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Views of Lexington Main Street and University of Kentucky on 'By Request' program for American soldiers.

Women's Army Corps (WAC) Sergeant in broadcasting studio for the Army Navy Screen Magazine feature called: "By Request." She holds a letter received from 43 American soldiers ("foxhole buddies") in New Guinea. They ask "By Request" to show them scenes from the University of Kentucky, where they trained, and some shots of Lexington, Kentucky. The program continues with motion pictures of the requested scenes, beginning with the Phoenix Hotel and a theater on the Lexington Main Street. Pedestrians on the side walk and cars parked by the roadside. Keith's Bar and Chop House. Bartenders and waitresses serve beer. A roller coaster, known as the Wildcat (after UK's mascot) at the Joyland amusement park, located on Paris Pike north of town. The University of Kentucky campus. GIs and women soldiers on campus. A sign for the University. Soldiers take pictures by the statue of James Patterson on campus. (Given the lack of foliage on the trees, this film was obviously taken sometime between November and March. ) (World War II period).

Location: Lexington Kentucky USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031222
Jill presents 'GI Jive', a jive music section on the 'By Request' program for the American soldiers abroad (WW2)

A female WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) presents 'By Request' for the Army Navy Screen Magazine' in the United States during World War II. She reads out a request for music from Ameriacn soldiers in the Pacific Theater. The 'GI Jive' section presented by Jill. She talks to the GIs, plays a jive tune for them and asks them to keep writing in. Pictures, sketches, letters, photographs and other memorabilia sent by GIs from various war fronts. Jive tune plays in the background.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031223
People throng to cathedrals and participate in the Easter parade in New York City

New Yorkers celebrate Easter Sunday in different churches across the city. A woman GI presents 'By Request' for the Army Navy Screen Magazine' in the United States. Soldiers from New York request a glimpse of Easter in New York City. A large crowd lines the sidewalk, Roman Catholic churchgoers enter the St. Patrick's Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). Civilians and women GIs among the crowd. Cars pass by on the road outside the St. John's Cathedral (1047 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025, United States). Episcopalian U.S. Army soldiers enter the cathedral. Women GIs pose on the cathedral steps. A Gi kisses a woman GI. People emerge from the cathedral. Mount Olivet Baptist Church: Good Friday and Holy Week Service banners at the cathedral entrance. African American families emerge from the Mount Olivet Baptist Church (201 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027, United States) in Harlem. An African American man with his two little girls. The Easter parade on 5th Avenue. Policemen keep vigil. Women in elaborate coats and hats. GIs and young boys in the parade. American industrialist Henry J Kaiser and his wife. Easter flowers on display. New York girls and children.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031224
Humorists including Jimmy Durante, Andy Devine and Robert Benchley perform 'Down by the Old Mill Stream' for American GIs.

A woman GI presents 'By Request' for the Army Navy Screen Magazine in the United States. An American soldier in China requests an old song. Character actors, humorists and comedians perform song "Down by the Old Mill Stream" on stage. Performers include Jimmy Durante, Allen Jenkins, Sterling Holloway, Hugh Herbert, William Gargan, Edward Brophy, Andy Devine, Allan Hale, Robert Benchley, and Arthur Treacher. The audience breaks into laughter during the performance. The female GI winds up the show after the performance. She states the program address and asks the soldiers to keep writing in. (World War II period).

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031225
American soldiers on white sand dunes of the White Sands National Monument in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

White Sands Proving Ground and the Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The white drifting sand dunes. The entrance sign reads 'White Sands National Monument, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service'. A building in the premises with the American flag in the foreground. Soldier walks on the sand dunes with a gun. Tracks made by motor vehicle. Sandy desert area with a cactus bush. Soldier runs over sand dunes. Soldier throws sand out of the camera. Sign reads 'Air Material Command Alamogordo AAF Special Range'. (World War II period).

Location: Alamogordo New Mexico USA
Date: 1945, July
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031541
Fused sand in the blast region of the first atomic bomb test at the Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico

The Holloman Air force Base, first atomic bomb testing site in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The Base, also known as Trinity Site. Large grounds at the Base. Fused sand shows the blast region. Mountain ridges in the background. (World War II period).

Location: Alamogordo New Mexico USA
Date: 1945, July
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031542
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