- Title: VM-1125A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:03:00 - SPECIAL DIGEST. ARMY DIGEST NO. 7 A TWO SUBJECT PROGRAM: "CANTIGNY", THE NEW MUSEUM OF THE FAMOUS 1ST DIVISION AT WHEATON, ILLINOIS; & "I KNOW WHERE I AM GOING", A STORY OF A SIX MONTH RESERVIST WHO RETURNS TO CIVILIAN LIFE WHILE REMAINING IN ACTIVE RESERVE 00:03:04 - MS- 3 TEEN COUPLES PULL UP TO A LOCAL ICE CREAM PARLOR, "THE SPOT" ON PROM NIGHT, DRESSED IN TUXES AND GOWNS THEY ARE DIRECTED TO A BOOTH BY MAN IN AN APRON 00:03:32 - MS- HOUSEWIFE WALKS INTO TEENAGERS BEDROOM AND SHAKES HER HEAD AT THE MESS SHE FINDS WHILE SON IS OUT FOR PROM NIGHT. MS- HUSBAND WALKS IN AND COMMENTS ON THE MESS AS WIFE TIDIES UP. HE HELPS 00:04:53 - TALKING HEADS- HUSBAND AND WIFE DISCUSS SON GOING INTO ARMY. 00:05:39 - MS- 3 COUPLES (TEENAGERS) IN A BOOTH WITH SODAS ON THE TABLE LAUGH AS LUCKY MAKES FUN OF DAVE WHO JOINED THE ARMY 00:07:18 - MS- DAVE TAKES A LAST LOOK AT PHOTOS AND MEMORABILIA AND IS INTERRUPTED BY DAD WHO WILL DRIVE HIM. HE ASKS DAD, "YOU THINK I'M DOING THE RIGHT THING"?, AS HE PUTS ON HIS JACKET 00:07:39 - TALKING HEADS- DAVE AND FATHER HAVE DISCUSSION 00:08:09 - MS- DAVE AND OTHER GIS SOUND ASLEEP IN BUNK BEDS IN BARRACKS ARE SUDDENLY AWAKENED BY A BLOWING WHISTLE, THEY JUMP OUT OF BED. 00:08:25 - MS- SERGEANT GIVES AN, "ABOUT FACE", & DAVE TURNS THE WRONG WAY. CU- DAVE'S FEET CAN'T KEEP TIME WITH LEFT AND RIGHT CALLS, AND HE SCREWS UP DURING THE DRILLS. 00:09:04 - MS- LUCKY WHO STAYED HOME STOPS TO ADMIRE ALL THE GIRLS AS THEY PASS HIM ON THE STREET. CU- LUCKY, FROM WAIST DOWN, STOPPING AS GIRLS, FROM WAIST DOWN, WALK BY. 00:10:03 - MS- DAVE'S MOM STOPS TO TALK TO LUCKY, WORKING AS STOCK BOY IN THE SUPERMARKET. HE TELLS HER WORKING THERE IS ONLY "TEMPORARY". 00:10:35 - MONTAGE- LUCKY, WALKING IN AND OUT OF BUILDINGS LOOKING FOR A JOB. CU- LUCKY'S FEET DOSEN'T STOP TO LOOK AT THE GIRLS ANYMORE. 00:11:52 - MS- DAVE NOW DRILLING LIKE A PRO 00:12:16 - MS- LUCKY WASHES AND SWEEPS A GAS STATION GROUNDS IN HIS NEW JOB, AS DAVE CRAWLS UNDER BARBED WIRE IN TRAINING EXERCISE. 00:12:46 - MS- LUCKY WASHES DAVE'S FATHER'S WINDSHIELD AT THE GAS STATION, TELLS HIM HE HAS AN APPOINTMENT FOR A NEW JOB. 00:13:18 - CU- LUCKY'S INTERVIEWER TELLS HIM HE'S SORRY BUT THEY CAN'T TAKE THE CHANCE TRAINING HIM IN A NEW JOB FOR FEAR HE MAY BE DRAFTED. 00:13:42 - MONTAGE- MILITARY COUNSELLORS INTERVIEW GIS IN BOOTHS FOR PLACEMENT IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF THE MILITARY INCLUDING DAVE'S INTERVIEW. (PAN) 00:16:37 - MS- DAVE WORKING ON BUSINESS MACHINES WITH OTHER GIS IN THE ARMY'S FINANCE OFFICE. 