The United States Marine Band

  • Music
  • Documentary
11/14/1942
10

Storyline

The US Marine Corps Band and chorus perform several songs associated with the Marines and the Navy. As the songs are played, we see monuments in Washington, DC, various battle scenes, planes in flight, and other scenes designed to instill patriotism in the audience.

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      • Geronimo1967

        This delivers pretty much what is says on the can, as the pristinely clad United States Marine Band gather in the centre of Washington DC to play some memorable tunes whilst the photography moves around these men in a much less static fashion than you might expect as well as taking us on a Cooks tour of the city. There are no shortages of monuments for us to see, from great military bronzes to Lincolns memorial. It also incorporates some archive imagery of these men and others from the US military engaging in training and in action and delivers adequately as a feel-good movie for the domestic population to feel proud of their armed forces. The accompanying music features many famous tunes ranging from Liszt to de Souza and for many with few...

        July 26, 2025

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