HOW TO LOSE A BANKROLL

Year Published: 1940s

Format: 16mm

Description: This short 1940s Navy training film, TF 11-3046, shows viewers (who would have been U.S. Navy sailors or recruits) how a sailor can quickly lose his hard-earned pay. The film follows Bill Adams, an arrogant sailor who cashes his paychecks and keeps the money on him in an apparent effort to flaunt his wealth. The film opens in the sleeping quarters of a navy ship where a group of sailors are settling debts. The men then go ashore (01:33), and Adams, who has 7 months pay in his wallet, and a friend go sit at a counter in a café for lunch. Later, Adams goes his own way and starts drinking heavily. He eventually makes his way to the Bulldog Café bar, where he stands outside smoking a cigarette. Inside the bar, an inebriated Adams tells war stories to a group of people and is oblivious to a woman stealing his roll of cash. The film ends with a drunk Adams sitting at the counter of the first café, destitute as he is broke and missed his ship’s departure. He's now AWOL and S.O.L.

Complete Record: This short 1940s Navy training film, TF 11-3046, shows viewers (who would have been U.S. Navy sailors or recruits) how a sailor can quickly lose his hard-earned pay. The film follows Bill Adams, an arrogant sailor who cashes his paychecks and keeps the money on him in an apparent effort to flaunt his wealth. The film opens in the sleeping quarters of a navy ship where a group of sailors are settling debts. The men then go ashore (01:33), and Adams, who has 7 months pay in his wallet, and a friend go sit at a counter in a café for lunch. Later, Adams goes his own way and starts drinking heavily. He eventually makes his way to the Bulldog Café bar, where he stands outside smoking a cigarette. Inside the bar, an inebriated Adams tells war stories to a group of people and is oblivious to a woman stealing his roll of cash. The film ends with a drunk Adams sitting at the counter of the first café, destitute as he is broke and missed his ship’s departure. He's now AWOL and S.O.L.

