Women in Defense (1941)

Directed by

John Ford

Genre

propaganda film

Country

United States

Runtime

11 min

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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.

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How it feels

This short film explains how women can support the national defense effort before America enters World War Two. It shows various roles women can take in jobs and volunteer work to help prepare for war.

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What happens

Women in Defense is a 1941 short film produced by the Office of Emergency Management shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. It was directed by John Ford. The Academy Film Archive preserved Women in Defense in 2008. The film is part of the Academy War Film Collection, one of the largest collections of World War II era short films held outside government archives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.