- Title: VM-1117
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:01:00:23 - "USO WHEREVER THEY GO" DEPICTS THE WORK OF THE UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATION. FEATURES MANY SHOW BUSINESS "GREATS", INCLUDING: BOB HOPE, JOE E. BROWN AND EDWARD G. ROBINSON. 01:00:28 - MS- BOB HOPE ENTERTAINS TROOPS AT A USO SHOW IN ALASKA. MS- LAUGHING GIS ENJOY THE SHOW AS HOPE TELLS MANY JOKES. 01:03:29 - MS- 2 GIS SIT IN SNOW AND SHARE A SMALL FIRE TO COOK THEIR RATIONS AS MANY OTHERS DO THE SAME. 01:03:38 - MS- LARGE GROUP OF GIS DO PUSH-UPS IN UNISON. 01:04:00 - MS- IN 1941 FDR SIGNS 1ST PEACETIME CONSCRIPTION BILL IN U.S. HISTORY. LS- BLINDFOLDED LEGISLATOR PICKS NAMES OUT OF A FISH BOWL AS FDR WATCHES. 01:04:28 - MS- YOUNG CIVILIANS WALK INTO AN INDUCTION CENTER CARRYING THEIR SUITCASES. CU- BLACK AND WHITES MEN BEING SWORN IN. 01:05:35 - MS- GIS HAVING A BRAWL IN AN UNSCRUPULOUS CLUB AS MPS' RUSH IN TO BREAK IT UP. MONTAGE- SERVICE CLUBS ON POST PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF GIS INCLUDING SNACK BARS, LIBRARIES AND POOL TABLES.. 01:06:40 - MS- A CHAPLAIN GREETS GIS TO AN ON-POST CHAPEL. 01:06:48 - MONTAGE- STEEPLES OF VARIOUS RELIGIOUS CHURCHES AND TEMPLES. 01:07:14 - MS- A CONGREGATION INCLUDING MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN HOLD HYMN BOOKS AND SING 01:07:44 - MS- A USO EMBLEM WITH A MISSION STATEMENT UNDER IT FORMED IN 1941 PRIOR TO PEARL HARBOR. 01:08:31 - MS- A CANTEEN DANCE FLOOR IS CROWDED WITH GIS DANCING THE 'LINDY' WITH THE USO GIRLS. 01:08:43 - MS- EDWARD G. ROBINSON WEARING FATIGUES AND WITH HIS FAMOUS CIGAR ENTERTAINS TROOPS IN THE FIELD. 01:08:50 - MS- JOE E. BROWN TELLS JOKES, JACK BENNY PLAYS HIS VIOLIN ON A STAGE IN THE FIELD. LS- GI MEN AND WOMEN SIT ON GROUND AND ENJOY THE SHOW. 01:09:45 - AERIAL- TROOP SHIP WITH DECKS CRAMMED WITH HOME BOUND GIS AT END OF WWII. MONTAGE- GIS IN EMBRACES WITH THEIR WIVES, SOME HOLDING KIDS 01:10:26 - MS- COMEDIAN DANNY KAYE ENTERTAINS TROOPS STILL OVERSEAS. 01:11:12 - MS- ACTRESS-COMEDIENNE DEBBIE REYNOLDS ENTERTAINS ON A STAGE IN KOREA. 01:11:26 - LS- A HALF-TRACK PULLS A LONG COLUMN OF TROOPS ON SKIS AS THEY HOLD ONTO LONG ROPES. 01:12:20 - MS- A GI IN AN FOREIGN OUTSIDE CAFE 'LEANS BACK IN HIS CHAIR AND CONTEMPLATES HIS LONELINESS. 01:13:10 - MS- NEW ARMY RECRUITS IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING MARCH 4 ABREAST AT THEIR ARMY CAMP. NEW RECRUIT NARRATES WHO HE IS, & HIS MISSION. 01:13:44 - MS- BLACK AND WHITE NEW RECRUITS STAND AT ATTENTION FOR ROLL CALL IN FRONT OF BARRACKS. 01:13:57 - MS- 2 NEW RECRUITS SIT ON EDGE OF THEIR BUNKS AND CHAT. NEW GIS DO PUSH-UP AND GO ON HIKES. 