Start Over Date 1941 Unit IUL Moving Image Archive

121. The Home Place (31:16)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Extension Service
Summary:
A history of home construction and architectural styles in the U.S. Emphasizes the homestead as symbolic of American values and national character. "The American farmstead, stronghold of human libe...

122. 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...

124. The World at War (43:15)

Date:
194X
Main contributors:
The Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures; Samuel Spewack

126. Harvests For Tomorrow (26:29)

Date:
1941
Main contributors:
United States. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Summary:
Documents farming practices in the New England states, showing the prosperity that fertile soils brought to hardworking farmers who cleared the hilly land. That fertile soil, rich in minerals, accu...

127. Venture adventure (08:35)

Date:
1941
Summary:
Short film on the Air Training Corps of the British Royal Air Force, showing recruiting, enlistment and training.

128. Drilling and tapping cast steel (18:58)

Date:
1941
Summary:
Technique of drilling and tapping blind holes in cast steel on a radial drill. A drill jig with loose bushings is used for locating the holes. Setting up the work on the table of the machine, sett...

129. Victory bond song (02:29)

Date:
1941
Summary:
The establishment of the payroll savings plan in a large industrial plant, and motivation of the purchase of bonds and stamps by visualizing the things we are fighting to maintain.

130. Army in overalls (07:32)

Date:
1941
Summary:
Shows the Civilian Conservation Corps working with Army engineers to improve and expand military reservations in the United States. A defense report on film.