Marines in the Making

Name: Marines in the Making
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1942-12-26
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Pete Smith, Charles Horvath

5.9/ 10

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1942

Release Year

9 min

Runtime

Documentary

Overview

This short film shows U.S. Marines in training at a number of unidentified bases, with a focus on hand-to-hand combat.

Keywords

marine corps

rifle

marine

u.s. marine

us military

hand to hand combat

military training

Cast

Pete Smith

Narrator (voice)

Charles Horvath

Marine (uncredited)

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@Geronimo1967

March 30, 2025

6/10

Pete Smith’s usually irreverent style of commentary is a bit hemmed-in in this film as it’s propagandist purpose doesn’t really allow him to let loose. He still manages to include some deprecating, anti-Japanese, “Tojo” sentiment as we learn just how comprehensive the US Marine’s training programme …

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