Narrator, yesterday narrator yesterday, usa sights and sounds left behind for the duration but never forgotten, but Motion Picture is seen to that. It follows the soldier to the far reaches of babylon, laughter, home, and those who thirst for sights and sounds of not merely into american eyes and ears. From the first day he is in camp, Motion Pictures pay in a varied role in the average soldiers life. Not only is he entertained by them, hes also oriented and trained through the medium of the silver screen. Films boast in attendance worldwide of 30 million gis monthly. Producede army has training films. As a nondustry has 101 profit contribution. The army operated library supply the armed forces with all types of films, equipments and projection of Motion Pictures. 260 libraries in this country, approximately 60 overseas, booking, soaring into astronomical figures, a barometer for gauging the response of the branches to films designed solely for the military. There is no denying in the fighting man series, a 100 hollywood product, providing grim training lessons. To fully appreciate their popularity is to review 5 million soldiers monthly attend screenings of the films. These and thousands of additional reels shown and reshown must receive careful handling, inspection and repair of film, machines occupy soldier technicians who are skilled at this type of work. Equipment that helps with the why we fight orientation films. Worldwide army release alone requires 220 five prints per subject, arousing those who must beat the common enemy. This series is good at familiarizing our soldiers and nation with the fitness and recklessness of the foe. Britain and russia display wide interest in these and other United States army films. Too, 275 filmss for our spanishspeaking good neighbors, as well as 212 translations for portuguese speaking troops. 30 subjects over a brief period, for a french troops. Friendly french troops. We have translated 177 films for the chinese army, putting strange words into g. I. Joe mouth. Chinese] narrator in our army, entertainment shorts mean gi movies and magazines, overall total is 320 prints for release. Behind the scenes are the soldier producers, directors, writers, cameramen, editors that are in hollywood to do the job for the military. Including all armed forces, the Industry Service roster has reached 29,652. However, as vital as anything, people are contributing, the role they are playing about morale. Those assigned to the terrific ,ask of storming the seven seas but apart from the actual fighting, they have definite cravings. Letters from home and entertainment Motion Pictures, hollywood features that would provide brief respite from the nerve shattering thunder of battle. The industry is giving them and the army is getting up to the firing lines through World Network of exchanges. Iceland, england, gold coast north africa, middle east, iran, india. Greenland, northeast canada, newfoundland, bermuda, trinidad, panama, northwest canada, alaska, hawaii. Australia, new caledonia, and fiji. Overseasrk, the armys Motion Picture surface handles complex problems of shipments with trained efficiency. Three new features every week, 63 prince per subject donated by the Motion Picture industry. A top priority man is responsible for moving them to the combat area. The objective is to not only give them the best in pictures, but to get the films on screens overseas as preview performances, or at least show them simultaneously with our ourn the states release in the states. Express with military rightofway is just the kind of handling most shipments receive. Moving in theion trend of the times faster than ever before. 1 million worth of morale in every shipment. Ammunition for entertainment spanning the universe, stretching out to the 19 century depots and then fighting post. Not a single area will be overlooked. Whether the audience be 10,000 or handful of 11 or 12 is of no concern. The movies will reach them. Here they are, over there. Exchanges to thousands of exhibition points. From the first moment the new pictures touched foreign soil they saw few idle moments. The motion is worn from the film by ceaseless production. The circuits are farflung. Today you can safely say a tactical map is also an army Film Distribution map, stretching for countless miles in every direction. But this is only the beginning from here on wherever said that they are moved by whatever means, the films are carried up to the threshold of battle. In the skies over the battle scarred southwest pacific, film containers are part of the root from new caledonia. Similar landings are made throughout the Solomon Islands and surrounding areas for hard fighting troops. The welcomed passengers begin the last leg of their journey, moving up with the mail bags. Letters from home and movies tonight. Are greeted like longlost friends, weary but eager warriors converge on their theater and word races through camp. Some men can see the new show while others keep up the jungle watch. The names of these island battlegrounds are familiar to all who follow the war in the pacific, yet how many know men starved for her to him, carving makeshift theaters out of a tangled wilderness . These scenes and all the follow were recorded by combat crews. Wire reels received in coconut reels received. They even line up empty gas barrels, anything that can be set on. Ingenuity born of necessity and the arrangement makes good sense. Sometimes wretch alliance can go for more permanent structures. Chelons can go for more permanent structures. [cheering