The Army–Navy Screen Magazine was a bi-weekly short film series which was shown to American military personnel around the world during World War II. It included a newsreel and a cartoon of Private Snafu. Originally titled The War when first released in May 1943, it was renamed after ten episodes. A total of fifty issues were produced  until early 1946 by the Army Signal Corps under the supervision of director Frank Capra.  The Private Snafu series was designated classified and were produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions/Warner Bros. Cartoons,  UPA, MGM, and Harman-Ising Studio.