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"OPERATION FRIENDLY HAND"
THE STORY OF HOW A YOUNG GERMAN GIRL IS INTRODUCED TO THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE BY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER'S FAMILY OVERSEAS. A STORY OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION & FRIENDSHIP. |
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NARRATOR TELLS A STORY ABOUT A GI, HIS FAMILY AND A GERMAN GIRL. THE STORY IS CALLED THE 'FRIENDLY HAND'. IT PROVIDES A MONTH VACATION WITH A GI FAMILY TO GERMAN KIDS ADVERSILY AFFECTED BY WWII
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CU- GOODREN PASCARVES, AN 11 YEAR OLD GERMAN GIRL, PUTS END OF PEN IN MOUTH AS SHE CONTEMPLATES WHAT SHE WILL WRITE. SHE SMILES AND STARTS WRITING.
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LS- GERMAN SOLDIERS HOSE DOWN THE SMOLDERING RUINS OF A BUILDING AFTER AN AIR RAID ON BERLIN, ABOUT THE TIME GOODREN WAS BORN.
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MONTAGE- DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE DIGGING THROUGH RUBBLE OF BERLIN. WOMAN CARRIES A LARGE BUNDLE OF CLOTHING FROM THE RUINS IN A CART.
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AERIAL- PAN OF BERLIN AFTER RECONSTRUCTION.
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MONTAGE- GERMAN POWS RELEASED FROM RUSSIA ARE HUGGED AND KISSED BY THEIR LOVED ONES AS THEY ARRIVE BY TRAIN IN BERLIN.
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MONTAGE- GERMAN CHILDREN RUN PLAYING IN THE STREETS. CU- FACES OF SOME OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS EACH WITH A STORY OF HARDSHIP.
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MS- GERMAN GIRL, GOODREN SITS ON STEP OF APARTMENT HOUSE WAITING FOR HER MOTHER. MOTHER AND GIRL WALK DOWN THE RESIDENTIAL STREET, THEN DOWN BUSINESS STREET TO THE OFFICE OF 'FRIENDLY HAND'.
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| 00:36:17 285.07 |
MS- SERGEANT ARTHUR DANES AND WIFE SPEAK TO 'FRIENDLY HAND' COUNSELOR ABOUT GETTING GOODREN AT THEIR HOME IN VOGELWEH FOR THE SUMMER.
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MS- 11 YEAR OLD GOODREN (GOODY) SITS AS HER MOTHER MAKES HER BED. SHE LAYS DOWN AND MOTHER TUCKS HER IN, GIVES HER HER DOLL AND KISSES HER CHEEK.
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MS- CROWDS OF FAMILIES GATHER AT BUS STATION TO SEE OFF THEIR KIDS GOING ON 'FRIENDLY HAND'
VACATIONS. MOTHER KISSES GOODY FAREWELL. |
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MS- THE DANES FAMILY WAIT FOR GOODY AS THE CHILDREN EXIT THE BUS AT VOGELWEH TO THE MUSIC OF AN ARMY BAND.
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MS- AFTER KISSING THE DANES GOODNIGHT, GOODY AND THEIR LITTLE SON HAVE A SNACK OF CORNFLAKES
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MS- GOODY HAS A HARD TIME SLEEPING ON THE FIRST NIGHT AWAY FROM HOME. SHE WRITES A LETTER HOME.
NARRATING IT AS SHE WRITES. |
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MS- GOODY PLAYS A GAME OF HOPSCOTCH (A NEW GAME TO HER) ON THE PAVEMENT WITH 2 OTHER KIDS. THE 3 RUN INTO THE APARTMENT HOUSE WHEN MRS. DANES CALL THEM TO LUNCH.
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MS- GOODY CARRIES THE DANES' BABY TO THE KITCHEN TABLE AND SITS FOR LUNCH. A WASHING MACHINE WITH SQUEEGY ON TOP IS NEXT TO THE TABLE.
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MS- AS GOODY EATS SHE NARRATES HER AWE AT THE ABUNDANCE OF FOOD. SHE GESTURES BY RUBBING HER STOMACH AND SMILING AS SHE EATS
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MS- GOODY WATCHES IN AWE AS SHE WATCHES THE SMALL DANES' BOY BLOW A BUBBLE WITH HIS BUBBLE GUM.
GOODY BLOWS A BUBBLE WITH HER GUM. |
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MS- GOODY TRYS ON A NEW SKIRT MRS. DANES MADE ON HER SEWING MACHINE.
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CU- GIRL CONTEMPLATES WHAT TO WRITE IN A LETTER, NODS HER HEAD, THEN WRITES ABOUT SHOPPING TRIP WITH MRS. DANES AND THE NEW PAIR OF SHOES SHE BOUGHT.
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MS- MR.AND MRS. DANES THE 2 KIDS ENTER CHURCH ON SUNDAY. THEY THEN GO TO THE LAKE FOR SWIM. MS-
GOODY KICKS UP WATER AS SHE MOVES ALONG HOLDING A RUBBER FLOAT. |
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MS- GIRL SITS IN TUB TAKING A BUBBLE BATH. MS-
GOODY JOINS A GROUP OF BOYS PLAYING BASEBALL. SHE DESCRIBES PLAYING SHORTSTOP IN LETTER TO MOM |
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MS- GOODY AND THE DANES BOY RUN THROUGH A PATH IN THE WOODS. GOODY PICKS UP A LARGE BUG THEY FIND ON THE GROUND.
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MS- GOODY SITS BEFORE A MIRROR AND PUTS MAKE-UP HER FACE AND THE DANES' BOY'S FACE MAKING HIM UP AS ARABIAN SLAVE. THE 2 DANCE IN FRONT OF MIRROR.
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LS- KIDS LINE UP AT A MOVIE THEATER.
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MS- GOODREN'S MOTHER SITS AND NODS WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE AS SHE READS GOODY'S LETTER
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MS- GOODY SHOWS HER NEW HAIRDO TO SERGEANT DANES
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MS-GOODY CANNOT WAIT TO GO INSIDE TO TRY ON HER 1ST PAIR OF BLUE JEANS. SHE SLIPS THEM ON UNDER HER SKIRT THEN REMOVES HER SKIRT.
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MONTAGE- ALL THE KIDS AND FAMILIES GET TOGETHER FOR A PICNIC ON THE LAST DAY BEFORE THE KIDS GO HOME. HOT DOGS ARE SERVED ON LONG STICKS AND THE KIDS ROAST THEM ON A FIRE.
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MS- A LITTLE GIRL DANCES TO THE SOUND OF THE HILLBILLY MUSIC PROVIDES BY THE GIS.
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MS- THE KIDS LINE UP TO 'PIN THE TAIL ON THE DONKEY'.
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MS- MRS.DANES WAVES 'GOODBYE' TO GOODREN.
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