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"PROLOGUE TO LEADERSHIP"
RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORP, ROTC, CADETS ARE FOLLOWED FROM THE COLLEGE CAMPUS TO TRAINING AT INDIAN TOWN GAP, PENNSYLVANIA TRAINING CENTER. NARRATED BY ACTOR RAY MILLAND. |
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LS- CONGRESS IN SESSION IN FALL OF 1962 WHEN THEY PASSED A LAW TRANSFERRING CONTROL OF THE OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM TO CONGRESS.
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00:02:33 50 |
MS- GROUP OF GIS PUSH A JEEP THROUGH DEEP SNOW DURING WWII AT BASTOGNE. MILLAND TELLS OF KEY DECISION MADE DURING THAT CONFLICT BY ONE OFFICER WHICH SAVED THE LIVES OF MANY.
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CS- FACE OF YOUNG MAN. MILLAND ASKS, "HAD THE CHOICE BEEN HIS, WHAT WOULD HE HAVE DONE?".
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MS- GROUP OF 7 GIS PATROLLING DURING KOREAN WAR.
MILLAND TELLS OF WRONG DECISION THEY MADE COSTING THEM THEIR LIVES. |
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MS- 5 YOUNG CIVILIAN HAVING A CONVERSATION, MILLAND ASKS, "WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE DONE?"
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00:03:17 94 |
MS- CONVOY OF ARMY TRUCKS STOPPED ON THE GERMAN AUTOBAHN. ONE OF THEM MAKES A COMMAND DECISION BREAKING A DEADLOCK WITH THE SOVIETS.
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CU- FACE OF YOUNG BLACK CIVILIAN. MILLAND ASKS.
"WOULD HE HAVE DONE THE SAME"? |
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AERIAL- INDIANTOWNGAP MILITARY RESERVATION, PENNSYLVANIA. LS- COLLEGE STUDENTS STILL IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING, LINED UP AND MARCHING 4 ABREAST AT THE ROTC TRAINING CAMP
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TITLE: "PROLOGUE TO LEADERSHIP".
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00:04:38 175 |
MONTAGE- FACES OF GI LOOKING ANXIOUS, BARKING ORDERS. MS- SERGEANT (SGT.) BARKS ORDERS TO A GI CRAWLING ON THE GROUND. CU- HELMETED GI LISTENS ATTENTIVELY AT OUTDOOR CLASS
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00:04:38 175 |
MS- GI POINTS HIS PISTOL DOWN RANGE IN PRACTICE.
AS MILLAND ASKS, "WHAT IS THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET?", "WHAT IS THE NATURE OF COMMAND?", & MANY OTHER QUESTIONS. |
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MONTAGE- SOME OF THE 3500 CADETS IN TRAINING MARCH IN DRILL, DO CALISTHENICS, CRAWL ON GROUND AND RUN THROUGH OBSTACLE COURSE. CU- DRILL SGT.
CONTORTS HIS MOUTH AS HE BARKS ORDERS. |
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MONTAGE- YOUNG MEN ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS WALKING TO CLASSES CARRYING THEIR BOOKS.
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00:07:14 331 |
MS- BLACK AND WHITE CADETS DOING CHIN-UPS ON HIGH BAR OUTDOORS, OTHERS DOING HAND OVER HAND AS THEY MOVE ALONG ON AN OVERHEAD LADDER. MS- ONE FALLS ON HIS BACK. AS SEEN FROM TOP DOWN AND FROM BOTTOM UP.
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00:08:17 394 |
MONTAGE- CADETS IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING MIXED WITH THOSE IN GI UNIFORMS DRILL OUTSIDE THE BARRACKS.
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MS- OFFICER CUPS HIS MOUTH AS HE BARKS ORDERS.
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MONTAGE- CADETS, SOME IN UNIFORMS OTHERS IN CIVILIAN WASH BARRACKS WINDOWS, POLICE THE GROUNDS WITH SHOVELS AND THEIR HANDS.
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00:10:07 504 |
MS- CADET SITS ON BUNKS AND PLAYS A TUNE ON HIS GUITAR PAN TO OTHERS SHINING THEIR SHOES AND JUST LYING AROUND.
