Baptism of Fire

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Movie
Original title Baptism of Fire
OT also: Fighting Men: Baptism of Fire
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1943
length 36 minutes
Rod
Director US Army Signal Corps
script US Army Signal Corps
production The Signal Corps for the Commanding General Army Ground Forces
music William Lava
occupation

Baptism of Fire is an American documentary film from 1943 that was produced by the US Army Signal Corps as a training film for the soldiers of the US Army in preparation for the war effort against Nazi Germany .

The film was nominated for an Oscar in 1944 .

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In a short feature film plot shows how the fresh, newcomer to the front-line soldier Bill gets Pete advice from its there for some time because comrades as he and his fear of the first fight, his so-called baptism of fire ( Baptism of fire should deal). Then Pete's inner monologue is made audible when he comes under fire and dead and mutilated lie around him. Finally, Pete is shown being forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat with a German soldier. It's a tough time for the soldiers, but ultimately their nerves don't flutter as much as they did at the beginning of the mission. At the end everyone is happy to have survived this mission and try to distract themselves a little.

Baptism of Fire was intended as a training film for the army and was intended to convey to the soldiers that knowledge and techniques such as identifying the enemy and fighting hand in hand could be acquired, which increases the feeling of security and minimizes the fear of the first fight could. It was shown publicly for the first time in 1943.

background

The film is also originally called Fighting Men: Baptism of Fire

Baptism of Fire films from newsreels and, above all, the Hans Bertram propaganda film Baptism of Fire were preceded . The film of the deployment of our air force in the Polish campaign , in which the alleged evidence is given that the German attack on Poland in 1939 was justified. Pictures of the massive air raids and the devastating consequences this had for the targets attacked in Poland are shown.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Baptism of Fire film leader or film
  2. Baptism of Fire at filmaffinity.com (English), accessed January 17, 2016.
  3. James Combs, Sara T. Combs: Film Propaganda and American Plitics: An Analysis and Filmography