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A Ship Is Born is a american film of genre War directed by Jean Negulesco released in USA on 1 january 1942 with Knox Manning
A Ship Is Born (1942)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 1942
Length 22minutes
Directed by Jean Negulesco
OriginUSA
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Rating53%
A Ship Is Born is a 1942 short propaganda film produced by Warner Bros. about the U.S. Merchant Marine. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1943.
Actors
Knox Manning
(Narrator)
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