| A Call For Arms | |
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| Directed by | Brian Desmond Hurst |
| Written by | Rodney AcklandScreenplay Brian Desmond Hurst andSgt. Terence Young |
| Produced by | Brian Desmond Hurst |
| Starring | Jean Gillie Rene Ray Kathleen Harrison Colleen Nolan |
| Edited by | Ralph Kemplen |
Production company | D & P Studios |
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Running time | 8 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
A Call For Arms is a short propaganda film made for the BritishMinistry of Information in 1940.[1] It was directed byBrian Desmond Hurst and starredJean Gillie andRene Ray as two 'nudes' (showgirls) who do their bit for the war effort by going to work in munition factories.[2] It was co-written by a Sgt.Terence Young who worked for Hurst on many projects before, during and afterWorld War II.[citation needed]
The film opens with the two showgirls coming across a collapsed munitions worker outside the theatre door. "Twelve hour shifts take it out of some of these young 'uns" observes a nearby news-seller. Alongside a billboard gets the message across "Latest War News. Bigger Arms, Speed up. Go For It". The plots follows one of the showgirls signing up at the Labour Exchange for munitions work and tracks her working day. Seeing her friend exhausted the other showgirl signs up. "We've got to win the war you know".
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