It Can’t Last R1 of 2

It Can’t Last R1 of 2 Church steeple, leafy suburban town in US, newspaper boy deliverying papers on bike, man looks out window. Boy chats w/ man by fence; tosses paper, climbs over fence & gets apple. Man reads & comments how near end of war seems. “Makes you think of things like a new car, plenty of gas in the tank, tires w/ real treads on them...” “Can’t last much longer...” Neighbors talk. CU clock on church. 11:04:49 CU clock in plane. US pilot at night in flight talks on radio to crew, thinks of home. CU shots of gunner, radioman etc. See planes. Spot ships. Going thru clouds. Strafing ships. Ships firing. Bombs dropped, explosions. Pilot laughing, plane hit, going down with smoke. 11:09:53 LS boat on sea. Day & inflatable boat at sea with shot down wounded crew. WWII Pacific War; Home Front Incentives; Propaganda; Nostalgia; Consumerism; Wartime Rationing;