User: M-le-mot-dit
File: A Few Quick Facts About Fear.ogv
Author: Zachary Schwarz
Publisher: US Army/UPA
Year: 1945
PD: PD-USGov
Note: An American 1945 instruction film, designed to instruct service personnel and improve troop morale. {{w|Private Snafu}} learns about the corporeal effects of fear.
Cat: Cartoons, Sound film
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{{Center|{{Cursive block|{{Xx-larger block|''A Few''<br />''{{Underline|Quick Facts}}''}}}}
{{X-smaller block|U.P.A.<br />Zack Schwartz—1945}}}}
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{{Center|{{Cursive block|''about {{Xxx-larger|FEAR}}''}}
{{X-smaller block|U.P.A.<br />Zack Schwartz—1945}}}}
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If we have to believe the story books, those where the good old days when men really where brave—
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—then the world was inhabited by a fearless breed of men, men afraid of absolutely nothing.
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"That's right! Absolutely nothing!"
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Absolutely nothing?
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"Absolutely!"
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"Well—uh—practically nothing!"
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Yes, ever since the world began, men have been scared.
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The brave knights of old had the same cold beads of perspiration—
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—their hair stood on end—
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—their palms got clamming—
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—their hearts pound—
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—their stomachs flopped and bounced—
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—frightened and they got heated too, being normal human beings.
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Scared man has automatically his fear machine which starts running—
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{{Center|{{Xxx-larger|danger}} DANGER {{smaller|{{Cursive|danger}}}} DANGER {{X-larger|danger}}}}
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—wakes him up all over and prepares them to recognize the danger.
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Nerves go into action and wake up a couple of glands.
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The glands come through with a shot of adrenaline—
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—and all hell breaks through!
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But it all makes sense.
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Nerves cells get after.
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You see more clearly—
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—you hear more keenly—
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—muscles tense—
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—your body is ready to act and acts at.
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But to active top speed calls for extra energy.
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That's where the liver comes in: this is the fuel tank.
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The fuel is sugar, and here's where it's stored.
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Getting scared gets it out, out to the bloodstream to your muscles that needed.
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To get it there quicker, your hearts pomp faster, and your breathe harder—
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—bringing more oxygen to change that sugar into strength.
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And here we are. Scared, yes, but ready!
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Ready either to get away from the danger, or stay and fight with extra strength.
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That's the best thing about this: you can make it work for you, instead of against you.
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