00:17:35 - MS- LUCKY AND 2 OTHER YOUNG MEN, FLIRTING WITH GIRLS, SPOT DAVE, IN UNIFORM, AND GIVE HIM A HARDY GREETING. HE TELLS THEM HE IS BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY 00:17:40 - MS- TALKING HEADS - 3 YOUNG MEN AND A SOLDIER CHAT ON A STREET CORNER. 00:17:52 - MS- DAVE, NOW A CIVILIAN, SITS DOWN AT DINNER TABLE WITH HIS MOM, DAD AND GIRLFRIEND 00:18:35 - TALKING HEADS - DAVE IS INTERVIEWED BY A BUSINESS EXECUTIVE WHO HIRES DAVE ON STRENGTH OF HIS ARMY TRAINING 00:19:42 - MS- DAVE'S MOM TALKS TO HER SON AS HE ADJUSTS HIS TIE IN A MIRROR. SHE IS IMPRESSED ABOUT HIS NEAT ROOM AND MANNERISMS WHICH HE LEARNED IN THE ARMY. 00:20:24 - MS- MOM AND DAD WALK OUT OF ROOM IN AN EMBRACE, PROUD OF THEIR SON. 00:20:29 - MS- LUCKY WHO IS NOW A SODA JERK, FILLS UP DAVE'S IN HIS RESERVE UNIFORM, CUP OF COFFEE AT THE COUNTER AS DAVE'S GIRLFRIEND LOOKS ON. 00:20:40 - MS- LUCKY TELLS DAVE HIS JOB AS A SODA JERK IS 'TEMPORARY', BUT THIS TIME HE IS GOING INTO THE ARMY. MS- THE 3 WALK OUT OF "THE SPOT" AND INTO DAVE'S CONVERTIBLE, AND DRIVE LUCKY HOME. 00:22:47 - LS- CONTIGNY WAR MUSEUM BUILDING, WHEATON, ILLINOIS NAMED AFTER BATTLE OF CONTIGNY, FRANCE WHERE AMERICAN TROOPS FOUGHT THEIR 1ST BATTLE AS A UNIT 00:23:10 - MS- A MAN WITH HIS 2 YOUNG DAUGHTERS READ THE MEMORIAL OUTSIDE THE BUILDING 00:24:09 - MS- THE 3 LISTEN AND WATCH DIORAMA WITH ANIMATED SECTIONS OF THE DISPLAY CHANGING AS STEP-BY-STEP SCENES OF THE BATTLE OF CONTIGNY ARE NARRATED 00:25:30 - MS- 2 GIRLS AND DAD PICK UP PHONE TO LISTEN TO NARRATORS TELL STORIES DEPICTED MAPS AND DRAWINGS CONCERNING HISTORY OF 1ST DIVISION 00:25:45 - MONTAGE- ACTION SCENES OF THE 1ST DIVISION LANDING IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, AND THE TRAINING IN ENGLAND FOR D-DAY DURING WWII 00:26:49 - MS- AN ANIMATED DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM DESCRIBES D-DAY AND THE ROLE OF THE 1ST DIVISION THERE. FILM OF THE BATTLES ARE ALSO SHOWN. 00:28:00 - MONTAGE- AS FILM SHOW GIS IN BATTLES, MORTAIN, ETAMPES, MEAUX, SOISSONS ALL TOWNS AND CITIES IN FRANCE (FLASHED ON THE SCREEN) TAKEN BY THE 1ST, "BIG RED ONE", DIVISION. 00:28:38 - LS- GIS ADVANCE AMID HUGE PINES OF HERKEN FOREST. 00:29:00 - MONTAGE- BATTLE OF THE "BULGE" SCENES. 00:29:37 - MS- THE 3 MUSEUM VISITORS WALK INTO A MOCK-UP OF A NAZI PILLBOX, COMPLETE WITH A LARGE NAZI FLAG. 00:29:41 - CU- BUST OF COLONEL ROBERT R. MACCORMACK, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER WHOSE ESTATE SUPPLIED THE FUNDS FOR THE MUSEUM.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1917
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: VM-1125A