America's Hidden Weapon

Name: America's Hidden Weapon
Director: William C. McGann
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1944-03-30
Duration: 10 min
Rating: 9.0

194410m

★ 9.0

Documentary

Documentary short film demonstrating the way wartime farming measures in 1943 resulted in the greatest American food crop in history. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

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