"WEST POINT: THE ARMY CHALLENGE"
DOCUMENTS THE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN WHO ENTERS THE
US MILITARY ACADEMY & COMPLETES FOUR YEARS OF
STUDY TO QUALIFY FOR A COMMISSION AS A SECOND
LIEUTENANT, US ARMY. WEST POINT CADET FROM DAYN TO
GRADUATION DAY, AS TOLD BY A GRADUATING CADET

CU A CADET, DOUG, TAKES OFF HIS FEATHERED HAT AND
STANDS ATTENTION AND THINKS BACK OVER THE 4 YEARS
AS A CADET AS HE NARRATES THE STORY.

THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS DISCUSS THEIR CHOICE OF
COLLEGE AND ONE OF THEM SUGGESTS WEST POINT FOR
DOUG WHO IS UNDECIDED. TALKING HEADS. THE TALK IS
CUT OFF AS TWO GIRLS JOIN THEM IN THE BOOTH.

COUNSELOR HANDS DOUG A WEST POINT CATALOGUE TO
LOOK OVER AS THEY CONCLUDE. DOUG THANKS THE
COUNSELOR BUT SAYS HE IS, "NOT INTERESTED".

DOUG SITS BEFORE A CIVILIAN SELECTION BOARD WHO
INTERVIEW HIM. THE BOARD RECOMMENDED NOMINATION TO
THE CONGRESSMAN

DOUG'S FATHER DROPS HIS NEWSPAPER, HIS MOTHER
STOPS KNITTING AS DOUG INFORMS THEM HE WAS
APPOINTED TO WEST POINT.

DOUG MEETS HIS COUNSELOR IN SCHOOL HALLWAY
CONGRATULATES HIM AND CUNNINGLY CONVINCES THE
UNDECIDED DOUG TO GO. TALKING HEADS

CU UPPER CLASSMAN SHOUTS,"GIMME MACARTHUR'S
MESSAGE". CU CADET GIVES ANSWER IN A MONOTONE.

NEW PLEBES STAND BEFORE THE STATUE OF COLONEL
SYLVANUS THAYER. CU BRONZE BUSTS OF EISENHOWER
AND BRADLEY

MONTAGE DOUG FINALLY ATTENDS ACADEMIC CLASSES
FEELING HE WAS GOING TO COLLEGE AT LAST. DOUG
SITS AND WRITES TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR

WEST POINT BUILDING WITH THE SOUND OF CHOIR
SINGING "SILENT NIGHT" DURING CHRISTMAS TIME.
CHOIR SINGING AS ORGANIST CONDUCTS, STOPS THEM
AND GIVES INSTRUCTIONS.

MONTAGE DOUG COMES BACK AND LOOKS AROUND THE OLD
ACADEMY GROUNDS AT THE MANY SNOW COVERED SITES.

DOUG'S ROOMMATE GOES INTO A RAGE OVER HIS STUDIES
SHOUTING, "I MIGHT AS WELL QUIT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA
BE ENGLISH PROFESSORS, OR WHAT?" DOUG CALMS HIM
DOWN AND HELPS HIM. COLLEGE OVERWHELMING

MONTAGE CADETS GO THROUGH MILITARY COMBAT
TRAINING IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE SERVICE INCLUDING,
WEAPONS, TANKS, BRIDGE BUILDING, ARTILLERY AND
HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT.

BAND PLAYS AS CADETS HAVE FORMAL DANCE IN THEIR
DRESS UNIFORMS.

IN THE SCHOOL CLOSED CIRCUIT TV STUDIO MODEL'S
HAIR STANDS ON EDGE LIKE A PORCUPINE THEN RETURNED
TO NORMAL DURING AN EXPERIMENT.

CADET FOOTBALL TEAM RUN OUT ONTO CAMPUS, CADETS
RUN CROSS COUNTRY, WATER TENNIS TEAM TRAINS,
TENNIS PLAYERS FACE OFF, LACROSSE, BOXING,
WRESTLING, GYMNASTICS, GOLF, SKIING ARE ALL PART
OF THE BROAD ATHLETIC PROGRAM

MONTAGE CADETS APPLAUD FROM THEIR SEATS AT A
FOOTBALL GAME.

UPPER CLASSMEN ATTEND CLASSES ON MILITARY AND
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, ECONOMICS, HISTORY, POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AND
LEADERSHIP .

MONTAGE OTHER CLASSES INCLUDE NUCLEAR FISSION,
RADIATION DETECTION, STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND
ANALYSIS, BALLISTICS, ROCKETS, WEAPON SYSTEMS,
SPACE TECHNOLOGY, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING.

PORTRAITS OF THE WWI GENERAL MACARTHUR, CIVIL
WAR GENERALS GRANT AND LEE, PERSHING ON A HORSE
AND EISENHOWER. OMAR BRADLEY AND WESTMORELAND.

DOUG'S MOM & DAD IN THE AUDIENCE AT THE GRADUATION
CEREMONIES. DOUG RAISES HIS RIGHT HAND WITH OTHER
GRADUATES AT SWEARING IN.

ENTRANCE TO FORT HOOD, TEXAS WHICH PREPARES FOR A
BIG DAY. THE 1ST & 2ND ARMORED DIVISIONS CELEBRATE
JOINT 28TH ANNIVERSARY.

CU SOLDIER CONDUCTS THE BAND DRESSED IN THEIR
BATTLE UNIFORMS. CU GI TROMBONIST PLAYS.

MONTAGE ARMORED VEHICLES FROM THE 1ST AND 2ND
ARMORED DIVISIONS RIDE BEFORE THE REVIEWING STAND
AS NARRATOR TELLS OF THEIR BATTLE HISTORIES.

GENERAL MATTER PRESSES A BUTTON FROM THE REVIEWING
STAND SETTING OFF AN "HONEST JOHN" ROCKET,
CLIMAXING THE DEMONSTRATIONS.

A SCISSORS BRIDGE FROM THE ENGINEER CORP IS USED
AS ENTRANCE TO THE FAIR GROUNDS.

MAN THROWS PIE PLATE AT CAMERA. AS SEEN FROM
BEHIND THE HOLE IN THE TENT. CU HEAD COVERED IN
SHAVING CREAM.

A BAND PLAYS MUSIC FOR THE GI AND CIVILIAN
AUDIENCE. LITTLE BLACK BOY ENJOYS HIS ICE CREAM
CONE. A LITTLE BLONDE BOY HOLDS ONTO HIS BALLOON

BOY ATOP HIS FATHERS SHOULDERS AS THEY WALK OFF.
BOW SITS IN SADDLE AND HOLDS ONTO REIGNS AS HE
RIDES ATOP A MISSILE COWBOY STYLE.

MONTAGE THE REGIMENTAL COLORS ARE PARADED AT
NIGHT IN A NIGHT TIME PARADE. BUGLER PLAYS TAPS,
FOLLOWED BY A BRILLIANT DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS IN
THE SKY ABOVE FORT HOOD.

SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER EXPLAINS THE OPERATIONS
OF HAND-HELD WEAPONS AT HIS BOOTH IN THE
CONVENTION HALL

SECRETARY OF THE ARMY STANLEY R. REITHER EXAMINES
THE EXHIBITS.

ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF WESTMORELAND LOOKS OVER SOME
OF THE NEWEST EQUIPMENT.

SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE ARMY GEORGE W. DUNAWAY,
ASSIGNED TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF-OF-STAFF
SPEAKS TO OTHER SERGEANT MAJORS

ARMY SECRETARY REITHER IS KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND
MAKES OPENING SPEECH AND REPORTS ON VIETNAM.

ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF WESTMORELAND SPEAKS.