1 10 2 https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/IULMIA/files/original/dd5036ceabd9b80174c0c57a76c1c35d.jpg 3161c369366c91e4cbbf7fbf8e8972de Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WWII Propaganda Films and IU: Audiovisual Production, Distribution, and Education Subject The topic of the resource World War II Propaganda Films Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Avalon Section PURL The PURL from the Avalon section on the Avalon site https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/media/653702sq6f Color/Black & White B&W Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 18:51 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 16mm print Sound/Silent Sound Nation of Origin Nationality of a film's Producers and/or Creators U.S. Geographic Coverage The spatial characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource. Spatial coverage refers to a physical region (e.g., celestial sector) using place names or coordinates (e.g., longitude and latitude). Alaska; Yukon Territory; British Columbia; Kokoda, New Guinea Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource U.S. News Review: Issue No. 2 Description An account of the resource Newsreel consisting of five short subjects. "Survey Finds Much Travel Unnecessary": narration states "You can help win the war by staying home," explaining that civilian travel contributes to delays and overburdening of rail and bus lines essential to the war effort, and can delay soldiers on leave attempting to visit home. Discusses a Government conducted survey's findings that much civilian travel is unnecessary. "Mobile Laundry for Front Line Troops": reports on the mobile laundry set up behind the front lines, using "electronic washers," a centrifugal "moisture extractor" and "heated tumblers" to wash the clothes of 7,500 soldiers a week. "Alcan Highway Finished-New Link With Alaska": reports on the completion of the Alaskan highway. Shows the strategic importance of Alaska in the Pacific theater, Alaska's wealth of natural resources. Discusses the Japanese bombing of Dutch Harbor, the first attack on the North American continent. "Damien Parer, Australian Cameraman Reports Jungle Warfare": reports on fighting in New Guinea; the use of camouflage, reliance on supplies dropped from airplanes in remote locations, and the support of natives to carry wounded soldiers. "The Marines' Hymn" Montage of scenes of the U.S. Marines in action, including dramatization of historic naval battles, accompanies a rendition of the Marines' Hymn. "Unnecessary travel, mobile laundry for front line troops, Alcan Highway, jungle fighting and marines' hymn." (War Films Bulletin of the Extension Division Indiana University, February, 1943, 6.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource U.S. Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Damien Parer: cameraman Date Issued Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource. 1942 Avalon Video Elements needed for streaming video for the AvalonVideo Plugin Avalon Section PURL PURL for the Avalon Video to embed in an iframe. https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/media/653702sq6f 1942 home front Marines patriotic songs U.S. Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/IULMIA/files/original/cb60baf09198029175fc7ef4c8681861.jpg dd4e023304eae92be96df77d1456c161 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WWII Propaganda Films and IU: Audiovisual Production, Distribution, and Education Subject The topic of the resource World War II Propaganda Films Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Avalon Section PURL The PURL from the Avalon section on the Avalon site https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/media/653702sr43 Color/Black & White B&W Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 18:56 Sound/Silent Sound Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 16mm print Alternate Title Weapon of War Nation of Origin Nationality of a film's Producers and/or Creators U.S. Geographic Coverage The spatial characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource. Spatial coverage refers to a physical region (e.g., celestial sector) using place names or coordinates (e.g., longitude and latitude). China France Guam Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Film Communique: Twelfth Issue Description An account of the resource The twelfth issue of a series of compilation films from the U.S. War Office includes four shorts. Weapon of War from the Army Pictorial Services Signal Corps’ First Motion Picture Unit: uses animation featuring the voice talents of Mel Blanc to show how American solidarity defeated the Nazi’s most dangerous “weapon of war”: racial and religious hatred intended to sow conflict before a military assault. 0:00-6:16. Great Floor by the Army Air Forces Combat Film Unit: shows the creation of a landing strip in China through the labor of 70,000 Chinese villagers using pre-industrial technologies under the direction of a small crew of American Army engineers. 6:18-10:44. Sky Guys by the Army Air Forces Combat Film Unit: depicts the start of the Liberation of southern France from the viewpoint of Army paratroopers. 10:45-12:47. Coming Home by the Army Air Forces Combat Film Unit: Documentation of the American Navy assault on the island of Guam to retake the American territory from the Japanese. Includes footage of wounded and dead Japanese and American soldiers. 12:48-18:50. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource U.S. War Office Army Pictorial Services Signal Corps' First Motion Picture Unit Army Air Forces Combat Film Unit Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mel Blanc: voices in "Weapon of War" Date Issued Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource. 1944 Avalon Video Elements needed for streaming video for the AvalonVideo Plugin Avalon Section PURL PURL for the Avalon Video to embed in an iframe. https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/media/653702sr43 1944 animation Army Air Forces Combat Film Unit Army Pictorial Services Signal Corps First Motion Picture Unit bombers China Guam Marines Nazis paratroops U.S. War Office