SPECIAL SERVICES IN ACTION — Part 3 | The Archive Project

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On recreation and entertainment provided by the Special Services Division of the Army Service Forces. Reel 1, soldiers play volleyball and, on Bougainville, hold a basketball contest. Shows a boxing exhibition by Joe Louis; a post exchange in Africa; troop entertainment by Edward G. Robinson and Martha Raye; and scenes from "This is the Army." New Delhi hospital patients stage a show. Reel 2 shows exhibition and comic diving at a water carnival and a soldier-rodeo at Anzio, Italy. Magazines and pocket-editions of books are shipped to troops. Soldiers see a movie on Bougainville. The Andrews Sisters sing for soldiers. Service Club dances are shown.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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1944-01-01

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3:26

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