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"WASHINGTON SOLDIER"
THE STORY OF SOLDIERS ON DUTY IN THE PENTAGON & ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, U.S. ARMY, FORT MYER, VA. A SIDE OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL THAT TOURIST SELDOM SEES. |
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MS- 'BIG PICTURE' NARRATOR SERGEANT STUART QUEEN LOOKS AT THE SKY THROUGH HIS OFFICE WINDOW THEN TELLS STORY OF PFC. ED GRIFFITH ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
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CU- PFC. GRIFFITH IN DEEP THOUGHT AS HE PEERS OUT WINDOW OF AIRLINER AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
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MS- A SERGEANT WALKS DOWN ISLE AND CHECKS HIS MEN SEATED IN THE PLANE. MS- GRIFFITH LISTENS AS PILOT ANNOUNCES 'LANDING IN 5 MINUTES'.
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AERIAL- CAPITAL DOME AS SEEN FROM MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE (MATS) PLANE WITH GRIFFITH ABOARD
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MS- GRIFFITH AND OTHER SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN EXIT PLANE. MS- GRIFFITH, CARRYING 2 SUITCASES HAILS A CAB AND GETS IN.
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LS- WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND LINCOLN MEMORIAL IS SEEN IN THE DISTANCE AS HE RIDES IN CAB. CAB PULLS UP TO CURB AND GRIFFITH GETS OUT.
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MS- GRIFFITH'S SERGEANT INTRODUCES HIM TO 'BIG PICTURE' NARRATOR STUART QUEEN AND ASSIGNS
GRIFFITH TO HIM. CU- TALKING HEADS. |
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CU- GRIFFITH LOOKS OUT WINDOW OF TOUR BUS AS HE TOURS THE CITY AS RECOMMENDED BY QUEEN. BUS DRIVER TALKS ABOUT POINTS OF INTEREST AS THEY PASS THEM.
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THE CAPITAL DOME BUILDING, WITH THE STATUE OF FREEDOM AT THE TOP, T HE WHITE HOUSE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND MANY HUGE OFFICE BUILDINGS ARE PASSED BY THE BUS. (PAN)
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LS- STATUE OF NATHAN HALE. CU- PAN FROM FEET UP OF HALE STATUE. MS- JEFFERSON MEMORIAL AND HIS STATUE CU- YOUNG GRIFFITH SHOWS AWE AS HE PEERS UPON THE JEFFERSON STATUE.
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MS- BUS STOPS AT THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. (PAN)
FROM BOTTOM UP. AERIAL- WHITE HOUSE, THE CAPITOL AS SEEN FROM THE TOP OF THE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL. |
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MS- GIS AND CIVILIANS WALK UP STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. MS- LINCOLN SEATED IN HIS THRONE-LIKE CHAIR.
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CU- GRIFFITH SLOWLY TURNS HIS HEAD BOTH WAYS SENSING THE FEELINGS OF THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM.
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CU- LINCOLN'S HAND (PAN) TO HIS FACE.
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THE PENTAGON, THE LARGEST OFFICE BUILDING IN THE WORLD. MONTAGE- CIVILIANS, SOLDIERS & OTHERS BUSILY WALK THE CORRIDORS OF THE PENTAGON.
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MS- AN OFFICER IN THE CHIEF OF STAFF'S OFFICE PLACES A LETTER IN A SLOTTED CONVEYOR WHICH SPEEDILY MOVES IT TO ANOTHER OFFICE.
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MS- YOUNG GRIFFITH PULLS A FOLDER OUT OF A FILE.
THEN PERUSES IT WITH HIS SERGEANT |
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MS- FOREIGN OFFICERS WALK THE CORRIDORS IN THE NATO SECTION OF THE PENTAGON. MS- U.S. & FOREIGN OFFICERS CHAT IN HALLWAY.
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MS- PFC. GRIFFITH WINDOW SHOPS THE STORES INSIDE THE PENTAGON COMPLEX, WHICH LOOKS LIKE AMERICAN MAIN STREET, HAVING A BANK, DRUG STORE AND A BAR
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MS- GRIFFITH SITS IN A BARBER CHAIR FOR A HAIRCUT IN A BUSY SHOP HAVING MANY BARBERS, ALL GIVING HAIRCUTS.
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CU- GRIFFITH PLACES HIS JACKET WITH HIS PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) STRIPE ON A HANGAR ALONGSIDE A GENERAL'S JACKET WITH 2 STARS
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LS- ONE OF SEVERAL LARGE CAFETERIA'S FILLED WITH PENTAGON WORKERS.
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AERIAL- PFC GRIFFITH LOOKS DOWN FROM HIS OFFICE AT A ARMY BAND ENTERTAINING EMPLOYEES IN THE PENTAGON INNER YARD DURING LUNCH.
