"THE WAR"

LS OCEAN, SHIPS IN DISTANCE. CONVOY OF
WARSHIPS OF THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC FLEET ON THEIR
WAY TO RENDOVA ISLAND IN THE SOLOMONS.

LS BATTLE SHIPS IN OCEAN IN LINE, SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC FLEET

CU SAILORS ON LOOK OUT, BINOCULARS

SAILOR USES FLAGS TO SEND MESSAGES TO OTHER
SHIPS. PILOT WAVES HIS "OK" AS SEAPLANE IS
CATAPULTED INTO THE AIR FROM DECK OF WARSHIP.

MS PLANE TAKES OFF FROM BATTLE SHIP

LS BATTLE SHIPS IN OCEAN

ADMIRAL "BULL" HALSEY AND HIS STAFF PLAN
STRATEGY ON A MAP IN THE COMMAND ROOM ON SHIP.
CU MAP OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS SHOW THE PLAN OF
OPERATION.

ZOOM IN MAP OF ISLANDS IN PACIFIC SOUTHWEST,
GUADALCANAL, RENDOVA ISLAND IN THE SOLOMONS,
NEW GEORGIA ISLAND, MUNDA

MONTAGE- NIGHT IS LIT UP BY NAVAL BOMBARDMENT
PRECEDING THE INVASION. MONTAGE- MARINES HIT THE
SHALLOW WATERS AND WADE IN ANKLE DEEP WATER ONTO
THE BEACH OF RENDOVA.

LS BEACH, TREES, GIS, SOLDIERS GOING TO SHORE,
UNLOADING SUPPLIES, BRINGING EQUIPMENT TO SHORE

MS SOLDIERS WALKING TO SHORE, BEACH, FULL
GEAR, GUNS, HELMETS, TANKS, BOATS

CU SOLDIERS JUMPING OUT OF BOAT FROM BOW

MS GIS, SOLDIERS WALKING DOWN RAMPS INTO WATER

SOLDIERS, BATTALION RESTING, TAKING A BREAK

SOLDIERS PREPARING FOR BATTLE, IN FIELD
IN JUNGLE, HARD WORK, DIGGING IN GROUND

MS TANK FULL OF SOLDIERS DRIVING IN WATER
NEAR BEACH, SOLDIER STANDS BY WATCHING

ARMY PULLS SELF-PROPELLED 155 THROUGH JUNGLE
SOLDIER WALKS ALONG

MS SELF-PROPELLED 155 PEAKING OUT OF JUNGLE
READY FOR ATTACK

PLANES SEEN ABOVE PALM TREE FLING IN CLOUDS

MS EXPLOSION OF BOMBS, ARTILLERY DUMP NEAR
PLANTATION

MS SOLDIERS & GYREENS ? CAMOUFLAGED IN FLORA
& FAUNA, FERNS, JUNGLE, SWAMPS, CRAWLING
THROUGH THE JUNGLE TO GET TO JAPANESE
AIR FIELD

SOLDIER POISED WITH GUN

MS CAMOUFLAGED SOLDIER

AERIAL BATTLE SHIPS IN OCEAN FIRING CANNONS

PAN DOWN WITH BOMBS TOWARDS GROUND

MS SMALL BOAT CARRYING GIS, SOLDIERS DRIVES AWAY,
RESCUED MOST OF THE SURVIVORS OF BOMBED SHIP

MS SOLDIERS WALK DOWN GANG PLANK, OFFICERS
& OTHER SOLDIERS LOOK ON.

CU BARE FOOTED SOLDIERS WALK DOWN GANG PLANK
HUNGRY & TIRED SOLDIERS

LS SOLDIERS ON SHIP

MS SOLDIERS ALL WHITE SOLDIERS WITH ONE BLACK
BLACK SOLDIER SMOKING & WATCHING

MS SOLDIERS SITTING, LEANING AGAINST WALL

SOLDIERS CLEANING THE DECKS, REPLACING EMPTY
SHELLS

MONTAGE- SAILORS SLEEP ON DECK IN ALL SECTIONS OF
THE WARSHIPS FOLLOWING AN ACTION AND PREPARING FOR
ANOTHER

DOWN ON THE FARM

WOMEN ASLEEP IN BUNK BEDS, DORM, ARMY-STYLE,
BARRACKS

FARMER'S WIFE RINGING BELL

TEEN GIRL SITS ON BUNK EDGE AND SCRATCHES HER
HEAD WITH HER EYES STILL CLOSED, TIRED. GIRLS PILE
INTO REAR OF PICK-UP TRUCK FOR RIDE TO FARM.

