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Hey, how's it feel
to be graduating?
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It feels okay.
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Corabeth said that he might
be able to be valedictorian.
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- Is that true?
- I'm not surprised.
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- Why didn't you tell us?
- I'm proud of you, Jim-Bob.
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- That's a real honor.
- I told her I didn't want it.
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All I have to do
is fail the science exam.
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You're going overseas,
aren't you?
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That's why they
gave you the pass.
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Yeah, we're...we're
shipping out tomorrow night.
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Oh, Ben.
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(male #1 on radio)
'Closer now, more antiaircraft
fire inboard towards the shore.'
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'The smoke hangs in the air.'
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'You can see a fiery glow
along the French coast'
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'where our troops are landing.'
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My God, it's here.
We have invaded France.
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[gunfire on radio]
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["The Waltons' Theme"
by Jerry Goldsmith]
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[music continues]
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(John-Boy)
Sometimes it seemed as if
we had always been at war.
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The quiet of our lives
on Walton's Mountain
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was interrupted daily
by headlines and bulletins
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that took us to far off deserts
and island outposts
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with impossible names.
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Our days swung
between hope and despair
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but somehow
we went forward
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meeting the demands of life
in a troubled world
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proving at home what the war
was proving on every front.
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That a crisis can make leaders
of the most ordinary of men.
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I see it,
but I don't believe it.
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Let me guess,
a costume party?
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I'm having my picture taken
for graduation
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and I only need to look good
from the waist up.
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Jim-Bob, I don't think
the world is ready for you.
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My graduation
was so romantic.
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The girls wore
long white dresses
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and we all carried red roses.
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I had a made-over dress,
but it was one of the most
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wonderful days of my life.
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Figures out of all the
graduations in family
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mine would come
in the middle of a war.
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Doesn't help that you've had
four substitute teachers
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this semester either.
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There's a new one
coming today.
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I hardly know anybody
in my graduating class.
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Most of the people
have moved off the Mountain.
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- Some new ones have moved in.
- Yeah, like Roland Piper.
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He calls Jim-Bob
cornpone.
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Worst of all, nobody will be
here to see me graduate.
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Mom is gone.
John-Boy is back in the army.
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Ben's at Camp Perry.
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We'll be there, son.
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Just think of it
as a victory graduation.
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Sure.
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Hurry up, Elizabeth.
We will be late.
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Don't wait
for Elizabeth, Serena.
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She's walking to school
with Drew Cutler.
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That's why she is taking
forever to get ready.
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Wonder who the new teacher
will be?
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Probably someone awful.
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Corabeth, you got new glasses.
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They are for planning lessons
and grading papers.
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The slightest magnification
only.
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Oh, I don't like
to tell you this
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but they make you look
a little older.
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Precisely the point.
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When one has a tendency
to look younger than one's age
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sometimes one does not
receive the proper respect
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one deserves.
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Corabeth, don't you think you're
taking this all too seriously?
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I mean, you haven't any teacher
training and the only reason
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the board hired you is
they couldn't get anybody else.
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A situation I intend
to remedy this summer
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at Boatwright College.
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You're not going
into school teaching?
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My mother was an educator,
you know.
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You're mother ran
a boarding house
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and she taught piano
on the side.
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Many is the time I have been
relieved that she did not live
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to see what it is
that I've become.
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The cash and carry queen
of a country store.
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Corabeth, you don't
want to leave here.
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Deep in your heart you love it.
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Wrong, wrong, wrong.
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You love being right here in
the crossroads of our community.
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One smelly bus a day
does not a crossroads make.
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You've to admit that you like it
when friends drop by for a chat.
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The size and shape
of Zuleika Dunbar's gallstones
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is hardly a matter
of all-consuming interest.
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But, however,
to shape young minds
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to quench the thirst
for knowledge.
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Corabeth, teaching
is not a breeze.
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Some of those kids,
they're holy terrors.
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The key is discipline.
Firmness.
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And I intend to establish
my authority immediately.
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- You won't last out the week.
- It makes good common sense.
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A husband and wife
should never, I repeat
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neverwork together.
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It is a miracle to me that our
relationship survived at all.
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In the future you will thank me
for this decision.
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Alright, go.
See if I care.
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One can get along just fine
on one's own.
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[orchestral music]
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How do you do?
I am your new teacher.
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[all chuckling]
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Now, some of you may know me
as the assistant proprietress
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of Godsey's Mercantile.
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A position for which
I am sadly overqualified.
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[all laughing]
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However, from now on
I am Mrs. Godsey
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and I will be with you
till the end of the term.
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Young man..
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...your gum.
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I don't think you'd like my gum,
ma'am, but I've a fresh stick.
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[all laughing]
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- What is your name?
- Roland Piper, ma'am.
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Well, we have certain rules
in this school, Mr. Piper.
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No whispering, no note passing
and no gum chewing.
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[swallows]
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[all laughing]
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And no laughing.
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Now, you are not here
to enjoy yourselves.
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You are here
to feed your minds.
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It is a serious business.
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Now, I understand
that there have been
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no formal plans made
for the graduation.
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This is a situation which must
be remedied immediately.
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Time is of the essence.
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'Now, what we need
is something memorable.'
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Something uplifting.
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A theme.
We need a theme.
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Where I went to school before,
there were over 300 kids
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in the graduating class.
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It hardly seems worth it
with just six of us.
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I just want to get my diploma.
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- Yeah.
- That will be quite enough.
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'Cause when school's over,
I'm gonna start having
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myself a good time and I'm never
gonna stop until I get drafted!
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(all)
Yeah!
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[all cheering]
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Silence!
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Silence!
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Now, this classroom
will come to order.
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Oh, here is the photographer.
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You may set up your equipment
in the corner of the cloakroom.
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The seniors are dismissed
to freshen up for the photos.
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[orchestral music]
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Hello, daddy.
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John-Boy!
What are you doing home?
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I got furlough. Ten days.
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Good to see you, son.
How have you been?
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Alright. You writing
a novel or what?
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I don't do too bad on that
old typewriter of yours, do I?
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I'd say six words a minute.
Anything I can help you with?
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No, it's a note
to Matt Sarver explaining
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I can't get his order on time.
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- Nonfiction, huh?
- Little fiction thrown in.
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So...is the army
keeping you busy
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writing in the
Stars and Stripes?
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Daddy, I asked to be reassigned
to overseas duty.
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John-Boy...don't you think
you have done your share?
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No...as soon as my papers come
through I will be leaving.
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That's why I came home.
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To tell you.
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Oh, son.
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You know, I don't do
much mill work anymore
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now that Ben's gone
to the Seabees.
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I kinda miss hearing
the sound of this machinery
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the sawdust
and the smell of new-cut wood.
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Nothing stays the same.
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Pa would say
it's like the woods.
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I look at John Curtis
and I believe it.
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He's nothing,
but a seedling now.
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Pretty soon he'll take up
as much room as a yellow pine.
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I guess if it's something
you got to do, son
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you might as well go ahead
and do it.
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Sometimes I wish
I could keep time from passing.
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Yeah.
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That's a sure sign
you are getting older.
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There, 40 times.
You can count.
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Spitball should be one word.
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Do I have to do it over?
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Will you promise
to behave in the future?
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It says so right there.
"I will not throw spitballs."
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Very well, but if you
cause anymore trouble
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I will keep you in after school
the entire month of June.
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Corabeth's gonna be
a lot tougher than
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that last substitute we had.
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You thought you could get away
with more 'cause you knew her.
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- What are you doing?
- Cleaning up my desk.
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- Is that a ham sandwich?
- Yeah.
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But you wouldn't want it.
It's been there since October.
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Jim-Bob, I have just made
the most astonishing discovery.
