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NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: NON NFB FILMS

1979-0210

Film

1 of 1

1942 ?

Research Council, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Signal Corps United States Army

Propaganda film contrasting the industrial might of the United States with that of the Axis countries. Numerous montages of Amercian Armed Forces in action through American history - 1776, 1848, the Civil War, 1898, 1918 and World War II. Brief shots of the Ironclad and the Merrimac in battle, a muzzle loader being loaded, U.S. Cavalry in action, a Renault tank, etc. Montage of U.S. Corps badges. Sequences on Nazi leaders including Hitler in an open car, atrocities. Shots of Stukas taking off, in flight, German tanks in France, destruction in Holland and in other countries. The French surrender at Compiegnes is also shown. Sequence on Japanese war effort, the sinking of USSS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. Final lengthy montage of industrial scenes superimposed with action shots and a rapidly moving clock.

English

Libre

V1 8208-0102

GAD 0FD579

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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