FILMS FOR THE SOLDIERS
Minister's Appreciation Sixty full-length film programmes are on board the troopships of thie Ist Echelon of the 2nd New Zealand Division. They were supplied by the following film companies: Columbia, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Universal, Uniter Artists, Jaramount, RKO Radio, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros, The pictures are a gift to the soldiers and are to be destroyed at the wish of the producers. There are film projectors on each of the troopships, with every facility for the presentation of moving pictures. The President of the Film Exchanges Association, Mr. S. H. Craig, has re ceived the following letter from the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones: : "I shall be glad if you will accept and convey to the other members of your association my very warm appreciation of their kind action in making available an excellent supply of programmes for the entertainment on board the troopships of members of the first echelon of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. "I realise that you and your members had to work very hard in order to fulfil the request, and I need hardly assure you that your help in this direction is most warmly appreciated .. . "Again thanking your association for its wonderful help."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 30, 19 January 1940, Page 3
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205FILMS FOR THE SOLDIERS New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 30, 19 January 1940, Page 3
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