Motto's Chev

[motto (RIP)]

Thanks Warren. Good to hear from you. We thought maybe you'd fallen off the edge of the world.
Meanwhile, talking of the pains that are taken to get an authentic feel, while we were waiting with the trucks at Victoria Park we could hear chanting coming from on the oval. We walked up into the stand to see what was going on to be confronted with this scene and it was not part of the filming. They went around twice at a jog, chanting various phrases where the drill sergeant shouts a phrase and the men shout it back. Sgt-Used To Drive a Cadillac! Men-Used To Drive a Cadillac! Sgt-Now All I Do Is Tote My Pack! Men-Now All I do Is Tote My Pack!
It turned out that this was preparation for a scene that was being shot where the men were coming in after a hundred mile route march and they wanted them to look like their legs were rubbery. They were also required to do deep knee bends before shooting the scene.
Note the weapons. Mostly M1 Garands but also a number of BARs. I think I would prefer an M1 carbine for this sort of thing.
David