U.S. Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures]]> War Activities Committee Motion Picture Industry: Distributed and Exhibited Under Auspices of ]]> 1942]]> "Official OEM film. Shows the mass production of America's fighting 'land ships.' Narrated by Orson Welles." (War Films Bulletin of the Extension Division Indiana University, February, 1943, 11.) This film details how "the roaring, plunging, vehicle of death" - the M-3 medium fighting tank - is assembled and put into use.

]]> U.S. Office for Emergency Management]]> 1942]]> Reports on Washington D.C. in wartime as the "center of the battle for liberty." Shows President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull receiving visiting heads of state, including Winston Churchill. Reports on the sudden increase in the city's population during wartime. Brief appearances and addresses by the following: Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr., War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson, War Conservation Board Chairman Paul V. McNutt, General George C. Marshall, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox , Admiral Ernest Joseph King, Commissioner of Education Dr. J.W. Studebaker,California Congressman Thomas Rolph, and General James Doolittle. Concludes with an address by President Roosevelt to the 28 Allied nations.
"Intimate meetings with men who are shaping America's destiny-President Roosevelt, Admiral King, General Marshall, W.P.B. Chairman Nelson, and many other world-famous personalities."(War Films Bulletin of the Extension Division Indiana University, February, 1943, 6.)]]> Castle Films]]> 1942]]> "Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States, explains the ideals we are fighting for and the price we must pay for victory. A condensation of the now famous speech which he delivered before the Free World Association in New York City on May 8, 1942." (War Films Bulletin of the Extension Division Indiana University, February, 1943, 33)
Includes footage of Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt.]]> U.S. Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures]]> Paramount Pictures]]> Pine-Thomas Productions]]> 1942]]> Discusses the possible inflation and unemployment that could occur at the end of the war as happened after World War I. Emphasizes rationing and thrift as weapons to combat inflation before it occurs. This film encourages individuals to buy and hold on to war bonds, to purchase only items that are necessary, to not overspend and cause ceiling prices to rise and to pay ration points in full. ]]> 20th Century Fox]]> U.S. Office of War Information]]> 1942]]> "The Thousand Days" was the first Canadian-produced film to be given distribution through the U.S. Office of War Information during WWII (Showmen's Trade Review, 1943, 30). The film is a dramatic chronological review of WWII which portrays the development of Canada's war efforts from September 3, 1939 through the first thousand days of the war. Describes the initial view of the war as "distant" to Canadians, but gaining impact domestically throughout the three years. Includes news footage of Winston Churchill addressing the Canadian Parliament, women working in wartime factories, scenes of Catholic priests discussing peace and the war, the building of the Alaska-Canada Highway, and Canadian tank and aircraft production. "Depicts the expansion and preparation of Canada during the 1000 days Canada has been at war-factories converted to war production, internment camps for Nazi prisoners, havens for English children bombed from their homes, a hospital for men wounded overseas, and civilians registered for national service." (War Films Bulletin of the Extension Division, Indiana University, February, 1943, 7)]]> U.S. Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures]]> B.E. Norrish]]> Associated Screen Studios]]> 1942]]> U.S. Office of Civilian Defense]]> Associate Filmmakers Inc.]]> Sheldon Dick: director]]> 1942]]> U.S. Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures]]> U.S. Coast Guard]]> 1942]]> Presents the training of civilians for rescue work during World War II. Shows the procedures for assigning volunteers to the type of work for which they are prepared and training them to perform as a unit. Follows a squad from the sounding of the alarm, going to the scene, surveying the wreckage and taking notes, and tunneling for buried victims, to the orderly departure of the squad from the scene.]]> U.S. Office of Civilian Defense]]> Audio Productions, Inc.]]> 1942]]> U.S. Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures]]> Samuel Spewack]]> 1942]]>