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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine 32
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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine Number 32, 1944 D Day : General McNarney introduces this short film about D-Day and the Normandy Invasion. The Army-Navy Screen Magazine was produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps Pictorial Service, under the supervision of Col. Frank Capra, who came up with the idea. It was released twice a month and shown to military troops as a 20-minute newsreel. " By the end of the war, the Army-Navy Screen Magazine reached an enormous weekly audience of 4.2 million. It had become for American soldiers all over the world a communal experience that greatly influenced their perception of the war. " It featured short documentary films, news from back home, and short training films like Dr. Seuss' Private Snafu cartoons. I've uploaded the entire Screen Magazine and also each segment as a separate file (some editions are comprised of 1 long film, though). Description at the National Archives : "On the Normandy invasion. Reel 1, Gen. McNarney outlines the operation. Troops board ships and read, eat, and relax. Gliders are loaded; paratroopers board transports. Planes take off and strafe Ger. coastal defenses. Shows Gen. Brereton. Reel 2, the invasion fleet nears the coa…
Directors & creators
United States. Army Signal Corps’ Army Pictorial Service
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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958, Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount, 1887-1976, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, McNarney, Joseph Taggart, 1893-1972, Brereton, Lewis H. (Lewis Hyde), 1890-1967, Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969, Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981, United States. Army, US Army, World War II: Homefront, World War, 1939-1945, WWII, World War II
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