A Ship Is Born

A Ship Is Born
4.7

A Ship Is Born

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Directed by: Jean Negulesco

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.

Review (1)

  • CinemaSerf (Rated: 5)

    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 c...

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