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
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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