Summary

Army-Navy Screen Magazine

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: Army-Navy Screen Magazine
File Number: DN-LB-309 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Documentary
Description: 03:01:19 1943, Part 1, captured Japanese heavy and light machine guns, infantry rifles, and a telescope are demonstrated to troops captured weapons Part 2, Joe E Brown, Red Ruffing, Joe Dimaggio, and others participate in a baseball game in the South Pacific Hollywood Baseball, America Goes to Bat 03:11:22 1944, US troops land unopposed on Kiska Shows a destroyed Japanese hangar and submarine base and abandoned supplies Heavy construction equipment is landed Gen Dewitt inspects the island Bob Hope and Betty Hutton entertain on a weekly radio program Betty Hutton and Judy Garland sing and Bob Hope and Lana Turner joke 03:31:30 1944, Part 1, Black engineers rebuild an airstrip on Munda and relax at the Munda Cotton Club Part 2, a jeep, reconditioned after military use, is used to round up cattle in Kansas Part 3, young people rebuild Stalingrad General Popoff observes artillery fire in the Bryansk campaign 03:42:11 1944, Part 1, a wrecker retrieves a truck mired in Italy's mud Engrs clear mud from roads with bulldozers and blast rock from mountains for road beds Part 2 depicts by animation the fire power of the Iowa, educational opportunities offered by the armed services, and the importance of conserving shoe leather Part 3, Gen Somervell speaks about the Army Service Forces He describes war aims Part 4, Dinah Shore sings at the Hollywood Canteen Personages: Lana Turner, Deanna Durbin, Marlene Dietrich, Xavier Cugat, Lewis Stone, Eddie Cantor, Hedy Lamarr, Red Skelton, and Jimmy Durante
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