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Yankee Noodle -- PSA

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Inventory ID 595796
Production Type NEWSREELS
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Donor Code 2853 - Packard Humanities Institute: Sabucat Collection
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Format & Technical

Format Size 16
Format Type SAFETY
Element Info PRINT
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Color Format B&W
Sound Format SD.^OPT^^^^
Item Holdings 1
Total Reels 1

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Deterioration 0

Notes

pallet 44- 21061 -10 minutes, Kodak Positive^^"Yankee Noodle" -- propaganda about how US citizens use their ingenuity to solve hard problems, i.e. using their noodle, or "yankee noodle." Soldiers abroad use their "noodle", too, to come up with mechanical devices that help them at war.^^shots: makeshift washing machines, mine exploder, cable layer, still (for water. Right.), special dollies and wrenches for aircraft.^^5 minutes^^Excerpts shown of 1930s Japanese film showing how men are trained to be soldiers/officers at military academy. Title marked on leader: "Japs--Training"^^shots: calisthentics, jiu jitsu, students in classrooms being taught, learning signal practice, surveying, learning to yell, training with airplanes.^^Note: soldiers can pick bride from "School for Army Brides." Shot of possible brides.^^Ends on other footage showing Japanese honoring war dead (arrive by plane in small white box--cremated); followed by footage of dead on battlefield.^^5 minutes, and narration finds treachery and hatred towards Americans in all details of Japanese soldier/officer training.^^Keywords: World War II. WWII. Martial Arts. Propaganda. ^

Inventory Items (1)

Reel # Barcode Can Size Reel Size Location Notes
SV0001332766 400ft S209-36B-12