I
received this film bundled with some other footage I acquired recently. I can find no record of this episode, but it
was part of the Screen Magazine series produced by the war department in for
distribution the troops. The film a
tribute to the writer and journalist Ernie Pyle, who volunteered as a reporter
during the Second World War. This film
must have been produced shortly after Pyle was killed in action in 1945, as the
narrator suggests the war was still going on.
I was really taken by this film.
The photography is beautiful, the people appear vivid and natural, and
the words and theme are in keeping with Pyle’s personal and compassionate
writing about people. Above all, I
thought a forgotten 1945 film that promotes diversity was worth showing.
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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