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Country Style USA Recruitment: Episode 39

Newsreel · 14 min

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Department of Defense. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Materiel Command. U.S. Army Pictorial Center. (08/01/1962 - 12/1972). Episodes from the "Country Style USA" Recruitment Program, compiled ca. 1958 - ca. 1972. This series consists of 15-minute Army recruitment programs that featured performances by various country-western singers. -

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Running time
14 minutes
Language
English
Collection
News & Public Affairs

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★★★★★ · mid-Century country music · Jilly9 · 2012-02-18

15-minute PSA/recruiting program hosted by Jody McCrea & featuring Hank Snow. Video is kind of rough. Hank Snow sings: Big Wheels (released 1958) Among My Souvenirs ...short Army recruitment spot Del Wood: plays "Echo Waltz" on piano Hank Snow sings: Just A Faded Petal From A Beautiful Bouquet Recorded at the Bradley Studios AKA the Quonset Hut Studio on 16th Ave (S) in Nashville.