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Marines in the Making is a 1942 short propaganda film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer about the United States Marine Corps. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel in 1943. The film highlights U.S. Marine Corps combat training methods during the first year of World War II, including intense conditioning techniques, hand-to-hand combat tactics, and traditional Marine drills.

See also

• List of Allied propaganda films of World War II

References

1. Happer, Hedda (December 24, 1942). "SCREEN". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
2. Mastro, Frank (December 30, 1942). "Show Marines' Drill Program in New Picture". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 21. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
3. "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
4. Hemenez, Richard L. (June 2001). The United States Marine Corps in books and the performing arts. McFarland. pp. 623–. ISBN 9780786407583. Retrieved January 7, 2013. This salute to the Corps musicians received a 1942 Academy Award nomination for Short Film (one reel) along with Marines in the Making...
5. Polesie, Herbert (December 26, 1942), Marines in the Making (Documentary, Short), Pete Smith, R. E. 'Dick' Hanley, Charles Horvath, Loew's, retrieved June 17, 2024

External links

• Marines in the Making at IMDb
• The short film Marines in the Making (1942) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.

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• 1942 films
• 1942 short documentary films
• 1940s war films
• American short documentary films
• American World War II propaganda shorts
• American black-and-white films
• Films about the United States Marine Corps
• American war films
• 1940s English-language films
• 1940s American films
• English-language short films
• English-language war films