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Children of Mars (1943)

Children of Mars poster
Directed by
Frank P. Donovan
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
18 min
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary from 1943 explores the problem of child delinquency in the United States during World War Two. It was part of a series and received an Academy Award nomination.

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What happens

Children of Mars is a 1943 American short documentary film about child delinquency directed by Frank Donovan. It was part of RKO Pictures' documentary series This Is America. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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