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MS- ACTOR-SINGER STEVE LAWRENCE IN ARMY UNIFORM, SINGS A FEW TUNES WITH THE ARMY BAND
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MS- GRIFFITH AND OTHER GIS DO CALISTHENICS TO KEEP FIT.
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MS- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCE PHILLIP RIDE IN BUBBLE TOP LIMO DURING CEREMONY WASHINGTON. IKE
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LS- THE QUEEN LAYS A WREATH AT TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY.
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CU- TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. MS- THE TOMB GUARDSMEN RELAX IN THEIR QUARTERS POLISHING THEIR SHOES AND WATCHING TV UNTIL IT IS THEIR TURN TO GUARD.
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MS- THE GUARDSMEN GO THROUGH THE FAMOUS CEREMONY OF THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD OF THE TOMB AS TOURISTS WATCH.
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MS- HONOR GUARD WALKS ALONGSIDE FLAG DRAPED COFFIN ON A CAISSON DRIVEN BY HORSES DURING THE FUNERAL OF A GENERAL.
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MONTAGE- PRIOR TO CEREMONY GUARDSMEN POLISH THE CAISSON AND GROOM THE HORSES.
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MS- THE LAST ARMY BLACKSMITH POUNDS A HORSESHOE ON AN ANVIL AND FIRES IT IN AN OVEN OF COALS.
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LS- THE NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE, THE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE FOR THE ARMED FORCES ARE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS FOR SENIOR MILITARY OFFICERS AT FORT MCNAIR.
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LS- WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER WITH HUGE FOUNTAIN AT THE ENTRANCE.
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LS- FOUNTAINS IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. GIS OF THE WHITE HOUSE ARMY SIGNAL AGENCY SERVES THE PRESIDENT AND MANS SWITCHBOARDS AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
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CU- A CODED MESSAGE IS SENT AND RECEIVED BY TELETYPE. MS- A SERGEANT OPERATES A TV CAMERA
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MONTAGE- CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD AND THE BRIDGE WHERE IT ALL STARTED AT MANASSAS
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MONTAGE- MINIATURE BATTLEFIELDS DEPICTING THE BATTLE OF MANASSAS COMPLETE WITH SMALL FIGURINES OF ROBERT E. LEE SHOUTING, "THERE IS JACKSON STANDING LIKE A STONE WALL". THUS JACKSON WON HIS IMMORTAL NICKNAME.
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MS- GIS RUSH DOWN THE LADDER OF AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER AS A 'NIKE' MISSILE IS READIED FOR LAUNCH.
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MONTAGE- GIS JUMP OUT OF THEIR BEDS, PICK UP THEIR WEAPONS AND TANKS MOVE OUT IN COLUMNS IN A PRACTICE ALERT OF THE UNITS GUARDING THE CAPITAL
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"GERMANY TODAY"
THE STORY OF A PEOPLE DESOLATE IN DEFEAT WHO FOUND THE WAY BACK WITH THE HELP OF THE MILITARY FORCE WHICH DEFEATED THEM. |
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MS- LIGHTNING AND RAIN LIGHT UP THE SKY, RAIN HITTING THE GROUND A POSTER WITH HITLER AND GORING LYING ON THE GROUND BEING SOAKED BY RAIN
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MONTAGE- RUBBLE AND SKELETONS OF THE REMAINS OF GERMAN CITIES IN 1945. AERIAL- BOMBED OUT CASTLE LIKE CATHEDRAL IN THE HEART OF A BERLIN SQUARE.
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AERIAL- A MODERN NEW WEST BERLIN TODAY AFTER THE RECONSTRUCTION WITH AID FROM THE U.S. MONTAGE-
MODERN BUILDINGS AND LANDSCAPED AREAS. |
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LS- BULLET AND BOMBED SHATTERED REISCHSTAG BUILDING. LS- A HUGE EAGLE AND SYMBOL OF THE NAZIS COMES CRASHING DOWN OFF THE BUILDING
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LS- GERMAN CROWDS WATCH AMERICAN TROOPS MARCH INTO BERLIN IN 1945.
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MS- 2 GERMAN KIDS CLIMB OUT OF THE BASEMENT WINDOWS OF A DESTROYED BUILDING TO ACCEPT CANDY FROM GIS.
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00:33:20 1909 |
MS- GORING, HESS AND OTHER NAZIS SIT AT THE NUREMBERG TRIALS.
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00:33:37 1926 |
MONTAGE- PEOPLE SCROUNGING IN THE STREETS FOR BITS OF FOOD AND USABLE MATERIALS.
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00:33:57 1946 |
LS- A PLATOON OF RUSSIANS SOLDIERS MARCH DOWN A STREET IN BERLIN.
