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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine 50
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The Army-Navy Screen Magazine Number 50, 1945 01 William L. Shirer Talks About The Hitler Youth : Short film about the Hitler Youth and their activities in Nazi Germany. 02 By Request : Short film about German human torpedoes. Another film about Brooklyn New York, including street scenes, baseball, Ebbets Field. The final segment is probably from the January 11, 1945 episode of Command Performance and features Lina Romay singing "Chiu Chiu." The Army-Navy Screen Magazine 50 1945 : 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, Shirer, William L. (William Lawrence), 1904-1993, United States. Army, World War II, WWII, Human torpedo, World War II: Homefront, Romay, Lina, World War, 1939-1945, National socialism and youth, Guderian, Heinz, 1888-1954, Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team), Brooklyn (New York City, New York state, United States, North and Central America) borough, New York (N.Y.)
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