24 December 1941 Factual, War 11 mins
Short documentary extolling the virtues and necessity for women to participate in America's preparation for war, showing women working in scientific, industrial, and voluntary-services activities. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2008.
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Katharine Hepburn as Narrator (voice)
Eleanor Roosevelt Writer
United States 24 December 1941
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01 January 1944
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More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Women in Defense:
On wartime activities of women. Women feed guinea pigs and record their weights; attend nutrition lectures; design working clothes for women; sew uniforms ...
WOMEN IN DEFENSE - National Archives and Records Administration 1941 - ARC 38686 LI - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Propaganda ...
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1941:
28 March 1941
The story of a rich man's son who has just reached the age of adolescence. With his money and good looks, he starts out to conquer the world, especially the feminine world thinking he is the master of everything because of his financial and social standing.
21 October 1941
When a widower's five daughters find out that he has a fiancée, they hire an actress to seduce him in order to end the relationship.
26 December 1941
Switzerland in the 13th century: Shot in the middle of World War II, this classic film returns to the origins of Switzerland and turns about the problem of the small country against a big power: Resist or obey?
26 September 1941
When his car breaks down out in the country, Sniffles the mouse takes shelter in an old mill, where he meets up with "Batty," a non-stop-talking little bat who later save Sniffles from a hungry cat.
01 February 1941
Patrik Bergman returns to Stockholm after a couple of years. He had to leave the capital when he was the suspect of a bank robbery.
01 March 1941
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
31 July 1941
A framed cabby rounds up fur thieves and saves his opera-singer girlfriend.
03 September 1941
FBI agents Allan Harper and Tommy Baker are in charge of a group of subversives, spies and saboteurs that the US government is deporting to foreign countries aboard a ship.
09 December 1941
In this musical, four entertaining farmboys from Iowa head for the Big Apple to find fame and fortune but find themselves in trouble when a radio sponsor finds himself accused of kidnapping a girl.
17 January 1941
When old rancher Cordoba's grandson is murdered, the Cisco Kid takes his place to find who's trying to take over the ranch.
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