Video URL


13162_8951_coast_guard_spars2
Subjects

1940s
B&W

Military short about the SPARs, the women’s unit in the US Coast Guard. Shot of SPARS marching, Women in civilian clothing line up for basic training. A wipe shows them in uniform and they march in several formations. The SPARs eat in a cafeteria, talk and smile. The SPARs attend a lecture. The SPARs march, headed by women carrying flags. Shot of a room full of men writing at desks. A man grabs a sailor hat off a shelf. Cut to the shelf filled with SPAR hats and women working in the room. Women examine papers and file them. A women examines a rolodex. An admiral speaks to his secretary. A woman works a mechanical device, testing the tensile strength of a material.