Synopsis
Official War Film produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps shows the importance of U.S. and allied factories in turning out military arms and vehicles to help in the war effort.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Studio
- U.S. Army Signal Corps
- Released
- 1942-09-09
- Running time
- 10 minutes
Cast & crew
Adolf Hitler
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · The Arm Behind the Army · Christine Hennig · 2003-07-08
The "arm behind the army" is Industry! Working to make the world safe for democracy! This is the quintessential WWII industrial incentive film. Stirring narration and rousing music tell the story of how workers in Allied nations are playing a vital role in winning the war, which will free the enslaved workers of Axis nations. The pro-worker line is a tad bit hypocritical when you consider how "pro-worker" American business was before the war. Still, even that was a lot better than the way the Axis was treating its workers, which was little better than, and sometimes not better than slave…
