She Remembers Pearl Harbor

Category: Media

  • NEWSREEL: YouTube – WWII HOME FRONT NEWSREEL “AMERICA’S CALL TO ARMS”

    “Created at the outset of WWII, this Castle Film newsreel shows America as the “Arsenal of Democracy” producing men and materials for the war effort. Basic training and testing of military equipment is shown, along with the construction of tanks, ships, guns, planes and other war material. Some of the spectacular footage included shows tanks…

  • THE PRESS: War Orders

    Brigadier General Alexander D. Surles, lank, hook-nosed Chief of Army’s Press Relations Section, addressed an audience of 50 Washington correspondents, called to an emergency meeting a few hours after announcement of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The subject was censorship. Gravely General Surles came to the point. “Our relations in the past have been very…

  • THE PRESS: Censorship in Action

    To all newspapers and radio stations ”” all those who reach the eyes and ears of the American people ”” I say this: You have a most grave responsibility to the nation now and for the duration of this war. If you feel that your Government is not disclosing enough of the truth, you have…

  • Cinema: Hollywood to the Wars

    The sudden fact of war caught Hollywood with its make-up off. Before the first blackout of Los Angeles, the citadel of cinemadom camouflaged its feelings with a vigorous regurgitation of gags. The blackout somehow changed things; everybody wanted to do something to help. Some results: > Studios were besieged with requests from top executives, $50-a-week…

  • Can Get Permits to Buy Radios

    Source: “Can Get Permits to Buy Radios.” The Honolulu Advertiser, 25 Dec. 1941, p. 7. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-honolulu-advertiser/136112889/

  • ‘Lonley Women’ Changes Broadcast Time on KWKH

    NBC Radio premieree the daytime serial “Lonely Women” on June 15, 1942which focuses on the lives of women separated from their men who are serving in the war. Initially an all-woman affair, the show wassoon expanded to include men. Source:”‚“”˜Lonley Women”™ Changes Broadcast Time on KWKH.” The Times, 23 Aug. 1942, p. 16. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times/137136174/

  • Radio: Three Greatest Guests

    Tall, blue-eyed Ginny Simms, official sweetheart of 100 college fraternities, fingered the rabbit’s foot Judy Garland had slipped her, flashed a toothy smile at a husky sailor, a slick-haired soldier, a plump marine. Blues-singing Ginny was introducing “Three Greatest Guest Stars in the World,” as she emceed the premiere of Philip Morris’ Johnny Presents Ginny…

  • Invasion of Africa Is Judged 1942’s Biggest News Story

    Source: United Press. “Invasion of Africa Is Judged 1942”™s Biggest News Story.” Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4 Dec. 1942, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel/138107444/

  • AP News Editor Selects Twelve Biggest Stories of Passing Year

    Source: Honce, Charles. “AP News Editor Selects Twelve Biggest Stories of Passing Year.” Marshfield News-Herald, 31 Dec. 1942. https://www.newspapers.com/article/marshfield-news-herald/138107967/