Television host, Dennis James, talks about the United States Marine Corps Reserves. United States Marine Corps reserves marching, standing in formation. A band plays while Marine Corps reserves march. Marine Corp reserves marching, salute to their officers, and hold their rifles.
View of sheep grazing in hills of Western United States. Flock of sheep being herded. Wide landscape views of cattle grazing in American frontier. Cowboys herd the cattle. Cattle herd in long line. Calendar shows March 1933, some days are encircled marking actions the President was taking for relief for American citizens during the Great Depression. United States President Franklin Roosevelt at his desk, pondering.
Calendar shows March 1933, some days are encircled. United States President Franklin Roosevelt on his desk in the White House, signing the national law legalizing beer after a decade of Prohibition in the United States. View of the Cullen-Harrison Act (or the Beer Permit Act) signed by President Franklin Roosevelt. Workers clean up thick cobwebs in a brewery left untouched for 13 years. Men polish machinery used for brewing beer. Men shovel hops into tank. Worker operates brewery. Beer bottles cleaned and filled with beer through assembly line machine. Workers in beer bottling plant.
United States soldiers receive bags of V-mail letters, the primary method of correspondence with soldiers stationed abroad during World War 2. Soldiers unloads bags of V-Mail letters onto sorting table. V-Mail letters placed in cutting machine to be sliced open. Man hands over V-Mail to staff in separation table for processing and targeting operation. Staff folds away a rejected V-Mail. Staff inspects V-Mail, only to fold it away as reject. Accepted V-Mails stamped with numbers according to destination. Staff carry bundle of V-Mail to take to recording operation. Man puts down bundles of V-Mail for recording staff. Woman operators use Recordak machines to photograph every V-Mail letter. Recordak machine photographs V-Mail letters. Female operator puts a paper saying “END” into Recordak machine. Female operator pulls camera reel from Recordak machine. A motion picture film developer inspecting a machine that develops and dries the 16mm film. Pile of 16mm film reels being put into boxes. Men working in front of huge pile of V-mail letter bags. A long-range flying boat, a Boeing 314 Clipper, taking off from water. Delivery soldier salutes to United States Army Captain Roy Lewis before handing over a bag containing V-Mail 16mm film reels. Army Captain pours boxes containing V-Mail film reels onto his desk. Captain opens box and pulls out a film reel. Employee in printing room uses an enlarging machine to print V-Mail. Machine prints V-Mail. Female employee spins rolls of newly printed V-Mail on rewind table. Female employee slices a roll of V-Mail into letters. Male employee uses machine to fold V-mail letters. Employee uses machine to pack V-Mail into envelopes. Machine seals envelopes. Male employee retrieves a stack of V-Mail ready for delivery. Military postman distributes V-Mail to waiting soldiers. Soldier's hand holds a V-Mail letter.
A plane crash site in United States. Investigators inspect debris found on burned body of a crashed plane. Debris scattered in crash site. Official inspects remains of landing gear from crashed airplane. Remains of guns and United States Air Corps bag with name "Lt. N Ives" lying in field. Man inspects remains of parachutes.
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.
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