Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive

Browse Items (48 total)

  • Date Issued is exactly "1944"

Film_Communique_7.jpg
Addressed to "the men and women of American Industry," the Film Communique series reports on military accomplishments to an audience of domestic workers producing materials for war. Composed of three short segments: Burma Outpost Shows the air…

Wings_Over_Brazil.jpg
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…

This_Too_Is_Sabotage.jpg
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…

Film_Communique_8.jpg
Addressed to "the men and women of American Industry," the Film Communique series reports on military accomplishments to an audience of domestic workers producing materials for war. Composed of five short segments: Cape Gloucester Jan 18 1944 Title…

Is_Your_Trip_Necessary.jpg
A short bulletin urging people to travel only when absolutely necessary in order that travel space can be saved for millions of troops and millions of essential civilian war workers. States that every non-essential traveler may be preventing a…

Maintaining_Quality_Standards.jpg
Set in a typical wartime factory, the film discusses the supervisor's need to keep up production quantities while meeting quality standards. Narration states "quality work, like a mirror, reflects the one who produces it." Points emphasized include:…

Maintaining_Workers_Interest.jpg
Explains that the job of the supervisor includes preventing problems due to a worker's loss of interest in the job. Narration explains "one of the most powerful spurs to production is the interest of the worker in his job." Shows various scenarios…

Introducing_the_New_Worker.jpg
Presents two scenarios for the first day on the job at a machine tool factory for a new employee, Ed. In the first scenario, the induction is done very poorly and the new worker shows considerable dissatisfaction with his treatment. Ed is left to…

Placing_the_Right_Man_On_the_Job.jpg
Shows that it is part of the supervisor's duties to observe workers' varying skills and aptitudes and place them in jobs for which they are best suited. "Dramatized cases of five different workers, unsatisfactory in particular jobs, who are…
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