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While averaging the grades
of the graduates
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I find that you're
in a very good position
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to be class valedictorian.
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What?
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'Your grades have
improved enormously'
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in the last two years.
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Although, I dare say,
had not Brinya Kohler
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moved to Middletown and
Bernard Dylan joined the army
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it would be an entirely
different story.
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How about Roland?
He is smarter than me.
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"Than I," Jim-Bob.
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Well, actually your grade
averages are exactly the same
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and whoever makes
the best score
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on the science exam next week
will be class valedictorian.
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Science is your best subject,
Jim-Bob.
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Let Roland do it. I'm not good
at making speeches.
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But it's something
more than oratory, Jim-Bob.
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This whole school has been
turned topsy-turvy by the war.
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What we need is a leader.
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Someone to rally the students
to a strong and unifying force.
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And while I should not
take sides I cannot, but hope
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that you will be that person.
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I wouldn't count on it.
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Oh, but have you no loyalty
to your alma mater?
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You've gone to school here
all your life.
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And that bumptious Piper boy
just moved in last semester.
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'He is nothing but a buffoon'
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a demoralizing influence
and totally inappropriate
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to the responsibility.
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And I myself would find him
impossible to work with.
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I'm sorry.
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All I want is what's
best for the school.
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Sure hope he changes his mind.
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[sighs]
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I hope so too.
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[door closes]
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Elizabeth,
are you still at it?
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Drew, I got to go now.
Bye-bye, okay.
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You gotta make an appointment
around here to use the phone.
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I can't help it.
We are in love.
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Serena, I found you some lace
to use for Eudora's bridal veil.
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Thanks, Mary Ellen. Have you
ever been to a doll wedding?
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No, this will be my first.
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She'll make a beautiful bride..
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...just like Erin
one of these days.
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Don't bother talking to her.
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00:13:18,065 --> 00:13:20,333
She's writing to Ashley,
she'll never hear you.
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Even though he hasn't written
to me in over a month.
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Looks like Rome will be falling
in a couple of days.
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And Italy's only the first step.
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You reckon we'll be invading
the continent soon?
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That's the rumor.
246
00:13:36,716 --> 00:13:38,618
It will be do or die then.
247
00:13:38,685 --> 00:13:41,554
And all I been doing is
training men to go over there.
248
00:13:41,621 --> 00:13:44,491
- Where have you been, Jim-Bob?
- Out in the mill.
249
00:13:44,557 --> 00:13:47,527
We're trying to decide what
color I should paint my car.
250
00:13:47,594 --> 00:13:50,197
You've been threatening
to paint that car for two years.
251
00:13:50,263 --> 00:13:52,199
I'll believe it
when I see it.
252
00:13:52,265 --> 00:13:53,833
(John-Boy)
'Hey, how's it feel
to be graduating?'
253
00:13:53,901 --> 00:13:55,435
It feels okay.
254
00:13:55,502 --> 00:13:59,006
Corabeth said that he might be
able to be valedictorian.
255
00:13:59,072 --> 00:14:00,807
- Is that true?
- I'm not surprised.
256
00:14:00,874 --> 00:14:04,077
- Why didn't you tell us?
- I'm proud of you, Jim-Bob.
257
00:14:04,144 --> 00:14:07,280
- That's a real honor.
- I told her I didn't want it.
258
00:14:07,347 --> 00:14:10,017
All I have to do
is fail the science exam.
259
00:14:10,717 --> 00:14:13,853
[dramatic music]
260
00:14:22,930 --> 00:14:25,365
It sure seems like
a lot of trouble for nothing.
261
00:14:25,432 --> 00:14:29,269
It's just one of those things
you do to keep the world happy.
262
00:14:29,336 --> 00:14:33,073
My son's graduation day was one
of the proudest days of my life.
263
00:14:33,140 --> 00:14:34,908
He may have been
at the bottom of his class
264
00:14:34,975 --> 00:14:37,277
but he managed
to get that diploma anyway.
265
00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:42,282
- Ow! Be careful.
- I'm sorry.
266
00:14:42,349 --> 00:14:45,285
Oh, I made over a suit
of his father's for him
267
00:14:45,352 --> 00:14:48,855
and we bought him a new pair
of shoes. Oh, boy, I tell you.
268
00:14:48,922 --> 00:14:51,424
He looked as shiny
as a Buffalo Nickel.
269
00:14:51,491 --> 00:14:53,994
And I thought it would be
a turning point
270
00:14:54,061 --> 00:14:56,663
but he just never
seemed to take hold.
271
00:14:56,729 --> 00:15:00,600
He drifted and went
from one scrape to another.
272
00:15:00,667 --> 00:15:01,901
Not like you, Jim-Bob.
273
00:15:01,969 --> 00:15:04,204
We're expecting big things
out of you.
274
00:15:04,271 --> 00:15:07,407
I hope you are not counting
on me being president.
275
00:15:07,474 --> 00:15:10,944
Only if you run on
the Democratic ticket.
276
00:15:11,011 --> 00:15:13,613
- You want some help?
- Not from you.
277
00:15:16,549 --> 00:15:20,420
- What's got her starch up?
- Beats me.
278
00:15:20,487 --> 00:15:22,589
- Here you go, Rose, thanks.
- Okay, dear.
279
00:15:31,698 --> 00:15:34,934
Did I do something wrong?
280
00:15:35,002 --> 00:15:36,769
Your science notes.
You meant it, didn't you?
281
00:15:36,836 --> 00:15:38,771
You're gonna fail
the test on purpose.
282
00:15:38,838 --> 00:15:40,240
I don't need this.
283
00:15:40,307 --> 00:15:42,409
I already know everything
that's in it.
284
00:15:42,475 --> 00:15:46,579
If I wanna fail, all I've to do
is put down the wrong answers.
285
00:15:46,646 --> 00:15:48,581
[sighs]
286
00:15:48,648 --> 00:15:51,918
- What difference does it make?
- I don't like cheaters.
287
00:15:51,985 --> 00:15:53,920
- Who is cheating?
- 'You are.'
288
00:15:53,987 --> 00:15:56,489
Putting down wrong answers
when you know the right ones
289
00:15:56,556 --> 00:15:59,492
is cheating just as much as
looking on someone else's paper.
290
00:15:59,559 --> 00:16:01,094
That's not true.
291
00:16:01,161 --> 00:16:02,895
Jim-Bob, you're cheating
yourself and you're cheating
292
00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:05,398
the whole class
and I'm ashamed of you.
293
00:16:05,465 --> 00:16:08,401
[dramatic music]
294
00:16:18,111 --> 00:16:20,180
- I got some mail for you.
- 'Alright.'
295
00:16:20,247 --> 00:16:22,749
In fact, there is
one letter here that should be
296
00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:26,453
very important
to Erin.
297
00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:28,088
That one.
298
00:16:28,155 --> 00:16:30,890
Oh, it's from Ashley Longworth.
Oh, thank heavens.
299
00:16:30,957 --> 00:16:33,893
I was beginning to get worried
something had happened to him.
300
00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:35,728
- I guess he is okay.
- Oh, good.
301
00:16:35,795 --> 00:16:37,564
So what else can
I do for you?
302
00:16:37,630 --> 00:16:40,500
Well, I'm looking for a present
for Jim-Bob's graduation.
303
00:16:40,567 --> 00:16:43,570
Oh, I'm gonna give him
a card and put a couple of
304
00:16:43,636 --> 00:16:45,805
very fresh new dollar bills
in it
305
00:16:45,872 --> 00:16:48,108
Well, maybe something to wear?
306
00:16:48,175 --> 00:16:50,543
Some socks, a new shirt?
