The Arm Behind the Army (1942, silent)

Description: Description: Content warning: Includes images of people killed in the Holocaust and Nazi leadership personnel and iconography. Artful persuasion film uses historical reenactment and montage to herald the role of the worker in U.S. war efforts across time with particular emphasis on the contributions of manufacturing labor to World War II. Produced to build morale within the manufacturing sector around the war effort. With wide-ranging battle scenes and news footage of the conflict in Europe and in Japan that was ongoing at the time of production. (silent elements) From Motion Picture Herald, 1 August, 1942, p. 43: "Made for showing to both Army personnel and workers in war production plants, 'The Arm Behind the Army' compares American plants with those of the Axis, and shows the ruthless forced labor system in Europe. This is described by the committee as a 'war training' film distinguishing it from those made for presentation to Army personnel only. Its special intent is 'increasing the morale' in the ranks of war production workers." "Films in the War Effort." . archive.org/details/motionpictureher148unse/page/n394/mode/1up?view=theater accessed on 2024-01-18 Can states: "ORIG B/W PIX 'ARM BEHIND THE ARMY' A-WIND MASTER POS." Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1940s, World War II, War, Manufacturing, Nuclear weapons, Extractive industries, Film and media art Tags: titles of a motion picture; Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Oscar statue iconography; Pacific Ocean; battleships; cannon; Pacific Theater; World War II; combat; army camps; Great Basin; training exercises; troops loading onto ship; army spokesmen; lecture halls; wraparound lecture; historical reenactments; Revolutionary war; war against England; covered wagons; settler colonialism; submarines; plane shoots dirigible; blimp; U.S. Civil War iconography; military insignia; human fist; human arm; manufacturing plant; offices; engineering rooms; bomb manufacturing; bomb production; aircraft manufacturing; women technicians; man rivets bolts; airplane engines; Europe in World War 1; World War II; Adolph Hitler; Nazi flag; Nazi iconography; the Holocaust; Holocaust victims; prisoners of war; defeated troops; hangings; bombing runs; aircraft drops bombs; European cities bombed; Bradley tanks; Dutch canals; children play in alleyway; peace agreements; train cars; Japan; Japanese workers assemble lunch boxes; Pearl Harbor; war with Japan; war against Japan; bombing of Japan; world map; animation of axis powers geography; street lamp; worldwide manufacturing; oil derricks; possible Los Angeles; forced labor system in Europe; war production plants; clocks; animation; conquer by the clock; women's labor; split screen; double exposure; multiple exposures; layered images; historical montage; Film Sponsor: U.S. Army Creator: U.S. Army Signal Corps Credits: Produced by the Signal Corps, United States Army through cooperation of the Research Council, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Distributor: Office of War Information Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: The Archives Project, Petrified Films Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1942 Release Date: 1942 Geographical Location: USA; Germany; Holland; Japan Genre/Form: government, military Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: finegrain master, positive Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: none Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 385

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