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This Too Is Sabotage
In This Too Is Sabotage narration states "the saboteur is malnutrition," showing underlying causes of workplace accidents, lost man-hours, and losses in wartime productivity is often caused by poor nutrition of workers' diets. Announcing "we're…
Kids Must Eat
An episode of the popular "Quiz Kids" radio program introduces the U.S. Department of Agriculture's school lunch program. The four precocious children, ages 7 to 12, demonstrate knowledge of Shakespeare, chemistry, math and geography as they answer a…
South Africa
A British production reporting on the contribution of South Africa, a sovereign Dominion of the Commonwealth, to the Allied war effort. Declares that the former antagonism between races - Dutch, English and Bantu - has been overcome. "This film opens…
Film Communique: Thirteenth Issue: Back Door to Japan
Addressed to "the men and women of American Industry," the Film Communique series reports on military accomplishments to the domestic workforce producing materials for war. This issue comprised of short film Back Door To Japan. Progress in the…
Wings over Brazil
Reports on advancements in aviation in Brazil. Begins with an early figure in Brazilian aviation history, Alberto Santos-Dumont, the creation of his memorial, and the founding of the Escola de Especialistas de Aeronautica in 1941. Reports on Brazil's…
Saving the Garden Crop
Shows methods of winter storage for produce grown in wartime Victory gardens. Necessary temperature and moisture conditions for storing various vegetables can be achieved by using attic space, construction of a storage room in the cellar, sunken…
Working With Other Supervisors
Dramatized scenarios in machine shop workplace illustrate problems arising between supervisors. "Larry Daniels fails as a supervisor because he does not recognize the importance of working harmoniously with other people, particularly with his fellow…
Supervising Workers on the Job
Dramatizing a variety of poor workplace supervision practices, the film points out their flaws and suggests better approaches. Narration states "employees new in industry need special attention" and points out tactful approaches for supervisors to…
The Supervisor As Leader [part 2]
Narration asks, and answers, the question: "what does a man need to have, outside of experience, to be a good leader?" Supervisors discuss the qualities of good leadership with dramatized workplace scenes to illustrate. A machine operator promoted to…
Supervising Women Workers
A short from the "Problems of Supervision" series of educational films released in 1944 to aid in the increasing of factory efficiency through the solving of interpersonal problems that reduce the rate of production. In this film, a line supervisor…