1940-1960MILITARY
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"USO WHEREVER THEY GO"
DEPICTS THE WORK OF THE UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATION. FEATURES MANY SHOW BUSINESS "GREATS", INCLUDING: BOB HOPE, JOE E. BROWN AND EDWARD G. ROBINSON. |
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MS- BOB HOPE ENTERTAINS TROOPS AT A USO SHOW IN ALASKA. MS- LAUGHING GIS ENJOY THE SHOW AS HOPE TELLS MANY JOKES.
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| 01:03:29 187.03 |
MS- 2 GIS SIT IN SNOW AND SHARE A SMALL FIRE TO COOK THEIR RATIONS AS MANY OTHERS DO THE SAME.
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| 01:03:38 196.03 |
MS- LARGE GROUP OF GIS DO PUSH-UPS IN UNISON.
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| 01:04:00 218.03 |
MS- IN 1941 FDR SIGNS 1ST PEACETIME CONSCRIPTION BILL IN U.S. HISTORY. LS- BLINDFOLDED LEGISLATOR PICKS NAMES OUT OF A FISH BOWL AS FDR WATCHES.
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| 01:04:28 246.03 |
MS- YOUNG CIVILIANS WALK INTO AN INDUCTION CENTER CARRYING THEIR SUITCASES. CU- BLACK AND WHITES MEN BEING SWORN IN.
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| 01:05:35 313.03 |
MS- GIS HAVING A BRAWL IN AN UNSCRUPULOUS CLUB AS MPS' RUSH IN TO BREAK IT UP. MONTAGE- SERVICE CLUBS ON POST PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF GIS INCLUDING SNACK BARS, LIBRARIES AND POOL TABLES..
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| 01:06:40 378.03 |
MS- A CHAPLAIN GREETS GIS TO AN ON-POST CHAPEL.
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| 01:06:48 386.03 |
MONTAGE- STEEPLES OF VARIOUS RELIGIOUS CHURCHES AND TEMPLES.
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| 01:07:14 412.03 |
MS- A CONGREGATION INCLUDING MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN HOLD HYMN BOOKS AND SING
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| 01:07:44 442.03 |
MS- A USO EMBLEM WITH A MISSION STATEMENT UNDER IT FORMED IN 1941 PRIOR TO PEARL HARBOR.
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| 01:08:31 489.03 |
MS- A CANTEEN DANCE FLOOR IS CROWDED WITH GIS DANCING THE 'LINDY' WITH THE USO GIRLS.
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| 01:08:43 501.03 |
MS- EDWARD G. ROBINSON WEARING FATIGUES AND WITH HIS FAMOUS CIGAR ENTERTAINS TROOPS IN THE FIELD.
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| 01:08:50 508.03 |
MS- JOE E. BROWN TELLS JOKES, JACK BENNY PLAYS HIS VIOLIN ON A STAGE IN THE FIELD. LS- GI MEN AND WOMEN SIT ON GROUND AND ENJOY THE SHOW.
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| 01:09:45 563.03 |
AERIAL- TROOP SHIP WITH DECKS CRAMMED WITH HOME BOUND GIS AT END OF WWII. MONTAGE- GIS IN EMBRACES WITH THEIR WIVES, SOME HOLDING KIDS
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| 01:10:26 604.03 |
MS- COMEDIAN DANNY KAYE ENTERTAINS TROOPS STILL OVERSEAS.
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| 01:11:12 650.03 |
MS- ACTRESS-COMEDIENNE DEBBIE REYNOLDS ENTERTAINS ON A STAGE IN KOREA.
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| 01:11:26 664.03 |
LS- A HALF-TRACK PULLS A LONG COLUMN OF TROOPS ON SKIS AS THEY HOLD ONTO LONG ROPES.
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| 01:12:20 718.03 |
MS- A GI IN AN FOREIGN OUTSIDE CAFE 'LEANS BACK IN HIS CHAIR AND CONTEMPLATES HIS LONELINESS.
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| 01:13:10 768.03 |
MS- NEW ARMY RECRUITS IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING MARCH 4 ABREAST AT THEIR ARMY CAMP. NEW RECRUIT NARRATES WHO HE IS, & HIS MISSION.
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| 01:13:44 802.03 |
MS- BLACK AND WHITE NEW RECRUITS STAND AT ATTENTION FOR ROLL CALL IN FRONT OF BARRACKS.
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| 01:13:57 815.03 |
MS- 2 NEW RECRUITS SIT ON EDGE OF THEIR BUNKS AND CHAT. NEW GIS DO PUSH-UP AND GO ON HIKES.
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| 01:15:30 908.03 |
MS- SOLDIERS ON LEAVE BOARD BUS AT CAMP. MS- BUS PULLS UP TO A CURB IN TOWN. MS- 2 GIS WINDOW SHOP IN TOWN.
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| 01:16:16 954.03 |
MS- SOLDIERS AND MARINES ON LEAVE WALK INTO A USO SERVICE CLUB AT A TRAIN STATION. MS- WOMAN AT DESK HANDS A SAILOR A PAMPHLET
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| 01:16:45 983.03 |
MS- GIS LOUNGE ON SOFAS AT A WAITING AREA IN THE CLUB CHATTING AND READING. MS- A GI SITS IN QUIET CORNER WRITING A LETTER HOME.
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| 01:17:03 1001.03 |
MS- A GI SOUND ASLEEP ON A COUCH WITH A NUMBERED TAG ON HIS CHEST IS APPROACHED BY A WOMAN WHO CHECKS THE TAG WITH HER LIST AND WAKES THE GI, INFORMING HIM THAT HIS TRAIN IS IN.
