War Department Report (1943)

Directed by

Oliver Lundquist

Genre

documentary film, propaganda film

Country

United States

Runtime

47 min

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1943 documentary shows battle footage and talks about America's industrial strength during World War II. It was made for war workers to explain the war effort.

educationalpatrioticfactualseriousmatter-of-factinspirationalhistoricalwartime

What happens

War Department Report is a 1943 American documentary film directed by Carl Marzani. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film's primary intended audience was war workers; it consisted of "battle footage, analysis of Axis military and industrial strength, and pep talks about America's superior resources." Some of the footage came from John Ford's Field Photo section of the Office of Strategic Services. The Academy Film Archive preserved War Department Report in 2012. 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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