.37 |
MONTAGE- DRAWINGS OF COLONIAL AMERICANS DURING
REVOLUTIONARY WAR, INCLUDING PAUL REVERE RIDE AND OTHER ACTION SCENES ON LAND AND SEA. |
00:37:35 349.37 |
CU- THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES WITH
THE AUTHORIZATION OF AN ARMY OF 80 MEN. |
00:37:42 356.37 |
MS- ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOW THE ARMY UNIFORM AND
TELLS OF THE INCREASING AND DECREASING STRENGTH DURING THE WAR OF 1812, THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR AND THE CIVIL WAR. MS- CIVIL WAR DRAWINGS. |
00:38:24 398.37 |
MS- BLACKS PICKING COTTON IN THE SOUTH.
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00:38:45 419.37 |
LS- WAGON TRAIN BEING ATTACKED BY INDIANS AND THE
CAVALRY COMING TO THE RESCUE. |
00:39:00 434.37 |
MS- DRAWINGS SHOWING THE DEVOLOPMENT OF THE
CANNON |
00:39:10 444.37 |
MS- CZAR NICHOLAS OF RUSSIA AND HIS CZARINA CLIMB
INTO A CARRIAGE AS HIS SUBJECTS WATCH. LS- RUSSIAN SOLDIERS MARCHING BEFORE THE REVOLUTION. |
00:39:30 464.37 |
MONTAGE- WORLD WAR I BATTLE SCENES AND THE
SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF WAR BY WOODROW WILSON. CU- WILSON'S SIGNATURE ON THE DOCUMENT. |
00:39:51 485.37 |
LS- AMERICAN SOLDIERS MARCHING AT THE FRONT. CU-
GENERAL JOHN PERSHING SPEAKS TO DOUGHBOY. LS- AMERICANS GOING 'OVER THE TOP', UNDER FIRE. |
00:40:00 494.37 |
MONTAGE- WILD CELEBRATION SCENES IN TIMES SQUARE
AT END OF WWI. AERIAL- U.S. TROOPS MARCH DOWN BROADWAY LED BY GENERAL PERSHING ON HORSEBACK. |
00:40:02 496.37 |
MS- DRAWING SHOWS THE AMERICAN ARMY SHRINKING
FROM OVER 4,000,000 TO 120,000. |
00:40:10 504.37 |
MONTAGE- WWI ARMY TANKS ARE DISMANTLED AND CUT UP
FOR SCRAP WITH WELDING TORCHES. |
00:40:20 514.37 |
CU- A SMILING CHARLES LINDBERGH AND THE 'SPIRIT OF
ST.LOUIS' TAKING OFF FOR IT'S FAMOUS RIDE. |
00:40:46 540.37 |
LS- BABE RUTH HITS A HOMER.
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00:40:51 545.37 |
CU- NEWSPAPER HEADLINE IN THE NEW YORK CHRONICLE
"CRASH IN WALL STREET". |
00:40:53 547.37 |
LS- HUGE BREAD LINE IN NEW YORK AND DEJECTED MEN
EATING A HOT MEAL IN A MISSION. |
00:41:00 554.37 |
LS- ITALIAN ARMY ON PARADE IN 1933 COMPARES WITH
THE BEER MARCH IN NEW YORK. |
00:41:15 569.37 |
MS- GERMAN MECHANIZED FORCES ON MOTORCYCLES IN
1934 COMPARES WITH MARCHING U.S. ARMY TROOPS WHOSE BUDGET WAS REDUCED 15 MILLION DOLLARS BY CONGRESS |
00:41:29 583.37 |
LS- JAPANESE TROOPS CHARGE A CHINESE BASTION AS
JAPAN INVADES CHINA. MS- A CHINESE SOLDIER CARRIES A WOUNDED BUDDY ON HIS SHOULDERS. AERIAL- WHILE IN THE U.S. THOUSANDS CHEER AS ALABAMA INVADES WEST TO BEAT STANFORD IN ROSE BOWL |
00:41:54 608.37 |
MS- YOUNG BOY WINDS UP AND PITCHES A BASEBALL IN
A SAND LOT GAME IN 1936, WHILE RUSSIA MOBILIZES |
00:42:09 623.37 |
LS- FRENCH SOLDIERS RIDE IN RAIL CARS THROUGH
TUNNELS OF THE MAGINOT LINE IN 1937. CU- COPY OF MARGARET MITCHELL'S 'GONE WITH THE WIND' IN 1937. |
00:42:35 649.37 |
MS- IRON WORKERS PILE SCRAP IRON HIGH FOR SALE TO
JAPAN IN 1938. |
00:42:40 654.37 |
MS- ITALIAN TROOPS WHEEL THEIR BICYCLES AS THEY
INVADE ALBANIA IN 1939. LS- THE SPHERE AND PYLON AT THE 1939 WORLD'S FAIR IN NEW YORK. THE THEME 'WORLD'S PEACE'. |
00:43:00 674.37 |
MONTAGE- WAR SCENES OF GERMANY'S CONQUESTS
INCLUDE SCENES OF DUNKIRK, GERMAN TROOPS MARCHING INTO PARIS AND THE DEVASTATING BOMBING OF LONDON. |
00:44:58 792.37 |
LS- PRESIDENT FDR SPEAKS TO CONGRESS ON DECEMBER
16, 1940 IN FAVOR OF A DRAFT PASSED BY CONGRESS. |
00:45:14 808.37 |
LS- NUMBERS ARE DRAWN FROM A FISHBOWL TO START
THE DRAFT. |
00:45:21 815.37 |
MS- NEW DRAFTEE TRIES ON HIS UNIFORM. MS- SOLDIERS
TRAIN WITH A FAKE MACHINEGUN |
00:45:42 836.37 |
MONTAGE- JEEPS BECOME AIRBOUND AS THEY SPEED OVER
A RIDGE. MS- SOAP BOX DERBY IN AKRON, OHIO. MS- DEMOLITION DERBY WITH OLD JALOPIES CRASHING INTO EACH OTHER. |
00:47:00 914.37 |
MONTAGE- WORLD WAR SCENES FROM NORTH AFRICA TO
D-DAY LANDING ON NORMANDY BEACH, THE MARCHING INTO PARIS AND THE DEFEAT OF THE GERMAN ARMY. |
00:49:33 1067.37 |
CU- PAN OF FACES OF BEATEN GERMAN SOLDIERS AFTER
SURRENDER. |
00:49:45 1079.37 |
MS- GENERAL GEORGE PATTON WITH HIS PEARL-HANDLED
REVOLVER WAVES TO ADVANCING TANKS. |
00:54:14 1348.37 |
MS- MAN AND HIS YOUNG NEIGHBOR TAKE OFF IN THEIR
2 TONE CHEVY FOR A RIDE TO THE ARMY RESERVE HEADQUARTERS. |
00:54:20 1354.37 |
LS- SOVIET LEADERS WATCH A HUGE MILITARY PARADE
IN MOSCOW FROM ATOP THE KREMLIN WALL |
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