CU WOMAN IN BACK OF TRUCK, SMILING

WOMEN WORKING IN FIELDS, SCATTERED THROUGH
OUT FIELD WITH HATS ON KNEES

CU WOMAN PICKING BEANS, PUTTING BEANS IN
BUSHEL BASKET

PEOPLE IN TREES WITH LADDERS, PICKING FRUIT. GIRLS
ON LADDERS HIGH UP, PICK FRUIT OFF TREES.

CU WOMAN IN TREE CLOWNING AROUND, SPITS PIT OUT,
MAKES FACES. GIRL FRUIT-PICKER WAY UP HIGH TASTES
THE CHERRIES

MS WOMAN ON TRACTOR PULLING FARM EQUIPMENT
THAT SEPARATES HAY INTO PILES, HORSES &
WAGON B.G.

WOMAN ON TRACTOR DRIVES BY

TWO PEOPLE ON FULL HAY WAGON

CLOTHES LINE, WOMEN TAKING SHOWERS, CLEANING
UP AFTER WORK

CHILDREN WORKING IN FIELD, HOEING & RAKING
BOY WITH WHEELBARROW WEAVES IN & OUT OF ROWS

CU LITTLE BOY COLLECTING & PICKING SPINACH INTO
BASKET, WEARING STRAW HAT, NO SHIRT, JEANS. SITS
ON GROUND WITH OTHERS & CLIPS SPINACH LEAVES TO
FILL BASKETS.

CU 2 YOUNG BOYS WATCH A TEEN GIRL MILK A COW.

CU BOY CRANKING HANDLE, GIRL WATCHES. LITTLE BOY
CHURNS THE MILK

CHILDREN MAKE PILES OF HAY

LITTLE BOY AND GIRL RAKES HAY INTO A PILE. THE
HAY IS PILED ONTO A WAGON AND THE SMALL KIDS PILE
ON FOR A HAY RIDE.

HAY WAGON RIDE FOR CHILDREN, MAN IN
FRONT DRIVES LOADED UP WAGON FULL OF KIDS

CHILDREN LINE UP OUTDOORS TO RECEIVE THEIR PAY
IN WAR SAVING STAMPS WHICH THEY STICK INTO THEIR
BOOKS

CU HIS LAP WITH BOOK OF STAMPS

SNEAKERS AND SHOES OF THE CHILDREN SIT ON
GROUND NEARBY AS THEY WASH THEIR CLOTHING IN
OUTDOOR WASH TUBS.

"SMOKE SCREEN"

TRUCK WITH ANTI-AIR CRAFT WEAPON DRIVES
DOWN SNOW COVERED ROAD, SUBURBAN

GIS ON ROOF WITH WEATHER VANE, WEATHER
BALLOON, WEATHER SPEEDS & DIRECTIONS

MONTAGE SMOKE COMING OUT OF GENERATORS, SMOKE
EVERYWHERE, ENVELOPES BUILDINGS & TOWN

AERIAL TOWN & SMOKE & GENERATORS

PAN OF AN INDUSTRIAL AREA BARELY VISIBLE WITH
THE THICK CLOUD PASSING THROUGH, THUS OBSCURING IT
FROM ENEMY AIR ATTACKS

AERIAL GENERATORS PRODUCING SMOKE

SAME VIEW, BRIDGE, RIVER & BUILDINGS COVERED
IN SMOKE. BEFORE & AFTER THE SMOKE SCREEN ARE
SHOWN OF A BRIDGE, A HARBOR AND A NAVAL BASE.

SAME VIEW BUILDING, RIVER & BARGE
IN SMOKE

WAR SHIP, BATTLE SHIP DOCKED IN SMOKE

BATTLE SHIP, SHIP YARDS IN SMOKE

REENACTMENT OF A GI SPEAKING TO HIS COMMANDER
ABOUT HIS WORRIES OVER NEW-BORN BABY AT HOME.
OFFICER ADVISES GI THAT HIS WIFE CONTACT AN
EMERGENCY RELIEF OFFICER AT HOME.

MONTAGE TWO MEN AT DESK TALKING ABOUT ARMY
RELIEF OFFICE IN NEW YORK CITY

WOMAN WALKS UP STEPS INTO BUILDING,
OPENS LETTER, LOOKS UP AT FRONT OF BUILDING

CU WOMAN'S FACE, WORRIED, NERVOUS, ANXIOUS

WOMAN WITH CHILD IN ARM AND ANOTHER WALKING,
HOLDING HER HAND WALKS INTO OFFICE FOLLOWED BY
MRS. MILLER WHO IS LED TO A COUNSELOR BY A WAC.

