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- Collection: WWII Propaganda Films and IU:
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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…
Grow Your Own
Provides basic instructions for planting a home vegetable garden. "Sets forth, in light vein, the essentials of good gardeningselection of the site, preparation of the soil, how to lay out a garden, planting, transplanting, cultivating, weed and pest…
Victory Harvest
Reports on the coordination of community volunteers for farm harvesting labor through the efforts of the Victory Farm Volunteers of the U.S. Crop Corps and local agricultural agents. "The story of the farm labor shortage caused by the war, and how it…
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…
The Line Is Busy
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…
Improving the Job
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…
Swedes In America
Actress Ingrid Bergman gives an overview of the history of Swedes and Swedish culture in the U.S., presented as a reply to letters from her countrymen asking the question "why do Swedes get along so well in America?" A visit to the American Swedish…
Discipline: Giving Orders
U.S. Navy training film intended to instruct managers how to maintain workplace discipline effectively. Dramatic scenarios contrast ineffective managerial styles with better approaches. Stresses the importance of disciplining a worker properly and…
Take A Letter, Please
U.S. Navy training film intended to improve dictation technique through humorous demonstration of common faults. After a series of vignettes where inept and ineffective styles of dictation to a stenographer are dramatized, a model businessman…
