Start Over Date 1943 Collection IUL Moving Image Archive

31. Film Communique [third issue] (20:20)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
The Signal Corps : produced by ; Combat film units of Army Airforces, United States Navy
Summary:
Third issue of the Film Communique series. Composed of five short segments: Hitting the Beach features the LST tank landing craft, shows the unloading of supplies on a captured beachhead. Conclude...

32. Film Communique [second issue] (20:05)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
The Signal Corps : produced by; Combat film units of Army Airforces, United States Navy
Summary:
Second issue of the Film Communique series. Includes two short segments: A Day With the A-36's Follows through a day with the A-36 a lightweight attack bomber - adapted from the P-51 Mustang. Show...

33. Film Communique: Fourth Issue (20:25)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
The Signal Corps : produced by; Combat film units of Marines, Army Airforces, United States Navy
Summary:
Addressed to "the men and women of American Industry," the Film Communique series reports on military accomplishments to an audience of domestic workers producing materials for war. Composed of thr...

36. Atacama Desert (16:43)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States Information Agency; United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Summary:
Begins with a brief geography lesson to orient North American viewers to the size and climate of Chile. Scenes of indigenous shepherding in desert villages are followed by a visit to the Christmas ...

37. Brazilian Quartz Goes to War (10:04)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States Information Agency; United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Summary:
The value of Brazilian quartz to the allied war effort is shown as narration proclaims "two-way radio is the one really new instrument in the armory of warfare." Explains the value of quartz in rad...

39. Take A Letter, Please (21:29)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States Navy, Bureau of Aeronautics; United States Navy, Division of Personnel Supervision and Management
Summary:
U.S. Navy training film intended to improve dictation technique through humorous demonstration of common faults. After a series of vignettes where inept and ineffective styles of dictation to a ste...

40. Discipline: Giving Orders (13:49)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States Navy, Division of Personnel Supervision and Management; United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics; Atlas Educational Film Company
Summary:
U.S. Navy training film intended to instruct managers how to maintain workplace discipline effectively. Dramatic scenarios contrast ineffective managerial styles with better approaches. Stresses th...