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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0882012600870
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: A2ZCDS.com
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitles For The Hearing ImpairedEnglishUnknownEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: A2ZCDS.com
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A2ZCDS.com
Release Date: October 03, 2005
Running Time: 81 minutes
Studio: A2ZCDS.com
Theatrical Release Date: 1941
Editorial Review:
Product Description: In this pre-Pearl Harbor recruiting poster, colonel's estranged son Bill Burke, football hero Donald Morse, and hillbilly Jeff Hollis enlist in the paratroopers. Their training at Fort Benning, Georgia is followed in semi-documentary style, with time out for personal dramas and the romantic rivalry of Bill and Don over the sergeant's daughter. Written by Rod Crawford {puffinus@u.washington.edu}
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In 1941 the government needed to start gearing people up for the way that was on the horizon, so they started encouraging hollywood to come up with "feature films" that were often little more than military recruitment exercises.
Parachute Battalion is a good example of this genre. On it's face it's a story, not unlike Officer and a Gentleman, about new recruits at a military training center.
Of course, the real purpose of the movie was to make becoming a parachute soldier ... Read More
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