Troop Train
"[T]his short is easily one of the best yet turned out by that skilled Government agency [the Office of War Information Film Unit]. It pulsates with action, inspiration for every American, and is full of drama, human interest and delightfully natural humor. Its story recounts the transportation of a U.S. Army Motorized Division from a coastal area to a far-off destination in the country. Eye-filling and thrilling are the scenes of loading heavy and light tanks, motor vehicles, motorcycles, et al, with special emphasis placed on the division's personnel during the long rail track." ("Reviews of New Films," Film Daily, February 10, 1943, 5)
<a href="/IULMIA/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=U.S.+Office+of+War+Information+Bureau+of+Motion+Pictures">U.S. Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures</a>
War Activities Committee Motion Picture Industry: Distributed and Exhibited Under Auspices of
Salvage
Donald Nelson, head of the War Production Board, discusses the need for every American man, woman, and child to save and salvage metals, fats, and rubber. Nelson argues that the total way being waged against the Axis nations demands all Americans live "a new way of life: a war way of life." Household items that would have been thrown away before - old rubber, cooking fat, steel scrap - can be saved and turned into militiary weapons to defeat America's enemies. Official Salvage Depots are shown as the drop-off points for this recycled junk. The film ends with a montage where scrap metal is intercut with tanks, jeeps, and airplanes.
<a href="/IULMIA/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=U.S.+Office+of+War+Information+Bureau+of+Motion+Pictures">U.S. Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures</a>
<a href="/IULMIA/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=War+Activities+Committee+Motion+Picture+Industry%3A+Distributed+and+Exhibited+Under+Auspices+of+">War Activities Committee Motion Picture Industry: Distributed and Exhibited Under Auspices of </a>
Donald M. Neson, head of the War Production Board