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| name = Women in Defense
| name = Women in Defense
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| image = Women-in-Defense-1941.jpg
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| caption = Film still
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| director = [[John Ford]]
| director = [[sandy]]
| producer = John Ford
| producer = John Ford
| writer = [[santhosh sivan]]
| writer = [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]
| narrator = [[Katharine Hepburn]]
| narrator = [[Katharine Hepburn]]
| starring =
| starring =
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| distributor = War Activities Committee
| distributor = War Activities Committee
| released = 24 December 1941
| released = {{Film date|1941|12|24}}
| runtime = 18
| runtime = 18 minutes
| country = {{india}}
| country = United States
| language = [[English language|English]]
| language = English
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'''''Women in Defense''''' is a [[1941 in film|1941]] short film produced by the Office of Emergency Management shortly before the [[United States]] entered the [[World War II|Second World War]].
'''''Women in Defense''''' is a 1941 short film produced by the Office of Emergency Management shortly before the United States entered the [[World War II|Second World War]]. It was directed by [[John Ford]].

The [[Academy Film Archive]] preserved ''Women in Defense'' in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=women+in+defense&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Academy War Film Collection|url=http://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/academy-war-film-collection|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
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*attending free lectures on how to prepare nutritious meals on presumably rationed food
*attending free lectures on how to prepare nutritious meals on presumably rationed food
*Joining the WAC or the Red Cross
*Joining the WAC or the Red Cross
*donating blood is knnown as kartic
*donating blood



There is also a segment on the types of costumes women would wear while engaged in war work. At the end of the film, the narrator explains women are vital to securing a healthy American home life and raising children "which has always been the first line of defense".
There is also a segment on the types of costumes women would wear while engaged in war work. At the end of the film, the narrator explains women are vital to securing a healthy American home life and raising children "which has always been the first line of defense".
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*[[List of Allied Propaganda Films of World War 2]]
*[[List of Allied Propaganda Films of World War 2]]
*[[United States home front during World War II]]
*[[United States home front during World War II]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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* {{Internet Archive short film|id=gov.archives.arc.38686|name=Women in Defense}}


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Latest revision as of 05:58, 3 October 2024

Women in Defense
Film still
Directed byJohn Ford
Written byEleanor Roosevelt
Produced byJohn Ford
Narrated byKatharine Hepburn
Distributed byWar Activities Committee
Release date
  • December 24, 1941 (1941-12-24)
Running time
18 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Women in Defense is a 1941 short film produced by the Office of Emergency Management shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. It was directed by John Ford.

The Academy Film Archive preserved Women in Defense in 2008.[1] 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.[2]

Synopsis

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Opening with a shot of a statue of "the pioneer woman who helped win a continent", the film briefly outlines the way in which women could help prepare the country for the possibility of war. Among the various way women could help were:

  • working in a war materials manufacturing plant
  • sewing parachutes for US servicemen
  • attending free lectures on how to prepare nutritious meals on presumably rationed food
  • Joining the WAC or the Red Cross
  • donating blood

There is also a segment on the types of costumes women would wear while engaged in war work. At the end of the film, the narrator explains women are vital to securing a healthy American home life and raising children "which has always been the first line of defense".

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
  2. ^ "Academy War Film Collection". Academy Film Archive.
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