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CU- FACES OF CADETS IN BARRACKS LISTENING TO SERGEANT AS THEY GATHER AROUND THEIR BUNKS. CU-
SERGEANT TALKING. |
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MS- GI LAYING IN BED LOOKING AT CEILING WITH HIS HANDS UNDER HIS HEAD AS HE DAYDREAMS, TURNS TO ONE SIDE AND FALLS ASLEEP.
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00:13:12 689 |
ECU- CADET HOLDS RIFLE TO HIS FACE AS HE AIMS AT TARGET. MS- INSTRUCTOR LIES NEXT TO HIM. CU-
FINGER ON TRIGGER SQUEEZING OFF A SHOT. |
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CU- CADET AT A MACHINE-GUN. MS- LONG LINE OF CADETS LYING DOWN IN FRONT OF THEIR MACHINE-GUNS ON A FIRING RANGE, PAN TO TARGETS.
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MS- CADETS COUNTS THE "HITS" ON HIS TARGET
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CU- HAND OF CADET FIRING HIS PISTOL AND THE RECOIL AS HE FIRES. CU- CADET POINTS HIS PISTOL AT THE CAMERA WHICH ZOOMS IN
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MS- CADET SWINGS AND HITS BALL AS CADETS PLAY A BASEBALL GAME DURING LEISURE TIME, LS- OTHERS PLAY VOLLEYBALL.
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MS- CADET WALKS OUT TO EDGE OF DIVING BOARD AND DIVES INTO POOL. AS SEEN FROM BEHIND HIM. YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FROLIC IN THE SWIMMING POOL.
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MONTAGE- CADETS DANCE FOX TROT WITH THEIR GIRLS AS BAND PLAYS
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LS- INSTRUCTORS SHOW CADETS HOW TO PLANT AND DIG UP LAND MINES. LS- CADETS ENTER SHELTER WEARING GAS MASKS. ONCE INSIDE, ARE SUBJECTED TO TEAR GAS MS- CADET WITHOUT MASK BLINKS HIS BURNING EYES.
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CU- CADET THRUSTS HIS BAYONET TOWARDS CAMERA AND YELLS AS DO THE OTHER CADETS.
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MS- MINISTER GREETS EACH CADET AS HE LEAVES THE CHAPEL FOLLOWING RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
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MONTAGE- CADETS MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH FIELD AND WOODS WITH THEIR RIFLES AT THE READY.
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00:22:30 1247 |
CU- 81MM MORTAR IS SHOWN AS INSTRUCTOR TELLS CADETS HOW TO USE IT. LS- GROUP AFTER GROUP OF CADETS FIRE THEIR MORTAR, PAN.
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00:24:00 1337 |
MS- AS A SCENE OF A GI AIMING HIS RIFLE IS SEEN, NARRATOR TELLS OF ACTS OF HEROISM PERFORMED BY GIS IN THE FIELD.
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00:28:00 1577 |
MONTAGE- ROTC CADETS MARCH IN REVIEW ON THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER TRAINING
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00:30:00 1697 |
"A SOLDIER'S WARRANTY"
ACTOR VIC MORROW HOSTS & NARRATES THIS FILM OF THE TESTING & EVALUATION OF WEAPONS IN FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S. TO ASSURE THAT THE U.S. SOLDIER, "THE ULTIMATE WEAPON", RECEIVES NOTHING BUT THE BEST |
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MONTAGE- TANK ROLLS THROUGH A BOMBED OUT TOWN IN WWII, FOLLOWED BY GIS WALKING AND TAKING POT SHOTS AT BUILDINGS AS THEY WALK.
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MS- GERMANS SOLDIERS WALK DOWN THE STREET WITH THEIR HANDS HELD UP IN SURRENDER. OTHERS RUN WITH HANDS UP FOLLOWED BY JEEP WITH MOUNTED MACHINE-GUN TRAINED ON THE PRISONERS.
