Abstract & Overview
The Army-Navy Screen Magazine Number 23, 1944 01 So's Your Old Man : Short film about elderly men, too old for service in the regular Navy, who volunteer to guard ports and docks for the U.S. Coast Guard Volunteer Port Security Force (VPSF). 02 Somewhere In Italy : Short film about Italian mountaineer troops training with U.S. troops. 03 Target Germany : Short film about the 8th Army Air Force aerial bombing operations over Germany. 04 Private Snafu - Malaria Mike : Short animated film about Pvt Snafu vs a malarial mosquito. 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, older men voluntarily guard docks and ships for the Coast Guard. Shows classes, drill, pistol practice, and auxiliary Coast Guard patrol vessels. Part 2, U.S. troops train with Italian Alpine troops. A heavy mortar and a "casualty" are swung across a chasm by rope. Part 3, 8th AAF planes take off; (Reel 2) gun camera footage shows air battles. German installations are bombed and planes, some of them damaged, return. Wounded crewmen are removed from planes and given medical care. Part 4. Pvt. Snafu, disregarding anti-malaria measures, is stung by a mosquito with fatal results." As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks. :)