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.
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Directed by | John Ford |
Written by | Eleanor Roosevelt |
Produced by | John Ford |
Narrated by | Katharine Hepburn |
Distributed by | War Activities Committee |
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Running time | 18 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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]
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:
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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