1940-19491940s NEWSREELS
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CU MAN'S HANDS PLAYING KEYS ON UPRIGHT PIANO
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MS MAN WITH ROLLED UP SLEEVES, CIGARETTE DANGLING FROM MOUTH PLAYS PIANO AT BAR
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MS AS PIANO PLAYER PLAYS MAN AT TABLE IN BACKGROUND IS SERVED BEER BY WAITER, MAN AT TABLE WHO IS WRITING SOMETHING LOOKS AT PIANO PLAYER IN ANNOYANCE
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| 01:01:04 21 |
LS MAN AT TABLE CONTINUES WRITING AS PIANO PLAYER (BACK TO CAMERA) PLAYS HIS UP RIGHT PIANO
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| 01:01:12 29 |
LS MAN AT TABLE FINISHES WRITING & PLACES PAPER IN HIS INSIDE POCKET ALONG WITH HIS PENS, HE GETS UP TAKES PIANO PLAYER'S FEDORA OFF THE PIANO TOP &
PLACES IT ON PIANO PLAYERS HEAD THEN WALKS OUT |
| 01:01:42 59 |
MS MAN WHO LEFT BAR WALKS INTO A DARK ROOM &
WATCHES A MAN MAKING PHONY RATION COUPONS ON A PRINTING PRESS |
| 01:01:42 59 |
CU PRESS PRINTS SHEETS OF COUPONS AS "GAS RACKET"
IS SEEN ON SCREEN |
| 01:02:01 78 |
CU SINISTER LOOKING MAN IN SUIT & HAT EXAMINES THE SHEET OF BOGUS GAS RATION COUPONS, COMPARES IT WITH ANOTHER SHEET THEN SMILES
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| 01:02:26 103 |
MS RACKETEER WITH CIGARETTE DANGLING TRIES TO SELL BOGUS COUPONS TO GAS STATION OWNER OUTSIDE HIS STATION
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| 01:02:26 103 |
MS HE HOLDS UP HIS COUPONS TO OWNERS REAL ONES &
SHOWS THE OWNER HOW REAL THEY LOOK |
| 01:02:33 110 |
MS RACKET MAN PULLS OUT A BOTTLE OF CHLORINE &
SMEARS IT ON THE BOGUS COUPONS WITH HIS FINGER |
| 01:02:41 118 |
CU LIQUID BEING SMEARED ON COUPON WITH FINGERS REVEALS OPA LOGO & NUMBERS
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| 01:02:57 134 |
MS RACKETEER OPENS TRUNK OF HIS CAR & STICKS THE GAS STATION MAN'S COUPON INTO IT SO HE COULD EXAMINE IN THE DARK UNDER ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT
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| 01:03:16 153 |
MS A WOMAN IN A CONVERTIBLE DRIVES UP TO THE 2 TALKING MEN, GETS OUT OF CAR & OFFERS $5 FOR 10 GALLONS OF GAS WITHOUT COUPONS
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| 01:03:20 157 |
MS SHE GETS BACK IN AS STATION OWNER REFUSES AND SAYS SHE WOULD GET IT ELSEWHERE
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| 01:03:40 177 |
MS RACKETEER TELLS OWNER WITH FOLDED ARM, "EVERYONE IS DOING IT"
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| 01:03:53 190 |
CU HAND OF MAN SLIPPING OVER CASH TO RACKETEER &
ACCEPTING FOLDER FULL OF STAMPS |
| 01:04:01 198 |
CU OWNER'S HAND OPENS GAS CAP ON CAR & PUMPS GAS INTO TANK
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| 01:04:04 201 |
CU ART DECO GAS PUMP SHOWING AMOUNT OF GAS & COST AS IT PUMPS
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| 01:04:11 208 |
CU CASH REGISTER REGISTERS $5 FOR GAS
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| 01:04:19 216 |
CU HAND PASTING RATION STAMPS INTO BOOK. HAND ENDORSES STAMPS PRIOR TO PASTING THEM IN BOOK
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| 01:04:57 254 |
CU SHEETS OF RATION STAMPS ARE STAMPED WITH LARGE STAMP AS THEY ARE DEPOSITED IN BANK BY DISTRIBUTOR
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| 01:05:13 270 |
MS OPA EXAMINER SCRUTINIZES SHEETS OF STAMPS HE TAKES FROM BOXES FULL OF STAMPS TO IDENTIFY BOGUS ONES
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| 01:05:35 292 |
MS 4 FEMALE WORKERS SIT AROUND A TABLE EXAMINING STAMPS
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| 01:05:44 301 |
CU SHEETS OF STAMPS ARE PILED UP ON TABLE AFTER EXAMINATION BY THE GIRLS
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| 01:05:55 312 |
CU GIRL EXAMINES, TURNS TO CAMERA & ANSWERS QUESTIONS POSED BY THE NARRATOR
