| 00:31:46 2.53 |
MS- 2 RECRUITS SLEEP IN SEAT OF BUS ON THE WAY TO
CAMP WAKE UP AS THEY ARRIVE. THE BUS PULLS UP TO CURB OUTSIDE THE RECRUITING STATION |
| 00:32:13 29.53 |
MS- AN ARMY OFFICER GREETS THEM AS THEY EXIT BUS
AND WALK INTO THE RECRUITING STATION. EACH RECRUIT IS GIVEN A DUFFLE BAG AND PILE OF UNIFORMS. |
| 00:32:36 52.53 |
MS- THE RECRUITS DRESS INTO THE WORK UNIFORMS AND
LINE UP OUTSIDE. |
| 00:33:00 76.53 |
MS- SIGN: "BARBER SHOP" THE NEW RECRUITS LINE UP
OUTSIDE THE BARBER SHOP AND AWAIT THEIR TURN. |
| 00:33:06 82.53 |
CU- BARBER USES MACHINE ON RECRUIT TAKING IT ALL
OFF, AS THOSE SEATED AND WAITING THEIR TURN DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY SEE. |
| 00:33:15 91.53 |
MS- A RECRUIT WITH A FULL HEAD OF HAIR IS HAIRLESS
IN MOMENTS. |
| 00:33:28 104.53 |
MS- RECRUITS SIT IN PARTITIONED BOOTHS AND FILL
OUT QUESTIONNAIRES TO FIND THEIR SPECIAL TALENTS. |
| 00:33:41 117.53 |
MS- A MEDIC WITH AN INJECTION GUN INOCULATES
EACH RECRUIT IN THE ARM AS HE GOES BY. |
| 00:33:50 126.53 |
MS- RECRUITS SIT AT 4 MAN TABLES AND ENJOY THEIR
MEALS AND CHAT. |
| 00:34:03 139.53 |
CU- RECRUITS FEET ARE MEASURED FOR SHOES AND BOOTS
MS- RECRUIT STANDS ON STOOL AS TAILOR FITS HIS UNIFORM |
| 00:34:50 186.53 |
TITLE ; "THIS IS HOW IT IS" LS- NOW IN UNIFORM,
THE RECRUITS ARE HUSTLED OUT OF BUS BY A LOUD, YELLING SERGEANT. SERGEANT LINES THEM UP, DOUBLE TIME, THEN YELLS ORDERS AT THEM. |
| 00:36:08 264.53 |
MS- ANOTHER SERGEANT ASSIGNS THEM IN A YELLING
VOICE AND HAS THEM ANSWERING IN YELLING VOICES. RECRUITS RUN TO THEIR BARRACKS CARRYING THEIR BAGS |
| 00:37:18 334.53 |
MS- INSIDE BARRACKS THE MEN SIT ON THEIR BUNKS AS
THE SERGEANT TELLS THEM THEY ARE ABOUT TO SPEND "THE ROUGHEST 8 WEEKS OF THEIR LIVES". |
| 00:38:44 420.53 |
AS SERGEANT SPEAKS HE TELLS ONE RECRUIT, "TAKE
YOUR FOOT OFF THAT FOOT LOCKER!" |
| 00:39:00 436.53 |
MS- A BLACK SERGEANT LECTURES HIS RECRUITS AND
TELLS THEM, "I ONLY HAVE ONE MISSION HERE, & IT'S NOT TO BECOME YOUR DEAR FRIEND". CAMERA SWITCHES FROM SERGEANT TO SERGEANT LECTURING THE RECRUITS. |
| 00:40:39 535.53 |
CU- RECRUITS SPIT-POLISH THEIR BOOTS AS VOICE OF
THE SERGEANT RINGS IN THEIR EARS. MS- OTHERS MAKE THEIR BUNKS AND NEATLY PACK THEIR FOOT LOCKERS. |
| 00:41:11 567.53 |
MS- WEARY RECRUITS IN THEIR UNDERWEAR PREPARE FOR
BED AS "TAPS" SOUNDS IN THE BACKGROUND. |
| 00:41:28 584.53 |
MS- IN THE MORNING RECRUITS COME SCREAMING AND
RUNNING DOWN BARRACKS STAIRS AND ONTO THE GROUNDS. MONTAGE- THE RECRUITS ARE MARCHED AS A UNIT EVERYWHERE THEY GO |
| 00:42:30 646.53 |
MS- THE NEW RECRUITS ENVIOUSLY WATCH A SEASONED
UNIT PASS IN PERFECT MARCHING ORDER. |
| 00:42:59 675.53 |
