"A DEBT IS HONORED"
THE STORY OF THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP THAT EXISTS
BETWEEN THE 111TH INFANTRY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND
GREAT BRITAIN'S 'BLACK WATCH' REGIMENT.

MS- A SPECIAL COMPANY OF THE 111TH INFANTRY
REGIMENT, THE 'FRANKLIN FOOT GUARD' MARCHES IN
FRONT OF INDEPENDENCE HALL, AND PERFORMS A
RITUALISTIC MANUAL OF ARMS AS 2 MEN IN COLONIAL
DRESS WATCH.

MS- IN A REENACTMENT A MAN IN COSTUME OF COLONIAL
OFFICER STANDS AT DOOR OF INDEPENDENCE HALL AND
READS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AS DONE BY
COLONEL JOHN NIXON ON JULY 8, 1776

NARRATOR TELLS OF UNIT CALLED THE 'ASSOCIATERS'
ALSO FOUNDED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND NOW THE
111TH INFANTRY DIVISION WHICH WERE RESCUED BY THE
'BLACK WATCH' ROYAL HIGHLANDERS REGIMENT IN 1763.

MS- NARRATOR QUEEN HOLDS A CEREMONIAL SWORD AND A
LETTER FROM THE QUEEN ACCEPTING AN INVITATION FOR
THE 'BLACK WATCH' TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL CEREMONIAL
MASS IN HONOR OF THE BLACK WATCH REGIMENT.

MS- BOTH UNITS LINE UP AND FACE EACH OTHER AS
THEY ARE REVIEWED BY COMMANDERS OF BOTH UNITS

MONTAGE-THE COLORFUL 'BLACK WATCH' PARADES DOWN A
PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS DISTRICT, LED BY THEIR PIPES
BAND HEADING STRAIGHT TOWARDS THE CAMERA.

LS- THE 'BLACK WATCH' SIT AT A BANQUET HALL IN
PHILADELPHIA'S FAMED UNION LEAGUE AS THE 111TH
INFANTRY HONORS THEM.

GENERAL ANTHONY J. DREXEL BIDEL, COMMANDER OF
THE PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL GUARD MAKES SPEECH
FOLLOWED BY CANADIAN COLONEL JOHN B. ALLEN

MONTAGE-REENACTED REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WAR OF 1812,
AND THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE SCENES DEPICT THE 111TH
INFANTRY IN ACTION

LS- 111TH MARCHES DOWN ROAD IN FRANCE DURING WWI
MONTAGE- WWI BATTLE SCENES OF CANNONS FIRING AND
DOUGHBOYS IN TRENCHES.

CU- 14 CAMPAIGN STREAMERS REPRESENTING BATTLES OF
THE 111TH REGIMENT IN 5 WARS, HANG WITH ITS FLAG.

MONTAGE-MEMBERS OF THE 'BLACK WATCH' AND THOSE OF
THE 'FRANKLIN FOOT SOLDIERS' DANCE WITH THEIR
GIRLFRIENDS AND WIVES AT THE 111TH ARMORY.

LS- 2 CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAMS PLAY
AT THE PHILADELPHIA STADIUM IN THE 1ST EVER GAME
PLAYED SOUTH OF THE BORDER.

AERIAL- THE KILTED 'BLACK WATCH' TROOPS LED BY
THE PIPES BAND IN SCOTTISH KILTS AND BEAR FUR
HATS SMARTLY MARCH IN THE STADIUM.

MS- COMMANDERS OF BOTH GROUPS EXCHANGE GIFTS ON
THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

CU- GI AIMS AND FIRES HIS RIFLE.

MS- HELICOPTER HOVERS CLOSE TO THE GROUND AS GIS
HOOK UP JEEP TO CABLE UNDER THE HELICOPTER, WHICH
CARRIES THE JEEP TO ANOTHER LOCATION

MONTAGE- SOLDIERS AND TANKS TO THE 'PANTOMIC'
7TH ARMY UNITS MOVE FORWARD IN MOCK ATTACK.
MONTAGE- MOCK REALISTIC BATTLE SCENES.

MS- A HELICOPTER HOVERS OVERHEAD AS DRUMS OF
GASOLINE ON A FLAT PLATFORM ARE LIFTED BY CABLE
AND DELIVERED DIRECTLY WHERE IT IS NEEDED.

MS- GIS WORK IN OFFICE ON AUTOMATED MACHINERY. A
SYSTEM CALLED MODERN ARMY SUPPLY SYSTEM (MASS)
WHICH SPEEDS SPARE PARTS WHEREVER NEEDED

MS- GI TAILORS IN A MOBILE QUARTERMASTER REPAIR
VAN SEWS DAMAGED CANVAS AND OTHER MATERIALS ON
SEWING MACHINES. OTHER VANS HAVE SPARE PARTS

MS- THE SERGEANT GOES TO A CHECK OUT COUNTER AND
THE GIRL TOTALS THE BILL. NO MONEY IS PASSED BUT
THE GOODS ARE CHARGED TO THE COMPANY BUDGET.

MS- A BLACK GI BAKER TAKES PANS OF BREAD OUT OF
THE OVEN AND PLACES THEM ON A CONVEYOR BELT

MS- AN ALERT IS SOUNDED AND THE GIS OF THE 7TH
PENTOMIC ARMY LEAVE THEIR FOOD AND RUN OUT OF
MESS HALL AND INTO ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS.

