Celebrities leave New York City, NY, to perform for overseas US troops, and Joe E. Brown performs for troops in Papua New Guinea in 1943
Hollywood stars Carole Landis, Mitzi Mayfair, Kay Francis, and Martha Raye with Customs official at LaGuardia airport in NYC as they leave to entertain overseas troops during World War II / CU Mayfair with her passport / Francis with hers / Raye with hers / comedian Joe E. Brown deplanes at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, to perform for troops; he shakes hands with Col. Joe P. Sherr of the US Signal Corps / montage troops watch, laugh as Brown performs / soldier in wheelchair laughs, applauds / CU Brown performs his "Elmer the Great" character playing baseball / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series / Note: [exact dates not known]





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Editorial #:
502242840
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 01, 1943
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:00:33:13
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
ghoc_u-05_04.mov
- Passport,
- World War II,
- 1940-1949,
- Actress,
- Airport,
- Allied Forces,
- Applauding,
- Archival,
- Army,
- Army Soldier,
- Arrival,
- Arts Culture and Entertainment,
- Audience,
- Baseball - Sport,
- Black And White,
- Carole Landis,
- Celebrities,
- Comedian,
- Documentary Footage,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Film Montage,
- Hand,
- Handshake,
- Happiness,
- Humor,
- Joe E. Brown - Actor,
- Kay Francis,
- LaGuardia Airport,
- Laughing,
- Leaving,
- Martha Raye,
- New York City,
- Newsreel,
- Papua New Guinea,
- Performance,
- Performing Arts Event,
- Port Moresby,
- Produced Segment,
- Real Time Video,
- Travel,
- US Military,
- USA,
- USO,
- Video with Sound,
- Watching,
- Wheelchair,