Seeing Them Through

Name: Seeing Them Through
Director: Richard Massingham
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1945-02-01
Duration: 9 min
Rating: 10.0
Cast: Westbrook Van Voorhis

19459m

★ 10.0

Documentary

Documentary short film reporting on the activities of the American Red Cross and the useage made of contributed funds for the previous year. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

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Westbrook Van Voorhis

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