This circa 1944 black-and-white presentation of Army-Navy Screen Magazine #27 begins with the opening strains of the “Army Air Force” song (today known as “The U.S. Air Force” or commonly, “Wild Blue Yonder”) and “Anchors Away” before opening with “Just Like Home” at mark 00:30, as members of the 13th Air Force stationed in the South Pacific are shown heading out for a day of fishing, and after trolling, head for shore and a picnic as well as some spear fishing and goat hunting. “That’s like Americans, too. Spending the week shooting down Japs and then go goat hunting for a little excitement,” says the narrator at mark 02:00, as we watch the men feast on their roasted prey. By mark 02:30, “East Side West Side” introduces the viewer to Alfred E. Smith, former New York governor, who reads a letter from a former East Side New York resident and takes the viewer on a tour of the area, including stops at the Fulton Fish Market and Seward Park High School, where young men are shown preparing for the day when they will enlist in the service. “Going Home” opens at mark 08:38, and tells the viewer of French pilots training in the United States before heading to the war in Europe, as we then see some of those men in action. Private Snafu (the cartoon character created by director Frank Capra) wraps up the film starting at mark 12:35 with “Gas,” featuring the voice of Mel Blanc. During a gas mask drill, Private Snafu is shown frantically searching for his mask while the rest of his outfit fall in. (Bugs Bunny makes a cameo appearance at mark 13:30). An animated first sergeant then puts Private Snafu through his paces.

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