Description
The twelfth issue of a series of compilation films from the U.S. War Office includes four shorts.
Weapon of War from the Army Pictorial Services Signal Corps’ First Motion Picture Unit: uses animation featuring the voice talents of Mel Blanc to show how American solidarity defeated the Nazi’s most dangerous “weapon of war”: racial and religious hatred intended to sow conflict before a military assault. 0:00-6:16.
Great Floor 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.
Sky Guys 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.
Coming Home 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.