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| 01:06:14 331 |
CU WITH A PENCIL IN HER HAND SHE CIRCLES BOGUS STAMPS SHE IDENTIFIES AS STOLEN. THE WORD "CENSORED"
APPEARS ATOP THE SHEETS OF STAMPS |
| 01:06:36 353 |
CU LIST OF NUMBERS WHICH IDENTIFY STOLEN STAMPS ARE SHOWN, A PENCIL POINTS TO VARIOUS NUMBERS ON THE SHEET
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| 01:07:05 382 |
MS VIEW FROM ABOVE AS GIRL EXAMINING SHEETS OF STAMPS
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| 01:07:24 401 |
MONTAGE GIRL'S HAND WITH PENCIL POINTS TO NUMBERS ON SHEET OF STAMPS MARKED "CENSORED" & OTHER ID MARKS
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| 01:07:40 417 |
MS GIRL POINTS TO NEWS CLIPPING ON HER WALL SHOWING BLACK MARKET SUSPECT ARRESTED BY POLICEMAN & OTHER NEWS ARTICLES TELLING OF ARRESTS
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| 01:08:00 437 |
MONTAGE GIRL'S HAND POINTS TO SEVERAL TELL TALE MARKS ON STAMPS SHOWING REASONS WHY THEY ARE ILLEGAL
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| 01:10:06 563 |
CU GIRL'S HAND OPENS BOUND CATALOG FILLED WITH UNCOVERED ILLEGAL STAMPS, POINTS TO SOME OF THEM WITH PENCIL & EXPLAINS DISCREPANCIES, HER FINGER HAS A RUBBER PAGE FLIPPER ATTACHED
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| 01:11:22 639 |
MS GIRL WALKS FROM UNDER A HOODED DESK CONTAINING AN ULTRA-VIOLET LAMP
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| 01:11:30 647 |
CU ULTRA-VIOLET LAMP MAKES GOOD STAMPS FLORESCENT "COUNTERFEIT" MARKER POINTS TO BOGUS STAMP "GENUINE"
MARKER POINTS TO GOOD STAMPS |
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MONTAGE USING ANIMATED DRAWING GIRL EXPLAINS HOW "GOOD" STAMPS ARE GIVEN TO DISTRIBUTION FOR GAS AND "PHONY" STAMPS DEDUCTS GAS BY DISTRIBUTOR
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| 01:13:30 767 |
CU "CLOSED" SIGN IS PLACED ON DRAWING OF GAS PUMPS DEPICTING GAS OWNER GOING OUT OF BUSINESS FOR USING PHONY STAMPS
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| 01:14:47 844 |
CU FINGERS OF GAS STATION OWNER DIALING A DESK TOP ROTARY DIAL PHONE, GAS MAN SPEAKING OVER PHONE
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| 01:15:33 890 |
MS GAS STATION OWNER SPEAKS TO OPA OFFICIAL AT OPA OFFICE AFTER BEING REFUSED GAS BECAUSE OF BOGUS STAMPS
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| 01:16:17 934 |
MS ONE GAS STATION OWNER LEAVES AND ANOTHER ONE COMES IN & SITS DOWN FOR INTERVIEW WITH OPA MAN.
OPA EXPLAINS HOW HE CAN AVOID BOGUS COUPONS |
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LS 1940s AUTO DRIVES UP TO A GAS STATION. SERVICE MAN IN WHITE UNIFORM RUNS OUT, TIPS HIS HAT TO DRIVER
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MS FEMALE DRIVER HANDS SERVICEMAN STAMPS, HE EXAMINES IT, THEN GOES TO PUMP AND STARTS TO PUMP GAS IN CAR
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| 01:17:17 994 |
MS SERVICEMAN CHECKS UNDER HOOD, TAKES OUT OIL STICK & SHOWS IT TO WOMAN DRIVER, HE THEN CHECKS RADIATOR FOR WATER & ADDS SOME
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| 01:17:30 1007 |
CU WOMAN HANDS RATION BOOK & MONEY TO SERVICEMAN, HE EXAMINES IT CLOSELY, THEN TEARS OUT SOME STAMPS
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| 01:17:56 1033 |
MS SERVICEMAN RUNS TO BACK OF CAR & CHECKS STAMPS WITH LICENSE PLATE FOR PROPER ID, THEN RUNS BACK INTO STATION
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| 01:18:27 1064 |
MS SERVICEMAN CLEANS WINDOW OF CAR WITH 2 MEN INSIDE
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| 01:18:31 1068 |
MS HE WALKS OVER TO PASSENGER SIDE & SPEAKS WITH RACKETEER WITH CIGARETTE DANGLING FROM HIS LIPS
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| 01:18:31 1068 |
CU RACKETEER RAISES HIS HANDCUFFED HANDS TO TAKE CIGARETTE OUT OF HIS MOUTH
