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1944 Fox Movietone News Jeep as Blackboard

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It seems the Americans waited until after they landed in France to start teaching some of the GIs how to speak French. Lacking blackboards, they turned to the underside of a jeep hood. The following Fox Movietone silent video clip is a collection of outtakes. The blackboard lesson begins at the 16:22 mark and lasts about a minute.

http://mirc.sc.edu/islandora/object/usc%3A16017

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