▶”A Letter From Bataan” – 1944

In this film, made as a “Victory short” by  Paramount Pictures in collaboration with the U.S. Office of War Information, a mother receives a letter from a soldier who was killed in action at Bataan. As the mother reads the letter aloud on the front porch to the rest of family, the ghost of the dead soldier elaborates,  commenting on the sacrifices that need to made to provide essential materials and food for soldiers overseas.

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