Video URL


13177_8524_army_training1

Keywords
1950s
B&W

Lessons in safety from a military training film. An army truck/ jeep drives along a tree lined rural road, ignoring the speed limit and “soft shoulder” signs. The wheels get caught in the shoulder, pulling the car off the road slightly. CU of a leather shoe slamming on the brakes. The truck tumbles off the road, flipping over down the embankment. The crash is played backwards and we see where the story began. CU of a sign “’C’ Co., 1st BN”. Men, some shirtless all crowd around a row of sings and mirrors for their morning shave. CU of a man, harrison, giving himself a close and careful shave in the mirror. His sergeant, standing at the sink next to him asks him if he ever gets tired of looking at himself in the mirror, and then throws away his razor in the “USED RAZOR BLADE” bin. Harrison finished shaving, wiping up with a towel, but doesn’t throw the blade away. CU of the razor blade on the counter.