Glamour Gal
Glamour Gal | |
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Produced by | Marine Corps photographic service |
Cinematography | combat cameramen of the 5th Marine Division |
Distributed by | United States Marine Corps |
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Running time | 16 min. |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
Glamour Gal is a 1945 propaganda film documentary film about the eponymous large artillery gun and the ten Marines who work her, "a team of eleven".
Overview
The film follows Glamour Gal and her escorts from the time she ships off through her service on Iwo Jima. Life for the artillerymen aboard ship is depicted as monotonous, as they are, for the moment, "simply passengers" with little to do except read old magazines and brag about their girlfriends. However, the monotony is broken once the captain announces that they are approaching their destination, Iwo Jima, described as "some rock in between the devil and the Dutch East Indies".
The rest of the film is devoted to authentic color footage of the
This was the second film the U.S. military produced about Iwo Jima, the first being To the Shores of Iwo Jima, which featured the famous flag-raising sequence.
See also
- List of Allied propaganda films of World War II
- List of films in the public domain in the United States
External links
- Glamour Gal is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive