Generals of the Future (1914)
The light of recent events in Europe has thrown a reflection of considerable interest on this film which presents several views of the life at West Point, our great training school for army officers. If the United States were to be drawn into a great war, in which our land forces were engaged, into the care of just what sort of men would we be forced to entrust our military destinies? Perhaps the most impressive portion of the film is that which deals with the annual graduation dress parade. The mathematical exactitude of every movement is indeed startling, and the sight of the long lines of tall young men sweeping onward as though carved from a solid block of vibrating energy is of the sort calculated to arouse the most turpid intellect with a thrill of patriotism. After scenes showing the review of the cadet battalion by the Hon. Lindley A. Garrison, Secretary of War, we turn our attention to some of the other activities of this extremely busy body of young men. The cavalry drill will be appreciated by everyone who loves the sight of charging horses, and the artillery drill can be hardly less interesting. The last impresses us even more forcibly than the infantry drill, with the extraordinary precision with which the movements are carried out. But still more extraordinary are the calisthenics participated in by the entire body of cadets. The sight of this small army, assuming a multitude of complex and bizarre postures, in exact unison, all in obedience to crisp orders utterly incomprehensible to the uninitiated, is surely like no other spectacle under the broad and beautiful sky. The reel closes with short views showing the cadets raising their camp of shelter tents, and crawling into them as the bugle sounds the beautiful strains of "Taps."
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