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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine 27
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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine Number 27, 1944 01 Just Like Home : Off-duty activities on a Pacific island. 02 East Side West Side : Short film about NYC's Lower East Side, narrated by former New York governor Al Smith. 03 Going Home : Short film about the Free French Forces who trained as pilots in Florida then returned to bomb the Germans in France. 04 Private Snafu - Gas : Short animated training film about the gas mask, starring Pvt Snafu. The Army-Navy Screen Magazine 27 1944 : the entire newsreel 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 (so…
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United States. Army Signal Corps’ Army Pictorial Service
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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine, Gas masks -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc, Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- History, Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Air Force, 13th, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons, US Army, WWII, World War II, World War, 1939-1945, World War II: Homefront
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