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This film outlines the convalescent training program for hospitalized U.S. airmen in World War II. It is designed to acquaint the convalescent with the program in which he will take part. Patients are shown in their beds, doing light calisthenics in…

The twelfth issue of a series of compilation films from the U.S. War Office includes four shorts. Weapon of War from the Army Pictorial Services Signal Corps’ First Motion Picture Unit: uses animation featuring the voice talents of Mel Blanc to…

Contrasts the silence and wreckage of a former battlefield and wartime port with the noise and action of battle and in a war production plant. Advocates buying more war bonds to end World War II more quickly.

Explains why large quantities of war materials, in particular steel, are needed for the war effort. Machines such as tanks, planes, weapons, and ships might end up in a pile of rubble after a battle, but they save the lives of men who are helping to…

A film "showing the fighting and casualties invovled in securing the Anzio beachhead." (William H. Nelson, "Washington Film News," Movie Makers, July 1944, 260.)

"Includes a report from Britain showing the RAF and the 8th Air Force on a hedgehopping bomber flight over France and Germany, and the 5th Air Force report from New Guinea." ("News and Notes," Educational Screen, June, 1944, 266.)

Addressed to "the men and women of American industry," the film tells the story of the Allies' targeting a strategic site for bombing in order to halt German industrial production. Introduced as the story of, "One of the thousands of unsung trifles…

Illustrates that workers themselves are often best qualified to suggest improvements to increase efficiency in the workplace. Bill, a line worker, has been asked by his supervisor for suggestions. By discussing the question with his family over the…

Promotes the 6th War Loan by urging viewers to buy War Bonds. Shows the importance for War workers to keep on the job: a man receives a letter from his recently wounded brother on the front lines, who has undergone an amputation, as his carefree…

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…