Film Communique - 15th Issue R2 of 2 - What’s Your Name?

Film Communique - 15th Issue R2 of 2 - What’s Your Name? On the "unsung heroes" of World War II: the infantry man & the defense worker. Foot soldiers march along hillside, thru mud & dust; creep up hills & across fields, fire rifles & machine guns; flame throwers, grenades, bazookas, mortars, howitzers, land on beaches, crash planes. GIs get briefed by officer, rest, eat, fight house to house & in city streets. Troops dig in, move up to the front, tend refugee children & eat; rest in uncomfortable areas. CUs. 15:49:55 Army GIs handling cans of film, office workers w/ caption sheets in CU listing names of men. Soldiers in field digging in, crossing field & moving up. Fighting. Man shot on camera. CU tired men in landing craft on beach. Man eating while sitting in snow in woods. Carrying refugees. 15:52:25 Industrial workers outside plant; into plant w/ punch cards. Men & women working on various machine tools in war plants. Blacks & whites in CU & machines. 15:54:08 Split-screen of infantrymen and civilians. Soldiers grave, “unknown”. Emphasizes the contributions to the war effort made by anonymous patriots. WWII Home Front Effort; WW2 Americana; Patriotism; Propaganda;