Military Life And You

Military Life And You Are You Ready For Service? Series Issue #11 - Coronet Instructional Films 17:53:25 CU Army recruits marching, tilt up from feet as troops perform drill. US Navy & Air Force recruits marching. VO “You’ll spend a lot of time drilling and learning how to drill...even the ladies do it” Women troops march. Troops parade in ceremonial dress. VO re good impression made by soldiers drilling / parading - “somehow you know that whatever situation they’re faced with, they’ll make a good account of themselves”. Shots of cadets training in camp & sailors drilling w/ cutaways to combat situations inc. troops running off landing craft onto beach. VO re discipline. Fighter planes on aircraft carrier & in flight. 17:55:37 Night guard duty: “Discipline pays off here, when you’re on your own & your imagination plays tricks on you...or is it your imagination?” CU w/ worried look. 17:56:17 House w/ teenage boy Kurt asleep in bed. VO says he “takes a dim view of discipline...a rugged individualist”. Narrator points out ways in which he displays self-discipline. Alarm clock goes off, gets up for school, makes bed, smiles into kitchen, eats breakfast w/ family but father tells him he must finish a task after school or he won’t get to use the car. VO says sulking means he’s not a man & not ready for service. 17:58:28 Navy officer turns barrack light on as morning wake-up call heard; recruits off bunks, make beds etc. “Good ol’ Mom won’t be there to pick up after you”. Recruits queue for chow, “if you’re finnicky about food, get over it”. Recruits line up on parade ground - VO “you’ll take orders every day”. Training scenes showing how to salute; cleaning guns, reading rules. 17:59:36 Kurt walking to school as VO points out “haven’t you been following rules and regulations all your life?” CU traffic lights, cross street, traffic. Lunch queue at school; boy tries to push in & sent to back on line. VO “And you know what we call a man who doesn’t follow the rules? He’s a poor sport”. 18:00:46 Soldier sitting slouched on steps thinking. VO “..showing no respect for his uniform & threrefore a “poor soldier”; good soldier out of barracks w/ immaculate uniform, salutes officer; VO re military coutesy w/ shots of servicemen saluting superiors & women while working on plane, at guard post, etc.. 18:01:39 Kurt fixing lawnmower as father demanded. Kurt plays on softball team; rulebook consulted - VO “The important thing to remember about military life is that it’s a life for men. The best way to get ready for that life is to grow up”. Kurt thrown out of game; onto bench but “he’d be childish to get sore about it”. 18:02:35 Recruits drill - VO “discipline is the difference between a mob and an army”. CUs servicemen salute at camera; tracking shot past sailors standing at attention w/ rifles - one Black recruit. Recruits towards camera w/ US & military Marine ? flags. Korean War; Recruitment; Teamwork; Conformity; Cold War;