Movies at War

Motion pictures go wherever soldiers are.

The film says motion pictures play a varied role in the average soldier's life.

Some films are for entertaining, but others are for training.

Army-operated film libraries. 260 libraries in the US and around 60 overseas (at the time of the making of the film.)

Another series of films (and as of my writing of this review, this is the first I've heard of this particular series.)

Both films and machines have to be repaired and maintained.

There's also the “Why We Fight” series of films done by John Ford.

It takes over 200 prints for each subject.

Another film in the series.

Another in the series.

Another in the series.

Another.

Films are also translated.

The pictures can also “provide respite from the nerve-shattering thunder of battle.”

The film then talks about how the movies are packaged and sent overseas.

There were 19 separate depots from which films could be re-routed to other areas. The video says the films last for about five months before they get physically worn out.

Men make their own places to sit and set up a screen for the films.

Nurses at an “undisclosed location.”

Films are provided for convoys and hospital ships.

Then it shows excerpts from some of the films.



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