# The 957th Day and Hands

Content warning: This film contains graphic images of human injury and death, as well as an ethnic slur in its voiceover narration. Government film produced by the U.S. Navy depicting activities shipboard and on land in the Pacific theater on the figurative 957th day of World War II. Description from National Archives and Records Administration: "Shows various scenes of naval war-time activities and explains that this is a typical day of war. Ships and planes bombard an island. A smoke screen is laid and landing craft advance. Troops fight and advance on the island. Shows the effect of the bombardment. Contains scenes of many dead and wounded Americans. A second narrator recurrently reports trite newsflashes from the U.S." https://catalog.archives.gov/id/11801 (accessed 6/21/23) From leader: MN 4380f Reel concludes with a shorter propagandistic film about the war effort entitled HANDS (produced by U.S. Department of the Treasury, released 1944) that appears to match this record in the National Archives' catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/11808 (accessed 6/21/23) HANDS consists mostly of views of hands of various persons, including a piano player, a carpenter, athletes, and many others. Shows the hands of dead and wounded soldiers and of industrial workers. Urges continued production and the purchase of war bonds. Can: # 15489 957th Day (Navy Makes Beach...) Leader: dupe 3

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1944
- By: U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/201136_The_957th_Day)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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