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LS- HAND GRENADE EXPLODES ALONGSIDE GI WALKING OUT OF BUILDING, AS SMOKE CLEARS. MS- ANOTHER GI RUNS OVER TO THE DEAD GI AND CHECKS HIM OUT THEN MOVES ON CAUTIOUSLY. TAKEN FROM TV SERIES "COMBAT"
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MS- GI FIRES HIS SUB-MACHINE GUN AT GERMAN SOLDIER. BULLETS GO THROUGH A WOODEN BOARD BEFORE ENTERING THE GERMAN'S BODY.
FROM TV SERIES, "COMBAT", WITH VIC MORROW. |
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MS- SERGEANT SANDERS, PLAYED BY VIC MORROW, GOES OVER TO THE "DEAD" GERMAN AND INFORMS HIM AND THE DEAD GI, THE SCENE IS OVER.
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00:32:21 1838 |
MS- ACTOR VIC MORROW TAKES OFF HIS HELMET AND NARRATES THE FILM. MONTAGE- GIS IN TRAINING
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00:34:35 1972 |
TITLE: "A SOLDIERS WARRANTY" - MS- TALKING HEADS A TOP RANKING OFFICER TALKS ABOUT SUBJECT TITLE TO A COMMITTEE OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN MEN AT A CONFERENCE TABLE.
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00:36:15 2072 |
AERIAL- U.S. ARMY'S TEST AND EVALUATION COMMAND AT THE ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS IN MARYLAND, ESTABLISHED IN 1962.
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00:37:29 2146 |
CU- PHOTO OF THE ARMY'S XM656 VEHICLE WHICH IS BEING DEVELOPED TO CARRY CARGO, WEAPONS AND PERSONNEL IS SHOWN TO COMMITTEE AND EXPLAINED.
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MONTAGE- THE XM656 IS PUT THROUGH IT'S PACES AT THE PROVING GROUNDS ROLLING ON ROUGH TERRAIN AND IN WATER AS NARRATOR TELLS OF IT.
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00:39:41 2278 |
LS- A MISSILE IS AND TESTED FIRED AT THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO
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00:39:48 2285 |
MS- A COMMUNICATIONS VEHICLE IS TESTED AT THE ELECTRONIC PROVING GROUNDS IN FORT WATCHOOKA, ARIZONA.
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00:40:11 2308 |
LS- DOUGWAY PROVING GROUND, UTAH, WHERE EFFECTIVENESS IN THE FIELDS IN BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL WARFARE ARE TESTED.
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00:40:55 2352 |
LS- ENGINEERING FLIGHT TESTS OF HELICOPTER AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA.
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00:42:31 2448 |
MS- SERGEANT IN FIELD HANDS A SMALL LIGHTWEIGHT RADIO SET TO A GI WHO ATTACHES IT TO HIS HELMET.
SERGEANT USES HIS TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIS HEADQUARTERS |
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ARMORED VEHICLES ARE TESTED AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY. LS- ARTILLERY IS TESTED AT FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA. GIS TOSS GRENADES, FIRE RIFLES AND MACHINE-GUNS AT FORT BENNING GEORGIA.
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00:44:33 2570 |
LS- FORT RUCKER, ALABAMA WHERE ARMY AVIATION BOARD CONDUCTS TESTS ON HELICOPTERS AND OTHER ARMY AIRCRAFT AND EQUIPMENT.
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00:45:21 2618 |
LS- MISSILES AND OTHER AIR DEFENSE WEAPONS ARE TESTED AT FORT BLISS, TEXAS. MONTAGE- FOOD PREPARATION AND COOKING AND QUARTERMASTER EQUIPMENT. BEING TESTED AT FORT LEE, VIRGINIA.
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00:47:41 2758 |
MONTAGE- ARMORED VEHICLE KICKS UP SAND AS IT IS TESTED IN INTENSE DRY HEAT OF THE DESERT AT YUMA, ARIZONA PROVING GROUND.
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00:48:30 2807 |
MONTAGE- ALL SORTS OF MATERIALS AND PLASTICS BEING TESTED IN LABORATORIES.
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00:49:00 2837 |
TALKING HEAD- NARRATOR TELLS OF THE ENGINEERING TESTS OF OTHER WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING THE TEST FIRING OF THE "PERSHING" MISSILE WHICH IS SHOWN.
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MS- ACTOR VIC MORROW CONCLUDES THE NARRATION.
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