Рекрутинг КМП в 1950 х

Dating to the Korean War era, this wonderful U. S. Marine Corps film begins with images of combat and an amphibious landing drill, probably at Camp Pendleton in California. At 1:40, the concept of vertical envelopment is described with helicopters deployed off of an aircraft carrier. At 1:45, a nuclear weapon goes off and Marines (at the nation s nuclear test site in Nevada as part of UpshotKnothole ) observe the rising mushroom cloud. The cloud dissolves into the USMC logo at the Corp s recruiting depot in San Diego. The making of Marines is then described in Parris Island, South Carolina. Recruits are seen entering the depot and immediately being processed. At 3:30, a drill sergeant introduces them to the Corps, and the recruits walk past an Iwo Jima statue. At 4:16, the men strip and prepare for showers, and have their hair cut off at 4:30 (a la Full Metal Jacket). At 5:00 showers and then the men get new clothes. At 6:50, the men go to sleep, only to be awakened for physica