SELECTED SCENES FROM "CITIZEN SOLDIER" Part 1

Description

Summary: A contingent of Revolutionary War soldiers (Boston Grenadiers) marching down country road and coming to halt outside farm building. Men are ordered at ease for few minutes then another order comes for them to march on. CU, proclamation on tree which announces coming of war. Camera dollies back showing two men dressed in costumes of 1860s. VS, Nat Guard Armory Bldg. CU, Continental Militiaman. (Note: Film has intermittent scratches). MISCELLANEOUS SCENES NRP.: (Warner News Footage) RADIO (MISS HUSH). Short Scenes, couple and two children around radio; husband tuning it in. Three women at radio. Group of showgirls, in costume, listening to radio. Two radio 'Hams' amateurs, broadcasting. Another couple listening to radio; boy on floor with picture book. Girl and two boys listening to radio. SHIPWRECK. AVs, freighter 'Helena Modjeska', split in two floating off coast of Britain. COP MS, sign painter lettering names of congressmen on wooden panels. Senate GOP committee presided over by Senator Robert A Taft. CU, Senator Taft, speaking. CU, two senators at table, speaking. CU, another two. LS, members of GOP House Committee take their places at conference table. Representative Joe Martin, presides. Cuts, House members chatting. STASSEN WINS IN NEBRASKA PRIMARIES.": 1948. Two women entering polling place. Int, general activity at polls. Man wearing sport shirt coming out of booth. Cuts, clerk putting paper ballots in box as voters watch. Harold E Stassen speaking at microphone. Couple and child at home listening to radio. CU, woman listening, nodding her head. STASSEN SCORES MAJOR VICTORY IN WISCONSIN PRIMARY. Int, clerks by booths in polling place. MS, voter entering booth; coming out. CU, putting ballot in box. Group at headquarters cheering Stassen's victory. VMI CADETS GRADUATE INTO ARMY AHEAD OF TIME. Large group cadets on horseback riding toward camera. Horsemen jumping barrier. Horsemen riding past camera. LS, formation of cadets coming to halt; being addressed by officer. Cadets holding their hats; standing at attention. HS, cadets marching. LS, cadets marching toward camera. MS, marching toward and to right of camera. GAR PARADES IN LINCOLN'S HOME TOWN.: Springfield, Ill. Scenes, veterans parading in downtown Springfield. Veteran accepts drink from spectator and continues walking with wife. Headon, GAR Fife & Drum Corps.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities