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Army Navy Screen Magazine #36 Gen. Lesley Mcnair Wwii Report from Iowa Private Snafu 68694 (1944)

1944 · Short film · 20 min

  • War
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In this 1944 issue of Army-Navy Screen Magazine, viewers see a tribute to the late Lt. Gen. Lesley James McNair. McNair shakes hands with soldiers on an airstrip next to a plane, then he is shown sitting inside a car. Next, the film shows an aerial view of the cities of Normandy left in ruins following the heavy fighting that preceded the Allied liberation of the region (01:48). Troops fire artillery guns and off in the distance a building in a city is burning. A soldier talks on a radio while in the street of a town. A plane strafes ground targets and a German fighter plane. Douglas A-20 Havocs fly in the air, and explosions go off on the ground below the light bombers. Footage shows the fierce fighting in the streets of Cherbourg (04:12), where U.S. troops fire at Nazi targets. Nazi soldiers emerge from a building and surrender with their hands in the air. In a city (possibly Cherbourg), U.S. soldiers raise the American flag (05:48); French citizens cheer during the flag raising ceremony. As troops march out of a town, French wave goodbye. Next, viewers see a “Report from Iowa,” which gives troops an update on life on a farm in Iowa. Men walk home from working at a war plant. A night watchman checks the door to a produce store. At the farm of Scott Ellis, Ellis wakes up his youngest son. He then walks out of his house and looks at the skies. The family sits down for breakfast (09:54). The boy feeds the hogs; piglets nurse on their mother. The boy then goes and milks a cow…

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Running time
20 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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