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11/10/1941 Documentary 0h 11m
60
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Overview

This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and teamwork of sports and how these qualities are translated into the weapons training of American soldiers. We watch target practice by Army personnel with shoulder weapons, mortars, and various artillery pieces.

  1. Julian Harmon

    Writer

  2. Paul Vogel

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Pete Smith

    Narrator (voice)

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-11
I am usually a fan of these Pete Smith films, but this one is really quite dull. His normally tongue-in-cheek commentary is replaced with something altogether more contrived as we see an array of guns at the disposal of American soldiers that get steadily bigger and more accurate as this repetitive ten minutes rumbles on. There are the usual “best in the world” superlatives, of course, and it all looks like a dawdle when nobody is shooting back so I suppose it might just work as a morale-booster for a domestic audience getting used to FDRs new armaments policy, but as a film it’s archive...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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