Men of the US navy

Series

Series Name

The March of Time 8th Year

Issue

Issue No.

4

Date Released

1942

Length of issue (in feet)

1603

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Men of the US navy

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

The March of Time synopsis: Never before in its history has the U.S. Navy faced an emergency of such gravity. To meet this, and to maintain a fleet prepared to do battle with the enemy on all the seven seas, the Navy needs manpower as never before. Because the task of working together as a smoothly functioning unit in the limited quarters of a battleship makes voluntary co-operation an important asset in a bluejacket, the Navy has been reluctant to open its ranks to conscripts. And because a bluejacket incapacitated for any reason aboard ship cannot be replaced, the maintenance at top efficiency of all members of the crew becomes essential. Particularly welcome recruits are skilled men, who nowhere can do greater service than as rated specialists aboard a battleship. Sequences showing how specialists are trained in the performance of their various duties gives an idea of the extent of Navy activity. A Bluejacket who elects any one of some sixty specialised ratings prepares to take his place as an efficient member of the ship’s company, his goal the success of his ship in battle.

Every advance in science, the March of Time shows, is being incorporated swiftly into the practice of today’s American Fleet. Admiral Ross McIntire, Surgeon General of the Navy and Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, is the man on whose shoulders rests the responsibility for keeping the "Men of the U.S. Navy" in fighting trim, and of restoring to duty in the swiftest possible time men who for any reason have been temporarily incapacitated. In conclusion the film stresses the ever greater need for manpower to meet the demands of an expanding Navy. The American Fleet, as Admiral King has frankly stated, faces its toughest fight, with heavy losses and a big job ahead. To do this job it needs skilled fighting men to man its new armadas, and looks to the young manhood of the United States for more hundreds of thousands of recruits. Given these, the "Men of the U.S. Navy" are certain to maintain before the world the heroic traditions of the unconquered Navy of a nation pledged to duty, sacrifice and final victory.

Researcher Comments

This story was included in Vol.8 No.13 of the US edition.

Keywords

Navy; War and conflict

Written sources

The March of Time Promotional Material   Lobby Card, Used for synopsis

Credits:

Production Co.

Time Inc.