WWII COMMAND PERFORMANCE “ STRICTLY G.I. “ w/ BOB HOPE BETTY HUTTON LANA TURNER JUDY GARLAND XD46244

Browse our products on Amazon: Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This 1943 black and white film installment of The Army-Navy Screen Magazine, a bi-weekly short film series shown to military personnel documents a Command Performance radio transcription recording of the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRS) featuring Bob Hope, Betty Hutton, Lana Turner, and Judy Garland that was transmitted by shortwave radio to troops overseas during World War II (TRT: 12:45). Title card: Command Performance . Strictly G.I.” The AFRS band plays a rousing fanfare. An announcer speaks at a radio microphone (0:10). Young women sort fan mail from enlisted men (0:37). An audio recording is mastered to a rotating vinyl disc by an engineer with headphones (0:48). Bob Hope takes the stage wearing a pinstripe suit. He jokes, “Crimea doesn’t pay” and says he’s get