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| 01:19:09 1106 |
DEPT OF AGRICULTURE FILM "IT'S UP TO YOU"
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| 01:19:38 1135 |
AERIAL PAN OF U.S. FARMLAND & CLOUDY SKIES
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| 01:19:55 1152 |
CU EARS OF CORN ON CORN STALKS; TRACTOR & DRIVER ROLLS THRU FIELDS
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| 01:20:14 1171 |
MS FARMER WITH PIPE DANGLING FROM MOUTH PICKS UP HAY FROM FIELD & SERVES IT TO HIS TEAM OF HORSES
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| 01:20:21 1178 |
CU FARMER PETS HIS HORSE & LOOKS UP AT CLOUDY SKY
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| 01:20:26 1183 |
MS FARMER WITH PITCH FORK STANDS NEXT TO HIS HORSE & CART FULL OF HAY & LOOKS SKYWARD
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| 01:20:28 1185 |
LS DARK CLOUDS OVER CORNFIELD BLOWING IN WIND
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| 01:20:40 1197 |
MS FLASH OF LIGHTNING & CRACK OF THUNDER MAKES FARMER PITCH HIS HAY ONTO CART AT A FASTER RATE
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| 01:20:51 1208 |
CU TOMATOES ON THE VINE
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| 01:20:53 1210 |
MS HUGE PILE OF BASKETS FULL OF TOMATOES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
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| 01:20:56 1213 |
CU EGGS, SUPERIMPOSED BY A SINGLE EGG THEN A BABY CHICK SUPERIMPOSED IN SINGLE EGG
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| 01:20:58 1215 |
MS WALL TO WALL HOGS
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| 01:21:03 1220 |
MS A COW, HER TEATS BURSTING WITH MILK
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| 01:21:06 1223 |
CU BOTTLES OF MILK ON CONVEYOR BELT ASSEMBLY LINE
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| 01:21:12 1229 |
MS FARMER SITS ON GRINDING WHEEL SHARPENING HIS AXE. HE PAUSES, HOLDS GRINDING WHEEL & LISTENS AS VOICE SAYS "I'M HUNGRY, I'M HUNGRY."
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| 01:21:25 1242 |
MS FARMER TESTS SHARPENED AXE WITH HIS FINGER &
CONTEMPLATES AS VOICE TELLS HIM ABOUT SACRIFICES IN ENGLAND, RUSSIA, YUGOSLAVIA "YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO THINK." |
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MS FARMER WALKING UP HILL OF FARM AS VOICE PRODS HIM
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| 01:22:08 1285 |
MS FARMER MOUNTS HIS HORSE & BUGGY & RIDES OFF
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| 01:22:13 1290 |
CU FARMER CHOPPING FIREWOOD; AXE SPLITTING WOOD;
AXE BEING SHARPENED ON WHEEL |
| 01:22:19 1296 |
CU FARMER LOADS HEAVY SACK ONTO BUGGY
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| 01:22:20 1297 |
MONTAGE IN FRENZY OF WORK FARMER WALKS HIS HORSE TEAM, LIGHTS KEROSENE LAMP, FEEDS COWS, CARRIES HEAVY SACKS FROM BARN, CHOPS WOOD, RIDES TRACTOR, PLOWS FIELD, WHEN HE STOPS HE HEARS VOICE SAY, "I'M HUNGRY."
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| 01:22:41 1318 |
CU FARMER LEANS OVER DRIVING WHEEL OF TRACTOR, EXHAUSTED. HE STARTS DRIVING AGAIN AS VOICE PRODS HIM ON
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| 01:22:58 1335 |
MS LARGE WHEAT FIELD SWAYS IN THE WIND
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| 01:23:00 1337 |
MONTAGE SCENES OF PLOWS TURNING UP EARTH, HANDS MILKING COWS, MEN HARVESTING CROPS, FARMER SPREADING SEED, CRATES OF FRUIT ON CONVEYORS, REAPERS IN WHEAT FIELDS
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| 01:23:21 1358 |
MONTAGE GRAIN POURING ONTO PILE FROM GRAIN ELEVATOR
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| 01:23:27 1364 |
MS FARMER STOPS & TALKS INTO CAMERA & SAYS, "THAT'S ALL I CAN GIVE YA, NO MORE, YA HEAR ME, NO MORE, FROM NOW ON IT'S UP TO YOU."