307
00:16:50,610 --> 00:16:52,579
You know, Jim-Bob is convinced
that this won't
308
00:16:52,645 --> 00:16:55,648
be much of an occasion
on account of the war and all.
309
00:16:55,715 --> 00:16:58,218
I want to give him something
that will remind him
310
00:16:58,285 --> 00:17:00,620
it was special.
311
00:17:00,687 --> 00:17:03,390
I got it. I got
the perfect thing for you.
312
00:17:03,456 --> 00:17:05,958
Some gold cufflinks and
I'll make a good deal for you.
313
00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:07,394
Five bucks?
314
00:17:09,662 --> 00:17:12,399
A salesman by the name of
Mathews was passing through town
315
00:17:12,465 --> 00:17:15,868
gave me a deposit on it, then he
moved without picking them up.
316
00:17:15,935 --> 00:17:18,471
Ike, they are just beautiful
317
00:17:18,538 --> 00:17:20,507
but they've got
the man's initials on them.
318
00:17:20,573 --> 00:17:21,874
Sure, M
319
00:17:21,941 --> 00:17:24,644
but you turn it
upside down
320
00:17:24,711 --> 00:17:26,979
and it is a W.
321
00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:29,849
For Walton.
Dollar down and dollar a week?
322
00:17:29,916 --> 00:17:32,051
You got a deal.
323
00:17:33,686 --> 00:17:36,423
[orchestral music]
324
00:17:53,806 --> 00:17:55,308
- Hi.
- Hi.
325
00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:57,344
Hi, Rose. Is John Curtis
in bed already?
326
00:17:57,410 --> 00:18:00,680
Tucked him in and he was asleep
before I turned the light out.
327
00:18:00,747 --> 00:18:03,483
Have you heard the news?
The allies have taken Rome.
328
00:18:03,550 --> 00:18:05,885
'President Roosevelt announced
it tonight on the air.'
329
00:18:05,952 --> 00:18:09,889
That's why we're late. J.D. had
radio on, we stayed to listen.
330
00:18:09,956 --> 00:18:12,225
Oh, that's wonderful news.
331
00:18:12,292 --> 00:18:15,027
I've got something else that
ought to give you a lift.
332
00:18:15,094 --> 00:18:17,364
V-mail from Ashley.
333
00:18:26,539 --> 00:18:27,674
No.
334
00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:29,676
What is it, Erin?
335
00:18:36,048 --> 00:18:37,617
" Dear, Erin
336
00:18:37,684 --> 00:18:39,719
"I wanted you to hear
this from me.
337
00:18:39,786 --> 00:18:42,222
"There is no easy way
to say it.
338
00:18:42,289 --> 00:18:44,090
'"I'm married.'
339
00:18:44,157 --> 00:18:45,558
'"Her name is Margaret.'
340
00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:47,860
'"She is a lovely English girl
I met during'
341
00:18:47,927 --> 00:18:50,197
'"a weekend leave in London.'
342
00:18:50,263 --> 00:18:51,831
'"It seems whirlwind, I know'
343
00:18:51,898 --> 00:18:54,734
'"but we fell very much in love,
very quickly.'
344
00:18:54,801 --> 00:18:58,171
'"Do not think badly of me,
I loved you once'
345
00:18:58,238 --> 00:19:00,473
"but you are so far away.
346
00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:03,543
"Wish us happiness,
as I wish all the best for you.
347
00:19:03,610 --> 00:19:04,744
Ashley."
348
00:19:12,819 --> 00:19:14,354
It's this war.
349
00:19:14,421 --> 00:19:16,356
It's this damn war.
350
00:19:26,266 --> 00:19:29,001
I wonder if I should
take a tray up to Erin.
351
00:19:29,068 --> 00:19:31,838
When I came down she was awake.
She was just lying there.
352
00:19:31,904 --> 00:19:33,440
I wouldn't do that, Rose.
353
00:19:33,506 --> 00:19:36,243
She likes to be by herself
when she's got hurt feelings
354
00:19:36,309 --> 00:19:37,644
ever since she was small.
355
00:19:37,710 --> 00:19:39,779
She'll be a long time
getting over this.
356
00:19:39,846 --> 00:19:42,415
I just wish she'd cry
or scream, anything.
357
00:19:42,482 --> 00:19:44,717
I'd like to punch that Ashley
in the face.
358
00:19:44,784 --> 00:19:46,519
You hold him,
I'll help you.
359
00:19:46,586 --> 00:19:49,856
I'll go by Pickett's and tell
them she's not going in to work.
360
00:19:49,922 --> 00:19:52,492
Who's not going to work?
361
00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:54,927
There's a government official
coming today and J.D. is
362
00:19:54,994 --> 00:19:57,230
counting on me to sweet-talk
him through the plant.
363
00:19:57,297 --> 00:19:59,732
We saved you
some scrambled eggs, Erin.
364
00:19:59,799 --> 00:20:01,368
No, thank you, Rose.
365
00:20:01,434 --> 00:20:03,670
I heard about Ashley, honey.
I'm sorry.
366
00:20:03,736 --> 00:20:05,838
Don't, daddy.
I'm trying real hard.
367
00:20:05,905 --> 00:20:07,039
[phone rings]
368
00:20:07,106 --> 00:20:08,841
(Elizabeth)
'Oh, I'll get it.'
369
00:20:11,678 --> 00:20:12,845
'Hello.'
370
00:20:14,447 --> 00:20:16,082
Alright, yeah, sure.
371
00:20:16,148 --> 00:20:18,818
Goodbye.
Daddy, it was Ike.
372
00:20:18,885 --> 00:20:21,488
He said something big
is happening on the radio.
373
00:20:27,126 --> 00:20:28,995
[radio static]
374
00:20:29,061 --> 00:20:33,700
(male #1 on radio)
'Closer now, more antiaircraft
fire inboard towards the shore.'
375
00:20:33,766 --> 00:20:35,735
'The smoke hangs in the air.'
376
00:20:35,802 --> 00:20:39,005
'You can see a fiery glow
along the French coast'
377
00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:40,773
'where our troops are landing.'
378
00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:43,843
My god, it's here.
We have invaded France.
379
00:20:43,910 --> 00:20:46,646
[gunfire on radio]
380
00:20:50,383 --> 00:20:53,686
You know, next year, you'll be
the only Walton left in school.
381
00:20:53,753 --> 00:20:55,455
I mean, besides Jeffery
and Serena.
382
00:20:55,522 --> 00:20:58,525
I think I'm gonna like it, won't
feel like the baby anymore.
383
00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:01,093
You want to go to
the graduation dance with me?
384
00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:03,396
- I already said I would.
- No, I mean ours.
385
00:21:03,463 --> 00:21:06,032
That's three years from now,
maybe you won't like me.
386
00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:09,602
- Or maybe you won't like me.
- Then, we better wait and see.
387
00:21:09,669 --> 00:21:11,904
You know, I wish
I was graduating this year.
388
00:21:11,971 --> 00:21:15,742
If I had been born few years
ago, I'd be on my way to France.
389
00:21:15,808 --> 00:21:18,745
John-Boy said the announcer
was using a new wire recorder.
390
00:21:18,811 --> 00:21:20,547
Oh, I know.
That's weird.
391
00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:24,384
I don't see how they get so much
noise on a little piece of wire.
392
00:21:24,451 --> 00:21:26,786
It's pretty exciting.
393
00:21:26,853 --> 00:21:30,122
It was awful, I felt like
was right in the middle of it.
394
00:21:30,189 --> 00:21:32,725
Yeah. Well, I sure hope
the war doesn't end
395
00:21:32,792 --> 00:21:35,027
before I get a chance
to go over there.
