APPENDIX SIX
Full-Length DocumentaryTreatment
“GOODBYE SOLDIER,GOODBYE SAILOR”
By John Hewitt
Log line: Military base closings have widened a gap between military and civilians in Northern California’s Bay Area.
Prologue. A tight formation of Navy fighter jets screams low over the water. Dwarfing nearby sailboats, ponderous, gray military ships glide silently under the Golden Gate Bridge and into San Francisco Bay. Chattering helicopters circle overhead. Spectators crowd the shoreline, sitting in folding chairs, hats decorated with American flags. In the Bay Area, this is Fleet Week, an annual event when the Navy reminds San Francisco that it once was a Navy town.
Navy Commander Jack Hanslick: “We need this. Since the military closed the ...
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