This is a silent, color/black & white home movie. We believe this was shot at the Fort Monmouth, New Jersey by members of the Signal Corps, U.S. Signal Training Regiment, known as Company U. This is circa 1949, when the Signal Corps Training School was based at Monmouth. There are actually two films here. The first shows members of the regiment on parade and being inspected. The second is a sort of “gag film” called “A Day At Home” showing everyday life for inductees in the group.
Opening: Sign reads: Company U Signal Training Regiment (:08). Soldiers stand at attention (:15). Insignia patches on their uniforms include the 3rd Armored Division, Amphibious Forces Division, and a Mine Tenders Patch (:48). Officers salute one another (1:08). Soldiers are reviewed by Officers as they stand at attention with their rifles (1:19). Officers walk amongst the standing men as part of inspection (2:43). Dismissed: the servicemen are free to move about and they move quickly (3:39). The men carry flags and move in formation; the men march (3:50). The men stand in formation on a field (5:30). The men start to move in a procession (6:02).
Sign reads: Hutsell – 96-16, Asn. 274 – 1/2, 18 Mar 49, f-16 @ 32 F.P.S. (7:15). A sign reads: “A Day at Home” – this is the start of a movie made on base (7:25). A serviceman walks near some apartments, smoking a cigarette, snow is on the ground (7:31). He enters a barracks building (8:42). The G.I. goes up a set of stairs (9:20). He sits down in a room and combs his hair (9:44). He lays down (10:17). He uses his jacket as a blanket (10:41). After resting, he slowly gets up (10:56). He goes into the restroom, pulls his pants down and sits on the toilet for “sh*t call” (11:22). He stands up from the toilet and pulls his pants up (12:13). He goes over to a sink, removes one of his shirts and puts water on his face and head (12:34). He touches up his hair (13:25). He goes into a room and lays down again (13:51). End credits for the home movie (14:09).
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