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Army Champions

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This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and teamwork of sports and how these qualities are translated into the weapons training of American soldiers. We watch target practice by Army personnel with shoulder weapons, mortars, and various artillery pieces.

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Released
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Language
English
  • army
  • us army
  • military weapons
  • military
  • military training
  • weapons training

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Director

Paul Vogel

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical11 Oct 1941

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Army Champions was released on 11 October 1941.

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    CinemaSerf

    7/11/2025

    5/10

    I am usually a fan of these Pete Smith films, but this one is really quite dull. His normally tongue-in-cheek commentary is replaced with something altogether more contrived as we see an array of guns at the disposal of American soldiers that get steadily bigger and more accurate as this repetitive ten minutes rumbles on. There are the usual “best in the world” superlatives, of course, and it all looks like a dawdle …

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