MS- BLACK SERGEANT INSTRUCTS THE "GREEN"RECRUITS
AT CALISTHENICS WITH FEW OF THEM COORDINATED WITH THE OTHER. |
| 00:43:26 702.53 |
AS MEN SIT ON BUNKS THE BLACK SERGEANT SHOWS THEM
A RIFLE & SAYS, "THIS IS THE BEST FRIEND YOU HAVE YOU TAKE CARE OF IT, IT WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU". |
| 00:44:31 767.53 |
MS- THE PLATOON OF RECRUITS GOES THROUGH BAYONET
TRAINING. |
| 00:44:40 776.53 |
CU- A WEARY RECRUIT LAYS ON HIS BUNK AND PLAYS,
"OLD RIVER VALLEY" ON HIS HARMONICA. HARMONICA AS ANOTHER THINKS OUT LOUD AS HE WRITES HOME. |
| 00:44:59 795.53 |
CU- RECRUIT IN DEEP THOUGHT RESTS HIS HEAD ON HIS
HAND AS HE LAYS DOWN AND PUFFS ON A CIGARETTE |
| 00:45:23 819.53 |
MS- SERGEANT WITH A MIC ATTACHED TO HIS CHEST
GIVES INSTRUCTION AT THE RIFLE FIRING LINE. AN INSTRUCTOR LIES DOWN ALONGSIDE EACH RECRUIT AS HE AIMS AND FIRE AT TARGETS. |
| 00:46:22 878.53 |
CU- A RECRUIT COMPLETELY DISASSEMBLES A RIFLE.
|
| 00:47:30 946.53 |
MONTAGE- RECRUITS FIRE AT POP-UP TARGETS FROM ALL
POSITIONS. |
| 00:48:15 991.53 |
MS- RECRUITS NERVOUSLY PUFF ON CIGARETTES AS THEY
AWAIT THEIR TURN TO QUALIFY WITH THE RIFLE. |
| 00:49:39 1075.53 |
MS- WITH TRAINING OVER ,A RECRUIT PLAYS A UKELELE
AS HE AND OTHERS SING OUT THE DRILL COMMANDS. |
| 00:50:07 1103.53 |
MS- THE RELAXED RECRUITS PLAY POOL, HIT THE BALL
RIGHT AT THE CAMERA. OTHERS PLAY PING PONG AND SHUFFLEBOARD. MS- RECRUIT DIVES INTO SWIMMING POOL |
| 00:50:30 1126.53 |
CU- RECRUIT SHAVES IN THE WOODS, AS OTHERS EAT
FROM THEIR TIN UTENSILS AND CHAT. |
| 00:51:17 1173.53 |
RECRUIT AND SERGEANT STAND BEHIND A CONCRETE WALL
AS THE AS RECRUIT THROWS A GRENADE. BOTH DUCK DOWN AS THE GRENADE EXPLODES IN THE DISTANCE. |
| 00:53:23 1299.53 |
LS- AS MACHINE GUNS OPEN UP THE RECRUITS ROLL
OUT OF A TRENCH AND CRAWL UNDER BARBED WIRE WITH LIVE MACHINE BULLETS FIRING OVER THEIR HEADS |
| 00:54:56 1392.53 |
MS- RECRUITS HELP EACH OTHER BRUSH OFF THE DIRT
FROM CRAWLING ON GROUND AND PROUDLY CHAT ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE, CIGARETTES DANGLING FROM THEIR LIPS |
| 00:56:40 1496.53 |
MONTAGE- RECRUIT, WITH SMOKING CIGARETTE DANGLING
POLISH HIS BRASS AS HE PREPARES FOR GRADUATION. |
| 00:57:33 1549.53 |
MS- COMMANDING OFFICER GIVES A SPEECH AS THE
RECRUITS, STANDING AT ATTENTION IN DRESS UNIFORMS, NOW BECOME SOLDIERS. |
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Year: 1962
Color: Black & White
Genre: MILITARY
Specialty CollectionGenre: MILITARY
Description: "THIS IS HOW IT IS" A FILM REPORT ON THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF EVERY ARMY RECRUIT, FROM REVEILLE THROUGH THE TRAINING AND DUTIES OF NEW SOLDIERS. BASIC TRAINING, BOOT CAMP
Keywords: military
