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Post by andrew on Feb 11, 2021 16:23:51 GMT -5
Since the explosion of YouTube ever since some kid did some shit with a plastic sword, an astonishing number of WW2 era propaganda and actual training films have found a home there. I thought it might be worthwhile to attempt to bring them all together in one place. Pass anything that qualifies? Post it here....
We begin with a training film that I wish had never been taken out of circulation....
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Post by andrew on Feb 11, 2021 16:50:53 GMT -5
This one is a tad disturbing. For those unaware, it should be pointed out that the US military did not de-segregate until 1948. I quote from the film: "Somebody has to be a waiter, or a storekeeper, or a cook..."
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Post by andrew on Feb 11, 2021 18:30:09 GMT -5
One of my favourites. Coincidentally, about the time this hit the cinemas the Butts report was also circulating the air ministry - the same report that determined that only a tiny fraction of bombs hit within five miles of their target....
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Post by Woland on Feb 12, 2021 9:40:17 GMT -5
"Der Fuehrer's Face". Anti-Nazi propaganda from Walt Disney in 1943.
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Post by andrew on Feb 12, 2021 13:18:21 GMT -5
This one is quite the eye-opener. The ingenuity that went into the design even of the crate is astounding. How to uncrate and assemble a P47 Thunderbolt without power tools.
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Post by andrew on Feb 12, 2021 23:33:23 GMT -5
A trip to the axis side with a German sniper training film.
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Post by andrew on Mar 3, 2021 13:34:34 GMT -5
Here's a fascinating one. Undercover spy training.
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Post by andrew on Mar 6, 2021 1:06:15 GMT -5
A 1940 film about British shipbuilding complete with child labour and a nearly complete lack of recognizable health and safety measures. They talk about a yard with six slipways turning out a ship every three weeks. So, 18 weeks for a ship - four and a half months. Considering the methods used (described in detail in the video) that's pretty impressive actually. I think US yards were (eventually) cranking out Liberty ships (with welded hulls and pneumatic riveting) in 42 days or less. There was one that went from keel to launch in under five days, but that was a special publicity stunt and was not repeated.
This second film is from 1941 and has even more primitive methods. It describes the five years it takes to train up a boy to be a hand riveter.
The third film shows the construction of primarily wooden ships.
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