and chatter] motions are reduced to the simplest formula. Men weary from the truck. They are grasping fruit that that some bloods home and loved ones. While those recovering from battle was, time passes easier and more quickly. Imagination is stimulative and the scars of combat minimize for the moment. The early birds get the best vantage point. [indiscernible] a special treat tonight for new zealanders fighting sidebyside with the yanks in the jungle. Rain is no barrier. The show must go on. Fielded by jungle ponchos the group sits through the rain storm and it would be bad for he toerator o were stop the show. Army nurses on an undisclosed fighting front. A notice is posted. Naples, where we find the air corps taking a buggy minus the wings heading for the movie. In big cities, the problem is more simple. Find the right kind of auditorium and you can give the men the same presentation used to get a home. In the outlying areas along the italian front, mobile units are doing the job of bringing the movies to the troops. Most outfits only show three nights a week although it is not uncommon for the men to visit another camp close by. Even though they will see the same picture as the night before. Come and see it, men that they do. [explosion] it is the same story each Time Operations permit timeout for relaxation. One of the bigger problems is getting sufficient films to the right places at the right time. 1500 and more shows a night with a 5. 5 million weekly attendance is a big exhibition. Naturally every soldier wants to see a brandnew film. Something he can write home about like a world premiere. But demand and supply cannot always coincide. Although the army is doing Everything Possible within tactical limitations to bring the best in screen and entertainment. For patients aboard hospital ships, the Motion Picture industry is creating goodwill that could not be bought at any price. There should be ample reward in merely studying the scenes that are to follow. Excerpts from five difficult features already shipped overseas will illustrate the joy and appreciation of servicemen and women the world over. Just a minute, mr. Jones. Where have you been with my daughter . I do not want hear about the accident on the way home or the flat tire or falling asleep the movies. Is not so late, papa. Maybe not where you come from. Why dont you Say Something . You get back in the house. I will give you one more chance. [crosstalk] flat tire. That is all i wanted [shouting] is a lovely way to spend and eve. Andnt to save all my nights with you. [applause] [phone ringing] you cannot help yourself because you are mad, mad, mad1 phone ringing] hello . Hello . [glass shattering] let there be roses. [laughter] [applause] [indiscernible] i love you. I love you. Mary, pray for me. You are now in heaven and earth. Your life begins, oh benedict. This has been the reallife of the average soldier and his reaction to entertainment film. He likes them. He wants them to keep on coming more and more often. The armys official appreciation is voiced by lieutenant sommerville, excepting the 10,000th movie from the Motion Picture industry. General sommerville. Recently, i visited australia, india, china, and africa. Observationpersonal what these Motion Pictures mean to the men overseas. While it be difficult to place a value on these programs the Motion Picture industry is providing, we do know this the morale of our troops is high. The laughter, music, and general entertainment, which comes out of a single, small package like this one, have helped to build that morale. Announcer next on American History tv, two bestselling authors discuss how these Historical Research in the work. Kathleen rooneys latest is the story andi harvey focuses on the king of confidence. Heres a preview. One of the things i was tragedy when you research, research is objective. You as a researcher are not objective. My technique, if anybody wants to come at it, fiction can give it more. I had such an agenda. I had such a focus i wanted to be an antiwar book, i wanted it to be clear, like an Animal Rights book. That helps me. If i just went in looking at world war i research, i would not be on this event is i would still be researching. Im never going to understand it that way, but having those two points of reference to kind of guide my Research Really helped. I know we are not jumping to the audience questions yet, but some of the asked how long did you research . Something i encourage people to tal think about is that research and writing get presented as discrete. Sometimes they are for some people, and i have a front heavy your research before i start trying to write, but they quickly become concurrent and extensive for me. In a way, i never totally stopped researching it. Thank you. Can i jump in and say the research in this book is wonderful . Thank you. I totally agree. It feels like such a false dichotomy, at least the way my brain works. I am always writing and researching and researching and finding important stuff late in the process of this book. 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Find it where you listen to podcasts. Announcer up next on american artifacts, we traveled to northeastern france to trace the steps of american soldiers during the spring and early summer of 1918. But first, a portion of a 1960 u. S. Army film that describes the military situation at the time. The germans rode across the defenses in the river. Y into thelentlessl french nation. In three days they reached the river and was less than 40 miles from paris