MS- A GI FIRES A RIFLE WITH A FLARE INTO THE AIR
AS SIGNAL FOR ALL OUT ATTACK ON A MOCK VILLAGE.

MS- A GROUP OF ALASKAN ESKIMOS SIT AND BEAT ON
DRUMS. CU- FEET OF AN ESKIMO DANCES TO THE BEAT
CU- AN ESKIMO WOMAN GIVES OUT YELPS TO THE BEAT

MONTAGE- (PAN) VAST MOUNTAINS OF ICE AND SNOW OF
ALASKA ALONG WITH IT'S PLUSH RIVERS AND VALLEYS
LS- A FIELD OF WHITE FLOWERS.

LS- A POLAR BEAR RUNS ALONG THE FROZEN TUNDRA.

LS- RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IS EVIDENCE THAT
ALASKA WAS POPULATED BY RUSSIANS UNTIL 1867.

AERIAL- MOUNTAINOUS, ROCKY AND BARREN AREAS OF
ALASKA KNOWN AS SEWARD'S FOLLY WHEN IT WAS
PURCHASED FROM RUSSIA FOR 7 MILLION DOLLARS

MS- A NATIVE PICKS UP A MINK HE TRAPPED.
CU- A PROSPECTOR PANS FOR GOLD IN THE KLONDIKE.
CU- HIS PAN SHOWS BITS OF GOLD WHICH CAUSED THE
GOLD RUSH IN THE LATE 1890s.

MS- JAPANESE IN LANDING BOATS WITH FLAG FLYING
INVADE THE ALEUTIANS ISLANDS OF KISKA AND ATTU

MONTAGE- DESTROYED BUILDINGS ON THE ISLANDS

MONTAGE- FACES ON TOTEM POLES THE DISTINCTIVE
WORK OF ALASKAN INDIANS. AN INDIAN HOLDS UP A
PIECE OF HIS HANDIWORK.

MS- AN OLD ESKIMO WOMAN DANCES TO THE BEAT OF
DRUMS OTHER WOMEN SING TO THE BEAT. LITTLE BOY
AND GIRL ESKIMOS DANCE VIGOROUSLY.

MS- YOUNG ESKIMOS WORK AT A SCHOOL MACHINE SHOP.
OTHERS LEARN TO USE SAW AND CHISEL ON WOODWORK.

LS- AN ESKIMO IS TOSSED HIGH IN ESKIMO BLANKET
TOSSING.

LS- A DOG SLED TEAM SPEEDS DOWN A WIDE AVENUE IN
ANCHORAGE AS DOG SLEDDING STILL PROVIDES A FAST
AND EFFICIENT FORM OF TRANSPORTATION

LS- FARMERS OF ALASKA REAP IN THE CROP WITH
MACHINERY. MS- WORKERS PICK AND BOX CABBAGE BY
HAND. MS- A HUGE CABBAGE IS HELD UP BY FARMHAND.

MS- A WORKER SCOOPS A SAMPLE OF MUDDY SOIL WITH A
SHOVEL FROM A BUCKET OF MUDDY SOIL BEING SCOOPED
OUT OF THE GROUND BY MACHINERY AT A GOLD MINE

MONTAGE- MEN IN HARD HATS DRILL FOR OIL. THEY
RUN OUT OF THE WAY WHEN THEY MAKE A 'STRIKE'

AERIAL- PAN OF TIMBER FOREST AS SEEN FROM PLANE
FLYING ABOVE TREE TOPS. MS- 2 LUMBERMEN USE A LONG
HAND SAW TO CUT DOWN A HUGE PINE TREE.

LS- A LINEMAN WORKS ATOP A TELEPHONE POLE

LS- A WORKER IS HELD BY A ROPE AS HE SHOVELS AWAY
LARGE CHUNKS OF STONE FROM A CLIFF SIDE. WORKERS
BELOW USE SLEDGE HAMMERS TO BREAK THE STONES INTO
SMALLER PIECES FOR ROAD BUILDING

LS- 2 RUNNING MOOSE AND OTHER SCENERY IS SEEN
FROM ALASKA'S ONLY RAILROAD.

LS- SEAPLANE SKIMS ACROSS A LAKE AS IT TAKES OFF.
MS- A COMMERCIAL DC-3 PROP DRIVEN PLANE READIES
FOR TAKE-OFF

MONTAGE- RUSSIAN WORKERS BUILDING AN AIRFIELD
NEAR ALASKA LAY ASPHALT. A STEAM ROLLER SMOOTHS
DOWN THE SURFACE.

LS- A U.S. SUBMARINE PATROLLING THE BERING SEA
SURFACES. LS- GI ON GUARD DUTY AT AN OUTPOST OF
THE 'DEW LINE' COMMUNICATION NETWORK

LS- PILOTS RUN OUT OF BARRACKS TO THEIR JETS

MS- A GI CHOPS DOWN A SMALL TREE WITH HIS AXE.
OTHER GIS USES THE TREES TO BUILD A SHELTER

MS- AN ALASKAN ESKIMO SCOUT COMPANY PRACTICES
RIFLE DRILLS. LS- THE ESKIMOS PUT ON WHITE
COVER-ALLS AND TAKE OFF ON PATROLS IN DOG SLEDS.

LS- NIKE MISSILES POINT SKYWARD AT FORT GREELY,
ALASKA.

MONTAGE- REALISTIC BATTLE SCENES IN THE SNOW.

MONTAGE- FACES OF ALASKAN CITIZENS, NATIVES AND
SETTLERS.