Partial. 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 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.
Description at the National Archives: "Reel 1, Part 1, refugees in Italy pull dilapidated carts as they trudge along country roads. Describes the problem of refugees crowding military routes. Shows the delousing, interviewing, and feeding of refugees. Part 2, animation depicts Nazi methods of spreading hatred and dissension, and American rejection of such propaganda. Reel 2 shows Kay Kyser broadcasting on the Armed Forces Radio Program. Linda Darnell and Lucille Ball appear.."
26 мар 2014