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| 01:24:14 1411 |
CU HAND THUMBS THRU FOOD RATION STAMPS
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| 01:24:22 1419 |
MS WOMEN ON ONE SIDE OF COUNTER SHOP AT GROCERY STORE AS TWO SALESMEN SERVE THEM (OLD TYPE GROCERY STORE)
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| 01:24:25 1422 |
CU 2 BOYS WALK UP TO COUNTER & PULL OUT RATION BOOKS FROM THEIR JACKET POCKETS
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| 01:24:30 1427 |
CU BLACK & WHITE CAT SITS ON SHELF AMID GROCERIES
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| 01:24:33 1430 |
MS WOMAN SIGNS RATION STAMPS AS GROCER FILLS UP PAPER BAG WITH GROCERIES
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| 01:24:38 1435 |
MONTAGE SHELVES SHOWN BEING SLOWLY DEPLETED OF FOOD CANS
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| 01:24:46 1443 |
CU BLACK WOMAN POSES WITH PAPER BAG FULL OF GROCERIES IN HER ARMS
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| 01:24:49 1446 |
CU GROCER CLIMBS LADDER TO GROCERIES ON TOP SHELF.
HE PICKS A BOX & LOOKS DOWN TO ASK IF THAT' THE ONE |
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CU WHITE WOMAN, THEN BLACK WOMAN NOD AS THEY LOOK UP AT HIM
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| 01:24:56 1453 |
CU FACE OF SCALE MOVES FROM 0 TO 2 LBS
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| 01:24:58 1455 |
CU DOG & PUPPY EAT FROM DOGGIE PLATE
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| 01:25:04 1461 |
MONTAGE UNDERWEAR HANGING ON CLOTHESLINES
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| 01:25:08 1465 |
MONTAGE WOMAN FOLLOWED BY YOUNG GIRL THEN YOUNG BOY ALL CARRY BAGS OF GROCERIES. EXIT GROCERY STORE
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| 01:25:18 1475 |
MS SHOPPERS WALK ALONG BUSY STRING OF NEIGHBORHOOD STORES WINDOW SHOPPING & GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS
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| 01:25:25 1482 |
MS WOMAN CUSTOMER WALKS INTO BUTCHER SHOP AS BUTCHER CUTS MEAT ON CHOPPING BLOCK
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| 01:25:42 1499 |
MS WOMAN GESTURES WITH HER HAND AS SHE ASKS FOR SIRLOIN "THAT BIG." HE REFUSES BECAUSE OF RATIONING, BUT WILL ACCOMMODATE HER FOR A PRICE, SHE ACCEPTS
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| 01:26:31 1548 |
MS THE BUTCHER LEAVES AND GOES TO BACK OF STORE
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| 01:26:34 1551 |
MS THE WOMAN PACES WITH A SMILE OF VICTORY ON HER FACE. THEN SHE LOOKS AT SIGN ON WALL, "AMERICANS SHARE THE MEAT."
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| 01:26:40 1557 |
CU WOMAN WITH WORRIED FACIAL EXPRESSION, CONTEMPLATES
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| 01:26:41 1558 |
CU SHE GLANCES AT SIGN SAYING "HELP WIN THE WAR"
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| 01:26:46 1563 |
CU SHE SUDDENLY UP DOWN & AROUND AS A VOICE SAYING "I'M YOUR CONSCIENCE" SPEAKS. SHE STEPS BACK IN ALARM & BACKS IN CORNER
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| 01:26:53 1570 |
MS SHE LOOKS UP IN ALARM, HER OWN FIGURE APPEARS ON WALL
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| 01:27:10 1587 |
CU HER "CONSCIENCE" LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY AT HER AS SHE EXPLAINS REASON FOR SHOPPING IN BLACK MARKET SHOP
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| 01:27:28 1605 |
MS THE WOMAN GRASPS BUTCHER'S SCALE AS SHE LOOKS UP & TALKS TO HER "CONSCIENCE"
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| 01:27:47 1624 |
CU "CONSCIENCE" TELLS ABOUT WAR EFFORT, ETC.; WOMAN LOOKS UP & CONFESSES. BY NOW "CONSCIENCE" IS SEATED IN ROCKING CHAIR & SMUGLY LOOKING DOWN THEN DISAPPEARS AS WOMAN WALKS OUT OF STORE WITH SMILE ON HER FACE
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| 01:28:40 1677 |
MONTAGE POSTER ON WALL WOUNDED GI BEING HELPED BY BUDDY & OTHER LIKE POSTERS AS NARRATOR TALKS PROPAGANDA
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| 01:29:15 1712 |
MONTAGE MAN WALKS OUT OF HOME, WOMAN WALKS DOWN COUNTRY ROAD, WOMAN WALKS ALONG STORES, WORKING MAN IN OVERALLS WALKS BY STORE WINDOWS WITH POSTERS STORE OWNER PLACES NEWSPAPERS ON STAND OUTSIDE STORE WOMEN EXITING CHURCH, GROUP OF PEOPLE CROSSING STREET & GOING BUSILY ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AS PROPAGANDA SONG IS SUNG
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| 01:29:55 1752 |
AERIAL HUGE CROWD OF PEOPLE GATHER IN STREET AS "IT'S UP TO YOU" SONG IS SUN
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