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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine 37 (partial)
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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine Number 37 (partial), 1944 Strictly G.I. : This is a filmed partial episode of the AFRS radio show G.I. Journal , repackaged as as the "Strictly GI" segment in The Army-Navy Screen Magazine 37. The radio show is found elsewhere on Archive.org - http://www.archive.org/details/G.i.Journal-10Episodes 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 : "Reel 1, Part 1, refugees in Italy pull dilapidated carts as they trudge along country ro…
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United States. Army Signal Corps’ Army Pictorial Service
Subjects
The Army-Navy Screen Magazine, Linda Darnell, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, AFRS, GI Journal, WWII, Kay Kyser, Lucille Ball, Jerry Colonna, Mel Blanc, Ish Kabibble, Georgia Carroll
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