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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

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


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