| STRUGGLE PIT TOUGHENS GI'S Army Basic Training | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 60 |
| Catalog #: | 312678 | |
| Clip Number: | 312678-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 53/24 | |
| Timecode: | 10:13:31 - 10:14:13 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONTESTS: Unusual LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA MILITARY: Army, USA RECREATION: Games, unusual | |
| Description: | Master 60 Part 1 Same as catalog # 10478 U.S. Army boot camp struggle pit, where two teams of recruits attempt to physically throw opponents out of a large square pit. Opens with the two teams--one wearing white undershirts, the other in fatigue--running in from opposite sides. A closer shot shows individual members being thrown out, usually by groups of three or four. An aerial view shows the referees in striped shirts, two rows of onlookers on opposite sides of the pit, the expelled drifting back into the formed lines, and the rest battling it out in the pit. A series of closer shots shows the soldiers wrestling, yanking, grabbing and flailing. Soon, there are only half-a-dozen guys left, with four of them trying to expel a pretty heavy soldier. Switch back to those already eliminated, cheering on those that are left. One last shot of the fat guy getting the heave-ho. Army, Basic Training, Boot Camp, Soldiers, Contests. | |
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