WEBVTT 00:00:01.300 --> 00:00:06.400 [United States Navy Training Film. Nonclassified. Copyright 1945 by Hugh Harman Productions, Inc.] 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:12.380 [Commandments For Health] 00:00:13.770 --> 00:00:17.870 [Native Food] 00:00:25.420 --> 00:00:38.380 [The Fourth Commandment Native Food] "Thou shalt eat only the rations inspected, found fit and provided for thy use for verily many native foods contain poisons more treacherous than a Jap warlord." 00:00:39.980 --> 00:00:47.960 Somebody once said: the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. That is everybody's but McGillicuddy's. 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:52.490 He's particular! He doesn't like vienna sausage. 00:00:52.490 --> 00:00:57.340 He doesn't realize he's in the South Pacific. He thinks he's in the Brown Derby! 00:00:57.340 --> 00:01:00.910 [Daydreaming about turkey and steak] 00:01:01.750 --> 00:01:03.560 [Looks like he's about to throw up and pushes food away] 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:08.650 Yea, yea, I know, Mac. It's monotonous. Same thing day-after-day. 00:01:08.650 --> 00:01:10.710 But it's good food and it's good for ya! 00:01:16.440 --> 00:01:19.500 [Pulls his belt tighter to a hole that's labeled 'Damn Hungry'] 00:01:19.500 --> 00:01:23.350 But Mac'll show 'em how to get along on a South Pacific island. 00:01:23.350 --> 00:01:27.440 He's a gourmet. A gastronomical Robinson Crusoe. 00:01:27.440 --> 00:01:29.190 [Looks up to see bananas] 00:01:29.190 --> 00:01:38.970 Yea, they look like bananas, they peel like bananas, but they don't taste like bananas, do they? 00:01:38.970 --> 00:01:42.440 You know why? It's 'cause they're not bananas! 00:01:44.730 --> 00:01:48.820 They're plantains and you can't eat them raw! 00:01:48.820 --> 00:01:50.480 [Looks around and sees carrot-like plants] 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:54.120 Well, what's this? A native victory garden no doubt. 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:58.460 Carrots? Rutabagas? Turnips? 00:01:58.460 --> 00:02:01.420 Well, whatever they are, they're sure beauties. 00:02:01.420 --> 00:02:02.940 [Sees natives taking care of garden] 00:02:02.940 --> 00:02:09.080 Mm, well kept, well cultivated, but these boys are not just passing the time. 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:13.310 They're passing the fertilizer, and from you-know-where. 00:02:13.310 --> 00:02:15.460 [Natives passing pots from head] 00:02:15.460 --> 00:02:22.160 While this sort of fertilizer is very effective, it produces a lot more than just vegetables. 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:24.800 Take a look and you'll see what I mean. 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:28.510 [Magnified view of carrot shows various germs wiggling and barking] 00:02:28.510 --> 00:02:29.560 [Drops carrots and wipes hands on clothes] 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:31.560 Nauseating, ain't it? 00:02:36.530 --> 00:02:39.100 [Adjusts his belt to a hole that's labeled 'Starving!!'] 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:44.380 Oh boy, apples! 00:02:44.380 --> 00:02:49.880 [Eats the apples but spits them out after seeing the sign 'Poison fruit'] 00:02:52.290 --> 00:02:57.140 Yea, Mac. Beach apples, good huh? 00:02:57.140 --> 00:03:02.710 But you know what they do to ya? Well the juice contains an acid, that, uh, attacks the tissue, and, and 00:03:02.710 --> 00:03:10.200 you have a chemical reaction, which uh, results in sort of a hot foot, uh, or rather a severe inflammation of the, uh... 00:03:10.200 --> 00:03:14.620 Well anyway, it burns the hell out of your tongue! 00:03:14.620 --> 00:03:18.840 [Tongue is on fire and he jumps into nearby water] 00:03:25.620 --> 00:03:29.230 [Is reluctantly eating K Rations] 00:03:30.220 --> 00:03:35.130 That's the spririt, Mac! Eat your K Rations and like it. 00:03:35.610 --> 00:03:38.230 Nyeeh! 00:03:38.420 --> 00:03:40.940 [Smells smoke] 00:03:40.940 --> 00:03:44.810 [Smoke spells out 'Eat at Dirty Joe's'] 00:03:49.340 --> 00:03:51.620 Mac's brains are still in his stomach. 00:03:53.150 --> 00:03:54.880 [Follows smoke and eats with natives] 00:03:54.880 --> 00:03:56.870 Well, the man who came to dinner. 00:03:57.200 --> 00:04:02.230 Look, Mac. We're not complaining about your manners, and it's all right to be friendly with the natives, 00:04:02.230 --> 00:04:06.150 but their food is not prepared in the most sanitary fashion. 00:04:06.150 --> 00:04:17.540 Very often, the food which they handle, what you're now packing away, is infested with germs which are extremely difficult to digest. 00:04:17.540 --> 00:04:20.160 [Pats his stomach in satisfaction and hiccups] 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:22.100 Oh, pardon me! 00:04:23.010 --> 00:04:26.720 [Mess Special Today Turkey] 00:04:33.290 --> 00:04:34.400 [Waves while in line] 00:04:34.400 --> 00:04:39.020 Yea we see you, Mac! This is what you've been waiting for. 00:04:40.030 --> 00:04:45.270 Hey, Mac! In a couple of seconds you'll have that big turkey dinner! 00:04:47.010 --> 00:04:48.760 [Is in front a large steaming turkey on a plate] 00:04:48.760 --> 00:04:55.850 Yum, yum! Roast turkey and cranberries! And... Oh here we go again. 00:04:55.850 --> 00:04:56.980 [Releases gas and runs to the head] 00:04:56.980 --> 00:05:00.110 CHARGE! 00:05:03.290 --> 00:05:06.660 [Returns only to find turkey bones] 00:05:08.280 --> 00:05:16.600 Too bad, Mac. Ya missed the boat, but they will have turkey again, sometime. But in the meantime... 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:18.240 [Plate of sausages are placed in front] 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:20.520 [Horse neighs] 00:05:21.740 --> 00:05:30.360 [The End. MN 2808 d. 1945]