- Title: VM-1105
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:02:18 - "CHARACTER GUIDANCE" THE ARMY'S CHARACTER GUIDANCE PROGRAM IS EXPLORED IN THIS DOCUMENTARY PRESENTATION. 01:02:23 - NARRATOR TELLS THE WAYS THE ARMY CARRIES OUT IT'S JOB OF CHARACTER GUIDANCE, USING TRAINING AIDES SUCH AS FILM. 01:04:48 - TOPIC: SELF-CONTROL - GI POW SITS AGAINST THE WALL OF HIS CELL. PAN TO ANOTHER GI LAYING ON A STRAW MATTRESS WHILE 2 GIS EGG-ON THEIR COCKROACH IN A ROACH RACE ON THE FLOOR 01:05:31 - A YOUNG POW, PRIVATE ANDERSON, GETS VERY UPSET, WALKS OVER AND ANGRILY STOMPS ON THE COCKROACHES. 01:06:20 - MS- ANDERSON TELLS A FELLOW POW HE IS COLD AND HUNGRY AND HE WILL SIGN A PHONY CONFESSION TO GET BETTER TREATMENT FROM THE ENEMY CAPTORS 01:07:17 - MS- THE SERGEANT WHOSE FACE SHOWS SIGNS OF TORTURE, TELLS A GI WHO THREATENED ANDERSON TO, 'LEAVE HIM ALONE'. THE SERGEANT TELLS ANDERSON HE IS ALL RIGHT AND HE WILL SURVIVE. 01:12:20 - MS- A CHINESE OFFICER AND ARMED GUARDS ENTER THE CELL AND SPEAKS TO THE SERGEANT WHO REFUSES BETTER CONDITIONS FOR SIGNING A CONFESSION. 01:13:39 - MS- THE OFFICER SCRUTINIZES THE OTHER PRISONERS AND NOTICES THE WEAKER ANDERSON. 01:13:52 - CU- THE SCARRED SERGEANT SAYS 'I TOLD YOU YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME', AS THE OFFICER STARTS TALKING TO ANDERSON. THE CHINESE OFFICER SAYS 'WE'LL SEE. 01:14:17 - MS- THE CHINESE OFFICER TAKES OUT A PACK OF AMERICAN CIGARETTES AND LITES ONE UP, HE THEN ASKS ANDERSON IF HE WOULD HAVE ONE. 01:14:36 - CU- FACE OF PRIVATE ANDERSON LOOKING SUSPICIOUSLY AT THE OFFICER AND THE CIGARETTE. CU- FACE OF CHINESE OFFICER PUFFING ON HIS CIGARETTE. 01:15:04 - CU- FACES OF THE SERGEANT AND THE OTHER POWS WONDERING IF ANDERSON WILL CAPITULATE AND ACCEPT THE CIGARETTE AS THE OFFICER BLOWS SMOKE HIS WAY 01:15:20 - CU- HAND HOLDING THE CIGARETTES TOWARDS ANDERSON AND A BIG QUESTION MARK APPEARS ON SCREEN. 01:15:25 - NARRATOR ASKS 'IF YOU WERE PRIVATE ANDERSON WOULD YOU ACCEPT THAT CIGARETTE OR REFUSE IT'? 01:15:53 - TOPIC: 'HOW FREE AM I'? - MS- PEOPLE IN A SMALL TOWN AT A VOTING PLACE. CU- CURTAIN CLOSING ON A VOTER IN BOOTH. A CHOIR SINGING AND A MAN ON A CORNER GIVES SPEECH TO A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE. 01:16:23 - MONTAGE- PEOPLE WORKING IN PLANTS AND A LARGE GROUP IN A LIVING ROOM HAVING A DISCUSSION. PEOPLE PLAYING TENNIS AND A SOFTBALL GAME IN PROGRESS. 01:16:44 - MS- A WOMAN PULLS INTO A SPOT IN A PARKING LOT. SHE GETS OUT AND WALKS AWAY. ANOTHER WOMAN IN A CAR SHAKES HER HEAD IN DISAPPOINTMENT THAT SHE DIDN'T GET THAT SPOT. 01:17:08 - MS- A GI EATS SOME CHEWING GUM AND THROWS THE WRAPPER ON THE GROUND. MS- ANOTHER GI POLICING THE AREA WITH 2 OTHERS PICKS UP THE WRAPPER. 01:17:26 - MS- A SERGEANT CHECKS IN A MUDDIED TRUCK WITH AN EQUALLY MUDDIED GI DRIVER WHO TELLS THE SERGEANT HE WAS STUCK IN A DITCH FILLED WITH MUD. 01:18:11 - LS- THE GI HOSES DOWN HIS TRUCK. MS- GI TAKING A SHOWER. MS- AFTER THE SHOWER, THE GI WHISTLES AND WALKS NOISLY INTO THE BARRACKS AWAKENING OTHERS SLEEPING. THEY ASK HIM TO BE QUIET 01:19:27 - MS- WITH GIS ASLEEP IN COTS ON EACH SIDE OF HIM, HE LAYS DOWN AND PUTS ON HIS PORTABLE RADIO. AN ARGUMENT INSUES OVER HIS FREEDOM TO ENJOY RADIO, WITHIN GUIDELINES OF THE UNIT, WHICH FAVORS HIM. 01:23:05 - MS- BEING OUTNUMBERED THE GI TURNS OFF HIS RADIO AND ANGRILY STATES, 'OKAY, OKAY, BECAUSE THERE ARE A BUNCH OF YOU, DOES IT MAKE YOU RIGHT'? 01:23:14 - MS- A LARGE QUESTION MARK COVERS THE SCENE. THE NARRATOR TELLS HOW THIS FILM ENACTMENT IS MADE TO STIMULATE ARGUMENT IN CHARACTER GUIDANCE. 01:23:58 - MONTAGE- A MAN AND WOMAN PLAY WITH THEIR CHILD, A TEACHER TEACHES LITTLE KIDS IN A CLASSROOM. TEENS PLAYING BASEBALL AND PEOPLE GOING INTO A CHURCH, ALL ARE PART OF CHARACTER BUILDING 01:24:53 - MONTAGE- FACES OF YOUNG STUDENTS LISTENING TO A RECRUITER IN A SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1958
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1105