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| 01:17:29 1027.03 |
MS- MARINE PRESSES HIS PANTS ON AN IRONING BOARD AT THE LOUNGE. PAN FROM TOP DOWN TO HIS BARE LEGS.
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| 01:17:50 1048.03 |
MS- SHIRTLESS GIS SHAVE BEFORE A LARGE MIRROR AT A SERVICE CLUB MEN'S ROOM. MS- 2 SERVICEMEN STOP AND LOOK UP AT MARQUEE OF THE 'HOTEL DIPLOMAT', RECOMMENDED FOR THEIR OVERNIGHT STAY BY THE USO
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| 01:18:20 1078.03 |
MS- SERVICEMEN DANCE WITH VOLUNTEER GIRLS AT A USO CLUB IN A SMALL TOWN.
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| 01:18:46 1104.03 |
MS- GIRLS AND GIS HOLD ONTO EACH OTHERS AS THEY FORM A LONG LINE ON THEIR SKATES AT A ROLLER RINK
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| 01:19:02 1120.03 |
LS- COWBOYS AND GIRLS DO A WESTERN MUSICAL ON STAGE FOR THE SERVICEMEN AT A USO.
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| 01:19:17 1135.03 |
MS- INVITED GIS SIT AND DINE WITH A LOCAL FAMILY FOR SOME HOME COOKING.
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| 01:19:25 1143.03 |
MS- A GI COMES HOME AND IS GREETED, WITH HUGS, BY HIS 3 DAUGHTERS. HE STOPS AND PERUSES HIS MAIL.
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| 01:19:40 1158.03 |
AERIAL- SCAN OF NEW YORK'S SKYSCRAPERS. MS- CROWDS OF BUSINESS TYPES RUSHING ABOUT IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT. LS- NIGHT TIME ON BROADWAY
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| 01:20:10 1188.03 |
MS- SAILORS AND MARINES DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF A NAVY JAZZ BAND.
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| 01:20:30 1208.03 |
MS- A WOMAN MAKES ARRANGEMENTS, BY PHONE, FOR FREE TICKETS TO SHOWS FOR SERVICEMEN GATHERED AROUND HER COUNTER.
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| 01:20:44 1222.03 |
MS- ACTORS, IN COLONIAL COSTUME, ON A SOUND STAGE DOING A TV BROADCAST. MS- AUDIENCE OF SERVICEMEN APPLAUD.
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| 01:20:59 1237.03 |
LS- COLLEGE STUDENT BODY WAVES POM-POMS AT A FOOTBALL GAME, STUDENT FANS GOING WILD IN STANDS
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| 01:21:02 1240.03 |
LS- SERVICEMEN AMID THE FANS AT A BASEBALL GAME
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| 01:21:36 1274.03 |
MS- USO VOLUNTEERS LEAD GROUP OF SERVICEMEN ON A TOUR OF THE UN BUILDING. LS- THE GROUP SIGHT-SEES FROM OUTDOOR DECK OF NEW YORK TOUR BOAT,
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| 01:21:59 1297.03 |
LS- WAKE OF BOAT AND NY SKYSCRAPERS.
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| 01:22:33 1331.03 |
MS- FEMALE USO JAPANESE GIRL SHOWS GIS, IN JAPAN, A TOUR PAMPHLET THE 2 SIT AT A SNACK BAR IN THE CLUB AND ARE SERVED BY JAPANESE WORKER.
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| 01:23:07 1365.03 |
MS- SERVICEMEN ARE SHOWN AND EXPLAINED PLACES OF INTEREST BY A JAPANESE WOMAN IN NATIVE DRESS.
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| 01:23:39 1397.03 |
MS- GIS WATCH WOMEN RUG MAKERS AT A PLANT. THE JAPANESE OWNER EXPLAINS THE PROCESS, & SHOWS THE FINISHED PRODUCT.
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| 01:24:04 1422.03 |
MS- AN INVITED GI SITS ON FLOOR AND DINES WITH A JAPANESE FAMILY OF 4.
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| 01:24:33 1451.03 |
MS- A GI CHANGES DOLLARS FOR YEN AT A JAPANESE MONEY EXCHANGE.
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| 01:25:05 1483.03 |
MONTAGE- A MULTI-ROOFED JAPANESE PAGODA-TEMPLE, AN ARABIAN MARKET PLACE ARE TOURED BY SERVICEMEN ABROAD.
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| 01:25:47 1525.03 |
LS- A SAILOR AND HIS GIRL LOOK OVER THE CITY OF ATHENS, GREECE FROM A HILL. THE METROPOLIS AND ANCIENT RUINS SITS ON A HILL IN THE BACKGROUND.
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| 01:26:00 1538.03 |
LS- TOURING SERVICEMEN WALK AMID THE RUINS.
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| 01:26:20 1558.03 |
MS- HUNDREDS OF MUSLIM ARABS KNEEL AND BOW IN PRAYER AT A MOSQUE.
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| 01:26:51 1589.03 |
MS- GERMAN COUPLE DO A TRADITIONAL DANCE IN COSTUME AT A USO SERVICE CLUB IN MUNICH.
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| 01:27:00 1598.03 |
MS- A USO FEMALE INSTRUCTOR DIRECTS A GI PLAYING AN ACCORDION. MS- GIS SIT IN BEACH CHAIRS ON THE ROOF OF A SERVICE CLUB AND TAKE THE SUN.
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| 01:27:20 1618.03 |
MS- ELDERLY WOMEN VOLUNTEERS DO SMALL SEWING JOBS FOR GIS ON THEIR SEWING MACHINES.
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