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A Ship Is Born( 1942)

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Overview

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.

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      Knox Manning

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Feb 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, but also at just how widespread the input to this massive construction project was - not just the ship building, but the constituent parts and people coming from all over the nation. Back to Manning again, though, and boy does he like a list. Nobody can be left ...

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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