Film Communique: Twelfth Issue

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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.
Creator	U.S. War Office Army Pictorial Services Signal Corps' First Motion Picture Unit Army Air Forces Combat Film Unit
Contributor	Mel Blanc: voices in "Weapon of War"
Date Issued	1944
Alternate Title	Weapon of War
Original Format	16mm print
Duration	18:56
Color/Black & White	B&W
Sound/Silent	Sound
Nation of Origin	U.S.
Geographic Coverage	China France Guam