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17:13–17:32 Released 1966

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Frame at 17:2317:23

Play from 17:13 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: topic shift in dialogue. Sequence 34 · shots 145–145. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
field (field, exterior) evidence: frame:1
People
  • adult male, wearing military helmet and uniform, seated on ground visible
  • child, wearing dark green shirt, standing visible
  • child, wearing pink shirt, crouching visible
  • child, wearing blue shirt, sitting on ground visible
  • child, wearing dark shirt and hat, standing visible
  • child, wearing dark shirt, standing visible
  • child, wearing light shirt, sitting on ground visible
Seen happening
  • A soldier sits among children in a rural outdoor setting. [frame:1]
Also said
“and warm the hearts of children in any land.” 17:24
Seen
military helmet [frame:1], military uniform [frame:1], bamboo fence [frame:1], dirt ground [frame:1]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: gentle and humanizing; themes: childhood innocence, human connection in wartime, universal needs of children; style notes: medium shot, natural outdoor lighting, documentary-style framing focusing on interaction between soldier and children

A soldier in helmet and uniform sits on the ground among a group of children in a rural outdoor setting; some children are standing, others crouching or sitting. The transcript mentions candy and chewing gum bringing smiles to children in any land, suggesting a wartime context of goodwill.

“There is no mystery about it. For the hungry language of childhood is universal.” 17:14 · “and men at war have known for generations that candy and chewing gum bring smiles” 17:19 automatic transcript, may be wrong

The record

US Government work The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate. Evidence dossier. The finding concerns the US copyright record for the film; it is not clearance for any use, and this page's annotation is machine output.

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Frame from gov.ntis.ava17237vnb1 (1966) at 17:23 (passage 17:13–17:32); US record: US Government work

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