Food for Fighters (1943)
- Genre
- propaganda film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 10 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 how the U.S. military improved soldier nutrition during World War II. It follows a new recruit and shows the science behind creating better food for troops.
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What happens
Food for Fighters is a 1943 propaganda short about nutrition in the Armed Services produced by the Office of War Information. The films open with a young conscript first getting weighed before going into the army. He asked what the soldiers will eat, but was dismissively told "Only beans." The narration then starts and informs the audience that since the last war, nutrition has become a science and there is even a whole Quartermaster Corp laboratory devoted to making more nutritious food for the armed services. Better food means better soldiers and even healthier civilians. The eating habits of the national adversaries were scrutinized, including a claim that the Japanese produce great energy from rice. Various experiments with American food preparedness are made, including determining what foods would be most effective in certain climates. The results from these tests led the army to create vitamin-enriched foods that would help maximize the energy gained from the given product. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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