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The command is forward : selections from addresses on the motion picture industry in war and peace (1944)

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Title:
The command is forward : selections from addresses on the motion picture industry in war and peace
Date:
1944
Publisher:
New York : Richard R. Smith
Volume:
The command is forward : selections from addresses on the motion picture industry in war and peace
Leaf #:
00037
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 01, 2025
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FILMS FIGHT FOR FREEDOM 25 of visual education in the same fine spirit which marked the cooperation between Hollywood's technicians and the training sections of Army, Navy and Marine Corps. 4. Films for Combat Areas. America's fighters in combat areas abroad are also the beneficiaries of another type of motion picture which has gone to war. I refer to the industry's gift to date (Dec. 31, 1943) of eleven thousand two hundred entertainment programs on 16 mm. film for free showing in combat areas. All current productions are available. The War Department selects from the industry's total supply those pictures deemed most appealing to members of the armed services at the fighting fronts. At present, fifty-six copies or prints of each feature picture and short subject, thus selected, are delivered in New York and London for distribution by Army film exchanges to Army, Navy, and Marine Corps units in combat areas from Iceland and Italy to Guadalcanal and New Guinea. Messages from commanding generals and V-mail letters from their men voice sincere appreciation of this continuing gift and emphasize the importance of motion pictures as entertainment which strengthens morale and links these men with home. For some time now, boys have been writing home about new films they have seen at the fighting fronts before these pictures have been shown in their home communities. 5. United Nations Films. Solidarity in the ranks of the United Nations is a prerequisite to victory in war and peace. Knowledge of one another and mutual apprecia