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"WEST POINT: THE ARMY CHALLENGE"
DOCUMENTS THE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN WHO ENTERS THE US MILITARY ACADEMY & COMPLETES FOUR YEARS OF STUDY TO QUALIFY FOR A COMMISSION AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT, US ARMY. WEST POINT CADET FROM DAYN TO GRADUATION DAY, AS TOLD BY A GRADUATING CADET |
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WEST POINT CADETS MARCHING ON THEIR PARADE GROUNDS IN THEIR DRESS UNIFORMS.
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CU A CADET, DOUG, TAKES OFF HIS FEATHERED HAT AND STANDS ATTENTION AND THINKS BACK OVER THE 4 YEARS AS A CADET AS HE NARRATES THE STORY.
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STUDENT WAITER WAITS ON 4 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INCLUDING DOUG, IN LOCAL TEEN HANGOUT. WAITER ASKS WHO IS PAYING THE BILL AND 3 OF THE FOUR SAY, "HE IS" AS THEY POINT TO ONE OF THEM.
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THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS DISCUSS THEIR CHOICE OF COLLEGE AND ONE OF THEM SUGGESTS WEST POINT FOR DOUG WHO IS UNDECIDED. TALKING HEADS. THE TALK IS CUT OFF AS TWO GIRLS JOIN THEM IN THE BOOTH.
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DOUGH SITS WITH HIS GUIDANCE COUNSELOR WHO MAKES A STRONG CASE FOR WEST POINT. TALKING HEADS
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COUNSELOR HANDS DOUG A WEST POINT CATALOGUE TO LOOK OVER AS THEY CONCLUDE. DOUG THANKS THE COUNSELOR BUT SAYS HE IS, "NOT INTERESTED".
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DOUG LIES IN BED STUDYING ACADEMY CATALOGUE PERUSING THE PLETHORA OF SUBJECT. HE GETS OUT OF BED AND SITS AT HIS DESK AND WRITES HIS CONGRESSMAN REQUESTING NOMINATION TO THE SCHOOL
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DOUG SITS BEFORE A CIVILIAN SELECTION BOARD WHO INTERVIEW HIM. THE BOARD RECOMMENDED NOMINATION TO THE CONGRESSMAN
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DOUG IS EXAMINED BY A PHYSICIAN, DOES A BROAD JUMP DURING HIS PHYSICAL APTITUDE TEST AND TAKES HIS COLLEGE BOARD TEST ALL DURING HIS SENIOR YEAR.
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DOUG'S FATHER DROPS HIS NEWSPAPER, HIS MOTHER STOPS KNITTING AS DOUG INFORMS THEM HE WAS APPOINTED TO WEST POINT.
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DOUG AND HIS GIRL FRIEND LOUNGE IN HIS CONVERTIBLE ALONG WITH ANOTHER COUPLE
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DOUG MEETS HIS COUNSELOR IN SCHOOL HALLWAY CONGRATULATES HIM AND CUNNINGLY CONVINCES THE UNDECIDED DOUG TO GO. TALKING HEADS
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MONTAGE DOUG BEING DRESSED DOWN BY AN UPPER CLASSMAN. AERIAL OPEN COURTYARD WITH CADET ACTIVITIES GOING ON. MONTAGE CADETS SIT IN BARBER CHAIR FOR CLOSE HAIRCUTS
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CU UPPER CLASSMAN SHOUTS,"GIMME MACARTHUR'S MESSAGE". CU CADET GIVES ANSWER IN A MONOTONE.
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MONTAGE CADETS MARCHING IN GROUPS, OTHERS DOING CALISTHENICS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN A BUSY DAY.
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NEW PLEBES STAND BEFORE THE STATUE OF COLONEL SYLVANUS THAYER. CU BRONZE BUSTS OF EISENHOWER AND BRADLEY
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MONTAGE CADETS IN ALL WHITE UNIFORMS MARCH ON PARADE GROUNDS
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MONTAGE DOUG FINALLY ATTENDS ACADEMIC CLASSES FEELING HE WAS GOING TO COLLEGE AT LAST. DOUG SITS AND WRITES TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR
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DOUG AND 3 OTHER CADETS SOLVE MATH PROBLEMS ON A BLACKBOARD. DOUG CHECKS HIS MARKS ON AN OUTSIDE BULLETIN BOARD AND IS PLEASED.
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WEST POINT BUILDING WITH THE SOUND OF CHOIR SINGING "SILENT NIGHT" DURING CHRISTMAS TIME.
CHOIR SINGING AS ORGANIST CONDUCTS, STOPS THEM AND GIVES INSTRUCTIONS. |
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CADET DOUG, HIS MOM AND DAD SPEAK TO MINISTER AT DOORWAY OF CHAPEL AS DOUG ENJOYS A VISIT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. HE MEETS 1 MALE AND 2 GIRL FRIENDS AND THEY GO OFF.
