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[United States Navy Training Film. Nonclassified. Copyright 1945 by Hugh Harman Productions, Inc.]

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[Commandments For Health]

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[Drinking Water]

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Lets consider water.

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Not carbonated water or toilet water, but just plain everyday water. H2O.

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You probably never gave it a second thought. It used to be when if you wanted a drink of water, you just took it. But now...

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[Third Commandment Drinking Water] "Thou shalt not drink water from any other source than that designated, else thou become victim to an unhappy fate more painful than Japanese lead."

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"Thou shalt use thy water sparingly and wisely else thy days and thy brothers days shall be numbered."

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So Brother, in a combat area get your water from a Lister bag.

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It may not taste like the water from that old oaken bucket, but it is pure and helpful.

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Use it wisely!

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When you're on a march under a blistering hot sun, even that chlorine tastes good.

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So good, that some jerks want to down it all at once!

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Like, eh, like our old friend, McGillicuddy.

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Kinda hot ain't it, Mac?

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[A tired looking solider nods slowly]

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Well, why don't you take a drink?

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[Gradually starts drinking larger portions of water]

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Here we go.

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[Pours water over his head and into his pants and soaks his feet in his water-filled hat]

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Hmm. See what I mean? What a jerk.

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For two months we've been begging him to take a bath and now he does it.

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[Marches proudly upright]

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The Great McGillicuddy. Full of him and full of water. An empty canteen and an empty head.

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[A blistering hot sun blazes above as he marches]

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Now let's see how far he gets.

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[Begins to drag himself slowly]

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Oh, beginning to drag it, eh?

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[Is laying on a desert floor]

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Now it's really getting hot! Hotter than it was before, huh, Mac?

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Oh, your tongue's dry isn't it, Mac? You know what you ought to have?

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You ought to have a nice, cool drink of water.

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Why don't you look in your canteen? You started out with plenty of water.

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[Tries to suck water out of his empty canteen but only a drop comes out]

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There it is, Mac! Water! Get it, Mac!

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[Manages to catch the drop on his tongue but it evaporates]

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Aw, that's a dirty low-down shame

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Water...water...

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All right, Mac. Don't get dramatic. After all, you're only a couple of miles away from camp.

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[Spots an oasis nearby and runs towards it]

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Water...water!

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Mac. Mac, come back! Mac! Don't, Mac! Come back! Come back here! STOP!

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Listen, knucklehead. You can't drink that water! It hasn't been inspected - it might even be poison!

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Yetta, yetta, yetta! Quit beating your gums.

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[Dives into water and drinks it]

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[Across the water a gorilla drinks the same water, and afterwards gets knocked out by it]

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Now how do you feel about drinking that water? Not so good, huh?

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Let's take a look upstream and see what gives that stuff its kick.

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[Aerial view shows objects in the water upstream]

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See, Mac? Here's you, here's the gorilla, a few dead Japs, some pigs, and a native village.

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What's wrong with the native village?

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[Scrolls across an image of the village and shows a head]

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Very pretty, very pretty, but do you know what that is?

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That, McGillicuddy, is a head hunter's head.

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[Toilet flushing]

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Direct from the manufacturer to the consumer! A prize in every package!

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[Stomach is full of weird germs swimming around]

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And brother, you've hit the jackpot.

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[Releases gas and is rushed past a sign that says 'To The Head']

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[Immediately returns to the head while releasing gas multiple times]

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Monotonous isn't it, McGillicuddy?

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[The End. MN 2808 c. 1945]