01:15:30 - MS- SOLDIERS ON LEAVE BOARD BUS AT CAMP. MS- BUS PULLS UP TO A CURB IN TOWN. MS- 2 GIS WINDOW SHOP IN TOWN. 01:16:16 - MS- SOLDIERS AND MARINES ON LEAVE WALK INTO A USO SERVICE CLUB AT A TRAIN STATION. MS- WOMAN AT DESK HANDS A SAILOR A PAMPHLET 01:16:45 - MS- GIS LOUNGE ON SOFAS AT A WAITING AREA IN THE CLUB CHATTING AND READING. MS- A GI SITS IN QUIET CORNER WRITING A LETTER HOME. 01:17:03 - MS- A GI SOUND ASLEEP ON A COUCH WITH A NUMBERED TAG ON HIS CHEST IS APPROACHED BY A WOMAN WHO CHECKS THE TAG WITH HER LIST AND WAKES THE GI, INFORMING HIM THAT HIS TRAIN IS IN. 01:17:29 - MS- MARINE PRESSES HIS PANTS ON AN IRONING BOARD AT THE LOUNGE. PAN FROM TOP DOWN TO HIS BARE LEGS. 01:17:50 - MS- SHIRTLESS GIS SHAVE BEFORE A LARGE MIRROR AT A SERVICE CLUB MEN'S ROOM. MS- 2 SERVICEMEN STOP AND LOOK UP AT MARQUEE OF THE 'HOTEL DIPLOMAT', RECOMMENDED FOR THEIR OVERNIGHT STAY BY THE USO 01:18:20 - MS- SERVICEMEN DANCE WITH VOLUNTEER GIRLS AT A USO CLUB IN A SMALL TOWN. 01:18:46 - MS- GIRLS AND GIS HOLD ONTO EACH OTHERS AS THEY FORM A LONG LINE ON THEIR SKATES AT A ROLLER RINK 01:19:02 - LS- COWBOYS AND GIRLS DO A WESTERN MUSICAL ON STAGE FOR THE SERVICEMEN AT A USO. 01:19:17 - MS- INVITED GIS SIT AND DINE WITH A LOCAL FAMILY FOR SOME HOME COOKING. 01:19:25 - MS- A GI COMES HOME AND IS GREETED, WITH HUGS, BY HIS 3 DAUGHTERS. HE STOPS AND PERUSES HIS MAIL. 01:19:40 - AERIAL- SCAN OF NEW YORK'S SKYSCRAPERS. MS- CROWDS OF BUSINESS TYPES RUSHING ABOUT IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT. LS- NIGHT TIME ON BROADWAY 01:20:10 - MS- SAILORS AND MARINES DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF A NAVY JAZZ BAND. 01:20:30 - MS- A WOMAN MAKES ARRANGEMENTS, BY PHONE, FOR FREE TICKETS TO SHOWS FOR SERVICEMEN GATHERED AROUND HER COUNTER. 01:20:44 - MS- ACTORS, IN COLONIAL COSTUME, ON A SOUND STAGE DOING A TV BROADCAST. MS- AUDIENCE OF SERVICEMEN APPLAUD. 01:20:59 - LS- COLLEGE STUDENT BODY WAVES POM-POMS AT A FOOTBALL GAME, STUDENT FANS GOING WILD IN STANDS 01:21:02 - LS- SERVICEMEN AMID THE FANS AT A BASEBALL GAME 01:21:36 - MS- USO VOLUNTEERS LEAD GROUP OF SERVICEMEN ON A TOUR OF THE UN BUILDING. LS- THE GROUP SIGHT-SEES FROM OUTDOOR DECK OF NEW YORK TOUR BOAT, 01:21:59 - LS- WAKE OF BOAT AND NY SKYSCRAPERS. 01:22:33 - MS- FEMALE USO JAPANESE GIRL SHOWS GIS, IN JAPAN, A TOUR PAMPHLET THE 2 SIT AT A SNACK BAR IN THE CLUB AND ARE SERVED BY JAPANESE WORKER. 01:23:07 - MS- SERVICEMEN ARE SHOWN AND EXPLAINED PLACES OF INTEREST BY A JAPANESE WOMAN IN NATIVE DRESS. 01:23:39 - MS- GIS WATCH WOMEN RUG MAKERS AT A PLANT. THE JAPANESE OWNER EXPLAINS THE PROCESS, & SHOWS THE FINISHED PRODUCT. 01:24:04 - MS- AN INVITED GI SITS ON FLOOR AND DINES WITH A JAPANESE FAMILY OF 4. 01:24:33 - MS- A GI CHANGES DOLLARS FOR YEN AT A JAPANESE MONEY EXCHANGE. 01:25:05 - MONTAGE- A MULTI-ROOFED JAPANESE PAGODA-TEMPLE, AN ARABIAN MARKET PLACE ARE TOURED BY SERVICEMEN ABROAD. 01:25:47 - LS- A SAILOR AND HIS GIRL LOOK OVER THE CITY OF ATHENS, GREECE FROM A HILL. THE METROPOLIS AND ANCIENT RUINS SITS ON A HILL IN THE BACKGROUND. 01:26:00 - LS- TOURING SERVICEMEN WALK AMID THE RUINS. 01:26:20 - MS- HUNDREDS OF MUSLIM ARABS KNEEL AND BOW IN PRAYER AT A MOSQUE. 01:26:51 - MS- GERMAN COUPLE DO A TRADITIONAL DANCE IN COSTUME AT A USO SERVICE CLUB IN MUNICH. 01:27:00 - MS- A USO FEMALE INSTRUCTOR DIRECTS A GI PLAYING AN ACCORDION. MS- GIS SIT IN BEACH CHAIRS ON THE ROOF OF A SERVICE CLUB AND TAKE THE SUN. 01:27:20 - MS- ELDERLY WOMEN VOLUNTEERS DO SMALL SEWING JOBS FOR GIS ON THEIR SEWING MACHINES.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1117