Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive

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ReportFromBritainNo1NeuroPsychiatry.jpg
Deals with Britain's treatment of mental health in wartime. Shows a specialized hospital for military and civilian patients and gives a picture of its organization and operation, including diagnostic and therapeutic methods, occupational therapy,…

IntoBattleTheseAreTheMen.jpg
This film, written and narrated by poet Dylan Thomas, was produced by Strand Films. Strand employed Thomas to script several British propaganda films that were then released by the British Ministry of Information. "These Are the Men" takes Leni…

WhatToDoInAGasAttack.jpg
This film explains what war gas is, how it is used by the enemy, and how simple household items, such as bicarbonate of soda and bleaching solution, may be used to prevent casualties. It is explained that gas may not destroy cities the same way bombs…

ItsUpToUs.jpg
This film focuses on the conservation of important natural elements such as rubber, oil and metal needed to win the war. Viewers are shown various ways in which they can change daily habits to get the most out of these materials. "How to conserve…

TheSilentVillage.jpg
The true story of the massacre of Lidice, a small Czech village, by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales. The film brings home the horrors of the German massacred by relocating it to a tradtional mining village in the British isles. The…

ReadyOnTheHomeFront.jpg
"Produced by Bell Telephone in cooperation with the Office of Civilian Defense, this film shows the ways in which citizens can cooperate in defending their homes. Beginning with a map of Indiana and closing with a proclamation by Governor Schricker,…

IU Goes To War.PNG
Filmed principally on the campus of Indiana University, this film depicts the activities of various organizations and classes as they contribute to the war effort. Shows IU President Herman B. Wells meeting with deans and administrators to make…

OnTheWarBondFront.jpg
Presents a recent history of the war savings program from its inception in July 1941 to January, 1943, with special emphasis on the activities of retail stores and the payroll savings plan. Buiyng war bonds is described as another front on the war.

WorldOfPlenty.jpg
This 1943 film by documentarian Paul Rotha uses found footage and animated diagrams to discuss the production, distribution, and consumption of food; the prewar problems of overproduction and the anomaly of glutted markets and hungry people; the…

GlassVersusBombs.jpg
"A sound film in color [though this version is in black and white] made by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company dealing with the resistance of glass to bullets and other projectiles fired from different distances." (Harrisburg Telegraph, July 21, 1943,…
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