OFF TO WAR

Genre: home movie

Description: Shot by an unknown amateur filmmaker, this WWII era home movie focuses on a man leaving for training who returns later in the film dressed as a sergeant in the 1st Infantry Division. It also contains shots of a female nurse who is most likely the man's mother. The film also shows what appears to be the man's wife and kids, their dog, etc. 0:12 men talking at a train station in a waiting crowd, location unknown. Sailors in uniform mill in the background. At :27, a civilian wearing spectacles kisses his mother (?) goodbye, probably as he's heading to training camp. The man's elderly father speaks to him as they wait on the platform. 1:04 a dog in front of a dog house, 1:30 the elderly man playing with the dog, 1:57 the elderly man with a younger woman, probably the son's wife, and a camera shy granddaughter, 2:25 several children / grandkids pose next to the man in front of an 1939 Dodge Luxury Liner, 2:58 the same group of children pose for the camera in front of some chickens, 3:34 the elderly man playing with his dog, 3:52 the younger man, now returned from basic training, poses with his mother who is now wearing a U.S. Army nurse uniform 4:06 the young man posing with the dog and his father, 4:28 close up of the young man’s uniform, he wears the insignia of a sergeant. The rainbow-like red, white and blue insignia on his uniform may denote "ground forces" or an infantry unit, but we've been unable to identify it. It is very similar to the "Rainbow Division" or 42nd Infantry Division patch. 4:54 the young man playing with the dog, 5:26 soldier stepping out of the Dodge Luxury Liner convertible, 5:46 the Army nurse postes and is seen lighting up a cigarette, 6:09 close up of the nurse’s uniform, 6:36 the soldier petting the dog and posing, the shoulder patch on this uniform is either that of the 1st Infantry Division, aka the "Big Red One", or the First Corps Area Command (which was a white diamond with a blue border and blue #1 in the middle). 7:20 close up of the soldier’s face, 7:40 the soldier stepping out of some bushes with a little girl and the dog joins.

Complete Record: Shot by an unknown amateur filmmaker, this WWII era home movie focuses on a man leaving for training who returns later in the film dressed as a sergeant in the 1st Infantry Division. It also contains shots of a female nurse who is most likely the man's mother. The film also shows what appears to be the man's wife and kids, their dog, etc. 0:12 men talking at a train station in a waiting crowd, location unknown. Sailors in uniform mill in the background. At :27, a civilian wearing spectacles kisses his mother (?) goodbye, probably as he's heading to training camp. The man's elderly father speaks to him as they wait on the platform. 1:04 a dog in front of a dog house, 1:30 the elderly man playing with the dog, 1:57 the elderly man with a younger woman, probably the son's wife, and a camera shy granddaughter, 2:25 several children / grandkids pose next to the man in front of an 1939 Dodge Luxury Liner, 2:58 the same group of children pose for the camera in front of some chickens, 3:34 the elderly man playing with his dog, 3:52 the younger man, now returned from basic training, poses with his mother who is now wearing a U.S. Army nurse uniform 4:06 the young man posing with the dog and his father, 4:28 close up of the young man’s uniform, he wears the insignia of a sergeant. The rainbow-like red, white and blue insignia on his uniform may denote "ground forces" or an infantry unit, but we've been unable to identify it. It is very similar to the "Rainbow Division" or 42nd Infantry Division patch. 4:54 the young man playing with the dog, 5:26 soldier stepping out of the Dodge Luxury Liner convertible, 5:46 the Army nurse postes and is seen lighting up a cigarette, 6:09 close up of the nurse’s uniform, 6:36 the soldier petting the dog and posing, the shoulder patch on this uniform is either that of the 1st Infantry Division, aka the "Big Red One", or the First Corps Area Command (which was a white diamond with a blue border and blue #1 in the middle). 7:20 close up of the soldier’s face, 7:40 the soldier stepping out of some bushes with a little girl and the dog joins.