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Military Courtesy and Customs of the Service Pt. 1 of 2

Reel Number: 221263-05

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1941

Country: USA

Location: DC,Washington

TC Begins: 11:49:15

TC Ends: 12:01:35

Duration: 00:12:20

Military Courtesy and Customs of the Service (1941) Pt.1 of 2 11:49:57 Montage people in everyday life behaving discourteously, good shots women rush into department store for January sales, crowds packed on railway platform, pushing & shoving to board train. Mob with torches on street at night, as if to attack building. 11:50:32 Montage people engaging in group activity to the benefit of others. Interior car factory, automobile production lines. Violin section of orchestra, conductor. Dam construction w/ workers & pneumatic drills roped to rock face. Good sequence military marching in Washington in inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue. 11:51:45 Newspaper headlines re army recruits off to camp. Middle class home, young man saying goodbye to family, grandfather says when he writes to tell him all about the army. Young man salutes grandad. 11:53:06 Young man in uniform at camp. Drill instructor (Sergeant) telling recruits meaning of salute & who should be saluted. He explains rank & insignia of noncommissioned officers. CU of various chevrons. Recruits dismissed. 11:56:41 Young man at desk writing letter. Postman delivers mail to family home. Grandpa & mother reading letter re history of salute. Brief shots Knight, North American Indian raising arm in salute. Troops saluting. Two recruits talking in barracks, go to camp cinema, ticket booth for movie theater. One explains to the other re commissioned officers insignia. 12:00:35 Recruits in recreation room, one showing the other pictures of Generals insignia. and number of stars. Continued... Respect; Military Training Film;

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