1951 - Cold War, USA Recruiting Film: Starting Now!

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1951 - Cold War, USA Recruiting Film Tank towards camera, stops in CU; soldier looks out w/ binoculars, others lying in undergrowth. Politicians - CU Communist officer, Communist troops on tank. VO re struggle against Communism. Teenage boy outside high school, looks at US flag - VO “you should plan for service”. Kids into school; boy looks through recruitment brochures inc. ‘Your Son and The US Marine Corps’. 14:01:57 Three teenage boys in school library. Dialogue w/ narrator & amongst themselves re how prepared they should be for military service - two of them indifferent / flippant: “you get a snappy uniform, the girls go for that, it’s pretty nice”. The third more serious. They admit they don’t know much about service & narrator offers to help. 14:04:01 Cut to barrack room scenes - VO “think of having no privacy...long days of hard physical effort” - military training scenes including naval signaling & rifle handling. INT classroom - swabbing decks of battleship - Marine Corps training in swimming pool wearing full gear. 14:05:24 Three boys listen to narrator; start answering questions in quick succession - summary of steps they need to take Title: ‘Find Information - Check Yourself - Develop Yourself - START NOW’ 14:07:37 Same title superimposed over shots of boys reading up on service, having medical check-up, building themselves up etc. Suggests better contact w/ church. Each boy says what steps he intends to take to prepare for service. Oldest boy w/ bouffant 1950s hairstyle “maybe I’d better have my teeth examined too...it’s a big job isn’t it?” 14:10:32 Boy reading brochures outside school - VO “Now is the time to begin” - goes inside. Conscription; Armed Forces Recruitment; Korean War; Anti-Communism; Cold War; Patriotism; 1950s; Military Training; NOTE: Any one continuous minute at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk