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61. Turning work held on a fixture (20:32)

Date:
1944
Summary:
Shows how to mount on a special fixture for machining an irregularly shaped casting which cannot be held in a chuck; how to mount and center the fixture on a lathe; and how to grind tools for the m...

62. Thrufeed grinding a straight pin : part 2 (28:01)

Date:
1944
Summary:
Shows how to balance the grinding wheel; how to position the work for grinding; how to adjust the work guides; how to take the trial grind; how to eliminate taper in the workpiece; how to use a cro...

63. The hydraulic brake system (11:52)

Date:
1945
Summary:
Shows how to check brake pedal travel; how to examine the brake lining; how to adjust the brake shoes; and how to inspect and adjust the hydraulic brake fluid system.

64. Perishable rush (13:48)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. Army Air Forces.
Summary:
Shows how the Army Air Forces during World War II flew wounded men from Pacific battle areas to hospitals and home towns in the United States. Uses a mix of actuality footage and fictional reenactm...

65. Welcome soldier! (14:35)

Alternative title:
Getting the most out of a film
Date:
1944
Main contributors:
McInnes, Graham, 1912-1970
Summary:
Presents two films. Welcome soldier! outlines the various government plans created to help Canadian World War II veterans return to civilian life in the workplace and at home. In the companion film...

66. Target invisible (08:32)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
Kennedy, Arthur, 1914-1990
Summary:
Illustrates the use of radar on a bombing mission over Japan, and explains the work of the radar operator in the bomber's crew.

67. Venture adventure (07:43)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
Hasse, Charles, 1904-2002
Summary:
Short film on the Air Training Corps of the British Royal Air Force, showing recruiting, enlistment and training.

68. View of the Soviet world. (11:59)

Alternative title:
Report from Moscow
Date:
1942
Main contributors:
Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987
Summary:
Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and reporter, interviewed before leaving Moscow, briefly tells of the civilian defense work he witnessed. Scenes showing how the Russians are carrying out their ...

69. Fundamentals of end cutting tools (12:03)

Date:
1942
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education
Summary:
Discusses radius, threading, sheer-cut finishing, round-nosed finishing, and side-facing tools. Demonstrates the correct setting of the tools and the type of cut each makes.

70. The glass wall (30:53)

Date:
1959
Summary:
Dramatizes episodes in the lives of four people to show that they need help with a hearing problem. Urges those with a hearing loss to seek professional help and reviews the agencies of the commun...

71. 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...

72. They deliver the goods (16:14)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
United States. Army. Signal Corps
Summary:
"How our fighting equipment gets through to our fighting men in quantity and on time. The mountains of supplies for combat loaded at ports of embarkation are unloaded under combat conditions and un...

73. 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...

74. Secrets (07:11)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
United States. Navy Department
Summary:
Discusses the importance of various secret weapons used throughout World War II, such as radar and the atomic bomb. The film emphasizes the development and use of these weapons as being critical to...

75. 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...

77. The calls that cure (11:08)

Date:
1945
Main contributors:
DeVoe, Ralph G. (Ralph Godwin), 1883-1966.
Summary:
Shows the telephone center and the bedside telephone service in a U.S. Army hospital. Discusses the beneficial effects on the soldiers of receiving telephone calls from home and advises families at...

78. What to do in a gas attack (15:03)

Date:
1943
Main contributors:
Price, Sherman
Summary:
Explains what war gas is, how it is used by the enemy, and how simple household items, such as bicarbonate of soda and bleaching solution, may be used to prevent casualties.

79. Worst of Farm Disasters (06:23)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Rural Electrification Administration; Kendall Foss
Summary:
Worst of Farm Disasters was produced alongside the USDA's Rural Electrification Administration (REA) films Power and the Land and Bip Goes To Town. All three films document the life of an Ohio far...

80. The Supervisor As Leader [part 2] (13:00)

Date:
1944
Main contributors:
United States. Office of Education. Division of Visual Aids ; United States. Federal Security Agency; Caravel Films, Inc.
Summary:
Narration asks, and answers, the question: "what does a man need to have, outside of experience, to be a good leader?" Experienced supervisors discuss the qualities of good leadership with dramatiz...