It’s Your America R1 of 3

It’s Your America R1 of 3 US Savings Bond promo (silent) Dramatizes how a penny takes on new meanings to a soldier as he learns the significance of its inscriptions and Lincoln's quotations. Shot in studio. 04:01:26 Soldier going home on board transport ship at night; he starts telling the story to camera (SOF) of finding the penny. 04:02:53 CU alarm clock in bedroom, turned off, gets up & re-reads draft letter, dresses, walking thru dark streets in rain. 04:04:49 CU finds the penny en route to his draft board. Into draft board, unhappy men, some sleeping. Physical examination line, flips coin, CU examination. Includes shot of line of naked men touching toes during exam. Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, kids looking up at it. Statue of Liberty in New York. School boy talking about location of state of Oregon. He is inducted into Army after a physical examination. 04.07.57 Army training camp. Montage: KP duty, peeling potatoes, washing dishes. Drilling, marching. Troops relax at side of road. Two soldiers discuss war & what they are fighting for. They look at penny, one tells other that when he understands what is written on the penny he will know America & why he is fighting. Troops march down road. Superimposed soldier thinking w/ troops behind him. WWII Homefront; Philosphy; Military training camp;