396
00:21:35,094 --> 00:21:36,963
- You're kidding.
- No.
397
00:21:37,029 --> 00:21:38,765
I've been thinking
about the Tank Corps.
398
00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:40,800
Mary Ellen's husband was killed
at Pearl Harbor.
399
00:21:40,867 --> 00:21:43,970
I've three brothers in service
and you want it to go on?
400
00:21:44,036 --> 00:21:47,907
I don't want anything to happen,
but I've been reading about it.
401
00:21:47,974 --> 00:21:49,576
Hasn't that convinced you?
402
00:21:49,642 --> 00:21:52,479
Elizabeth, I just want a chance
to get at those Nazis.
403
00:21:52,545 --> 00:21:54,714
That's the most immature thing
I've ever heard.
404
00:21:54,781 --> 00:21:57,149
I wanna prove I can fight,
you're calling me immature?
405
00:21:57,216 --> 00:21:58,885
And selfish and stupid.
406
00:21:58,951 --> 00:22:01,253
Well, that just about
covers everything, doesn't it?
407
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,356
If I think of anything else,
I'll tell you.
408
00:22:03,423 --> 00:22:05,758
Yeah, well, don't bother.
I get the point.
409
00:22:05,825 --> 00:22:08,761
[dramatic music]
410
00:22:12,999 --> 00:22:14,467
Hey, Jason.
411
00:22:20,206 --> 00:22:21,608
So you really are painting
your car.
412
00:22:21,674 --> 00:22:23,009
Well, she deserves it.
413
00:22:23,075 --> 00:22:26,646
Still runs as good
as the day I built her.
414
00:22:26,713 --> 00:22:30,617
Hey, Elizabeth, what color you
think I should paint my car?
415
00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:32,084
Yellow.
416
00:22:35,054 --> 00:22:36,823
She calling you a sissy?
417
00:22:36,889 --> 00:22:40,126
She's still mad 'cause I don't
wanna be class valedictorian.
418
00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:43,195
I was hoping you'd changed
your mind about that by now.
419
00:22:43,262 --> 00:22:45,465
'Yeah, well, I haven't.'
420
00:22:45,532 --> 00:22:47,066
I've a feeling
someday you're gonna regret
421
00:22:47,133 --> 00:22:49,335
that you passed up
an opportunity like that.
422
00:22:49,402 --> 00:22:52,905
I'd fall flat on my face.
I'm just not a natural leader.
423
00:22:52,972 --> 00:22:55,207
I suppose you think it's
something you're born with
424
00:22:55,274 --> 00:22:56,576
like freckles.
425
00:22:56,643 --> 00:22:59,412
Okay, well, maybe she is right.
Maybe I am yellow.
426
00:23:00,980 --> 00:23:02,949
I remember something
grandpa used to say.
427
00:23:03,015 --> 00:23:05,818
He used to say,
"When you come up to a mountain
428
00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:07,754
"there's two things you can do.
429
00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:10,623
"You can either go around it
or climb over it.
430
00:23:10,690 --> 00:23:12,391
'"The first way is the easiest'
431
00:23:12,459 --> 00:23:14,927
but you miss the view
from the top."
432
00:23:14,994 --> 00:23:18,330
I never figured you to be
afraid of heights, Jim-Bob.
433
00:23:18,397 --> 00:23:21,534
[dramatic music]
434
00:23:32,812 --> 00:23:37,116
(male #2 on radio)
'Almighty God, our sons'
435
00:23:37,183 --> 00:23:39,586
'pride of our nation'
436
00:23:39,652 --> 00:23:43,756
'this day have set upon
a mighty endeavor'
437
00:23:43,823 --> 00:23:47,460
'a struggle to preserve
our republic'
438
00:23:47,527 --> 00:23:51,498
'our religion
and our civilization'
439
00:23:51,564 --> 00:23:56,503
'and to set free
a suffering humanity.'
440
00:23:56,569 --> 00:24:00,372
'Lead them straight and true.'
441
00:24:00,439 --> 00:24:02,542
'Give strength to their arms'
442
00:24:02,609 --> 00:24:05,211
'stoutness to their hearts'
443
00:24:05,277 --> 00:24:09,482
'steadfastness in their faith.'
444
00:24:09,549 --> 00:24:11,751
'They will be sore tried'
445
00:24:11,818 --> 00:24:13,886
'by night and by day'
446
00:24:13,953 --> 00:24:16,122
'without rest'
447
00:24:16,188 --> 00:24:19,425
'until the victory is won.'
448
00:24:19,492 --> 00:24:24,196
'They yearn
but for the end of battle'
449
00:24:24,263 --> 00:24:30,169
'that all return
to the haven of home.'
450
00:24:30,236 --> 00:24:33,573
'Some will never return.'
451
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,776
'Embrace these, Father'
452
00:24:36,843 --> 00:24:41,180
'and receive them
thy heroic servants'
453
00:24:41,247 --> 00:24:44,483
'into thy kingdom.'
454
00:24:44,551 --> 00:24:50,523
'And for us at home,
fathers, mothers'
455
00:24:50,590 --> 00:24:55,094
'children, wives, sisters'
456
00:24:55,161 --> 00:24:59,732
'and brothers of
brave men overseas'
457
00:24:59,799 --> 00:25:04,136
'whose thoughts and prayers
are ever with them.'
458
00:25:04,203 --> 00:25:07,574
'Help us, Almighty God'
459
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:11,477
'to bear sorrows that may come'
460
00:25:11,544 --> 00:25:16,215
'to impart our courage
unto our sons'
461
00:25:16,282 --> 00:25:19,451
'wheresoever they may be.'
462
00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:24,924
'Thy will be done,
Almighty God.'
463
00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:28,060
'Amen.'
464
00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:33,800
[sighs]
465
00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:37,770
This war's starting
to turn in our favor.
466
00:25:37,837 --> 00:25:41,007
We just need to give
one extra push.
467
00:25:42,441 --> 00:25:44,644
I'm gonna cut some wood.
468
00:25:46,345 --> 00:25:47,546
Me too.
469
00:25:47,614 --> 00:25:49,048
I'll help you.
470
00:25:55,254 --> 00:25:58,424
What about the women?
What are we supposed to do?
471
00:25:58,490 --> 00:26:00,259
We wait.
472
00:26:24,851 --> 00:26:27,219
Elizabeth, where is Jim-Bob?
473
00:26:27,286 --> 00:26:29,822
He is in his room
with the door shut.
474
00:26:29,889 --> 00:26:32,324
Doesn't he know today
is the science examination?
475
00:26:32,391 --> 00:26:35,561
That's the reason he's
in his room with the door shut.
476
00:26:35,628 --> 00:26:37,296
Oh, dear.
477
00:26:37,363 --> 00:26:39,832
Well, I'm afraid we can't wait.
478
00:26:41,533 --> 00:26:43,903
Now, your attention, please.
479
00:26:43,970 --> 00:26:46,238
Now, all of you
have your assignments.
480
00:26:46,305 --> 00:26:48,975
Now, the younger students
will work quietly
481
00:26:49,041 --> 00:26:52,244
while the seniors will proceed
with the science examination.
482
00:26:52,311 --> 00:26:55,114
Now, there will be no whispering
and I expect you all
483
00:26:55,181 --> 00:26:57,750
to keep your eyes
on your own paper.
484
00:26:57,817 --> 00:27:00,086
Now, I'll grade
the examinations promptly
485
00:27:00,152 --> 00:27:03,155
and let you know
the results after lunch.
486
00:27:03,222 --> 00:27:05,224
Ready. Begin.
487
00:27:09,896 --> 00:27:12,598
Jim-Bob, you're tardy.
