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By Request - WWII Letters from the Troops 1944
- High Definition Film Transfer: (24-hr. turnaround)
- HD ProRes -- $300.00
1920 x 1080 23.98p ProRes 422HQ Quicktime
keywords: WWII, Soldier Morale, Wish List, Haaren High School NYC, Winter Snow, City Of Chicago
Synopsis: Fashioned as a morale booster for the men in uniform a request desk is set up where soldiers can write in requesting to see footage of their hometown and various place of note or any other wish which was then filmed and distributed to bases both large and small around the World...(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:06:21
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
By Request - WWII Letters from the Troops 1944
Female Sergeant opens letters from G.I.’s at the ‘by request desk’. Wishes are granted with accompanying film footage.
Shot List:
00:15:12
1st request is to see Haaren High School in New York City at 3:05 pm as all the kids are getting out of school
00:16:19
2nd request is to see snow which is answered with footage of blizzard conditions, a large snowplow, soldiers shoveling snow and de-icing aircraft
00:17:21
3rd request is to see hometown of Chicago. Answered with sequences of Chicago in the 1940s. Chicago skyline, scene of the river looking past the bridges, Michigan Ave. near the Art Institute, the loop at state and Madison, electric trolly cars, crowds, Chicago L and Ravenswood Express, stockyards
00:18:51
4th request is have an original lyric written by a G.I. put to music and sung by a beautiful woman
