- Title: VM-1172B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:31:37 - "YOUNG AMERICAN LEADERS" SHOWS HOW THE US ARMY MAKES LEADERS OUT OF TODAY'S YOUNG AMERICANS, IN OCS, ROTC, THE MILITARY ACADEMY, & OTHER TRAINING FACILITIES, PREPARING THEM FOR LEADERSHIP IN THE ARMY AND IN CIVILIAN LIFE. LEADERSHIP TRAINING & SELECTION OF TRAINEE LEADERSHIP. A LOOK ALSO AT OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL 00:31:42 - RECRUITS AND THEIR SERGEANT STAND AT ATTENTION WEARING T-SHIRTS, DURING BASIC TRAINING AND WATCH ONE OF CLASSMATES, WHO WAS SELECTED AS LEADER, GO THROUGH THE OBSTACLE COURSE BY HIMSELF. 00:32:25 - WHEN THE RECRUIT GETS BACK, THE SERGEANT GIVES THE ORDER FOR THE REST OF THE MEN TO START THE OBSTACLE COURSE, WHICH THEY DO SCREAMING. 00:33:00 - TITLE: "YOUNG AMERICAN LEADERS". 00:33:29 - AS THE SCREAMING RECRUITS GO THROUGH THE OBSTACLE COURSE, A REPORTER INTERVIEWS THE SERGEANT & THE YOUNG LEADER ABOUT LEADERSHIP. 00:35:45 - DRAWINGS AND PHOTOS OF GALLILEO, LINCOLN, GANDHI, FDR AND MARTIN LUTHER KING 00:36:14 - STUDENTS BUSILY WALKING AND CHATTING ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. MONTAGE VARIETY OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS 00:36:45 - CU HAND STRUMMING A GUITAR. YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN SINGING HYMNS TO THE MUSIC OF THE GUITAR AS THEY SIT AROUND IN A LIVING ROOM. 00:38:07 - TALKING HEADS: THE YOUNG STUDENTS GET INTO A GROUP DISCUSSION. 00:40:19 - REPORTER TAKES US TO CONFERENCE ROOM WHERE A MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED IN THE TRAINEE LEADER PROGRAM. TALKING HEADS: POTENTIAL LEADERS ARE QUESTIONED IN HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS. 00:41:38 - A FELLOW RECRUIT SHOWS A BLACK BUDDY HOW TO USE A COMPASS. A BLACK INSTRUCTER TEACHES A LEADERSHIP CLASS. 00:43:04 - A TRAINEE LEADER TEACHES CLASS ON AUTO MECHANICS IN A SHOP. 00:43:35 - REPORTER INTERVIEWS THE LIEUTENANT AND ASKS WHAT QUALITIES ARE SOUGHT IN A TRAINEE LEADER. 00:45:06 - STUDENTS AT AN OFFICER'S CANDIDATE SCHOOL MARCH DOUBLE TIME AND SING OUT THE CATER'S COUNT. 00:45:40 - TACK OFFICER 1ST LIEUTENANT SALZER IS INTERVIEWED OUTSIDE BARRACKS AND ASKED ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AT THE SCHOOL. 00:47:30 - CANDIDATES HAVE MOCK TRIAL IN A LAW CLASS 00:48:00 - OFFICER GIVES DESIGNATED LEADERS INSTRUCTION ON THEIR MISSION BEFORE THEY MOVE ONTO THE FIELD FOR AN EXERCISE. 00:49:16 - THE CANDIDATES LINE UP FOR CHOW, CAFETERIA-STYLE. CANDIDATES ARE QUESTIONED AS THEY EAT. 00:50:17 - UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT CAMPUS. ROTC CANDIDATES AT THE UNIVERSITY TAKE OUTDOOR INSTRUCTION FROM THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER. 00:50:44 - CANDIDATES PROPEL THEMSELVES DOWN A CLIFF ON A ROPE DURING MOUNTAINEERING CLASSES. 00:51:17 - CIVILIAN CANDIDATES IN ROTC TAKE CLASSES AT THE COLLEGE. A HIGH-RANKING BLACK OFFICER EXPLAINS THE ROTC PROGRAM. 00:52:21 - STUDENTS HAND HOLDING BOOKS, ANOTHER WALKING WITH BOOKS IN HAND, STILL ANOTHER PLAYS WITH YO-YO AS HE HOLDS BOOKS WITH OTHER HAND. THEY ALL MAKE COMMENTS CONCERNING THE ROTC. 00:52:30 - MONTAGE COLLEGE STUDENTS LOUNGE ON GRASS OF CAMPUS, A DOG JOINS THEM. OTHER STUDENTS SIT ON CAMPUS STEPS AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS. 00:53:20 - REPORTER-NARRATOR TAKES US TO THE CAMPUS OF THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT. 00:55:14 - REPORTER INTERVIEWS COLONEL BUCKLEY DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY & LEADERSHIP
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1890
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1890s
- File Name: VM-1172B