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MONTAGE DOUG COMES BACK AND LOOKS AROUND THE OLD ACADEMY GROUNDS AT THE MANY SNOW COVERED SITES.
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DOUG SITS WITH GIRL IN SCHOOL LIBRARY ON WEEKEND WHEN VISITORS ARE ALLOWED ON THE CAMPUS. DOUG TAKES THE GIRL ON A TOUR OF THE GROUNDS AND THEN TO A DANCE.
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DOUG'S ROOMMATE GOES INTO A RAGE OVER HIS STUDIES SHOUTING, "I MIGHT AS WELL QUIT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE ENGLISH PROFESSORS, OR WHAT?" DOUG CALMS HIM DOWN AND HELPS HIM. COLLEGE OVERWHELMING
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THE ROOMMATE IS SURPRISED WHEN DOUG TELLS HIM HE IS ONLY THERE FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND NOT AIMING TO BE A MACARTHUR.
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MONTAGE CADETS GO THROUGH MILITARY COMBAT TRAINING IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE SERVICE INCLUDING, WEAPONS, TANKS, BRIDGE BUILDING, ARTILLERY AND HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT.
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MONTAGE DOUG GOES WATER SKIING, DIVING AND SWIMMING IN LAKE WITH HIS GIRL FRIEND AT CAMP BUCKNER WHICH HAS ACTIVITIES LIKE A SUMMER RESORT.
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BAND PLAYS AS CADETS HAVE FORMAL DANCE IN THEIR DRESS UNIFORMS.
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MONTAGE DOUG ATTENDS LAB CLASSES.
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IN THE SCHOOL CLOSED CIRCUIT TV STUDIO MODEL'S HAIR STANDS ON EDGE LIKE A PORCUPINE THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL DURING AN EXPERIMENT.
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DOUG SINGS IN THE CADET CHOIR.
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CADET FOOTBALL TEAM RUN OUT ONTO CAMPUS, CADETS RUN CROSS COUNTRY, WATER TENNIS TEAM TRAINS, TENNIS PLAYERS FACE OFF, LACROSSE, BOXING, WRESTLING, GYMNASTICS, GOLF, SKIING ARE ALL PART OF THE BROAD ATHLETIC PROGRAM
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DOUG PLAYS INDOOR HANDBALL GAME WITH ANOTHER CADET. DOUG AND GIRLFRIEND JUMP OFF THEIR SEATS AS THEIR TEAM SCORES IN A BASKETBALL GAME.
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MONTAGE CADETS APPLAUD FROM THEIR SEATS AT A FOOTBALL GAME.
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DOUG GIVES INSTRUCTIONS TO NEW CADETS ON PROPER HAND SALUTE.
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UPPER CLASSMEN ATTEND CLASSES ON MILITARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, ECONOMICS, HISTORY, POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AND LEADERSHIP .
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MONTAGE THEY DELVE INTO 4 ASPECTS OF 20TH CENTURY ENGINEERING, JET PROPULSION AND AERO-DYNAMICS.
COMMUNICATIONS CLASSES INCLUDE, AMPLIFIERS, RADAR, CIRCUITRY, LASERS AND SOLID STATE ELECTRONICS. |
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MONTAGE OTHER CLASSES INCLUDE NUCLEAR FISSION, RADIATION DETECTION, STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS, BALLISTICS, ROCKETS, WEAPON SYSTEMS, SPACE TECHNOLOGY, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING.
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INSTRUCTOR TEACHES THE ART OF WARFARE, ANCIENT AND MODERN. INSTRUCTOR SHOWS THE USE OF THE PAPER CARTRIDGE ON AN OLD REVOLUTIONARY WAR RIFLE.
AND DEMONSTRATES IT. |
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PORTRAITS OF THE WWI GENERAL MACARTHUR, CIVIL WAR GENERALS GRANT AND LEE, PERSHING ON A HORSE AND EISENHOWER. OMAR BRADLEY AND WESTMORELAND.
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DOUG WRITES HIS LAST LETTER HOME AS A CADET.
DOUG'S ROOMMATE RUBS IT INTO DOUG ABOUT HIS CHANGE OF ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ARMY. DOUG AGREES |
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DOUG'S MOM & DAD IN THE AUDIENCE AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONIES. DOUG RAISES HIS RIGHT HAND WITH OTHER GRADUATES AT SWEARING IN.
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"YOUR ARMY REPORTS"
28TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1ST & 2ND ARMORED DIVISIONS IS JOINTLY CELEBRATED AT FORT HOOD TEXAS. THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, AUSA, IS HELD AT A HOTEL IN WASHINGTON, D. C. |
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ENTRANCE TO FORT HOOD, TEXAS WHICH PREPARES FOR A BIG DAY. THE 1ST & 2ND ARMORED DIVISIONS CELEBRATE JOINT 28TH ANNIVERSARY.
