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Featuring:
Pete Smith, William Bailey, Alan Hale Jr.
Written by:
Buddy Adler
Julian Harmon
Directed by:
Will Jason
Release Date:
May 9, 1942
Original Title:
Victory Quiz
Genres:
Documentary
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 9
A short film where viewers are given 10 or 15 seconds to answer questions about the United States and its involvement in World War II.
Narrator Pete Smith gives us 15 seconds to answer a series of multiple-choice questions that are interspersed with news footage of the U.S. Armed Forces in action: what is a bubble dancer; in tank slang, what's a galvanized Guernsey; in what year was the tank invented; when was the parachute invented; when was the airplane conceived; when was the submarine conceived; who invented all four of these; what's a honey barge; why are Marines called leathernecks; and, what's the translation of "E Pluribus Unum"? There's humor in some of the choices, some of the answers, and some of the footage.
Director:
Will Jason
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