Wehrmacht / Thx grandpa / German Army footage in color

Bernie1927 is being so very kind in sharing his memories and experience and knowledge about our history - some of it from "the other side". I share a story my mother told me, and one I experienced   more...myself  less

Hemp for Victory is a black-and-white United States government film made during the Second World War, explaining the uses of hemp. The film shows a history of hemp and hemp products, how hemp is grown,   more...and how hemp processed into rope, cloth, cordage and other products.

The film was made to encourage farmers to grow hemp for the war effort because the United States was facing a hemp shortage. produced in 1942 by the USDA outlining a plan to distribute 400,000 lbs. of cannabis seeds to American farmers with the goal of producing 350,000 acres of cannabis by 1943. The USDA even went as far as to urge 4-H clubs to grow at least half an acre, but preferably 2 acres of cannabis. All American farmers were required to see the film, sign a paper saying that they had viewed the film, and read a booklet on the matter. Farmers who agreed were waived from serving in the military, and all their family members were also exempt. They received farm equipment at a discounted price, and sometimes for free.

However, before and after the war -- the same plant was considered "demon weed" and the killer of the same kids that were pressed into service to grow it during the war.

Before 1989, the film was relatively unknown, and the United States Department of Agriculture library and the Library of Congress told all interested parties that no such movie was made by the USDA or any branch of the U.S. government. Two VHS copies were recovered and donated to the Library of Congress on May 19, 1989 by Maria Farrow, Carl Packard, and Jack Herer.

Hemp for Victory is also the title of a book about hemp, published 2006 in London by Whitaker Press (ISBN 0-9549939-0-X). It is the work of several authors active in the hemp world, including Kenyon Gibson, Nick and Cindy Mackintosh, Woody Harrelson, Mina Hegaard and Sam Heslop. The title is taken from the 1942 film, as described above, and contains a transcript of the same. The book covers the history of hemp and then goes into a section on the many uses of hemp, with practical information on paper, hemp oil, hemp fuel, textiles, rope, etc. Processing and cultivation are also covered systematically, with much reference information given throughout, including a list of world-wide hemp shops and a bibliography. Linked to this book is a blog site titled Hemp for Victory - www.hempforvictory.blogspot.com, where news, events and technical information are posted regularly. With the word search feature, this site allows for users to be taken to a specific subject instantly, making it an indexed source of information of much use to the hemp world.  less

94 year old WW2 vet, Les Loken, tells about his experience in the 13th Army Air Force, in the Pacific Arena. His memory also goes back further, to when he and his father went to meet his uncle returning   more...from WW1, and before that when the first airplanes were a "miracle" in the sky. (This is an early YouTube posting.)  less

What do you want to know? I have received a few comments on this video but no one has answered the question. Is anyone listening past the first min?