ARMY-NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE Number 23

Year Published: 1944

Creator: Army Pictorial Service

Complete Record: Released in 1944, these are scenes from Army-Navy Screen Magazine issue Number 23. The following segments are featured in this issue: “Somewhere In Italy”, showing American troops training with Italian Alpini mountain troops. “Target Germany”, produced by The Eighth Air Force, detailing USAAF operations over Europe. “U.S. Fleet Routs Japs”, an update on the Battle of the Philippines. “Pressure Mounts in Saar Battle”, showing the progress of French and American armies in the battle for Eastern France. “Moscow Parade”, displaying the masses of captured German soldiers being paraded through the streets of Moscow. “Bitter War on Western Front”, an update on further wintertime advances along the Alsace front and the Battle of the Bulge areas in Belgium. The Army-Navy Screen Magazine was a bi-weekly newsreel series that was first released in May 1943. Reels were shown before feature films in military motion picture theaters during World War II. Each issue consist of different segments that include updates on the war, stories on the home front, other variety, and episodes of the cartoon called Private Snafu, written by Theodore “Dr. Seuss” Geisel. (0:06) “Somewhere in Italy”. (0:14) Italian Alpini mountain soldiers march alongside American Army infantry. (0:33) Close-up of the Cappello Alpino cap with raven feather. (0:36) Italian Alpini unit patch. (0:41) Troops marching up mountainous terrain with mules. (1:34) Transporting mortar up chasm. (1:57) Moving mock casualty down mountain. (2:35) Repelling cliff face. (3:00) Prop and Wings insignia. “Target Germany”. Produced by The 8th Air Force. (3:08) Boeing B-17 taxiing, taking off. (3:25) Consolidated B-24 Liberator taxiing, taking off. (3:46) Martin B-26 Marauder being loaded with bombs, engine startup, taxi. (4:06) B-26s of the 323rd Bombardment Group taking off, flying. (4:21) B-26s of the 322nd Bombardment Group flying in formation. (4:30) Republic P-47 Thunderbolts of the 336th Fighter Squadron and 334th Fighter Squadron of the 4th Fighter Group taxiing. (4:36) Lockheed P-38 Lightning of the 55th Fighter Group taking off from RAF Nuthampstead. (4:52) B-17s of the 95th Bomb Group fly in formation, escorted by P-47. (5:12) P-47 guncam. (5:51) B-26 dropping bombs. (6:15) B-17 dropping bombs. (7:12) Ground smoke screen. (7:43) Aerial combat footage. (9:19) B-24 landing. (9:28) B-17 of 305th Bomb Group. (9:40) Unloading wounded from bombers. (10:37) B-17 contrails. (10:51) “U.S. Fleet Routs Japs”. British Paramount News. (10:53) American carrier group. (10:57) Grumman F6F Hellcats take off from flight deck. (11:06) Grumman TBF Avengers in flight. (11:16) Aerial view of Philippine Islands. (11:23) Battle of the Philippines combat footage. (11:42) USS Princeton carrier landing operations. (11:59) Nighttime naval battle. (12:24) “Pressure Mounts in Saar Battle”. British Paramount News. (12:28) M4 Sherman tanks and troops of the First French Army capturing Mulhouse. (12:42) German prisoners, including several officers. (13:29) M10 Wolverine tank destroyer and American troop columns in Vosges mountains. (14:02) American troops enter Zabern. (14:12) U.S. Seventh Army fighting in Strasbourg, taking German prisoners. (15:10) German General Franz Vaterrodt surrendering to U.S. Army. (15:40) “Moscow Parade”. Rooftop view of streets of Moscow. (16:05) Mass of German prisoners. (17:07) German prisoners being paraded by Soviet soldiers through the streets of Moscow. (19:44) “Universal Newsreel: ‘Covers World-Wide Events’”. (19:56) “Bitter War on Western Front” (20:01) American troops pushing past casualties on Alsace front. (20:23) Alsatian civilians being evacuated from Wingen by American troops. (20:58) Civilians return to Strasbourg. (21:31) Aerial view of battle-torn Malmedy in winter. (22:04) American soldiers dig bodies out of ground from Malmedy massacre while German prisoners watch. (22:38) Massacred civilian remains (23:20) General Charles de Gaulle alongside soldiers and civilians in Nantes liberation ceremony. (23:46) General Charles de Gaulle reviews Free French Army infantry division (24:06) The End.