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"OUR SONS"
"OBSOLETE" FILM. AN EXAMINATION OF CURRENT MILITARY OBLIGATIONS FACING THE YOUTH OF THE NATION. FEATURES THE RESERVE FORCES ACT. |
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MS- YOUNG MAN AND HIS FATHER DRIVE INTO THE HARTFORD U.S. ARMY RESERVE CENTER IN THEIR CHEVY.
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MS- RECRUITER AND FORMER ARMY BUDDY OF THE YOUNG MAN'S FATHER MAJOR JIM RYAN, SITS THEM DOWN IN HIS OFFICE AND EXPLAINS THE RESERVE SYSTEM IN DEPTH.
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MS- SHIRTLESS NEW RESERVIST IS GIVEN A BLOOD PRESSURE TEST AS HE GOES THROUGH HIS ENTRY PHYSICAL EXAM BY DOCTOR.
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MS- RESERVISTS SIGN FOR AND ARE ISSUED UNIFORMS BY THE QUARTER MASTER.
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LS- A CONVOY OF BUSES LEAVES THE RESERVE BASE FOR THE BASIC TRAINING SITE
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MS- A LONG LINE OF RESERVISTS CARRY THEIR BEDDING INTO THE BARRACKS AT THE TRAINING CAMP
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MS- MEN LINE UP AND ARE GIVEN INOCULATIONS BY A NURSE. MS- A DOCTOR LOOKS DOWN A GIS THROAT AS ANOTHER IS GIVEN A CHEST X-RAY, GIVEN SHOT
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MS- A DENTIST USES A DRILL IN A GI'S MOUTH
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MS- A TAYLOR MEASURES A GI IN HIS DRAWERS FOR A UNIFORM AS OTHER STRIPPED GIS WAIT IN LINE.
CU- GI'S FEET IN A SHOE MEASURING GADGET AND GI'S FEET IN A NEW SET OF UNLACED BOOTS |
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MS- GI LOOKS IN A MIRROR AND ADMIRES HIMSELF IN HIS NEW UNIFORM
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00:13:03 691 |
MS- A SERGEANT SHOWS A GROUP OF NEW RESERVISTS HOW TO MAKE A BED ARMY STYLE. CU- HOW TO NEATLY AND EXACTLY PLACE ARTICLES IN A FOOT LOCKER AND CLOTHING LOCKER, INSIDE AND ON TOP, ARMY STYLE.
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CU- GI ON CHOW LINE SCOOPS FOOD ONTO HIS TRAY SITS AT A 4 MAN TABLE AND EATS WITH OTHERS
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MS- OFFICER GIVES AN ORIENTATION TO CLASS OF GIS LS- INSTRUCTOR USES 2 GI MODELS TO DEMONSTRATE THE PROPER SALUTE TO A CLASSROOM OF STUDENTS
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LS- RESERVISTS ARE INSPECTED ON PARADE GROUNDS.
MS- THE GIS AND THEIR FOOT LOCKERS ARE INSPECTED AT BEDSIDE IN THEIR BARRACKS |
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MS- GIS IN UPPER BUNK WAKES UP AND HITS BUDDY IN LOWER BUNK WITH A PILLOW
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LS- GIS FROM SEVERAL BARRACKS RUN OUT AND LINE UP FOR INSPECTION.
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MONTAGE- GIS PLAYING BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL AND BASEBALL DURING LEISURE TIME. MS- 2 GIS PLAYING CHECKERS. MS GROUP OF GIS GATHER AROUND A WAC PLAYING A PIANO.
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MS- GIS DANCE WITH GIRLS TO THE MUSIC OF A GI BAND. MS- A GI USES A MITER SAW IN THE HOBBY SHOP
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00:24:07 1355 |
MS- MAJOR RYAN EXPLAINS THE VARIOUS RESERVE SPECIALISTS COURSES, PAY STRUCTURE AND ANSWERS QUESTIONS POSED BY THE RECRUITS.
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MS- AS MOM SEATED ON THE COUCH KNITS, FATHER SITS NEXT TO HER AND EXPLAINS SONS DECISION TO JOIN THE RESERVE TO SATISFY HIS MILITARY OBLIGATION
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MS- YOUNG MAN SEATED AT TABLE, DRINKS A COKE AS HE CHATS ON THE PHONE.
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