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1. Peace comes to America (10:46)

Date:: 1945
Main contributors:: Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Summary:: Asserts that although World War II is over, Americans still have responsibility for their government and veterans of the war. Features appearances by President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Tre...

2. Remember these faces (17:27)

Date:: 1945
Main contributors:: United States. Navy
Summary:: World War II film showing the horror of the Pacific war with extensive coverage of the care and treatment of the wounded. Created in support of the 7th War Loan drive, the film encourages the gener...

3. Salvage (07:15)

Date:: 1942
Main contributors:: Nelson, Donald Marr, 1888-1959
Summary:: A message from Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, urging Americans to save metals, rubber, and greases for the World War II effort.

4. Silence! (03:15)

Date:: 1944
Main contributors:: United States. Army Pictorial Service
Summary:: Contrasts the silence and wreckage of a battlefield with the noise and action in a war production plant. Advocates buying more war bonds to end World War II more quickly.

5. Time for sale (02:57)

Date:: 1945
Main contributors:: United States. War Finance Division
Summary:: Incorporates footage originally used for the Japanese-produced newsreel, New Philippines News to show the horrible conditions that American prisoners experienced in enemy camps in the Philippines a...

6. Voyage to recovery (05:09)

Date:: 1945
Main contributors:: United States. Navy
Summary:: Wounded Americans, back from battlefields and task forces all over the world gave rise to the Navy's most important postwar mission--get them well and send them home.

7. Youth farm volunteers (04:57)

Date:: 1942
Main contributors:: United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch. Bureau of Motion Pictures
Summary:: Shows how the Extension Service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture helped recruit and place young people from towns and cities on farms during World War II to combat farm labor shortage.