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- Collection: WWII Propaganda Films and IU:
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"The Gardens of Victory" Advertisement
An advertisement from The Educational Screen Magazine promoting "The Gardens of Victory" wartime film. See the issue here.
A Few Ounces a Day
This film uses diagrams to illustrate the importance of salvaging common everyday items in an effort to reuse important raw materials for building ships. The film asserts that one day's salvage by the whole British people counteracts the loss of one…
A Fifth Army Report From the Beachhead
A film "showing the fighting and casualties invovled in securing the Anzio beachhead." (William H. Nelson, "Washington Film News," Movie Makers, July 1944, 260.)
A Letter from Bataan
A short Paramount Pictures film made in collaboration with the U.S. Office of War Information. Two American soldiers are in the jungles of Bataan when a bomb drops, killing one of the soldiers, and wounding the other. Johnny eventually dies of his…
A New Supervisor Takes A Look At His Job
Bill Todd, a machine tool operator, is promoted to a supervisor position. Using dramatized illustrations, the plant supervisor explains to Bill the meaning of working with people instead of machines. Pointing out that "a supervisor's value is…
A Plan for the Use of the Resources of Non-Profit Educational Film Lending Libraries in the Distribution and Use of Government Films
L.C. Larson, Director of the I.U. Bureau of Audio-Visual Aids, served as chairman of the Educational Film Lending Library Committee. The Committee's plan called for "full utilization of the resources of all non-profit educational film lending…
A Proposed Plan for an Educational Film Library Association
Director of I.U. Bureau of Visual Aids L.C. Larson's proposal for an "association which can serve [non-profit film lending libraries] in coordinating the production, distribution, and utilization of 16mm. films suitable for assembly and forum use by…
Air Raid Warden's Report
This film describes and shows each step that an air raid warden should follow in the event of an emergency in order to pass along detailed information to the local control center. “Describes the place which the air raid warden occupies in the…
Airscrew
This short nonfiction film depicts the intensive testing that goes into developing and producing new military equipment, here the propeller engine of a fighting plane. It opens with the whirring or propeller blades. Animated diagrams show how the…
Atacama Desert
Begins with a brief geography lesson to orient the North American viewer to the size and climate of Chile. Scenes of indigenous shepherding in desert villages are followed by a visit to the Christmas celebration of the Virgin of Andecollo. Scenes at…