{{short description|1943 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = War Department Report | image = | caption = | director = Carl Marzani | producer = Carl Marzani | writer = David Zablodowsky | narrator = Walter Huston | starring = | cinematography = | editing = Richard Lyford | studio = Office of Strategic Services | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1943|12|7}} | runtime = 47 minutes | country = United States | language = English }} '''''War Department Report''''' is a 1943 American documentary film directed by Carl Marzani.<ref>{{cite web |title=War Department Report |url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/35843 |website=National Archives Catalog |publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref> It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 16th Academy Awards 1944 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944/U--Z |website=Oscars.org |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref>
The film's primary intended audience was war workers; it consisted of "battle footage, analysis of Axis military and industrial strength, and pep talks about America's superior resources." Some of the footage came from John Ford's Field Photo section of the Office of Strategic Services.<ref>{{cite book | last=McBride | first=Joseph | title=Searching for John Ford | publisher=University Press of Mississippi | publication-place=Jackson | date=2011 | isbn=978-1-60473-468-3 | oclc=721946460 | page=349}}</ref>
The Academy Film Archive preserved ''War Department Report'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=war+department+report&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref> The film is part of the Academy War Film Collection, one of the largest collections of World War II era short films held outside government archives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Academy War Film Collection|url=http://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/academy-war-film-collection|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{YouTube|Mh0Id9z5M2w|title=''War Department Report'' by OSS}}, posted by the San Diego Air & Space Museum *{{YouTube|LCSQiufnVfs|title=''War Department Report'' by OSS}}, posted by the Perscope Films *{{IMDb title|0036512}}
Category:1943 films Category:American documentary films Category:American World War II propaganda films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1943 documentary films Category:1943 English-language films Category:English-language documentary films Category:English-language war films
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