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"OTTUMWA, U.S.A."
PORTRAYS AMERICAN LIFE IN A TYPICAL CITY AND THE ARMY'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT CITY. |
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MS- RUSSIAN SOLDIERS STIFFLY SIT IN THEIR PASSING TRUCK DURING A RED PARADE IN MOSCOW
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LS- HUNGARIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS RIDE ATOP CAPTURED RUSSIAN TANK DURING THEIR UPRISING.
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| 01:02:22 62 |
MONTAGE- RED MEN AND WOMEN PROPAGANDISTS SPEAK TO THE MASSES FROM PREPARED SPEECHES.
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| 01:02:35 75 |
LS- THE CAPITAL DOME BUILDING, THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
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| 01:03:03 103 |
LS- PAN OF THE CITY OF OTTUMWA, IOWA. LS- TYPICAL HOME TOWN STREET WITH ITS PEOPLE AND TRAFFIC GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS.
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| 01:03:22 122 |
MS- 2 SENIORS SIT AT A PARK BENCH AND CHAT.
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| 01:03:36 136 |
MS- RECRUIT SERGEANT WALLACE BACON GETS INTO HIS ARMY SEDAN PARKED IN STREET OUTSIDE HIS OFFICE
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| 01:04:08 168 |
LS- SERGEANT BACON PULLS UP TO A FARM HOUSE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF OTTUMWA IS GREETED BY MOTHER OF GEROLD GRUNK WHO THE SERGEANT CAME OUT TO SEE.
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LS- GEROLD GRUNK RIDES UP TO THE SERGEANT'S CAR, SLIDES OFF HIS HORSE AND SHAKES HANDS WITH BACON.
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MS- SERGEANT BACON AND GEROLD SIT UNDER AN OAK TREE AND DISCUSS GEROLD'S PROBLEM OF WHETHER TO ENLIST OR WAIT TO BE DRAFTED. LS- PAN OF FARM
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| 01:06:58 338 |
LS- GEROLD FEDS SHEEP IN A TROUGH. LS- MOTHER FEEDS THE CHICKENS. GEROLD AND HIS FATHER RIDE INTO TOWN WITH THE PICK-UP TRUCK
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| 01:07:55 395 |
MS- THE RAILROAD GUARD HOLDS UP A 'STOP' SIGN IN FRONT OF GEROLD'S TRUCK AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING AS TRAIN GOES BY. GEROLD WAVES AT THE ENGINEER
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MONTAGE- CATTLE AND HOGS ARE HURDLED TOGETHER AT THE 'SALE BARN' WHERE THEY ARE AUCTIONED OFF TO THE FARMERS. CU- AUCTIONEER FAST TALKS HIS PITCH
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| 01:09:10 470 |
MS- GEROLD SITS IN STANDS WITH OTHER FARMERS WAITING HIS OPPORTUNITY TO BID
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| 01:09:48 508 |
MS- LONG COLUMNS OF FROZEN SIDES OF BEEF HANG FROM HOOKS AT A BEEF PLANT. MS- GROUPS OF BUTCHERS CUT STEAKS AT A LONG TABLE IN THE PLANT.
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| 01:09:56 516 |
MS- WOMEN WORKERS SIT AT TABLES AND PACK FRANKFURTERS IN BOXES.
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| 01:10:05 525 |
LS- SERGEANT BACON WALKS TOWN STREETS GREETING AND CHATTING WITH IT'S CITIZENS ALONG THE WAY
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| 01:11:22 602 |
LS- OTTUMWA COURT HOUSE. PAN TO THE TOP WHERE A STATUE OF INDIAN CHIEF WAPELA WITH SPEAR IN HAND.
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| 01:11:43 623 |
MS- EARLY DRAWINGS IN THE TOWN LIBRARY DEPICTS THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.
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| 01:12:08 648 |
MS- TURN OF THE CENTURY PHOTOS OF THE BOOMING TOWN OF OTTUMWA.
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| 01:12:20 660 |
MONTAGE- ACTION SCENES OF WWI. MS- OTHUMWA DAILY COURIER NEWSPAPER HEADLINES 'WAR BECOMES ACTUAL'
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| 01:12:43 683 |
LS- THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS WAVE FROM THE CROWDED DECK OF SHIP GOING OVERSEAS.
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| 01:13:00 700 |
MONTAGE- PHOTOS OF SOLDIERS FROM OTTUMWA WHO SERVED SUPERIMPOSED OVER SCENES OF WWI BATTLES
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| 01:13:41 741 |
LS- WWI VET CHARLES FOREMAN ENTERS THE TOWN BARBER SHOP TAKES A SEAT WITH ANOTHER OLD-TIMER
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| 01:14:00 760 |
MS- BARBER CHATS WITH THE SEATED OLD-TIMERS AS HE CUTS A CUSTOMER'S HAIR WHO JOINS IN THE CHAT.
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AERIAL- VIEW OF OTTUMWA, IOWA. LS- A DIESEL TRAIN PULLS UP TO PASSENGERS WAITING AT THE STATION.
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LS- NEW BUILDINGS SUCH AS THE DAILY COURIER NEWSPAPER, NEW CAR SHOWROOMS, BANKS, HOSPITALS &
OFFICE BUILDINGS. |
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MONTAGE- QUAINT OLD HOMES AND NEW MODERN HOMES.
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| 01:15:23 843 |
MS- IOWA GOVERNOR HERSHEL LOVELET, A RESIDENT OF OTTUMWA, SITS ON HIS PORCH WITH HIS WIFE AND READS A NEWSPAPER.
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| 01:15:55 875 |
MS- CAROLL MARRET, A RESIDENT OF OTTUMWA, AT PAGEANT.
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| 01:16:15 895 |
MS- PAN OF TOWNS PEOPLE WATCHING A VETERAN'S DAY PARADE. MS- A WREATH IS PLACED AT THE MEMORIAL TO THE TOWNS YOUTH KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE WARS
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MS- BOY SCOUTS APPLAUD THE MUSIC OF A MILITARY BAND AT THE ANNUAL BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE. MS- INDIANS DO A WAR DANCE AT THE BEAT OF A WAR DRUM.
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| 01:19:24 1084 |
MS- A BOY SCOUT PLACES A UNITED WAY POSTER IN THE WINDOW OF A LOCAL STORE
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MS- A VERY TALL POLICEMAN STOPS TO CHAT WITH A LOCAL YOUTH. MS- PEOPLE REGISTER AND CAST THEIR BALLOT IN THE VOTING BOOTH.
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| 01:20:10 1130 |
MS- MOMS AND DADS WATCH AND CHEER AT A LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME.
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MS- MEN GOING TO WORK IN A PLANT. LS- CHILDREN FILING INTO A SCHOOL AND SITTING AT DESKS BEFORE A TEACHER. LS- HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL AND ENTERING.
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| 01:21:17 1197 |
MS- A GIRL CHURCH CHOIR SING BEFORE A GROTTO ON THE CHURCH GROUNDS AS A NUN CONDUCTS.
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| 01:22:00 1240 |
MONTAGE- SOME OF THE 30 CHURCHS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS IN OTTUMWA. MS- A MINISTER SHAKES THE HANDS OF PEOPLE AS THEY EXIT HIS CHURCH.
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| 01:24:06 1366 |
LS- ARMY RECRUITERS ADDRESS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT BODY IN THE AUDITORIUM. MONTAGE- THE STUDENTS LISTEN ATTENTATIVELY
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LS- BOY SAYS GOODBYE TO THE RECRUITING SERGEANT AND GALLOPS AWAY ACROSS THE FIELD ON HIS HORSE.
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