- Title: VM-1058B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:31:20 - "THE MAKING OF A WEST POINTER" THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY & ITS STUDENT BODY AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A CADET AT WEST POINT 00:31:30 - NARRATOR QUEEN TELLS THE STORY BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT AS SEEN BY A NEW RECRUIT. 00:32:07 - CU- PORTRAITS OF GENERALS EISENHOWER, MACARTHUR AND JOHN J. PERSHING ALL FORMER GRADUATES OF WEST POINT. 00:32:45 - AERIAL- PAN OF THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK. 00:33:25 - MS- CIVILIAN JOHN REED LOOKS OVER THE ACADEMY ONE MONTH BEFORE HE IS TO BE SWORN IN. HE WALKS AND THINKS ALOUD. 00:34:18 - 00:34:18LS- JOHN REED IS AMONG THE 700 RECRUITS AND THEIR LUGGAGE GETTING OFF TRAIN AT WEST POINT STATION AND WALKING ALL THE WAY TO THE ACADEMY. 00:35:19 - MS- THE RAW RECRUITS MARCH IN THEIR CIVILIAN CLOTHING LED BY A CADET. THEY DRILL AND BUMP INTO EACH OTHER. 00:36:22 - 00:36:22MS- CANDIDATE JOHN REED AND THE OTHERS CITE THE VOW AS THEY ARE FORMALLY SWORN IN AT THE PARADE GROUNDS. 00:38:14 - LS-LIGHTS GO OUT IN THE DORM BUILDING AS "TAPS" IS SOUNDED AND EVERYTHING BECOMES PITCH BLACK. 00:38:28 - MS- 2 MPS SHOOT OFF A CANNON AND THE CADETS RUNOUT ONTO THE PARADE GROUNDS IN EARLY MORNING. CU- THE LARGE CLOCK SHOWS 6AM. 00:39:34 - MS- LARGE GROUP OF CADETS IN GYM SHORTS AND BARE CHESTS DO CALISTHENICS OUTDOORS. EXERCISE 00:40:50 - MS- CADET JOHN REED AND THE ENTIRE CORP SIT FOR DINNER AT THE HUGE WASHINGTON HALL. 00:42:05 - MONTAGE- CADETS SIT IN CLASSROOMS LEARNING VARIOUS SUBJECTS. 00:42:42 - MS- CADET REED WEARS HEADGEAR AS HE BOXES IN A RING WITH ANOTHER CADET. CU- HAND OF CADET MOVING A CHESS PIECE DURING A GAME. 00:46:43 - MS- ARMY TRUCKS WITH LAST YEAR CADETS ENTERS CAMP BUCKNER, NEAR WEST POINT FOR BATTLE GROUND TRAINING WITH TANKS, ARTILLERY & RIVER CROSSINGS IN SMALL BOATS. 00:50:03 - MS- MEN AND WOMEN ENJOY SWIMMING, DIVING AND FROLICKING IN A LAKE. MS- A COUPLE ROW A CANOE. 00:51:10 - 00:51:10MS- CADETS PLAY A GAME OF SOFTBALL AS OTHERS PLAY LACROSSE. 00:53:22 - 00:53:22MS- A CADET SNEAKS UP TO AN 'ENEMY' SENTRY AND USES A GARROTE TO CHOKE HIM. 00:57:15 - MS- CADET JOHN REED STANDS WITH OTHERS ON GRADUATION DAY.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1953
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-1058B