The armed forces has long depended on recruiting techniques to get young men interested in service, particularly with the advent of television and film. “Recruiting” is a look back at recruiting films of a prior century. Includes recruiting for aircraft workers before the Air Force was officially formed and how the Boy Scouts offer unlimited opportunities to recruit young people.
Included Films:
RECRUITING TRAILERS NOS. 1-5, ATTENTION YOUNG MEN
RECRUITING TRAILERS NOS. 1-5, ATTENTION YOUNG MEN
Produced: 1940s
Length: 7 Minutes
“Recruiting Trailers Nos 1-5, Attention Young Men” uses propaganda rhetoric to get young men interested in the Army Air Corps. It encourages young men to join in order to put a bullet in Hitler’s campaign in Europe. Purely propaganda, it is an intriguing look at WWII recruitment techniques.
THE CALL OF THE AIR
THE CALL OF THE AIR
Produced: 1920s
Length: 21 Minutes
“The Call of the Air,” is a recruiting film to get young men interested in dirigible maintenance, construction, and repair. It promises recruits top pay after they finish school and plenty of room for advancement, even work on the flight crews. Young recruits learning the ropes, filling the balloons, helping them land, and vivid shots of the balloon sailing smoothly over cities and fields illuminate the air operations of a time before jetliners and airplanes. Note: Silent with Text Cards.
U.S. Army and the Boy Scouts
U.S. Army and the Boy Scouts
Produced: 1950s
Length: 29 Minutes
The Boy Scouts create future leaders of America, like John F. Kennedy, and provide valuable learning resources and global opportunities. “U.S Army and the Boy Scouts,” shows how the two are co-dependent, working together to provide training and support. Two boys, one from Kansas the other from Denmark, serve as a prime example of international cohesiveness and brotherhood, and the Army’s support of the Boy Scouts, as they travel to a weather station at Camp Century in Greenland. John Daly hosts.
