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Civilian Serves (1940)

1940 · Ephemeral film · 11 min

Synopsis

good general shots of towns and cities, early 1940s Footage of British blitz People looking up at sky Airplanes overhead Airplanes flying over Manhattan montage of people marching

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Running time
11 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · Gimme a beer, and I'll start looking for airplanes. · Spuzz · 2010-07-29

Fun movie that takes a little while to get going, but then trays us to the uh, MANY jobs you can do during war time. Sure, I can understand how rubble clearers and soup kitchen people would be needed, but honestly, those 'Fire Watchers' and 'plane spotters' have got it easy man. The first half of the movie is a bit title-card-tells-you-more-then-what-you-are-seeing, the fun doesn't start til half way.