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1. 10 - Friends (03:42)

Date:
1939/1946 (Creation date: 1939/1946)
Main contributors:
Jay, John, 1918-2008; Jay, Hilda L., 1921-
Summary:
These films are part of the John and Hilda Jay family papers. They likely date between 1939-1946. This film has no sound and shows clips of the Jay family and friends boating at a lake shore, work...

2. 501 So. Woodlawn, Bloomington, Ind (04:45)

Date:
1939/1946 (Creation date: 1939/1946)
Main contributors:
Jay, John, 1918-2008; Jay, Hilda L., 1921-
Summary:
These films are part of the John and Hilda Jay family papers. They likely date between 1939-1946. This film has no sound; shows residential and campus life in Bloomington.

3. 6 - Westminster Inn (04:14)

Date:
1939/1946 (Creation date: 1939/1946)
Main contributors:
Jay, Hilda L., 1921-; Jay, John, 1918-2008
Summary:
These films are part of the John and Hilda Jay family papers. They likely date between 1939-1946. Silent home movie of family and friends playing, cooking, and eating together.

4. [Boy Scouts in Washington, D.C.] (16:39)

Date:
1939/1946 (Creation date: 1939/1946)
Main contributors:
Jay, Hilda L., 1921-; Jay, John, 1918-2008
Summary:
These films are part of the John and Hilda Jay family papers. They likely date between 1939-1946. Silent home movie shows Boy Scout troop at train station and in Washington, D.C.

5. [Ellen Jay] (04:36)

Date:
1939/1946 (Creation date: 1939/1946)
Main contributors:
Jay, Hilda L., 1921-; Jay, John, 1918-2008
Summary:
These films are part of the John and Hilda Jay family papers. They likely date between 1939-1946. This silent film shows two young children playing outside and around a campfire with a woman.

6. [Wells Home Movies Unknown #3] (03:27)

Date:
194u
Main contributors:
Wells, Herman B
Summary:
While man is blowing trumpet at beginning of film we see, at left, Peter Fraenkel in white suit and Herman B Wells in dark suit. At the 1:18 mark we see the unfurling of Indiana University's World...

7. Airscrew (21:07)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Tharp, Grahame, 1912-
Summary:
This short nonfiction film depicts the intensive testing that goes into developing and producing aircraft propellers. It opens with the whirring or propeller blades. Animated diagrams show how the ...

8. Alka Seltzer: Car (01:05)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Frink Film Studios

9. Blessings of Grass (20:33)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture; United States. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service
Summary:
Introduced as "the story of cattle grazing in the national forest," the film depicts cooperation between the Forest Service and local ranchers to manage the grazing of herds on public land. Origina...

10. Block That Termite (19:43)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Summary:
A presentation of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine's code for the prevention of termite infestation. Using animated diagrams and detailed photography of actual termite infestations, th...

11. Britain's youth (12:27)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Fry, Charles Burgess, 1872-1956
Summary:
A short documentary on the widespread engagement in physical activity and athletics in England. Includes footage of amateur cricket matches, soccer games, tennis, darts, and other sports. The resur...

12. Chile : people of the country estates (11:06)

Date:
1940
Summary:
Shows Chilean mountains, deserts, glaciers, mines, ports, pastoral areas, and an estate in the agricultural Central Valley. Here the role of the estate is seen in relation to the visiting owner and...

13. Class of '37; Detroit Relatives at Lake and Bontragers and babe (05:01)

Date:
1939/1946 (Creation date: 1939/1946)
Main contributors:
Jay, Hilda L., 1921-; Jay, John, 1918-2008
Summary:
These films are part of the John and Hilda Jay family papers. They likely date between 1939-1946. Silent home movies shows family and friends at the beach, eating and playing outside, and boating o...

14. Elkhart Boy Scout Troop activities (05:27)

Date:
1939/1946 (Creation date: 1939/1946)
Main contributors:
Jay, Hilda L., 1921-; Jay, John, 1918-2008
Summary:
These films are part of the John and Hilda Jay family papers. They likely date between 1939-1946. Silent home video of the Elkhart Boy Scout troop marching in Bloomington, at official events, and ...

15. Elkhart High year book etc. (04:36)

Date:
1939/1946 (Creation date: 1939/1946)
Main contributors:
Jay, Hilda L., 1921-; Jay, John, 1918-2008
Summary:
These films are part of the John and Hilda Jay family papers. They likely date between 1939-1946. Silent home movie shows students looking at yearbooks, groups at an amusement park and picnic, beac...

