1940-1949COMMUNICATIONS
A FILM ABOUT SERVICE MEN CALLING HOME AND THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
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CU HANDS UNROLL SCROLL READING: ALSO SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS
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HOMECOMING OF AMERICAN SERVICEMEN AFTER WORLD WAR II. G.I.'S SOLDIERS, ETC. XLS MEN WAVE FROM SHIP, OCEAN LINER
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STAGED SCENE OF WWII VETERANS. JUST BACK FROM THE WAR, WALKING DOWN GANGPLANK, CARRYING DUFFLE BAGS OVER SHOULDERS. NAME CALL.
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WAR BUDDIES PAUSE ON GANG PLANK AND TALK. MEN IN UNIFORM.
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| 01:30:29 40.9 |
G.I.'S PAST NAME CALL CHECK POINT, WALK THROUGH WAREHOUSE TYPE BUILDING, RUN EXCITEDLY TO TELEPHONE.
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RETURNING SERVICEMEN ARE STOPPED BY MILITARY POLICE. CONTINUE IN SINGLE FILE LINE THROUGH AIRPLANE HANGAR TYPE BUILDING.
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1940s LOCOMOTIVE PASSENGER TRAIN STOPPING AT STATION
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SOLDIERS DISEMBARK TRAIN.
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LS G.I.'S EXIT TRAIN, LOAD DUFFLE BAGS, ETC.
INTO ARMY TRUCKS AT STATION. |
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LS SOLDIERS WALK IN LINE THORUGH ARMY BASE.
CLOSER VIEW SAME. |
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SOLDIERS WALK THROUGH ARMY BASE, AMONG BARRACKS, CARRY DUFFLES ON SHOULDERS. G.I. MEN GETTING FOOT AT MESS HALL COUNTER. K.P. DUTY.
TRAYS. |
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SOLDIERS EAT MEAL IN MESS HALL, AT TABLES, LAUGH, SMILE. BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER.
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G.I.'S WALK OUT OF MESS HALL, BARRACKS.
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GIS WALK PAST SIGN READING: TELEPHONE CENTER, WITH BELL TELEPHONE SYMBOL, LOGO.
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| 01:31:59 130.9 |
SOLDIERS WALKING INTO PHONE CENTER BUILDING, CHARACTERS IN OUR STORY PAUSE AND TALK, GO INSIDE.
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INTERIOR, GIS, SOME WOMEN, WAIT TO MAKE PHONE CALLS.
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OUR HEROES LOOK AT THE CROWD, CONFUSION WITH DISMAY. WOMEN BEHIND COUNTER WITH TELEPHONES.
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SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS AT WORK
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MAN IN SUIT AND TIE AND TELEPHONE MANAGER ARMBAND TALKS TO OUR G.I. PROTAGONISTS.
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THEY FOLLOW HIM OUT OF BUILDING, HE DIRECTS THEM TO BUS, WHICH THEY BOARD.
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BUS WITH SIGN ON SIDE READING: TELEPHONE CENTERS PULLS UP TO SIGN READING SAME.
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UNIFORMED SERVICEMEN DISEMBARK BUS, ENTER BUILDING.
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WOMAN NOTICES THEM, WALKS OVER TO THEM, TALKS WITH THEM.
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SHE LEADS THEM TO COUNTER.
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SOLDIER TALKS TO WOMAN WHO WRITES INFORMATION DOWN.
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SAME WITH OTHER MEN, WOMEN.
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G.I.'S WAITING TO USE TELEPHONES, TALKING. MEN IN PHONE BOOTHS IN BACKGROUND.
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WOMAN AT COUNTER MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT INTO MICROPHONE, LOOKS LIKE TALKING INTO OLD FASHIONED TELEPHONE.
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SOLDIER JUMPS UP, ENTERS TELEPHONE BOOTH.
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G.I. INSIDE PHONE BOOTH, HAPPILY TALKS TO MOM, HIS MOTHER.
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HIS MOM AT HOME, TALKING TO HIM ON PHONE, WIFE WITH BABY IN ARMS TAKES RECEIVER.
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SOLDIER ON TELEPHONE. ECSTATIC.
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MS WOMAN ON PHONE, BABY BOY IN ARMS, SHE PUTS KID ON THE PHONE.
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G.I. SAYS I LOVE YOU TO WIFE ON PHONE, HANGS UP, LEAVES PHONE BOOTH.
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SOLDIER TALKS TO HIS BUDDIES.
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CU SPEAKER ON WALL. PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM.
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WOMAN TALKS TO GIS WAITING TO USE PHONE.
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TELEPHONE MANAGER TALKS TO WOMAN AND MILITARY OFFICER IN UNIFORM, COLONEL. OTHER GIS JOIN THEM.
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SOLDIER HOLDS HIS HEAD AND MAKES FACE AS IF HE JUST SAID OR DID SOMETHING STUPID. HE DID.
EMBARRASSMENT. |
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GROUP OF G.I.S AND OTHERS LAUGH.
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