Soldiers of the Sea (1939)
- Genre
- propaganda film
- Country
- United States
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This short film documents the United States Marine Corps. It covers their history, purpose, tools, and training through narration and footage.
patrioticinstructionalbriskinformativeearnestdatedstraightforwardrecruitment-style
What happens
Soldiers of the Sea is a 1939 RKO-Pathe News two-reeler short subject narrative featuring the United States Marine Corps. It was produced by Frederic Ullman Jr. and supervised by Frank Donovan. Through narration and film footage, the film shows and tells the history, mission statement, capabilities, equipment, and training of the United States Marines. Its musical score was provided by the United States Marine Band. It was shown alongside feature films such as Five Came Back. Many sequences of the film were used in RKO's Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe's 1941 comedy Call Out the Marines. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Intelligence and the Japanese Civilian (1945)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.