488
00:27:12,665 --> 00:27:14,033
I'm sorry.
489
00:27:15,401 --> 00:27:18,337
[orchestral music]
490
00:27:35,354 --> 00:27:38,991
This is only a Wednesday
and it feels like Friday.
491
00:27:39,058 --> 00:27:42,194
- It's been a hard week.
- Yeah, it sure has.
492
00:27:42,261 --> 00:27:45,264
We had to replace two people on
the assembly line this morning.
493
00:27:45,331 --> 00:27:48,901
We got an hour behind because
the main stamping machine broke
494
00:27:48,968 --> 00:27:51,537
and J.D. has been impossible.
495
00:27:51,603 --> 00:27:53,572
That's not what I meant.
496
00:27:53,639 --> 00:27:56,776
I know you've to work,
but don't you ever let up?
497
00:27:56,843 --> 00:28:01,147
I'm afraid to.
That's when it starts to hurt.
498
00:28:01,213 --> 00:28:03,649
I used to love
to have you to myself
499
00:28:03,716 --> 00:28:06,118
although it didn't happen
very often.
500
00:28:06,185 --> 00:28:08,154
I'm little out of practice
playing big brother.
501
00:28:08,220 --> 00:28:10,823
I thought I'd come by
and sharpen up my techniques.
502
00:28:10,890 --> 00:28:13,926
If you mean talking
about Ashley, don't, John-Boy.
503
00:28:13,993 --> 00:28:16,963
'Cause I'm not gonna cry
about that anymore.
504
00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:19,298
Have you given up eating too?
505
00:28:19,365 --> 00:28:21,734
I'm going to devote myself
to my career.
506
00:28:21,801 --> 00:28:24,303
After the war is over
I'm going to New York
507
00:28:24,370 --> 00:28:27,173
and I'm going to get a job
with an advertising company.
508
00:28:27,239 --> 00:28:29,842
Erin, you are not
fooling anybody.
509
00:28:34,413 --> 00:28:38,017
I'm not the only girl in this
world to get a Dear Joan letter.
510
00:28:38,084 --> 00:28:40,987
I didn't lose my husband
like Mary Ellen did
511
00:28:41,053 --> 00:28:43,856
and I didn't almost die
like you.
512
00:28:43,923 --> 00:28:47,359
So I'm really very lucky.
513
00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:49,361
Okay, that's just what
I told myself
514
00:28:49,428 --> 00:28:51,197
when I was lying there
in the hospital.
515
00:28:51,263 --> 00:28:53,499
Guys kept coming in,
they couldn't see
516
00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:55,401
they couldn't walk
517
00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:58,905
but all the same there were
times when I felt pretty bad.
518
00:28:58,971 --> 00:29:00,572
There was this orderly.
519
00:29:00,639 --> 00:29:03,142
The biggest, toughest-looking
guy I've ever seen.
520
00:29:03,209 --> 00:29:08,180
He used to bathe me, he used to
wheel me out into the sunroom.
521
00:29:08,247 --> 00:29:11,183
One day when I was really
holding it all back
522
00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:14,253
I looked over at him
and he was crying.
523
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,323
I asked him why and he said
he was crying for me
524
00:29:17,389 --> 00:29:20,592
because I wouldn't cry
for myself.
525
00:29:20,659 --> 00:29:23,462
That's when I finally let go.
526
00:29:23,529 --> 00:29:27,333
So there are lot of ways
to be a casualty of war.
527
00:29:27,399 --> 00:29:29,902
Us veterans,
we got to stick together.
528
00:29:32,839 --> 00:29:35,774
[orchestral music]
529
00:29:46,618 --> 00:29:50,256
I must say that I am
most pleasantly surprised
530
00:29:50,322 --> 00:29:52,925
by the results
of the examination.
531
00:29:52,992 --> 00:29:54,861
No one made under an 80
532
00:29:54,927 --> 00:29:59,465
and two of you made
a score of over 95.
533
00:29:59,531 --> 00:30:02,935
Roland Piper
and Marvella Sue Littleton.
534
00:30:03,002 --> 00:30:04,170
[all applauding]
535
00:30:04,236 --> 00:30:06,906
'I congratulate you both.'
536
00:30:06,973 --> 00:30:10,843
And one of you made
a score of 100.
537
00:30:10,910 --> 00:30:15,514
James Robert Walton,
will you please rise?
538
00:30:19,551 --> 00:30:22,188
What this means, James Robert,
is that you
539
00:30:22,254 --> 00:30:26,325
will be valedictorian
of the class of 1944.
540
00:30:26,392 --> 00:30:29,395
Good going, cornpone.
You're smarter than you look.
541
00:30:29,461 --> 00:30:31,964
(Corabeth)
'And I do hope, Jim-Bob,
that you'll give me'
542
00:30:32,031 --> 00:30:34,666
your fullest cooperation.
543
00:30:34,733 --> 00:30:39,005
Now, as you all know tomorrow
is the last day of school..
544
00:30:39,071 --> 00:30:41,607
[all cheering]
545
00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:45,544
Quiet, quiet. Please, I must
have your full attention.
546
00:30:45,611 --> 00:30:48,614
I know that you're all
most eager to hear what it is
547
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:52,551
that I have planned
for the graduation.
548
00:30:52,618 --> 00:30:56,388
Now, these flowers
in assorted sizes and shapes
549
00:30:56,455 --> 00:30:59,158
will be stapled to the trellis
through which the graduates
550
00:30:59,225 --> 00:31:00,960
make their entrance
into the room.
551
00:31:01,027 --> 00:31:02,962
Oh, no.
552
00:31:03,029 --> 00:31:05,064
Following the procession,
there will be
553
00:31:05,131 --> 00:31:09,001
a musical selection,
"Virginia We Love Thee"
554
00:31:09,068 --> 00:31:11,703
which I have prevailed
upon myself to render.
555
00:31:11,770 --> 00:31:12,905
Swell.
556
00:31:12,972 --> 00:31:14,506
[all laughing]
557
00:31:14,573 --> 00:31:17,509
And, Jim-Bob, here's the outline
of a speech you are to deliver
558
00:31:17,576 --> 00:31:20,412
praising the founders
of the Virginia Academy System
559
00:31:20,479 --> 00:31:23,715
and a brief history of education
in the Commonwealth.
560
00:31:23,782 --> 00:31:27,386
Now, are there any questions?
561
00:31:27,453 --> 00:31:29,688
I'm not gonna say this,
Corabeth.
562
00:31:29,755 --> 00:31:33,725
I can understand your shyness,
but all you've to do is read it.
563
00:31:33,792 --> 00:31:36,228
Surely you can prevail
upon yourself to do that.
564
00:31:36,295 --> 00:31:39,865
If I'm gonna be valedictorian,
I'm gonna write my own speech.
565
00:31:39,932 --> 00:31:42,734
'We don't want the kind of
ceremony you're talking about.'
566
00:31:42,801 --> 00:31:45,571
When I think of my graduation
I don't wanna remember
567
00:31:45,637 --> 00:31:48,507
that I walked through a trellis
covered with fake flowers.
568
00:31:48,574 --> 00:31:50,609
Why, I am appalled.
569
00:31:50,676 --> 00:31:53,679
All I had hoped to do was
to introduce a little style
570
00:31:53,745 --> 00:31:56,615
into an ordinarily dull event.
571
00:31:56,682 --> 00:31:59,952
I don't know about the rest of
you, this is probably gonna be
572
00:32:00,019 --> 00:32:02,554
the only graduation
I'm ever gonna have.
573
00:32:02,621 --> 00:32:05,624
It may be wartime,
but I think if we all cooperate
574
00:32:05,691 --> 00:32:08,494
that means all of us, Piper,
I don't see why this can't
575
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,862
be the best graduation
this school's ever had.
