U.S. Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures]]> 1943]]> Margaret T. Cussler]]> Mary L. DeGive ]]> 1942]]> Worst of Farm Disasters was produced alongside the USDA's Rural Electrification Administration (REA) films Power and the Land and Bip Goes To Town.All three films document the life of an Ohio farm family, the Parkinsons, as they promote REA loans for modernization of small farms with electric service. Portrays the ever-present danger of fires on the farm resulting from reliance on kitchen cook stoves, kerosene lanterns and other traditional ways of farm life that would be improved through electrification. Narration conveys the message that "farms with electricity are more protected against fire loss than ever before, they are safer places to live for men and women."

]]> United States. Department of Agriculture. Rural Electrification Administration ]]> Kendall Foss]]> 1941]]> Paul Rotha Productions]]> Great Britain. Ministry of Information]]> 1943]]> United States. Office of Education. Division of Visual Aids ]]> Federal Security Agency ]]> Mode-Art Pictures, Inc.]]> 1944]]> Great Britain. Ministry of Information]]> Great Britain. Crown Film Unit]]> 1941]]> Verity Film Ltd. ]]> 1942]]> Warner Brothers]]> United States Army Air Forces ]]> 1942]]> Wing’s Up features narration by Hollywood star Clark Gable in his lesser-known role as a member of the U.S. Army Air Force. Gable saw combat as a pilot in Europe, but eventually joined the First Motion Picture Unit in California. In this Army Air Force recruitment film, Gable discusses the Officer Candidate School, which picked the most promising soldiers out of new conscripts to train as pilots and airmen. The film shows the intensive barrage of physical and mental instruction, tests, and evaluations conducted on trainees to determine who was qualified and hardy enough to serve on high-stress and technically intensive bombing missions.]]> U.S. Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures]]> U.S. Army Air Forces Motion Picture Unit]]> 1943]]> 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 role in the allied nations in wartime, include air patrols of its coastline and providing protection for ocean transport ships. Profiles the developing infrastructure of air travel in Brazilian nation with visits to newly constructed airports at Belem, Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre and Natal.

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