Transcription

look bob yeah i hate to bore you with gruesome details but you owe me five bucks and i don't care if you don't give it to me until right now okay anybody got changed for a ten yeah i have what a roll two five's okay yeah twelve though gonna take all that ashore not even a money belt why sure why oh i don't know it's kind of nice to have along just in case and i may send some home to my mother well why don't you make out an allotment put all the dough you don't need on the ship's books ha-ha listen i can take care of my own pay i'm no dope hey that's about seven months pay isn't it yeah about you were smart enough not to carry seven months pay around with you when you're a civilian so now you're in the navy why do you have to act like it was dropped on your head don't worry junior nobody's going to get anything off of me liberty party falling on the quarter deck liberty party on the quarter deck here i come here boys save it you'll need it hey somebody's jump is a drift oh that's red's he's a sick bay with cat paper liberties can't the od might spot that uniform okay be right with you [Applause] well i guess i'll shove off i'll see you later huh hey why don't you come alongside why what's cooking well what's in your mind well i'm meeting my date just about right now maybe she's got a friend yeah what kind of a babe have you got oh she's swell and good looking yeah i mean uh what kind is she you know does she uh well uh why don't you see for yourself okay well hey would you do that for her uh those lousy civilians taking it easy while one the big fella fella's a veteran and the little guy's wearing a button for two sons in service yeah well you ought to watch where he's going hey get a load of the lucky brave watch us good afternoon sir afternoon notice that first sailor body was being cute hey what's the idea of lousing up my gag you know phil i don't understand you you're a nice guy but you're always pulling these stupid little stunts i'm just trying to have a little fun you i've got a sense of humor that's what's wrong with you come on before you get on a report [Music] look bill i hate preaching but you're wearing long pants now so stop acting like a dead end kid towards civilians and officers the navy goes in for courtesy like saluting for instance it's an order to an admiral the same as you and besides if you don't salute then you put the other guy on the spot if you're not enough of a regular guy to obey a simple order oh hi what a bee sailors a steak french fries and a bottle of brew no steak hamburger okay hamburger well no onions no onions make mine the same hey mac your hat oh yeah your cuffs oh i want you to meet a shipmate of mine bill adams bill this is alice carlson all you didn't you find out we've quite a day ahead of us considering the time you gave me the plan well what's the problem well i thought we'd go swimming and then to my house for dinner that is unless you'd rather go out someplace and to luna beach the band there is out of this world one drum and 16 saxes and a swell gang's going well how about fixing up bill with a date uh look don't bother about me i'll take care of myself huh ain't no attention twin uh you think you can get somebody well i guess so like me to try now there's a phone on the double and look really fix him up it's all set oh she's not bad but i better girlfriend's a dog they always are count me out will you uh save the child for your gal when she comes back so she won't be too sore and tell her i'm glad i met her but i'm sorry i just couldn't wait to meet her friend huh yeah take it out of this there's a chain ah forget it where you off to oh i don't know other couple of spots i want to hit downtown yeah i know you sure go for the joints down there they'd clip their own mother for their wedding rings ah but don't worry about me who's worrying have a lovely evening but back home you wouldn't be caught up in an alley with any of those broken down floozies i know but i'm not back home see you later huh go ahead junior prove you're a man [Music] [Music] i think [Music] well what'll it be sailor boilermaker the best you got coming out [Music] hey there'll be six bits okay hey art keep the change thank you [Music] he's not laughing [Music] am i late oh i'm sorry i thought you were a friend of mine ah i never been that lucky from the back you look just like him he's very well built too well i could say the same for you i was supposed to meet johnny here but i had trouble finding the place made me so late i guess he figured i wouldn't come guy didn't wait for you hey he must be an awful dope yes wait well look as long as you're gonna be here why don't you have a drink with me yeah margie bill uh hey hey bartender have a little service for the lady and me unless you're too old-fashioned double old-fashioned yours ah another boilermaker ah make it double well i guess this is my lucky day meaning for you what else could i mean this guy's entitled to a break sometimes this thing's been pretty tough rugged rugged you've been on any of those invasions you read about [Music] oh tell me about it there you are that'll be three and a quarter okay uh keep the change thank you [Music] bill tell me about it well i went in on the first wave we hit the beach and uh jet machine guns opened up on either side of us they got our range and one of the bullets knocked off my helmet but i didn't stop i oh by this time it's it's night and and we haven't had any child that's a child that's what they call it to me that's something to eat see we hadn't any ciao since the day before weren't you hungry hungry there he is hey i said that'll be eight dollars okay here's ten dollars there keep it chased by another round that's right hey everybody have another round here here's the trick for little lady there you are young lady i think i'll have one too you might anyway two other war correspondents of my uh two other correspondents and myself that's what it was hey oh hello honey how are you this is my girl she's funny anyway two correspondents to myself we haven't hit the sack see that oh the snack that's that's a navy term for what you sleep on let's say i don't know why they call it that but they call it the same anyway and we found this what was left of an old barn there wasn't very much but believe me brother was a lot better than nothing i could tell you that all right this barrage kept covered the barrage boom boom boom but it didn't wake us up because we were so sleepy you were sleeping how'd you know the shooting went on well excuse me got to see a man about a boat oh that's a girl think a bull ride that's first hey how'd you know they were still shooting if you were asleep yeah let's see obviously the bras oh well i'll tell you i don't think you'll understand that's sailor talk you know so i had a in one hand and then i had a on the other hand and i bashed her heads together i cleaned out the whole place and that's why they gave you those ribbons that's why they gave her those ribbons how are you doing sailor oh hey this is my friend how about a drink for everybody oh no look you had enough you know i don't want that show patrol plane nurse made of my joint you'd better scrap oh i suppose he's insinuating that i'm drunk all right look now i don't want to have any trouble with you but that's final no more drinks oh no more drinks and no more drinks i don't know i buy a drink sir but i got plenty of dogs not me sailor save your dough oh my girl oh thank you how's the bull right that's pretty good let's see pretty good well come on let's have a drink okay we're going to have it sorry but it's against the lawn no more that's final oh it gets along so long ago that's lousy joy honey let's go yeah let's go get out of here come on now let's call it taxi hey no save your money let's walk oh you're wonderful save your money he wants me to save my money look baby let's go up to your place shall we what do you mean if you think i'm some round-healed you've got another thing coming now grab your socks and shove you lame brain well when did they leave a couple of quarts ago i'd say from the looks of you sailor how did you get back here it's instinct drunks cats and homing pigeons i ordered dinner and i ate it but i didn't i didn't eat it that's right well nothing much left donuts think you could use a few yeah that's what i need sinkers and coffee and black coffee that's a black all boilers especially good black coffee keep you awake here that'll be 15 cents mere pittance i'll get it right here hey hey where's my doll hey look my dough is gone


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