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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Film Communique: Twelfth Issue]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The twelfth issue of a series of compilation films from the U.S. War Office includes four shorts. <br /><br /><em>Weapon of War</em> from the Army Pictorial Services Signal Corps&rsquo; First Motion Picture Unit: uses animation featuring the voice talents of Mel Blanc to show how American solidarity defeated the Nazi&rsquo;s most dangerous &ldquo;weapon of war&rdquo;: racial and religious hatred intended to sow conflict before a military assault. 0:00-6:16. <br /><em><br />Great Floor</em>&nbsp;by the Army Air Forces Combat Film Unit: shows the creation of a landing strip in China through the labor of 70,000 Chinese villagers using pre-industrial technologies under the direction of a small crew of American Army engineers. 6:18-10:44. <br /><em><br />Sky Guys</em>&nbsp;by the Army Air Forces Combat Film Unit: depicts the start of the Liberation of southern France from the viewpoint of Army paratroopers. 10:45-12:47. <br /><em><br />Coming Home</em>&nbsp;by the Army Air Forces Combat Film Unit: Documentation of the American Navy assault on the island of Guam to retake the American territory from the Japanese. Includes footage of wounded and dead Japanese and American soldiers. 12:48-18:50.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/IULMIA/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=U.S.+War+Office">U.S. War Office</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/IULMIA/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Army+Pictorial+Services+Signal+Corps%27+First+Motion+Picture+Unit">Army Pictorial Services Signal Corps&#039; First Motion Picture Unit</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/IULMIA/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Army+Air+Forces+Combat+Film+Unit">Army Air Forces Combat Film Unit</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:issued><![CDATA[<a href="/IULMIA/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=130&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1944">1944</a>]]></dcterms:issued>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Mel Blanc: voices in &quot;Weapon of War&quot;]]></dcterms:contributor>
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