1910MILITARY
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"THAYER OF WEST POINT"
LOWELL THOMAS NARRATES THIS STORY OF THE 'FATHER OF WEST POINT'. AN OUTSTANDING CAST RECREATES THE LIFE OF SYLVANUS THAYER AT THE ACADEMY |
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MONTAGE- OLD PICTURESQUE BUILDINGS THAT MAKE UP
THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT. |
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MS- STUDENTS SIT ERECTLY DURING A SERVICE IN THE
WEST POINT CHAPEL |
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MS- CADETS CARRYING BOOKS MARCH TO CLASSES
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MS- STATUE OF COLONEL SYLVANUS THAYER, FATHER OF
THE MILITARY ACADEMY. (ZOOM IN ON HIS FACE) |
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MS- PAINTING OF WEST POINT IN THE EARLY 1800'S.
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MS- A CADET DURING THE EARLY 1800'S BRUSHES HIS
HAIR BEFORE A MIRROR IN HIS ROOM (A REENACTMENT) OLIVER, A SNOBBISH RICH BOY WALKS IN WITH CANE AND TOP HAT IN HAND STATES, "I'M BACK"! |
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MS- OLIVER IS UPSET ABOUT THE NEW SUPERINTENDANT
THAYER, PLACING A PUBLIC NOTICE IN NEWSPAPER ORDERING ALL STUDENTS BACK TO THE ACADEMY. |
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MS- THE ROOMMATE READS OTHER NEW RULE BY THAYER,
WHICH INCLUDES, "NO CADET SHALL HAVE A WAITER,A HORSE OR DOG". |
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CU- IN ASTONISHMENT, OLIVER SAYS, "I WONDER IF
THAT INCLUDES A VALET" |
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ANGRY OLIVER STATES "SOMETHING MUST BE DONE, I
SHALL NOTIFY FATHER". |
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MS- AN ANGRY FATHER FACES SUPERINTENDENT THAYER
(BACK TO CAMERA) ASKING WHY HIS SON CANNOT LIVE IN HIS ACCUSTOMED MANNER. HE THREATENS THAYER WITH HIS "INFLUENCE IN HIGHER PLACES". |
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MS- WHEM THAYER IS NOT IMPRESSED, THE FATHER
ANGRILY LEAVES THE ROOM. |
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A STUDENTS (ACTOR GEORGE SEGAL) SITS RESTLESSLY
IN A CLASSROOM AND THROWS A SLATE PENCIL AT THE TEACHER WHO IS WRITING ON A BLACKBOARD. |
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MS- THE STUDENT (SEGAL) MAKES GESTURE OF DISBELIEF
WHEN THE TEACHER PICKS HIM OUT AS THE CULPRIT. |
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MS- THE STUDENT MAKES A GESTURE OF BOREDOM AS HE
GOES BEFORE THAYER WHERE HE IS DISMISSED. |
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MS- A STUDENT SITS AT HIS DESK AND WRITES LETTER,
WITH A QUILL PEN, TO HIS BROTHER. |
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CU- A CADET BEATING ON A SNARE DRUM ANNOUNCING
DRILL. CU- MARCHING FEET AS WORK INTENSIFIES UNDER THAYER WITH EVERY HOUR BEING UTILIZED |
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MS- A CADET NEATLY ARRANGES HIS CLOTHING ON
SHELVES IN A SPECIFIC MANNER. |
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MS- A CADET WRITES A LETTER HOME, PAN TO HIS FEET
IN A POT OF HOT WATER. |
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CU- PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG THAYER AFTER GRADUATION
FROM DARTMOUTH WITH HIGHEST HONORS. DRAWINGS OF THE WAR OF 1812 WHERE THAYER SERVED AS ENGINEER. |
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MS- DRAWINGS OF NAPOLEON REVIEWING CADETS AT
FRENCH ACADEMY. |
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MS- DRAWINGS OF NAPOLEON'S BATTLE AT WATETRLOO.
MS- DRAWING OF THE FRENCH MILITARY SCHOOL WHERE THAYER TOURED. |
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MS- DRAWINGS IN BOOKS, OF FRENCH MILITARY
ARCHECTURE, WHICH THAYER SENT BACK TO THE U.S. |
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MS- AIMING AT INTENSIFYING TRAINING AT THE
ACADEMY. THAYER PROMOTES A FRENCH TEACHER TO PROFESSOR BECAUSE ALL THE BEST MILITARY BOOKS WERE IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. |
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MS- THE ACADEMIC BOARD ESTABLISHED BY THAYER
MEETS IN SESSION. |
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LS- THE ACADEMY LIBRARY ONE OF THE OLDEST
BUILDINGS THERE, A SYMBOL OF THAYER'S EFFORTS. |
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MS- ENGINEERING PROFESSOR SHOWS CADETS VARIOUS
PROJECTS AS THAYER ESTABLISHES THE FIRST SYSTEMATIC ENGINEERING COURSE IN THE U.S. |
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MONTAGE- STUDENTS OF YORE STUDY THEIR ENGINEERING
PROJECTS LATE INTO THE NIGHT. |
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MS- A STUDENT COVERS HIS WINDOW WITH A BLANKET SO
HE CAN CONTINUE STUDYING WITHOUT DETECTION. |
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MS- THE CADET ADMITS TO THAYER THAT HE STAYED UP
AFTER HOURS TO COMPLETE HIS STUDIES. THAYER HAS HIM REPORT FOR PUNISHMENT. |
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LS- MODERN CADETS MARCH AT THE ACADEMY'S PARADE
GROUND. MS- PAN OF A CADETS NEATLY KEPT ROOM. |
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MONTAGE- CADETS AT STUDY HALLS AND IN CLASSROOMS.
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MS- STUDENTS EXIT THAYER HALL.
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MS- PORTRAIT OF SYLVANUS THAYER.
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MS- OLD PAINTINGS OF THE OLD WEST PRAIRIES AND
PIONEERS STRUGGLING THROUGH THE SNOW. |
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MONTAGE- OLD DRAWINGS OF THAYER'S MEN SETTING OUT
TO FIND ROUTES FOR FUTURE RAILROADS. CU- DRAWINGS OF A BIRD'S LEG, FISH AND SNAKES WERE ALL BROUGHT BACK TO THE ACADEMY BY THE ACADEMY PIONEERS. |
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MS- DRAWINGS OF THEIR CONTACTS WITH INDIANS AND
RAILROAD BUILDING AT THE TIME. DRAWING OF A HUGE HERD OF BUFFALO NEXT TO A RAILROAD TRAIN. |
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MONTAGE- HUGE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS, BRIDGES &
GREAT DAMS. |
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MS- DRAWINGS OF THE MEXICAN WAR AND CIVIL WAR
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CU- PHOTOS OF GENERALS GRANT, LEE, STONEWALL
JACKSON AND SHERMAN. |
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FILM OF GENERALS PERSHING, MACARTHUR, EISENHOWER,
CLARK AND BRADLEY. IKE |
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LS- CADETS AND LEADERS STAND AT ATTENTION AT THE
STATUE OF COLONEL SYLVANUS THAYER |
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