Soldiers of the Sea (1939)

Genre

propaganda film

Country

United States

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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