We Are the Marines is a 1942 full-length documentary film produced by The March of Time. It was produced and directed by Louis De Rochemont and distributed by 20th Century Fox.

We Are the Marines
Directed byLouis De Rochemont
Produced byLouis De Rochemont
CinematographyRichard W. Maedler
Edited byJohn Dullaghan
Elliott Nugent
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • January 8, 1943 (1943-01-08)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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The early portions of the film deal with the history of the Corps, from Colonial times to the 1942. The film's midsection details the arduous training procedure of the Few and the Proud at Parris Island and elsewhere. Finally, wartime newsreel footage is adroitly blended with dramatized re-enactments to illustrate the contributions, and the necessity, of the Marines in World War II.

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