Women in Defense (1941)

Directors

John Ford

The story

thumb|thumbtime=2|Full short film 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…

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