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00:34:12 1961 |
MS- WORKERS ROLL OUT A HUGE PIECE OF MACHINERY AS THE SOVIETS STRIP GERMAN FACTORIES.
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00:34:33 1982 |
MS- MAP SHOWING DIVISION OF GERMANY AND BERLIN
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MS- GERMAN MEN AND WOMEN WITH SHOVELS AND BROOMS CLEAN STREETS OF RUBBLE
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MONTAGE- U.S. PLANES FLY GOODS INTO BERLIN TO BEAT THE SOVIET BLOCKADE. CHILDREN LOOK SKYWARD AS A GI DROPS THEM GOODIES IN A SMALL PARACHUTE.
BERLIN AIRLIFT |
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MONTAGE- HUGE CONSTRUCTION SITES WITH HEAVY MACHINERY SUPPLIED BY THE U.S.
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MONTAGE- RIOTS BREAK OUT IN THE STREETS OF EAST GERMANY. MONTAGE- EAST GERMAN PEOPLE ENTER WEST BERLIN BY THE THOUSANDS.
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MS- 2 GERMAN MEN TAKE THEIR HATS OFF TO PASSING GIS. MONTAGE- AMERICAN SOLDIERS MINGLE AND CONVERSE WITH GERMAN PEOPLE IN THE CITY STREETS
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LS- SOVIET SOLDIERS GUARD UNDER THE BRANDENBURG GATE AS SEEN THROUGH BINOCULARS
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CU- HEADLINES IN A GERMAN NEWSPAPER, & 3 GERMAN MEN DISCUSSING IT AT A STREET CORNER.
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MS- A GI TV REPORTER INTERVIEWS A GERMAN ABOUT AN INCIDENT AT THE BRANDENBURG GATE. THE MAN ANSWERS WITH HEAVY GERMAN ACCENT.
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MONTAGE- U.S. TROOPS CONSTANTLY TRAIN WITH LATEST WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE DEFENSE OF GERMANY AND TO HOLD BACK THE TIDE OF COMMUNISM IN EUROPE.
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MS- A SMALL GERMAN CAR ROLLS OFF ASSEMBLY LINE.
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MS- A GERMAN FARM FAMILY OF 4 SIT AND EAT IN ABUNDANCE AT THE DINNER TABLE.
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LS- CLYDESDALE HORSES PULL A DECORATED BEER WAGON IN A FESTIVAL. MAN IN CHEFS OUTFIT CARRIES A HUGE PRETZEL AROUND HIS NECK AS OTHERS FOLLOW CARRYING LARGE TURKEY AND HOG ROASTS ON TALL POLES.
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MS- KIDS FLY BY ON SWINGS AT A CARNIVAL. COUPLE DRINKS FROM HUGE BEER MUGS.
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00:53:40 3129 |
MONTAGE- NEON SIGNS AND LIGHTS BRIGHTEN UP A BUSY SECTION OF THE CITY AT NIGHT.
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00:54:09 3158 |
MS-CHANCELLOR ADENAUER GREETS PRESIDENT IKE AS HE ARRIVES AT WEST GERMAN AIRPORT IN PRESIDENTIAL PLANE IN SEPTEMBER 1959.
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MS- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER MAKES A SPEECH. RIDES IN MOTORCADE THROUGH CITY.
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CU- THE FREEDOM BELL, A REPLICA OF OUR LIBERTY BELL RINGS LOUDLY FROM THE TOWER OF A TOWN HALL.
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MS- A GERMAN WOMAN TELLS OF THE MEANING OF THE FREEDOM BELL AS SHE IS INTERVIEWED BY GI REPORTER
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LS-HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN WHITE SPELL OUT, WITH THEIR BODIES, IN GERMAN, 'BERLIN REMAINS FREE'
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A GERMAN BOY, WITH SCHOOL BOOKS ON STRAPPED ON BACK, SHADES HIS EYES TO LOOK UP AT RINGING FREEDOM BELL, THEN HE RUNS &CATCHES UP WITH HIS MOM.
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"OPERATION DISCOVERY"
A SOLDIER'S LIFE FROM INDUCTION TO COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING THE SOLDIER DISCOVERS THE 'WHY AND WHEREFORE' OF HIS OBLIGATED PEACETIME SERVICE. |
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MS- RECRUIT ED BAKER STANDS IN LINE AT HIS GRADUATION OF BASIC TRAINING REMINISCENT OF THE PAST 8 WEEKS WHEN HE STARTED.
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MS- NEW RECRUITS GET OFF BUSES AND STAND AT ATTENTION. A SHORT RECRUIT STANDS NEXT TO A VERY TALL ONE. CU- ARM BEING INJECTED BY A MEDIC WITH AN INJECTION GUN.
