- Title: VM-1083A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:02:17 - PICTORIAL REPORT NO. 31 JAPANESE OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL. AN ARMY-SPONSORED LITTLE THEATRE GROUP IN GERMANY. AMERICAN FORCES LAND IN JAPAN AFTER IT'S SURRENDER AND BEGIN TO BUILD IT BACK UP. THE BUILDING OF JAPANESE DEFENSE FORCE INCLUDING JAPANESE OFFICERS TRAINING SCHOOL. AMERICAN GIS AND WIVES PARTICIPATE AND ARE ENTERTAINED IN AMATEUR 'LITTLE THEATER'. 00:02:22 - MONTAGE- RESENTFUL JAPANESE MEN WATCH AS AMERICAN TROOPS RIDE BY IN THEIR JEEPS. 00:02:35 - LS- JAPANESE YOUTH RUN BEHIND AMERICAN VEHICLES PASSING THROUGH VILLAGES. 00:02:47 - MS- KIDS MOB A GI OFFICERR HANDING OUT CANDY. 00:03:00 - MONTAGE- JAPANESE STAND BY AND WATCH AS AMERICAN BULLDOZERS BEGIN CLEAN-UP. MONTAGE- JAPANESE FINALLY DO THEIR OWN CLEAN-UP AND BUILD UP. 00:03:36 - MONTAGE- JAPANESE STEEL MILLS & FACTORIES BUZZ. (LOGGED) 00:04:36 - MONTAGE- JAPANESE OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL COMPLEX IN KYUSHU, JAPAN (LOGGED) 00:05:20 - MONTAGE- RECRUITS FROM ALL OVER JAPAN ARRIVE BY TRAIN AT THE KYUSHU STATION AND AT THE SCHOOL 00:07:09 - MS- CANDIDATES STAND WITH THEIR HEADS SLIGHTLY BOWED AS THE OFFICERS ENTER THE AUDITORIUM. 00:07:52 - MS- THE STUDENTS RAISE THEIR ARMS IN 3 CHEERS SHOUTING A SPIRITED 'BONSAI'. 00:09:11 - LS- LARGE CLASS OF BARE CHESTED STUDENTS DO OUTDOOR CALISTHENICS. A GROUP OF STUDENTS RUN ACROSS FINISH LINE CARRYING SACKS ON SHOULDERS. 00:09:22 - LS- A STUDENT RUNS TOWARDS THE CAMERA AND DOES A BROAD JUMP. 00:09:45 - MS- A STUDENT ADJUSTS HIS HAND SALUTE UNTIL HE HAS IT RIGHT. 00:10:40 - MONTAGE- SOLDIERS GATHER AROUND A MODEL OF A BATTLEFIELD COMPLETE WITH TINY EXPLOSIONS AND THEY MOVE THEIR 'UNITS' INTO PLACE WITH STICKS. 00:12:00 - MONTAGE- JAPANESE IN WHITE GYM SUITS RUN THROUGH OBSTACLE COURSE SIMILAR TO THE AMERICAN ONE 00:12:37 - MS- JAPANESE PLAY BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL DURING THEIR LEISURE TIME ALSO SUMO WRESTLING. 00:12:55 - MS- A GROUP OF JAPANESE TAKE A GROUP BATH. 00:15:55 - MONTAGE- THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY HAVE A FOOT RACE THROUGH THE HILLS AND VILLAGES OF KYUSHU, ALL WEARING THEIR WHITE GYM SUITS AND HATS 00:16:07 - LS- THE WINNER BREAKS THE TAPE FOLLOWED BY OTHERS THE WINNER LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT AS HE LIGHTS UP A BON FIRE IN CELEBRATION 00:17:42 - MS- A GRADUATE HOLDS UP HIS DIPLOMA AS HE RECEIVES IT ON THE PARADE GROUNDS. 00:19:54 - LS- HEADQUARTERS OF SPECIAL ACTIVITIES DIVISION, U.S. ARMY, IN THE OLD PALACE OF JUSTICE, NURMBERG, GERMANY 00:20:28 - MS- OFFICER USES A POINTER ON A MAP HAVING THE FACES OF THEATER DIRECTORS LOCATED IN THE VARIOUS PARTS OF GERMANY 00:20:40 - MS- A UNIFORMED FEMALE PICKS OUT PACKAGED SCRIPTS FROM A SHELF AND COSTUMES STORED ON NEAT RACKS, FOR A PLAY TO BE PERFORMED AT THE HEIDELBERG LITTLE THEATER. 00:21:27 - MS- THE FEMALE HELPS A GI PACK THE COSTUMES IN A LARGE CARTON 00:22:00 - MS- WIVES OF GIS PERUSE A POSTER AT AN ARMY SHOPPING CENTER, ANNOUNCING A CASTING DATE FOR THOSE POTENTIAL 'ACTORS' INTERESTED. 00:22:50 - MS- A GI DOING THE DISHES IS KISSED GOODBYE BY HIS WIFE AS SHE GOES OF TO REHEARSAL. MS- THE BABY IN THE CRIB STARTS TO CRY. GI PICKS HIM UP. 00:23:22 - MS- A CASTING DIRECTOR GOES OVER THE LINES OF 2 ARMY WIVES AS THEY REHEARSE ON THE STAGE 00:24:22 - MONTAGE- A MAN AND WOMAN WORKER PAINT AND PUT TOGETHER PROPS AND SETS. MS- A GI HELPS TO PUT HINGES AND ASSEMBLE A PORTABLE SET. 00:25:24 - MS- GI LAB MEN HOLD UP A POSTER ADVERTISING THE PLA Y'BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE'. A SERVICE CLUB WORKER PINS THE POSTER ON A BULLETIN BOARD 00:25:45 - MS- THE 'CAST' TAKE A COFFEE BREAK AS THEY STUDY AND DISCUSS THEIT PARTS WITH THE DIRECTOR. 00:26:19 - MS- AN ACTOR SITS AS A MAKE-UP MAN DOES HER FACE A MALE ACTOR IS NEXT SITS IN THE MAKE-UP CHAIR. 00:26:57 - MS- THE ARMY WIFE APPLIES MAKE-UP TO HER FACE 00:27:15 - LS- A FIELD DIRECTOR SITS IN A DARKENED THEATER AND EXAMINES THE LIGHTED STAGE. 00:27:27 - MS- 2 MALE ACTORS SIT ON A WINDOW OVER A RADIATOR WAITING FOR THEIR CALL ON STAGE. ONE OF THEM NERVEOUSLY PUFFS ON A CIGARETTE. 00:27:41 - MS- THE CALL COMES AND THE ACTOR TAKES HIS LAST PUFF, HANDS THE CIGARETTE TO THE OTHER ACTOR AND SCRAMBLES TO THE STAGE. 00:28:05 - LS- 3 ACTORS ON THE STAGE, 1 MALE AND 2 FEMALE SITTING ON THE SOFA, DO THEIR ACT. 00:28:40 - MS- WELL DRESSED ARMY FAMILIES ENTER THE HEIDELBERG SERVICE CLUB AND PRESENT THEIR PASSES TO SEE THE STAGE SHOW. THE AUDITORIUM IS FULL 00:29:13 - LS- THE MAN AND WOMAN ON STAGE KISS AND THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS. LS- THE CAST TAKES A BOW
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1917
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1083A