''A Ship Is Born'' is a 1942 short

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propaganda film produced by

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about the

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. It was nominated for an

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in 1943.https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/1943 Awards for 1943

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1942 short films 1940s war films American World War II propaganda shorts American black-and-white films Films scored by William Lava American war films 1942 documentary films American short documentary films 1940s short documentary films Warner Bros. short films 1940s American films 1940s English-language films {{WWII-documentary-film-stub

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