LADY MARINES Part 1

Description

Reel 1 shows Marines in combat in the Pacific and at desk jobs in the U.S. emphasizing the diversion of combat strength into the latter. The Women's Reserve is created; its first officers are graduated from Mt. Holyoke and Hunter Colleges. Recruits arrive at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and are oriented. Reel 2, the recruits drill, do calisthenics, converse in their barracks, pass in review upon graduation, and participate in recreational activities on the base. Reel 3 dramatizes the replacement of male Marines by Women Reserves as postal workers, typists, switchboard operators, motor transport dispatchers, etc.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Marine Corps

Series

Motion Picture Films