576
00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:13,232
'I also think we should call
a meeting after school'
577
00:32:13,299 --> 00:32:15,301
to decide what we're gonna do.
578
00:32:15,367 --> 00:32:17,536
You can come if you
want to, Corabeth.
579
00:32:18,570 --> 00:32:21,507
[dramatic music]
580
00:32:35,554 --> 00:32:37,189
Where're you going today,
Uncle John?
581
00:32:37,256 --> 00:32:40,059
I got a little errand
to run and I'm late.
582
00:32:40,126 --> 00:32:41,393
- Bye, honey.
- Bye, dad.
583
00:32:41,460 --> 00:32:43,962
- Can I come with you?
- Not this time.
584
00:32:44,030 --> 00:32:46,465
- I get it. Business.
- Sort of.
585
00:32:46,532 --> 00:32:48,900
Are you gonna be back
in time for the graduation?
586
00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:50,202
I sure am.
587
00:32:50,269 --> 00:32:52,604
And I'm bringing Jim-Bob
a little surprise too.
588
00:32:52,671 --> 00:32:55,174
I sure hope people give me
presents when I graduate.
589
00:32:55,241 --> 00:32:57,143
You graduate and we all will.
590
00:32:57,209 --> 00:32:58,610
- Bye, honey.
- Bye-bye.
591
00:33:02,048 --> 00:33:06,285
No more pencils, no more books
no more teacher's dirty looks.
592
00:33:06,352 --> 00:33:08,620
Jeffery, I'll give you a nickel
if you quit saying that.
593
00:33:08,687 --> 00:33:12,758
Not worth it. I'm gonna say it
every day all summer long.
594
00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:16,262
Can you say quieter then.
Ginny is trying to sleep.
595
00:33:17,996 --> 00:33:19,365
Sorry.
596
00:33:25,137 --> 00:33:26,705
[door slams]
597
00:33:26,772 --> 00:33:29,775
Do you want me to iron that
dress for your graduation dance?
598
00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:31,343
I don't think
I'm gonna be going.
599
00:33:31,410 --> 00:33:34,113
- Trouble with Drew?
- Boys are just impossible.
600
00:33:34,180 --> 00:33:35,714
I sort of remember
it that way.
601
00:33:35,781 --> 00:33:38,217
- What happened?
- We had a fight about the war.
602
00:33:38,284 --> 00:33:40,486
I hope you are not
on opposite sides.
603
00:33:40,552 --> 00:33:42,788
He talks like it is
a big, exciting adventure.
604
00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:44,223
A game or something.
605
00:33:44,290 --> 00:33:45,857
If he does, he is bluffing.
606
00:33:45,924 --> 00:33:49,195
I'd hate to be a boy growing up
right now reading about battles
607
00:33:49,261 --> 00:33:51,863
knowing I might be
in the thick of it soon.
608
00:33:51,930 --> 00:33:54,666
If it were up to women
there wouldn't be any wars.
609
00:33:54,733 --> 00:33:57,269
I don't think anybody
had any choice in this one.
610
00:33:59,405 --> 00:34:01,573
Hey, look what I found
along the roadside.
611
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:02,908
- Hello.
- Hi.
612
00:34:02,974 --> 00:34:04,643
- Hi.
- Hi.
613
00:34:04,710 --> 00:34:07,279
- Cindy!
- Oh.
614
00:34:07,346 --> 00:34:10,116
Cindy, could you
come down here for a minute?
615
00:34:13,619 --> 00:34:16,122
- Yeah, what is it?
- It's over there
616
00:34:16,188 --> 00:34:17,656
[Cindy gasps]
617
00:34:17,723 --> 00:34:20,726
Oh, Ben.
618
00:34:20,792 --> 00:34:22,161
Why didn't you call me?
619
00:34:22,228 --> 00:34:25,231
My whole outfit got a pass
and I didn't wait in line
620
00:34:25,297 --> 00:34:27,566
for the telephone,
so I just started hitchhiking.
621
00:34:27,633 --> 00:34:29,735
Jim-Bob will be glad.
He's graduating today.
622
00:34:29,801 --> 00:34:31,370
Yeah, I know, where is he?
623
00:34:31,437 --> 00:34:33,905
He and Roland Piper
went off early this morning.
624
00:34:33,972 --> 00:34:35,641
'Haven't seen them since.'
625
00:34:35,707 --> 00:34:39,311
- When can I see my baby?
- Right now.
626
00:34:39,378 --> 00:34:40,512
Oh.
627
00:34:42,248 --> 00:34:44,283
- She has no hair.
- It will grow back.
628
00:34:44,350 --> 00:34:47,786
- I hope it's red.
- Let her be.
629
00:34:47,853 --> 00:34:51,190
I want to spend some time
with her momma first.
630
00:34:51,257 --> 00:34:52,991
Is there something
to eat around here?
631
00:34:53,058 --> 00:34:54,793
Yeah, let's go find something.
632
00:35:01,533 --> 00:35:05,337
You're going overseas,
aren't you?
633
00:35:05,404 --> 00:35:10,108
Yeah, we're...we're
shipping out tomorrow night.
634
00:35:12,010 --> 00:35:14,313
Cindy, we don't know
where we're going.
635
00:35:14,380 --> 00:35:18,750
Scuttlebutt is that
it's somewhere in South Pacific.
636
00:35:18,817 --> 00:35:20,352
Oh, Ben.
637
00:35:23,689 --> 00:35:26,525
It's okay.
638
00:35:26,592 --> 00:35:31,330
You will be fine here
with the family.
639
00:35:31,397 --> 00:35:34,766
It's not myself
that I'm crying for.
640
00:35:36,335 --> 00:35:37,803
It's everything
that you're gonna miss
641
00:35:37,869 --> 00:35:40,406
with Virginia growing up.
642
00:35:40,472 --> 00:35:43,175
That's why I got
something from PX.
643
00:35:47,579 --> 00:35:51,450
It's, um, supposed to take
really good color pictures.
644
00:35:52,384 --> 00:35:54,453
If she is a redhead,
I can tell.
645
00:36:03,562 --> 00:36:06,432
First, I want to take
a picture of you.
646
00:36:06,498 --> 00:36:09,435
No, I can't. Not like this.
647
00:36:17,409 --> 00:36:21,146
- Just sit right there.
- I can't.
648
00:36:21,213 --> 00:36:23,882
Cindy,
at the count of three
649
00:36:23,949 --> 00:36:26,318
give me a big smile.
650
00:36:30,856 --> 00:36:32,291
One.
651
00:36:33,925 --> 00:36:35,294
Two.
652
00:36:37,296 --> 00:36:39,331
'Three.'
653
00:36:54,780 --> 00:36:56,047
Jim-Bob home yet?
654
00:36:56,114 --> 00:36:58,550
Well, I can't believe
he'd miss his own graduation.
655
00:36:58,617 --> 00:37:01,453
No telling what kind of trouble
Roland Piper could get him into.
656
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:04,189
Yes, and John
isn't home yet either.
657
00:37:04,256 --> 00:37:06,692
Serena,
when's Eudora's wedding?
658
00:37:06,758 --> 00:37:10,496
- I called it off.
- 'I was looking forward to it.'
659
00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:14,132
I tell you what. If you call it
back on, I'll help you with it.
660
00:37:14,199 --> 00:37:15,967
[phone rings]
661
00:37:20,138 --> 00:37:21,840
Hello.
662
00:37:21,907 --> 00:37:24,142
Oh, Corabeth.
663
00:37:24,209 --> 00:37:26,345
No, he isn't here.
664
00:37:26,412 --> 00:37:28,880
No, he hasn't called either.
665
00:37:28,947 --> 00:37:32,050
Oh, I hope there hasn't
been an accident.
666
00:37:32,117 --> 00:37:33,752
'Really?'
667
00:37:33,819 --> 00:37:35,787
'Well, now,
that is a puzzlement.'
668
00:37:41,159 --> 00:37:43,929
- Thanks, Rol. See you soon.
- Here he comes.
669
00:37:43,995 --> 00:37:45,764
Oh, Corabeth, he is here.
670
00:37:45,831 --> 00:37:49,735
'Be patient, dear.
We'll, we'll get him there.'
671
00:37:49,801 --> 00:37:51,603
- Why, hello.
- Ben, when did you get in?
672
00:37:51,670 --> 00:37:53,905
This afternoon.
I thought you'd stand us all up.
673
00:37:53,972 --> 00:37:56,508
Rolly and I
had something to do in Rockfish.
674
00:38:00,612 --> 00:38:02,614
There's something
funny going on.
675
00:38:02,681 --> 00:38:04,249
Corabeth said
the whole graduating class
676
00:38:04,316 --> 00:38:05,917
disappeared today.
677
00:38:07,486 --> 00:38:10,622
[mouth organ music]
678
00:38:16,495 --> 00:38:17,829
[knock on door]
679
00:38:17,896 --> 00:38:19,365
Come in.
680
00:38:21,333 --> 00:38:22,501
Here.
681
00:38:22,568 --> 00:38:24,636
Let me help you with that.
682
00:38:24,703 --> 00:38:27,939
Haste makes waste,
as my Aunt Martha used to say.
683
00:38:28,006 --> 00:38:30,308
Thanks, Rose.
684
00:38:30,376 --> 00:38:33,278
Oh, Jim-Bob, this is
a big day for you.
685
00:38:33,345 --> 00:38:37,383
And I just want you to know how
thrilled I'm to be a part of it.
686
00:38:37,449 --> 00:38:39,017
- Here.
- What's this?
687
00:38:39,084 --> 00:38:40,819
Well, open it and see.
688
00:38:48,259 --> 00:38:49,528
It's beautiful, Rose.
689
00:38:49,595 --> 00:38:51,129
but you shouldn't have
got me anything.
690
00:38:51,196 --> 00:38:54,366
Try and stop me.
691
00:38:54,433 --> 00:38:58,370
I'll never forget you
or this day.
692
00:38:58,437 --> 00:39:00,572
You better not.
693
00:39:00,639 --> 00:39:03,174
- Thanks, Rose.
- I'll get out of your way now.
694
00:39:03,241 --> 00:39:06,645
I don't think you need any help
putting on your pants.
695
00:39:09,114 --> 00:39:11,850
[orchestral music]
696
00:39:19,090 --> 00:39:22,728
Now, as soon as
the processional begins
697
00:39:22,794 --> 00:39:25,363
I want you
to be sure and signal me.
698
00:39:25,431 --> 00:39:26,965
Okay, I'll whistle.
I'll go..
699
00:39:27,032 --> 00:39:29,034
[whistles]
700
00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:30,301
No, no.
701
00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:32,471
Like this.
702
00:39:33,572 --> 00:39:35,574
Corabeth, I can't do that.
703
00:39:35,641 --> 00:39:37,676
[sighs]
Oh, dear.
704
00:39:37,743 --> 00:39:41,046
This is not at all what I had
in mind for the graduation.
705
00:39:41,112 --> 00:39:43,549
I never should have tolerated
Jim-Bob's mutiny.
706
00:39:43,615 --> 00:39:44,950
What's wrong, Corabeth?
707
00:39:45,016 --> 00:39:47,453
You're not getting one of your
headaches, are you?
708
00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:50,622
Just the slightest throb
in my temple.
709
00:39:50,689 --> 00:39:53,825
This is too much. I should never
have let you take it on.
710
00:39:53,892 --> 00:39:56,394
Oh, well, it's not
the work that I object to.
711
00:39:56,462 --> 00:39:58,730
It's the lack of appreciation.
712
00:39:58,797 --> 00:40:01,032
I had such high hopes
for those young people
713
00:40:01,099 --> 00:40:03,401
and was there
one word of praise?
714
00:40:03,469 --> 00:40:05,971
Not a modicum of gratitude.
715
00:40:06,037 --> 00:40:08,373
Corabeth, you're not gonna be
school teaching next year.
716
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,041
That's final.
717
00:40:10,108 --> 00:40:13,111
Well, perhaps my nervous system
is just not as suited
718
00:40:13,178 --> 00:40:15,481
for teaching as I thought.
719
00:40:15,547 --> 00:40:17,483
But what if they should need me?
720
00:40:17,549 --> 00:40:19,317
Well, they'll just have
to get somebody else.
721
00:40:19,384 --> 00:40:21,119
I'm putting my foot down.
722
00:40:21,186 --> 00:40:24,956
Oh, Mr. Godsey...sometimes
you can be very masterful.
723
00:40:25,023 --> 00:40:26,257
[knock on door]
724
00:40:26,324 --> 00:40:28,259
May I come in?
725
00:40:28,326 --> 00:40:29,761
Oh, dear.
726
00:40:29,828 --> 00:40:32,964
It's that crazed Piper boy.
727
00:40:33,899 --> 00:40:35,066
Yes.
728
00:40:37,869 --> 00:40:40,338
Mrs. Godsey, on behalf
of the graduation class
729
00:40:40,405 --> 00:40:41,840
I, uh..
730
00:40:44,810 --> 00:40:46,311
...um..
731
00:40:46,377 --> 00:40:48,046
Well, here.
732
00:40:48,113 --> 00:40:50,782
You were the best substitute
teacher we had.
733
00:40:53,084 --> 00:40:55,821
[soft music]
734
00:41:02,193 --> 00:41:03,629
Oh.
735
00:41:04,696 --> 00:41:07,265
No hard feelings.
736
00:41:07,332 --> 00:41:09,735
They're lovely.
737
00:41:09,801 --> 00:41:12,070
Here, honey.
I'll pin it up for you.
738
00:41:14,039 --> 00:41:16,775
[music continues]
739
00:41:19,344 --> 00:41:22,080
[piano music]
740
00:41:53,411 --> 00:41:54,880
Be seated.
741
00:41:57,282 --> 00:41:59,517
To the friends
and families
742
00:41:59,585 --> 00:42:03,454
of the Walton's Mountain
graduating class of 1944
743
00:42:03,521 --> 00:42:04,890
welcome.
744
00:42:06,758 --> 00:42:09,895
[soft orchestral music]
745
00:42:31,783 --> 00:42:33,819
I know that
you share my pride
746
00:42:33,885 --> 00:42:36,287
in the achievement
of these young people
747
00:42:36,354 --> 00:42:41,727
'upon the completion of their
secondary school education.'
748
00:42:41,793 --> 00:42:44,796
'Although, I have played
only a small part'
749
00:42:44,863 --> 00:42:47,398
'in the final act
of their schooling'
750
00:42:47,465 --> 00:42:53,271
when the curtain comes down,
I will remember these days.
751
00:42:53,338 --> 00:42:56,708
It is with great pleasure
that I introduce to you
752
00:42:56,775 --> 00:42:59,477
the class valedictorian
753
00:42:59,544 --> 00:43:02,748
James Robert Walton.
754
00:43:02,814 --> 00:43:06,017
[all applauding]
755
00:43:18,496 --> 00:43:21,833
I didn't prepare a long speech.
756
00:43:21,900 --> 00:43:26,037
All of us, not just me, have
worked really hard for this day.
