Price of Liberty, The
Price of Liberty, The is a short film from ca. late 1950s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
With a young Walter Cronkite.
14:43:48:02 Great zooming in shot of man in profile typing at desk, briefly looks up from his typing and looks into the camera; stops typing then turns to camera and begins to speak in earnest.
Liberty is the most expensive commodity in the world today. We have it only because we are willing and able to pay the price for preserving it against communist aggression.
14:44:12:26 VS SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Powers of Europe) Allied headquarters outside of Paris, France in 1951.
14:44:24:13 great shot of backs of journalist photographing and filming meeting at SHAPE Allied Headquarters outside of Paris where Dwight D. Eisenhower is speaking.
14:44:27:15 Dwight D. Eisenhower addressing international military audience.
14:44:42:19 Soldiers walking up steps and entering SHAPE headquarters; CU SHAPE HQ insignia over entrance with two swards touch at their tips.
14:44:54:10 VS female soldiers marching in military procession: women s marching band, soldiers in different uniforms.
14:45:13:10 Five female nurses wearing white nurses uniforms and hats walking in a row down steps.
14:45:17:17 Reenactment of American Revolutionary War general on white horse pulling up in front of hundreds of soldiers in line.
14:45:28:25 VS reenactment of American Revolution battles and women coming to the aid of fallen soldiers as nurses; firing canons.
14:46:04:21 VS Marching female soldiers from World War I.
14:46:13:12 Franklin Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy walking between two rows of female soldiers.
14:46:19:15 Great shot of World War I troops marching in street toward and passing beneath camera. Narration:
War was primarily a man s business. But liberty was everybody s business, and it was a woman s world too, and it was also their World War.
14:46:33:01 VS World War I female Red cCoss nurses marching in parade down crowd lined city street; woman marching in all black each carrying an American flag down street lined with red cross flags.
14:46:45:23 CU of soldier winding camera on tripod filming women dressed in black hats and uniforms receiving military honors.
14:46:50:12 VS Secretary Simpson drawing the first World War II draft numbers in congress and Roosevelt reading the numbers.
14:47:05:25 Pan up poster of female soldier with text This is my war too.
14:47:12:01 Woman walks up to read advertisement with her back to camera; ad shows a woman soldier with text above her It s a woman s war too!
14:47:34:22 Low angle sign U.S. Army Recruiting Office ; high angle of woman in long line along sidewalk walking into recruitment office.
14:47:41:18 Army soldier facing camera with arms spread blocking a doorway as a crown of women in civilian clothes wait behind him.
14:47:53:06 MS woman with American flag behind her raises right hand as she is sworn into the coast guard.
14:48:14:15 VS long lines of women walking past camera.
14:48:32:20 VS women getting fitted for uniforms by male tailors.
14:48:51:15 Audience of women many in matching uniform hats but otherwise civilian clothes writing with pencils as though filling out a survey.
14:49:01:25 Male soldier demonstrates how a machine works for a crowd of interested women eagerly looking on.
14:49:10:15 Women in uniform doing jumping jacks in unison.
14:49:13:08 VS women marching past camera in uniform with rucksacks over their shoulders.
14:49:23:22 VS female soldiers in helmets descending ramp from large navy ship; other women in uniform descending ramp out of navy ship.
14:50:02:28 Great shot of three men working as telephone operators, three women walk up behind them, the men look back, and the me trade place with the women.
14:50:13:13 Army man supervising an automatic printing press replaced by a woman to do his job.
14:50:16:13 Man standing at draught table drawing; shot wipes to woman doing the man s job.
14:50:20:06 MS woman in front of typewriter tapping out telegraph in Morse code.
14:50:26:14 Woman in hat pokes head out of cockpit window in plane to scrub window with a sponge. Air-Wac painted on side of plane.
14:50:31:05 Four Rosie the Riveter women working as mechanics fixing a plane engine working with screwdrivers and wrenches. CU planes propeller.
14:50:41:08 Injured soldier taken into plane on stretcher, female nurse takes card from injured man.
14:50:50:05 MS of injured or sick man in hospital bed with eyes just slightly opened; blurry to focused MS of nurse.
14:50:56:08 Nurse in white uniform attends to the backside of a man rolled over and his side in a hospital bed.
14:51:11:16 Winston Churchill shaking the hand of American female soldier and reviews others.
14:51:29:00 VS two female soldiers holding plaque presented to the female soldier of the 5th army; women receiving awards, medals and pins.
14:52:14:23 VS President Truman presenting female soldiers with Women in the Armed Services postage stamps; CU postage stamps.
14:52:20:17 VS women in various army and navy uniforms saluting.
14:52:28:27 Three women in army uniforms typing.
14:52:30:27 Woman in Navy uniform looking into microscope.
14:52:36:02 Female dentist looking into man s mouth.
14:52:46:20 VS female engineers in uniforms working on the inside radios.
14:52:49:08 Woman writes in white on glass strategy map.
14:52:57:21 VS Korean and American Military Police (MP).
14:53:08:28 Great shot of three army officers walking between saluting MPs with one landing and several already landed helicopters in background. Narration:
Military strength is still the only practical answer to the menace of communism.
14:53:17:29 Shot of clouds in sky with VS zooming in portraits of women in various uniforms (army, navy, nurse) superimposed on cloudy sky. Narration:
they are sharing in the vigilance of the free world. That vigilance is the price of liberty.| Price of Liberty, The | |
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| Produced by | 0 |
Production company | 0 |
| Distributed by | 0 |
Release date | ca. late 1950s |
Running time | 10:40 |
| Language | English |
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