MATERNITY ADVISORY OFFICE

ARMY WOMAN & CONNIE WALK THROUGH DOORWAY,
PAST COT TO WOMEN SITTING AT DESK TALKING

MONTAGE BLACK AND WHITE ARMY WIVES AND FAMILIES
ARE INTERVIEWED BY SKILLED ARMY PERSONNEL OF AER
SKILLED COUNSELOR ADVISES AN ARMY WIFE ABOUT
HER MORTGAGE PROBLEMS. REENACTMENT.

LS OFFICE

ARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF OFFICE DOOR, WOMAN
KNOCKS & WALKS IN

FORT KNOX ROAD, TANKS DRIVE DOWN ROAD

GI LEANS AGAINST FIRE TANK, CONFUSED, FRUSTRATED,
FRIEND WALKS UP TO HIM, GIVES ADVICE, MONTAGE CU
THEIR FACES

GI RUNS DOWN STREET OF BASE INTO OFFICE
OF ARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF, AER OFFICE AT HIS CAMP.

CU CHECK FOR $20.00

CONNIE MILLER MEETS WITH FEMALE COUNSELOR AT AER
AND IS HELPED.

DESKS & PEOPLE

BUILDING, PEOPLE WALKING ON SIDEWALK, AMERICAN RED
CROSS FLAG IN FRONT

CU AMERICAN RED CROSS WORKER BEHIND DESK
TALKING

CU WOMAN'S FACE

CU POSTER FOR ARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF

"THE INFANTRY BLUES"

CU STRUGGLING SOLDIER, LAGGING BEHIND. PRIVATE
SNAFU, FOLLOWS BEHIND PLATOON OF GIS ON A LONG
TREK.

ANIMATED SOLDIER WITH HEAVY PACK WALKS THROUGH
MUD. SNAFU IS LADEN WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON HIS
BACK

HIKES UP HILL THROUGH SNOW

ALLIGATOR-CROCODILE EMERGES INSTEAD OF SOLDIER ON
OTHER BANK. SNAFU COMES OUT LOOKING LIKE AN
ALLIGATOR AND STILL WISHING HE WAS IN THE NAVY.

CU CARTOON SOLDIER'S FEET, HOT, TIRED, ACHING
SORE FEET. SNAFU DRAGS ALONG WITH HIS BACK PACK
BECOMING OF ENORMOUS SIZE AND HIS FEET LETTING OFF
STEAM

CU CARTOON SOLDIER TALKS

FAIRY SOLDIER SALUTES UNHAPPY GI, GRANTS HIS
WISH TO JOIN THE TANK CORPS. POINTS HIS WAND AT
SNAFU AND TURNS HIM INTO A TANK DRIVER.

CU SOLDIER BEING TOSSED AROUND. CU SNAFU HEAD &
CLOTHING GETS TOSSED AROUND INTO GROTESQUE
POSITIONS.

INSIDE OF TANK SOLDIER ATTEMPTS TO DRIVE.

SOLDIER CLIMBS OUT OF CANNON OVER CANYON

SOLDIER IN NAVY, DECK OF SPEEDING SHIP. SNAFU
RIDES ON THE BRIDGE OF A FAST MOVING PT BOAT.

SHIP DRIVES OVER ROCKY SEAS, BIG WAVES

SHIP DRIVES THROUGH BIG WAVE, SOLDIER NO LONGER ON
BOAT, WATER SKIING ON TWO FISH. A HUGE WAVE
INUNDATES THE PT BOAT AND SNAFU APPEARS OUT OF IT
RIDING THE BACKS OF 2 DOLPHINS WITH HIM COUGHING
AND SPITTING UP WATER.

AS SNAFU WISHES HE WAS IN THE AIR FORCE, THE CIGAR
SMOKING FAIRY PULLS UP IN HIS WATER SKIS AND WAVES
HIS WAND. SNAFU APPEARS RIDING A FIGHTER PLANE.

MONTAGE SNAFU TRIES SOME WILD STUNTS IN THE AIR
BUT CRASHES ON A MOUNTAIN.

SOLDIER LANDS IN HELMET & WHERE HE ORIGINALLY
STARTED, SEES SIGN SAYING,"18,000 MILES TO REST
AREA"

FAIRY GIVES SNAFU HIS BACKPACK AND BOTH AGREE
THAT EACH SERVICE HAS IT'S DIFFICULT MOMENTS.
THEY END OFF SINGING "ALL THE ROADS ARE PRETTY
ROUGH, PARLEZ-VOUS, ALL THE SERVICES ARE TOUGH,
PARLEZ-VOUS". A FAMOUS WWI TUNE. FAIRY GI &
SOLDIER MARCH & SING TOGETHER.