757
00:43:26,104 --> 00:43:28,606
'Five years ago we might have
gone on to college'
758
00:43:28,674 --> 00:43:31,643
'or gotten jobs.'
759
00:43:31,710 --> 00:43:34,112
'There's a war out there
that's not over yet.'
760
00:43:34,179 --> 00:43:37,683
Just this week, a whole lot of
kids, not much older than we are
761
00:43:37,749 --> 00:43:39,951
found themselves right
in the middle of it.
762
00:43:40,018 --> 00:43:42,721
On the beaches
of Normandy.
763
00:43:42,788 --> 00:43:44,690
It was because
of them we wanted to do
764
00:43:44,756 --> 00:43:46,357
something special
this graduation
765
00:43:46,424 --> 00:43:50,561
that would be our gift to the
community and to the school.
766
00:43:50,628 --> 00:43:53,564
So we all got together this
morning and went into Rockfish
767
00:43:53,631 --> 00:43:55,366
and enlisted in the army.
768
00:43:55,433 --> 00:43:58,369
[all exclaiming]
769
00:44:04,976 --> 00:44:07,645
That is the boy's enlisted
in the army.
770
00:44:07,713 --> 00:44:10,115
All four of us.
771
00:44:10,181 --> 00:44:13,184
The girls came along
for moral support.
772
00:44:13,251 --> 00:44:16,121
They promised to write
every week.
773
00:44:18,123 --> 00:44:21,292
I know it's not gonna
be easy saying goodbye.
774
00:44:21,359 --> 00:44:24,562
'But it helps
that we are going together'
775
00:44:24,629 --> 00:44:28,834
and it helps knowing you'll be
here running things for us.
776
00:44:28,900 --> 00:44:31,536
Because we need you.
777
00:44:31,602 --> 00:44:35,640
'Now and when we get back.'
778
00:44:35,707 --> 00:44:38,009
That's all I have to say
779
00:44:38,076 --> 00:44:40,378
except I'd like
the other graduates to rise
780
00:44:40,445 --> 00:44:43,148
'cause I'm very proud
to be part of this class.
781
00:44:46,651 --> 00:44:49,788
[all applauding]
782
00:44:55,660 --> 00:44:57,695
Eat up, you two.
783
00:44:57,763 --> 00:44:59,197
I'm not hungry.
784
00:44:59,264 --> 00:45:01,266
It's hard to swallow
this morning.
785
00:45:01,332 --> 00:45:03,334
I know.
786
00:45:04,903 --> 00:45:07,138
Yeah, I know too.
I'm having the same problem.
787
00:45:07,205 --> 00:45:10,641
I'm not gonna cry.
I refuse to cry.
788
00:45:10,708 --> 00:45:12,844
All set to go.
789
00:45:14,012 --> 00:45:16,514
Rose, will you hold on
to my cufflinks for me
790
00:45:16,581 --> 00:45:18,216
till I get back?
791
00:45:18,283 --> 00:45:20,251
Thanks.
792
00:45:20,318 --> 00:45:23,321
Here, grandma, this is till
I can send you picture of me
793
00:45:23,388 --> 00:45:25,423
in my uniform.
794
00:45:25,490 --> 00:45:28,326
[grandma chuckles]
795
00:45:28,393 --> 00:45:32,263
Take good care of my
model airplanes for me, okay?
796
00:45:32,330 --> 00:45:34,933
There's a good chance I'll be
transferring to the Air Corps.
797
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:37,035
I'll let you know.
798
00:45:37,102 --> 00:45:40,538
Alright, everybody.
Here we go.
799
00:45:40,605 --> 00:45:41,840
Hey, where's John-Boy?
800
00:45:41,907 --> 00:45:43,842
He's gonna meet us
up front.
801
00:45:46,878 --> 00:45:50,015
[soft orchestral music]
802
00:46:07,332 --> 00:46:09,134
Daddy.
803
00:46:10,135 --> 00:46:11,736
Something you ought to know.
804
00:46:11,803 --> 00:46:15,606
I'm putting in a transfer for
a unit that's going overseas.
805
00:46:15,673 --> 00:46:16,808
[sighs]
806
00:46:16,875 --> 00:46:20,778
It seems to be catching on.
807
00:46:20,846 --> 00:46:22,948
I'm proud of all my children.
808
00:46:24,749 --> 00:46:27,886
[upbeat music]
809
00:46:32,057 --> 00:46:34,192
(Rose)
'Look at that yellow.'
810
00:46:35,827 --> 00:46:37,095
There you go, Elizabeth.
811
00:46:37,162 --> 00:46:40,331
Lemon yellow
just like you ordered.
812
00:46:40,398 --> 00:46:42,968
- 'Time for us to get going.'
- You don't want a ride?
813
00:46:43,034 --> 00:46:44,469
No. We'll walk, daddy.
814
00:46:44,535 --> 00:46:47,338
We got plenty of time
before the bus gets here.
815
00:46:47,405 --> 00:46:50,275
It might be the last chance we
have to be together for a while.
816
00:46:50,341 --> 00:46:51,776
- 'Alright.'
- Bye-bye, sweetheart.
817
00:46:51,843 --> 00:46:53,244
- Bye-bye, daddy.
- Take care, son.
818
00:46:53,311 --> 00:46:55,947
- Bye-bye, Mary Ellen.
- Alright, behave now.
819
00:46:56,014 --> 00:46:57,682
- God bless you.
- See you later.
820
00:46:57,748 --> 00:47:00,751
- Bye-bye, daddy.
- Bye.
821
00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:02,854
- Take care now.
- Alright.
822
00:47:06,691 --> 00:47:08,426
(Ben)
Y'all take care.
823
00:47:10,628 --> 00:47:13,664
(John-Boy)
My brothers and I knew,
as we walked away that morning
824
00:47:13,731 --> 00:47:16,401
that things would never again
be the same.
825
00:47:16,467 --> 00:47:20,138
The war would teach us how
small Walton's Mountain was
826
00:47:20,205 --> 00:47:22,740
and how ordinary
our lives there.
827
00:47:22,807 --> 00:47:25,343
And yet from
the foxholes of France
828
00:47:25,410 --> 00:47:27,278
and the skies
over Germany
829
00:47:27,345 --> 00:47:30,315
on the reefs and atolls
of the South Pacific
830
00:47:30,381 --> 00:47:32,250
wherever the war
was to take us
831
00:47:32,317 --> 00:47:34,785
we returned to the Mountain
in memory
832
00:47:34,852 --> 00:47:36,922
over and over again.
833
00:47:36,988 --> 00:47:40,191
That wooded earth,
that frame house
834
00:47:40,258 --> 00:47:42,961
that weathered porch
where our loved ones waited.
835
00:47:43,028 --> 00:47:44,529
Home.
836
00:47:44,595 --> 00:47:46,431
(John)
'Isn't anybody
gonna say goodnight?'
837
00:47:46,497 --> 00:47:48,900
(Elizabeth)
'Goodnight, daddy.'
838
00:47:48,967 --> 00:47:51,102
'Goodnight, Jim-Bob.'
839
00:47:51,169 --> 00:47:53,071
(Jeffrey)
'Jim-Bob can't hear you.'
840
00:47:53,138 --> 00:47:55,606
(Elizabeth)
'I can pretend, can't I.'
841
00:47:55,673 --> 00:47:58,876
(Erin)
'Goodnight, John-Boy.
Goodnight, Ben.'
842
00:47:58,944 --> 00:48:00,778
(Mary Ellen)
'Goodnight, Jason.'
843
00:48:00,845 --> 00:48:03,048
(John)
'Goodnight, everyone.'
844
00:48:11,622 --> 00:48:14,325
["The Waltons' Theme"
by Jerry Goldsmith]
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