WWII ERA U.S. MILITARY SERVICE SONGS ANCHORS AWEIGH MARINE HYMN CAISSONS ROLLING ALONG 20264

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This Soundies from the Office of Emergency Management highlights three service songs. First, Anchors Aweigh sung by Conrad Thibault. Second, The Caissons Go Rolling Along, sung by Robert Weede and produced by the Office for Emergency Management. Finally, The Marines' Hymn, produced by the Office of War Information and Bureau of Motion Pictures. Soundies were an early version of the music video, produced between 1940 and 1946.

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