A Ship Is Born

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EN

Documentary, War

Jan, 1942

22 mins

4.3

This Vitaphone 'Technicolor Special' (production number 8001) portrays the behind-the-scenes story of the building and manning, during World War Two, of the USA supply line to Victory against the Axis powers, the United States Merchant Marine service.

Cast

Knox Manning

Reviews

CinemaSerf

5.0

February 11, 2024

This might have made for a better silent film. A musical accompaniment to these astonishing feats of engineering and teamwork rather than the relentlessly effusive and almost triumphalist commentary from Knox Manning. Of course, in 1942 this did have a propaganda function illustrating not just how crucial the shipbuilding programme was, b...

Posters

EN

600x900
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500x750

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