1918-1956MILITARY
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"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. |
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NARRATOR TELLS OF THE CITIZEN SOLDIER 'THE MINUTE MEN' THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. HE AGAIN TELLS OF THE ARMY RESERVE.
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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'.
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LS- CHEERING CROWD AT TIMES SQUARE AT WAR'S END.
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MS- MAO TSE TUNG CHATTING WITH A FOLLOWER.
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MONTAGE- SMOKE BELLOWING OUT OF FACTORY CHIMNEYS
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CU- THE MINUTEMEN 'LIBERTY OR DEATH' INSIGNA.
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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.
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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.
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MS- A NAZI TANK BURNING FIERCELY DURING WWII.
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MONTAGE- DRAWINGS OF COLONIAL AMERICANS DURING REVOLUTIONARY WAR, INCLUDING PAUL REVERE RIDE AND OTHER ACTION SCENES ON LAND AND SEA.
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CU- THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES WITH THE AUTHORIZATION OF AN ARMY OF 80 MEN.
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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.
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MS- BLACKS PICKING COTTON IN THE SOUTH.
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LS- WAGON TRAIN BEING ATTACKED BY INDIANS AND THE CAVALRY COMING TO THE RESCUE.
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MS- DRAWINGS SHOWING THE DEVOLOPMENT OF THE CANNON
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MS- CZAR NICHOLAS OF RUSSIA AND HIS CZARINA CLIMB INTO A CARRIAGE AS HIS SUBJECTS WATCH. LS- RUSSIAN SOLDIERS MARCHING BEFORE THE REVOLUTION.
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MONTAGE- WORLD WAR I BATTLE SCENES AND THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF WAR BY WOODROW WILSON. CU- WILSON'S SIGNATURE ON THE DOCUMENT.
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LS- AMERICAN SOLDIERS MARCHING AT THE FRONT. CU-
GENERAL JOHN PERSHING SPEAKS TO DOUGHBOY. LS- AMERICANS GOING 'OVER THE TOP', UNDER FIRE. |
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MONTAGE- WILD CELEBRATION SCENES IN TIMES SQUARE AT END OF WWI. AERIAL- U.S. TROOPS MARCH DOWN BROADWAY LED BY GENERAL PERSHING ON HORSEBACK.
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MS- DRAWING SHOWS THE AMERICAN ARMY SHRINKING FROM OVER 4,000,000 TO 120,000.
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MONTAGE- WWI ARMY TANKS ARE DISMANTLED AND CUT UP FOR SCRAP WITH WELDING TORCHES.
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CU- A SMILING CHARLES LINDBERGH AND THE 'SPIRIT OF ST.LOUIS' TAKING OFF FOR IT'S FAMOUS RIDE.
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LS- BABE RUTH HITS A HOMER.
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CU- NEWSPAPER HEADLINE IN THE NEW YORK CHRONICLE "CRASH IN WALL STREET".
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LS- HUGE BREAD LINE IN NEW YORK AND DEJECTED MEN EATING A HOT MEAL IN A MISSION.
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LS- ITALIAN ARMY ON PARADE IN 1933 COMPARES WITH THE BEER MARCH IN NEW YORK.
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MS- GERMAN MECHANIZED FORCES ON MOTORCYCLES IN 1934 COMPARES WITH MARCHING U.S. ARMY TROOPS WHOSE BUDGET WAS REDUCED 15 MILLION DOLLARS BY CONGRESS
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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
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MS- YOUNG BOY WINDS UP AND PITCHES A BASEBALL IN A SAND LOT GAME IN 1936, WHILE RUSSIA MOBILIZES
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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.
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MS- IRON WORKERS PILE SCRAP IRON HIGH FOR SALE TO JAPAN IN 1938.
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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'.
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MONTAGE- WAR SCENES OF GERMANY'S CONQUESTS INCLUDE SCENES OF DUNKIRK, GERMAN TROOPS MARCHING INTO PARIS AND THE DEVASTATING BOMBING OF LONDON.
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LS- PRESIDENT FDR SPEAKS TO CONGRESS ON DECEMBER 16, 1940 IN FAVOR OF A DRAFT PASSED BY CONGRESS.
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LS- NUMBERS ARE DRAWN FROM A FISHBOWL TO START THE DRAFT.
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MS- NEW DRAFTEE TRIES ON HIS UNIFORM. MS- SOLDIERS TRAIN WITH A FAKE MACHINEGUN
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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. |
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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.
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CU- PAN OF FACES OF BEATEN GERMAN SOLDIERS AFTER SURRENDER.
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MS- GENERAL GEORGE PATTON WITH HIS PEARL-HANDLED REVOLVER WAVES TO ADVANCING TANKS.
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MS- MAN AND HIS YOUNG NEIGHBOR TAKE OFF IN THEIR 2 TONE CHEVY FOR A RIDE TO THE ARMY RESERVE HEADQUARTERS.
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LS- SOVIET LEADERS WATCH A HUGE MILITARY PARADE IN MOSCOW FROM ATOP THE KREMLIN WALL
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