A Ship Is Born (1942)
- Directed by
- Jean Negulesco
- Genre
- war film, propaganda film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 22 min
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This short film shows the building and launching of a merchant ship during World War II. It explains the importance of the U.S. Merchant Marine to the war effort and the people who work to get the ship completed and out to sea.
patrioticinspirationalinstructionaloptimisticmatter-of-factfocusedearnestfast-paced
What happens
A Ship Is Born is a 1942 short WWII propaganda film produced by Warner Bros. about the U.S. Merchant Marine. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1943. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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