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Cartoon animation “Private Snafu The Infantry Blues” depicts working conditions of various service branches of the United States Armed Forces in World War 2

American cartoon animation “Private Snafu” shows the difficulty of each United States Armed Forces service branches- the United States Army Infantry and Tank Corps, the US Navy and the US Air Forces- in World War 2. “All the Air Force gets the glory and the Navy gets the cheers” laments Private Snafu. Marching through various terrain such as mud, snow and jungle, Private Snafu complains about his infantry work. Private Snafu wades through jungle river, until a crocodile emerges carrying his rucksack. Private Snafu singing “I’ve got the infantry blues” while his boots are depicting with sounding train horns. Mountain range with sign saying “Rest room 18,000 MI”. Private Snafu laments about being a “dogface”, wishes he had joined the Tank Corps as "they do their fighting on a nice, soft seat". A crass, cigar-smoking miniature G.I. fairy called the “Technical Fairy (First Class)” appears and grants Private Snafu’s wish. As a member of the Tank Corps, Private Snafu rides a tank across rugged terrain with difficulty controlling the tank. Hanging from the main gun of the tank, he wishes with regret that he had joined the Navy. The Technical Fairy grants Private Snafu’s wish and teleports him to the Navy. Private Snafu rides PT boat 13 through choppy waters. Private Snafu’s stomach is depicted with choppy waters. “Give me air!” cries Private Snafu after coughing up water while riding on two fish. A water-skiing Technical Fairy grants his wish, teleporting Private Snafu to a P-38 airplane. Private Snafu has difficulty controlling altitude of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning plane and runs into a mountain. The cockpit falls from the mountain, where Private Snafu finds himself back in the Infantry. “I see you’re back sir, here is your pack sir.” says the Technical Fairy as he hands over a pack to Private Snafu. “All the roads are pretty rough, parlay-voo,” sings the Technical Fairy, to the tune of “Hinky Dinky Parlez Vou (Mademoiselle from Armentières)”. “and all the services are tough, parlay-voo” sings back Private Snafu as he and the Technical Fairy march together. The Technical Fairy and Private Snafu sing “any "soldier or gob" should "finish the job"- Hinky Dinky Parlez Vou” as they march away.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079151
Early telegraph machines in operation.

An operator types on an early printing telegraph machine. A man reads a paper punch tape as another man uses a telegraph Morse code perforator to convert messages to Morse code.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1914
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079177
President Woodrow Wilson in office, United States troops leave for Europe (WWI)

United States President Woodrow Wilson at his office in the White House after the entrance of the United States into World War 1. President Wilson holding a telephone on top of his filing cabinet. President Wilson signing documents from his desk. A little girl waves the flag of the United States as US troops (American Expeditionary Forces or AEF) mobilize to leave for Europe. Men holding baskets during a parade as flowers are thrown before them. Crowds watch as American Expeditionary Forces march in a parade. Men and women wave good-bye at soldiers leaving for Europe. A government official with a senior military official watch the deployment of soldiers to Europe.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1917, April 17
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079243
Scrap metal used in steel production to manufacture war materiel in the United States (WW2)

Naval artillery firing from warships during World War 2. Artillery fire during nighttime. A thick smoke from a battered ship after a naval battle. Smokestacks of a factory. View of a steel plant. Carts of scrap metal being brought to a steel plant. A horizontal charging machine empties boxes of metal and scrap into the furnace. Molten metal inside factory foundry ladles. Molten metal pours from ladle. An engineer works in steel factory. Coal burning in foundry furnace. A worker operates a machine to lift mold from newly cast blooms. Hot slabs of steel roll and take shape on factory assembly line. War Production Board headquarters in Washington DC. Chairman of the War Production Board, Donald Nelson, speaks about the importance of steel production to meet increasing war demands. “We must have a continuing flow of scrap in order to keep steel production at the level needed to meet our war requirements”, says Donald Nelson.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079271
President of Lukens Steel Company, Robert W. Wolcott, speaks about the importance of scrap metal in the wartime steel industry (WW2)

Smokestacks in a steel factory in the United States during World War 2. Robert W. Wolcott, the President of the Lukens Steel Company in Coatesville, Pennsylvania (the oldest steel mill in commission within the United States), and also chairman of the American Industry Salvage Committee, speaks about the importance of scrap metal in steel production for the war efforts in World War 2. Robert W. Wolcott speaks to two men inside his office. Wolcott’s office is decorated with patriotic posters on the use of scrap for war production (“Half the Metal in every ship, every tank, every gun is SCRAP!”). Behind Robert W. Wolcott is a sign saying “American Industries Salvage Committee”. “This decline in scrap must be checked. Steel, scrap must flow to the mill. This is becoming a serious situation. And it is a definite challenge to industry” concludes Robert W. Wolcott.

Location: Pennsylvania United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079272
Men building ships and making artillery shells (WW2)

Shipbuilding and shell production in the United States during World War 2. Men on scaffold work on a ship in dry dock. Man applies white paint to mark decking. Man takes out a molten metal from foundry furnace. Man working a shell casing on a lathe. Man operating a drilling rig moves shell casings. A group of shells are carted away. Men working on molten steel furnace and casting shells. Men arranging newly made shells.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079273
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