Synopsis
With a young Walter Cronkite. Great zooming in shot of man in profile typing at desk, briefly looks up from his typing and looks into the camera; stops typing then turns to camera and begins to speak in earnest. “Liberty is the most expensive commodity in the world today. great shot of backs of journalist photographing and filming meeting at SHAPE Allied Headquarters outside of Paris where Dwight D. Eisenhower is speaking. Dwight D. Eisenhower addressing international military audience. Soldiers walking up steps and entering SHAPE headquarters; SHAPE HQ insignia over entrance with two swards touch at their tips. female soldiers marching in military procession: women’s marching band, soldiers in different uniforms. Five female nurses wearing white nurses uniforms and hats walking in a row down steps. Reenactment of American Revolutionary War general on white horse pulling up in front of hundreds of soldiers in line. reenactment of American Revolution battles and women coming to the aid of fallen soldiers as nurses; firing canons. Marching female soldiers from World War I. Franklin Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy walking between two rows of female soldiers. Great shot of World War I troops marching in street toward and passing beneath camera. Narration: “War was primarily a man’s business. But liberty was everybody’s business, and it was a woman’s world too, and it was also their World War.” World War I female Red cCoss nurses marching in parade down crowd lined…
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- Running time
- 10 minutes
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- Prelinger Archives
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★★★★ · Man, can that Walter type! · Spuzz · 2018-02-24
An interesting and sexist film which applauds women for their role in the us armed forces. Let me rephrase that, the women are applauded for the sexist roles that they were placed in while in the service. We see (in an amazing scene) men just bursting out of their chairs from the typing pool to let the women take over, while the men do the tasks that women "can't do". narrated with vigor by Walter Cronkite, this is a sharply narrated film, with GREAT images and history about women in the military.