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Venture Adventure
A recuitment film for the British Air Training Corps, which trained teenage boys for a career in the U.K. air force. The short starts with a group of boys fighting about the model of airplane they see landing on an airstrip, and then moves to an…
Into The Blue
"The film shows the careful background of training which R.A.F. men carry with them when they fly off 'into the blue.'" (War Films Bulletin of the Extension Division Indiana University, February, 1943, 23.) New Royal Air Force recruits participate…
Health in War
Shows the British system of casualty stations, emergency hospitals, and convalescent homes established in and around London for maintaining the fight against sickness and caring for wartime casualties. The film starts with a peaceful evocation of…
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…
Words for Battle
Laurence Olivier's reading of passages from Milton, William Blake, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling and Abraham Lincoln accompany scenes of daily life in wartime Britain. The texts selected emphasize national identity and heritage, patriotism, and…
World of Plenty
This 1943 film by documentarian Paul Rotha uses found footage and animated diagrams to discuss the production, distribution, and consumption of food; the prewar problems of overproduction and the anomaly of glutted markets and hungry people; the…
They Also Serve
This British film from 1940 portrays a housewife on a day like any other. Following a woman going about her business, the film shows a woman who has casually integrated serving the war effort into her everyday routine, from bringing dinner to a…
Citizens Army
Men from a variety of backgrounds and professional fields are trained for the British Home Guard. Describes the development and standardization of this volunteer citizen’s army. Scenes from training schools show instruction in use of modern weapons,…
Wartime Factory
Argues that the men and women working in a British airplane factory are the true secret weapon that will win the war against the Nazis. Shows an average day at the factory where work goes on around the clock. Maintaining peak efficiency is…
Britain's Youth
A short documentary on the widespread engagement in physical activity and athletics in England. Includes footage of profesional and amateur cricket matches, soccer games, tennis, darts, and other sports. The resurgence of physical fitness among the…