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LT. GENERAL MATTER, COMMANDER OF THE U.S. ARMY 3RD CORP IS ON THE REVIEWING STAND. LARGE AUDIENCE OF CIVILIANS ARE THERE TO ENJOY THE DAY-LONG CEREMONIES AND FAIRGROUNDS.
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CU SOLDIER CONDUCTS THE BAND DRESSED IN THEIR BATTLE UNIFORMS. CU GI TROMBONIST PLAYS.
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LITTLE BOY, DRESSED IN BLUE DANCES IN SAND AS HIS LITTLE SISTER, WEARING BONNET WATCHES. SHE STEPS BEHIND HIM AND LIFTS HIM UP.
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MONTAGE ARMORED VEHICLES FROM THE 1ST AND 2ND ARMORED DIVISIONS RIDE BEFORE THE REVIEWING STAND AS NARRATOR TELLS OF THEIR BATTLE HISTORIES.
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MONTAGE THE ARMORED VEHICLES PUT ON A FIRE POWER DEMONSTRATION.
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GENERAL MATTER PRESSES A BUTTON FROM THE REVIEWING STAND SETTING OFF AN "HONEST JOHN" ROCKET, CLIMAXING THE DEMONSTRATIONS.
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MONTAGE VISITORS WITH THEIR CHILDREN GET RIDES ON JEEPS FOR TOURS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE. YOUNG LADIES PARTICULARLY ENJOY THE RIDE.
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A SCISSORS BRIDGE FROM THE ENGINEER CORP IS USED AS ENTRANCE TO THE FAIR GROUNDS.
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CU PIE PLATES ARE LOADED WITH SHAVING CREAM FROM SPRAY CANS. VISITOR THROWS PIE PLATE AT FACE IN HOLE BEHIND TENT AND SCORES A BULL'S EYE.
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MAN THROWS PIE PLATE AT CAMERA. AS SEEN FROM BEHIND THE HOLE IN THE TENT. CU HEAD COVERED IN SHAVING CREAM.
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"DUNK THE SERGEANT" GAME IS POPULAR AS CHUBBY MAN IN HIS BATHING SUIT SITTING ON A SEAT ABOVE A POOL OF WATER IS DUNKED WHEN A WOMAN HITS THE BULL'S EYE
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A BAND PLAYS MUSIC FOR THE GI AND CIVILIAN AUDIENCE. LITTLE BLACK BOY ENJOYS HIS ICE CREAM CONE. A LITTLE BLONDE BOY HOLDS ONTO HIS BALLOON
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BABY IS FAST ASLEEP IN MOMS ARMS DESPITE THE NOISE AND ACTIVITIES OF THE FAIR. ANOTHER CHILD SLEEPS ON GI DAD'S SHOULDER.
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BOY ATOP HIS FATHERS SHOULDERS AS THEY WALK OFF.
BOW SITS IN SADDLE AND HOLDS ONTO REIGNS AS HE RIDES ATOP A MISSILE COWBOY STYLE. |
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CU HORSE CHEWING ON HAY.
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MONTAGE THE REGIMENTAL COLORS ARE PARADED AT NIGHT IN A NIGHT TIME PARADE. BUGLER PLAYS TAPS, FOLLOWED BY A BRILLIANT DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS IN THE SKY ABOVE FORT HOOD.
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MILITARY VEHICLE EXHIBITS OUTSIDE THE SHERATON PARK HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D. C., WHERE THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, AUSA, IS HELD.
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SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER EXPLAINS THE OPERATIONS OF HAND-HELD WEAPONS AT HIS BOOTH IN THE CONVENTION HALL
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MONTAGE LARGE VARIETY OF ARMY EXHIBITS IS ON VIEW TO BRING MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATION UP TO DATE
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SECRETARY OF THE ARMY STANLEY R. REITHER EXAMINES THE EXHIBITS.
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ROTC STUDENTS EXAMINE THE 20MM "VULCAN". CIVILIAN AIMS THE GUN AND MOVES IT AROUND.
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ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF WESTMORELAND LOOKS OVER SOME OF THE NEWEST EQUIPMENT.
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A COMBAT ARTIST BOOTH WITH SOME OF THE PICTURES DRAWN ARE DISPLAYED.
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SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE ARMY GEORGE W. DUNAWAY, ASSIGNED TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF-OF-STAFF SPEAKS TO OTHER SERGEANT MAJORS
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HUGE ASSOCIATION LOGO HANGS OVER THE DAIS AT THE HALL. THE U. S. ARMY BAND PROVIDES THE MUSIC FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS.
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ARMY SECRETARY REITHER IS KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND MAKES OPENING SPEECH AND REPORTS ON VIETNAM.
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GENERAL LYMAN L. LEMNITZER SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER IN EUROPE REPORTS OF THE COMMUNIST THREAT IN EUROPE.
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ARMY CHIEF-OF-STAFF WESTMORELAND SPEAKS.
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FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS-OF-STAFF GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR IS GIVEN THE GEORGE C.
MARSHALL MEDAL. |
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