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U.S Army-Navy Screen Magazine Wwii Army Navy Football Game G.I. Bill 66604 (1944)

1944 · Short film · 17 min

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This 1944 film is the combination of two Army sponsored short film segments titled “G.I. Bill of Rights” and “The Army Navy Game of 1944” respectively. The former was produced by the Army Information Branch, Army Pictorial Service, Air Forces Navy Department in cooperation with all United Nations to enumerate the historical context, importance, benefits, and implementation of the G.I. Bill of Rights for veterans returning from WWII while the latter was produced as part of a Army Navy Screen Magazine special to celebrate the historic football rivalry between Army and Navy. Opening credits for “G.I. Bill of Rights” (0:07). Animation of the United States Capitol Building (0:10). Drowning and smoking warship (0:15). American troops returning home from France after WWI in 1918 (0:24). Parade down Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue celebrating the “doughboys” return from Chateau-Thierry and Belleau Wood (0:29). Battleships at sea during WWI (1:19). Soldier being transported on stretcher on beach in Italy (1:25). Footage of GIs fighting in Saipan (1:35). Shot of the United States Capitol Building in Washington D.C. (1:51). Washington Monument Reflecting Pool (1:53). Lincoln Memorial building (1:57). Footage of Congress in session to discuss the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (the G.I.Bill) (2:03). Close-up of the G.I. Bill of Rights (2:09). Veterans Administration building in Washington where General Frank T. Hines is in charge (2:16). Fictional story arc of Corporal Vic Jones to…

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Running time
17 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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