- Title: VM-1043A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:02:55 - "EDUCATION IN THE ARMY" THE STORY OF EDUCATION IN THE ARMY FROM THE MOST ELEMENTARY LEVEL OF GRAMMER SCHOOL TO A COLLEGE EDUCATION. 00:03:00 - NARRATOR TELLS THE STORY OF EDUCATION IN THE ARMY 00:03:22 - MS- A CIVILIAN TEACHER WRITING ON BLACKBOARD TEACHES ARMY SOLDIERS THE THREE R'S. 00:04:17 - LS- NEW ARMY RECRUITS EXIT 2 BUSES AND ARE LINED UP BY A ARMY LEADER. MS- THE RECRUITS TRY ON THEIR NEW UNIFORMS. MS- RECRUIT IS GIVEN AN INNOCULATION BY A MEDIC AS ANOTHER IS EXAMINED BY A DOCTOR. GIVEN A SHOT-NEEDLE 00:06:04 - MS- 4 RECRUITS GO THROUGH AN OBSTACLE COURSE WITH THEIR RIFLES. MS- GIS FIRING THEIR WEAPONS IN BATTLE. MONTAGE- A GI LYING PRONE ON HIS CHEST GIVES ORDERS TO MEN IN THE BATTLEFIELD. 00:08:11 - MONTAGE- GI TAKING A RIFLE APART, WELDING, WORKING RADAR SCOPE, GIVING PLASMA TO WOUNDED AND HANDLING COMPLEX MISSILE PARTS SHOW NEED FOR EDUCATION 00:08:42 - MS- AT THE POST STOCKADE 3 GIS LINE UP WITH SHOVELS AND A RAKE INSTEAD OF A RIFLE ON THEIR SHOULDER AND ARE MARCHED OUT BY AN ARMED GI TO A WORK DETAIL 00:09:16 - MS- A GI ASKS ANOTHER TO READ INFORMATION OFF A BULLETIN BOARD HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND. MS- A DOWN TRODDEN GI WATCHES OTHERS RECEIVE MAIL HE DOESN'T BECAUSE OF ILLITERACY. 00:09:37 - MS- A SALESGIRL HAS TO PICK THE CHANGE FROM A GIS OUTSTRETCHED HAND BECAUSE HE CAN'T COUNT 00:10:28 - MS- GI STUDENTS SIT IN THEIR SEATS AND LEARN BASIC ARITHMETIC AND READING FROM A CIVILIAN TEACHER. THEY RAISE THEIR HANDS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. GI STANDS AND READS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. 00:14:05 - MS- THE STUDENTS RECEIVE CERTIFICATES UPON COMPLETION OF THE BASIC READING COURSE. 00:14:42 - LS- A STUDENT USES A POINTER ON A LARGE WORLD MAP IN THE ADVANCED CLASS WHICH PROVIDES AN 8TH GRADE EDUCATION AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND. CLASSES ARE ALSO PROVIDED FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEVELS 00:15:48 - MS- GIS USE TYPEWRITERS AT THEIR DESKS AS A TEACHER LOOKS OVER THEIR SHOULDERS. 00:16:15 - MS- IN A GERMAN LANGUAGE CLASS THE TEACHER PLAYS A RECORD OF A GERMAN SPEAKING SIMPLE PHRASES. 00:17:15 - MS- AN ARMY CORPORAL MEETS WITH AN EDUCATION COUNSELOR AND SITS AT HIS DESK FOR INTERVIEW, HE TELLS THE GI ALL ABOUT THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE (USAFI), A CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 00:21:47 - MS- THE COUNSELOR THEN MEETS WITH A LIEUTENANT WHO ASKS ABOUT COLLEGE EDUCATION AND THE BEST WAY TO GET IT 00:24:20 - LS- TROOP INFORMATION AND EDUCATION CENTER IN HEIDLEBERG, GERMANY. MONTAGE- GIS WALK THROUGH COLLEGE CAMPUSES AT ARMY POSTS THROUGHOUT EUROPE 00:24:52 - MONTAGE- CIVILIAN TEACHERS TEACHING GI STUDENTS COLLEGE COURSES IN CLASSROOMS. 00:25:01 - LS- BUILDING IN THE CANAL ZONE RUN BY THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISANA AND AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER IN TOKYO RUN BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. 00:25:30 - MS- A SCHOOLHOUSE IN A RAILWAY PASSENGER CAR. LS- A MOBILE ENROLLMENT BUS IN THE WAR ZONE. MS- A GI STUDIES HIS BOOK AT HIS OUTPOST. 00:26:00 - MONTAGE- CHILDREN OF GIS STATIONED OVERSEAS AND AT HOME ENTERING SCHOOLS AND IN CLASSROOMS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1890
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1890s
- File Name: VM-1043A