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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine 49
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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine Number 49, 1945 01 The Lady From Arvin : Short film about Effie Mann in Arvin, California. She delivers the mail and also collects local news from residents on the route. This news is published in the Arvin Tiller newspaper and delivered overseas to local servicemen. 02 A Few Quick Facts Lend Lease : Short animated film about lend lease. 03 Tiger Joe : War orphan is adopted by the 14th Air Force. The Army-Navy Screen Magazine 49 1945 : 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 (some editions are comp…
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United States. Army Signal Corps’ Army Pictorial Service
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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Air Force, 14th, Lend-lease operations (1941-1945), World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- China, World War, 1939-1945 -- Equipment and supplies, Arvin Post Office (Arvin, Calif.) -- History, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Air Service Squadron, 407th -- History, Arvin (Calif.) -- History, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Air Force, 13th, US Army, WWII, World War II, Postal Service -- United States -- History, World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Caricatures and cartoons, World War II: Homefront, CBI
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