''Show Business at War'' is a
short film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
made by ''
The March of Time
''The March of Time'' is an American newsreel series sponsored by Time Inc. and shown in movie theaters from 1935 to 1951. It was based on a radio news series broadcast from 1931 to 1945. The "voice" of both series was Westbrook Van Voorhis. Pr ...
'' in 1943 to tout the United States
film industry
The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post ...
's contribution to the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
effort. It was a collaboration between several studios, directors and actors.
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1943 films
1943 short films
Films directed by Louis de Rochemont
Documentary films about Hollywood, Los Angeles
American World War II propaganda shorts
The March of Time films
20th Century Fox short films
American black-and-white films
American short documentary films
1943 documentary films
1940s short documentary films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
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