Start Over Date 1944 Collection IUL Moving Image Archive Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

41. Sheep shearing (21:10)

Date:
1944
Summary:
Shows how to handle sheep for shearing and the relative positions of the shearer and the sheep during each shearing step, the step-by-step procedure in shearing sheep, and the method of rolling and...

42. Sicily, key to victory (20:48)

Date:
1944
Summary:
"A record of the achievements of the Canadian Army's First Division in the Sicilian campaign of World War II, a campaign that breached the walls of Axis Europe. It also shows how this campaign was ...

43. South Africa (13:38)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
Crown Film Unit; British Information Service; South African Bureau of Information
Summary:
A British production reporting on the contribution of South Africa, a sovereign Dominion of the Commonwealth, to the Allied war effort. Declares that the former antagonism between races - Dutch, En...

44. Supervising Workers on the Job (10:20)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education. Division of Visual Aids; United States. Federal Security Agency; Caravel Films, Inc.
Summary:
Dramatizing a variety of poor workplace supervision practices, the film points out their flaws and suggests better approaches. Narration states "employees new in industry need special attention" an...

45. Survival of the fittest (16:41)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
Grashin, Mauri
Summary:
Shows the function of the physical training program of the Army Air Forces during World War II. Starts by celebrating the exploits of Army Air Force war heroes. The main story is a fictional story ...

46. Target Berlin (17:17)

Date:
1944
Summary:
"The story of the Lancaster airplane, the first large bomber built in Canada. Shown are the workers involved in its construction, and the crew who ferried it overseas, as well as the combat crew wh...

47. Target Berlin (17:14)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
Borneman, Ernest, 1915-
Summary:
"The story of the Lancaster airplane, the first large bomber built in Canada. Shown are the workers involved in its construction, and the crew who ferried it overseas, as well as the combat crew wh...

48. The case of the tremendous trifle (20:01)

Alternative title:
Tremendous trifle
Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Army. Signal Corps
Summary:
Shows to the men and women of American industry the vital importance to the war effort of all the little parts that they are making. Discusses the importance of ball bearings to the Nazi war effort...

49. The Earthmovers (14:07)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Army. Signal Corps
Summary:
Shows heavy equipment of all types used by the Corps of Engineers and the Seabees during World War II. Describes how the "work power" of military construction units clears beaches of mines, constru...

50. The Line Is Busy (02:50)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States War Department; Army Pictorial Service of the Signal Corps
Summary:
Short announcement promoting the 6th War Loan by urging viewers to buy War Bonds. Shows the importance for War workers to keep on the job: a man receives a letter from his recently wounded brother ...