Private Snafu Title Sequence. Cartoon animation “Private Snafu” depicts living conditions for soldiers posted in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. A view of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. A Japanese soldier hops on the Aleutian Islands after emerging from the Pacific Ocean, only for a strong American soldier to stomp his feet when he opened “the backdoor to the United States”. Japanese soldier hops and dives back to the Pacific Ocean. View of Tokyo, Japan from the “Back door to the United States”. The cartoon depicts how harsh and challenging the environment in Aleutian Islands- having rain, snow, thunder and whirlwind gales. A seal resembling The Great Schnozzola (Jimmy Durante) replies with the Lower East Side accent, “Nevertheless, that’s the conditions that prevail.” View of a GI camp in the Aleutian Islands. Private Snafu sets out on an important mission, he changes his outfit according to weather. View of the vegetation of the Aleutian Islands, only grass in the tundra environment. After the narrator stated, “There are no trees”, a rabbit replied sarcastically “You’re telling me!”. United States Army Camp in Aleutian Islands covered in thick, gummy, mud. A serviceman is riding on two servicemen submerged in the mud. Inside a Quonset hut, American soldiers are playing dice. An earthquake rattles the Quonset hut and changes the position of the dice. Strong winds in the Aleutian Islands uproot Quonset huts, military installations and even the mountains. Soldiers struggle walking through a “Williwaw” (or strong winds in the Aleutian Islands) until it stopped, causing the soldiers to fall to the ground and the eggs a soldier was carrying to break. Private Snafu walks in the Aleutian Islands through different weather conditions in different outfits. Soldier drives a military jeep with skis in the snow. A cartoon B-17 covered in snow as it flies above the Aleutian Islands. An Eskimo sits around an ice fishing hole in the snow-covered B-17 wing. Private Snafu is wearing a steam whistle as he walks. Private Snafu changes his outfits according to weather condition while walking. Airmen run out of the Briefing Hut and dive in the watery air strip. Private Snafu dons a scuba diving suit to retrieve a B-17 submerged in the watery air strip. Private Snafu inside aircraft with fish. Private Snafu ejects the fish out of the aircraft. The fish activates a parachute to fall safely, only for it to drop into the gaping maw of the Schnozzola seal. The Schnozzola seal repeats his earlier dialogue to describe life in the Aleutian Islands.
Abandoned Japanese 105mm, twin Bofors and a 40 mm anti aircraft guns at Kiska in Aleutian Island, Alaska. An abandoned supply ship beached at Kiska.
"I was there Kiska" An American Private 1st Class shares his experiences during Allied landing at Kiska Island at Alaska in World War II. American soldiers disembark from a landing craft and move ashore without any resistance from Japanese troops. A Japanese hangar and submarine base destroyed by Allied bombings. Abandoned supplies, damaged trucks, antiaircraft guns. A tunnel leads to a hospital.
American Sergent on board United States Naval ship Grant interviewed en route to Kiska in Aleutian Island, Alaska. He shares his experiences about landings at Attu while sewing his Adak patch on. Also expresses his opinion that Adak, Kiska landings and clean up will take six weeks.
A Japanese Shinto shrine erected at Kiska Island in Aleutian Island, Alaska during World War 2. A wooden Torii gate stands in front of the Shinto shrine. American soldiers look at miniature stone altars. A miniature wooden shrine encased in a wooden altar. Two soldiers hold a Japanese flag. A soldier holds a can of Japanese condensed milk found nearby. Soldiers keep a vigil as they sit on top of the Torii gate. Soldier drinks from a mug outside a hut.
Camp area in Kiska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Soldiers lay on ground. Foxholes in side of hill. Soldiers get hot coffee poured into cups and cook around fire in camp area. Caterpillar tractor and trailer move down stream. Soldiers march in single file along stream. (World War II period).
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