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| {{Filmjr |title=Starting Now (Are You Ready for Service? No. 4) |embid=Starting1951 |embsv=archiveorg |desc=HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CONTEMPLATE BEGINNING OF THEIR MILITARY SERVICE & AGREE TO PREPARE. THEY HOPE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM RECRUITING LITERATURE, CURRENT MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, PASTORS, EX-SERVICEMEN, & OTHER SOURCES.
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| "The great struggle of our times. The struggle between freedom and tyranny, between democracy and communism, is a serious, deadly struggle. And you, your life, will be affected by it. You know this. You also know that your part in that struggle will mean many kinds of service to the cause of freedom. And you will consider that service a part of citizenship. You know that you should include military service in your thinking, in your life plans. . . "
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| "Now is the time to begin." Every high school age young man should be starting to form himself into the mold of the soldier, adjusting himself both physically and emotionally to conform to the demands of military service. Portraying three high school teens, one approaching graduation, one in his junior year, and the last one a sophomore, it advises on how they can "Find Information, Check Yourself, Develop Yourself, START NOW" to make the long-term changes in order to become the ideal soldier entering military training.
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| A tank slowly moves toward the camera.
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| Close-up of the tank cannon approaching, a soldier, looks through binoculars.
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| An American flag waving
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| Soldiers walking out of the trees into an open path, wearing helmets, holding guns.
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| A young man standing in front of a bookcase with his hand in his pocket.
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| Close-up of a binder of military pamphlets being flipped through.
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| Close-up of a soldier's face.
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| A sort of smug, dull-witted teenage boy shrugging his shoulders while he speaks.
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| Soldiers in uniform and helmets, carrying guns running through dusty land.
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| Soldiers in the barracks, polishing shoes, making beds.
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| flag bearers.
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| A soldier in the barracks, reading a letter.
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| Soldiers in unison, shifting the positions of their rifles.
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| soldiers washing off the deck of a ship
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| Soldiers swimming in the ocean wearing helmets and carrying guns.
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| Text: "Find Information, Check Yourself, Develop Yourself, START NOW", becomes superimposed over a man doing pull-ups, pushing a dolly, speaking with a pastor, visiting a doctor.
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| 05:22:49:00 Are You Ready for Service? 01192
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| Militant film preparing high school boys for military service.
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| 05:24:00:00 med shot of brush area - solders emerge from it carrying guns
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| VO - "Include military service in your thinking, in your life plans...."
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| (04:24:11:00)
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| 04:24:12:00 med wide shot of students entering high school or college
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| building
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| VO - "It all seems so remote, so distant from your life in school with your
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| friends." (05:24:18:00)
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| Scene of high school boy espousing the George W. Bush approach to military
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| service
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| 05:25:03:00 med shot of three guys around table
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| one guy - "Aw, whats the rush? I dont know why you dragged me into all
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| this, theres years to wait. And if your lucky, why, you get a soft job
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| somewhere." (05:25:15:00)
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| 05:25:16:00 MCU of spoiled brat guy
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| guy - "Course if youre not so lucky...so long, fella." (05:25:19:00)
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| 05:25:48:00 MCU of spoiled brat guy
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| guy - "Oh, ya get basic training, ya learn how to use a gun. Then, if ya
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| get the breaks, you get into some special training school, learn a trade.
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| Course if you dont get the breaks..."
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| (05:26:02:00)
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| 05:26:10:00 MCU of another guy
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| guy - "Well, you get to wear that snappy uniform. The girls go for that,
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| its pretty nice." (05:26:14:00)
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| Disturbing description of military life:
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| 05:26:48:00 med shot of two soldiers sitting on lower bunk, reading letter.
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| Two other soldiers come over to somewhat playfully harass them
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| VO - "Think of having no privacy, no chance to be by yourself."
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| (05:26:53:00)
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| 05:26:54:00 med shot of soldiers in combat gear on beach
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| VO - "Think of long days of hard physical effort."
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| 05:26:58:00 med shot from behind squad of soldiers running on beach
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| VO - "Think of going, going, going until your feet ache and your shoulders
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| sag." (05:27:04:00)
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| 05:27:18:00 MCU of soldier reading letter in bunk bed
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| VO - "Think of being homesick, terribly homesick, and lonely." (05:27:23:00)
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| 05:27:24:00 med shot of lines of soldiers with rifles
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| VO - "Think of acting under orders..."
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| 05:27:27:00 MCU of three soldiers drilling with rifles
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| VO - "...quickly, obediently, intelligently, without questioning."
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| (05:27:30:00)
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| 05:27:36:00 MCU of young servicemen with city building behind him
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| VO - "Think of time on your own, away from home, with no one but your self
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| to guide our conduct." (05:27:44:00)
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| 05:30:22:00 MCU of doctor examining teen guy - superimposed checklist -
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| "Find Information, Check Yourself, Develop yourself, Start Now"
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| VO - "Youll want to have a general physical exam..."
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| 05:30:27:00 MCU of teen guy eating dinner with superimposed checklist
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| VO - "...and take steps to build up your physical condition." (05:30:31:00)
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| 05:30:32:00 MCU of teen guy greeting two other guys with superimposed
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| checklist
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| VO - "Check yourself emotionally...how well do you get on with strangers?
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| How readily do you make new friends?" (05:30:40:00)
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| 05:31:40:00 MCU of teen guy and minister - superimposed with checklist
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| VO - "You can establish better contact with your church. The guidance and
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| moral support you get there will be valuable to you later on." (05:31:49:00)
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