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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.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079151
Soviet forces engage in battle on the Bryansk front during WW2

Soviet tanks and troops moving up on the Bryansk front during World War 2. A Soviet tank (likely an SU-122 Samokhodnaya Ustanovka 122 mm self propelled Howitzer) rolls on forested road of the Bryansk front. Soviet tank gun with a photo of Soviet premier Joseph Stalin posted on below cannon. Young Soviet generals, including General Markian Popov, Commander of the Bryansk Front. A tank parked in a forest, partially camoflaged. Soviet officers give signals for tanks and artillery to fire. Tanks and batteries of howitzers firing at invading German forces on the Bryansk front. Fighter planes strafing at targets below. A Soviet tank accelerates speed, knocking over trees. Soviet tanks move while firing. From the trenches, Soviet soldiers charge into the battlefield. Rockets fired from artillery. Soviet soldiers, wearing U.S. helmets and firing automatic rifles obtained via lend-lease. Soviet infantry shouting as they charge from trenches.

Date: 1943, September
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079153
Many German soldiers are captured by Soviet forces after liberating Bryansk in WW2

Soviet forces capture German soldiers after the liberation of Bryansk in World War 2. A Soviet soldier finds a German soldier hiding in a trench. German soldier raises his hands in surrender as he emerges from trench. German soldier prisoners of war (POW), with their hands raised, are lead away from the trenches. View of captured German soldiers, some are injured, after their defeat in Bryansk. Captured German soldiers are made to march out of Bryansk, under guard by Soviet soldiers.

Date: 1943, September 17
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079155
Bodies of Soviet victims of Nazi atrocities found in a Bryansk mass grave during WW2

Soviet troops and tanks enter the city of Bryansk after its liberation from German forces during World War 2. Buildings heavily damaged in Bryansk. Soviet soldiers speak with women about a mass grave in Bryansk. A sign written in Russian and German (“Entering this area is prohibited under a death penalty” in English). Bodies of Soviet victims of Operation Barbarossa, mainly civilians, found in mass grave in Bryansk.

Date: 1943, September 17
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079156
Women making ammunition, tanks, and materiel in Soviet Union during WW2

A USSR woman writes to American women to speak about the importance of Soviet women participation in war efforts during World War 2, known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. Hands writing a letter. A Soviet war production factory for war materiel manufacturing in Ural Mountains. Overhead crane moving inside factory. Molten metal inside factory foundry ladles. Factory workers shoveling coal into foundry furnace. A hot steel bar rolls on factory assembly line. Soviet women working in mines, swinging pick axes at mine wall. Russian woman operating a lathe. A Soviet woman assembles a gun stock. A Soviet woman, with a short Pixie cut hairstyle, aims a newly made rifle. Woman puts gun onto assembly line. Women make artillery shells. Rows of high explosive bombs, tanks, Howitzer artillery, made by Soviet women in factories.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079158
Soviet men fighting as soldiers and guerrilla fighters against German invaders during WW2

A Soviet soldier recounts his wartime experience in a letter to his wife during World War 2, known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. Armored train cars leave a factory in the Soviet Union. Hands holding a letter written in Russian. Hands holding a letter written in English. Soviet soldiers on the ground fire at German bombers with anti-aircraft artillery at night. Soviet infantry and tanks move across a battlefield. Explosion from bombs dropped from bombers. Tank reserve moving behind Soviet infantry. Soviet artillery fires from under a camouflage net. Explosion from artillery fire in battlefield. A rapidly deploying smoke screen. Soviet infantry cling to pontoon bridge while under heavy fire. Soviet cavalry ford river with artillery cannon in foreground. A burning village after being set on fire by retreating German soldiers. A Soviet soldier inspects ruins of a village razed due to German “Scorched Earth policy”. An elderly Russian woman crying in despair. Soviet soldiers take rifles from dead bodies. Soviet defenders killed by German forces. A Russian man rings church bells in victory as village is liberated. Soviet tanks fire while advancing. An advancing tank runs over trees in the forest while infantry trails behind. A tank advancing through a razed village, with infantry trailing behind. A clock is seen still running on ruined wall on fire.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079159