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MS- BAKER TRIES ON HIS NEW UNIFORM SHIRT. A BLACK GI ASSISTS BAKER IN FILLING OUT A FORM
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A LIEUTENANT WELCOMES COMPANY 'E' TO THE CAMP WHERE THE 8 WEEK BASIC TRAINING WILL TAKE PLACE
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LS- A LOUDSPEAKER ON A BARRACKS ROOF SOUNDS OUT WAKE UP CALL IN THE MORNING. BAKER HAS TO BE SHAKEN TO WAKE UP, WHICH HE DOES VERY SLOWLY.
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LS- GIS LINE UP TO DO PULL-UPS ON A HORIZONTAL BAR BEFORE BREAKFAST
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MS- MEN RUN INTO EACH OTHER AT THEIR 1ST ATTEMPT AT DRILL. CU- SERGEANT ADJUSTS BAKER'S HAND IN A SALUTE. BAKER TRIES IT IN FRONT OF A MIRROR.
A 'LOOK SHARP!' SIGN, ABOVE IT. |
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MS- PAN OF GIS SITTING AND LOUNGING ON THEIR
BUNKS IN THEIR 2 STORY BARRACKS WRITING LETTERS AND JUST THINKING AS THEY HEAR SINGING BELOW. THEY WALK OVER TO THE WINDOW TO LOOK OUT. |
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MS- CAMERA PANS FROM THE UPPER BARRACKS WINDOW TO GI BELOW PLAYING A GUITAR AND SINGING "THE BALLAD OF ROGER YOUNG", ASSISTED BY HARMONICA PLAYING GI
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MS- BACKS OF 6 GIS LOOKING OUT OF WINDOW FROM ABOVE AS MUSIC CONTINUES.
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COMPANY 'E' COMES TOWARD CAMERA CALLING OUT IN CADENCE '1,2,3,4, AS THEY PASS.
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MS- BAKER DOES PUSH-UPS ON THE GROUND FOR HIS SERGEANT, WHO STAYS IN PUSH-UP POSITION IN FRONT OF HIM
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01:10:00 4109 |
MS- SERGEANT FINDS BAKERS FOOT LOCKER OUT OF ORDER AND BAKER TRIES TO EXPLAIN TO NO AVAIL
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01:10:20 4129 |
MS- COMMANDING OFFICER, MAJOR GENERAL S.C. WOOTEN WELCOMES THE MEN TO HIS OUTFIT AS HE SPEAKS FROM A PULPIT. HE TELLS THEM OF THE TRAINING
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MS- BAKER HAS INTERVIEW WITH HIS COMPANY COMMANDER WHO TURNS DOWN HIS REQUEST FOR A WEEK-END PASS. MS- TALKING HEADS.
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01:14:45 4394 |
MS- PVT. BAKER IS THROWN IN A HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT TRAINING SESSION AS OTHERS WATCH.
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01:16:00 4469 |
MS- GIS FIRE AT TARGETS FROM BEHIND A POLE AND OTHER FIELD OBSTACLES.
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01:16:56 4525 |
MS- BACH TO HIS BARRACKS BAKER STRIPS OFF HIS ARMY PACK AND HIS FIELD UNIFORM AND FLEXES THE ACHING MUSCLES IN HIS NECK AND ARMS
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MS- BAKER, ON WEEK-END PASS JOINS, HIS MOM AND DAD AS THEY SIT IN THE LIVING ROOM AND CHAT. CU-
TALKING HEADS. MS- MOM SERVES COFFEE ON A TRAY |
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MS- BAKERS FIANCEE WALKS UP TO THE SITTING GI AND PUTS HER HANDS OVER HIS EYES IN A "GUESS WHO"?
GESTURE. |
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MS-BAKER TURNS ON RADIO AND DANCES WITH HER. THE SCENE CHANGES TO THE COUPLE DANCING AT HIS
SERVICE CLUB WITH OTHERS. A GI BAND PLAYS. |
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MS- BAKER, MOM AND DAD AND HIS FIANCEE EAT AT A PICNIC TABLE AT A RECREATION AREA AT THE CAMP.
MS- GIS WITH THEIR FAMILIES LOUNGE BY THE LAKE |
01:22:33 4862 |
MS- STATUE AT FORT DIX CALLED 'THE ULTIMATE WEAPON', A SOLDIER RUNNING WITH HIS RIFLE
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MS- 2 GIS SIT AND RELAX NEXT TO THEIR PUP TENT.
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01:26:36 5105 |
MS- BAKER STANDS AND RECEIVES 'OUTSTANDING TRAINEE' DIPLOMA AND MARKSMANSHIP BADGE.
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