![]() World War II was a constant fixture on movie screens, marking in 10-minute increments the development of an American movie genre as inexhaustible and structure-bound as the musical or the western. The newsreels ended with the prerequisite conclusion demanded of any American war film: victory. Their chief end was not to educate the audience but to motivate it-to buy war bonds, to receive the recommended weekly booster shot of patriotic fervor, to become further involved in the ever-unfurling narrative of the war. The newsreels, of course, presented a highly selective history. Their assemblers, provided with a smattering of footage that varied wildly in quality and competence, made every 10-minute film a moving and compelling draft of contemporary history. The newsreels were marvels of editorial ingenuity. Between 19, United News released 267 newsreels, every one bearing the image of a fierce bald eagle, talons poised to shred, wings filling the screen. ![]() ![]() That company, United News, was unquestionably the most prolific producer of films throughout American involvement in World War II. ![]() The first truly realistic American films of World War II began with a flourish familiar to any moviegoing audience at the time: a hand-drawn company logo introduced by musical fanfare. ![]()
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