16. Emily Sue (05:30)

Date:
1939/1946 (Creation date: 1939/1946)
Main contributors:
Jay, John, 1918-2008; Jay, Hilda L., 1921-
Summary:
These films are part of the John and Hilda Jay family papers. They likely date between 1939-1946. Silent home movie of young children playing in gardens and the river.

17. Gilbert’s: Moose Krause (01:06)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Frink Film Studios

18. Gilbert's: Summer (01:08)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Frink Film Studios

19. Goofer trouble (07:20)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Elvey, Maurice, 1887-1967
Summary:
"Short fictional film asking people to keep under cover during air raids. A group of English and Canadian fighter pilots report the number of German planes they have each shot down. The rivalry bet...

20. Health in war (13:19)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Jackson, Pat, 1916-2011
Summary:
"Offers revealing insights into the re-structuring of health services in London and elsewhere in Britain following the outbreak of WWII ... The film is broadly divided into three parts. The opening...

21. India, Asia's New Voice (17:34)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Reviews the civil strife between religious groups during the first days of Free India. Stresses the fact that with the assassination of Gandhi much of the civil war stopped, and now Nehru is attem...

22. Into the blue (10:39)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Catling, Darrel, 1909-1991
Summary:
Shows how young airmen are trained by the R.A.F. Not only is the standard training such as solo flying shown, but also learning Morse code, navigation lectures, and special bombardier and fighter p...

23. Merriplay: Swings (01:07)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Frink Film Studios

24. Miles: Skaters (01:01)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Frink Film Studios

25. Pig Projects Make Profits (13:26)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Duroc Record Association; Frank Oberkoetter Studios
Summary:
Addressed to members of 4-H or FFA clubs interested in learning to raise pigs, stating "thousands of boys and girls choose swine for their livestock project work." Provides instruction and guidance...

26. Relatives Greensburg and ??? (04:07)

Date:
1939/1946 (Creation date: 1939/1946)
Main contributors:
Jay, Hilda L., 1921-; Jay, John, 1918-2008
Summary:
These films are part of the John and Hilda Jay family papers. They likely date between 1939-1946. Silent home movie shows a woman riding a bike, farm scenes with sheep, gardening, etc.

27. Siege (09:50)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Bryan, Julien H. (Julien Hequembourg), 1899-1974
Summary:
Presents a vivid record, uncensored by military authorities, of the 1939 siege and fall of Warsaw.

28. Striking Back Against Rabies (08:35)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Tells the story of a rabies epidemic, showing the coordinated attack of the county health department, state public health veterinarian, and the federal rabies control expert. Shows the behavior of...

29. T.V.A. (20:01)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Tennessee Valley Authority; National Defense Advisory Committee
Summary:
Narration introduces this report as "the story of the development of the Tennessee River," showing ongoing construction of major public works projects conducted under the Tennessee Valley Authority...

30. The home front (10:44)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Hawes, Stanley, 1905-1991
Summary:
"During World War I Canadian women watched a half-million of their men march into the unknown. With the outbreak of World War II they once again shouldered the tasks of maintaining the home front a...

31. The Land - To Have and To Hold (14:34)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Interior. Division of Motion Pictures
Summary:
Recounts the history of land ownership by small farmers in the U.S. Free land for farmers gradually disappeared as the west was settled through the 19th century, resulting in the necessity for farm...

32. They also serve (07:48)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Grierson, Ruby, 1904-1940
Summary:
"Story of an average wartime housewife whose dawn to dusk activities provide support for the duties of soldiers and defence workers."--BFI website.

33. They Do Come Back (16:38)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Tells the dramatic story of two young people whose lives are interrupted and threatened by tuberculosis. Shows modern tuberculosis case-finding, diagnosis, hospitalization, and rehabilitation afte...

34. Too Tough to Care (19:02)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
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Summary:
Satirically dramatizes the selection by a cigarette company of an advertising campaign in the light of evidence that smoking is related to the incidence of lung canger. Pictures a number of adverti...

35. Wartime factory (09:38)

Date:
1940
Main contributors:
Anstey, E. H. (Edgar H.), 1907-1987
Summary:
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 workers work around...

36. Wedding picnic [illegible] G.E. Bond, Emily Sue (04:43)

Date:
1939/1946 (Creation date: 1939/1946)
Main contributors:
Jay, John, 1918-2008; Jay, Hilda L., 1921-
Summary:
These films are part of the John and Hilda Jay family papers. They likely date between 1939-1946. Silent home video of the family taking wedding portraits, strolling the National Mall in Washingt...

37. Wings to Austria (25:45)

Date:
19uu
Main contributors:
Moss Collection