- Ring of Steel
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name = Ring of Steel
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director =Garson Kanin
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writer =Wallace Russell
narrator =Spencer Tracy
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released = 1941-42
runtime = Short: 10 min.
country =U.S.A.
language = English
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imdb_id = 0035257:"For thesurveillance system surrounding theCity of London , seeCity of London's "ring of steel" ""Ring of Steel" was an Army recruiting film released sometime in the early 1940s and narrated bySpencer Tracy . The exact date of the film is not certain: Internet Archive.org says 1941, which would explain the lack of any explicit mention ofWorld War II , whereas theInternet Movie Database gives its release date ofApril 7 ,1942 .The film uses stock footage with Tracy's
voice-over narrating the story of America's military history from the perspective of the personification of the American soldier. It starts withLexington and Concord "Where I was born" through theFirst World War , listing the US military's achievement and urging young men to sign up.See also
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List of Allied Propaganda Films of World War 2 External links
* [http://www.archive.org/details/RingofSt1941 Complete film at Archive.org]
*imdb title|id=0035257|title=Ring of Steel
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