''Show Business at War'' is a

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

made by ''

The March of Time ''The March of Time'' is an American newsreel series sponsored by Time Inc. and shown in movie theaters from 1935 to 1951. It was based on a radio news series broadcast from 1931 to 1945. The "voice" of both series was Westbrook Van Voorhis. Pr ...

'' in 1943 to tout the United States

film industry The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post ...

's contribution to the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

effort. It was a collaboration between several studios, directors and actors.

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* 1943 films 1943 short films Films directed by Louis de Rochemont Documentary films about Hollywood, Los Angeles American World War II propaganda shorts The March of Time films 20th Century Fox short films American black-and-white films American short documentary films 1943 documentary films 1940s short documentary films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{WWII-documentary-film-stub