- Title: F-6659
- Summary: IT'S YOUR AMERICA: GOD BLESS AMERICA. PROPAGANDA. FREEDOM NATIONALISM. WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE AMERICA POWERFUL. BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM. PATRIOTIC. VETERANS.
- Description:00:47:42 - SOLEMN SOLDIERS ON DECK OF SHIP. WAITING. GUITAR. GIs ON SHIP GOING HOME. 00:48:10 - SOLDIER TALKS TO CAMERA. SOUNDBITE, "SLAP HAPPY GUY", "ALL-AMERICAN JERK". CU PENNY COIN IN PALM OF HAND 00:49:47 - CU TICKING ALARM CLOCK. 5:45 AM. ALARM CLOCK GOES OFF FOR A LONG TIME, MAN FINALLY WAKES UP. TURNS ON LIGHT. WIPES SLEEP FROM HIS EYES, GETS OUT OF BED. TAKES PAPER OUT OF HIS WALLET. READS HIS DRAFT NOTICE. FREEZING. SHIVERING. UNHAPPY. 00:50:45 - PUTS ON ROBE. GETS DRESSED, PUTS ON HAT, OPENS THE BEDROOM DOOR. 00:51:02 - WALKS OUTSIDE IN THE DARK AND RAIN. MORNING, BUT IT'S STILL DARK. LONELY ON URBAN CITY STREET. SEES PENNY ON SIDEWALK. CU PENNY. GOES TO PICK IT UP. ALMOST HIT BY TRUCK. LUCKY PENNY 00:52:02 - WALKS INTO SELECTIVE SERVICE OFFICE. DRAFT BOARD. GROUP OF MANY UNHAPPY MEN WAITING. SLEEPING, SNORING. FLIPS PENNY. MEN LEAVING. 00:52:57 - BARE-CHESTED DRAFTEES IN LINE FOR ARMY PHYSICAL. CHECKING EARS, EYES, THROAT. LINE OF NAKED MEN, BEND OVER FOR RECTAL CHECK. CU DRAFTEE WITH FURROWED BROW 00:53:53 - LINCOLN MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC. SCHOOL CHILDREN VISIT. CLASS TRIP 00:54:14 - STATUE OF LIBERTY 00:54:18 - MAN READS E PLURIBUS UNUM ON PENNY COIN. 00:54:30 - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BOY IN FRONT OF MAP EXPLAINS THE PHYSICAL COUNTRY. 00:54:50 - CU MAN LOOKS AT BACK OF WHEATIE PENNY. OLD COIN WITH SHEATH OF WHEAT 00:54:57 - SOUND BYTE, "YOU'RE IN THE ARMY NOW". 00:55:12 - MONTAGE BOOT CAMP. KP DUTY, WASHING DISHES, PEELING POTATO. MARCHING DRILLS. SOLDIERS ALLOWED TO REST. COMPLAIN HOW HIS FEET HURT. SOLDIERS TALK. 00:56:23 - DRAFTEE TAKES OUT LUCKY PENNY. EXAMINING PENNY. FIND OUT WHAT THE WORDS REALLY MEAN. SOUNDBITE "I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT" 00:57:32 - WHISTLE ENDS REST. SOUND BYTE "FALL IN" 00:57:54 - BASIC TRAINING, TROOPS CARRYING DUFFEL BAGS. TRAVELING. GETTING ON TRAIN. HANGING OUT OF TRAIN. HAVING REFRESHMENTS DRINKS, SODAS, ICE CREAMS 00:58:39 - ARMY CHOW LINE. LADLING OUT MASHED POTATOES & FOOD ON TO PLATES. 00:58:42 - SOLDIERS LIGHTING EACH OTHER'S CIGARETTES. 00:58:45 - MONTAGE SOLDIERS WITH THEIR HOME STATE MAPS SUPERIMPOSED 00:58:59 - SCENIC NATURE BEAUTY SHOTS OF DESERT. 00:59:03 - BUSY CITY STREET SCENES, TRAFFIC PEDESTRIANS 00:59:08 - RURAL FARM COUNTRY HOUSES 00:59:09 - SUBURBIA RESIDENTIAL STREET 00:59:22 - MANHATTAN SKYLINE AT DUSK OR DAWN 00:59:40 - SOLDIERS DRINKING IN BAR BRITISH PUB TALKS TO BARTENDER WHO PUTS ON MONOCLE TO EXAMINE AMERICAN PENNY, THEY CHAT IN PATRIOTIC CLICHES 01:02:30 - AIR RAID SIREN GOES OFF. GERMAN PLANE DROPS BOMBS ON LONDON. LUFTWAFFE 01:02:55 - MONTAGE AFTERMATH BOMBED OUT CHURCH, MAN FLIPPING THRU PAGES OF BURNED BOOK. LONDON BOMBED LONDON BUILDINGS. CU SAD CHILDREN PEOPLE IN DISBELIEF. VICTIM OF WAR TAKEN AWAY ON STRETCHER. BARTENDER QUOTES ABE LINCOLN 01:04:50 - AMERICAN SOLDIERS REACHING ITALY, IN BOMBED OUT ITALIAN CITY. SOLDIER LOOKS AT POSTER OF MUSSOLINI. 01:04:58 - MONTAGE LINCOLN MEMORIAL AS SOLDIER QUOTES LINCOLN. CU HIGHLIGHTED PIECE OF SPEECH ETCHED ON MEMORIAL 01:05:17 - INJURED SOLDIER HOLDING LUCKY PENNY AS LEFT HANDED DOCTOR TENDS HIS WOUNDS 01:07:39 - AMERICAN SOLDIERS AT GERMAN POW CAMP. GERMAN SLUR, "HEIMY". 01:08:00 - CU AMERICAN & FRENCH SOLDIER TALKING 01:08:06 - MS MONTAGE GERMAN PRISONERS 01:08:11 - FRENCH SOLDIER TELLS HIS WAR EXPERIENCE IN FRANCE 01:11:52 - MS BLACK SOLDIERS, GUNNERS. 01:11:58 - PANS AMERICAN CAMP. TWO SOLDIERS SHARING LOAF OF ITALIAN BREAD & CONVERSATION 01:15:04 - MS SOLDIER AT ITALIAN CROSSROADS HAND PAINTED SIGNS READ ROMA, PISA, 01:15:09 - AMERICAN SOLDIERS LIBERATING ROME 01:15:16 - MONTAGE ENGLAND PREPARING WAR SUPPLIES, TANKS, AMMUNITION AIRPLANES HANDING OUT SUPPLIES TO SOLDIERS. 01:15:43 - CU SOLDIERS RECEIVING FOREIGN MONEY FRENCH MONEY 01:16:02 - MONTAGE SOLDIERS AT MAKESHIFT CHURCH, CLERGY GIVING SERMONS. PRIEST, RABBI. CU MAN CATHOLIC MAKING SIGN OF THE CROSS. CU BLACK SOLDIER 01:16:27 - SOLDIERS GETTING ON SHIP, TRUCKS ETC. LOADED ONTO SHIP. AIRPLANES TAKING OFF AT NIGHT 01:17:10 - ARMADA FLEET AT SEA WITH PLANES IN FORMATION. LAND SEA BATTLE SKY FILLED WITH PARATROOPERS SOLDIERS LANDING ON SHORE, TRUCKS COMING OFF TAKE OFF PLATFORM. AMPHIBIOUS LANDING SCENES 01:19:12 - VETERAN ON CRUTCHES ON BOAT GOING HOME CRIPPLED VETERAN
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-6659