Service and Citizenship

Service and Citizenship Are You Ready For Service? Series Issue #3 - Coronet Instructional Films Military parade - teenage boys watch from behind barriers & hold hands over chest - VO Howie’s brother reading letter to him “all of a sudden you’re filled with that ‘I gotta do my part’ feeling...” - cut to Howie reading letter at home, brother telling him to listen to his advice. Older brother Bill writing letter from military camp - Citizen Army - VO continues re learning “good citizenship” through everyday activities, not just through military service. Military training scenes - Bill salutes US flag - “defending way of life”. Howie at school in class & playing basketball. Zoom in on school blackboard w/ definition ‘Citizenship is the earning of rights by fulfilling responsibilities’. Cuts back to Howie reading letter - flashback to Howie accompanying father to polling station & asking mother why she spends spare time on PTA work. 02:10:34 Family discuss citizenship when Bill home on leave - “you can’t take things out of life without putting something back in” - discuss jury duty etc. - “service in the armed forces is the heaviest responsibility of citizenship”. WWII montage battleship, tanks, fighter planes, beach landing. More shots Bill at work in Citizen Army camp - finishes writing letter - “your job is to meet the responsibilities of citizenship at home”. Korean War. Domestic War Effort. Democracy. Elections. 1950s. NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.