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Duquesne spy case; enemy agents in the US; Private Snafu cartoon

Film | Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.73.1 | RG Number: RG-60.4509 | Film ID: 2820

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    Duquesne spy case; enemy agents in the US; Private Snafu cartoon

    Overview

    Description
    Title on screen: Duquesne Case: Secret. The word "Secret" has been crossed out. Grainy footage, shot clandestinely, shows a New York City street and the interior of an office. Hoover's narration tells of Harry Sawyer [pseudonym for William Sebold], a naturalized German citizen who became a double-agent after he was approached by the Gestapo (in reality the Abwehr) in 1939. The footage shows Duquesne entering Sawyer's office. Spies talk with Sawyer and give him money and the blueprints to the ship SS America. Duquesne, "the most cautious of them all," looks around the room before removing diagrams from his shoe. Sawyer shows documents to a Japanese spy.

    Hoover gives a brief version of the capture of the German spies (among them John Dasch and Walter Kappe) who arrived on US soil via submarine.

    Footage of Hitler as Hoover asserts that Hitler was intent on punishing the United States for her crimes against Germany.

    01:15:56 Private Snauf cartoon called "Three Brothers". The Private SNAFU series of adult cartoon shorts (1943-1945) was made to instruct American service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits and other military subjects, and to improve troop morale. Private SNAFU (Situation Normal All Fouled Up), produced by the US Army Signal Corps, was originally created by Theodore Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss) and Phil Eastman.Private Snafu, sorting a huge pile of shoes, envies his two brothers. With the aid of a fairy dressed as a gravelly-voiced sargeant, he see that they both do grunt work too and that all of them contribute to the war effort. Snafu's brother Tarfu is shown attending to the needs of bossy pigeons in a pigeon coop, and his brother Fubar trains attack dogs. Fubar dons a mask depicting a Japanese person to anger the dogs into chasing him. Bugs Bunny makes a brief appearance.
    Duration
    00:10:13
    Date
    Event:  1941-1944
    Production:  1944
    Locale
    New York, NY, United States
    United States
    Credit
    Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives & Records Administration
    Contributor
    Producer: United States Army Information Branch
    Producer: United States. Army Pictorial Service.
    Producer: United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe
    Producer: United States. Department of the Navy.
    Producer: United States. Army. Signal Corps.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Propaganda.
    B&W / Color
    Black & White
    Image Quality
    Good
    Time Code
    01:10:28:00 to 01:20:41:00
    Film Format
    • Master
    • Master 2820 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2820 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2820 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
      Master 2820 Video: Digital Betacam - NTSC - large
    • Preservation
    • Preservation 2820 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2820 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2820 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
      Preservation 2820 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Public Domain
    Conditions on Use
    To the best of the Museum's knowledge, this material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to reproduce or use this material.

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    Administrative Notes

    Film Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased the film excerpts from the National Archives and Records Administration in January 2006.
    Copied From
    35mm DNC
    Film Source
    United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
    File Number
    Legacy Database File: 4806
    Source Archive Number: 111 SM 42 R2
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:44:44
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