Manpower (1942)
- Genre
- propaganda film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 9 min
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 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.
How it feels
This short film explains problems in the American labor market during World War Two. It shows workers moving to towns for war jobs and shortages of people in key industries.
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What happens
Manpower is a 1942 American short propaganda film produced by the US Office of War Information and written by Paul V. McNutt. Made early shortly after America's entry into World War II, the film addresses the problems associated with the labor market adjusting for war time, such as people with the wrong skills rushing to a town looking for war work, and labor shortages in essential industries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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