Synopsis
With Pride and Dignity” is a circa 1962 Department of the Army color film takes a look at the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), the women’s branch of the United States Army. It begins with a cold opening as a lieutenant colonel reviews WACs in formation as the narrator explains how we are all part of a team working together. The narrator explains, beginning at mark 01:32, how a relationship between a commanding officer and those in their outfit is similar to a teacher and student, with the young, enlisted personnel able to turn to a more experienced role model. In a flashback sequence starting at mark 02:40, the commander recalls when she joined the WACs in 1942 as black-and-white footage is shown and we learn about the organization’s beginnings and goal “not to fight of course but to free a man to fight.” The narrator briefly recounts the WAC history and how in 1943 the WACs officially became “a component of the United States Army, standing on our own two high heels.” Occasionally WACs came under fire with some of the women receiving the same recognition as their male counterparts, and at mark 03:54 we watch Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark pin a commendation on one of the women. WACs are shown marching in France following the end of World War II (mark 04:12 ) before returning to the film’s present day and a look at the roles WACs play in military offices and communication centers, or in medical or laboratory facilities. Many WACs also hold various communication positions (mark…
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- Running time
- 13 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Stock Footage