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1962MILITARY
"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

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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
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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.
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MS- THE RECRUITS DRESS INTO THE WORK UNIFORMS AND LINE UP OUTSIDE.
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MS- SIGN: "BARBER SHOP" THE NEW RECRUITS LINE UP OUTSIDE THE BARBER SHOP AND AWAIT THEIR TURN.
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CU- BARBER USES MACHINE ON RECRUIT TAKING IT ALL OFF, AS THOSE SEATED AND WAITING THEIR TURN DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY SEE.
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MS- A RECRUIT WITH A FULL HEAD OF HAIR IS HAIRLESS IN MOMENTS.
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MS- RECRUITS SIT IN PARTITIONED BOOTHS AND FILL OUT QUESTIONNAIRES TO FIND THEIR SPECIAL TALENTS.
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MS- A MEDIC WITH AN INJECTION GUN INOCULATES
EACH RECRUIT IN THE ARM AS HE GOES BY.
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MS- RECRUITS SIT AT 4 MAN TABLES AND ENJOY THEIR MEALS AND CHAT.
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CU- RECRUITS FEET ARE MEASURED FOR SHOES AND BOOTS MS- RECRUIT STANDS ON STOOL AS TAILOR FITS HIS UNIFORM
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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.
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MS- ANOTHER SERGEANT ASSIGNS THEM IN A YELLING VOICE AND HAS THEM ANSWERING IN YELLING VOICES.
RECRUITS RUN TO THEIR BARRACKS CARRYING THEIR BAGS
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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".
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AS SERGEANT SPEAKS HE TELLS ONE RECRUIT, "TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THAT FOOT LOCKER!"
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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.
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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.
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MS- WEARY RECRUITS IN THEIR UNDERWEAR PREPARE FOR BED AS "TAPS" SOUNDS IN THE BACKGROUND.
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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
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MS- THE NEW RECRUITS ENVIOUSLY WATCH A SEASONED UNIT PASS IN PERFECT MARCHING ORDER.
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MS- BLACK SERGEANT INSTRUCTS THE "GREEN"RECRUITS AT CALISTHENICS WITH FEW OF THEM COORDINATED WITH THE OTHER.
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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".
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MS- THE PLATOON OF RECRUITS GOES THROUGH BAYONET TRAINING.
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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.
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CU- RECRUIT IN DEEP THOUGHT RESTS HIS HEAD ON HIS HAND AS HE LAYS DOWN AND PUFFS ON A CIGARETTE
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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.
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CU- A RECRUIT COMPLETELY DISASSEMBLES A RIFLE.
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MONTAGE- RECRUITS FIRE AT POP-UP TARGETS FROM ALL POSITIONS.
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MS- RECRUITS NERVOUSLY PUFF ON CIGARETTES AS THEY AWAIT THEIR TURN TO QUALIFY WITH THE RIFLE.
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MS- WITH TRAINING OVER ,A RECRUIT PLAYS A UKELELE AS HE AND OTHERS SING OUT THE DRILL COMMANDS.
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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
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CU- RECRUIT SHAVES IN THE WOODS, AS OTHERS EAT FROM THEIR TIN UTENSILS AND CHAT.
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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.
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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
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MS- RECRUITS HELP EACH OTHER BRUSH OFF THE DIRT FROM CRAWLING ON GROUND AND PROUDLY CHAT ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE, CIGARETTES DANGLING FROM THEIR LIPS
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MONTAGE- RECRUIT, WITH SMOKING CIGARETTE DANGLING POLISH HIS BRASS AS HE PREPARES FOR GRADUATION.
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MS- COMMANDING OFFICER GIVES A SPEECH AS THE RECRUITS, STANDING AT ATTENTION IN DRESS UNIFORMS, NOW BECOME SOLDIERS.
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